LIVE Q+A: "She Feels OBJECTIFIED. I Feel REJECTED. Now What?"

Dear Young Married Couple

Adam & Karissa King

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Sexuality

5 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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💭 What do you do when cultural differences clash in your marriage? Or when postpartum challenges put intimacy on pause? In this LIVE recording from the EROS Marriage Weekend, Adam and Karissa tackle real questions from couples and share practical tools to strengthen your connection. You’ll hear about creative ways to initiate intimacy (hello, candle system 🕯️), navigating emotional differences shaped by upbringing, and the power of non-demand touching. Adam and Karissa also talk about how simple, daily acts of thoughtfulness can completely transform your relationship. Want to add more fun to your intimate life? Check out the SENSATIONS card deck for creative ideas to connect. - designed to help you prioritize intimacy and keep the spark alive 🔥 https://a.co/d/b8oUI39 🎉 Near Columbus, OH? Join us for the next EROS Marriage Weekend on February 28–March 1! It’s your chance to dive deeper, ask your questions live, and invest in your marriage. https://www.dearyoungmarriedcouple.com/eros Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, this is Kayla, creative director at Dear Young Married Couple.
0:05.0	The last few weeks, Adam and Krista have been answering questions that came in on our text line at the Aeros conference.
0:11.0	So today they'll still be answering questions that came in from the conference, but this episode is an actual live recording from the event.
0:20.0	We have open mic Q&A sessions throughout the entire weekend
0:23.3	at Eros, and these are just a few that came in at our most recent event in Katie. So let's dive in.
0:28.5	A burning question. Yeah, let's do it. So me and my wife just celebrated one year marriage.
0:35.6	We're very excited. And when we first got married, I had no idea how to initiate.
0:42.6	And it was more of a, are we doing this thing tonight? Or, you know, it was in that realm.
0:48.0	Smoke signals, yeah. Exactly, it was smoke signals. And she didn't like to vocalize it at all.
0:53.6	There was an element of like, if you talk about it,
0:56.1	it's definitely not happening. But I would be going in with all this uncertainty. And if I'm
1:03.9	uncertain about what's going to happen, then I'm sitting there scared, anxious, you know,
1:09.2	and I don't know what's going on. And when you're in it, I don't know what's the expectations.
1:14.6	So we devised this system of candles, different colored candles that have different meanings.
1:20.6	And I would come out of the shower late night, and if the white one was on, it was a no expectations sort of candle. If the purple one was on, it was a no expectations sort of candle.
1:28.3	If the purple one was on, it was a, hey, I also really want pleasure tonight, not just you.
1:35.3	And if the red one was on, it was all about me.
1:37.3	So when I'd walk out with that red candle, I was really excited. I was really excited.
1:42.3	And I know that's a terrible way to look at it.
1:45.4	And my...
1:46.3	This is true smoke signals.
1:47.8	It's smoke signals.
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