My Boys Won't Get To Know My Beau

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Jennifer doesn't understand why her adult sons have no interest in spending time with her new boyfriend. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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0:11.8	111. Jennifer, welcome to the program.
0:16.0	Thanks for taking my call.
0:18.0	Thank you.
0:19.0	I have two adult sons, one married, one unmarried at this time.
0:27.0	I was married to their father for 30 years
0:30.4	and we divorced because he had a chronic substance abuse problem.
0:35.0	So I started dating and I have found someone who are very compatible.
0:45.0	I'm on the fence about whether I want to get married again or not, but we do enjoy
0:50.4	spending company together and going on trips and such.
0:55.0	We live about an hour apart, so we see each other maybe, maybe twice a week.
1:02.0	I'm having trouble integrating him into their lives and doing things together.
1:11.6	And I'm not asking them to accept him as a grandfather figure, but I would like for them to be open to going out to dinner, to socializing every once in a while, maybe going to the lake or the beach together, things like that.
1:28.0	But especially my older son, he is just shuts me down every time and says he has no interest.
1:35.0	Okay, when you were married to their dad were they adults?
1:43.3	They, one was in college and the other one had just finished high school.
1:50.1	I waited till they were both over 18.
1:52.0	Oh, that's fine.
1:54.0	I was looking at something else.
1:56.0	Okay.
1:57.0	Going to the beach and going to the lake
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