Can People Change?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Jim has filed for divorce three times and really doesn't want to leave his abusive wife, but what are the chances she will actually change? 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. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Jim, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. How are you? Yeah, hi. I'm good. How are you? How can I help?
0:21.2	So I want to say first, thank you. I picked up your books a week ago, and as a male, it's somewhat
0:29.2	validated that the feelings I've had over, I think, the course of my 20-plus-year marriage
0:34.6	are not invalid. The reason I called was I filed for divorce, three times.
0:45.1	Okay, let's start at the beginning.
0:47.7	How old are you?
0:48.5	How old is she?
0:49.3	How long have you been married?
0:50.5	Any kids?
0:51.3	If so, how many, how old?
0:53.0	Give me the whole background.
1:11.6	55 and 51, respectively, and adult children. Okay. And is this your first and only marriage and hers, too? Correct. And what went south? It's been rough the entire time.
1:17.6	The barrage...
1:19.6	Well, not while you were dating.
1:20.6	When you were dating, you thought she was the best thing in the world.
1:23.6	Yes, I did.
1:26.6	Well, were you mistaken? Did you miss something?
1:33.7	There were anger issues, and the marriage started off with a lot of Yelly, and I received some
1:43.2	physical abuse. It went away, that resolved, but the anger
1:48.8	and... So when you were dating, she would get violent with you and yell at you, but it stopped
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