August 8, 2025 • 6 mins
We got a question in for our American Mamas...
Dear Mamas, what are the clues that make you think a marriage is in trouble?
Dear Mamas, what are the clues that make you think a marriage is in trouble?
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
We got a question for American mamas. Dear mama's, what
are the clues that make you think a marriage is
in trouble? Well, let's ask our American mama's.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Mama, mama, she said, and joining is now we're American mama's.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Terry Nedville and Kimberly Burlason, We're good. I don't see
why y'all are just staring at me.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
They are fine for sure. Let me tell you this
is my sign. And I'm sorry for anybody that's done this,
but so this is your Yes. Yes, I always have
that feeling like, oh, something's ah when people renew their vowels. Really,
I think look at Bruce Jinner and Chris Jinner, you
(00:50):
know what I mean, They're like a big example. But
this filters down to everybody else.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Usually when they have to come together and renew their vowels,
it's because something's going wrong, something or something went wrong,
something that's wrong, or they've lost each other and they're
trying to bring it there. They need something to, you know,
bring it back together.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So it's a big gesture thing.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yes, I think it is exactly. I Also my other
little sign is when and I'm this is not anniversaries
or birthdays. But when one of them starts doing these
long love professing professing their love, I'm like, is this
person not right next to you right now? I'm like,
(01:32):
when they start professing their love and putting all this
stuff on, that's again, I'm like, Uh, they're covering up something,
They're covering up. It's just the way my mind works.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
So interesting. I'm trying to think, wait.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Is it just a single post that's a long thing,
or if they're doing multiple okay multiple, because I have
done a single.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I'm not saying a like an anniversary, a birthday or
I just love you. I'm talking because I've done that
in the past. This is like like someth's going on.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Okay, so this is like a thing.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yes, And they're also h Stephen, you're a wordsmith, you're
a writer. That's kind of how you express yourself.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So there's always an exception.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
So imagine that there's like some guy that's never on
social media and all of a sudden, all of a sudden, yeah,
maybe those cryptic messages. A lot of women do this,
like if there's if there's a struggle going on, they'll
do these little cryptic posts where it's either a meme
or it's like a quote, and you're like trying to dissect.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
It like a women.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Know, women pick up on that, and then you go
back and you're like, look at pictures or they still
are they still together in these pictures? I mean, I
guess that would be a telltale sign. I'm so honest
to god, I'm so clueless about everything. It feels like
that I don't know. And then when it happens, if
somebody splits, I'm like what, But then you usually can
go back and say yeah, then you go back.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I said, yeah, you know. I asked Mike this question
is like what signs do you and he's like, what,
I know.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Guys don't think.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Guys don't don't even think, he said, I don't even
think about anybody else's relationships. You know. It's like it's
like if they divorce, it's just like WHOA never saw
that coming? Yeah, you know, it's just they're not interested.
Whereas women, we pick up on little cues, like you're
talking about the memes and you know these.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Deep thoughts yeah, and you're like wow, and what does
that mean? You'll reach out to one of their friends
and everything Okay, is everything good?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So for me this may sound really weird, but in pictures,
if they don't, there's not a full smile. And what
I mean by that is a smile that actually reaches
your eyebrows or your your eyelids, right, So if someone's
actually smiling, there's actually a little crinkle right on the
edge of the eye. You can do a stage smile
and it doesn't reach that level. You got the smile
(03:46):
on the teeth and all there, but if you look
at the eyes, there's not like a little squint in
the eyes. So if I'm not seeing in pictures the
squint in the eyes when they're posting pictures of them smile.
I see this with celebrity couples all the time, especially
after they've can I go back and you look and yeah,
that's she looked. They're they're they're on the red carpet,
and neither one of them looks happy to be there.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I am shocked every time whenever, even celebrities. You know,
the only one that I thought, oh, and it's because
he can't hide his emotions was Ben Affleck and Jennifer Yeah,
you could absolutely see that this was breaking apart, you know,
and The first telltale was her that stupid documentary about
their love and she shared all of his letters while
(04:30):
he was married to Jennifer. She shared this book of
letters that he when he was professing his love and
on there they interviewed him and he was livid. He
was like, she shared that, Like, she shared that with
all of y'all, and she knew that it wasn't right
at the time. She was when she was sharing it,
and I thought, oh boy, oh that is that's bad
because you've got children. You know, you've got children in
(04:51):
the night, so you know, I could tell about them.
But there's a lot of couples that I'm just like, wow,
I thought that huge?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Is it?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Hugh Jackman, Yeah, and his wife.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
I was shocked.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I was like what, because there's some couples that you
just think, oh, once they've made it past that ten mark,
twenty mark, you're like, oh, they're they're golden. So what
happens You're like, oh my god. You just never know
what's going on.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
It's the matching tattoos is another sign, is it right?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yeah, well this is I did not know that. But
you know, when I saw this question, you know, I
start looking it up, and I saw where a lot
of people felt like when people start getting matching tattoos
after many years.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I'm like, so, it's when someone does a really really
big gesture that seems like it's almost too big.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's that's the sign. Yeah, that there's something going.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
On, because if you're like us, you just live in
your best life. I'll marry the love of mine. We
just have the best life. But I don't even think
to put anything out there because he's right beside me, right.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I just tell him, Yeah. I text Wendy a lot
more wordsmithy stuff. If you like deskar American Mama was
a question, go to our website Americana ground Radio dot com.
