#155: How to Fight With Your Spouse - I

Java with Juli - Making Sense of God and Sex

Authentic Intimacy®

Relationships, Society & Culture, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 April 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In marriage, even the smallest offense can lead to a BIG fight. Couples fight about money, in-laws, dirty dishes, dirty socks, driving too fast, driving too slow… you get the idea. But there’s good news: fighting can actually help you have a stronger marriage! All this conflict, when handled correctly, can lead to greater intimacy between you and your spouse. So call a time out, put your gloves down and pull up a chair. Join us at the coffee shop and learn how to Fight Your Way to a Better Marriage on this Java with Juli!

Guests: Greg & Erin Smalley

Guests: Greg and Erin Smalley

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0:00.0	Welcome to Java with Julie. This is Julie Slattery and I'm having coffee with good friends,
0:05.1	Aaron and Greg Smalley. And thanks for joining me at Mission Coffee Roasters.
0:10.0	Our pleasure. Now, does it count if I'm technically drinking water and not coffee?
0:14.9	No, it doesn't. It doesn't. I am drinking the most amazing latte ever. So I'm happy to be here with you. Yeah. So Aaron is drinking the coffee and I'm drinking it. So we'll drink enough for you. Well, I feel grumpy. So that explains a lot. Now, can I ask why you're not drinking coffee? You know, I am not a coffee drinker. I love it. Every morning I make Aaron coffee. I love the smell.
0:38.2	It's just,
0:54.6	it, it's home. I just can't stand the taste of it. So I'm not very old. So I'm waiting still to grow up. Steve, our engineer here, is giving you a knuckle bump. He just pounded it. Yeah. Is that you as well? Sweet. Did you already have your chai? Yes, I did have that thing.
0:55.7	See, that's kind of like Foo Foo Coffee.
0:56.8	I know.
0:57.0	I was playing. Yeah. Is that you as well? Sweet. Did you already have your chai? Yes, I did have that.
0:54.3	Oh, see, that's kind of like food, food coffee.
0:56.8	I know.
0:57.3	I wasn't planning on admitting that, but since we're going to talk about conflict, why not? Yeah. Let's get into it. Let's do this. Let's throw it down. All right, cool. Yeah, we're going to have a two-part series here with you on conflict because I think conflict deserves at least two shows.
1:14.6	At minimum.
1:15.9	Sure.
1:16.6	And we'll be talking about conflict in the context of marriage, but these same principles apply to all of our relationships.
1:23.9	Like, if you have a conflict, for example, with neighbors.
1:46.3	Yeah. And they're laughing because they're like, they're our neighbors. Who are like, you being Tomish? Well, that would be odd. Thank goodness. That's not you guys. Julie's not right next door. Thank goodness. Yeah, see, now you just gave me an idea though. I know you have a hot tub and yeah, that could be fun. We could have some conflict around that. Yeah, see, now you just gave me an idea, though. I know you have a hot tub and, yeah, that could be fun.
1:47.9	We could have some conflict around that. Yeah, with a mom of all boys, yeah.
1:50.6	I can't imagine you haven't thought through a lot of these, so.
1:53.6	No, a mom of all boys is too busy to think through anything.
1:56.5	That's true.
1:57.5	I don't know, a mom of three girls.
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