My Daughter is Putting Me in a Bad Position

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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What should Tracy say to the family member who's not being invited to Tracy's daughter's wedding? 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.
0:11.4	Gracie, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. I have a problem with my husband's aunt. My daughter is getting married, and she does not want to have this aunt invited to the wedding.
0:25.4	And I just don't know what to do.
0:27.5	There's a lot of bad blood between...
0:29.6	Okay, Tracy, Tracy?
0:31.3	Uh-huh, yes.
0:32.4	The wedding is only about your daughter.
0:35.8	It's not about your husband.
0:37.6	It's not, well, yeah, but it's not about the aunt. It's not about your husband. It's not, well, yeah.
0:38.7	But it's not about the aunt.
0:40.7	It's not about cousins.
0:42.4	It's about your daughter.
0:44.3	And if she has, and I think the only people who should be at the wedding
0:47.9	are the people, the bride and groom desire to have there.
0:52.1	So she's not invited.
0:57.9	Period. Okay. That's it. But she doesn't matter who gets mad. Yeah. Did she send out invitations, Tracy? Not yet. It's the beginning. We have,
1:06.2	we're just starting to. And she just, well, when she sends out the invitationsitations the aunt won't be on the list that's it okay
1:14.0	and what do I do when she calls me I know she's going to fish for information the aunt how do I
1:20.2	go to call you and say what let's play the game the aunt is calling you okay hi Tracy this is Auntie I was wondering when I was going to
1:31.3	receive my invitation uh do I have to tell her I don't I don't
1:42.7	okay answer well you know what Tracy Okay, answer this to me, Tracy. Tracy, answer this to me.
1:48.6	Does anybody really not know why your daughter doesn't want her there?
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