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Focus on Marriage Podcast

Infatuation Doesn’t Last, But Love Does

Focus on Marriage Podcast

Focus on the Family

Society & Culture, Relationships

4.71.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

How often did you think about your spouse when you were falling in love? Jim Daly talks with popular podcasters, Dave and Ashley Willis, about the infatuation stage of a relationship. Then, John speaks to the Smalley's about leaving infatuation and getting to a place of healthy vulnerability in your marriage.

 

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0:35.5

After a period of dating, when my wife and I became, we'll call it more serious, I could not stop thinking of her.

0:41.7

She was on my mind all the time.

0:43.9

But then, well, we got married and things changed a little bit.

0:47.4

And it's not for the worse.

0:48.4

It's just different.

0:49.7

I'm John Fuller, along with Greg Smalley and his wife, Aaron, who lead the focus on the family marriage team.

0:55.2

And Greg, I've heard this initial kind of love stage called infatuation.

1:00.8

That feels very juvenile, but is it for adults infatuation or something else?

1:07.0

Okay.

1:07.7

Absolutely.

1:08.9

There's no wiggle room, absolutely.

1:10.4

It's a fun part of that beginning season in a relationship to where just you're focused so

1:17.7

much on the good, the excitement, the new, what I'm learning, this person, and all that,

1:24.2

that's infatuation.

1:25.8

And that's a beautiful part of a relationship. Now, that,

1:28.2

that wears off. It's just natural normal in a relationship. It can depend on a lot of things.

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