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The Dr. Laura Podcast

Taking Responsibility for Your Affair

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

"Taking Responsibility for Your Affair" - Listen to my Morning Monologue: I’m sharing my take on pressing issues, enlightening research on human behavior, answering questions I get by email, and my favorite, most instructive interactions with callers. Everything you’ll hear is designed to help you become a better spouse, parent, family member, co-worker, friend, and human being. It’s the free therapy you need! 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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0:26.6

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0:29.2

Okay.

0:30.7

I'm going to read this letter, and it is definitely not a quickie.

0:37.1

It does ask me for advice at the end.

0:40.5

And I'm sure 95% of you folks listening will know what that advice is if you've been

0:46.1

listening long enough.

0:47.8

And you know my set of values and what priorities are.

0:51.9

Dear Dr. Laura, I'm writing to ask for guidance

0:55.6

on a complicated family situation

0:57.7

and the appropriate timing and approach

1:01.1

for handling it in a responsible, emotionally healthy way.

1:05.7

I've been married 18 years, but I have been unfaithful

1:09.5

for many of those years. We don't have any kids, but I began an

1:13.1

affair with an employee 10 years ago. That was on and off during this time. The affair resulted in a

1:22.2

miscarriage. You'd think they would have learned. And then a child who is now five. She is my only child.

1:30.1

For the past five years, I lived a parallel family life and kept this from my wife. My feelings

1:37.9

for the affair partner grew, and my desire to be a present father for my daughter became a priority in my life.

1:47.1

This past December, I told my wife the truth about her suspicions.

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