Trouble in Paradise || Reddit Reactions || Two Hot Takes Podcast

I disagree on the second story, OP seems to be at his wits end, as he mentioned they've had MANY conversations about it. She seems unwilling to have an honest conversation and see where she can make compromises to make him feel wanted.

Story 3 : so HIS anxiety matters and she should do everything to cater to it, but her car trauma is something he can just ignore and lie about? Got it. What a partner.

My husband lost his wedding band about a year after the wedding. I got him a new ring and engraved it with “take two”

Morgan it would be fun if you repeated certain themes. The "Cheating or nah" and stalker episodes would be fun to revisit with new stories.

1st story, if you're traveling, wear "fake" rings and keep your real ones safe at home. Especially if you can't afford to replace it if it is lost.

The 2nd story made me really angry somehow. I felt like she was clearly playing some sick power play with him. Teasing him, rejecting him over and over.. knowing that he loves her and probably would never leave. I really don't think it's a libido or confusion issue at ALL. I feel like it was indentional and the guy is lucky he got out of that.

Ok um - this guy IS a danger to this child. Two different stories where his anxiety takes priority over the baby’s needs, involving him taking off in his car. He is not in control.

Story 2: It was very disappointing to hear everyone's takes. They ignored the information OP husband gave about trying to communicate with their wife about their feelings around sex, the teasing, and their dead bedroom. The wife was the one shutting down those conversations, not giving a reason and disregarding her partner's feelings. It would be a different case if the husband was in his own head, never talked to her about it, and never discussed boundaries around the teasing, then just dumped divorce onto her lap. That's just not the case here, and I think the hosts were very quick to assume OP didn't communicate, while OP stressed in their post that they did and this was the final straw. They had the very hair-trigger responses of "you should work it out together because it's your wife," meanwhile he explains that he tried to work it out and his WIFE was non-compliant. She only wanted to "work it out together" when he was already done with trying to work it out together. This story kinda hit home for me; I have a similar issue with sex and intimacy with my boyfriend of 5 years, but with the genders swapped. It's very frustrating and painful to feel rejected all the time. It also makes me feel selfish and ungrateful, because our relationship is fantastic in every other way: romantically and intellectually, and we both have aligning life goals and values. We love each other and also like each other. It's just the matter of sex that isn't as easy. A difference though is that we talk about it, even the embarrassing feelings, and we don't disregard the other's feelings on the matter. If I get too caught up in my emotions surrounding our non-existent sex life, it makes me feel spiteful and puts intrusive ugly thoughts in my head. Having a partner who respects my concerns, and is willing to work with me - not just shut me down - alleviates those bad feelings. (And just for the record we ARE working on it. We haven't solved this issue yet, but we have our whole lives to work on it together. Because we BOTH want to.)

Oooh, main character syndrome would be a great theme

The husband with PPA is TERRIFYING! Yes he IS a danger to others, especially mom and baby. If he is lashing out with anger on mama because she called him out that will escalate if not addressed. Yes, he says he wants to protect baby but anxiety induced psychosis is a thing and leads to things like people killing their children to “protect “ them . I hope his mom gets him committed and medicated asap because that is a very scary situation