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Elissa and Renee, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi, thank you so much for taking our call.

You're very welcome. How old is everybody? How long have you been married?

We're both 38 and we've been married for 14 years.

Any kids have so how many held? One five years. Wow. How come the five year old one year old

was not screaming? You're on the phone. No, just one five year old.

Oh, just one. I misunderstood. One, I thought those were two different kids in the

ages. Okay, what can I do for you guys? Well, I wanted to call today because

I am feeling pretty desperate in our marriage and I'd like to know why.

For a few years now, I have been asking for simple affection. You know, just hugs and kisses

and cuddling hands holding. I'm sorry. Oh, you mean like you had when you were dating?

Yes. And I'm sorry. You need to calm yourself down or we can't do this. All right. I understand

being upset, but we can't do this if you can't calm down and communicate. So take a breath.

Take a big breath. Come on. Big breath. Good. Now, when you were dating, he was all over you

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