One of you is carrying this marriage. The other stepped back years ago and doesn't know how to step back in.

You still love each other. Neither of you is the villain. But this is the pattern that ends marriages quietly.

In Part 3 of the Relationship Dances series, Eric and Kate break down the Carrier and Checked-Out dynamic. How it starts. Why it sticks. And what each partner actually has to do to break it.

This isn't a "just communicate better" episode. It's a "here's the work" episode.

In this episode:

• What's really happening underneath a partner who's checked out

• How over-functioning reinforces the exact pattern the Carrier resents

• The difference between healthy turn-taking and full collapse

• Why contempt is the biggest red flag for the Carrier

• The counterintuitive move that actually shifts this dance

• Kate's honest take on her own checked-out seasons

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