WEBVTT - #35 Break Up Like a Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Hell, I Suck at Dating with Dean, Vanessa and Jared

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<v Speaker 1>and I heard right as you heard right there, Welcome

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<v Speaker 1>to a new episode of Help I Suck at Dating

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<v Speaker 1>with Dean, Jared, and Vanessa stars and stripes. I'll tell

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<v Speaker 1>you we really just got goose bumps. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>a Vanessa butterfly. Whenever that go off, it's very exciting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know. You cut the difference there, right, That's that's

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<v Speaker 1>the whole point is there is a difference in that

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<v Speaker 1>one than there wasn't every other episode. It's now Dean, Vanessa,

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<v Speaker 1>and Jared no longer. Okay, really cut into that, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you did. Anyways, as Jared said, welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>another episode of Help I Suck at Dating with all

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<v Speaker 1>three of us. There we are Landmark. Mark should have

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<v Speaker 1>to maybe include his name. Is I'm like the furniture.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just if it's an I heard podcast, I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>in the background. So you are not the furniture. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you were, you'd be the nicest house defensive. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't even know what that is. Yeah, yeah, but you're that.

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<v Speaker 1>All right. Let's just get right into it. So we

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<v Speaker 1>have some current events that are we've all been dying

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about at least I know I have. Obviously

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<v Speaker 1>we heard about Arianna and Pete. Right of course they're engaged. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you feel about it? Well, Ariana Grande and

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Davidson beat even SNL and then everybody knows who

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<v Speaker 1>are and Grande is. Apparently this morning it got announced

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<v Speaker 1>that they are now engaged after three weeks of dating.

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<v Speaker 1>About three weeks, yeah, not only three weeks of dating,

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<v Speaker 1>but they were dating other people in early May, broke

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<v Speaker 1>up with them, then got together, and now a little

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<v Speaker 1>less than a month later, she's got a ring on it?

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<v Speaker 1>How do we feel? How does this happen? It just

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<v Speaker 1>happened so fast. It's weird because maybe it makes me

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<v Speaker 1>think that obviously maybe they had met before they started dating,

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<v Speaker 1>and there was like some feelings there. Before you start dating,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a different type of relationships, so until you're

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<v Speaker 1>in it romantically, like it evolved, right, it could either

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<v Speaker 1>like be really into it or it could be really

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<v Speaker 1>good at the beginning and then it starts staying out.

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel like it is a little early, But

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<v Speaker 1>who am I to say I got engaged after two months?

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<v Speaker 1>That's the thing. So do you think it's really because

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<v Speaker 1>Vanessa you got engaged Nick after two months? This is

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<v Speaker 1>about three weeks. I got engaged after two months of knowing.

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<v Speaker 1>I was on a show that kind of led to

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<v Speaker 1>that decision in the end. In the real world, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't I wouldn't picture myself. I wouldn't you know, never

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<v Speaker 1>say never, but I would have picture myself getting engaged

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<v Speaker 1>that early on. And you don't really know someone. It

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<v Speaker 1>takes you a while to get to know someone in

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<v Speaker 1>and out, and especially for me, I want to see

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<v Speaker 1>how that person is in an argument, and how they

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<v Speaker 1>deal with conflict and how they resolve a situation. And

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, can you really argue after three weeks of dating?

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<v Speaker 1>What can you you know? How deep can you have?

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<v Speaker 1>There's really nothing much about that point exactly. It's really

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<v Speaker 1>a lot much argue about because it's all puppy love.

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<v Speaker 1>I would venture to say that Arion NP are a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit different than Vanessa Neck for lack of a

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<v Speaker 1>better comparison, and obviously every bachelor engagement, just because I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure these two had spent in reality more time together

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<v Speaker 1>than any bachelor couple has up until the point of

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<v Speaker 1>their engagement. For better for worse, well mostly for worse

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<v Speaker 1>in that sense, that's true. But I mean, okay, wait bean,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone hears over. Oh yeah, she is very young, and

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<v Speaker 1>so it's p Davidson. He's twenty four as well. They're

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<v Speaker 1>both twenty four. So good. I said, good for them.

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<v Speaker 1>They're young, they're in love, they want to get married,

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<v Speaker 1>go for it. But that's not the question. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>think it's too soon? It's not too soon. I will.

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<v Speaker 1>I will say this. I will forever be team Ariana

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<v Speaker 1>and mac Miller, just because I've been a fan of

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<v Speaker 1>Macmillis music for a long time. And I'm granted, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, you know what happened with all that, but

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<v Speaker 1>they were just cute together. But happy for Ariana. N P.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's too soon at all. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's very soon, but it is very when you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, would you propose to someone after three weeks? Dean?

