Karen Needs to Walk Away

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Karen's future mother-in-law undermines her at every turn. Does she really want to marry into this misery? 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	Karen, welcome to the program. Thank you, Dr. Laura. I'm glad you're taking my phone call, a little...
0:18.0	You're welcome. I have no idea what I'm going to do with this situation um i was married
0:23.6	to a young man um years ago uh for over 25 years we got had four children and we get divorced back in
0:33.7	2015 why no not so.
0:38.6	Why?
0:40.3	Why we got divorced is because he had an affair.
0:45.0	He had one affair for how long?
0:50.0	For six months.
0:53.3	And we tried to get back together four times in that two years before our divorce was final.
1:01.2	And a lot of it had to do with-
1:02.8	Why did coming back together not work?
1:05.8	What happened?
1:07.0	No, no, no.
1:08.3	No, we are back together now after 10 years of being officially divorced.
1:12.6	Okay. What I want you to do is answer my question, not making it yours. Okay. Okay.
1:19.6	Okay. Four times you tried and failed to come back together. Why did it fail four times?
1:34.9	Because of his mother and the girlfriend always showing up and spying us and just dampering everything.
1:38.3	And I chose to finally leave because I was... So his mother preferred the girlfriend rather than you?
1:43.9	Correct.
1:46.3	Wow.
1:48.0	Okay.
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