First Year of Marriage Reality Check, Division of Labor, Sex, Kids, And Modern Wife ExpectationsS3. Ep 48

2 Be Better

Chris Burkett

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Disclaimer: We are not professionals. This podcast is opinioned based and from life experience. This is for entertainment purposes only. Opinions helped by our guests may not reflect our own. But we love a good conversation.

In this episode of the 2 Be Better Podcast, Chris and Peaches break down a raw email from a newly married wife who is already thinking about leaving her husband, and they do not sugar coat a thing. You will hear real marriage advice on the first year of marriage, resentment and the mental load, division of labor in the home, expectations around being a “50s housewife,” body image, fitness before pregnancy, and why “he makes me feel like a piece of meat” might actually be a communication and perception problem, not proof that your man is a monster. They unpack groping versus affection, why your feelings are not the full story, what happens when you keep score over chores, and how couples slip into the roommate phase when they avoid direct, honest conversations about needs, kids, sex, and respect. If you are searching for first year of marriage advice, help with housework resentment, or real relationship coaching that calls out your own part in the dysfunction, this episode is for you.
The second half dives into the conversations you must have before having children, from discipline, religion, diet and holidays, to college versus trade school, public school versus homeschool, and what it really means when both partners want full time careers while expecting grandma to run childcare and schooling. Chris and Peaches speak directly to working wives, stay at home mom hopefuls, firefighters’ families, and neurodivergent couples navigating autism and ADHD, challenging you to think about postpartum, special needs, and what happens when your support system fails. You will get practical questions to ask each other before kids, a reality check on how children intensify whatever is already broken in your marriage, and a push to build a marriage centered on service, ownership, and intentional parenting, not fantasy and convenience. This is unfiltered relationship coaching, marriage advice for women and men, and a must watch if you want a strong marriage and a functional family, not just cute wedding photos and a baby announcement.

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0:00.0	And look how far we've come, all the things we've done, did it all with love,
0:09.0	beauty from the bottom of, all I want is you, you're my favorite view, but there's nothing more.
0:20.0	Girl, you made my happy. And we are back welcome back you mystical bitches
0:25.8	we're doing the same episode part two but we had to take a break
0:29.7	we had a really gross lunch your lunch was fucked up because your lunch is always
0:33.5	fucked up always you got crispy onion strings instead of actual onion rings. Yeah.
0:39.9	It was like the topping they put on a burger, but hundreds of them in a box with no dipping
0:45.1	sauce. I was promised a specialized restaurant made dipping sauce. And you got none of it. I got none
0:52.9	of it. I just got dried, crispy, sad onions. Yeah, people are like, I hate my job. Fuck these people. That's how it went. Don't take it out on me, man. It's how it went. Damn, bro. That is indeed how it went. So we got an hour of the other episode done. I haven't edited it yet. I don't think I'm going to delete it. I think I'm going to use the content, although I don't think it'll be even close to an hour. So we're going to do another email, maybe two, get some content done, and then probably play some video games tonight. Maybe. I need to get some painting done.
1:28.3	Need?
1:29.1	I do.
1:30.0	You need to.
1:30.5	I do.
1:31.7	What makes it a need?
1:38.7	Part of my well-being maintenance is doing artistic things.
1:40.4	I have come to discover that about myself.
1:44.0	And I've been pushing it off and pushing it off and pushing it off and I'm getting
1:44.4	anger and anger and angry and angry at myself about it. Okay, fair enough. I will game. I'm just not
1:50.3	going to game the whole time you are if you decide to do that. Well, I really want to play
1:54.3	Battlefield 6. Oh, I want to play that too. If we could get a whole team going this evening.
1:59.2	Yeah. Today is October 14th of the recording. So, and the game came out on, I think, the 10th. And we have not even been able to play yet because we've been waiting for a whole team. And I was hoping that Sean would get on. That would give us three and somebody else would make four. But at this point, I don't give a shit. I just want to play the game and see how it plays. I've gotten,
2:24.5	like, I'm getting cocky good at Cod now. Like, it's, which makes losing even worse.
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