My Dad Won't Stop Talking About His Divorce From My Mom—Help! - Ep 150
Dear Shandy
Sharleen Joynt & Andy Levine
4.9 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It's Caller Day! Today's lovely caller, Abby, has a family dynamic she has been navigating her entire adult life. While her parents divorced well over a decade ago, her father continues to badmouth Abby's mother and stepfather while deflecting his responsibility in the marriage's demise. Should Abby just "keep the peace" by continuing to bite her tongue, or is it time for a confrontation? Listen on for the Shandy take!
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| 0:00.0 | It's true. I wouldn't trust a 21-year-old telling me about my feelings. |
| 0:03.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:07.9 | Dear Shandee. |
| 0:11.2 | Welcome back to Dear Shandee. Listeners. Hello, Andy. |
| 0:14.5 | Color Day. Color Day. Why only one fist? This is a double fist. |
| 0:18.4 | My other choice. I stuck in my wires. Yay! |
| 0:23.0 | We're today joined. I didn't say the right word, but I'm recovering today. |
| 0:27.5 | Today joined by... It still works. It's correct. |
| 0:32.0 | By a lovely caller named Abby. Abby, thank you so much for joining us. |
| 0:35.9 | Hello, Abby. Thanks for having me. I'm really excited. |
| 0:38.6 | So Abby, do you mind giving us your age, your city, or region, and your story, please? |
| 0:45.0 | So my name is Abby, and I am 29. I live in the Pacific Northwest. |
| 0:50.8 | Normally you guys ask for the like other person in question's age, and in this case it is my 63-year-old |
| 0:56.8 | father. And my story is that, or my general problem and kind of central question is, |
| 1:05.8 | my father continually makes comments about his divorce from my mother, but I don't appreciate |
| 1:13.8 | and I think reflect like a pre-drastic difference of opinion on that event. And you know, |
| 1:21.6 | my question is like, what should I do about it? How should I go about addressing this? |
| 1:25.6 | My parents immigrated to the US from Poland in the 80s, and they met in Spokane, Washington. |
| 1:32.6 | My parents are 11 years apart, so they started dating when my mom was like 18, 19, got married when |
| 1:39.3 | she was like 21, had me when she was 24, and my younger brother a couple years after that. |
| 1:46.3 | My dad was never very affectionate, or in my opinion like very kind. I mean, he wasn't like |
| 1:52.7 | abusive or you know outwardly bad, but he wasn't like a very caring person all throughout, from |
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