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<v Speaker 1>If if everything in my body told me to propose

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<v Speaker 1>to someone after three weeks and I was like, I

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<v Speaker 1>can't stand another moment of not being engaged to this

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful person, then why not just do it? Like if

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<v Speaker 1>I right now feel like I want to spend the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of my life with you, and I'm very confident

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<v Speaker 1>in that decision, then sure get done. And we also,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, we don't know how long they knew

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<v Speaker 1>each other before where they started dating. Maybe this was

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<v Speaker 1>like a couple of months leading into it, and they

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<v Speaker 1>were things are fizzling out with the other person, and

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<v Speaker 1>they were like, Wow, this person is incredible. We've gotten

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<v Speaker 1>to know each other. I kind of want to break

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<v Speaker 1>up with this person to date Pete or whatever and

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<v Speaker 1>get married to and then but maybe three weeks in

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<v Speaker 1>they were like, this is everything I could possibly imagine

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<v Speaker 1>it being. Let's just get engaged and let's do this

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<v Speaker 1>thing and let's move forward with our lives. Then let's

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<v Speaker 1>do the damn thing. Vanesse, I got a question for you,

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<v Speaker 1>So you sit for you guys, but go ahead, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>Well first, go ahead the ladies first, exactly, So I

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<v Speaker 1>will ask the question. Um, My question is you said

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<v Speaker 1>that obviously you were on a show before you got

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<v Speaker 1>engaged for two months. That's kind of the bachelor bubble

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<v Speaker 1>the Bachelor world. Do you feel that you didn't really

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<v Speaker 1>start dating Nick until after you got engaged, Like you

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<v Speaker 1>guys left the show and you're like Okay, now this

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<v Speaker 1>is actually us dating. Oh, I mean absolutely, we felt

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<v Speaker 1>like we were dating after the show started. I would

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<v Speaker 1>feel like after March. So from November until March when

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<v Speaker 1>he had to keep it a secret, yes we were

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<v Speaker 1>seeing each other and and all that stuff, but the

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<v Speaker 1>real relationship came after March and and once we were

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<v Speaker 1>able to just do normal things. But my question for

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<v Speaker 1>you guys is is there a different for men between

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<v Speaker 1>being engaged and getting married? So, yes, Arianna and Pete

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<v Speaker 1>got engaged, but does that mean is that as significant

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<v Speaker 1>as getting married for men? Like an engagement is like

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm getting engaged fast leading to marriage. Unfortunately, my

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<v Speaker 1>last engagement did not work out super bumped about it,

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<v Speaker 1>But for me, it was kind of like my end

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<v Speaker 1>all be all, and I think that's why it was

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<v Speaker 1>hard for me to get over the breakup, because I

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<v Speaker 1>envisioned that engagement leading up to a marriage. So is

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<v Speaker 1>it the same for you guys. I'd like to also

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<v Speaker 1>point out thank you for calling us men because I've

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<v Speaker 1>always considered those selves boys. But hey, we'll take it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>fist pump um. So yes, there's a huge difference between

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<v Speaker 1>being married and engaged, obviously, because being engaged is obviously

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<v Speaker 1>just a promise saying I want to spend the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of your month life with you. Let's work on this,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get together and move forward with our relationship, where

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<v Speaker 1>marriage is completely different. That is a mind bond that like,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, if you break up while you're engaged, you

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<v Speaker 1>can simply just say it didn't work out, let's move

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<v Speaker 1>on with our lives. If you're married and you break up,

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<v Speaker 1>there is a whole dement exactly, there's a huge Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not a huge deal that engaged, they're married.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a big deal, But it would have been a

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<v Speaker 1>far bigger deal if they got eloped, if they got

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<v Speaker 1>a looped, if they eloped, if they excuse me proper,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, I just wanted to make that was clear. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's just as big of a deal. I

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<v Speaker 1>think an engagement is the more or less the same

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<v Speaker 1>thing as a marriage, where it's like you're promising to

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<v Speaker 1>spend the rest of your life to this person, committing

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<v Speaker 1>and dedicating yourself to this person, and the engagement period

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<v Speaker 1>is essentially it's like it's like escrow. It's like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe a little bit more serious in escrow, it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like the steps that are necessary in order to

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<v Speaker 1>get to that point where you have the government involved

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<v Speaker 1>telling you that you're right. It's like it's like a

