Taking Responsibility for Your Affair
The Dr. Laura Podcast
Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM
4.6 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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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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