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Hello Dr. Laura, it's a pleasure to speak with you. Well thank you. I have been an on-off listener since

my mother listened to you back in the early 90s and you're now go take on the day to time.

When I was about 12 she actually had me read your book and stupid things women do to mess up

their lives. So you have been a part of my life for quite some time. I have been married to my

husband for 14 or 15 years. We have two ugly, homely children. And I am my husband's girlfriend,

but I was calling to say that that has not always been the case. About five years ago,

we kind of just fell into a rut. He made the comment at one point that he felt like I was more

of his roommate than his wife. And it was not a fun time. And I found out that he was actually

having an emotional affair with a girlfriend of his from high school. She lived in a different

state, so it was mostly just phone calls late at night when I was asleep and text messaging

throughout the day and everything. Come to find out he was doing that because I was not meeting

his emotional needs. This broke me. I was extremely upset, went through a little bit of a depression.

And I remembered your voice in my head about being my husband's girlfriend. And so I

woke up one morning and said, okay, I'm going to start putting Dr. Laura's practices

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