I Can't Afford to Leave My Husband

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Darlene is afraid she can't afford to leave her angry, hostile husband and raise their two boys on her own. 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
0:04.7	radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on
0:08.9	serious XM Triumph 111.
0:11.0	Darlene, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:16.0	Hi, what can I do for you?
0:20.0	Um, I'm 47 years old and I've been married for 20 years and I have two teenage boys
0:28.0	ages 15 and 16 and my husband I have to start by saying that he's a good father and a great
0:38.9	provider but at the same time, Dr. Laura, it is crazy and it is getting crazier and a home.
0:48.0	He's very, he's very emotionally, how would I say that?
0:58.8	He goes through a silence treatment
1:02.0	and it could go for, it could go for weeks Dr. Lower.
1:07.0	When he's happy, he's overly happy and when he's mad or sad he's even mad with the door with the with with everything.
1:17.6	We may I ask a qua whoa whoa I need to ask a question here You said he was a very good father. How can he be a good
1:26.3	father when he's doing the silent treatment for weeks? How does that become a good father?
1:31.6	The kids are seeing that. That's not a good father.
1:35.0	No, that's not a good father when the kids see their parent doing silent treatment on the spouse.
1:42.0	That's not a good parent.
1:45.3	I do the same thing, but he will take them to school,
1:48.5	he will take them out on vacation, he will buy the...
1:51.7	That's very nice. I understand he plays that game, but it is a bad father who
1:56.8	mistreats the mother and the kids are experiencing it. That's a bad father.
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