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Enjoy the episode? Send us a text! You’ve been lied to about your marriage. Not by your spouse. By everything you’ve been told about what it takes to save one. It takes two. Give it time. It’s too late. We’re just incompatible. We already tried counseling. I hear these from our clients at Marriage Helper every single week. And every one of them is a lie. ... Show More
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