129. It's Okay to Put Love Ahead of Career

The Suzanne Venker Show

Suzanne Venker

Society & Culture

4.9 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Whom we choose to marry, and how that marriage fares, has the single greatest effect on our happiness and well-being than anything else we do. The outcome of that singular decision will dictate the entire course of your future. What sense does it make, then, to NOT prioritize it?

IN THIS EPISODE:

1:15 Who we marry and how that marriage fares has the single greatest effect on our happiness and well being than anything else we do

2:35 Your marriage has to come first, and you have to be a team

3:30 Suzanne reads an entitled, “ Divorce Can Be an Act of Radical Self-Love”

6:20 Where are the parents?

7:50 For millennials, marriage is viewed as a capstone, rather than a cornerstone, of their life

11:00 When you live together with your boyfriend/girlfriend and prioritize your respective careers, it makes it harder to combine your lives as a married couple

12:35 The cohab mindset leads to poor preparation for marriage and diminishes happiness by “sliding into marriage”

15:45 Whether it’s 1971 or 2021, most mothers step out of the workforce at a far greater rate than fathers

Transcript

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0:43.1	And now on with the show. From the magnificent Midwest, it's the Suzanne Venker Show, where men and women are equal in value, but wildly different by nature.
1:05.5	Join us here every week when we challenge the culture's hugely flawed narratives about men, women, sex, and love.
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1:18.6	So today I'm going to talk about why it's not only okay to put love ahead of career,
1:24.7	but why it's in fact the smartest thing you can do.
1:30.1	So let's start with this fact.
1:32.8	Anyone who's been married for any length of time can attest to this.
1:38.8	Who we marry and how that marriage fares has the single greatest effect
1:45.8	on our happiness and well-being
1:48.1	than anything else we do.
1:52.4	The outcome of that singular decision
1:54.9	will dictate the entire course of your future.
2:00.5	I know. That's pretty heavy future. I know.
2:01.4	That's pretty heavy duty.
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