Refresher: I’m Upset That I Can’t Count On My Sister To Help

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🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Joyce wants to confront her sister who has yet again backed out of a promise to help with their ailing mother. 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	Time now for a refresher from my Dr Laura Call of the Day Archives.
0:04.6	Remember, you can hear my live radio program weekdays, 2 to 5 p.m.
0:09.9	Eastern time on Serious XM Triumph 2011.
0:15.0	Choice, welcome to the program.
0:18.0	Hi, Dr Laura.
0:20.0	Hi, I have a question about my interaction with my sister.
0:27.0	Can you speak up a little please?
0:29.0	Okay. Is this better?
0:31.0	Yeah, I just need you louder. My station teams must still be a little congested.
0:36.1	Okay. I have an issue with my sister.
0:40.7	I am my mother's caretaker so she lives here with me and my family and this past weekend
0:48.3	my husband and I went out of town so I asked her to stay overnight to look look after our mom, and I have two kids 15 and 13.
0:56.5	So I assured them that their auntie would be staying overnight and they wouldn't have to worry
1:01.3	about taking care of grandma, but she didn't do it.
1:06.5	She picked her up during the day, but she just dropped her off at night.
1:09.7	So my children ended up having two make sure she had her meals and medication. I haven't talked to her
1:17.0	about it yet. So my question to you is how can I... I'm not sure how do you know you actually had a full understanding that she was going to stay overnight
1:27.0	It might have been an error in communication
1:30.0	in a text message that I need you to stay overnight and I gave her the dates.
1:34.7	And she wrote back? Yes, I'll do it. And two things. One. Three. Is your sister normally someone we can count on?
1:50.0	No. Well then, makes you look silly asking her when you know she's not somebody you can count on.
1:57.0	Makes you look silly.
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