LIVE at Bordeux: Reuven Epstein | 50% Of Couples Felt They Made a Mistake.. Here Is Why.
Meaningful People
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🗓️ 25 April 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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In this special live episode of the Meaningful People Podcast, the conversation goes beyond theory and straight into reality, marriage, connection, and what actually happens behind closed doors. Through live polling and raw discussion, we uncover surprising truths: nearly 70% of people didn't feel prepared for marriage, and almost half admitted they questioned their decision within the first year. But what does that really mean? Is struggle a red flag, or part of the process?
This episode breaks down what's really at the core of relationship tension. It's not communication, it's connection. From navigating conflict the right way to understanding why "I want a divorce" is often just a cry for help, this conversation offers a refreshing and deeply practical perspective on building a strong marriage. If you've ever wondered what separates couples who thrive from those who fall apart, this is a conversation you don't want to miss.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this year's live podcast. |
| 0:02.0 | We're going to be cool tonight. |
| 0:03.0 | We're going to get you involved. Questions will come up where I'm going to want you guys to vote so we can see what you think. Let's say a couple's coming to you with an issue. What are you really seeing behind those issues? If you want to know what everyone's struggling with, it's one thing. It's either that we are connected or we are disconnected. In 98% of cases, that's what you're struggling. We ran a poll today. Going into |
| 0:22.3 | marriage, did you actually feel prepared? 31% said, yes, I felt prepared. Sixty-nine percent |
| 0:28.0 | said, I had no idea what I was doing. How are they supposed to say what they're doing? The 31% |
| 0:32.8 | that felt prepared? The line. There's a question up. This is 100% anonymous. |
| 0:38.3 | So don't worry. |
| 0:39.3 | During your first year of marriage, did you ever think, did I make a mistake? |
| 0:42.3 | We're about to get some real-time discults. |
| 0:45.3 | 45% said they question whether or not they made a mistake. |
| 0:49.3 | We're up to 48%. |
| 0:51.3 | All that means to me is that there's a process that people are going through. While they are figuring marriage out, people who are unprepared are going to think, maybe I made a mistake. I hear people every day they come to me, they go, we want to get divorced. Every day? How many? A few people a day. Most people come to me, they don't end up getting divorced because all it is is a call for help. By the way, we're at 60-50 now. Just that's something worth saying that's just making people be like, yeah, I made a mistake. What is going on? Yes, we got a question with here. I think that's not inappropriate that children in this room came on 1011, all years old. How do you guys feel about that? Should they be here? was by we were here last night, you could be here now. |
| 1:30.3 | Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of the Meaningful People podcast. |
| 1:36.3 | Okay, so really quick, this episode, I actually recorded live, as you heard in the trailer, |
| 1:40.3 | there's a room of people there. |
| 1:42.3 | Like, there was probably 200 people in that room by |
| 1:44.4 | Pesac with Bordeaux. It was an amazing, amazing Pesach. And during the episode, I had like three or four questions up on this or that polls.com that people were filling out in real time in that room. And you're going to have the ability to do that as well in this episode. This or that polls.com forward slash events, |
| 2:00.2 | forward slash |
| 2:01.1 | pasach. |
| 2:01.7 | The link is in the show notes. |
| 2:03.3 | Open that tab. |
| 2:04.5 | And when I say well in this episode. This or that polls.com forward slash events forward slash |
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