My Niece Ignored My Good Advice

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🗓️ 1 December 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Julie is so disappointed in the choices her niece has made that she's thinking of cutting her off. 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 Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Julie, welcome to the program. Hey, Dr. Laura. Hi. Hi. So what can I help you with? I am 72 years old.
0:21.6	I forgot to have kids.
0:22.6	So I love having adopted nieces and nephews that I help mentor and try to guide them
0:29.6	in the right direction.
0:31.6	I have a particular adopted niece who I have been spending time with since she was 12 and she's now 22 and
0:42.3	she's gone the wrong direction I've given her lots of really good advice and one
0:49.0	trying to motivate her steer to study hard work hard stay away from tattoos and all the craziness. And she did
0:59.4	completely opposite. She is obese now. She is tatted up from head to toe and no, you know,
1:07.1	nose ring and whatever. Okay, I got the picture.
1:12.3	So how can I help you?
1:19.9	So my question is I'm very actually, I mean, completely disappointed with what's going on with her now.
1:21.9	I don't think she has any motivation either.
1:23.6	Okay, I get that.
1:25.2	But how can I help you?
1:30.8	So my question is she let me a voicemail saying that she misses me and loves me and do I ghost her or do I send her an email or text telling her what I think because I'm I'm done
1:39.1	with it what kind of person would ghost another person rather than face?
1:45.0	Well, I agree with you.
1:46.1	I've never ghosted anybody in my life.
1:47.9	And I pondered on.
1:48.8	But you asked me that question.
1:49.8	You made that one of the alternatives I might select.
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