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We have a special place for Dr. Laura books at Chez Dr. Laura’s Worst Nightmare.  You could pass it my way, Mindy.

sounds like something my ex might have tried to pull

I love that answer.  I may never need to use it, but it is nice to have handy.

Hey! That’s the book my ex-husband had me read too. I couldn’t get through it. It was just vile stuff.

You’re kidding, right?  Your husband bought that book FOR YOU?  That’s rich!!  Someone suggested that book to me an I just couldn’t bring myself to buy it.

That’s what my ex did (bought it for himself and then wanted to share it with me). Happily, I didn’t finish reading it and he and I are good friends again.

I know someone who is constantly quoting Dr. Laura to me trying to “make” me a better paren.  AND, it isn’t even my own husband.  Can you even imagine???

ughhhhh.  perhaps a festive bonfire?

I love the new look of your template.  Very fun.

Dr. Laura can kiss my “big fatty butt”  LOL!!  I love the new look!! And that joke was FUNNY!!! lol

Mindy, you know we’ve been over the Dr. Laura book!  My brother-in-law bought it for my sister and I thought she was going to pop an eyeball.  And after how much my husband drove me crazy tonight (not in any sort of good way), I think that book would definitely be among the first to be burned if I were in charge.

burn baby, burn

Did you notice the pattern?  All current “ex” husbands who bought that book.  They should put a warning on the fly leaf…“If you are considering buting this book, don’t, just go straight to your lawyers office.”  I was probably divorced before it came out or I’m sure it would have been in my house too.

Poor husbands…they just want to be cared for properly. I’m no fan of Laura but maybe these ex husbands were just trying to grasp at straws.

Instead of empty vitriol, anybody want to point out something objectively wrong with the actual content of the book…as in it said I should do such and such, isn’t that horrible. The closer you can come to an actual quote the better, as I can paraphrase the Bible, the Constitution and any book on your collective shelves and misinterpret its actual contents. I have not read the book, but all the bad I hear about it seems vague but when people talk good about it, they mention specifics.

Same for Doc Laura…tell me something that she preaches, teaches and nags about that is so horrible. I’ve listen to her radio show occasionally and only hear common sense and her being tough on people who do stupid stuff.

Oh boy.  I can give you an example of something I hate with an actual quote. 

http://imperfectmommy.blogspot.com/

I posted my response on Imperfect Mommy’s blog. In short, I found the quote a little overstated but not inaccurate and certainly not offensive. However, anytime someone preaches, teaches and nags like Dr. L, I can see how it would be offensive to those that it hits home with.

But how do you respond to this situation: someone advocates behavior X that we all agree with is the best thing to do…but there is somebody out there doing the exact opposite of behavior X and they are in the extreme minority where despite such behavior their life/family/kids turn out great. Do we criticize the person who preaches, teaches and nags about doing behavior X? I don’t think so. If you need a concrete example, take heroine use, I know of at least one instance of a person who maintained their highly successful lifestyle and family while being a heroine addict. Do we criticize the person who preaches, teaches and nags against using heroine…obviously not.

So then what if it’s not so cut and dried and the behavior in question is simply something that will increase the odds of happiness in life an decrease the odds of problems. Do we then criticize the person who preaches, teaches and nags against about this less cut and dried issue? I don’t.

My “hits home with” comment might read a little more harsh than I intended. I don’t know any of you, so I don’t know your situations. Doc Laura preaches, teaches and nags about what is best—on average—obviously in any given situation different behavior might be appropriate and/or have fantastic results. Like the ex-heroine addict I know of, he would tell you he would not have achieved what he has (which is impressive) if he had not been an addict. However, we can clearly see that such behavior is not for everyone. Soooo…I’m not trying to judge anyone here.

I don’t find Dr. Laura offensive.  I just don’t like her.  I feel the same way about Rush Limbaugh, Charlie Rose, Sean Hannity and a few others.  I couldn’t quote much that they’ve said, I just don’t like them.

I missed the party, but personally, I much prefer to listen to the advice of Dr. Ruth.

(heh, my word is “training”)

I’m partial to Sue Johansen myself.