Ready to Wed: When you’re ready to marry but your parents say no.

Talk To Me: The Debra Fileta Podcast

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Christianity, Talk Radio, Default, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

What happens when you think you’re ready to wed – but your parents want you to wait? That’s the dilemma faced on this week’s episode of the podcast. “We’re ready to get married, but our parents want us to wait.” It can be really tricky learning how to manage the expectations of what you feel called to in your love live, versus what other trusted friends and family believe. But it’s all important and it’s all part of the equation. So when do you take into consideration when you feel ready to wed vs. what others think? How do you honor your parents in the process yet still move forward in your relationship? When do you trust what they’re saying over what you’re feeling? Ready to Wed On today’s episode, our couple is torn between feeling ready to wed, but wanting to respect and honor their parents in the process as well. Catch up on Episode 31 of the Love + Relationships Podcast to hear me talk through the answer to this question! Want to be on the Love + Relationships Podcast? Go to truelovedates.com/loveandrelationships/ to submit your question and learn more. SUBSCRIBE AND LISTEN ON iTUNES BY CLICKING HERE Additional Ways To Listen: STITCHER or SPOTIFY Resources Mentioned on the Love + Relationships Podcast and Additional Show Notes: For another fun episode of the Love + Relationships Podcast check out: Oversharing in Relationships – 10 Things Not To Talk About Too Soon BOOKS BY DEBRA Get busy learning what you need to know about healthy singleness, dating, and marriage. Check out Choosing Marriage: Why It Has To Start With We > Me or True Love Dates: Your Indispensable Guide to Finding the Love of Your Life. DEBRA FILETA is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates. She’s also the host of the hotline style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships. Connect with her on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Music Hey friends, welcome back to the love and relationships podcast. I'm your host, Deborah
0:53.3	Felata, and I'm so glad you're
0:55.2	tuning into these candid conversations about love, sex, dating, singleness, and marriage. For those of you
1:01.5	who don't know me or are tuning in for the first time, I'm a licensed professional counselor and author
1:06.6	specializing in relationship issues. I also run the relationship advice blog, True Love Dates.com,
1:12.8	reaching millions of people with the message that healthy people make healthy relationships.
1:18.8	If you've tuned into the podcast before, you know it's a hotline style show, meaning people call
1:24.3	in or write in with their relationship questions, and I answer them on this show in short, practical, bite-sized answers.
1:31.3	If you have a question that you want me to answer on the show, send it via email or voice memo to Deborah at truelovedates.com or check out my podcast page,
1:41.1	tru-lovedates.com slash love and relationships, and I'll do my best to get it
1:45.6	answered on one of the episodes. So let's get started.
1:51.1	So recently I had the fun opportunity to record a few episodes of the love and relationships
2:00.6	podcast in front of a live
2:02.3	audience at Lancaster Bible College. Here's one of their questions. I am 22 years old and have been
2:08.8	dating my boyfriend for almost three years. Marriage is definitely a desire for both of us,
2:13.0	but my parents will not give their blessing until I graduate college, which is another two years of waiting.
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