My Husband and I Are Growing Apart

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Lisa is becoming more religious and politically involved as she ages, and she is bothered that her husband doesn't share her interests. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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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 1111.
0:12.4	Lisa, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Lisa, welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Hello, Dr Laura.
0:17.0	I would like to thank you for taking my call.
0:20.0	Thank you so much.
0:22.0	The reason I'm calling today is I'm the 60 and I have been married about 25 years and the more I'm growing, I'm growing a lot in the Lord, I'm also growing a lot in, you know, I'm very involved politically.
0:42.0	And... I'm very involved politically and my husband and I are really diverging as far as having
0:49.0	anything in common with one another and he doesn't communicate I try to solicit opinions from him I try to
0:58.1	get him to work with me about our common goals for the future. I can't get him to communicate much. He's very, he's very
1:07.8	passive how he responds to things in life in general. I try to get them active. I try to get them engaged.
1:15.0	Well can you stop trying to get him to be someone else please? Stop it already.
1:21.0	I thought about that. No I didn't ask if you thought about that.
1:27.0	Stop trying to make him. More social, more this, more that, more involved, more.
1:32.0	Talk. This is who he is and it's
1:35.4	insulting to marry somebody and then work real hard to try to make them be
1:40.0	someone you really want. If I may, I'm growing quite a bit in my faith and our Lord and...
1:51.0	You said that already.
1:54.0	Yes, I did.
1:56.0	And I love him to share the journey with me and...
2:00.0	I'm sorry.
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