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Refresher: Carol got an STD from her husband

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

From my Call of the Day archives; Carol discovered that her husband wasn't the man she thought he was - he lied about finances and cheated on her. Knowing what she knows now, what should she do? Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0

Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives. And remember, you two can

0:06.1

participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM. Triumph

0:13.6

111.

0:17.3

Carol, welcome to the program.

0:19.9

Hi, thank you for taking my call.

0:21.9

Thank you.

0:23.1

I'm a little bit nervous because I've just started listening to you about six months ago,

0:27.7

and I've done everything wrong.

0:31.1

Oh, brand.

0:32.6

Well, I shouldn't say everything, but a lot of things wrong.

0:35.3

I was married for 24 years. We grew apart,

0:41.4

paid more attention to our children than our marriage, and ultimately he cheated on me,

0:46.8

and then we divorced. I was very vulnerable and didn't feel loved, and I met someone else and less than a year remarried.

0:57.3

And how long have you been married to this one?

0:59.8

Five years. And I told your screener that he told me a year after, well, it was right after we got married, that he had an STD.

1:14.5

And which one did he have?

1:16.5

I honestly was kind of in shock and just have not addressed it since then, and I don't know.

1:22.5

I'm sure I need to go to the doctor and get it checked.

1:25.8

But he said that whenever he was...

1:27.8

Are you freaking kidding me?

1:29.6

He told you he had an SDD and you didn't immediately go to your gynecologist, your internist.

1:36.5

Are you nuts?

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