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<v Speaker 1>short amount of time. Um, And so I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>very much the same thing. Granted, obviously, like Jared said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not necessarily as legal. You don't have to go

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<v Speaker 1>through many steps to break it off of it god forbid,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't work out. But the way that I view it

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<v Speaker 1>personally is an engagement is a marriage. Well, the way

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<v Speaker 1>I view it is, an engagement is promising that you

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<v Speaker 1>want to spend the rest of your life with someone,

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<v Speaker 1>which is similar to marriage. But unfortunately, as we all

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<v Speaker 1>well know, when you get married, it doesn't always work out.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I do feel that there is for example,

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<v Speaker 1>like Vanessa, not to use you as an example, but

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to for example for example, I mean, think

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<v Speaker 1>about what happens if you got married to Nick. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>would the breakup be ten times harder if you were

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<v Speaker 1>actually married to him rather than just engaged. Then there's

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<v Speaker 1>like finances, finances involved in all that stuff. I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe this might sound like a weird comparison because

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of going through it, through it right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and engagement could kind of be like the difference between

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<v Speaker 1>renting a place and buying a place. You know, Like

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<v Speaker 1>renting a place you kind of could get out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Buying a place you're like really invested in it, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're like, oh, it's going to be you know, and

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<v Speaker 1>let me think about my decision whether or not I

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<v Speaker 1>want to. So you rented Nick, Well, yeah, so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>looking for real estate right now. That's why I think

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<v Speaker 1>that comparison. I don't want to I agree to a

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<v Speaker 1>certain extent, but at the same time, I don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to say that engagement is just a rental because it's not,

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm also with Dean at this point there that

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<v Speaker 1>that commitment is still there. Yes, I think that it's

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<v Speaker 1>not as big of a commitment as dating is renting.

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<v Speaker 1>I also think engagement is buying, but marriage is what's

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<v Speaker 1>the next thing next to buying. Well, it's what Deed said,

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<v Speaker 1>it's scrow. It's a year, ask grow or a year

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<v Speaker 1>and a half, whatever it takes you to get married.

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<v Speaker 1>I would agree, because of course, engagement is the symbolism

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<v Speaker 1>of I want to spend the rest of my life

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<v Speaker 1>with you. And so that's a huge, huge deal and

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<v Speaker 1>should not be taken lightly. But of course I think

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<v Speaker 1>that marriage is a bigger deal. If that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course I will, I will. I don't think those

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<v Speaker 1>two things are equal. How long is the ideal time

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<v Speaker 1>to be in a relationship before a person proposes? And Jared,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a particularly a pertinent question for you relationship

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<v Speaker 1>that seems very um loving and straw, very strong, very loving.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the luckiest guy, Yes you are so. But for everybody,

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<v Speaker 1>what is the ideal time? And your in your imagination?

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<v Speaker 1>Uh oh, yes, who usually jumped in here, whatever Jared says,

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<v Speaker 1>in that amount of time, we're gonna be like, okay, Jared,

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<v Speaker 1>and you said eight months, and it's eight months into

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<v Speaker 1>the relationship. I think it's also a different thing between

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<v Speaker 1>Ashley and myself for the simple fact we've known each

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<v Speaker 1>other for three years. So well, what I'm saying is

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<v Speaker 1>that you know, yes, we've dated for about three or

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<v Speaker 1>four months, but we've also known each other for a

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<v Speaker 1>far longer time and have has had have had a

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<v Speaker 1>very close relationship since the time we've met for over

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<v Speaker 1>three years. So I know almost everything there is to

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<v Speaker 1>know about Ashley she knows almost everything there is to

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<v Speaker 1>know about me, So it's more so we're very comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>with you. It's almost like you guys have a Benjamin

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<v Speaker 1>Button relationship where the first three years of your relationship

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<v Speaker 1>was purely platonic. It's like your old and old married

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<v Speaker 1>couple that has like no physical interest in each other.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you guys are all like hot and heavy

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<v Speaker 1>and are able to like be super into each other.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fantastic. Um. So, I think the ideal time kind

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<v Speaker 1>of depends. You should probably know the person for at

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<v Speaker 1>least a year. You should know them whether dating, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of semetics. I think you should know them

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<v Speaker 1>in some capacity for at least a year. Well, so,

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<v Speaker 1>you never gave us a time frame though, Jared, you

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<v Speaker 1>never said this is how long I think you should

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<v Speaker 1>be in a relationship before you're able. But you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, no, the person for at least a year.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, here's the thing. Probably maybe you can give

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<v Speaker 1>a few months, but a time now I'm just saying,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just saying, wow, So according to my watch, three

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<v Speaker 1>to four months, it's I don't know, how Mark, how

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<v Speaker 1>long do you think you're shaking your head no, I

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<v Speaker 1>say two years. And I said this with the other

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<v Speaker 1>the morning show staff this morning, and I got some

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<v Speaker 1>I got some disapproving headshakes. Dating for two two years.

