Should I Dump My Friend?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Should I Dump My Friend? - Linda has lost all respect for her friend of 35 years, but is afraid of letting her know that she's ready to end their relationship. - Dr. Laura: "Be courageous and do what needs to be done." - Have you ever held onto a friendship that you should have walked away from? Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com | To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from two to five PM Eastern time on serious XM triumph 11.
0:12.0	Linda welcome to the program.
0:15.0	Is it me?
0:17.0	Is your name Linda?
0:19.0	Yes.
0:20.0	All then it's you.
0:22.0	Holy holy moly my husband told me not to cry. He said you would tear a strip off me and.
0:32.0	I haven't even told you anything yet and I'm crying.
0:36.0	Okay, well, I don't know why your husband said that.
0:40.0	But you can cry if you feel the emotion to cry and how can I help you?
0:45.0	Well, I run on emotion. That's the way I will try to be concise and logical, but my brain doesn't work that way. It doesn't go in a straight line.
0:57.0	Okay, so I've had a friendship for 35 years.
1:04.0	And I'm wondering whether I should end it or.
1:12.0	Okay, before you start going into that planting bombs.
1:17.0	But you've had a friendship for 35 years for 35 years. This is a yes, no question.
1:24.0	Okay, for 35 years has it been a mutually healthy reciprocal relationship?
1:31.0	No.
1:31.0	So for how many of the 35 years has it been a healthy mutual relationship?
1:42.0	Maybe maybe when I was a teenager, so maybe five or all.
1:50.0	So my question. Well, you're the only person who would know dear.
1:55.0	Well, I've been an idiot for a lot of that time. I didn't realize or I didn't want to realize.
2:04.0	The kind of person she is and I.
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