Joseph Gets a Lesson In How to Be a Man

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Joseph isn't proud of the way he treats his wife but doesn't know how to change the toxic dynamic in their home. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Joseph, how can I help?
0:12.7	Awesome.
0:14.1	I need advice.
0:16.3	I'm a 36-year-old man, husband of two, married for five years to my wife's entrepreneur.
0:28.9	I stay at home a lot, and the wife stays at home and watches our babies.
0:36.4	They're young.
0:36.9	They're under five.
0:37.7	Newborn and under five.
0:40.0	And ever since pregnancy, the wife's just been very difficult for me.
0:45.7	She is who she is, but she's difficult for me, meaning just critiques everything I do.
0:51.0	I don't think she respects me because I just do things with a little carefree attitude as, you know, she's the more stressed out, fearful, let's do it right.
1:02.0	And lately, well, not lately, it's been a pattern and we argue and our arguments over anything, really.
1:13.1	They escalate to violence.
1:16.9	And, you know, I was raised.
1:19.1	And, you know, recently it was, you know, over breakfast.
1:25.1	I was cooking and she wanted me to make them.
1:28.3	She didn't want me to burn the pan, make the breakfast a certain way.
1:32.3	And I said, leave me alone. I don't cook. Just leave me alone. I want to do this.
1:35.3	This is a pride thing. I just want to cook from my babies and you. Let me be.
1:39.3	And she's relentless. She doesn't, you know, take no for an answer. She's very strong-minded.
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