My Ex Committed Suicide

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Dr Laura Schlessinger, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Courage, Woman Power, Love, Procrastination, Love & Life, Stay-at-home Moms, Responsibility, Healing, Kids, Gay, Grandparents, Inspiration, In-laws, Shacking Up, Stop Whining Start Living, Social Media, Feelings, Podcast, Dating, Grief, Stay-at-home Dads, Workplace, Co-parenting, Conscience, Strength, The Ten Commandments, Society & Culture, Messing Up, Childhood, Coping, Snowflakes, Health & Fitness, Well-being, Goals, Parenthood By Proxy, Siriusxm, Relationships, God, Fitness, Lesbian, Divorce, Life, Counseling, Dr Laura, Family, Quote, Sex, Do The Right Thing, Marriage 101, Wisdom, Stress, Feuds, Emotions, Single Parenting, Exercise, Sexuality, Mental Health, Confrontation, Power, Ethics, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Couples, Friendship, Health, Health & Well-being, Marriage, Parenting, Triumph, Workout, Kids & Family, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Brian is worried about how his ex-wife's suicide is going to impact his children. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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. Brian, welcome to the program.
0:15.3	Hi. I guess I'll jump right in. I'm a 66-year-old man. I have four adult children. All four of them.
0:30.0	I raised two different mothers, raised them alone from various ages.
0:38.8	How did that happen with two different women?
0:41.3	How did you end up doing that? I don't get it.
0:44.8	Well, I got married and had two children and got divorced and then got cut to you
0:51.1	those two children.
0:51.9	How did you end up raising those two kids? What happened to the mother?
0:56.0	The first mother had substance issues.
0:58.0	I had to basically rescue my children from her and she left.
1:02.0	The second one?
1:04.0	Same thing.
1:07.0	You married two women with substance problems?
1:10.0	Not, they didn't have the problems when I married them.
1:15.6	Or at least I didn't know, so...
1:18.6	Because I didn't have any, so...
1:20.6	Amazing how that worked out.
1:22.6	So anyway, what has happened is in the last, and all four my kids are estranged from their mothers.
1:34.1	So my two younger daughters are 25, 29, their mother, they had in the last couple of weeks,
1:43.3	they had, I guess, pretty heavy duty, ugly
1:47.3	conversations with each other. Well, their mother hung herself to death a couple days ago.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.