Therapist Reacts to Reddit's WORST "First Trips as a Couple" Story

The first trip together is where you meet your actual partner. Some couples come home stronger. Some don't come home together. I'm a counselor who works with couples and individuals, and in this episode, I'm unpacking one of Reddit's most disastrous "first trips as a couple" travel stories. In this episode, let's stamp the behaviors in the story at a relationship passport control: are we going to give an "entry denied" or an "approved" to what this couple does, from ghosting to appeals for intimacy? I share a few useful tools in the episode that can help you become a better travel partner long before you check into your next hotel: 1) Feelings Wheel (find the word for what you're actually feeling): https://www.feelingswheel.com/ 2) The Gottman soft start-up: how to open with "I feel..." instead of "You always...": https://www.gottman.com/blog/softenin... All my stories are retold and anonymized, and if I do a composite story, I'll make it clear. Nothing here is therapy or a diagnosis of any real person, so if you or your relationship needs support, a licensed therapist in your area is the right move. Got a trip disaster of your own? Tell me in the comments; the best ones may end up in a future episode. New episodes weekly. Subscribe if you'd like your relationship to survive the airport. #CouplesTherapy #RelationshipAdvice #RedditStories #TravelPsychology #TherapistReacts #CouplesTravel