I Married the Man I Had an Affair With

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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0:00.0	I had enough there while I was married to my first husband.
0:08.0	I had also asked my ex-mother-in-law to meet me for dinner.
0:12.0	I confessed to her and tried to get advice on how to tell him.
0:16.0	She thought it would be better for her son's quote-unquote feelings to have his wife up and leave him and divorce him
0:22.9	and not know why?
0:29.0	Hey, what's going on? This is John.
0:32.7	With the Dr. John Deloney show, welcome back. If you're new to the show, I'm glad that you're here.
0:39.3	If you are one of the OG17, you listen to every episode. You're doing with us since day one.
0:45.0	I don't even think I was with us day one. But you've been with us. Thank you for coming back.
0:49.4	Thank you for watching the show. Thank you for listening to the show. Thank you for sharing the show.
1:00.4	We've started a movement here on owning what we feel, owning what we'd say and do next,
1:06.3	owning our relationships and our mental and emotional health and loving those around us well. And I'm glad that you're here. Glad that you're a part of it. Let's go out to Birmingham,
1:10.6	Alabama and talk to Ashley.
1:12.8	What's up, Ashley?
1:15.3	Hey, Dr. John.
1:16.5	How are you?
1:17.0	I'm great.
1:17.6	How are you?
1:19.6	I'm okay.
1:21.0	Could be a little better.
1:22.3	What's up?
1:24.8	So my question is, how do I make peace with a mistake that I made in the past?
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