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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Am I Right in Leaving?

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Am I Right In Leaving?: Despite loving his wife Steve finds himself unhappy, criticized and deprived of sex for the past 3 years. - Dr. Laura: "This is a choice of staying miserable or going into the unknown." | Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://family.drlaura.com/pg/jsp/help/general/privacypolicy.jsp for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this edition of the Call of the Day.

0:03.8

Be sure to listen to my program Monday through Friday now heard on Sirius XM Triumph 2011.

0:09.7

Steve, welcome to the program.

0:11.7

Hi, Dr. Laura.

0:13.7

Hi, what's up?

0:15.7

Oh, I just had a question about whether I'm making the right decision of getting separated

0:24.3

and or divorced.

0:26.6

That would make it the wrong decision.

0:30.8

What would make it the wrong decision?

0:32.6

Yeah.

0:33.6

Well, because I love my wife, I don't want to hurt her.

0:38.2

Well, if you're going to divorce somebody, you're going to hurt them.

0:41.4

So by that definition, yes, you're making the wrong decision.

0:44.9

If you don't want to hurt somebody, then no, you can't do it.

0:48.5

That's why I asked you what quality are we looking for.

0:52.4

Once you say you don't want to hurt her, then you can't do this.

0:57.2

Okay.

0:58.2

Well, if that's your criteria, criterion.

1:02.4

Okay.

1:03.4

Well, maybe I got to change that criteria then because I just, you know, it's been 30 some

1:09.1

years and it's just been thing after thing.

1:14.9

It's probably too many to even mention to you.

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