My Daughter Wants to Marry a Loser!

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🗓️ 17 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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What makes a dude who can't hold a job and comes from a troubled home attractive to Joan's daughter? Searching for advice? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. Joan, welcome to the program.
0:17.0	Hello, Dr. Laura. I'm hoping not to get in trouble during our call. I'll do my best.
0:21.7	My daughter is not picking wisely, and I'm not sure, she recently got engaged, I'm not sure what my response should be when she talks to me or ask me about...
0:35.6	Well, first of all, tell me how old she is, how smart she is,
0:40.0	how emotionally immature she is, tell me about him, tell me all the background, okay?
0:47.2	She's 24.
0:49.5	She's got a master's degree.
0:53.4	She's... Sorry, getting a little emotional.
0:59.9	Since her relationship with him started, she's not doing so well.
1:04.8	She's never been very confident, but since her relationship with him, things have gotten
1:08.6	a little bit worse.
1:09.8	He is a little bit older than her, came from a troubled family.
1:17.2	He is unable to hold down a job for very long.
1:20.7	He can get a job, but he can't seem to keep the job.
1:25.5	Okay.
1:26.4	There's nothing you can do except to refuse to pay for the wedding and say, I'm not going to support a marriage to a guy who can't hold down a job. You're crazy, kid. I'm not doing it. You cannot listen. her? Geez. Listen.
1:44.7	Okay.
1:46.3	We got the listen part?
1:49.4	I'm not talking.
1:50.6	Good.
1:51.3	You got it.
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