Can Loretta Face Her Fears to Improve Her Life?

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🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Loretta isn't sure if leaving her lying, cheating, alcoholic husband is the right thing to do at her age of 74. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on
0:09.0	Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Loretta, welcome to the program.
0:14.3	Thanks, Dr. Laura. I'm longtime listener.
0:18.0	I just have a bit of a situation I would like some advice on.
0:24.1	Last June, I picked up my husband's phone while he was in the shower because it kept
0:30.3	dingning and found out, long story short, he had been having an affair with a woman
0:37.1	for over 11 years.
0:41.2	I'm 74.
0:42.2	How does a man lead a double life for 11 years and you not have any notion about money,
0:49.0	time?
0:50.5	How does that happen?
0:52.6	I asked myself the same question, Dr. Laura. Um, he was, he has, uh, he is, uh, he is an
0:59.5	alcoholic and I had gotten, he's an alcoholic. My God, you women know how to pick them.
1:06.6	I know. We've been married 50 years. Um, okay. And I had spent my, I recognize this now.
1:14.6	I'm in therapy.
1:15.7	I recognize now that I'm the person that always tries to keep everybody happy.
1:21.9	And with him being an alcoholic, I spent most of our married life making excuses for him. And I'm not really sure
1:31.4	how he was able to keep all the, excuse me, balls in the air. But it turns out not only was
1:38.9	there, yes, literally, not only this woman, but he has also, you know, told me about other women previous to that.
1:49.1	And so I started in therapy.
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