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re: Do you and your spouse talk about everything?

Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:16 am to
Posted by Ice Cold
Over Macho Grande
Member since Jun 2004
18873 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:16 am to
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but don’t ever share your vulnerabilities.
This is horrible advice. Marriages thrive when both spouses are comfortable being vulnerable and trust the other. Of course, many marriages are not like that, and in situations where one spouse is manipulative and/or abusive, one has to protect himself or herself.

But when both spouses are on the same page, man, the emotional and physical intimacy lead to profound love and numerous blessings.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72134 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:16 am to
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My wife and I discuss everything. If you tell my wife something, I also know and vice versa.


^ this is us as well. Even our kids know that as soon as they tell one of us something, the other will know about it immediately. My wife is quite literally my best friend, we tell each other everything from the mundane to whatever juicy gossip the other hears.
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5584 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:19 am to
We used to do the date night thing, but honestly going out eating is one of the best ways to sit down with the whole family and catch up.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15655 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:23 am to
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You serious, Clark? If so, how does that work?



She uses gestures and different types of grunts to communicate.

Lol not really, just something I joke about since she really is autistic.

When she's been around kids all day at work she's pretty much non verbal when she gets home from being overstimulated. I pretty much talk at her and she doesn't say much. She talks my head off on the weekends, though. She will info dump about quilting, sourdough, railway systems, Amazon shipping logistics, and different types of knitting/crochet knots.
Posted by boogiewoogie1978
Little Rock
Member since Aug 2012
19371 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:27 am to
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Do you and your spouse talk about everything?

Hell no. She can't use logic or reason half the time so why would I try to have a logical conversation with her?
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
78062 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:29 am to
No. I can't criticize or correct her about an issue without her getting defensive and irritable.
This post was edited on 12/10/25 at 8:30 am
Posted by White Bear
AT WORK
Member since Jul 2014
17231 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:32 am to
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My wife is a non-verbal
You lucky sonofabitch.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85374 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:36 am to
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but don’t ever share your vulnerabilities.


Terrible advice. Or you married wrong.

Why would you choose to spend your life with someone that you cannot share your vulnerabilities with?
Posted by TygerTyger
Houston
Member since Oct 2010
10742 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:38 am to
My wife talks about everything. More than I could even follow.

I tell her the stuff I think is relevant.

Posted by Nevada_Tiger
Las Veags
Member since Jan 2025
325 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:42 am to
Lol - I thought maybe you were the guy married to the DataRepublican gal on X.
Posted by BoogaBear
Member since Jul 2013
6987 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:43 am to
I share everything. Even the stuff I don't want her to know, I'd rather piss her off when I tell her than get it double time for hiding something.

I don't know if she tells me everything, but I damn sure do. I'm honest and transparent to a fault.

She knows better than to ask me a question she doesn't want to hear the honest answer to.
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
24903 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:43 am to
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We used to do the date night thing, but honestly going out eating is one of the best ways to sit down with the whole family and catch up.


We do that as well, normally Saturday and/or Sunday is family night.

Friday and sometimes Wednesday is date night.

I think it is important for kids to still see their parents as a couple in love. In the end it should always be God -> spouse -> kids. Your spouse is the only person you choose to love.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
13831 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:45 am to
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this is us as well. Even our kids know that as soon as they tell one of us something, the other will know about it immediately. My wife is quite literally my best friend, we tell each other everything from the mundane to whatever juicy gossip the other hears.


Same.

Wouldn't have it any other way.
Posted by slidingstop
Member since Jan 2025
1702 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:46 am to
I'm not sure if she's telling me everything, but I know she talks incessantly.

And I know I don't listen to half of what she says. But we talk about the important things.

I have no desire to share every thought that enters my head with her. Wish she would reciprocate.
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
72134 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:49 am to
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Same. Wouldn't have it any other way.


Yep. Like I said, she’s quite literally my absolute best friend and I am hers. We know everything about one another and can be completely open, honest, and vulnerable with one another.
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
13831 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:53 am to
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Your spouse is the only person you choose to love.


I have meditated on this incredible, simple concept so much... and made sure my children understand it as well. It really is a big deal and I wish everyone took it as seriously as it deserves.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46488 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 8:55 am to
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For example, a friend told me a particularly ugly rumor he had heard. Whether true or not, it has absolutely no effect on my wife or our marriage or family. I have not repeated it to anyone, nor will I.
you can tell us
Posted by WonPercent
BATON ROUGE
Member since Aug 2023
1073 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:09 am to
Nah, I don't really like to talk and she definitely doesn't like to listen.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61569 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:12 am to
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I’ve noticed my parents don’t communicate like we do & friends say the same about their parents

Maybe they just don't communicate like that in front of you.
Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
85947 posts
Posted on 12/10/25 at 9:13 am to
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e have several married friends who seem to never talk and communicate with each other.

My wife and I discuss everything. If you tell my wife something, I also know and vice versa.



Yes. I think it's very weird when people who are married or even dating for any length of time haven't put most of it on the table.

"I'm starting to realize my boyfriend of 2+ years might be a conservative" or "I was planning to get married to my gf of 4 years, but in the lead up I'm having doubts about our compatibility on religion" are common Reddit-type topics and just strike me as completely bizarre.
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