Despite Doo being unfaithful, Loretta believed ‘if you can’t fight for your man, he’s not worth having’
Loretta became a country music superstar, and she and Doo acquired a large house and estate. It was a big change from when she’d taken just about any job around to help support her family: cooking for ranch hands, picking berries and scrubbing houses. Yet with success came other difficulties. Loretta spent a lot of time touring, and when she returned, “I never knew what I was comin’ home to. I didn’t know if I was comin’ home to fightin’ or what. It was pretty rough. Doo drank a lot. There was a lot of times I’d have rather not come home. And if it hadn’t have been for my babies I wouldn’t have.”
Doo hadn’t been faithful early in their marriage, and his infidelities continued while Loretta was on the road. He’d even invite women into their home while his wife was away. Yet through it all, she stuck with her husband. “I put up with it because of six kids,” she once explained. “And I loved him and he loved me.” She also believed, “If you can’t fight for your man, he’s not worth having.”
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