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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. Jenny, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. I'm a little nervous. I'm talking to you. That's okay. I just love you. Thank you. All right. I want to know if I'm doing the right thing. This is about my mother.

And there is a long history of her not being, she's not very nice mother and sometimes not a very nice person. She moved close to me after my stepfather died about four years ago. How close? Because she wanted 10 minutes away.

I moved away from her. So I, I was not happy when she moved closer. So, but I've had, I've tried to include her with my family, my, my family and different parties and get togethers. And it's not, it just, it never goes well. And,

Why? What does she do? She blows up at me. At the party? At the parties? Not at the party, no. About how everything is in her eyes at the party. She was very jealous of my mother-in-law. Okay, slow down. At the event, she behaves okay.

She behaves okay. There have been points where she's kind of said nasty things and I've stopped her. My mother-in-law doesn't hear well and she's made rude comments. Okay. How, Jenny, here's the deal. You have to tell your mother the truth. Yeah. You're not very nice to me. I don't look forward to seeing you. After you come to an event, you complain and scream and yell about it afterwards.

This does not make me want to be close to you. No, listen. I don't care what she says or does. You have to tell her the truth. I don't care what she does with the truth. And you have to not care either. But if you can communicate the truth calmly and she does not want to run with it, then you minimize contact. But you need to give her the opportunity to understand. Shh.

You need to give her the opportunity to understand that she's being destructive and there'll be a consequence. Okay. Give her the opportunity. Let's give her that much respect and the opportunity. If she doesn't handle it with class, minimize contact with no guilt. I'm not guilty. I don't feel guilt. Ma'am, don't talk. Don't talk. Don't talk.

I didn't say you don't feel guilt in general. I said if you do this and she doesn't handle it and you minimize contact, do it without guilt. You haven't done this part yet. You haven't minimized contact. You haven't stopped having her come over. You haven't stopped any of that. She wants to see you. Meet her for lunch. Just you. What if I don't want to? And if she's not nice, you can get in your car and come home. All I'm doing is pointing out. Tell her the truth. Okay. And then set yourself free. Okay.

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and having whoever, parents, kids, doesn't matter, be destructive to your well-being. Minimize contact. It's your obligation to yourself. You owe nobody, you owe nobody the right, your parents, your kids, you owe nobody the right to be destructive and to abuse you with their rage and carrying on. That's abuse. Minimize contact. No guilt. It's called self-defense.

Please never feel guilty for self-defense. Don't attack back. Just minimize contact. But first, tell them the truth. It gives them the opportunity. They'll either get defensive and hysterical or learn from it. Now go do the right thing. If you like this podcast, be sure to rate it on Apple Podcasts or your favorite place to listen to my podcast. Of course, I'd love if you gave me five stars. And be sure to share this podcast with a friend on Facebook or your preferred social media platform.

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