My Friends Want Me to Pick Sides

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Angie’s friends have told her conflicting versions of their separation, leaving Angie confused about what to do. 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 listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
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0:09.9	Triumph 111.
0:11.1	Angie, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Thank you, Dr. Lora. It's a real honor to speak with you.
0:18.0	Thank you.
0:19.0	I'm really nervous because this is about a friend, some friends of mine.
0:22.0	I have been friends with another
0:25.1	couple for over 20 years they've recently separated the reason they've separated is they have shared with me individually because I'm friends with both of them individually that they feel the other is
0:41.0	I have a question. I have a question. Okay. If you're now listen carefully. This is a
0:47.1	loaded question. Okay. How do you define friend if you're listening to one bitching about the other and then
0:58.4	listening to the other bitching about them and showing interest or compassion, how is that being a friend to either one?
1:06.8	I don't see it as a friend's behavior.
1:09.0	Yeah, that is a great question.
1:13.0	So I work for them.
1:15.0	Just think about it.
1:17.0	Don't tell me a story.
1:18.0	I don't think you behaved like a friend to either one of them. A friend would have said, I love you both. I'm not going to take sides. If you want to go to a therapist or a minister and deal with that but I
1:35.6	love you both and I'm not taking sides we've been friends for too long that's a
1:42.3	friend and that's my That's a friend.
1:43.0	And that's my answer.
1:45.0	That's the answer I'm looking for because I've been dumbfounded.
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