Madi Prewett Troutt is getting candid about “the power of communicating” as she navigates her first year of marriage with Grant Troutt.
“When we first got married, I think I expected him to just know all of my needs and desires and that was very unfair to him,” the Bachelor alum, 27, told Us Weekly exclusively while promoting her partnership with Upward Christian Dating. “And so I finally had to get to a point where I was like, ‘Hey, when I come home from a three or four-day trip, I would love to have the whole evening with just you. I want us to eat a meal together. I want us to ask intentional questions together and just enjoy an evening.’ And I had to really learn to communicate that because that wasn’t something he just could understand on his own. So we’ve learned the importance of communication through trial and error, like, the moments where we’ve done just such a bad job of it and the moments we’ve crushed it. And I think just having grace for each other and patience for each other is so important.”
Madi and Grant, also 27, wed in October 2022 after less than a year of dating, waiting until marriage to move in together.
“I had to learn very early on, ‘Hey, like, don’t take life so seriously.’ [Grant is] not God, so he’s gonna fail me and he’s going to let me down and I’m not gonna meet his every need all the time, and he’s not gonna meet my every need all the time. And that’s why my hope is not in him,” she continued. “And I think that’s really, really important as a believer — to make sure that you are seeking that relationship with God. And if you’re trying to find all of your hope, all of your worth, all of your value, all of your purpose, everything in a person and in a relationship with another human, it’s gonna continue to let you down.”
The former ABC star credits early morning prayer with how she approaches conflict with her spouse.
“I wake up, I go have my time with God….
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