Wife’s Ex Is My Child’s Godfather

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

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

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2026

⏱️ 62 minutes

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0:00.0	My wife told me that she wasn't comfortable with me talking to this coworker anymore.
0:10.0	She made, you know, threats that she was going to leave me, that she would try to keep me from seeing my daughter.
0:17.0	Hold on, are you, did you date this person? Are you sleeping with this person? No.
0:21.1	Why are these threats so costing?
0:29.6	Hey, oh, what's up?
0:30.9	What's up?
0:31.4	This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:34.7	Talking to real people going through real challenges in their lives, in the lives of their spouses, their kids, their mental and emotional health, whatever you got going on in your life.
0:44.3	Pull up a seat and we're going to figure out what's the next right move.
0:47.7	Click the link in the show notes.
0:48.7	If you want to be on the show, you can fill out the form.
0:51.2	And if you don't know how to go to show notes like me, then ask a young person in your
0:58.0	life because they know what show notes actually are. It's got to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and talk to
1:03.6	Dawson. Dude, he has a creak. What's up, Dawson? Hey, John. How you doing? I'm good, brother. How are
1:10.8	you, man? Oh, I've been better.
1:14.1	Ah, what you got going on, brother? Uh, so I guess, uh, my question that I have for you is, uh,
1:21.3	how do I deal with my wife's controlling behavior and double standards?
1:26.9	Whoa.
1:29.9	Oh, man.
1:30.7	What's going on?
1:41.1	So my wife and I have had several arguments over the past several years that kind of always revolve around this female coworker of mine. I knew her before my wife.
1:49.8	Well, I should probably also add that my wife and I both work for the same company. So we see
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