Accept Your Spouse’s Limitations

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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One of my favorite t-shirts in the Merch Store at DrLaura.com reads, “You Picked Him. Stop Picking on Him!” It’s something I say to callers a lot. Mostly to women who tell me that they can just no longer live with their husband’s bad habits, insensitivities, lack of ambition and such. I always ask, “When did you first notice these negative behaviors?” Followed by, “Did your mother, sister, best friend – anyone point these red flags out to you?” More likely than not, the behaviors existed before the marriage and the children. More likely than not, someone pointed out the potential for a problem. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Listen to all my episodes of Dr. Laura's Deep Dive in your favorite podcast app.
0:07.0	Search for Dr. Laura's Deep Dive podcast and follow my Deep Dive today.
0:16.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive.
0:19.0	Deep dive.
0:20.0	Dr. Laura's Deep dive podcast.
0:24.6	One of my favorite t-shirts in the merch store at Dr. Laura.com reads,
0:30.1	You picked him.
0:31.6	Stop picking on him.
0:33.2	I love that.
0:34.3	It's something I say to callers a lot.
0:36.5	Mostly to women who tell me they can just no
0:39.1	longer live with their husband's bad habits, insensitivities, lack of ambition and such, and I
0:44.5	always ask. When did you first notice these negative behaviors followed by? Did your mother, sister,
0:51.4	best friend, anyone point out these red flags to you?
0:55.7	More likely than not, the behaviors existed before the marriage and before the children.
1:00.9	More likely than not, someone pointed out the potential for a problem,
1:05.7	but that usually doesn't stop women from plowing forward,
1:09.2	assuming they will somehow be able to manage
1:11.9	or even change what they don't like about their husbands. Alice is a good example. She wrote to me
1:18.3	saying, I often hear you ask people if they saw some of the negative things that currently
1:23.4	exist in the relationship prior to marriage. The answer seems to always be, yeah, I did see some
1:31.2	things before marrying my husband seven years ago that I believed would change. Why would you believe that?
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