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<v Speaker 1>I think date for two years, no matter what, because

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<v Speaker 1>in two years, you figure out everything there was to

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<v Speaker 1>know about the other person. You go through everything together,

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<v Speaker 1>all the holidays, all the ups and the downs of

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship. With two years, you know if it's right

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<v Speaker 1>or not, the holidays, holidays. I like that. That's like

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<v Speaker 1>to go through all the holidays twice, and not only that,

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<v Speaker 1>because you have to go through a second time to

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<v Speaker 1>see if they learned the mistakes from the first. Because

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<v Speaker 1>as an indicator for a future success in a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>By figure, I was going to say one year, but

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<v Speaker 1>I like the two year mark. I think that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'll stick by one year. I think one

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<v Speaker 1>year in a relationship with someone is enough to know

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<v Speaker 1>about them. I think it depends the older you get,

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<v Speaker 1>like I think, the more you know what you want

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<v Speaker 1>and what you don't want in a relationship. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I would say two years for me at

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<v Speaker 1>this point would probably be a little bit too long.

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<v Speaker 1>I would probably know after the first year of dating

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<v Speaker 1>that person if I want to be with them for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of my life or not, because I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna want to waste my time or their time. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me ask you this mark so question. Say somebody knows

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<v Speaker 1>each other for like six months, gets engaged, but their

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<v Speaker 1>engagement is two years long, and after that they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>we're still So they've known each other for two and

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<v Speaker 1>a half years before they get married. I mean, to

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<v Speaker 1>each their own. You know, I'm not gonna be judging anybody,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do believe that there's no reason to rush.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't understand the rush because people say, well, when

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<v Speaker 1>you no, you know, we just had to get married,

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<v Speaker 1>But why not stick it out for a couple of years.

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<v Speaker 1>You're still together, it's still a relationship. Who cares when

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<v Speaker 1>you clock on the wedding taxes? When yeah, that's true,

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<v Speaker 1>part of that clock is ticking. Then I understand the

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<v Speaker 1>biological for it. I'm isn't the number like thirty five

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<v Speaker 1>or like I think that's moving I think it's moving older.

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<v Speaker 1>But the technical definition of a geriatric pregnancy is thirty five.

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think that. Um, I will say that

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<v Speaker 1>when I was thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, years old. I always

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<v Speaker 1>thought that I was gonna be married and have kids

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<v Speaker 1>by the time I was four years old, So my

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<v Speaker 1>timelines are always messed up. Like I'm twenty seven now, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm saying I want to be in a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>I think one years an appropriate amount of time. But

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<v Speaker 1>watch when I'm twenty nine, I'll be in a relationship

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<v Speaker 1>for three weeks like Ariana and Pete and be like,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, we're getting married, you know. Like I'm just

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<v Speaker 1>saying I can do that. I can honestly see myself

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<v Speaker 1>doing that too. Yeah, I know, I totally agree. Viness.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry you're gonna say your timelines all messed up?

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<v Speaker 1>All my timeline, Yeah, well it is. It's done. My

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<v Speaker 1>timeline done. I thought by the age of thirty I

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<v Speaker 1>would have been married with at least one kid. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>turning thirty one in a couple of months and nowhere

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<v Speaker 1>near that. That's a question for you. So on the

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you watch Batchelor that last night,

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<v Speaker 1>but on the show, uh, Tia and Colton kind of

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<v Speaker 1>talked about their former relationship before Colton came on the show.

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<v Speaker 1>To date Becca, if you were to date someone and

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<v Speaker 1>found out that they had dated one of your close

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<v Speaker 1>friends before dating you. How would you feel about it? Oh, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't. It depends on how uh connected I am

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<v Speaker 1>to that person. Um, I don't know. If I would,

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<v Speaker 1>I would obviously off the bat. I wouldn't feel comfortable

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<v Speaker 1>and I would like to know the reasons why. You

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<v Speaker 1>kind of have like an insight, you know, you can

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<v Speaker 1>ask the person why didn't work out, how, how are

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<v Speaker 1>they blah blah blah blah, and get like information from

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<v Speaker 1>that person. I wouldn't write that person off, but for me,

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<v Speaker 1>it would to kind of be like a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of a red flag at the beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>something that I wouldn't want to have to deal with,

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<v Speaker 1>Like I didn't want to have to know this information.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an added obstacle, I guess in the relationship, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>And the question for me would be, what the hell

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<v Speaker 1>was the relationship between you and my friend before you

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<v Speaker 1>started dating me? Because it was if it? Is it

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<v Speaker 1>like a one night thing that happened that emotions ran high?

