My Mom Wants Me To Forgive Her Affair

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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My Mom Wants Me To Forgive Her Affair - How should Michelle respond to her mother who just confessed that she cheated on Michelle's father? - Dr. Laura: "You are her child, not her friend. Don't let her burden you with her drama." What do you wish your parents would refrain from sharing with you? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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1:21.0	Michelle, welcome to the program.
1:23.0	Hi, drlora. How are you? Good. What can I do for you?
1:28.0	Thank you for taking my call. I have a question for you in regards to my relationship with my parents.
1:35.0	I'm 35 and I live with my husband. I'm happily married. I've been married for 11 years and I have two kids that are five and seven.
1:44.0	About a month ago, my mom wanted to take me and my younger sister out for dinner. She said it was for our birthdays.
1:55.0	I thought that was a little strange because my birthday had already passed several months prior.
2:01.0	But I went to the dinner and at the dinner, she proceeded to tell my sister and I that she had had, after 45 years of marriage to my dad, had had an affair on him.
2:16.0	And she went into a lot of detail about the affair.
2:21.0	And then said that, so she had had the affair while my dad had COVID. So that's, he had a really hard time with COVID. And so I'm not surprised that he didn't pick up on things.
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