Marriage

Annie is finding it difficult to navigate being the mother of five while battling breast cancer and helping her husband who struggles with PTSD.   Dr. Laura: "It's time for you to draw a...

Marriage

Bill's 30-year marriage has been largely sexless and lacking in intimacy. Now that he's close to retirement he's wondering if it is time to leave.   Dr. Laura: "You have the right to...

Marriage

Diane has been happily married for 41 years but has one teeny thing bothering her that she wants Dr. Laura's help with...   Dr. Laura: "Don't mess with a good marriage between two...

Marriage

I’ve been married for the second time for thirty years. We both had two preschool children coming into the marriage. This has been a very hard marriage. When you tell people on the air...

Marriage

I was raised by a single mother who had four children and a horrible outlook on men, so I never had an example of how to treat a husband properly. I overcame this dysfunction and...

Marriage

It is the little things my husband does that makes my love grow. They are not your BIG blow-out type of things.

Marriage

This year, I decided to make my Valentine's Day last for weeks. For the 21 days preceding February 14th, I have daily offered to my husband something I call "…With Loving Gratitude." I...

Marriage

I made some dumb decisions in my early twenties, and I am eternally grateful that your strong voice was the one that stayed with me, even when I was rebellious and pushed aside the...

Marriage

Dave snores and feels terrible about keeping his wife up all night, but she doesn't want to sleep in separate rooms.   Dr. Laura: "Getting proper sleep is one of the most important...

Marriage

After many years of being told by women I once admired that I needed to be strong, powerful and have a big career, I found you and you showed me the light. I have learned from you to be...

Marriage

I am my husband's girlfriend and my two dogs’ mom. On Christmas Eve, I had a whim to paint our kitchen, pull up the old tile and refinish the hardwood floors underneath. I ordered and...

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Lisa's husband is annoyed by her constant need to correct him and always be right.   Dr. Laura: "No one was ever loved for being right."

Marriage

My husband and I were in a rut and I couldn’t figure out what was wrong. I realized that I fell into bad habits after our fourth child was born. I felt entitled and was overall just...

Marriage

Renee's husband gets mean when he's feeling depressed, and she doesn't know how to handle it.   Dr. Laura: "You don't have to tolerate abusive behavior."

Marriage

My husband and I have been married for 15 years. I’m sorry to say it took that long for me to treat him with sincere affection, appreciation and approval. Before I read “The Proper Care...

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I have been married to my husband for 15 years and have 4 children. We have historically had a good marriage. However over 3 years, I had 3 brain surgeries for a rare neurological...

Marriage

Laura calls back to update Dr. Laura on how her advice turned Laura's marriage around.   Dr. Laura: "You gave your husband the opportunity to express himself without anger."

Marriage

Christine's husband doesn't like to socialize and pressures her and their children to stay away from friends and family.   Dr. Laura: "Your children need the contact and connection with...

Marriage

When my now-husband and I got engaged (but were living 12 hours apart until I finished my last year of college), I was driving a car that was on its last tire! My incredible man...

Marriage

Marriage is a marathon, not a sprint. And it’s a race that needs practice! My husband and I are married for nine years this month. We have a great marriage and had fallen into a...

Marriage

Gabe is a step-mom to her husband's 11-year-old son, and she's wondering if she should have a baby of her own.   Dr. Laura: "Your step-son would not benefit having to compete with...

Marriage

When I was five, I had a great piece of advice given to me about marriage.

Marriage

Before the holiday, you told the story of “The Gift of the Magi.” I always tear up at that story. And, yes, there ARE marriages like that.

Marriage

Pete and Shelby fear their petty squabbles are hurting the children, and Dr. Laura shares the story, “The Gift of the Magi,” to help them see what's really important.   Dr. Laura: "Live...

Marriage

After 16 years of marriage, Bridget and her husband are wondering if they should add a baby to their family.   Dr. Laura: "Don't do anything you're not ready to sacrifice for."

