Shack-up Honeys Can't Make Demands

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🗓️ 29 January 2026

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Betty doesn't like that her shack up boyfriend wants to stay connected to the child he helped raise with his ex. 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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0:26.4	Betty, welcome to the program.
0:29.2	Hello.
0:31.2	Hello.
0:32.4	How can I help?
0:33.3	Oh, my God.
0:34.2	I cannot believe that I said I would never call you and here I am calling you.
0:39.0	All good. How can I help? Okay. So I'm going to give you the question and then ask me all the
0:46.8	questions you need because I don't know where to start. I want to say my husband, but he's not my husband.
0:54.5	We're not married.
0:55.5	Well, then do not say husband because neither one of you bothered to make him a husband.
1:01.4	So your shack up boyfriend and...
1:04.7	We are so used to saying those terms that you're right.
1:08.7	Well, you shouldn't.
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