Don't Become a Spider Spouse
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Unrealistic expectations are something all of us struggle with, yet they're very damaging to a marriage. John, Greg and Erin share how they've learned to adjust their expectations in marriage. Featuring Gary Thomas.
Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/marriagepodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY
Receive the book "A Lifelong Love" for your donation of any amount: https://donate.focusonthefamily.com/don-fofm-podcast-2022-06-14?refcd=1423009
Get more episode resources: https://www.focusonthefamily.com/episodes/focus-on-marriage-podcast/dont-become-a-spider-spouse/#featured-resource-cta
Listen Anytime: https://store.focusonthefamily.com/breathe-spiritual-life-into-your-marriage-digital-download/?refcd=1423009
If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback: https://focusonthefamily.com/podcastsurvey/
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hey Jim Daley here. If you like the focus on the family broadcast and haven't |
| 0:04.7 | grown tired of this voice just yet, you'll love my ReFocus podcast. On ReFocus I |
| 0:10.2 | take a deeper dive with a respected thinker on different aspects of culture. I |
| 0:14.4 | ask those hard questions that maybe they don't get that often and I don't |
| 0:18.8 | shy away from challenging topics to help you share God's grace, truth, and love |
| 0:23.6 | with others. So listen to ReFocus with Jim Daley on your favorite streaming app |
| 0:28.3 | today. |
| 0:35.8 | Many of us go into marriage filled with excitement and we all have expectations. We |
| 0:41.0 | know what it's going to look like from a day to day basis. I think I went in |
| 0:44.7 | with pretty low expectations. I remember before we got married, Dina and I |
| 0:50.7 | were sitting around. I was just I was zombie doubt. I was so tired. So I'm |
| 0:55.4 | sitting there just kind of comatose on the sofa and she was on the other end |
| 0:59.7 | of the sofa kind of stretched out and she looked at me and she shared with me |
| 1:03.8 | about this later. She looked at me and said, yeah, they're going to be nights |
| 1:06.9 | like this. I'm good with that. So when she shared that that freed me of all sorts |
| 1:11.3 | of expectations about what was what was it going to be like when we got married? |
| 1:14.9 | A lot of boring comatose moments. I have not failed to deliver. I'm just saying |
| 1:20.6 | truth and advertising. We're going to call you slow. If we're not careful, we're |
| 1:24.8 | going to have unrealistic expectations. You're going to be set up for |
| 1:28.3 | disappointment. We're going to talk about that today on the podcast. I'm John |
| 1:32.2 | Fuller along with the I don't know the troll Greg Smiley and his wife Aaron. You've |
| 1:39.5 | got words for me every time. Greg, I love you for it. I love your sense of humor. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Focus on the Family, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Focus on the Family and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.