Jan Broke Her Pinky Promise to Her Kids

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Jan is going back on her promise to her kids to never divorce their dad. 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.
0:11.5	Jan, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. First of all, I'd like to thank you because when I had my children about 25 years ago, it was because of you
0:24.5	that I was stay-at-home mom for 12 years. So thank you. Bless you and thank you. Good for you.
0:30.7	I appreciate you. Well, I appreciate you. So the question I have now is the same two daughters that I had, I divorced their father
0:42.5	about 12 years ago because I found out he had been cheating throughout and prior to our marriage.
0:50.5	And my girls were...
0:51.8	How ever, for all those years you were married in dating first, how did you then suddenly
0:59.8	later find out?
1:02.6	Well, I had my suspicions, but he had a work phone, and so I went online and told him that I bought some spyware for his phone because I needed to know.
1:15.3	It was driving me crazy.
1:17.3	And he confessed.
1:19.2	And then, funny thing, that spyware was a scam, but it was the best $70 I ever lost.
1:25.8	So that's how he did it. But how did you find out it was even
1:30.1	when you were dating? Oh, he confessed to it. We went to a marriage counselor and the counselor said,
1:39.9	you have to answer every question she asked you if you have a chance at saving this marriage.
1:45.3	And he answered it, and that was how I found out.
1:49.8	How did he pull this off for so many years with you not having?
1:54.1	I don't know.
1:54.3	How did he pull this off when you were dating?
1:56.7	How good is he?
1:57.5	I don't know.
1:57.9	How did he do it?
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