Quote From: tea4ular"Most of the people who come to your show are in marriages that are beyond saving. You provide all this professional help so that you can drag it all out for ratings."
If you've been watching the Dr. Phil show since the very beginning (and even when he was on Oprah), you would know his theory is that people need to exhaust EVERY avenue possible before getting out of a marriage. He says (clearly, just not in this set of episodes) that people need to "earn their way OUT" so they can have a very clear conscience that they did everything possible, and have no regrets later.
Do not get me wrong, I think Jennifer needs to get OUT OF THERE FAST! Faster than fast! And now Jennifer can say she TRIED EVERYTHING.
Now she needs a safe haven, and frankly I don't know that one exists. I hope I never read about her in a newspaper or hear of her tragic ending on a TV broadcast. She and the children are in danger.
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I can't believe you feel that Dr. Phil's statement about marriage and divorce even remotely applies to this marriage, this hell of an abusive torture set -up.
Who gives a damn whether Jennifer or any abused woman has tried everything.
ABUSERS DON'T CHANGE, RARELY IF EVER. AND NOTHING YOU DO OR TRY WILL CHANGE THEM OR ANYTHING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP.
So even Dr. Phil has got to understand that it doesn't apply to or belong in the same sentence with Abuser, or Batterer.
Does everyone finally "get it " !???
Dr. Phil over the years has confused more than one abused woman about getting out, with some of the shows.
When is it a "deal breaker" or not ..........? That's what they come into the Abuse board asking?
In my opinion, Abuse is always a "deal breaker" as are alcohol and drugs.
