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Helen has also, in several episodes, become frustrated or sad about the lack of "spice" in the marriage. Several times they ''have'' gotten it back ("[[Road Worrier]]", "[[Antisocial Climbers]]", "[[Fire!]]", "[[Is It Fall Yet?]]", "[[Camp Fear]]"), and evidence shows that Jake is the lead in any activity and is good at making his wife... ''happy''. However, "Antisocial Climbers" showed that when they actually ''tried'' to talk about their relationship and feelings after having sex, they were completely unable to do it and ended up in embarrassed silence.
Jake has become irritated verging on raging when Helen has had to cancel planned getaways in favour of work ("[[Of Human Bonding]]", "Camp Fear"), in "Bonding" diverging from there into a general rant about being unable to depend on anyone. "Camp Fear" reveals that almost ''all'' planned romantic holidays (and holidays at all) were put on hold because of Helen's job, a source of resentment for Jake.
Once, Jake got angry that Helen wasn't supporting his career and managed to guilt her into going along with him on a networking mission ("[[Just Add Water]]"); she has since acted as 'supportive wife' during business meetings for his sake, but it clearly bores and irritates her ("[[My Night at Daria's]]"). He goes along to her firm functions to play 'supportive husband' but enjoys them even less than Helen enjoys his, as her colleagues shun him (and she once had to get some people to promise to talk to him)
In "Psycho Therapy," Jake accuses Helen of having control issues, allowing him no vices. Both are then asked to role-play as the other, leading Jake to portray Helen as a narcissistic career woman with an addiction to praise who does everything without empathy, while Helen portrays Jake as a self-pitying manic-depressive who doesn't try to fix his own problems and is adverse to responsibility. Jake's assessment of Helen really hits home for her and upsets her greatly, leading him to apologize afterward. It is unknown whether the role-play resulted in any lasting emotional scars.
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