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http://www.drlaura.com/listen/ But, you'll need to be a subscriber to her service now. We use only the finest ingredients. Accept no substitutes. C1 Monologue. Rant on an article in Parenting magazine, Nov 2002 issue. Tips on balancing career and kids. DL, Listen to this. This is from a woman who actually signs her full name. If I felt this way I wouldn't admit it in public. Her name is Karen Straffmeyer. She lives in York Pennsylvania. I mean, it's published so she must be proud of it. Reads letter from Jacob 9, parents are divorcing. Dad cheated on mom. Should he meet Dad's new GF. Letter from Tina. Sound off section in the local paper, Springfield State Journal Register on SAHM's. Recommends a book she's reading, Why the Left Hates America by Daniel Flynn. Reads a passage from the book on the 9/11 attack and America's response. C2 0:15 Daniel. Last year, husband wanted another tattoo to add to the two he had prior to their marriage. Said if he gets a tattoo then she gets a cat. DL, I don't think you had a right to tie it in to anything else. Allergies mean they've got to get rid of the cat. Can she make him laser his tattoo. DL, Daniel, I'm making sincere fun of you. DL, You know, you really don't have any business being married. You're much too childish. DL, You will have a marriage in thirteen more years. I guarantee it. I'll put it in writing. C2 4:30 Tammy. 3 month old child. MIL's first grandchild. Mom acts like the child is important to her but she never comes around to see the kid. [WOW!!! This caller is a LOON!] Wants to tell MIL next time she calls that she can't see the baby now because MIL hasn't put for the effort to see the child. C3 0:20 Yita. Should she tell son that his father, caller's husband, edited the son's essay for MIT. DL, You dare come on my show and put your husband down when your son pulled the last minute maneuver? Laura really jumps all over this caller, mocking, insults, you name it, Laura does it. C4 0:35 Kevin. Not there. DL, Must have gone out for a beer. C4 0:40 Jennifer. Should she continue paying mom for babysitting when mom just gambles the money away. Laura says it's not her decision on how mom spends her money. C4 2:05 Brian. Works full time job and also has a bartender gig for two nights a week. Wife wants him to take a lie detector test because he has returned from the bartending job with make-up on his shirt from customers hugging him. Feels it's absurd that wife doesn't trust him. DL, Michele just put up that she's [wife] pregnant. C4 4:55 Christine. Son is graduating this year. Mom lives in Denver and her health is failing. When son graduates high school she wants to move to Denver to help mom. Afraid of leaving son behind. Son will be attending a local school. Caller is divorced. Laura says the son should live in the dorm. [Laura just assumes that every 18 year old is off to college. Does anybody have some census numbers on the percentage of population at 18 who do attend university?] C4 6:35 Kevin. Blah, blah, blah, blah. Something about things changing at home. [Missed this one. Didn't sound too interesting] C4 10:25 DL. Talking about jewelry. DL, The holidays are coming up. I've been spending the last few days hinting. DL, You know, I make good hints for the holidays. Hints, hints, hints. I am so easy to shop for. C4 10:45 Denise. Set up a hidden camera in her room. Husband, she and child live with mom. Caught husband masturbating in the room when the one year old was there. Back to Michelle. Wants her to show husband the tape then have them both call the show tomorrow. [I'd put a fiver down that the guy refuses to come on the show.] DL, But I definitely wanna talk with her again tomorrow. Would I ever allow a child to be alone with that man again? No! C5 Monologue. Talks about the lady caller who was going into the ministry and dad wanted her to officiate his new marriage. Letter from Margaret on the call. Uses Henry VII as an example or something. C5 3:35 Jose. How should he ask wife for a paternity test on the 3 year old son. DL, Do you want to stay married to her? The son is at the grandparents right now. Laura hooks him up with some Priceline tickets so he can get his get in Colorado. C6 0:20 Mark. Has to tell 14 year old daughter that her cousin, who she just saw get married, killed himself. Nobody knows why he did it. C6 2:45 Amber. Friend hit her car, $700 worth of damage. Friend is making her out to be the bad guy now. C6 3:50 Cheryl. Is she morally obligated to sell the house she had from a prior marriage to buy a larger house with new husband. DL, There's no moral issue here. DL, You say, 'That's not my plan. The plan is to keep that for my children.' DL, You don't plan on this marriage lasting. They've