The Importance of Love

The Dr. Laura Podcast

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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"The Importance of Love" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! 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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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.5	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7 at
0:26.6	Dr.ora.com.
0:27.8	I'm listening to Sirius X-M's, the 60s channel.
0:34.1	And they were playing prom songs.
0:43.8	You know, like from the 50s in the early 60s.
0:52.8	And in between that, he was taking calls from people who wanted to talk about how long they had been married.
0:59.5	Now, it took me almost 20, 25 minutes to get there, a little traffic.
1:03.7	Every caller was a male.
1:07.0	Number one.
1:19.2	Every caller was a male. and the years married were all over 40 something. Every caller was a male married over 40 something years and happy about it.
1:34.2	And they all spoke about there
1:36.0	are women
1:36.4	in terms
1:39.9	I don't think men get to talk about much today.
1:44.8	Supportive, sweet, loving, nurturing, caretaking,
1:52.8	all the things girls are not brought up to do anymore.
2:07.6	Fitching and being dissatisfied is pretty much how girls are brought up today. One fellow said, when I got back from Vietnam, if it wasn't for her, she just made my life be okay.
2:15.6	To listen to these men made my life be okay.
2:19.4	To listen to these men who got married
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