Slash mama'sn't click on the ask the almost button. Terry
Netivill kiberly Bro listen. Thank you so much, Thank you,
We got a question for American mamas. Dear mama's, what
are the clues that make you think a marriage is
in trouble? Well, let's ask our American mama's.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Mama, mama, she said, and joining is now we're American mama's.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
Terry Nedville and Kimberly Burlason, We're good. I don't see
why y'all are just staring at me.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
They are fine for sure. Let me tell you this
is my sign. And I'm sorry for anybody that's done this,
but so this is your Yes. Yes, I always have
that feeling like, oh, something's ah when people renew their vowels. Really,
I think look at Bruce Jinner and Chris Jinner, you
(00:50):
know what I mean, They're like a big example. But
this filters down to everybody else.
Speaker 1 (00:53):
I know.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Usually when they have to come together and renew their vowels,
it's because something's going wrong, something or something went wrong,
something that's wrong, or they've lost each other and they're
trying to bring it there. They need something to, you know,
bring it back together.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
So it's a big gesture thing.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
Yes, I think it is exactly. I Also my other
little sign is when and I'm this is not anniversaries
or birthdays. But when one of them starts doing these
long love professing professing their love, I'm like, is this
person not right next to you right now? I'm like,
(01:32):
when they start professing their love and putting all this
stuff on, that's again, I'm like, Uh, they're covering up something,
They're covering up. It's just the way my mind works.
Speaker 4 (01:41):
So interesting. I'm trying to think, wait.
Speaker 1 (01:43):
Is it just a single post that's a long thing,
or if they're doing multiple okay multiple, because I have
done a single.
Speaker 3 (01:50):
I'm not saying a like an anniversary, a birthday or
I just love you. I'm talking because I've done that
in the past. This is like like someth's going on.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Okay, so this is like a thing.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
Yes, And they're also h Stephen, you're a wordsmith, you're
a writer. That's kind of how you express yourself.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
So there's always an exception.
Speaker 4 (02:08):
So imagine that there's like some guy that's never on
social media and all of a sudden, all of a sudden, yeah,
maybe those cryptic messages. A lot of women do this,
like if there's if there's a struggle going on, they'll
do these little cryptic posts where it's either a meme
or it's like a quote, and you're like trying to dissect.
Speaker 3 (02:30):
It like a women.
Speaker 4 (02:31):
Know, women pick up on that, and then you go
back and you're like, look at pictures or they still
are they still together in these pictures? I mean, I
guess that would be a telltale sign. I'm so honest
to god, I'm so clueless about everything. It feels like
that I don't know. And then when it happens, if
somebody splits, I'm like what, But then you usually can
go back and say yeah, then you go back.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I said, yeah, you know. I asked Mike this question
is like what signs do you and he's like, what,
I know.
Speaker 4 (02:58):
Guys don't think.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Guys don't don't even think, he said, I don't even
think about anybody else's relationships. You know. It's like it's
like if they divorce, it's just like WHOA never saw
that coming? Yeah, you know, it's just they're not interested.
Whereas women, we pick up on little cues, like you're
talking about the memes and you know these.
Speaker 4 (03:16):
Deep thoughts yeah, and you're like wow, and what does
that mean? You'll reach out to one of their friends
and everything Okay, is everything good?
Speaker 1 (03:26):
So for me this may sound really weird, but in pictures,
if they don't, there's not a full smile. And what
I mean by that is a smile that actually reaches
your eyebrows or your your eyelids, right, So if someone's
actually smiling, there's actually a little crinkle right on the
edge of the eye. You can do a stage smile
and it doesn't reach that level. You got the smile
(03:46):
on the teeth and all there, but if you look
at the eyes, there's not like a little squint in
the eyes. So if I'm not seeing in pictures the
squint in the eyes when they're posting pictures of them smile.
I see this with celebrity couples all the time, especially
after they've can I go back and you look and yeah,
that's she looked. They're they're they're on the red carpet,
and neither one of them looks happy to be there.
Speaker 4 (04:07):
I am shocked every time whenever, even celebrities. You know,
the only one that I thought, oh, and it's because
he can't hide his emotions was Ben Affleck and Jennifer Yeah,
you could absolutely see that this was breaking apart, you know,
and The first telltale was her that stupid documentary about
their love and she shared all of his letters while
(04:30):
he was married to Jennifer. She shared this book of
letters that he when he was professing his love and
on there they interviewed him and he was livid. He
was like, she shared that, Like, she shared that with
all of y'all, and she knew that it wasn't right
at the time. She was when she was sharing it,
and I thought, oh boy, oh that is that's bad
because you've got children. You know, you've got children in
(04:51):
the night, so you know, I could tell about them.
But there's a lot of couples that I'm just like, wow,
I thought that huge?
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Is it?
Speaker 4 (04:58):
Hugh Jackman, Yeah, and his wife.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
I was shocked.
Speaker 4 (05:01):
I was like what, because there's some couples that you
just think, oh, once they've made it past that ten mark,
twenty mark, you're like, oh, they're they're golden. So what
happens You're like, oh my god. You just never know
what's going on.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
It's the matching tattoos is another sign, is it right?
Speaker 4 (05:16):
I didn't know that.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yeah, well this is I did not know that. But
you know, when I saw this question, you know, I
start looking it up, and I saw where a lot
of people felt like when people start getting matching tattoos
after many years.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I'm like, so, it's when someone does a really really
big gesture that seems like it's almost too big.
Speaker 4 (05:35):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (05:35):
That's that's the sign. Yeah, that there's something going.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
On, because if you're like us, you just live in
your best life. I'll marry the love of mine. We
just have the best life. But I don't even think
to put anything out there because he's right beside me, right.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
I just tell him, Yeah. I text Wendy a lot
more wordsmithy stuff. If you like deskar American Mama was
a question, go to our website Americana ground Radio dot com.
Slash mama'sn't click on the ask the almost button. Terry
Netivill kiberly Bro listen. Thank you so much, Thank you,
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