Rob and Sherry close in on 17 years of marriage. They talk about how it has been a professional asset, the challenges and benefits of working together, and what things have been important in a successful marriage.

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Episode Transcript

Sherry Walling:

I’m sorry I did not give you very much notice and be like, “Hey, want to do the podcast now?”

Rob Walling:

Yeah, no problem. I was just hoarking down a burrito bowl across the street at Whole Foods. It was quite good, but I rushed it.

Sherry Walling:

Hey, nothing better than hoarking good food. What does hoarking mean? Is that a real word, or is that a [robism 00:00:18]?

Rob Walling:

It’s probably made up. You know, I was going to just enjoy it, relish it, sit there for 20 minutes, and suddenly my wife texts me and says, “Be online in six minutes at your laptop soldier.” I rushed back here.

Sherry Walling:

Have you ever enjoyed a meal, like relished? Have you ever eaten slowly in your life?

Rob Walling:

Yes, most dinners that you and I have when we’re talking … and especially if we’re out having amazing food with amazing wine, I actually do relish those. You’ll notice I eat a lot slower when I do that, because that’s not … it’s not just to get nutrients in to my body so I don’t pass out.

Sherry Walling:

It’s not functional.

Rob Walling:

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, a lot of lunches, I mean that’s why I don’t drink [Soylent 00:01:00] very often, but when I do it’s because I don’t have the time or kind of the head space right now, I’m in the middle of something but I know that I’m going to go low blood sugar here in the next couple hours. That’s what it is, but today I was making an exception and then dun, dun … the podcast.

Sherry Walling:

That, and because [Soylent 00:01:15] is made of people.

Rob Walling:

That’s right.

Sherry Walling:

I thought for today’s podcast, we would talk about marriage.

Rob Walling:

Marriage is what brings us together today.

Sherry Walling:

Yeah, just quick pop quiz. Do you have a sense of why I would’ve selected this topic?

Rob Walling:

Because as of a couple days from now, you and I have been married for 17 years.

Sherry Walling:

17 years is a pretty, pretty big number kiddo.

Rob Walling:

Yeah, I know. It makes me start to feel like I’m old. How is it possible if I’m only 31, that we’ve been married for that long?

Sherry Walling: