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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Patty has been complaining about her stepson's behavior for 25 years and says she's finally had enough. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11. Patty, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Thank you. Thank you for taking my call. I am in a dilemma. I really respect you and I'm scared.
0:22.5	I have an stepson who is active in his addiction and he is 39 years old.
0:29.5	How long have you been married to his dad?
0:32.6	Oh, that's the part.
0:34.3	25 years.
0:35.4	And we just got back from our 25th wedding anniversary and it was
0:39.4	absolutely beautiful and thank you it's hard those second marriages and I am 61 and he
0:47.7	is 79 sorry and we came back to finding out that his son had victimized us again.
0:59.2	I'm sorry, what does that mean has victimized you again?
1:03.2	He took my car and had it for three weeks, put over a thousand miles on it, took credit
1:08.7	cards out of it and money.
1:10.9	We have a company, and he was working for the company.
1:13.2	The answer to your problems is something neither one of you has the guts to do.
1:20.7	Oh, I have the guts.
1:22.1	I'm just not the mean.
1:24.8	You call the police and have him arrested for grand theft auto plus the theft and everything else.
1:30.8	I did that. You file a complaint.
1:33.0	I did that.
1:34.0	Don't tell me.
1:35.4	Don't tell me nobody cared because I won't believe you.
1:39.6	Well, the only problem is the credit card company said it's not really worth filing a complaint because they're going to send me a new card and they don't pursue these kind of charges.
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