86. Little Gestures, Big Payoff
Marriage and Martinis
Adam Silverstein
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2019
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Relationship experts will tell you it's the little things partners do for each other that actually wind up going the longest way in a marriage. Big, elaborate gifts are meaningful in their own way, but we need to concentrate on the small moments and favors that help show each other that we are actively thinking about the other person. Danielle and Adam discuss everything from choreplay to compliments to the gift of "the nap" within relationships. Also, how did watching their own parents' interactions affect their own expectations of what partners are supposed to do for one another? How have those expectations changed over the years? What do they feel they would like one another to do more of in the future to show they care? How does Gottman's famous "six-second kiss" affect their daily routine, and what other advice does Gottman give in this area? And, what occurred a few weeks ago to show Danielle that this topic was an absolute necessity as soon as possible? This episode is fun, insightful, and offers just the right amount of TMI, in natural Marriage and Martinis style.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. And Oh, Hey guys welcome back to Marager Martini's. I'm Adam, and here's Danielle. |
| 0:55.0 | Hello. |
| 0:56.0 | Hello. |
| 0:57.0 | It's been, I feel like it's been a while since it was just the two of us. |
| 1:00.0 | It's been a long time since it's been just the two of us. Our daughter's upstairs, but the boys are out. Yep. And the dogs are here, so in case we hear them during the episode, they're here. There'll be some barking. But it's nice just to be us, be here alone. |
| 1:16.1 | Yeah, no, and it's nice to be, I feel like I have like a laundry list of things I want to catch up on to talk about. |
| 1:22.1 | Here on the podcast or just between us? |
| 1:24.0 | Well, both. |
| 1:25.3 | But no, especially here on the podcast |
| 1:27.1 | because, God, there's been so much that has gone on |
| 1:31.7 | that I wanted to tell tell everybody about but it's |
| 1:35.6 | funny because the other day my best friend from college sent me a text saying you're an asshole. |
| 1:43.7 | Oh, I didn't ask her to do that, I swear. |
| 1:46.5 | It wasn't me. |
| 1:48.0 | I was like, okay, yeah, but why? |
| 1:50.4 | And she said, she's like, who approved you to do fashion related ads? |
| 1:57.2 | And I was like, |
| 1:58.4 | Wait, why? |
| 1:59.8 | So apparently I have been pronouncing all kinds of brand names incorrectly. |
| 2:05.2 | Oh really? |
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