Navigating the Common Challenges of Marriage, Part 1
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Criticizing your spouse may seem like a dangerous place to go but there is a respectful way to approach touchy topics. Featuring Dr. Gary Chapman.
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| 0:00.0 | As a new wife and mother, Shelly was trying to figure out her life and faith. |
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| 0:31.8 | Thank you for downloading the Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast. You can find more |
| 0:36.4 | relationship insights at focus on the family dot com slash marriage podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | I would observe that pretty much everyone who gets married has at least a couple of |
| 0:47.1 | things that really irritate them something their spouse does or does not do that just |
| 0:52.3 | kind of drives some crazy. But we have to |
| 0:56.3 | look in the mirror and realize we are irritating to our spouse as well. I'm John |
| 1:01.5 | Fuller along with Greg Smalley. Okay Greg you've |
| 1:03.6 | chuckled you must have some example in mind. I was just laughing as an introvert I've |
| 1:09.3 | shared that many times married to an extrovert it just the the desire that I have just to stay put |
| 1:16.5 | and stay home we were just on a family vacation and Aaron has all these grand |
| 1:24.0 | plans and we're to leave the room at 8 a.m. and come back at midnight. |
| 1:27.0 | I just want to chill or I just want to sit on a beach and just relax and how different that is for her. |
| 1:33.1 | I know that's irritating and I'm aware of it, but it's still such a desire for me. |
| 1:37.8 | I just want to be in one spot. |
| 1:39.8 | I feel comfortable chilling out and have to remember that she does life very different than I do. |
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