Midlife Crisis or Just a Leather Jacket? Answering Your Relationship Dealbreakers!
The Therapy Crouch
Therapy Crouch
4.7 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
On this week’s Ask Me Anything episode of The Therapy Crouch, Abbey and Peter are back on the sofa tackling your juiciest listener dilemmas. From midlife crises and changing bodies in marriage to fighting over playlists and separate dinners, nothing is off-limits.
The pair reflect on marriage, juggling career ambitions, body confidence, and friendship groups, while keeping things as funny and unfiltered as ever. Expect heartfelt advice, cheeky confessions, and plenty of laughs as they get real about the highs and lows of long-term love.
00:00 – Intro: Abbey and Peter kick off the AMA with laughs
00:54 – First listener dilemma: career ambition vs contentment in marriage
03:40 – Abbey and Pete debate contentment vs striving for more
05:33 – Success defined: promotions vs family time
08:45 – A raw question about weight changes in marriage
11:13 – Body confidence, beauty standards, and menopause talk
12:31 – A listener’s husband hits a midlife crisis
15:21 – Abbey’s story about Erin Brockovich’s Hells Angel neighbour
18:19 – Should couples laugh at each other in public?
21:06 – Fighting over playlists: pop vs heavy metal
23:34 – Food battles: vegan vs carnivore couple
26:08 – Friendship circles after marriage and feeling left out
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| 0:06.9 | Pete, do you remember when we were new parents and we didn't even realise we'd run out of baby food or nappy rash cream or the dummies? Do you remember the dummies? He'd go missing in the middle of the night and you'd have to run to the shops before the tantrum started? The killer was the actual bottles. |
| 0:20.1 | If you forgot them, which was quite often, I forgot them, you'd go mad. Oh, see, I think the nappies, you go through them so quick, and then all of a sudden they've ran out. Do you know, also, wet wipes, that was the one. If I went on my own, quite often someone, you have to give me some, me some who was more organised yeah but no well I'd pack the bag |
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| 1:26.6 | Okay, Pete, I've got a question for you. Who is the best boss you've ever had? Oh, I've had some great ones, but my old favourite is Harry Rednapp. Not me. You're not my manager. Why is that? Why, Harry? He signed me three times. He must have thought I've been doing something, right? Well, obviously, you were. You scored a hell of a lot of goals for him, but getting a job because you know the person doing the hiring. That happens all the time in football, doesn't it? Well, it's not like it's a normal job, is it? He wasn't looking through my CV and asked him if he thought I had any transferable skills that I could bring to the first team. But now you mention it, it does happen a lot, and manage you will know and trust his players and often bring them that in for that reason. Okay. Harry should do that a lot. Well, luckily it worked out well with you and Harry, but it happens everywhere, doesn't it? And not always with great results. I mean, when you put it like that, |
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