Jealousy in the Family Business

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🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Christina is ashamed to admit she feels jealous of an employee at the business she co-owns with her husband. Unsure whether her feelings are justified or rooted in insecurity, she wants to know how to handle the situation without damaging her marriage or their company. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:25.6	at Dr. Laura.com. Christina, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Thank you for my call. I appreciate
0:33.9	your time. So I will start out by saying I'm really embarrassed with this, with this problem I'm having,
0:43.3	actually with, not necessarily with my husband, but it's a problem that I'm, I've been more
0:49.3	jealous lately of a certain female employee that works at a company that my husband and I own, just a little
0:57.8	background. My husband and I've been married for 32 years, happily married. This business has
1:03.9	grown from the two of us to, it's really large right now. So we have lots of different employees
1:10.4	and it's, you know, he puts all of his time, effort
1:14.7	and energy outside of our family into this business.
1:18.6	I work a small amount there.
1:20.6	I've kind of realized that it's not best for a husband and wife to be together all day and
1:24.6	all night.
1:25.6	So I have a small part in the business, so I'm still, you know, I'm at company events,
1:31.9	et cetera, but I have found recently that one of the employees female, about 20-some years
1:40.9	younger, just, she's just a complete flirt. And a lot of the flirtation is,
1:48.0	you know, with my husband. Um, he tends to just brush it off, ignore it. But, uh,
1:54.4	it's, it's really getting to me. And when it gets to me, even though I, Christina, there's nothing
1:58.9	wrong with how you feel that doesn't make you bad, stupid, weak, or anything.
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