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Not The Worst Marriage

Sara Buckley and Sterling Buckley

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Not The Worst Marriage Podcast gives a comedic view of marriage and parenting struggles with a little family advice and sex tips. Sterling and Sara are high school sweethearts turned teen parents. After 20 years and 3 kids together, they bring you a show that may or may not teach you anything other than marriage is hard. We are very passionate about marriage and firmly believe that any marriage can be fixed. For a marriage to remain healthy, your spouse should come before your kids. Your mar ...
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We fucking love movies and thus have some STRONG opinions when it comes to them. This is a fun/silly episode where we pick our top movies from different genres and argue what's the best movie of all time. *Spoiler Alerts* It's an episode about movies, so OBVIOUSLY there's gonna be a few spoilers. Madeline and Nathan make a special appearance for th…
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The days are long, but the years are short AF. When your kids are little and you're just fighting for your life day in and day out, it seems like the craziness will never end. You long for the days when they'll sleep through the night, wipe their own ass, and not demand to be in the bathroom with you while you shower. Well, unluckily for every pare…
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Raising teenagers is not for the faint of heart. We currently have three all in high school and we are not ok! Just kidding, having teenagers is a lot of fun...when you're not crying. In this episode, we talk about how the teenage years are different than the early years, dating, driving, worrying, and everyone's secret group chat to shit talk each…
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After a two-year hiatus, Not The Worst Marriage Podcast is back!! In this mini-episode, we talk about what we've been up to, our favorite moments from last season, and what to expect this season. We're so excited to start recording again and incredibly grateful for all of your support over the last couple of years. Stay tuned for many more awesome …
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This is a culmination of the best marriage advice we’ve received and discovered over the years. The fundamental basics, if you will, of setting your marriage up for success (at least that's what it did for us). These are simple, not easy, concepts that we have genuinely lived for our 18+ year relationship. Maintaining a marriage through kids/work/l…
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It's becoming more common for men to say no to sex. The stigma that men are always DTF (down to f*ck) and want sex 24/7 can compound already difficult issues. Women are feeling unwanted, undesired, and self conscious. Men feel inadequate, ashamed, and embarassed. We asked our audience what was the main reason for them/their husband saying no and we…
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We became instant David Arnold fans 5 minutes into his latest comedy special, Fat Ballerina (now on Netflix). David and his wife Julie have two daughters and their outlook on marriage and parenting couldn't be more relatable! David A. Arnold has been the best-kept secret in comedy until now. A 20-year stand-up veteran who has made his living perfor…
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Nothing says "full circle" like the baby you had in high school growing up to make fun of you for having a baby in high school. Sara got pregnant at 17 in her junior year of high school. After turning 18, Sara and Sterling (who was 21) got married and two weeks later Noah was born. Sara finished high school while being a stay at home mom and new wi…
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Why is it that men are never described as being immodest? Or are they and we've never heard of it? In this episode, we talk about what it means to be modest (to us) and the nonesense that is body shaming. This has been a constant issue in Sara's since puberty and she only recently stopped giving a fuck about it. Sterling loves to call men out on th…
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Maintaining your identity in marriage is important. Having a personal hobby can be a much needed break from life, work, stress, family, kids, etc. But you HAVE to have boundaries!In this episode, we talk about why hobbies are great, why you shouldn't be an asshole to your spouse if you have one, and why you should support your spouse's hobby. We ha…
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We're so excited for our good friends, Marriage & Martinis, to be our first ever guests! We talk about the reality of having a marriage podcast and social media following, the kind of support and scrutiny that comes with putting your relationship out into the public, and play a fun round of The Newlywed Game!Danielle and Adam of Marriage and Martin…
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Relationships require work and that includes compromising. Without it, you'll probably kill your relationship eventually. In this episode we talk about some serious relationship killing issues, such as:Being "Too different” growing apart Changing your mind about wanting kids Opposite Sex FriendshipsBeing mean or disrespectfulUnhealthy boundaries wi…
