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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Married Life is Not This Couple's Dream Come True

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Tina and Arthur's marriage is suffering, but many of their problems could be easily resolved with just a little more kindness and effort. 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 listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Tina and Arthur, welcome to the program.

0:15.6

Hello. Hi, Tina. How are... Hi, Arthur. Hi, Arthur. Hi. Hi. Now, you sent me an email and I did read it, and that's why I forwarded it to Dan, so hopefully you two would come, and so I'm very pleased. So who would... Let's let Arthur. Arthur, tell me why you're both here right now.

0:41.2

Well, I've been having anger outbursts.

0:46.4

I feel like it's just been very stressful for the last few weeks.

0:49.8

And things have been triggering me that normally I just let slide,

0:58.9

but the buildup hasn't been happening.

1:01.1

So with these anger upwards, it causes me to curse,

1:06.9

not an excuse or anything, but that's just what has happened.

1:14.5

And, you curse and break things and yell and throw things how dramatic is it tell me well i broke my daughter's toy that i should have

1:23.9

probably never gotten her in the first place it's a cat that just now is nonstop, and she'll just leave it in the middle of the room and just there.

1:34.9

The reason for that was I was just outside and looked around, and I had to do a lot a cleanup after the dog that my wife has gotten

1:46.7

and I was against her getting to the dog and she said she'll be taking care of it and cleaning

1:53.3

after it and we've had this conversation many times with her I come out and I had to pick up 10

1:59.7

bagfuls of dogs poo and got really upset. And then

2:04.6

when I came in with the cat mowing, I just basically stomped on in. You lost it. Your cope raneth

2:10.5

over. Picking up a lot of dog shit will strain people. Yeah. Got it. What kind of a dog is it?

2:18.3

Is it a big dog with big poops or a little dog with tiny poops?

2:21.5

Yeah, it's a Great Dane Husky mix.

2:28.2

Oh, my God.

2:29.8

It's one thing when you say you don't want a dog and then she goes out and gets a small horse.

2:35.7

Pretty much.

2:37.4

Tina, why did you do that?

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