Navigating Book Club Drama

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🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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What happens when Beth's book club starts to feel more stressful than supportive? 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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0:28.1	Beth, welcome to the program.
0:30.5	Hi, Dr. Loya.
0:31.5	I have a question.
0:32.9	I have, I'm in a book club.
0:35.8	And the woman that brought us all together originally, she was out of
0:39.6	the country but texted us all and said, you know, our meeting is such and such a date
0:46.3	who would like to host, be the hostess.
0:49.3	I volunteered.
0:50.3	Now we're all on a thread so we all get the message at the same time.
0:56.0	I said, let me know if you're interested or not.
1:02.0	The other five people did not respond.
1:06.0	So when I didn't get any kind of answer from them I just said my husband and I have made
1:12.2	other plans since no one showed interest one of them is a pretty good friend of
1:18.6	mine and I was just really taken back and upset the woman from out that was out of
1:24.6	the country came back wait wait wait a second whoa whoa whoa and wait okay
1:30.4	i'm not upset if i invite people and some people don't want to come can't come why are you taking it
1:37.7	personally because they didn't respond at all like r RSVP at all.
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