Should I Wish My Daughter a Happy Birthday?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Preston doesn't know if he should continue sending birthday greetings to his daughter who has ignored him ever since his divorce. 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	Preston, welcome to the program.
0:29.3	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:30.4	How are you?
0:31.7	Good.
0:32.3	How can I help?
0:34.4	Hey, thanks for taking my call.
0:35.8	I've been listening to you for a couple of years.
0:38.4	I wish I'd listened to you about 30 years ago, and I probably wouldn't be in this
0:41.8	predicament. But be that as it may. I have a, I have three children and all adult children.
0:51.0	My oldest one just had a birthday. And I debated, I went back and forth about sending her a birthday card, only because she hardly
1:01.6	acknowledges my existence. Every now and again, when I mean it, and when I say every now and
1:07.1	again, I mean, once in a blue moon, eight months, a year, she'll say thank you.
1:14.9	What is she pissy about? What is she pissy about? A divorce from 20-some-odd years ago.
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