been married for 7 years. DL leaves her with this bombshell just before moving on, This is about <fx giggle how unhappy you are you're married to him. That's what, I think, it's all about. C6 6:55 Ruth. Was supposed to be Sarah. Sounds of buttons being pushed. Sarah is on now. Is she overreacting. Husband put some Oscar fish in the daughter's (4) room. C, Oscar fish feed off of other fish. DL, Well, everything's gotta eat something. C7 0:20 DL. Brags about giving Jose Priceline tickets. DL, I'm a little Jewish Santa Claus. C7 1:15 Carrie. Gave up a child for adoption. DL, You're a real hero. What age does she tell daughter that she has a sister. Daughter is 8 now. DL, I see no point in telling them at all. C7 4:10 Lynn. Dating Wonderful Guy the past four months. He wants kids, she doesn't want anymore. Laura says they have to stop dating. DL, Let him go. C7 5:55 Brenda. 21 year old daughter is at university. Daughter is having a hard time dealing with the fact that the caller, has started dating. Caller divorced 4 years ago. DL, She's 21 years old. If you want to date, date. DL, I would like to talk to your daughter. Back to Michelle, call back in a few days. C7 8:05 Stephanie. Son (11) got in trouble. Forged her name on a report card. DL wondering why he's doing poorly in school, Has something upset his world? Caller, reluctantly admits she is remarried and has a child with new husband. DL, You created chaos in this kid's life. C8 0:25 Bill. Wife and he are in family counseling. She found out he cheated on her before they were married, while they were just dating. DL, What else is the problem? That, in of itself would not make her go into therapy. I don't believe it Bill. You're leaving something big out. DL, There's something you're leaving out because it doesn't make sense to me. Even the craziest things have a pattern. DL, If you're in therapy then why are you on the phone with MEEEE? C8 4:40 Rebecca. A jewelry artist. People she befriends eventually end up copying from her. [I may go back and transcribe this call later today because it certainly takes a turn for the worse.] DL, I'm sorry. What did you say? C, That doesn't help. They're still trying ... DL, <fx condescending I see. I was supposed to say something in a two minute phone call that was supposed to change your life? I, ppphhprt, gee! Pressure. C, No, I didn't expect that of you. DL, Pressure. Rebecca.... C, <fx phone hanging up DL, <fx nervous chuckle Okay. We have clarity on that one don't we. You give what I want now or else. C8 7:05 Joann. Second update. DL, I suggested you foof up and do your loving wife routine. This are going better. C9 Monologue. On her radio-thon deal and Harley auction. DL, I was going to buy a bunch of raffles. My husband said, 'Dofus, how would that look if you won?' DL, So, I'm not buying any raffle tickets but I'm whining a lot about it. C9 4:20 Harry. Son (24), lost contact with him and his mother when the son was 2. She took him and moved away. He paid child support. DA called and asked if he wanted contact with the son. Eventually found son and son is into a lot of bad things. Caller is preparing to move. Does he just slip away from the son. DL, I think he needs to be read the riot act. C10 0:40 Ed. Recently found out wife hasn't been faithful. A long time friend of hers she recently re-met. DL, I think you should have a conversation with the guy. And say, 'You know, she may look like a hot bod to you but the reality is we have a 13 and a 14, and you're messing with their lives. Can't you find somebody else to do?' If I were you, I'd go talk to him. DL, I suggest you invite him to the house. You call him up and invite him to your home, the one he's trying to destroy. C10 3:55 Scott. Married for 37 years. Wife suddenly started attending a church. Since then they no longer get along. They did the counseling thing but she wouldn't do her part of what was recommended. He got mad and quit going to counseling. DL, I'm sorry sir, I don't think I'm going to be very useful here. I'm not gonna make a decision for you whether you should stay or leave. [WHY THE HELL NOT?!?!? You did in the previous call.] DL, And if she's not here to say her peace or to work with there's not a whole lot I can offer you. C10 6:55 Stephanie. C, You're wonderful. Husband has a history of porn. Laura says it's his decision to do the porn and it's her decision if she wants to stay with him. C11 0:25 Jake. Jealous of his GF. She has a lot of guy friends. DL, I think you're very young and I think you're very hung up on her and I think you're not thinking right. C, Well, I think you didn't listen to the whole story. DL, I don't need the whole story. I heard enough. C11 2:35 Mike. Would he be
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