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Husband hates our 'Mr. Mom' son: Normal or Nuts?
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Dr. Keith Ablow weighs in
- Duration 3:49
- Date Jul 18, 2012
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And in every week are you normal I mean not since it's questionable and -- once in awhile and it's a question I asked myself daily.
And we asked doctor -- -- -- finished it different that's traders frenetic answers.
This is Fox's contributor and resident normally nuts guy doctor keep -- alive in Boston wanted to keep.
Good morning how -- -- that doing fine thank you very much here's the first email letter.
My son lost his job and since his wife makes a good income he decided it would be best for my son to be mr.
mom.
My husband is livid about that arrangement.
He calls him a loser and won't talk to him is that normal -- or is -- -- Well.
Drum roll.
Your husband and your husband is not simply -- he's also a moron.
He's calling his son a moron hey look I'm not a big fan of mr.
-- stuff.
And a marriage if you think it's a little gender bending.
But you support your son you -- column names.
And it's not your lifestyle choice anyhow so.
-- And moronic.
There you go I'll ride.
Here's the number two.
There's a voicemail involved in this one might eighteen year old son died five years ago and still keep his recording.
On voicemail family members say it -- them every time they leave a message and I must move on but it still comforts me.
Is this -- It's it's terribly sad.
But it's normal now -- the trappings.
Memory like.
How she should grieve the loss for -- real friends.
Will only support you not criticize you.
For that kind of thing and I'll tell you.
Eighteen years he had a great month for eighteen years in Tennessee to say.
Final email today about a husband who's always late I love my husband but in forty years of marriage.
He has never ban on time he's late for funerals weddings job interviews even hobby events that he loves.
I spend hours waiting for him to get -- when he -- -- He's crazy.
What he's not stop -- crazy hours to get ready for -- seven.
There's something going on here and I say nuts lovingly.
But he's he's taken out to -- -- -- obsessive compulsive disorder this companies in the -- looking is my shirt just read my tigers right.
The question is have you abided this have you stood for this your whole marriage and have your kids been exposed to it without him getting help there is help.
Get -- for medicine psychotherapy he's not well.
So that just the fact that -- he's always late that's not the problem a lot of people are always late but it's just that they he fixate on his presentation.
For egos out the door.
Exactly and it's ours right it's monotonous it's laborious.
I mean a guy like you -- you can do what you're doing you look.
You know -- as exquisite as you do in the morning.
I know what equities and risk but just imagine hours I.
I like what I want I what you guys I just like the fact that email was about a guy spending hours and being late because usually -- some.
For that the women that it takes a long time to get ready I'm the one who's always late and are yes.
You -- until I hit powers -- over the line you get a gun in my office and you can't be late by hours -- you missed your point.
We've got a -- -- here he's got a couch in now Boston do you actually have people laid down on the couch when they come -- I actually don't they're sitting in its share the couch and I think that's you -- us.
And it's in the library and I take -- on it that's the only purpose for the it's velvet green dark green sounds very pretty good to see every week.