Refresher: My Husband and I Don't Know How to Be Together Anymore

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🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; Ever since Stacy's kids have grown up and moved out, she says she and her husband have felt disconnected and she's not sure how to get the romance back into their lives. 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.
0:04.7	And remember, you two can participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:16.8	Stacey, welcome to the program.
0:19.4	Hi, Dr. Laura. Stacey, I'm calling from Florida.
0:23.2	Welcome.
0:24.0	How are you?
0:25.3	Good.
0:25.9	What's happening?
0:26.7	Good.
0:27.6	Well, I, you know, I was listening to you about letting go.
0:32.5	I'm not sure that I want to let go of anything, but on March 23rd, I'll be married 31 years and I have two grown children
0:41.5	boys and I have twin granddaughters that are two um so of course they're not in the house anymore
0:48.3	so I don't have that buffer anymore but um my question for you what was what the, what was, wait, wait, wait, wait, what were your kids
0:57.2	buffering? Um, I guess my husband and I don't know how to be alone now without, you know,
1:05.6	the kids being there. So it's just him and I. And everything was fine until I decided that I don't want to drink alcohol anymore.
1:15.8	Not that I had a problem with it, but I just, I don't like the way it makes me feel.
1:21.0	And so I stopped drinking about six months ago, and he wants nothing to do with me.
1:29.0	He, he, like, lost a best friend or, you know, a drinking buddy.
1:34.7	And I, the air is very sick in my house.
1:38.9	So I'm calling to ask you, do I stick it out?
1:44.7	Do I let it go?
1:46.8	Will he get over it?
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