My Husband Is Great In All Ways But One...

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Sara is embarrassed that she has to attend social events alone because her husband has social anxiety and prefers to stay home. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - 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 11. Sarah, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. It's such an honor to talk to you.
0:18.0	Thank you.
0:20.0	Yes, and I for you.
0:23.0	Well, I have a situation I just could use your help with. I am basically I have a wonderful husband.
0:32.0	Who leaves the post it notes and will hold my hand in public and a lot of the things that you were talking about and I'm so thankful for him.
0:41.0	He helps out around the house a lot. Plants great get away for us, but there's just this one part of my life where I feel like I'm missing out because he seems to get very anxious socially.
0:56.0	And so may I make a comment here?
1:01.0	Sure.
1:04.0	You're never going to find a guy who does it all who is a social as you'd like to be in your life with him.
1:12.0	And who is loving attentive who is a hard worker makes it living that supportive is considered in general.
1:22.0	You're never going to get it all every marriage has a compromise that you have to make in your head.
1:29.0	Now, if you think that the quality of your life is going to suffer so much that the rest of his qualities don't make up for it, then you should leave.
1:40.0	I don't recommend that.
1:42.0	I more recommend that you realize everybody who is married everybody.
1:48.0	He has made a sacrifice to marry you and put up with how social you like to be when he's more of a home buddy.
1:57.0	So he's putting up with you being disappointed and annoyed with him and being a pressure on him.
2:06.0	He's disappointed with that, but he stays with you because you have lots of redeeming qualities.
2:15.0	That's a good point.
2:18.0	He really does. I am involved in things and he will come and support me.
2:26.0	And I know I'm putting him outside of his comfort zone to do that.
2:30.0	Now, you're not putting him anywhere.
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