Welcome to the Awesome Marriage Podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage and how to have the relationship that God has designed for you.

I am your co-host, Christina Dodson. On the show will be our host, Dr. Kim Kimberling and Nill Smith.

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This week on the podcast, we're going to be doing a mini series on three decisions you should

always consult your spouse with before deciding.

So we're going to be going over three different decisions that we recommend always talking

to your spouse about and just kind of how to handle these situations because it can be tricky.

So today's decision that we're going to be

talking about that you should always discuss with your spouse is jobs. So Dr. Kim, why is it a bad

idea to make a major job decision, like leaving or accepting a job, without talking to your spouse

about it? You know, we just can't forget the fact that everything we do affects our spouse,

no matter what it is.

And a job's a big deal.

I mean, you're talking about income.

You're talking about time.

You're talking a lot of things that affect each other.

Both of you work.

Do you not work?

You know, say one person quits a job without having a new one and just comes up and said, you know, I just got frustrated.

In fact, a new guy that works out where I do. And he did that.

And he comes up and tells his wife, I got frustrated and then I quit. And, you know, and that was not a, that was not a happy time for them as a family.

You know, he had, it took him quite a while to find another job. And it wasn, and say you take a new job and even like if someone offers you a new job

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