Aug 17, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Host Chad McLain welcomes Tony Rittenberry to discuss how adult relationships often end quietly through slower replies and less effort, and how definitions of healthy relationships change with age…
Chad McLainHost
Tony RittenberryGuest
You know, what I've found is, Tony, over, um, the last probably 20, 15 or 20 years, the things that I thought were important in relationships, and just to clarify, when I say relationships, I mean business relationships, people you consider friends, um, at all levels, and then even significant other relationships, maybe even the relationships you have with your children.
Um, how that's progressing seems to be very rapidly, um, the change in those relationships.
But how I define, um, what a healthy relationship is, um, do you have some general thoughts on what you think or, uh, what, what a healthy relationship is?
I mean, if there's some mutual respect, if there's, um, care for one another at some level, it certainly, uh, gives you a, an opportunity to have a healthy relationship.
Um, I think as I've gotten older, um, what defines that has certainly changed.
I think, uh, when you're younger, you're willing to put up with more, uh, maybe that there's a means to an end with that friendship.
Maybe it gets you connected to another group of friends or something professionally, um, so you're willing to kind of put in a, maybe a little bit more effort.
Yes, the friendship comes along with that, but maybe there's something, some other goal.
I think as I've gotten older, um, I've noticed by, not myself, but maybe other folks that I have relationships with on both parties, there seems to be less of a willingness to put up with bullshit.
Um, just, you know, we, you get to a point to where you, you realize that, um, life doesn't last forever, and you really, if you see something that's worth putting the effort into it, and you see the effort coming back, I think that's what, what makes it healthy.
I've never been a super patient person, but that's one thing that I see slowly getting less.
If it's a good uncomfortable, like it's gonna potentially make me grow and go in the direction I want to.
But, um, nonsense is, I have zero patience for that in business and in my personal life.
You know, what I've found is, Tony, over, um, the last probably 20, 15 or 20 years, the things that I thought were important in relationships, and just to clarify, when I say relationships, I mean business relationships, people you consider friends, um, at all levels, and then even significant other relationships, maybe even the relationships you have with your children.
Um, how that's progressing seems to be very rapidly, um, the change in those relationships.
But how I define, um, what a healthy relationship is, um, do you have some general thoughts on what you think or, uh, what, what a healthy relationship is?
I mean, if there's some mutual respect, if there's, um, care for one another at some level, it certainly, uh, gives you a, an opportunity to have a healthy relationship.
Um, I think as I've gotten older, um, what defines that has certainly changed.
I think, uh, when you're younger, you're willing to put up with more, uh, maybe that there's a means to an end with that friendship.
Maybe it gets you connected to another group of friends or something professionally, um, so you're willing to kind of put in a, maybe a little bit more effort.
Yes, the friendship comes along with that, but maybe there's something, some other goal.
I think as I've gotten older, um, I've noticed by, not myself, but maybe other folks that I have relationships with on both parties, there seems to be less of a willingness to put up with bullshit.
Um, just, you know, we, you get to a point to where you, you realize that, um, life doesn't last forever, and you really, if you see something that's worth putting the effort into it, and you see the effort coming back, I think that's what, what makes it healthy.
I've never been a super patient person, but that's one thing that I see slowly getting less.
If it's a good uncomfortable, like it's gonna potentially make me grow and go in the direction I want to.
But, um, nonsense is, I have zero patience for that in business and in my personal life.
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