The Patrick Madrid Show: May 31, 2024 - Hour 2
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Patrick tackles the real-life struggles and triumphs of stay-at-home parenthood. From the vital role of spousal support to the evolving dynamics in modern marriages, the callers share deeply personal stories and insights. Patrick discusses balancing careers and family, the emotional impact on kids, and the importance of prioritizing our loved ones. Whether you're a stay-at-home parent or juggling a career, today’s show is packed with wisdom and heartfelt advice.
- Patrick continues his conversation with Bonnie from the end of the last hour. She left her career to raise her children. (00:32)
- Elizabeth - I chose to stay at home and I don't regret it. (10:10)
- Martha - My mother went back to work when I was a teen and I hated it.
- Patrick shares an email from a listener that disagrees with his take on moms staying at home whenever possible and the kind of help they can give their husbands (36:49)
- Rosemary – My husband's day ended after work in our home but the mom's day went on even after he got back. I think it is good for both parents to work in the evenings. (40:59)
- Mary - Are woman willing to do the lawn work and fixing things? Men do things around the house that women don't do.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do it. Do it. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Do it now. |
| 0:09.0 | Compelling insights. Unpredictable conversations. |
| 0:12.7 | Encouragement for your day. It's the Patrick Madrid show on Relevant Radio. |
| 0:19.5 | Okay, we are back. Thanks again for listening. And if you want to dial up and be on the |
| 0:24.0 | program, call 888-9149-9149. That number sponsored by Catholic Order of Forrester. Let's go to Bonnie, |
| 0:31.6 | back to Bonnie, rather, in Orange, California. So Bonnie, just to reset for people who are tuning in |
| 0:36.2 | right now and didn't hear the first part of your comment, can you give like a 30 second recap about your experience as an attorney, you know, law school attorney and then what happened after that? |
| 0:47.3 | Yes. So after law school, I started practicing law. I spent 11 and a half years in litigation. |
| 0:56.0 | And during that time, met and married my husband. |
| 0:59.3 | When my first born was born, |
| 1:00.9 | I walked away from the profession to stay home full-time with my son. |
| 1:06.2 | Was that difficult? |
| 1:07.4 | I know it's a loaded question. |
| 1:09.7 | You know, in a way, yes, because my last day, |
| 1:14.9 | the last time I went to court and walked in with the community of attorneys that I had gotten |
| 1:20.4 | to know over the last 11 years, I knew I was walking away from that community. And I probably |
| 1:26.3 | would not be in contact with all of those |
| 1:28.3 | people so it was sad to do that but it was not hard for me to do okay so uh were you at that |
| 1:37.9 | sorry for interrupting were you pregnant at that point or was your baby already born at that |
| 1:41.5 | point when you walked away no I was pregnant was pregnant. He was not yet born. |
| 1:44.6 | Okay. |
| 1:47.0 | I think what Harrison Bucker was saying at Benedictine College, which happens to me, |
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