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Parenting is fucking hard, We all try to do our best everyday but nevertheless; we're not perfect and fails are bound to happen.In this episode, we give way too many details about our biggest parenting fails. Including Sterling crashing an ATV with one of the kids as a passenger, Sara took two of the kids on a hike that was too long with not enough…
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Be honest, no one is the perfect parent but some people are WAY more annoying than others. This episode isn't about parent shaming or how we do things better than others; but it is about parents and parenting ways that annoy the fuck out of us. We think you'll agree with at least a few of them.Some parents we can't stand:Helicopter MomsOver Zealous…
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This last week of quarantine probably has some married couples spending more time together than they have in awhile. Things may be getting a litte tense. Things may be getting a little stressful.In case your spouse is annoying the fuck out of you (or maybe you're purposefully annoying them), remind them how great you are and why they married you. I…
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Talking about money is not only important when you're married, apparently it's pivotal to financial success. Well, we never did that and are terrible with money. We have zero real advice so this episode is entirely focused on only wrong answers when it comes to dealing with money.We get asked A LOT about doing a finances episode....so HERE YOU GO. …
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With all this not leaving the house stuff, we think it's a good time to try out some new things in the bedroom. Here's some fun ideas and hopefully a few laughs to get you through these crazy times.Don't forget to use birth control. We don't need 10k babies born this December.OFFERSGet 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/nottheworst Support …
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Opinions are like assholes. Everybody's got one. We looked up some of the most controversial parenting topics and weigh in.No one thinks they have it all figured out quite like a new parent. At least, that was our opinion as young parents. We thought the way we were doing things was the best and only way. Thankfully, we grew up and realized no one …
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Having certain conversations before getting married, or early on in your relationship can prevent A LOT of future fights. We had some pretty pivotal ones that helped us a lot in the early years of trying to figure marriage and parenting out.Some were serious and others lighthearted, but in this episode Sterling learns that Sara will probably take h…
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Everyone has personal space and boundaries and understanding the difference is important. In regards to this episode, "space" is physical or emotional distance needed for a certain amount of time to fulfill an internal emotional need. It's something that varies based on external circumstances and doesn't happen all the time. A boundary is something…
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Body positivity when it comes to marriage and parenting is vital. We love how appreciating all bodies has become the new norm. We’ve both struggled with insecurity about our bodies, and while Sterling got to the “I don’t give a fuck” phase faster than Sara, we’ve finally learned to love ourselves as is. In this episode, we talk about the different …
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Yes, we have both cheated in our relationship. This episode is not about giving advice on how to deal with infidelity in your marriage. It is simply telling our story with the hope that it may help someone else.We'll walk you through our history, our struggles with being the cheater and the cheated on, sex addiction, forgiveness, healing, and how w…
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Yes, we spanked our kids.In this episode, we tell you guys how we handled ages 1-5 discipline. We had three kids in four years and literally would not have kept our sanity without strict guidelines for discipline.We lived by timeouts, spankings, and good behavior reinforcement as a way to curb our little ones' innate need to challenge EVERYTHING WE…
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Fights in marriage are guaranteed to happen. Early on in our marriage we decided to lay some ground rules about our fights to ensure we actually found some resolution instead of waging the "I'm right" war.In this episode, we walk through our rules, why we have them and why they're so important. We talk about why one of your kids absolutely suck and…
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Sex isn't a want, it's a need. We asked you what was the biggest issue in your sex life and discuss some of the reasons and excuses that were submitted. So many people are allowing issues that are entirely within their control dictate the success of their love life, AKA, their kids. Communication is vital in a healthy relationship and that includes…
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Do we love that we got married and had kids super young? Yes. So do we recommend other people getting married and having kids young? Not a fucking chance. In our first episode, we walk through the pros and cons of starting a family at 18 and 21. It was hard as hell, but we're reaping the benefits of all our hard work 15 years later. Support the Sho…
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