Too Much Time With Parents?

Is your husband spending too much time with his parents?

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Episode Transcript

S1 (00:00):
A listener, writes Gary. My husband spends a lot of
time with his parents and not with me. What can
I do about it?

S2 (00:08):
This is a question that many young couples can identify with.
If you live in the same town as your parents,
the scriptures say that we're to leave our parents and
to be joined to each other. What that looks like
may differ with each couple, but the principle is clear.
It appears to me that you think he's spending too
much time with his parents, and that may be true.
What I'd like to know is what is he doing

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when he goes to see his parents? What motivates him
to go there? Is his mother demanding that he come
to see them? That's unhealthy? Or is he helping his
father with a work project that's different? Is he sharing
his marital problems with his parents? That's not good. Find
out the motivation and then seek a pattern that demonstrates

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that the marriage is priority.

S3 (00:52):
Doctor Gary Chapman is the author of the Five Love Languages.
For more answers, visit Start Marriage Right.com.