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<v Speaker 1>Was it a weekend? Was it two months? Was it

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<v Speaker 1>three years? Where you guys in love exclusive? Like? It

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<v Speaker 1>all depends on the situation. Because if you if like

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<v Speaker 1>a girl like yeah, it's a bad example because I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna say if actually dated somebody one of my friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, well, we're in the bachelor world, so

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<v Speaker 1>I kind of did. Um. And so but if like

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<v Speaker 1>a girl who I was interested in dated one of

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<v Speaker 1>my friends beforehand, she was like, hey, listen, we spent

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of days together, didn't really work out. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was like two months ago, but like, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>that's fine. Who cares what? I don't care at all.

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<v Speaker 1>With the Colton Tia situation, that makes it a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit different is that Colton probably clearly knew that Tia

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<v Speaker 1>was almost the Bachelorette, and for some reason, whoever talked

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<v Speaker 1>to who first like Colton was about to be on

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<v Speaker 1>the Bachelorette. He thought Tia was gonna be the Bachelorette,

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<v Speaker 1>and then a month later she wasn't. Colton's on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>and now he's there. For it was a very obvious

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<v Speaker 1>attempt at collusion that failed. It did seem didn't seem

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<v Speaker 1>like something was weird about, like because nothing was solved

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<v Speaker 1>about the whole Colon Colton t situation last night. Nothing

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<v Speaker 1>was solved at all it was just Tia was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we dated for a little while, and then Calton was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a weekend, but the timing wasn't right, and

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<v Speaker 1>so now I'm here and I'm here fully Rebecca, and

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<v Speaker 1>Becca was like adamant about how she was going to

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<v Speaker 1>get to the bottom of this and she needed to

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<v Speaker 1>know everything. And then it just seemed like there was

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<v Speaker 1>no resolution, and Becca was like, oh, that's perfect, here's

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<v Speaker 1>the group date Rose. I was like, whoa, what happened?

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<v Speaker 1>He got a group date Rose? After like apparently everything

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<v Speaker 1>was solved when it really nothing changed. Like all we

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<v Speaker 1>know is that Colon kind of spent a weekend with

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<v Speaker 1>Tia during casting for the Bachelorette when he apparently Tea

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<v Speaker 1>was in the running for the Bachelorette. Obviously the timing

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<v Speaker 1>didn't work out because she didn't become the Bachelorette. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't really, it was just there was no talk about yes,

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<v Speaker 1>Gordon's sources. Okay, Well, if he actively went out to

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<v Speaker 1>find her on social media and mess with her and

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<v Speaker 1>slide into her d M s then I'd be like,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a little scufty, But it was the reverse. I

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't what are the odds that Tia, who was in

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<v Speaker 1>the running to become the Bachelorette, just so happened to

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<v Speaker 1>slide into the d M s of a guy who

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<v Speaker 1>was almost on her season. I mean, how did she

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<v Speaker 1>know that? This story was explained to me and I

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<v Speaker 1>wish I could remember more clearly, but that's how it works.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes maybe she because Colton did know, or maybe this

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<v Speaker 1>was after the show I guess I had even filmed

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<v Speaker 1>in the first place. But I don't I'm not that

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<v Speaker 1>flown away by it. Like maybe it was a very

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<v Speaker 1>like inconspicuous DM, like a ha ha like at like

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<v Speaker 1>as to a story response or something like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>then that kind of snowballed into a convers So how

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<v Speaker 1>did Tia know who Colton was? That wasn't the in

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<v Speaker 1>the spotlight beforehand? He dated Ali Raisman, he played football professionally. Yes, um,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's not out of the room possible, It's not.

