Veronica
Appearances
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Oh, I don't think that you're thinking this whole thing through. You wouldn't be my first experience at the office, sweetie.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
I probably shouldn't be telling this to you, but you know Luke in marketing?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Well, we had a little fling for a few months last summer and nobody in the office knows about it. I mean, don't worry. It's not like I cut him off. We still do stuff every once in a while, but not all the time.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
I think it's Jimmy's job.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
To give me a hard time.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Well, Jimmy, I don't know what kind of advice they gave you, but that doesn't mean we can't hang out every once in a while. You know what I mean? Okay.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Why? He's already thinking the name Veronica in bed, so why not?
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Well, does that mean you were not undressing me? Because I was undressing you when I used to look at you.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
I'm asking Jimmy. I'm not asking you female radio personality. Get her. Get her, Brooke.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Listen, sweetheart, that's my man, and I think you need to back off.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
It's Jimmy. Jimmy. Oh, Jimmy. You know what? Speak of the devil. I was just talking about you. Oh.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Oh, of course. All good things. By the way, the 9 o'clock meeting tomorrow is moved to 1030. I'm going to make sure you got that memo because I want to see you there.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
I never said we were hooking up at the meeting, sweetheart, but maybe after.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
You just needed a little liquid courage. You had that with your alcohol, and it kind of opened up your mind. And you don't have to worry. We can keep this very, very hush-hush. We don't need anybody at the office to know. And it can be a casual thing. It's okay. I know that I'm older than you, so we can just have it like you're my boy toy.
Brooke and Jeffrey: Second Date Update
Awkward Tuesday: I Don't Love My Boss
Oh, it's just a term of endearment.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
So I'll just get right into it. Um, my question for you is how do I tell my sister that I don't think her husband is right for her?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
So I'll give you a little backstory. Um, My sister has been with her husband since high school. I've known him for quite some time as well. We were all friends in high school and then beyond. But whenever they got engaged and then married, I felt like his true colors started to come out. What does that mean? So he started... in my opinion, to get really manipulative emotionally with my sister.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Just different things that she would want. He would always find some way to say that, like convince her that she didn't want them. A small example in the past was she wanted this certain type of dog that she had growing up. And he said, no, we can't have a dog right now. We don't have a big enough house. And then turned around and convinced her to get a mastiff, which is a really large dog.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
And that's just a little thing. But things like that over the years have piled up. And I feel like it's just getting worse and worse and worse.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
So she's a really kind and caring person. She is the oldest of the three of us. So she's got that big sister energy about her. She has always gone to bat for me and my younger sister. She's also been like a guiding light for us, but her friends. as well. She works as a nurse. She's very caring and she's a very devoted mother to her two children.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
And I feel like she stretches herself thin for everyone in her life and doesn't always get a lot in return, which is hard to see.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
All right, so this is from Lisa in Washington. And she says,
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
says am i the problem my boyfriend of six years puts his ex's birthday on the calendar oh no the first time i noticed it we were about two years into our relationship and i told him that it bothered me his excuse was that it's the mother of his children and he wants a civil relationship all right well that's different lead with that well let me finish reading before you make a judgment i'm an
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
The kids are grown adults now. I'm back on her side. And he still puts it on his calendar each year, even though he knows it bothers me. Am I unreasonable to ask him to remove it again?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Yeah, honestly, I had no idea how to answer that one because I can come at it from both directions of part of me thinks it's still the mother of his children. It's still somebody that was in his life, a very important part of his life. But also I can see it bothering her, but then I also think, why does it bother you? Are you insecure about it? Yeah, I think there's something below that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Like, this feels like there's a level deeper. Because when you marry or get into a relationship with somebody, you're in a relationship with their kids, their ex, the whole nine yards.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Is that worse though if she finds that out?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Right, but it's not the mother of your children.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
But see, to me, that's where things change. It's different. Like my ex-husband, I know his birthday. It's just so many years it was in my brain. I know what it is. No, it's not on our calendar. But we don't have shared children or anything like that.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Unless I can see is it – is he still reaching out to his adult children like, hey, don't forget your mom's birthday is coming up. And then it's fine. If there's no other issues and this is solely the only thing.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Then – Maybe just let that go.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
I think that's... I don't think so. Not necessarily... No, I mean, I don't think so.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Right. I mean, if she said they have a great relationship, maybe just be glad they have a good relationship and let it go. But I think it comes back to what you just said. Is this the absolute only thing or is there still these little connections and... little things he says and does that make you think that there's still something there or whatever besides their children.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
But if this is the absolute only thing, is it a big deal?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
See, I've debated this for quite some time. Or do you just want to be on record?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
I guess just for her to realize that the – treatment that she's been putting up with for quite some time isn't necessarily normal or all that she could have in a relationship.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
I think she tells herself that she is fine. Um, but there was an incident last year where where it was the first time she had opened up to me about being upset with her husband. She unfortunately lost a baby at 20 weeks pregnant. And yeah, it was really a challenging time for my whole family, especially just to see just that level of loss. And she...
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
took some time off, of course, for work, and her husband did as well. And she called me very upset one day and said that he had been staying up all night playing video games and then sleeping all day and not being present with her. And she said, this is just how it always is. And that was the first time I had ever heard her speak ill against him. And I...
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
I tried to be fair at that time because she was going through a lot. I didn't want to overload her with all of my feelings towards her husband. But I said, you know, that's not what you need right now from a partner. You know, you need more support than this whenever you're going through something this huge. And she agreed. And I thought maybe that would be the catalyst for some change to happen.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
But then things went right back to the way they always are in their relationship. And I do recognize I'm not there all the time. And I have seen really good qualities in him. But it just seems like... there's more and more and more disappointment that my sister faces. And it's just, it's really, really hard to watch.
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
How do I tell my sister that I don't think her husband is right for her?
The Dr. John Delony Show
How Do I Convince My Sister to Leave Her Husband?
Yeah. I feel like that would be the better avenue to go down.