"I Want to stay home with My kids. But my husband wants me to go back to work." That is the situation Stu and Lisa are talking about on this Stupendous Marriage Show The post I Want to Stay Home with My Kids. My Husband wants me to work – Episode 157 appeared first on Stupendous Marriage.

Expectations vs. Reality in Marriage Episode 156

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On the Show Today:

*The Battle of "Fine" Do you have this battle in your marriage too? *Subscribe to our free email updates: Stupendous Marriage. com

Listener Question:

My husband and I have been married for a few years now and we have a toddler. I've found myself struggling with frustration and discontentment as a stay-at-home mom. Before we got married, I'm sure I pictured myself as this ideal Christian wife and mom, being involved at church together as a family, decorating my Pinterest-perfect home, etc.

In reality, my husband's present work schedule doesn't allow us to do ministry as a family, we are living in a small apartment that doesn't feel like home, and plans for the future are still up in the air. This isn't where I want our family to be, and I've started to take my frustration out on my husband. God has really been convicting me about my spirit, and I want to be
 a happier more content wife and mom. I'd like your practical advice on how to reconcile expectation vs. reality.

Resources:

We talked about expectations in previous shows: Managing Expectations in Your Marriage, Unmet Expectations

Expectations meeting Reality series from Focus on the Family

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My Wife won't Go on a Sexual Journey with Me - Episode 155 this post contains affiliate links

On the Show Today:

*God shows up in an Unfamiliar Ways (The Belonging - Look for John Cameron)
*Joshua 5:13-15
*Cast Your Cares on the Lord

Listener Question:

I would like physical intimacy to be a journey that we go on together.  I compare it to traveling, there is this big world out there and I want to go visit these destinations with my wife.  I want to go on a journey and see stuff with her, not by myself or with somebody else.  I want to communicate about, explore, experiment, and figure out that journey together...She always asks me when is it enough, why isn’t what we do good enough.  And I say that it's not about the act, it's about the journey and exploring this together.  In the last 6 years, she has been a willing participant in just about anything I ask to do...this week I started to let go of this hope.  I told her that I would be affectionate, and do the things that she wanted to do but I would no longer pursue and push her to have sex.  That I would always be here if she ever wanted to go on that journey with me.

Resources:

• When Sex is more than Sex (writing at Intimacy In Marriage)
• When Sex is More Than Sex (Stupendous Marriage follow up)
• I Meant Willard Harley's Book His Needs Her Needs (Not Harville Hendrix) (aff link)
• Gary Chapman Talks about this in 5 Love Languages too (aff link)

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Husband is pushing her away? Episode 153

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On the Show Today: *Stu and Lisa are trying out the Keto Diet. We are doing pretty well, but its lots of adjusting what we eat! *I can do all things thru Christ who Gives me Strength. Philippians 4:13 *Lisa is more of a verbal/outloud processor *Stu is more of an internal processor *Journaling is a way that Stu Processes *The Love Dare (affiliate link)

Listener Question: "I really struggle with respecting my husband.  He ...demands respect.  He makes decisions and deals with my children without consulting me.  ...I find him unreasonable and demanding most of the time and almost impossible to respect.   I am the primary income earner in my house and he has a struggling business.  ...I have tried everything and honestly I think he is actively pushing me away, waiting for me to pull the trigger on our 15-year marriage.  Any suggestions how I can untangle this knot? "

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Different Backgrounds and Lifestyles

On the Show Today:

Stu and Lisa are BACK with another Stupendous Marriage Show Episode. Lots has happened in.... 2.5 years. YIKES!

Question: How do you handle the needs of two people with entirely different backgrounds and lifestyles?  What is the balance between me compromising my own desires to meet hers while also maintaining a sense of self?  

Marrying someone from another culture?  - Marriage Missions Confronting Codependency in your Marriage - Crosswalk

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How do I Appreciate my Hard Working Wife? Episode 153

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On the Show Today:

*Stu got bifocals. He feels old. *Living unoffendable lives. How do you do that?

*Brant Hansen's Book Unoffendable

* Ephesians 6:12

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Listener Question: "I would like to know a few small things I could do so that my wife might know that I still love her and that I appreciate all she does. I apparently take her for granted so I need to change my ways or my wife will surely take off."

RESOURCES: Dave Ramsey Bob Lotich just posted how he made over $2000 decluttering Dan Miller

His book 48 Days to the Work You Love 2 Samuel 11:1

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Her Husband is Lusting! Episode 152

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*Stu and Lisa chat about their puppies - Sweets and Spencer. *Spencer is a beagle mix with a crazy howl that drives Stu crazy. *Kinda like those things you fall in love with your spouse, but then drive you crazy *"You TAKE offense, it is never given" - Alex and Henry Seeley

Question: Her Husband is lusting after other women. Is she overreacting or asking too many questions? Should she let him tell her without having to ask him? How much detail is too much for her to ask her husband about his lusting?

Resources: Celebrate Recovery Locations around the US Samson Society Man Alive

12 Ways to Help Overcome Lust - Sheila Wray Gregoire

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His wife is the Worst! Episode 151

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Stu and Lisa talk about Swimming pools and Lightning. Lightning and Thunder. Thu-thu-thunder. Feel the Thunder. Lightning and Thunder.

Question: Her Husband's Best Friend's Wife just isn't easy to get along with, but she doesn't want to upset her husband. They Say "His Wife is the Worst!" What should she do?

Resources:

Resolving conflict over spouse's friends - Focus on the Family

I don't like my spouses friends!- Crosswalk

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