Honey, That's Not What I Meant

Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast

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Relationships, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

You said something to your spouse, and thought your point was clear. But after a day or two, your mate is really upset. It turns out, your spouse misunderstood what you said. Sound familiar? John, Erin and Greg explain why working through misunderstandings can make your relationship stronger. Featuring Guy Lia, Amber Lia, and Jean Daly.

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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	You told your spouse something and you thought you made your point pretty clear,
0:40.0	but a day or two later you find out they are really upset because it turns out
0:45.2	that they thought you meant something completely different than what you thought
0:50.6	you expressed. Now this happens to me almost every day. It's sort of like I
0:54.5	say one thing and Deena hears another and sometimes it's humorous. It's sort of
0:58.5	like what? I thought I thought I said I was coming home at five. No, no, I heard
1:04.0	you say that you weren't going to come home until five tomorrow. I mean it's
1:09.1	something crazy like that, right? We wouldn't know what are you doing for
1:12.3	two and a and you heard B or vice versa. You said we're having tacos for dinner
1:18.4	and so I had Mexican for lunch and now we're having tacos for dinner. I don't
1:22.1	get it. What did I miss? So you can have fun with this or it can be a real
1:27.0	tension point in the relationship. So if you're not smiling so much about it,
1:31.9	listen in today. I'm John Fuller, along with Greg and Erin Smalley. They're in
1:35.7	charge of our marriage team and Jim Daley and I had a great conversation with
1:40.0	Jean Daley at the table as well. Jim's wife. We spoke with Guy and Amber Leah
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