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<v Speaker 1>It would be like different than if someone that was

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<v Speaker 1>potentially going to be the Bachelorette d M one of

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<v Speaker 1>us beforehand, because we were nobodies. Yes, no, I agree,

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<v Speaker 1>still aren't nobodies, but nobodies. Um. But I think the

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<v Speaker 1>only thing with Becca is that she was so adamant

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<v Speaker 1>about finding out and it was it just seemed like

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<v Speaker 1>there was no resolution, like we still don't know who

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<v Speaker 1>talked to who first. Because you're right, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's far better if Tia reached out to Colin, and

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<v Speaker 1>it adds a little bit, a little ease to the

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<v Speaker 1>whole situation. So you we want to see the receipts

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<v Speaker 1>before we can. Yeah, don't you know? I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't you you? Yes? But I mean I'm a I'm response,

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<v Speaker 1>I've what am I trying to say? I'm guilty of

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<v Speaker 1>dating someone that has also dated one of my friends

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<v Speaker 1>before dating me. There's nothing wrong with that, But the

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<v Speaker 1>fact is, you're on a TV show. So I think

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<v Speaker 1>for Becca, Becca wants to know. Listen, Carlton, did you

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<v Speaker 1>not date Tia because she wasn't the Bachelorette? Or did

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<v Speaker 1>you not date Tia because he didn't have feelings for

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<v Speaker 1>I guess? I mean, listen. The people who are on

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<v Speaker 1>the show regardless, are there for you know? Okay, did

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<v Speaker 1>you guys go on the show to find love? No,

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<v Speaker 1>you won't a part of it, but of course you

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<v Speaker 1>go on for the experience, and you go on for

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<v Speaker 1>the exposure you're going for a multitude of reason. He

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<v Speaker 1>just happened to have known someone else prior to that.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree, I'm just playing Devil's advocate. I respect it

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<v Speaker 1>and appreciate it. It's like I'm trying to put myself

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<v Speaker 1>in that same situation, like had Karin DMed me before

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<v Speaker 1>going on Rachel's season, and then I did a Karin

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<v Speaker 1>for a weekend and then went on rachel season, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, that would be kind of weird now

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<v Speaker 1>that I think of it that way. It is obviously

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<v Speaker 1>a weird situation, but you'd still go in Rachel's season?

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<v Speaker 1>How could you not? What was he already going on with?

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<v Speaker 1>He already a member of the cat From my understanding

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<v Speaker 1>was that he was going through the casting process, but

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty good idea, especially in January, that he was

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be on the show. And I mean, he's a

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<v Speaker 1>good looking dude who used to play football and has

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<v Speaker 1>a charity, Like there's pretty good at odds like he

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna get casts for this season exactly. He's very

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<v Speaker 1>like you said, right, well, we didn't really get anywhere

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<v Speaker 1>with that one. I think that Becca, like Jared said,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think he said, he thinks as well, is

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<v Speaker 1>that he she kind of let him off the hook

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<v Speaker 1>a little too easily. Maybe there was some conversation that

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<v Speaker 1>was air that wasn't air that they had that was

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<v Speaker 1>like maybe more resolute in terms of what happened. But

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<v Speaker 1>we'll see what happens. I mean, And I think within

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<v Speaker 1>our own personal lives, in terms of dating an X

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<v Speaker 1>who dated one of your friends, I think it's fine

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you get an understanding from both sides

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<v Speaker 1>what happened from not only your friend but the person

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<v Speaker 1>that you're going to go on a date with, Because

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<v Speaker 1>if you'd with, if you're actually good friends of that person,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's important to ask them, and I said

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<v Speaker 1>this last week, if they are comfortable with the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of you getting to another person necessarily saying hey, do

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<v Speaker 1>I have your permission? But like we're saying, hey, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not sure where this is going to go. Are you

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable with the idea of us I dated I did

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<v Speaker 1>a girl in college who before dating me dated someone else. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and while that girl and I dated that other guy,

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<v Speaker 1>and I like, well, he he really didn't like me

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<v Speaker 1>because I was dating her, And then that girl and

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<v Speaker 1>I broke up, and then that guy and I became

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely best friends, well not absolutely best friends, but some

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<v Speaker 1>like very very very close friends. I thought that was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of interesting. One of my buddies was dating this girl,

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<v Speaker 1>but he liked to her sister better and like, so

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<v Speaker 1>they did yeah for a month, and then yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>just didn't end. It didn't end well. Was it one

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<v Speaker 1>like I said before jumping into that, we have Chelsea

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<v Speaker 1>Truscott on the phone, who is a Breakup Coach podcast

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<v Speaker 1>host of Thank You Heartbreak. Um, Chelsea, are you there?

