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The Dr. Laura Podcast

This is Not the Way I Want to Live

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Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Traci doesn't understand why she's choosing to live an unhappy life with a jerk of a husband. - Dr. Laura: "The most “stupid” thing a person can do is continue to repeat their “stupid” mistake." Email me your thoughts at: drlaura@drlaura.com  To participate on the radio program; call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment - https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.  Find me on social media at: Facebook.com/DrLaura Instagram.com/DrLauraProgram Twitter.com/DrLauraProgram YouTube.com/DrLaura Become a Dr. Laura Family Member: https://www.drlaura.com/ See https://www.drlaura.com/privacy-policy for privacy information.

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Hi Dr. Laura. It's a pleasure to speak to you at a long time listener. I find myself in a

1:04.4

situation that let me refer to a situation where as you know I've heard you say,

1:14.3

is this the way you want to live from now to dead? And this is absolutely not the way I want to

1:21.3

live between now and dead. Because because? Because about close to two years ago,

1:31.2

I married a guy who was a good representative and then once I got married, it just very quickly

1:43.4

and gradually changed into very much of an abusive fervently putting me down, yelling, and screaming.

1:53.9

I didn't you just believe you're not a young ripper snapper. You're a mature aged woman. Why

2:00.3

didn't you just go out the door? This is one of my questions is, no, that's my question. No,

2:07.6

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's my question.

2:10.3

I'm sorry. Okay. Go ahead. Why didn't you just go out the door?

2:17.3

Well, we bought ourselves involved in a business where it's basically the two of us running the

2:24.0

business. So if I'm not there, then the business is going to go under and that relates to. So what?

2:30.0

How I feel about it. So what if the business goes under? You survived the before you married him?

2:38.8

Well, you put all the money that I had left into this business.

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