Dr Laura: I will show you what it means to have a wife. Please dont go.

Once in a DrL show, this woman phoned up in a panic.

Her marriage was on the rocks. They didn't talk any more, no one made the effort, and they were always arguing. Then the man announces he is going on a two week holiday to some fancy island resort, with his young single play-boy of a brother.

She was so scared. She said her brother-in-law was a fooling-around kind of guy, womanising, topless bars, etc. And she was so scared that her husband was going to go on holiday with HIM. She knew they would get up to no good and she was afraid she was going to lose her husband.

DrL: "Why haven't you kept your part of the commitment of the marriage.?"

Woman: "He doesn't talk to me anymore. We eat dinner in silence."

DrL: "Well, do YOU make conversation?"

Woman: "No, because I know he wont reply"....

DrL: "You have to start giving the best of yourself. Make the effort. Be a nice chirpy happy person.

She told her to go to her husband that evening and say "Honey, I'm not surprised that you are going on this vacation. I'm not surprised that you want to spend time away from me. If I were you, I would want to spend time away from me aswell!

"Honey, please don't go on this trip. I promise you that if you don't go on this trip, I will show you the time of your life (and DrL stated here that she didn't mean it in a sexual way). I will show you what it means to have a wife. Please don't go."

I just found that so heart warming.