You Picked Her. Stop Picking on Her!

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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David knew his wife was messy and disorganized when they married, but now he's annoyed that their house isn't neat, and their bills aren't paid on time. Searching for advice? 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 downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph 111. David, welcome to the program. Thank you, Dr. Laura. I have been married to my wife 10 years.
0:22.5	We have two young kids.
0:34.3	And the reason for the call, and I've been wanting the call for a while, is my wife actually introduced me to you, you know, let's say about eight years ago.
0:36.8	She's been listening since she was a kid. But I, I'm trying to figure out
0:43.2	if there's something I can be doing different in our marriage to make our marriage a lot more
0:47.5	pleasant, enjoyable for the both of us. I feel in my marriage with my wife, she has pretty severe ADD, knew it going in, so
0:59.1	you know, it wasn't a surprise, obviously, that I am taking on pretty much all the responsibility.
1:06.3	Okay, let's go backwards. When you met her and you knew about the severe ADD,
1:11.9	and rather than just giving it a label, what were the behaviors that got labeled
1:19.5	ADD that she had when you were first meeting and dating?
1:23.7	What were the behaviors?
1:27.0	Not, you know know a very messy messy house unorganized everything late
1:37.3	financial struggles kind of staying on top of you know, you know, any level of attention to detail
1:45.5	for things that she just doesn't find interesting for herself.
1:51.6	Okay. Let me just say this then. And thank you for being so clear and answering the question.
1:57.7	Since you knew that going in, that's why you seem to have more responsibility.
2:07.8	Because you have to. I don't know why you thought that would change.
2:16.3	Yeah, I didn't think it would. I guess i guess but you're wanting it to now i'm sorry you're
2:23.3	going to have to be the more responsible one that's not how her brain works is she loving is she
2:33.1	affectionate is he she sensual?
2:35.4	Is she thoughtful?
2:36.7	Is she kind?
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