What Do I Do Now That My Kids Are Grown?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Rita is used to the hustle and bustle of a full house but now that her kids are out of the house Rita having a hard time adjusting to the empty nest. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - 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.

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live
0:04.7	radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:08.9	serious XM Triumph 111. Rita, welcome to the program.
0:13.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, I'm a little nervous, so please be patient with me.
0:17.0	I have been listening to for over 30 years and I know you say you want 87 kids but I hope you know there's 87,000 of us that we look up to and say mama Laura so
0:30.3	thank you for what you. Thank you.
0:33.0	I have two part question for you.
0:35.0	One, I was a stay-home mom.
0:38.0	That was the easy part for me.
0:39.0	Now that my kids are all adults and moved out,
0:42.0	the house is sad. It's kind of quiet. I'm not I'm not I don't like it if that makes sense. Is your
0:48.8	husband dead? No he's alive, well, working.
0:53.0	Well, isn't he current?
0:57.0	And you made it sound like you were alone?
1:02.0	Hmm. Well I can't expect for him to be there all the time right I mean I work I get that but the kids
1:11.9	weren't there all the time they were in school they were in
1:14.5	plays they were in games they were with friends they weren't there all the time
1:18.1	either true okay I would Okay, I was there with them. Now I worked when they were in school, so I filled in, I was never home alone when they were in
1:31.0	when they went home. So if they were at school, I was never home alone when they went home. So if they were at school, I was working.
1:36.9	What's your point?
1:38.4	You have a husband.
1:39.9	Remember what it was like when you didn't have kids and waiting for each other to finish your day and come together and have wine, have sex, have discussions, have movie dot nights. Remember that?
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