{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Dad Starting Over","title":"When Vulnerability Ends a Marriage","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":778,"description":"I got an email from a guy that perfectly captures a pattern I see over and over again.\nAn anxious man.\nAn avoidant wife.\nYears of emotional distance.\nOne final attempt to “do the healthy thing” and open up…\nAnd then everything collapses.\nI break down:\nWhy vulnerability isn’t the problem — but timing and containment matter\nHow passivity slowly kills attraction in long-term relationships\nThe anxious/avoidant dynamic so many men get trapped in\nWhy some divorces turn cold, transactional, and threatening overnight\nWhat men should focus on after the marriage ends instead of chasing closure\nIf you’re in a dead bedroom, walking on eggshells, or afraid to say the wrong thing in your own marriage, this video will probably feel uncomfortably familiar.\nI also talk about how men rebuild after this kind of emotional and financial hit, drawing from my book REBUILD – The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man, and why having other men around you — like inside the Help For Men Brotherhood — matters more than most guys want to admit.\nYou’re not broken.\nYou’re not alone.\nBut passivity has a cost — and eventually, it comes due.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YiHzLsFwQs1l2EQbUXztvHyWFsPsmiGIGpfVw4pLN6o/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ODQ0/ODVhZDc4YzQ3OGQ4/MmQ3ZWNmOTBjZWVi/ZDVmZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}