Marriage

David desperately wants more time and attention from his wife, but she is annoyed by his clinginess.   Dr. Laura: "Act like you just met her and you want to make her like you."

Marriage

I got this lighthearted note from Rumi whose “wonderful husband” sent her these little tidbits about the “Differences Between the Sexes:”

Marriage

I've been married to the same woman for 31 years. It took a while to figure this out, but some of the qualities that I believe make a marriage work are:

Marriage

The thing I love about marriage is there seems to be someone for everyone. We're all different, and finding that person who gets us (or tolerates us) is a feat in itself. Once we're...

Marriage

My fiancé and I had been dating over a year and a half, and we were wildly in love. Still, only a few months before the big day, I remember wondering if I would always love my fiancé to...

Marriage

Kristen and Chris have been on opposite sides of the political spectrum for most of their 5-year marriage, and things are especially tense with COVID-19 and the recent election.   Dr....

Marriage

Anna is a tough, feisty wife and mom who is confused about how to handle her post-breast cancer body and a husband she caught checking out boobs on the net.   Dr. Laura: "You're the one...

Marriage

Several years after our first and only child was born, I became so angry with my husband, I decided I would replace him. I rekindled an old friendship and before long I was sneaking...

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My husband and I have been married 28 years. It has not always been easy, but we have kept - and will continue to keep - our marriage strong, not just until the kids are up and out, but...

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I’ve been married for 37 years. We’ve been through cancer, the loss of parents, sick family members, disability, loss of jobs, and mystery illnesses that would challenge even the most...

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While searching through a handwritten cookbook from 1946, I came across a very simple recipe at the back. It has a corny picture of a husband in a hot frying pan. I had to read on, and...

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Keri suffered childhood trauma and she feels re-traumatized by her unfaithful husband, even though it was 13 years ago.   Dr. Laura: "When we are betrayed the hurt never goes away...

Marriage

My husband and I have been married 43 years. We made a promise from the beginning to keep making each other happy and not have our children suffer from the effects of divorce (my...

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Recently, I heard you work with a woman who was no longer attracted to her husband, and then with a man who was asked to think about the happiness and electricity that was present at...

Marriage

Allison is a new stay-at-home mom to her three children and is missing the autonomy and money she had when she was working full time.   Dr. Laura: "Two Words: Grow. Up."

Marriage

Dr. Laura, I have been an avid listener for more years than I would like to admit. I agree with your stance on stay-at-home mothers and doing things in the right order, which brings me...

Marriage

I heard your program recently when husbands called in and told you why they loved their wives.  My wife loved me with everything she had, telling me “I just want to make you happy.”  ...

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My wife and I have been married 25 years.  This was her second marriage, but my first, and she already had a child when we married.  I tried to do everything right, providing a good...

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After 18 years of marriage Shelly discovered her husband has been messaging another woman because he was unhappy.   Dr. Laura: "Before you can fix a problem, you must admit you have one."

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Even though we’re still in a pandemic, this has been the time of year when many kids go away to college, leaving their parents with an empty nest.  That was my situation twelve years...

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The first thing I noticed when I met my now husband was that he drove an old red car which had been out in the sun so long the hood was pink. Although it was old, it worked just fine,...

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Jill pays the bills and wants to cease paying her husband's cellphone as retaliation to his being constantly on the phone.   Dr. Laura: "Trust and vulnerability are required in a good...

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I used to think my husband was a little too harsh on our 4 children, as he would correct them on little things that I normally would have let slide.  One time I yelled for one of our...

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Despite loving his wife Steve finds himself unhappy, criticized and deprived of sex for the past 3 years.   Dr. Laura: "This is a choice of staying miserable or going into the unknown."

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I’ve known my wife since the second grade and we’ve raised three children and have fifteen grandchildren.  She is the best partner I could have had, and it’s been over forty years.  She...

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Elise wonders why she’s upset instead of happy that her alcoholic husband is gone.   Dr. Laura: "Tell the truth; 'I’m at peace but he was my partner and I miss him.'"