My Husband Has Chosen His Sister Over Me

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Katie is tired of having her hapless sister-in-law living in her home, but her husband can't bring himself to ask her to leave. 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 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 serious XM Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Katie, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you so much for taking my call.
0:17.2	You're welcome. What's up?
0:19.2	I have a 58-year-old sister-in-law who is living in our house, my husband and my house.
0:29.0	And why is that?
0:31.0	Because she has pretty much lost every place she's ever had to live and she was going to be out in the street and my husband is her only sibling and we took her in.
0:48.4	I can't say he did.
0:49.2	We both took her in, temporarily thinking with the idea that we did. and temporarily what made you in any way think it would be temporary what
0:57.2	what made you in any way think it would be temporary. You know, I think, thinking that the cup's halfful and thinking that people can change and that maybe this would give her a boost up.
1:17.0	Okay, how did that play out?
1:22.0	Not very well. No. 99% chance it wouldn't. Very true. Anyway, where are we today?
1:37.0	I need to get her out of my house.
1:38.0	I need to get her out of my house for my own well-being.
1:47.0	If your husband is not willing to get her into the house,
1:50.0	do you have any relatives you could stay with for a few months?
1:53.0	I do. My problem is right. Well, it's not a problem. My car has been in the shop for two months and my insurance.
2:00.0	Get on a plane, get on a bus, get in a cab, get in a railroad, come on.
2:08.0	Yeah. Yeah. If your husband is unwilling to do this, then you need to go live somewhere else or you're going to lose your mind.
2:26.0	Yeah.
2:30.0	Thank you. You know, my mantra is, what was Dr. Lord do?
2:33.4	And I usually can answer that question,
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