103: How to Get More Couple Time with a Workaholic
The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle
Laura Doyle
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2021
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
It's lonely to be married to a workaholic. If he's not at work, he's sleeping or working from home. Or he's too tired from working so much to be much fun. He neglects not just you but also the kids. You feel like a single mom going to get-togethers without him, always for the same old reason: he has to work. If only you could get him to spend more time with the family. Well, you can. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast we're talking about how to get more couple time with a workaholic. I'll share 4 ways to inspire him to linger and lounge with you.
My guest Sandy was so miserable and lonely in her marriage that she would sit in her closet and cry every day. Finally she got her husband to agree to go to marriage counseling! But she was mortified when he blew up at the counselor, saying it wasn't helping them at all. She felt hopeless and worried that he would always be resistant and harsh to her. But today her husband takes her on trips where he treats her like his girlfriend, and he helps around the house like never before. She describes their relationship as life-giving and says it's even more fun than when they were dating. She's going to explain how she did it.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship |
| 0:14.7 | without your man's conscious efforts that you feel desired, taken care of, |
| 0:19.6 | and special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm Laura Doyle and today we're talking about how to get more couple time with a workaholic. |
| 0:30.4 | My guest Sandy was so miserable and lonely in her marriage. |
| 0:34.6 | She would sit in her closet and cry every day. |
| 0:38.0 | Finally, she got her husband to agree to go to marriage counseling, but she was mortified when he blew up at the counselor |
| 0:45.0 | saying it wasn't helping them at all. |
| 0:47.0 | She felt hopeless and worried that he would always be resistant and harsh to her. |
| 0:52.0 | But today her husband takes her on trips where he treats her like |
| 0:56.2 | his girlfriend and he helps around the house like never before. She describes their relationship as life giving and she says it's even more fun |
| 1:06.0 | than when they were dating. She's going to describe how she did it. The worst |
| 1:10.8 | relationship advice of the Week Award is about how boundaries are supposed to work, but really don't at all. |
| 1:18.0 | All that's coming up, but first let's talk about how to get more couple time with a man who works too much. |
| 1:24.6 | It's lonely to be married to a workaholic. |
| 1:27.4 | If he's not at work, he's sleeping or working from home. |
| 1:30.8 | Or he's too tired from working so much to be much fun. |
| 1:34.0 | He neglects not just you, but also the kids. |
| 1:38.0 | And you feel like a single mom going to get-togethers without him, |
| 1:41.0 | always for the same tired reason. He has to work. If only you could |
| 1:47.8 | get him to spend more time with the family, well, you can. Here are four ways to inspire a workaholic to linger and lounge with you. |
| 1:58.0 | Number one, be happy to see him. It can be hard to get happy when he's home well after dinner and the kids are in |
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