Marriage, Manipulation, Infidelity, and Feeling Unloved

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🗓️ 22 May 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Jamie has been married for six years and with her husband for eight. She feels trapped in a marriage with a manipulative man and admits she cheated before their baby was born because she felt emotionally neglected and unloved. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:31.1	Laura.com. Jamie, welcome to the program. Hello. Hi. How can I help you? Yes, I am just seeking some of your expert advice on kind of my
0:45.7	situation with my husband of almost six years. Go ahead. Yeah, so we've known each other eight
0:53.8	years. We've been married almost six, and we've known each other eight years.
0:54.4	We've been married almost six, and we do have a one-year-old child.
0:59.4	And we've had our fair share of, you know, differences and issues.
1:04.5	I've been unfaithful at one point in the marriage, and we've kind of tried to work through that.
1:11.4	But we're just on this cycle of, you know, he's not motivated.
1:17.3	He's lazy.
1:19.0	And then I get super pissed off and frustrated.
1:22.0	And, you know, our needs aren't being met either.
1:25.6	And nobody's happy. I've kind of tinkered with the idea of
1:30.3	divorce and you know thought about it but of course I have a baby to consider now that I didn't
1:37.2	have before so I'm just kind of really looking you know for advice on on the whole situation.
1:42.1	I just don't feel you know neat loved or you know valued or validated or
1:48.6	appreciated and it's it's just kind of been challenging do you do you show him love appreciation
1:54.5	like you were value him okay then don't complain to me that you're not getting it.
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