My Friend is Suffering, But So am I

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Robin doesn't know if she can continue to be there for a dying friend who is verbally abusive. 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	Robin, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi. So I called yesterday. I got a voice recording about I was just upset at the moment.
0:26.6	And so I was not expecting to get a call back today.
0:31.6	My thoughts have, well, I guess they're still confused, but the reason I called is I have a friend
0:40.8	who I was engaged to maybe eight to 10 years ago. And did you say I have a son? A friend. A friend.
0:54.0	Okay. Friend that you knew in the in yeah so are you
0:57.4	are you widowed or divorced I'm divorced are you what okay how long have you been
1:03.9	divorced um maybe 12 years, 12 years.
1:11.4	And is that the only divorce?
1:14.0	No, I was married twice.
1:16.9	Okay. So the two divorces largely came from what problems?
1:23.9	Um, I would say I married very young and I was in absolutely no shape to get married.
1:35.8	I am not saying this as an excuse, but I was from a family.
1:43.7	I think there were already 11 marriages between my parents.
1:48.6	There was a lot of trauma.
1:50.5	And I desperately wanted love and a family.
1:55.0	And I was young and naive and thought that if I loved somebody, I could do it.
2:02.4	And I, and I, and.
2:06.3	Why didn't it work?
2:09.0	I would say that I was not capable.
2:12.9	I mean, I can only talk on my part.
2:15.5	I had a lot of problems.
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