My Kids Don't Approve of My Man

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🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Cindy's adult children want her to dump the man she's dating because he's just too quiet for them. 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 radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on serious
0:09.5	XM Triumph 111. Cindy, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hello.
0:15.0	Hello.
0:16.0	Hello.
0:18.0	What's up?
0:19.0	The reason I'm calling is because I'm a senior, I'm 75 years old, I'm a widow, and I have a boyfriend who is 75 years old, he's a widower.
0:28.0	He lives two hours away and both of my daughters here dislike him and so and we've been together for
0:36.2	over two years we get along very well he's very kind and I don't know if I
0:42.2	should break up with him because they have such a dislikes in for him.
0:46.4	Let me explain something.
0:50.0	Your daughter is about half a century old and their opinion doesn't matter.
0:55.0	Your opinion of them dating when they were 15 mattered.
1:00.0	Their opinion of you dating when they're 50 is irrelevant.
1:05.0	That makes sense.
1:09.0	You've described him as a very nice man and that must be accurate because you've known him for two years and you like the distance and you like the relationship and you're happy and content. And they have other motives for telling you they
1:25.5	don't like him. They have motives that likely have nothing to do with anything that could
1:30.3	hurt you. Their motives are probably things like money, assets, stuff like that. So you're, and please don't say senior anymore. I'm two years older than you. I never use that.
1:45.2	Raise. I do have another question for you. Good. Yes and that is is it wrong to not want to get married at this age and just maintain the distance?
1:58.4	I mean, I love having my along time.
2:00.6	Okay, Cindy, Cindy, there's nothing wrong with anything about what you're doing.
2:07.2	You have your own places, you have your own lives, and you come together and enjoy things
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