Suzanne talks to women in their twenties about how to do life differently in one's twenties than the way the culture teaches.
IN THIS EPISODE:
1:50  Young people need a new roadmap for dating
3:40  It’s parents' job to teach their kids how to “get it right”
6:00  The 20’s are the defining decade for young people
7:50  You don’t need to “find yourself.’ You need to “get over yourself”
9:30  Who we marry and how that marriage fares has more impact on our happiness and wellbeing than anything else we do
10:40  The best guidance parents can give revolves around relationships
11:30  The unexamined life is what other people designed for you
13:30  Things you need to consider when mapping out your life
17:00  What happens when you delay marriage
18:40  How student debt factors in
20:35  Women have a different set of circumstances than men do when it comes to sex, fertility and sexual marketability
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112. Ladies, Don't Waste a Perfectly Good Decade!

TIRED OF THE LIES AND THE SPIN perpetuated in the culture about men and women, sex and love, marriage and motherhood? If so, get ready to hear hard-hitting truths that will make you cry out “Yes! Finally someone tells it like it is!”

In her signature no-nonsense style, author and relationship coach Suzanne Venker offers support, motivation, and countercultural guidance on how to prioritize love and family and build strong relationships at home.

Society & Culture

Personal Journals

History

Philosophy

Places & Travel

Suzanne answers an email about whether or not a family, after finally getting settled in the Midwests, should move to a big city for a higher paying job.

Should we move from suburban comfort to a big city for a higher paying job?

Suzanne reads several letters from women who've been shamed for prioritizing marriage and motherhood over career and juxtaposes this message with the reality of Barbara Walters' life, who did just that.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/04/22/susan-page-rulebreaker-barbara-walters/



"There was never a time anyone acted like it was appropriate for me to say I wanted to be a wife and mother."

Suzanne talks about her follow-up conversation with Alex Clark of The Spillover and the shocking reality women experience in becoming new mothers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zuLwSOLjZs&list;=PLxx4kcMvHrwLrizrjHljVIsFqv7iLkbQa&index;=4

30-something women everywhere are BLINDSIDED by the reality of motherhood

Is eight hours per week of work away from my two children too much?
How do my husband and I maintain intimacy? Our relationship has taken a hit since I became a breastfeeding/co-sleeping mother. 

Suzanne answers reader/listener emails

The culture insists men and women would be happier if they pretended they're interchangeable and moved through life accordingly. 
But study after study after study after study proves otherwise.


LINKS:https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/542579
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/09/20/americans-see-men-as-the-financial-providers-even-as-womens-contributions-grow/
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2006/03/why-feminist-wives-are-unhappy.html
https://thelibertarianrepublic.com/nyt-traditional-gender-roles-may-mean-better-marriages/

112. Ladies, Don't Waste a Perfectly Good Decade!

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