Advice on Making Love Last . . . From a Divorce Lawyer

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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If you want insight on how to make love last, you might ask friends, family, a therapist, or a pastor for advice. You probably wouldn't think to turn to a divorce lawyer. But my guest, James Sexton, who does that very job in New York City, says there may be few people who have a better perspective on how to hold a marriage together, than the guy who's got a front row seat to how they fall apart. James is the author of If You're in My Office, It's Already Too Late: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together, and today on the show he shares what he's learned from overseeing over a thousand divorces that you can use to reverse engineer a relationship that lasts. We discuss the five types of infidelity James sees in his practice and the approach to marriage that will prevent affairs. We then get into common sources of conflict in a marriage, including sex, finances, and kids, and how to address these issues so you never end up in James', or any other divorce lawyer's, office.

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0:00.0	Brat McCay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:11.7	If you want insight into how to make love last, you might ask friends, family, a therapist
0:16.2	or a pastor for advice.
0:17.8	You probably wouldn't think to turn to a divorce lawyer, but my guest, James Sexton, who
0:21.9	does that very job in New York City, says there may be few people who have a better perspective
0:26.1	on how to hold a marriage together, and the guy's got a front row seat to how they
0:29.8	fall apart.
0:30.8	James is the author of, If you're in my office, it's already too late, a divorce lawyer's
0:34.7	guide to staying together.
0:36.1	Today on the show, he shares what he's learned from overseeing over a thousand divorces
0:39.4	that you can use to reverse engineer a relationship that lasts.
0:43.0	We discuss the five types of infidelity James sees in his practice and the approach to
0:46.6	marriage that will prevent affairs.
0:48.4	We then get into common sources of conflict in the marriage, including sex, finances and
0:52.6	kids, and how to address these issues as you never end up in James's or any other divorce
0:57.0	lawyers office.
0:58.7	The show is over.
0:59.7	Check out our show notes at aam.is slash stay together.
1:05.7	Alright, James Sexton, welcome to the show.
1:17.2	Thanks Brad, it's great to be here, I appreciate you having me.
1:19.4	So you are a divorce attorney and you have overseeing over a thousand divorces in your career.
1:25.7	That's a lot.
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