When a Husband Disappoints You
Focus on the Family Marriage Podcast
Focus on the Family
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Unmet expectations in marriage are where disappointments can start to creep in. John, Erin and Greg bring up common expectations couples have going into marriage, and how working through disappointment can lead to a stronger relationship with your mate. Featuring Dr. Juli Slattery.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, here's the latest episode of my podcast, ReFocus with Jim Daily, featuring |
| 0:04.6 | former NFL player, Benjamin Watson. He shares about protecting the lives of every human being, |
| 0:10.4 | pursuing justice for all. Visit ReFocus with JimDaily.com. |
| 0:20.5 | I think it's pretty common and very easy to go into marriage thinking, |
| 0:24.0 | this is going to be blissful, this is going to be wonderful, it's perfect, and then reality |
| 0:28.6 | sets in by day 7, 8, 9 or sooner, maybe a little bit later. You find yourself disappointed, |
| 0:35.0 | and then you have to choose, what am I going to do about that? I'm John Fuller, along with Greg |
| 0:39.9 | Smalley and his wife Aaron, they lead the Focus Marriage team, and Aaron, you talked to a lot of |
| 0:44.8 | engaged couples, what are some of the common expectations that trip couples up that you see? |
| 0:52.8 | I would say one of the most common ones, John, is marriage is easy when you find the one. |
| 0:58.4 | And of course they believe that they have found the one, and thus it's going to be easy beyond |
| 1:04.6 | the wedding day, and it's so interesting because I will often challenge that, and even when you |
| 1:11.9 | find that great fit for you, there's going to be challenges. You know, you think about |
| 1:17.2 | inscripture, it says those who marry will face many trials and troubles, and so we all go through |
| 1:23.2 | those seasons. And so there's not like some magical formula, as far as I found the one, and thus |
| 1:30.0 | it's going to be bliss. Yeah, the movies kind of mispertray this, don't they? Yeah, well let's go |
| 1:35.7 | ahead and hear now from Dr. Julie Slattery, who is an expert on marriage. She's written a book for |
| 1:42.1 | wives to better encourage your husband, and she addresses what to do when your expectations aren't |
| 1:48.6 | met in marriage. Here's Julie talking with Jim Daley. When you look at the original book, |
| 1:54.2 | Finding the Hero in Your Husband, which was written over 20 years ago now, which I, it's amazing, |
| 1:59.2 | isn't it amazing how time flies? Yes. It's probably more desperately needed today than it was then. |
| 2:07.6 | That's probably true. Yeah. What have you seen in the last 20 years? A lot of change, certainly a lot |
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