Why as a Married Man, Your Sister, Mom, and Dad’s Issues Are Not Your Problem

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🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:28.4	He had a call Jose and Natasha, sort of like Hispanic and Russian.
0:34.1	Interesting.
0:35.7	And he was the oldest of a whole bunch of kids in his family, and he's married to
0:41.2	Natasha, and they have kids. And his mother is the problem. He's not crazy about his mother,
0:46.9	and started to get to tell me about all the trials and tribulations of people getting along in that family and he started telling
0:56.0	about his sister. I said, I don't really care about any of that, nor should you. You're a married
1:00.6	man with kids. That stuff has to now be irrelevant. How your siblings and your mother and father
1:07.2	get along has not to be your problem.
1:16.0	Answer me one thing.
1:17.6	Is she a good grandma?
1:18.0	Yes.
1:23.3	Well then, we want her hang with the kids because when kids feel more love through generations, it's good for them.
1:26.3	So I recommended that he absolutely disconnect
1:29.3	from being concerned about any of that stuff,
1:34.2	said he should go to their house.
1:36.2	I said, no.
1:37.4	If you're not in control when you're at her house
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