Rule Bender vs Rule Follower?? Honoring Each Others' Differences in Marriage

Fierce Marriage

Ryan and Selena Frederick

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Differences make a marriage go round. Learn to lean into these differences and honor one another's unique perspectives. Join us for this week's conversation!Master marital communication: https://speak.fiercemarriage.comTake the 31-Day Pursuit Challenge: https://31daypursuit.comPray for your spouse with intention: https://40prayers.comTo learn more about becoming a Christian, visit: https://thenewsisgood.comThis ministry is entirely listener-supported. To partner with us, visit https://fiercemarriage.com/partner Good news! You can now find FULL video episodes on our YouTube channel, The Fierce Family. Visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkyO4yVeRdODrpsyXLhEr7w to subscribe and watch. We hope to see you there!

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0:00.0	In our marriage I happen to be the rule bender.
0:03.2	Selina is the rule follower.
0:06.9	100,000%.
0:08.9	Just miss is perfect.
0:09.9	Yeah, this gets us into trouble.
0:15.0	I'll say we start to argue over it.
0:17.0	Well, and when we were young and in love and teenagers,
0:20.0	I always thought it was something that drew me to you now I curse that
0:24.2	no but you were always like the one who jumped off cliffs and you always did
0:31.0	the things like you're riding the ride in the line and I was like oh he's so adventurous.
0:35.5	Now I'm like you are so unsafe.
0:37.6	So what we're getting at is there are in marriages and perhaps in your marriage there are different what's the word different tendencies different just differences
0:47.8	Yet still we are called to honor one another in those differences now a rule bending versus rule following that's an
0:53.2	interesting one we're actually to do a deep dive in today but there are other things
0:55.7	like what if one's a talker and one's not a talker? You are so a talker. Clearly. Yes I'm
1:01.6	doing all the talking today with all the heavy lifting.
1:04.3	The hefty lifting. Or what if one is a dreamer and the other is kind of not practical one?
1:11.6	But they just do, right?
1:13.0	One is a big picture person, and one is a detail person.
1:16.0	Like,
1:17.0	details aren't going to wear themselves out.
1:19.0	You think these dreams are going to come true.
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