My Dad Has Changed for the Worse

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🗓️ 20 August 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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My Dad Has Changed for the Worse - Since her mother's death, Katrina's dad has started living in a completely different way than he had with her mother. - Dr. Laura: "Don't let the pain you feel as a daughter interfere with being a wife and mother." - Has one of your parents changed after the passing of their spouse? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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.
0:11.6	Katrina, welcome to the program. Thank you. Hi. What can I do for you?
0:18.9	Hi. Thank you for taking my call. I've listened to you since I was a kid
0:23.1	driving around with my mom and now my three kids do the same with me and I just thought I really need
0:28.3	some advice today. Okay. Wow. And my question is my parents were almost married for 50 years and my mom
0:35.8	passed away three years ago to cancer.
0:38.4	And I thought they had a great marriage, and we were just a regular family.
0:44.2	My parents raised us with high morals, you know, living together before you're married and sleeping
0:49.1	around.
0:50.4	We're just a regular, happy family.
0:52.7	My dad, my parents had seven grandkids, and I have three kids, twins that are 17 and a six-year-old.
1:00.5	My husband and I have been married for 18 and a half years.
1:03.7	And my dad, about a year and a half ago, started to date again.
1:08.0	And it's been an absolute nightmare.
1:11.6	His morals have completely changed.
1:13.9	He drinks.
1:15.6	He, um, it's just, um, it's so embarrassing.
1:21.1	My mom would just be shocked.
1:22.9	Um, at this point, he won't speak to me anymore.
1:25.5	Um, he did call a couple weeks ago and told me they're buying a home together and they're living
1:30.1	together.
1:31.2	He doesn't see his grandkids anymore.
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