Divorce is None of the Kids' Business

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

She left her lying, cheating husband, but now Marie is left dealing with children who want her to forgive their dad and be nice to him for the sake of family unity. 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. Marie, welcome to the program.
0:14.2	Hey, Dr. Laura, thank you for being there. One for down as a soundy board. I appreciate your time.
0:19.4	Thank you.
0:19.8	I was telling you, you helped me.
0:23.1	I was the one with the husband with the nine-year-old, a life in a different state, a woman for nine years.
0:31.1	He's moved out of the family home.
0:32.7	I'll be divorced by September 4th, quickest divorce in history.
0:36.8	Once the adult children found out, they put their dad in timeout.
0:40.6	What that meant was very limited contact with their dad,
0:43.6	and they just kind of been giving him the cold shoulder when he reaches out.
0:48.1	Okay.
0:48.9	Just to help me, why are they giving him the cold shoulder again?
0:52.7	I missed something.
0:54.4	Because they were upset that I had to hire a private investigator and find out that he had another woman that he's been sleeping with for nine years, his co-worker.
1:05.3	Oh, that's, yes, that's right.
1:08.0	Okay, so my husband is currently renting a condo that my adult son owns in the same small town that I'm in.
1:18.3	He's about...
1:18.7	Well, that's not much of a cold shoulder, is it?
1:22.1	No, not at all.
1:23.7	So I've just kind of been going along with whatever.
1:31.3	The adult son that owns that condo is getting, got engaged two weeks ago. So there's the dynamics of everybody wants me to play nice, kumbaya, because that just makes their life better.
1:39.3	So that's the 27 year old, that's what his ask is.
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