Relationships: What Actually Keeps People Together

While you could dare say that two married people talking about relationships isn't the sexiest premise for an episode, stick with us here.

Georgette and Valentina get personal about how they met their partners after painful breakups — and the sixteen (and twelve) years since. Valentina shares how she met Mario after her husband walked out with zero warning, the votive candle that led to her pregnancy three months later, and the "pomodoro technique" she used to survive the heartbreak. Georgette talks about leaving a codependent relationship, meeting her now-husband Nico as a friend first, and why going slow for once actually worked.

They get into love languages (Gary Chapman), the different ways they fight (writing vs. talking, silence vs. calm discussion), navigating family backgrounds as different as Naples' Camorra and a Texan-Mexican divorce, and why no relationship, however long, is ever finished being worked on.

As usual we welcome your comments and remember this is part of our special summer series. You can follow Two Voices, No Filter on Instagram and leave a review: it helps more people find the show or wherever you listen to the podcast. New episodes every Friday (we will be breaking in August) but back in early September with our weekly rotation. Special thank you to Vivace Media for producing our show And Zoworking, our wonderful studio in Sesto Fiorentino.