My Husband Is Letting Me Down

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🗓️ 24 November 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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What should Kara say to her husband who is fully recovered from a serious accident but not making any moves to go back to work? Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:13.9	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at Dr. Laura.com.
0:23.5	Kara, welcome to the program.
0:25.8	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:27.9	I need your advice, please, and I would love to hear you talk about it.
0:33.1	Thank you for taking my call.
0:35.5	I am 42 years old.
0:38.3	I'm married to a wonderful man.
0:40.3	We've been married 18 years together for 20.
0:44.7	He, a little over three years ago, was in a horrible mountain bike crash.
0:53.6	Ambulance, life flights, ICU, surgeries. He essentially broke the entire left
1:00.3	half of his body. But he recovered beautifully. Even his surgeons were impressed with how well he
1:09.9	recovered. He's very healthy now, has been for about two and a half
1:15.3	years. And, yeah, so we're very lucky that way. But in his, this crash and everything, we decided,
1:25.8	well, he decided, and I agreed.
1:28.4	He should just resign from his job and recover,
1:31.5	and I was very supportive of that.
1:34.2	But he's been able to go back to work for about two and a half years now,
1:40.1	and he hasn't.
1:42.5	And my job, luckily, I have a very wonderful job where finances are not.
1:49.0	Yeah, I know.
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