Is Marriage Still Worth It? (With Dr. Arthur Brooks)

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Relationships, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0	Ultimately, relationships that are successful, they start with all this incredible passion.
0:09.7	But by the end of a couple of years, where you want to get is from passionate love to what we call companion at love.
0:14.6	What about the reverse when somebody says, we were friends for a long time?
0:17.5	Friends on the love zone?
0:18.8	Very rare.
0:19.7	Usually what happens is that one is in love and the other isn't.
0:28.9	What in the world is going on? Hope you are doing well.
0:35.2	I'm not going to lie, dude. It is bonkers out there.
0:39.2	And where is out there?
0:40.2	Everywhere.
0:41.2	Everywhere in the club.
0:42.7	But I'm super glad that you are with us.
0:44.9	And, man, it just makes my heart full every time.
0:48.7	Hop on here.
0:49.8	And we have so many listeners joining us from all over the world.
0:53.2	It's amazing.
0:53.8	Thank you so much for being
0:54.7	with us all right this is super exciting last year one of my top shows of the year was when we had
1:00.4	a good friend of mine and guests dr arthur brooks he is the happiness goat he's written a book with
1:07.3	with opra he has a weekly column in the Atlantic.
1:11.0	He teaches at Harvard.
1:12.6	He's an amazing guy.
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