My Mom Will Never Be Mommy

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Beth knows she won’t have the relationship she wants with her mother, but does this mean she failed? 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 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 serious xm. Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Beth welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.
0:17.0	Been listening for a very long time and you've helped me a few other times in the past.
0:24.0	Thank you.
0:27.0	Today the reason I'm calling is to, I want to word this correctly. I want to know how I can handle my interactions with my mom who's 82 and still be supportive of her when
0:50.6	her life is up and down and back and forth.
0:57.3	I do not know what up and down and back and forth means.
1:00.9	Okay.
1:06.0	Is your life not up and down and back and forth?
1:09.0	No, not like this. Well, then explain to me what you're calling up and down and back and forth, and why you're a prisoner to it.
1:17.0	Oh, that's a very good question. Oh, now I'm getting a little misty.
1:27.0	Mm-hmm.
1:32.0	I have three brothers and sisters. The youngest one still lives with her. He's in his 50s.
1:40.0	He is an addict. He is an addict.
1:43.0	He is verbally abusive towards her.
1:46.0	Oh my God, I have taken this call a hundred times.
1:50.0	A hundred times.
1:52.0	Why don't you just let them be up and down and back and forth and
1:56.9	stay out of it? Your mom loves having your brother there. Your mom loves having your brother there. Abuse or not.
2:06.0	I agree. Wouldn't give it up. And you're not going to make any headway unless you're a loser too.
2:17.0	Mm-hmm.
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