My Sister-In-Law Never Acknowledged My Stillbirth

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🗓️ 20 March 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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My Sister-In-Law Never Acknowledged My Stillbirth: Carrie’s sister-in-law wants to visit this summer but never expressed condolences after a tragic stillbirth. How can Carrie host an in-law who ignored her during a time of need? - Dr. Laura: "When someone has hurt you, please give them a calm opportunity to explain." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.
0:03.8	Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.
0:09.8	Harry, welcome to the program.
0:11.8	Hi Dr. Lara, it's great to see you again.
0:14.8	So I have a sister-in-law, my husband's only sister, and I've been pretty
0:19.6	exposed from our family over the course of the last six or seven years since we've been having children.
0:26.2	I did not hear from her at all after the stillbirth, not even a text or anything,
0:32.4	and out of nowhere she'd like to come visit.
0:35.4	Her host, my husband, called him an assistant to not come to summer.
0:39.8	I would like to know what if you have any advice for me on how to handle that,
0:43.8	as I would love more.
0:45.8	I would call her back and say you spoke to Michael about coming to visit.
0:52.8	I would like to talk to you about something before we consider a visit,
0:58.8	and that is I was a bit hurt that I hadn't heard from you when we lost the baby.
1:06.8	Nor have I heard from you in all these years, and I was just wondering what that was about.
1:15.8	I'd like you to hang up, call her, do it as calmly as I just said it,
1:19.8	no yelling, no screaming, no hysterics, no crying.
1:23.8	Okay.
1:24.8	And ask the question, you might have a fascinating discussion.
1:31.8	Some people have had terrible experiences, and they can't deal with them and other people either.
1:40.8	You don't know what was behind that.
1:44.8	Okay.
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