September 21, 2017
Learning A New Way

Dear Dr. Laura,

I've listened to you since I was in my late twenties. I always thought you'd be so proud of me: one husband, four beautiful daughters that I stayed home to raise.

My girl's joke that they hear your voice in the back of their heads because they were in the car with you so often. I was raised by a mother who put her parents first and I assumed that was how life worked. I'm so embarrassed by the hoops I made my dear husband jump through to please their unacceptable expectations.

One day I heard you tell a caller she made vows to her husband, not her mother. I thought that didn't apply to me! Not me! A year later my husband and I were basically co-parenting and roommates. I got the courage to ask how he felt about the caller I heard. He got emotional. I quickly got in therapy with a woman who is your doppelganger. Now my marriage is happier at 30 years than ever before. Please keep reminding women that their vows are to their husbands.

Thanks for changing the course of our family's life. It was not easy, but it is beyond worth it.

Thank you thank you thank you!!


Posted by Staff at 10:58 AM