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The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

110: 3 Ways to Deal with a Miserable Husband

The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Do you wish your husband would help out around the house but, no matter how nicely you ask, he's too busy binge watching Breaking Bad? Have you begged him to spend time with the kids, but he's still more interested in his phone than his own children? Or asked him to have sex–or just spend time with you, period–but he'd rather work all hours than be with you? If you're going through any of this, it's natural to wonder if you'd be better off without him. But then you remember that you'd really rather keep your family together. Or maybe simply that you still love him and don't want to be another divorce statistic. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about 3 ways to deal with a miserable husband.

My guest Jamie and her fiancé got engaged two years ago, but they were constantly fighting, with name-calling and cursing, and it seemed like they couldn't get along long enough to actually get to the marriage. So she moved out and gave back the ring. But today, Jamie and her now husband have a light, fun, peaceful marriage with a blended family. She's going to describe what she did so you can do it too!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Empowered Wife podcast where it's all about fixing your relationship

0:14.8

without your man's conscious effort so you feel desired taken care of and

0:19.7

special even if your relationship feels completely hopeless.

0:24.4

I'm Laura Doyle, and today I'm talking about three ways

0:27.1

to deal with a miserable husband.

0:29.8

My guest Jamie and her fiance got engaged two years ago, but they were constantly

0:34.8

fighting with name calling and cursing and it felt like they just couldn't get

0:39.6

along long enough to actually get to the marriage. Then she moved out and gave back the ring. But today,

0:48.5

Jamie and her now husband are married and they are happy. They have a light fun peaceful

0:55.8

relationship with a blended family. She's going to describe what she did so

0:59.8

you can do it too. The worst relationship advice of the Week Award is about how to get your

1:05.2

husband to appreciate your financial contributions to the household when you're a stay-at-home mom.

1:11.2

But it makes your marriage a lot harder than it needs to be.

1:15.6

All of that is coming up, but first I'm going to share three ways to deal with a miserable husband.

1:21.2

If your husband says he loves you but is unhappy, you may be dealing with a case of

1:26.4

miserable husband syndrome. Okay, I just made that up, but you get that idea.

1:33.9

Do you wish he'd help around the house,

1:35.6

but no matter how nicely you ask,

1:37.8

he's too busy, binge watching, breaking bad?

1:42.0

Have you begged him to spend time with the kids but he's still more

1:45.0

interested in his phone than his own children or asked him to have sex or just

1:49.9

spend time with you period but he'd rather work all hours than be with you.

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