Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. I'm an author, a coach, a Bible teacher, and a local church leader, and I love talking to real people who know what it means to have full lives, but also want to walk in abundance.

This podcast is for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for people who crave lighthearted conversations and deeply

spiritual truth. It's for people who are busy, tired, waiting, growing, dreaming,

working, or praying about what's next. Wherever you're listening from, if it's quiet, mundane,

or busy, I am praying for you,

and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go. There's no doubt about it. Marriage changes the way

we experience friendship. Whether we're married or single, when Covenant comes on the scene,

relationships shift.

This episode is for spouses who wish they were better friends, for single people who are wondering how best to prepare for friendship and marriage, and for friends whose relationship

might have shifted since one or both of them got married. If you're married, single,

if you have a ton of people in your life, or if you don't, this episode is for you. Listen with a spouse

or listen alone. Just don't nag your spouse into listening because we're also going to talk

about mansplaining and nagging in this episode to Nick Connolly. Welcome back to the

podcast. So good to be here. I'm always so happy when you're here. I put on hard pants for this

episode. Oh my gosh. You can't make me laugh the whole time. I'm not going to make you laugh.

I just, that's how excited I am about this moment. We use the phrase hard pants, but people sometimes, I've said it online before and people

say, what do you mean?

Hard pants mean they're not soft.

They're not yoga pants.

Yes.

They're not sweatpants.

Yes.

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