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I Thought I Married the Wrong Person… | Gary Chapman

FamilyLife Today®

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4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Dave and Ann Wilson sit down with Dr. Gary Chapman, bestselling author of “The Five Love Languages,” to unlock practical insights for a thriving relationship!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Dave and I joke that we've mastered fighting in our marriage.

0:03.9

Yes, we have.

0:05.1

But what we've really learned is that stressful situations trigger different reactive coping styles in each of us, which can really harm relationships.

0:14.5

Oh, yeah.

0:15.3

Ron and Nandiel have created an assessment to help you discover your style.

0:20.3

So take it at familylife.com slash mindful marriage and get chapter one of their book.

0:26.4

Go to family life.com slash mindful marriage to start building better relationships mindfully.

0:33.0

I'd even think about how do you solve conflicts without arguing.

0:36.4

So all we did was argue. And the thought

0:38.2

began to run through my mind, I think I married the wrong person. We're too different. And one day I

0:44.4

finally said to God, I've done everything I know to do, and she won't listen to me. And as soon as I

0:52.3

said that, there came to my mind a visual image of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples.

0:58.1

And I heard God say to me, that's the problem in your marriage.

1:01.7

You do not have the attitude of Christ toward your life.

1:10.3

Okay, we've got Gary Chapman back in the studio. It's always a good day.

1:14.6

It's always a good day. And today we're going to talk about marriage. Who better to talk about marriage?

1:19.5

Nobody better. Right. In the world. I was going to say the country in the world. And we get the privilege, having you back and you know what you won't

1:28.8

believe this just a minute ago I you know I had a song kind of my head what about you and your

1:36.4

love languages and they always come to my head when I'm in the restroom I don't know why so here we

1:41.8

go wait I didn't know about this I didn't know it either you here we go. Wait, I didn't know about this.

1:44.8

I didn't know it either.

1:45.9

You haven't even been practicing anything.

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