Why It’s Foolish to Stay In a Dangerous Marriage

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Misty's well-being is at risk staying married to an angry alcoholic liar. 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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0:26.3	Dr. Laura.com. Misty, welcome to the program. Hi. Thank you. I appreciate it. You're welcome. You're
0:33.6	welcome. What's happening? Well, my dilemma today is, so I've been married almost a year now.
0:43.4	How old are you? How old is he?
0:46.1	I'm 49, and he just turned 50.
0:49.8	And either one of you married and divorced before?
0:54.0	Yes, both of us.
0:55.2	I was married for 17 years to my two children's father,
0:58.9	and he was married for about 20 years to his ex-wife, his mother's.
1:05.1	And tell me what caused both of these divorces.
1:08.6	What caused that?
1:09.6	For me, my husband, he was just, our ex-husband,
1:15.0	was just very, I guess he just wasn't there. He was either on hunting trips or work vacations,
1:26.1	just but not present. And we grew apart. And he was actually talking and communicating
1:33.3	with this girl he was engaged to behind my back for a very long time. And eventually,
1:41.3	I just couldn't take it anymore, but they're married oh really okay and your current husband what was his story about his divorce um I think well it's kind of a different story they were married and he went off to prison and she ended up, and they were still married,
2:04.2	and she ended up getting pregnant from another man.
2:07.9	So they went there.
2:09.7	What did he go to prison for?
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