My Child Lives in One State, and I Live in Another

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🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Jason is in an unhappy 2nd marriage, miles away from his daughter who he only sees in the summertime. 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.
0:11.3	Jason, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. What's happening, Jason? Hi. I'm sorry. I'm really nervous.
0:27.9	I don't want to ramble around, and I don't want to get the woo-hoo's.
0:30.3	You don't want to woo-hoo. So if, uh...
0:31.7	Woo-hoo.
0:34.2	There, you had two of them.
0:35.4	All right.
0:35.8	Carry on.
0:36.7	What could I help you with?
0:39.3	I'm struggling a little bit with my wife.
0:43.3	I'm a truck driver.
0:45.3	We've been married six years.
0:48.3	This is my second marriage, her first.
0:51.3	We don't have kids between us.
0:55.5	Two, I have one.
0:57.2	My daughter lives in another state with her mother, and her two kids live with us.
1:07.2	The job is the, you know, obviously being on the road.
1:12.1	May I, may I interject here?
1:15.1	Yes.
1:15.4	Your kid.
1:16.8	Yes.
1:17.4	Your biological child lives in a different vicinity.
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