“What Happened to the Person I Married?”
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
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🗓️ 5 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Most couples go through a tough season where you wonder, "What happened to the honeymoon phase?" Greg Smalley shares some statistics on how many couples are actually struggling today. Also, Jim Daly speaks with Jay Payleitner on how he's helped couples who've drifted from each other.
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| 0:30.8 | Well, it may be that you're just a few years into your marriage relationship wondering, |
| 0:40.0 | did I make the right move? Am I actually married to the person I dated? What's going on? I'm |
| 0:45.5 | John Fuller, and if you feel like you've kind of gotten off track or drifted a bit in your |
| 0:49.5 | relationship, I'm so glad you've joined us. We've got Greg and Aaron here in the studio, and Greg |
| 0:53.9 | the enemy, |
| 0:54.4 | wants to destroy our relationship. I mean, there is a spiritual battle with Satan against us. |
| 1:02.8 | Always. And he wants us to think, it's all their fault, or I'm the only one that sees this. |
| 1:10.0 | There are too many couples that are just kind of facing off and saying it's not worth it. |
| 1:16.3 | What do you see in? |
| 1:18.0 | Yeah, what I see is from a research standpoint, about 25%, so about a quarter of the couples |
| 1:25.6 | are doing just what you're describing, John. |
| 1:28.4 | They're facing off. |
| 1:30.0 | They've become dissatisfied. |
| 1:32.0 | As a matter of fact, focus, we just released a really cool study. |
| 1:37.3 | And we'll go ahead and put the link to the study in the show notes. |
| 1:40.2 | It's called Marriage Health in America. |
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