Should a Husband Step In?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Friendship, The Ten Commandments, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Marriage 101, Stop Whining Start Living, Snowflakes, Kids, Woman Power, Courage, Feelings, Fitness, Love, Parenting, Messing Up, Grief, Social Media, Marriage, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Workout, Quote, Health, Inspiration, Dating, Workplace, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Relationships, Siriusxm, Society & Culture, Responsibility, Counseling, Parenthood By Proxy, Stay-at-home Dads, Health & Fitness, In-laws, Exercise, Mental Health, Grandparents, Stay-at-home Moms, Strength, Health & Well-being, Do The Right Thing, Well-being, Dr Laura, Single Parenting, Wisdom, Power, Ethics, Gay, Kids & Family, Feuds, Confrontation, Healing, Coping, Sex, Family, Conscience, Divorce, Childhood, Sexuality, Couples, Love & Life, Procrastination, Goals, Stress, Emotions, Co-parenting, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, God, Triumph, Podcast, Life, Shacking Up, Lesbian

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jude is frustrated by his wife’s family constantly texting and showing up unexpectedly, especially amid her strained relationship with her mother. 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.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day brought to by my new sponsor, Chapter.
0:05.4	Chapter compares every Medicare plan nationwide, helps you find the one that fits.
0:10.6	Get your answer with one free call to Chapter.
0:13.7	Go to askchapter.org today to get the clarity you deserve.
0:18.2	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:25.6	at Dr. Laura.com. Jude, welcome to the program. Hello. Hi. How can I help you? I'm calling in because my wife, unfortunately, her stepfather, had passed away from terminally brain cancer.
0:47.3	And during this whole process, which happened less than a year ago. He recently just passed.
0:58.1	The mom left him, abandoned him, essentially,
1:04.6	and started seeing another man that we found out to our shock,
1:06.0	and we cut her off.
1:10.8	And it's caused a lot of problems cutting her off.
1:14.0	I feel like my wife, she lost her whole family overnight almost.
1:19.1	And so now I'm just wondering how to handle these people and how to help my wife,
1:20.9	because she just kind of freezes.
1:24.1	She's already confronted everybody many, many times,
1:26.3	and they kind of won't stop.
1:28.0	They just keep... I'm sorry.
1:30.8	Everybody sounds like it's 40 people.
1:32.0	Name the people.
1:32.4	Sorry.
1:42.7	It is the grandmother, the grandfather, the aunts, the uncles, and that's it.
1:43.9	Okay.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.