Refresher: Carol got an STD from her husband
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Hi, thank you for taking my call. Thank you. I'm a little bit nervous because I've just started listening to you about six months ago and I've done everything wrong.

Oh, grand. Well, I shouldn't say everything, but a lot of things wrong. I was married for 24 years. We grew apart, paid more attention to our children than our marriage. And ultimately, he cheated on me and then we divorced. I was very vulnerable and didn't feel loved. And I met someone else and in less than a year remarried. And how long have you been married to this one?

Five years. And I told your screener that he told me a year after, well, it was right after we got married, that he had an STD. And which one did he have? I honestly was kind of in shock and just have not addressed it since then. And I don't know. I'm sure I need to go to the doctor and get it checked. But he said that

Are you freaking kidding me? He told you he had an STD and you didn't immediately go to your gynecologist? I know. Your internist? Are you nuts? Yes. And then you had sex with him, unprotected? Yeah.

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Well, I hope you don't have one that gives you cancer or one that actually kills you, okay? But maybe you could check. Ask him to tell you again which it is and call your gynecologist and get a checkup, please. Okay. Because I don't think your life is worth trying to pretend you have a happy marriage. So he told you he betrayed you by not giving you this information. And I have a feeling there's more. What else did he lie about?

What else? Just tell me that he owes money. He's in debt. And what else did he lie about? That he would be able to use my credit cards and pay them off, and now I'm happy to file bankruptcy. And what did you think I was going to be able to help you with? Well, I feel like the marriage is over and that I can't trust him. Honey, you never had one. You were used from day one for your credit card.

Can few for one moment not be blind? Just for one moment. You have never been married. Legally on paper. But you were a credit card. Are you going to stay around for this? No. Good. And you show some good sense. Okay. You have the backbone to walk away, do you? I want to. Do you have the backbone to walk away? Yeah. Be honest. Yeah, I do. I do. Because you've got to stop being blind and stupid.

Because life is short. Between now and dead, do you want to be blind and stupid? No. Okay. Do you understand that you will be dead in X number of years? Yeah. Dead, non-existent, not here. So you only have a certain amount of time to experience life. Are you going to do it blind and stupid? No. Absolutely not. Good. Then put your lipstick in a little bag and leave.

So can I ask you one question? Toothbrush, too. What? Okay. He wants to go to counseling. I just don't see the point. Yes, well, he doesn't want his bank account to move out. Okay, okay. You should have just laughed when he said that. Okay. Laughed. You've been scammed for five years of your life. Yeah. If I were you, I'd be really angry. I am. Myself, mostly. And I am.

You've been scammed, willingly scammed out of five years of your life. Yeah, pretty pathetic. Well, you can have a better ending to the story if you have a spine. Yep. And I will do it. What hand are you using to hold the phone? My right. Okay, take your left hand, put it out sideways like you're pointing to the left. Okay? Okay. Now drop it all the way down.

Okay. Now bend your elbow so now your finger is pointing to the right. You got it? So you're behind your back now. Feel that bumpy thing that goes from your head to your tush? Yes. El Spino. Do you have those bumps? I do have them. Yes. Okay.

Use them. Okay, I'll do that. Thank you. Good. You sound stronger just talking to me. I'm impressed. My number, 1-800-

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