Hi there, I'm Julie Slattery and you're listening to Java with Julie.

This podcast is a production of authentic intimacy, a ministry dedicated to reclaiming God's

design for sexuality.

We're on the cusp of Valentine's Day, but our conversation today is probably not going

to give you warm and fuzzy feelings about your spouse.

Instead, Karen Eamon joins me to talk about what to do when your spouse is driving you crazy.

If you're like Karen, you know that opposites attract, and after you've said, I do,

your opposite personalities can create a lot of tension in your marriage.

Karen's premarital counselor actually gave her and her husband a 5% chance of making it.

Now that's incompatibility. But they've made it to 32 years of marriage and Karen has some

great wisdom for us about how a spouse who drive you crazy can drive you straight to Jesus.

Do you have questions about working through differences with your spouse?

If so, write to us at info at authenticinvenancy.com, and we just might answer your question

live on our next mailbag episode.

You can also find that link at Authenticinemacy.com.

Let's listen in now to my conversation with Karen Eamon.

So Karen, how long have you been married?

32 years.

So you have a thing or two that you've learned in 32 years, huh?

A thing or two.

A thing or two not to do and a thing or two to do.

That's how we learn, right?

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