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The Dr. Laura Podcast

I'm Tempted

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

20-year-old Adam wonders how he can squash his temptation to cheat on his girlfriend. 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.

0:11.4

Adam, welcome to the program. Hi there. How's you going? Good. How can I help?

0:18.9

Good. So why I'm calling is, and I heard about you from my mom, but I'm 20 years old.

0:26.8

I've been dating my girlfriend for going on three years.

0:31.4

And my question for you is, in the past, probably for the last, I don't know, year, year plus,

0:40.8

so a good chunk of our relationship, I've definitely been tempted with temptation

0:45.1

of other women before.

0:47.3

Um, and it's, it's purely, it's purely sexual.

0:52.8

It's not emotional because I love my girlfriend and I know that,

0:56.5

but I have had that temptation at times.

0:59.2

So I guess I wanted to kind of get your thoughts on things.

1:02.7

Well, you're a young male of 20.

1:06.2

You're horny most of the time would be my guess.

1:09.2

So I'm not surprised you feel that way, but the quality of

1:13.2

the character of a man is if he caters to temptations. That builds or unravels the thing we call

1:23.6

character. Resisting temptation requires character.

1:30.6

So you decide if you want to be an honorable man or not, that you're going to be horny

1:36.2

most of the time.

1:37.1

Don't worry when you're 60, it probably will fade somewhat.

1:40.8

You won't be that way all the time.

1:43.1

It changes over time.

1:45.1

But in the in between, yeah, you're going to be tempted at your ears.

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