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<v Speaker 1>How are you? Thank you so much for joining us.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, I know that people can usually not distinguish

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<v Speaker 1>your voices. I'm gonna try really hard to get it right.

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<v Speaker 1>Do your best. If you can distinguish my voice, Chelsea,

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<v Speaker 1>I got that, I got that right away. Who's speaking

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<v Speaker 1>right now? Who's speaking right now? Okay? And that's Mark

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<v Speaker 1>on the bells. Um all right, So Chelsea, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for calling in. Do you mind just filling

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<v Speaker 1>the listeners in a little bit more about you, Like

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<v Speaker 1>we said, your Breakup Coach and your podcasts Thank You Heartbreak,

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<v Speaker 1>but can you tell us a little more about your

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<v Speaker 1>background and what you do? Absolutely so, I got certified

0:23:31.440 --> 0:23:34.600
<v Speaker 1>and pollution focused life coaching, and I knew that, you know,

0:23:34.680 --> 0:23:36.359
<v Speaker 1>there was a real opening in the market. But I

0:23:36.359 --> 0:23:39.840
<v Speaker 1>saw there were sony life coaches, dating coaches, matchmakers, and

0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:42.679
<v Speaker 1>that everyone was really resistant to talking about breakups. And

0:23:43.400 --> 0:23:45.560
<v Speaker 1>for my own past in history, you know, I knew

0:23:45.560 --> 0:23:47.920
<v Speaker 1>it was something that I could sit with people into

0:23:48.000 --> 0:23:51.080
<v Speaker 1>pain and confusion and really connect the dots with them.

0:23:51.480 --> 0:23:55.040
<v Speaker 1>So breakups really just are my thing. And from there

0:23:55.080 --> 0:23:57.879
<v Speaker 1>I started a podcast that really shined a light on

0:23:57.920 --> 0:24:01.160
<v Speaker 1>the upside of heartbreak and showing people that the most

0:24:01.160 --> 0:24:04.240
<v Speaker 1>crushing experiences of our life, she's really an opportunity to

0:24:04.320 --> 0:24:09.040
<v Speaker 1>become meaningful relatable to them being I, hey, you know what,

0:24:09.160 --> 0:24:11.360
<v Speaker 1>I agree. I was just having this conversation. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to see a friend this morning and she's like, Oh,

0:24:13.200 --> 0:24:15.159
<v Speaker 1>how are you doing after the breakup? And it's going

0:24:15.200 --> 0:24:17.240
<v Speaker 1>to be a year in August that Nick and I

0:24:17.280 --> 0:24:18.640
<v Speaker 1>broke up, And I'm like, you know, it was really

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<v Speaker 1>hard at the beginning, But every and I listen, I've

0:24:22.359 --> 0:24:24.800
<v Speaker 1>been broken up with or I've gone through heartbreak so

0:24:24.800 --> 0:24:26.479
<v Speaker 1>many times, and every time I go through a heartbreak,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm gonna get better at this, I'm gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>better at that. But I think we all have our

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<v Speaker 1>own way of grieving with the loss of the relationship,

0:24:34.320 --> 0:24:36.840
<v Speaker 1>and now I try to look at it in a

0:24:37.480 --> 0:24:40.439
<v Speaker 1>more positive light, like, Okay, it didn't work out, but

0:24:40.880 --> 0:24:43.879
<v Speaker 1>that person may lead me, the breakup may lead me

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<v Speaker 1>to someone that I am meant to be with for

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<v Speaker 1>the rest of my life and try to have and

0:24:48.040 --> 0:24:50.920
<v Speaker 1>try to manifest that destiny. But I think while you're

0:24:50.960 --> 0:24:53.680
<v Speaker 1>going through that breakup, it's hard to believe that, you know, yeah,

0:24:53.720 --> 0:24:55.960
<v Speaker 1>whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger type thing. And

0:24:56.040 --> 0:24:57.840
<v Speaker 1>so you can look at a heartbreak in two ways.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can either look at it at a

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<v Speaker 1>pity yourself way, or you can look at it as

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<v Speaker 1>a learning experience. I think for me, there's a time

0:25:05.720 --> 0:25:07.440
<v Speaker 1>and a place for grieving, right, So you have to

0:25:07.480 --> 0:25:09.880
<v Speaker 1>give yourself a certain amount of time to grieve the relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>the loss of the relationship, and then try to pick

0:25:11.680 --> 0:25:13.720
<v Speaker 1>yourself up and move on with your life. Well, let's

0:25:13.720 --> 0:25:16.159
<v Speaker 1>ask the expert, So Chelsea, obviously it's it's varies on

