Homesteading & Marital Stress

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Go live attempt 2: picking up new farm equipment..... farm stress affects the marriage

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The farmer brings his wife into the frame and discusses the stressors of farming and living a life different from what most people experience. He mentions that they do not live in a 'McMansion' or spend money on 'ridiculous things' like Disneyland. Instead, their lives revolve around starting a farm, which he calls a 'big change'. He highlights that his wife is a 'city girl' who didn't grow up in the country, unlike himself. He openly admits that the transition to farming has been stressful on their marriage, leading to frequent arguments, even over minor things. He acknowledges his expectations that she would easily adapt were unrealistic and that she's doing her best, despite some mishaps (like almost burning down the house with potatoes).

Goal: The farmer candidly shares the personal and marital challenges of starting a farm, contrasting his rural background with his wife's urban upbringing.

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live so if maybe Mrs City girl Stony Ridge will uh blessed me with some kids one day uh plan that's the plan but let's talk for real it uh it's a stressor on a marriage it's it's hard to to start a farm uh with someone that never ever lived the lifestyle of of farming uh and it's it's stressful on a marriage wouldn't you say yeah I agree I think my expectations are I dropped you wee there we go I think my expectations are that uh Mrs Stony Ridge here already knows everything to do and but she doesn't know everything to do and and I think it's it would behoove me to not think she knows everything to do so um we were fussing a little bit this morning I went up and checked on the goats and she was off yesterday and what do we do we got to make sure goats have food and water well the goats didn't have water well it doesn't do me any good it doesn't do me any favors to fuss at her about it it's just the way it is we'll water them when we get home they had a little bit of water not completely out but we'll water them when we get home um the thoughts that uh I could take a girl from the city and move her out to the country and expect her to just pick this stuff up like that is is is not the right way to think and it has stressed our marriage a little bit I get very frustrated and she gets very frustrated because she's doing her best she's she wouldn't dare not do her best she's always doing her best I hope she's always doing her best even though she almost burned the house down with potatoes last night yeah so anyhow I want to talk to you a little bit about the stresses of uh of starting a homestead on a marriage and it's stressful times get tough uh we fuss we there's there's all is not well all the time on the Stony Ridge Farm we do fuss and we argue about stuff ridiculous little stuff that you normally argue about when you just get married we've been married for 3 years and and not so normal stuff like hey you know this is a farm this is a ranch I you know I feel a heavy load of all the things that we're doing all the stresses of all these things that we're doing I'm cutting Timber I'm managing all that I'm making sure that everything's right that the animals are fed that the eggs are gathered that the chickens are fed and it takes a very strong partner and a very strong bond to have that so guys we only got about nine people in here we're headed down to Denton North Carolina uh there'll be a full Vlog about the equipment that we're going to get and we're…

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