Is Susan Denying Reality?

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Susan wants to believe her husband who is contacting old girlfriends and telling her it's nothing to worry about. 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.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Susan, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:14.7	Thank you for taking my call.
0:16.7	Thank you.
0:19.2	I'm just going to tell you my situation. I am 58. My husband is 62. We've been married for 37
0:26.6	years and have three super ugly children and one equally ugly grandson. Excellent. And I was a stay-home mom
0:36.7	for which I am incredibly, incredibly grateful and have the support of my husband to do that.
0:41.1	So that was great.
0:42.0	Nice.
0:44.0	So here's my thing.
0:45.5	I have to give you a couple of background incidents.
0:49.2	About 15 years ago, my husband was acting kind of strangely, and I felt like I could read him pretty well.
0:56.3	And I said, what was going on?
0:57.7	And he said, well, I called an ex-girlfriend, blah, blah, blah.
1:01.6	And, yeah, I just don't feel very good about it.
1:04.5	It was awkward when I called her.
1:06.5	And I said, well, number one, I don't think you should have called her.
1:10.6	And it probably opened up a can of worms for her as well as for you.
1:15.1	He's a very melancholy kind of man and also kind of a don't ask permission, ask forgiveness kind of guy.
1:22.5	So there was that.
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