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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I'm Ready to Throw in the Towel

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 6 minutes

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I'm Ready to Throw in the Towel - Bobby married and had a baby with a man she dated for only two months, and now he has become physically abusive. - Dr. Laura: "You cannot raise a child in an abusive situation." | To 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. Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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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.

0:10.0

Try and 1-11.

0:11.0

Bobby, welcome to the program.

0:14.0

Hello. I was calling today because I'm unsure if it just came to that way from a marriage, kind of going to Powell.

0:26.0

Well, if there's addictions, abuse, consistent affairs, and stuff like that, be foolish not to.

0:38.0

Okay.

0:39.0

Unless we have the complication of little kids and then we have all other problems. So do you have any children with this person?

0:46.0

I'm going to do I have a almost two year old.

0:50.0

How long have you been married?

0:53.0

We a little back married into really 2018. So almost three years. Yeah.

1:02.0

Generally much.

1:03.0

You've been married for three years after dating for how many?

1:07.0

Two months.

1:13.0

What made you believe that after two months, you knew him well enough to make this huge step in marriage and child bearing?

1:28.0

I don't know.

1:29.0

It's just kind of a no. Can you listen to the question and dare come back with I don't know.

1:38.0

Let me do the question again. What in your thinking made you believe that two months were enough information and interaction to make him your husband and the father of your children?

1:55.0

It seems like I had known him for a while. So it seemed like it wasn't the moment you hadn't.

2:04.0

Yeah.

2:09.0

Okay. How old are you?

2:12.0

25.

2:13.0

Did your parents tell you this was a seriously stupid move?

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