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The Marriage Warning That Nobody Talks About - When the laughter is gone, so is your marriage.

5 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker reflects on his experience of being a constantly traveling “weekend dad” before the COVID‑19 pandemic and how the sudden shift to being home every day exposed a critical weakness in his marriage: the loss of daily laughter. He recounts a moment watching an Orlando comedian who warned that when laughter disappears in a marriage, the relationship is likely to end. The speaker uses this anecdote to argue that the ability to laugh together, at each other, and at oneself is a vital health indicator for a marriage and any close partnership. He urges listeners to evaluate whether they share daily laughter with their spouse or close friends, suggesting that the presence of consistent humor is a preventative measure against relational decay.

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There's one thing in marriage that I want to share with you, which is the most important thing, and it's not what you think it's going to be. When COVID hit in 2020 and I was traveling extensively, I was going to Calgary, going to Toronto, I was virtually pretty much a weekend dad and I was never at home. Then all of a sudden COVID hit and I was home every single day. One thing that really became evident to me, that, yeah, I watched a comedian down in Orlando the one time, and that Orlando comedian said to me, or he actually presented and said very specifically, one thing you must remember, you must always remember, get it super clear, is that when Laughter disappears in your marriage, that's no doubt the end of your marriage. And I really realized that when COVID came. It's like, wow, where's the laughter gone? Because when you can laugh at each other, laugh at yourself, laugh with each other, and laugh to that next level, that's when you know you have a great marriage. I want you to think about that for yourself. In the relationships you have in your life, doesn't matter if it's with friends, more importantly, the most important thing within your primary relationship, your marriage or the partner that you have, do you have laughter every single day? Because when laughter disappears, often so does the relationship.