The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

124: 4 Solutions When Your Husband Doesn't Like You

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Apr 5, 2022

Discover four practical solutions for when your husband seems distant or unresponsive. The discussion dives into the emotional nuances of feeling liked versus loved in marriage and emphasizes the role of connection, respect, and humor. Personal stories of transformation reveal the impact of self-care and communication in nurturing a loving relationship. Learn why conventional advice may not work and how intimacy skills can make a difference in rekindling connection and trust. It's all about evolving relationships through better understanding and shared experiences.

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Discovering the Intimacy Skills

Victoria discovered the Empowered Wife podcast and started implementing the intimacy skills.
This led to a positive shift in her marriage, increasing connection and happiness.

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Prioritizing Self-Care

Victoria prioritized self-care, including bubble baths and pursuing hobbies.
This improved her mood and reduced the negativity in her interactions with her husband.

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Learning Respect

Victoria learned to be more respectful by refraining from criticizing her husband's choices.
She realized she didn't have all the answers and stopped offering unsolicited advice.

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When it's clear your husband doesn't like you, it feels really bad. Maybe he doesn't say it with words, but if he's always avoiding you, doesn't want to talk, won't come in for spontaneous kisses or cuddles, and just stares at his phone when you try to engage with him, that's a painful kind of rejection. It kinda makes you not like him either! And then you think what is the point of being married if we don't even like each other? It's annoying. And sad.

If you're anything like me though, even if you don't like your husband at the moment, you still want him to like you. I like being liked. Or maybe you do still like him but you're also hurting from knowing he doesn't like you, which feels very personal. People even say, "I love this person, but I don't like them right now." Meaning, I'm committed, but I'm not finding much enjoyment from my relationship with them right now. So the underlying message of feeling unliked by your husband is: "I don't enjoy your company." Ouch! On today's episode of The Empowered Wife Podcast, we're talking about 4 solutions when your husband doesn't like you.

My guest Victoria cried to her mother a lot about not being her husband's number one priority. She was obsessed with him, but he was indifferent to her. On the rare occasions he wasn't working, he would find other things to keep him busy, which really hurt. Plus, he was missing out on the wonder years with their two little boys, and they were missing him. Not any more though. Today Victoria says she has her dream relationship being married to her best friend. All they do is play and joke and spend every waking moment together and with their boys. Dancing in the kitchen is a weekly occurrence, and their sex life is better than it has ever been! She's going to share the things she did so you can do them too!

The worst advice of the week award winner was sent to me by a student who found a syndicated advice columnist's answers appalling. And so did I! It's good advice if what you want is to break up your family.

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