Top 5 Marriage-Killing Mistakes (and How to Fix Them)
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Many driven fathers fall into the trap: believing financial success equals a fulfilling family life. But what if your bank account is overflowing while your marriage is running on empty?
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Larry lived the dream–a high-powered career, a comfortable home, everything a provider could want. Yet, behind the facade of success, his marriage was crumbling. He was a stranger in his own house, his connection with his wife fading with each passing day.
The statistics are clear: emotional disconnection TAKES A TOLL.
And here's what the research tells us about the power of emotional connection:
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Couples who engage in regular date nights are 14% less likely to divorce.
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Children who have emotionally available fathers display 25% fewer behavioral issues.
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Couples who prioritize emotional intimacy report a 70% increase in overall relationship satisfaction.
This episode exposes the myth that a bulging bank account equates to a loving, connected family. Larry provides actionable steps to prioritize emotional intimacy. He offers insights and guidance on cultivating a deeper, more fulfilling relationship with your spouse. He reminds us that connection, not possessions–is the true currency of love.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Dad Edge podcast. The Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, |
| 0:07.7 | leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of |
| 0:12.9 | fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and |
| 0:18.4 | odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example |
| 0:21.2 | that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change |
| 0:27.5 | relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their |
| 0:33.5 | grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused |
| 0:39.1 | intention, passion, |
| 0:41.4 | purpose, and direction. |
| 0:43.7 | We are the Dad Edge |
| 0:45.4 | and we're here to change |
| 0:47.3 | the game. |
| 0:47.8 | We're here to built the business. You've made all the money. You provided the home. You provided the lifestyle. |
| 1:08.2 | And let me ask you one question. Would your wife trade it all in just to be |
| 1:13.3 | connected to you? I've seen this a lot of times in just in our community and many other communities |
| 1:18.5 | that there's a lie out there that high performing men keep buying into and that is if I make |
| 1:26.3 | enough money, that's good enough. |
| 1:28.4 | And we don't really say it like that and we don't think about it like that. |
| 1:31.3 | But if we're providing a home, the roof over our kids head, the food on the table, the clothes that it's on everybody's back, you know, and we're providing well and we're providing means that are well, but yet we can't |
| 1:45.2 | figure out for the life of us. Like, why in the world does my wife not want to be intimate with me? |
| 1:50.7 | Why does she actually hardly ever even talk to me? Like, I'm doing everything that I'm supposed to be |
| 1:55.7 | doing. Like, I'm providing everything that I should provide. And then some, like I make all this |
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