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Episode 424 – Getting Over Rejection: How to Stop Letting "No" Run Your Marriage
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- Sex for Saints
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- Jun 5, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1484
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Summary
When sexual rejection builds up in a marriage, it rarely stays contained to the bedroom. It seeps into everything — the emotional atmosphere, the small daily gestures, and eventually the belief that anything will ever change. In this episode, we dig into why rejection hurts as much as it does, how to stop interpreting your wife's "no" as a verdict on your worth, what curiosity can open up that shutting down never will, and what it actually costs you when the hurt never gets processed. We also talk about what your wife experiences when she sees how you react to her no — and why that matters more than most husbands realize.