Hi, welcome back to the Carol Markowitz show on Iheart Radio.

I got two similar emails from listeners.

So I wanted to get into what they were asking.

It was about strife with family.

And I'm going to read them to you.

The first one says, quote, Carol, you talk about

fighting with your family over politics. I was a Republican my whole life and had two Democrat

parents. They always thought my politics were funny. They referred to me as Michael P. Heaton,

and we never argued. That changed in 2016 with Donald Trump. Ever since then, politics

became central to their lives and they pick fights with me all the time. They used to be fairly

against illegal immigration and now they're basically for it because Donald Trump doesn't like it.

We haven't spoken much since the November election and I can feel that they are so angry

with me.

It really hurts to lose my parents.

I'm an only child and not yet married, so I feel very alone.

You talk about not cutting people off over politics, but they barely speak to me and a formal

cutting off wouldn't really change much except maybe give me closure end quote the second email

is a little bit more vague they write quote hello enjoy your show and insight very much

i'd like to ask a question about family betrayal how do you get over being betrayed by family and

friends you had no idea that never cared about you. Thank you.

End quote. It's so painful to hear stories of family strife like this. When I was on

book tour for stolen youth, people would come up to me barely frequently and cry about their

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