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The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

128: When Your Husband Never Does Anything Special for You

The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle

Relationships, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

If your husband never does anything romantic, it's just sad. You know he's capable of being sweeter. I bet he turned on the charm to get that ring on you. But now that you've put in all the hard work to build a life together, it's like he values you less, not more. If you want to revive the romance and make it last, you're in the right place. On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about when your husband never does anything special for you. I'll share four concrete steps you can take today to start feeling desired, taken care of and special–pronto.

My guest Jessica's marriage was so lonely that she cried herself to sleep every night. They had big fights full of verbal onslaughts and criticism, especially about parenting, and she felt like her husband hated her. Her self-confidence and her marriage were at an all-time low when she Googled "how to stay married to a narcissist." She discovered something that changed the entire trajectory of their lives, and today she has a peaceful home filled with love and laughter. She's going to describe the steps she took to get there so you can get there 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 marriage without

0:14.9

your man's conscious efforts that you feel desired, taken care of, and special, even if your relationship

0:21.3

feels completely hopeless.

0:24.0

I'm Laura Doyle, and today I'm talking about what to do

0:28.0

when your husband never does anything special for you.

0:31.0

My guest, Jessica's marriage was so lonely and full of verbal onslots and

0:36.8

criticism she cried herself to sleep every night. They had big fights especially

0:42.2

about parenting and she felt like her husband hated her.

0:46.4

And her self-confidence in her marriage were at an all-time low when she Googled how to stay

0:51.8

married to a narcissist. But that led her to a discovery that changed

0:57.4

the entire trajectory of their lives and today she has a peaceful home filled with love and laughter.

1:04.0

She's going to describe the steps she took to get there so you can get there too.

1:09.0

Then I'll be giving out the worst relationship advice of the week award,

1:14.6

which is about like telling someone who's very depressed that things will never get better.

1:20.3

Wait a year. All that is coming up, but first I want to talk about what to do

1:25.6

when your husband never does anything special for you. If he never does anything

1:31.0

romantic, it's a sad place to be. You know he's capable of

1:36.1

being sweeter than he's being. I mean he turned on the charm to get you in the

1:40.8

beginning. Was that just to lure you in for the old bait and switch,

1:45.3

where you're taking for granted while he lies around scratching his groin like Al Bundy?

1:52.3

Now that you've put in all the hard work to build a life together, it's like

1:56.2

he values you less, not more. That's how it feels. If you're seeing the signs that your

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