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Not Everything Can Be Fixed

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Betty stayed with her controlling, unkind husband until their sons were grown up. Now her oldest boy treats her a lot like his father always did. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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Hi, Dr. Laura, thank you for taking my call.

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I'm 62 years old, and I got divorced in 2019 from a very controlling husband and I stayed with him longer because of our kids.

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And now... longer because of our kids.

1:08.4

And now, we had two kids together.

1:19.0

And he was very controlling of everything that had to be done at the house and over the kids. Like, I wasn't allowed to watch certain TV programs. I wasn't allowed to read certain

1:24.0

I had to dress a certain way

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I couldn't wear certain jewelry

1:29.0

you know he would call me ten times a day he'd tell me what the boys needed where to school

1:37.8

You know just everything and I stayed with him until the boys were one got out of the house and the other one I was getting ready to go in the military.

1:52.0

And so once that came, that was it, I was done. So I got a divorce and

2:01.1

I got a divorce and my 25 year old son hasn't talked to me since like 2020 because I got remarried and I got married to a black guy and he you know he's like, you know, he's like, mom, he says you had to marry a black person.

2:27.0

And, uh, but I have tried, you know, all kinds of ways to get him to talk to me or if he swem-har, he told you why he's not talking.

2:40.4

He doesn't like that you married a black man. That's it. He got well trained by your husband.

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