Jennifer's Brother isn't Considerate

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🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Even as their father prepares to die, Jennifer's brother is focused on himself and ruining what could be their dad's final family vacation. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Jennifer, welcome to the program.
0:15.2	Hi, Dr. Laura. I'm looking to find out what, if anything, I can do in this situation.
0:24.9	Unfortunately, a couple months ago, my dad was diagnosed at stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
0:31.4	Oh.
0:31.9	And yeah, it's not good.
0:35.7	But he's a wonderful daddy.
0:40.5	And I'm blessed to have him for as long as I have.
0:46.4	He is taking the whole family to Jamaica.
0:50.9	The doctor approved it in January. The issue is my older brother, who is recently divorced, I think about April,
1:00.0	is looking to have his new girlfriend come along while his 18 and 19-year-old daughter are coming.
1:09.0	One has not met the girlfriend, refuses to.
1:15.3	The 18-year-old, I guess, out of obligation or I guess she said feeling sorry for her dad,
1:25.0	did meet the girlfriend twice.
1:27.4	This relationship started before the marriage
1:30.8	ended, even emotionally, if not physically. So when we had a Labor Day gathering and I said, you know,
1:42.0	the girlfriends welcome, the nieces weren't there. They were away going to college that weekend, but when I have said, you know, the girlfriends welcome. The nieces weren't there.
1:44.8	They were away going to college that weekend.
1:47.2	But when I have said they can't come to, she can't come stay in the shorehouse
1:52.0	because we have young children there, but she can come on Sunday to the barbecue.
1:57.5	He was not hearing that.
1:59.3	He was not happy and complaining to my parents who are having
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