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The Dr. John Delony Show

Should I Marry the Guy Everyone Thinks Is My Husband?

14 Nov 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

2.613 - 20.858 Dr. John Delony

All right, let's talk about your marriage. Right now, we have February and October weekends on sale for the Money in Marriage Getaway. It's the best marriage retreat on the planet. Tickets start at $749 a couple. Get yours at ramsaysolutions.com slash getaway.

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28.702 - 32.767 Sarah

I met my partner, and we kind of had this whirlwind romance.

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33.107 - 37.212 Dr. John Delony

What did you find that made you say, halt this thing?

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37.413 - 46.644 Sarah

We got a whole bunch of wedding gifts, and part of that was wedding money. I happened to check that account that had thousands of dollars in it, and it was all completely gone.

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52.351 - 53.152 Dr. John Delony

What's going on?

Chapter 2: How did the woman end up faking her marriage?

53.192 - 70.185 Dr. John Delony

What's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney Show, taking your calls. Real people going through real challenges, struggles in their marriage, their mental and emotional health, their kids, whatever you got going on in your life. I'm going to pull up a seat, you pull up a seat, and we're going to figure out what's your next right move.

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70.746 - 93.892 Dr. John Delony

For more than two decades, I spent time as a professor, as a dean of students, as a crisis responder, showing up in the wildest moments of people's lives and asking the question, what are we going to do next? If you want to be on the show, go to johndeloney.com slash ask. A-S-K. I'd love to have you on. Let's go to Orlando, Florida and talk to Sarah. What's up, Sarah?

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Chapter 3: What triggered the woman's trust issues in her relationship?

95.055 - 96.057 Sarah

Hey, how are you?

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96.218 - 97.38 Dr. John Delony

Remarkable. How about you?

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98.683 - 100.548 Sarah

Very nervous, to be honest, but excited.

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100.588 - 102.432 Dr. John Delony

That's very cool. Very cool. What's up?

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103.593 - 106.496 Sarah

I just have a strange question for you, to be honest.

106.697 - 111.262 Dr. John Delony

Let it rip. Every question on the show is strange, so let it go.

Chapter 4: How does past trauma affect current relationships?

111.402 - 121.234 Sarah

Basically, I just wanted some advice. How do I overcome issues from my past to learn how to trust enough to marry the man that everyone already thinks is my husband?

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125.018 - 133.228 Dr. John Delony

I'm going to backtrack what I was saying and said earlier, that everyone asks a weird question. They don't ask that weird of one. Explain this. Unpack this for me.

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133.85 - 155.643 Sarah

Yeah, it's a very strange situation and it's kind of, it was an accidental kind of double life that I now live. where basically what ended up happening was I met my partner and we kind of had this whirlwind romance and he's absolutely wonderful and super sweet and he proposed very quickly.

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155.683 - 170.978 Sarah

We had a very small wedding, but before we went through the entire legal process of actually legally getting married, I found out some things that really triggered some very bad issues for me and it really changed everything.

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171.616 - 172.698 Dr. John Delony

So let's change a few things.

Chapter 5: What advice does John give about financial trust in relationships?

172.738 - 174.3 Dr. John Delony

You didn't have a wedding. You had a big party.

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174.981 - 175.662 Sarah

Exactly.

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175.822 - 180.709 Dr. John Delony

Okay. So we had a big party. Everybody showed up to it. They bring gifts. Y'all have like toasters and stuff.

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182.031 - 182.672 Unknown

Got it all.

Chapter 6: How can one navigate family dynamics during personal crises?

182.772 - 190.823 Dr. John Delony

Okay. What did you find that made you say, I halt this thing?

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192.406 - 213.435 Sarah

Well, a little bit of context is going to be helpful for this. But basically, yes, we had a big party. We got a whole bunch of wedding gifts. And part of that was wedding money. And we put it in a joint account. And before we finished through the legal process, I happened to check that account that had thousands of dollars in it. And it was all completely gone.

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214.141 - 221.232 Sarah

And he had went and spent all of it on hunting equipment and things that he wanted and never talked to me.

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Chapter 7: What are the implications of not having a legal marriage?

221.633 - 245.53 Sarah

And unfortunately, that triggered a very bad insecurity. I grew up in a very abusive household where my father was very bad with money. He would beat all of us and kind of use the money to manipulate our situation. And we had to move a lot and cause a lot of insecurity. So when that happened, that really... made things very challenging where I just suddenly didn't trust this person anymore.

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245.931 - 249.896 Dr. John Delony

Okay. So he's not on the phone right now. So I'm going to ask you some questions are going to sound harsh. Okay.

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Chapter 8: How can therapy help in resolving relationship issues?

250.296 - 268.6 Dr. John Delony

Sure. Of course. But, but not being mean, same team. Okay. So you go through with this big charade, this big party, this, you went through basically a fake wedding where did you hire a minister and everything? You go through that whole thing?

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269.052 - 270.294 Sarah

Yeah, went through the whole thing.

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270.414 - 271.676 Dr. John Delony

You just never got a marriage license?

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272.457 - 273.398 Sarah

Yeah, exactly.

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273.459 - 287.8 Dr. John Delony

And you then went home, took the gifts, deposited the money, and then I guess y'all were going to go get a marriage license later? And then a couple of days or whatever later, you realized he'd burned through all that cash?

290.304 - 297.895 Sarah

Yeah, backstory makes it a little bit easier. It was during COVID, so it wasn't quite as easy as it usually is to get a marriage license.

299.005 - 307.333 Dr. John Delony

So it was delayed? Mm-hmm. Okay. So you were married in the eyes of the minister and everybody watching, just not legally?

308.254 - 308.675 Unknown

Exactly.

308.695 - 323.009 Dr. John Delony

Okay. So you say that you get triggered. Like this thing sets off a whole cascade of a very abusive childhood. And yet you went ahead and kept living there.

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