It's Easier to Feel Anger Than Grief

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🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Maureen's anger over her deceased husband's affair seems misplaced. 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.
0:02.4	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	Maureen, welcome to the program.
0:14.3	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:16.0	Hi.
0:16.9	My dilemma is that I was married 41 years.
0:21.8	My husband passed away last year.
0:27.4	Many, many years ago, about 35 years ago, we were maybe seven, eight years into our marriage.
0:37.2	I had four children.
0:39.2	The oldest one was six, and the youngest one was a newborn.
0:43.9	My husband took a job, and fairly soon within the job, he was staying up progressively
0:51.9	later and later each night.
0:53.9	It wouldn't be unusual that he would leave at 8 in the morning and perhaps not come home
0:58.5	until midnight.
1:00.3	A couple times he stayed out all night.
1:03.1	I was pretty overwhelmed just raising my children.
1:07.4	They were so small.
1:10.1	And one of my close friends kind of pulled my head out of the sand
1:14.5	and suggested that he was having an affair. I do believe that was what was going on. But I chose
1:23.3	to stay in the marriage because I had these four young children and I was putting all of my
1:28.5	effort into raising them.
1:32.8	This went on for about two years.
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