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The Dr. John Delony Show

Should I Confront My Father About His Infidelity?

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

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

4.87.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:00.0

My mom had found out that he was living a double life, dating another woman.

0:10.0

You know, she found a couple other cell phones and such.

0:13.0

How do you go forth with forgiving somebody to that extent where, you know, this is my father, you know, my role model.

0:21.1

I hope to God he's not your role model.

0:29.2

What's up? What's going on? This is John, the Dr. John Deloney's show coming to you from Nashville, Tennessee.

0:34.2

I'm glad that you are here. Talking with real people about real

0:39.0

challenges, your mental and emotional health, your marriages, your relationships, whatever you

0:43.4

got going on, kids, parents, all of it. You want to be on the show, go to johndeloney.com

0:48.4

slash ask or click the link in the show notes and it will take you right to the ask page.

0:53.9

Let's go out to philadelphia and talk

0:56.2

to b i double l what's up bill how are you dr john i'm good brother how are you ma'am good good

1:03.9

appreciate you having me on thank you of course what's up so um i have a question about forgiveness

1:10.3

and i guess in a sense, confrontation and how to confront a family situation with my father.

1:18.3

So it has to do with infidelity.

1:21.0

Eight years ago in 2018, my mom had found out that he was living a double life.

1:26.5

He was having a affair and in a sense, you know, I guess dating another woman.

1:34.7

She found a couple other cell phones and such on a family vacation.

1:39.8

And they went through a quick divorce.

1:42.3

It was about two, three months.

1:43.4

I had to move out of my childhood home.

1:45.7

There was a lot of lives that my mom found out in the process.

1:48.4

I tried to stay out of it.

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