What Men Need in Marriage That is Often Overshadowed and Unexpressed to Their Partner: Episode 320
EmPowered Couples with The Freemans
Aaron & Jocelyn Freeman
5.0 • 589 Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
We were not going to leave the men out from last week's episode about what women need in a marriage. This episode is about what men need that is often overshadowed and not expressed. Just so you know, the answer is not going to be sex… we have our own issue with accounts that tote sex as men's only need in a marriage (but you will hear that in the episode)!
In this episode you will hear about the need of Harmony and how that is a key need for men, even if they would not have said it that way. You will hear 5 pathways to practically move into more harmony and how to have men's underlying needs in this area be met so that each of you can be more fulfilled in both the short and long term!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Empower Couples podcast. We're here you get modern, non-boring relationship |
| 0:05.2 | advice for you and your partner to communicate like pros, fight smarter, and stay on the same team |
| 0:10.7 | no matter the challenge that you face. I am one of your hosts, Aaron Freeman. And I'm Jocelyn Freeman, |
| 0:15.1 | but you all just know us as the Freeman's. And this episode is the follow-up from last week, |
| 0:19.2 | where we're talking about what men need in marriage |
| 0:22.1 | that is often overshadowed and unexpressed to their partner. |
| 0:26.0 | And we loved how receptive everyone was to last week's topic. So if you didn't hear that |
| 0:31.1 | one on the women's needs, definitely go and listen to it. And I think that as we reveal this topic |
| 0:37.2 | for men, again, it will make so much |
| 0:40.3 | sense, but it's things that you can very easily lose sight of. So I need to get something out |
| 0:46.4 | and open first. Okay, it might be kind of like a little soapbox here. So give me a minute. |
| 0:51.3 | Before we give you the answer to this need, again, it's not going to be what you think. |
| 0:57.7 | What it is for sure not is more intimacy or to be initiated with. |
| 1:04.0 | Like sex. |
| 1:05.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:05.5 | Specifically just. |
| 1:06.5 | Straight to it. |
| 1:07.3 | And I have to take a moment to really advocate for men here because I've seen on a number |
| 1:13.2 | of accounts out there kind of self-proclaimed marriage coaches that, oh, this holiday season, |
| 1:20.6 | there's only one thing that your male partner needs and that's more sex. Just as a Christmas |
| 1:24.6 | present. That's it. That's all they care about. And I just, it's just not right. It's just wrong to me. Is this a need of men? Yes. But it is not a main driver. It's like, what? Are we primates? Are we apes? We can't even get above these base levels of needing sex. |
| 1:46.5 | Like, are we not intelligent enough mentally? |
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