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  Marriage is Harder When You are Married to an Unmotivated Man by Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC, & Certified Coach Right now, you know a woman working at least two jobs, (not counting parenting children and running a household), who is married to an unmotivated man. It may be a co-worker, a sister, a neighbor or friend, but you know this woman. These women have a major problem, they believe they really love the guy on the couch who just can’t or won’t keep a job. This causes another major problem, because they don’t want their children to suffer or do without the basics, like new shoes, school supplies or playing little league. And so, they do the only thing they think they can do - they work, and work and then they work some more. Obviously not every man who is temporarily out of work is an unmotivated man who makes life miserable for his wife. In fact, a highly motivated man will always find something to do to support his family during tough times so his wife usually feels emotio...

  Life Coach or Life Partner? How To Tell If You Are Dating a Real Man or a Man-Child by Dwight Bain, LMHC, NCC, & Certified Life Coach If maturity is about growing up, accepting responsibility, and building a meaningful life, then it must be rare. This according to many women who have shared how they felt more like the life coach or ‘mommy’ to a guy who just won’t grow up. You know the type – good looking, fun personality, great talker – but emotionally unavailable and irresponsible. Not marriage material. When some women figure out the relationship is never going to progress toward marriage and kick out the ‘man child’ who doesn’t want to leave, it can explode into a cultural conversation of what is and is not acceptable in expectations about dating. Consider Lauren, who broke up with her ‘man-child’ and posted it, which sparked over 36 million views and 39,000 comments. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/woman-breakup-tiktok-man-child-b2549858.html Why aren’t som...