How Can I Curb My Hubby's Chat Habit?

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Carol is annoyed by her husband's habit of logging into sex-themed chat rooms every time she leaves the house. Searching for advice? 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 serious
0:09.4	XM Triumph 111. Carol welcome to the program. Thank you. Thank you. How can I help?
0:17.0	I've been married for 50 years and I found out about eight months ago that my husband is going
0:31.8	online into chat rooms and also he suffers from dementia. Well, how much dementia could he have if he knows how to navigate the net?
0:51.0	Yes, there's been blocks done on all the devices, but yet he does go in through Google.
1:00.0	Does he use a computer, an iPad, or a cell phone?
1:07.0	Typically an iPad.
1:10.0	Okay.
1:12.0	Well, when you say he has dementia, as I said, he's navigating and being clever in his way around the net, so some part of his brain is still working.
1:21.0	Correct.
1:24.0	Is he, what else is he functional at with?
1:30.0	Oh, functional with really everything just mild memory loss.
1:38.0	Okay, you need to know that when a person is older and the and they have something like
1:47.4	dementia
1:49.4	growing the impulse control part of the brain is compromised.
1:58.5	So the sexual acting out becomes a symptom.
2:05.0	So, I mean, are you guys having sex?
2:10.0	Yes, yes.
2:12.0	And when Yes, and when I do go on his devices on a daily basis and he's given
2:17.0	on a daily basis and...
2:20.0	Why?
2:21.0	He's given me permission to do that. Why?
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