My Wife Has Been Having An Affair With My Best Friend

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0	How or if my marriage can move forward after my wife's affair of over six years with somebody who claimed to be my best friend.
0:15.0	You have kids?
0:16.0	Yeah, we've got an eight-year-old and three, four-year-olds.
0:19.0	Three-four-year-olds, because why not?
0:21.3	Are you confident that they are all yours?
0:29.1	Welcome, welcome.
0:30.1	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:32.6	I'm glad that you are here.
0:36.0	Talking about your mental and emotional health, your marriages, your parenting, whatever you got going on in your life. Real people going through real challenges. I'm glad that you've joined us. Let's go out to Salt Lake City, Utah, to the Ute and talk to Dylan. What's up, Dylan? Hey, John, how's it going? I'm good, brother. How are you, man?
1:00.4	Pretty good. I just want to say I'm a long-time listener and big fan, so it's super stoked to be here talking to you. It's crazy.
1:03.1	Dude, I'm a fan of you. I'm glad that you call, man. What's up?
1:15.3	So basically, I'm just wondering how or if my marriage can move forward after my wife's affair of over six years.
1:16.1	Oh, man.
1:19.6	Somebody who claimed to be my best friend and several of my other friends.
1:21.9	Dude, I'm sorry, man.
1:25.4	How long have y'all been married?
1:31.2	We've been married since 2016.
1:34.7	So she's been having an affair almost the whole time?
1:38.0	Yeah, well over, well over half.
1:45.0	Emotionally, it started probably 2018 and then didn't get physical until late 2019. Do you have kids?
1:47.0	Yeah, we've got an eight-year-old and three four-year-olds.
1:50.0	Three-four-year-olds, because why not, right?
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