Let's Talk About It: Marriage Expectations vs. Reality | Adam Derus, Karis Derus & Joel Martin

About this episode

The episode discusses the differences between marital expectations and reality, highlighting challenges and the positive aspects of marriage.

Marriage is a good thing to be desired, but too often there's a gap between marital expectations and marital reality. Join us for a candid conversation on how marriage is different than expected, why it can be a challenge to love and respect your spouse, and why even though marriage is different than what we expected, it is even better in some ways. A Q&A session concludes the night.

People in this episode

Guests: Adam Derus, Karis Derus, Joel Martin

Topics covered

• marriage
• expectations
• reality
• love
• respect
• Q&A

Keywords

• marriage
• expectations
• reality
• love
• respect
• Q&A
• challenges

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