Refresher: My Sister-In-Law Never Acknowledged My Stillbirth

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🗓️ 7 November 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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From my Call of the Day archives; 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? 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. And remember, you two can
0:06.1	participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph
0:13.6	11. Harry, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. It's great to speak with you again.
0:22.6	So I have a sister-in-law, my husband's only sister, who's been pretty estranged from our family over the course of the last six or seven years since we've been having children.
0:32.6	I did not hear from her at all after the stillbirth, not even a text or anything. And out of nowhere,
0:40.8	she'd like to come visit. She approached my husband, called him and asked if she to not come
0:45.3	this summer. And I would like to know how, if you have any advice from me on how to handle that,
0:50.6	as I would love my... Yeah, I would call her back and say you spoke to
0:55.9	Michael about coming to
0:58.0	visit. I
0:59.5	would like to talk to you about
1:02.0	something before we consider
1:03.9	a visit, and that
1:06.1	is I was a bit hurt
1:08.0	that I hadn't heard from you when we lost the baby.
1:13.9	Okay.
1:14.4	Nor have I heard from you in all these years.
1:18.5	And I was just wondering what that was about.
1:22.4	Okay.
1:23.1	I'd like you to hang up, call her.
1:25.0	Do it as calmly as I just did it.
1:27.0	No yelling, no screaming it no yelling no screaming no
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