"My Husband Wrecked Our Family" — The Dr. John Delony Show

Beth, a homeschool mom of four young children, called in with a question about how honest to be with her kids after a divorce. But the story that came out was far more harrowing than a simple infidelity. Her husband had been using jiu-jitsu, peptides, testosterone, and marijuana, and over the course of about 18 months, he descended into paranoid episodes that terrorized the family. He accused her of cheating, waited for her on the bed to interrogate her, and once told her, "If you ever betray me, it'll be the last thing you do." When he finally admitted to an 18-month affair, he framed it as a mental health and marijuana problem — and already had a plan for how he would fix it. Beth went into a freeze state, started sleeping on a futon in the playroom, and entered marriage counseling. But the husband's behavior didn't stabilize. He stopped doing the work he promised. When Beth told him she was separating, he forced her to tell their 8- and 7-year-old daughters in the middle of the night, while he sat there crying and undermining her. Later, in an email, he confessed to a sexual encounter in the family car with a stranger at a gas station while the kids were at church.

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