How Do I Stay With a Cheater?

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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James is trying to keep his marriage together for the sake of his children but isn't sure how to get along with his unfaithful wife. Email questions or comments: [email protected] - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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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 XM triumph 11 games. Welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Thank you, Dr. Lord, for taking my call. Thank you. What can I do for you?
0:19.0	Well, I'm having trouble with forgiveness and trust issues. I'm married a very long time for kids.
0:26.0	I found out almost three years ago my wife was having a affair for two years with this person.
0:33.0	I found out. She's got lucky and found out and we've been working through it ever since.
0:40.0	What do you mean working? Whoa, whoa, what is working through me? What is that?
0:47.0	It means we. Yeah, it means we went to counseling. We did the classes.
0:53.0	Kind of one of the famous couples classes. I've been the counselor. She's been the counselors. We've been we continue to go.
1:00.0	Okay, I hear process, but I don't understand what it is you're working through. She lived a double life for two years.
1:07.0	It would have gone on much longer had you not found out. So I would you say you have a trust issue. That's not a trust issue.
1:17.0	She's not a trustworthy woman. Forgiving you have a bunch of kids and you don't want to lose your family.
1:24.0	So we can pretend we are forgiven somebody just to make sure we're there to raise our kids. I get that. But you called as though you're the one with the problem.
1:33.0	You don't have a psychological problem.
1:38.0	I'm married to one and I probably have one that's developed because of this because you know, I.
1:46.0	So to your point, keeping the family together is the most important thing.
1:53.0	But don't give me this. Okay, don't give me this forgiveness crap. It's crap.
1:58.0	I don't have it. I haven't done it. No, do I trust her?
2:01.0	There's no reason to forgive. She is not really taken responsibility.
2:08.0	You've gone through the legwork of seminars and some therapy and all of that and you know what you're married to.
2:17.0	So let's not play the game of trust and forgiveness. What you're trying to do is raise your kids.
2:31.0	So be honest about that with yourself and stop giving yourself aggravation.
2:36.0	I'm a bad person. I'm not forgiving. I'm a bad person. I'm not trusting. No, you'd be an idiot to trust this woman.
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