My Husband Never Has Time for Me or the Kids

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

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

4.8 • 7.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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0:00.0	My husband has a pretty busy job,
0:08.0	and so just isn't really able to help.
0:10.0	We don't have a whole lot of family support,
0:12.0	so I'm kind of stuck doing most of it by myself.
0:15.0	Okay, the more you're talking, the more I'm getting the sense
0:18.0	that your marriage isn't pretty significant peril.
0:20.0	So I guess the scary, terrifying question that I often ask folks is...
0:27.6	What up? What's going on? What's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney's show.
0:33.6	It's you and me and a couple of million people talking about what's going on in your life,
0:40.8	your marriage, your mental and emotional health, your kids, whatever you got going on.
0:45.4	That's what this show is, sitting with hurting people, trying to figure out what's the next right move.
0:49.7	Real people going through real challenges. If you want to be on the show, go to John Deloney
0:53.4	slash ask. I'm sorry, go to John Deloney slash ask.
0:55.8	I'm sorry, johndeloney.com slash ask. And we'd love to have you on.
1:02.5	All right, let's talk about your marriage. Right now, we have February and October weekends
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1:19.9	slash getaway. Let's go to Austin, Texas and talk to the great and wonderful Elizabeth.
1:27.6	Hey Elizabeth, what's up?
1:29.5	Hi, Dr. John. How are you?
1:31.2	I'm good, and you?
1:33.0	I'm doing well, thank you.
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