Partners acting like your parents
Somewhere along the way, your relationship stopped feeling like two adults choosing each other and started feeling like a parent–child arrangement—one of you managing, reminding, and correcting, while the other feels criticized, policed, or chronically “not enough.” This episode unpacks how couples quietly slide into those roles, why “parenting” your partner (or letting them parent you) kills respect and attraction over time, and how old family patterns show up in the way you talk to each other now. Listeners are guided to identify where they’ve been over-functioning or under-functioning…
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