0:25:16.160 --> 0:25:17.840
<v Speaker 1>a case by case basis from person to person. But

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<v Speaker 1>what kind of advice would you have for maybe, just

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<v Speaker 1>like say a random listener right now that might be

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<v Speaker 1>struggling with a breakup, heartbroken, whatever it might be. What

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<v Speaker 1>kind of advice would you have for them? Well, one

0:25:26.800 --> 0:25:28.280
<v Speaker 1>thing I was there that people come to me and

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<v Speaker 1>they're like, I feel that these strange because I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>grieving it right now. And I say, you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>so many people that drag out relationships and they've been

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<v Speaker 1>grieving the relationship for six months. They've been crying every

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<v Speaker 1>night with them. So one thing is if you feel

0:25:41.760 --> 0:25:44.640
<v Speaker 1>strange that they're not grieving it enough, just remember there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of the time that you've been grieving it

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<v Speaker 1>within the relationship already. And that's one thing I would say, yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the other thing is that you know a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people want to put like a time period

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<v Speaker 1>on it, right and say that I have to be

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<v Speaker 1>a certain like at a certain place at a certa

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<v Speaker 1>amount of time. And I think that's not it. I

0:26:01.600 --> 0:26:03.840
<v Speaker 1>think it's a way of just like learn how to

0:26:03.840 --> 0:26:06.880
<v Speaker 1>integrate the relationship that you've had. So it's not something

0:26:06.920 --> 0:26:08.720
<v Speaker 1>you really have to get over, but something that you

0:26:08.880 --> 0:26:11.320
<v Speaker 1>just implement into your everyday life that when you meet

0:26:11.359 --> 0:26:14.520
<v Speaker 1>other people, you realize that this don't you into who

0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:16.960
<v Speaker 1>you are. So Vaness that you're saying that, like, it's

0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:20.280
<v Speaker 1>about learning how each relationship they end to bring you

0:26:20.320 --> 0:26:22.879
<v Speaker 1>to the next person. Your heart breaks to bring you

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<v Speaker 1>closer to the person you're meant to be with. And

0:26:25.520 --> 0:26:27.520
<v Speaker 1>if you think of it that way, you think, Okay,

0:26:27.720 --> 0:26:30.320
<v Speaker 1>things are actually happening for me. It's not that I'm

0:26:30.400 --> 0:26:33.080
<v Speaker 1>being further away from what I need. I'm actually getting

0:26:33.080 --> 0:26:38.359
<v Speaker 1>myself closer. I absolutely love that mindset, and I think

0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.560
<v Speaker 1>for me, my struggle at the beginning when I when

0:26:41.560 --> 0:26:45.239
<v Speaker 1>I'm going through a heartbreak is believing that it is

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:47.280
<v Speaker 1>going to be okay. And I and I remember when

0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:49.080
<v Speaker 1>I was going through my breakups, people like, it's gonna

0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:50.439
<v Speaker 1>be fine, It's gonna be fine, And that's not the

0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:53.200
<v Speaker 1>thing I and you know yourself, it's like being said,

0:26:53.200 --> 0:26:55.639
<v Speaker 1>it's case by case scenario. That's not what I wanted

0:26:55.680 --> 0:26:59.080
<v Speaker 1>to hear. And because we all grieve differently, in that moment,

0:26:59.359 --> 0:27:01.439
<v Speaker 1>I wanted there's older to cry on. I wanted my

0:27:01.480 --> 0:27:03.040
<v Speaker 1>friends to be around me and to be like, you

0:27:03.040 --> 0:27:05.800
<v Speaker 1>know what, cried out, cried out, But at the end

0:27:05.800 --> 0:27:09.000
<v Speaker 1>of the day, I had to tell myself okay. Not

0:27:09.160 --> 0:27:11.399
<v Speaker 1>that I wanted to give myself a time limit to

0:27:11.400 --> 0:27:13.520
<v Speaker 1>get over it. But I didn't want to be grieving

0:27:13.560 --> 0:27:15.119
<v Speaker 1>for the entire year. I don't want to, you know,

0:27:15.119 --> 0:27:17.720
<v Speaker 1>because then you lose opportunities on meeting other people and

0:27:17.720 --> 0:27:20.800
<v Speaker 1>like being yourself and getting back to that routine again.

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:23.199
<v Speaker 1>So I think for me, it was important to identify

0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:26.240
<v Speaker 1>my emotions and why I'm feeling the way I'm feeling.

0:27:26.320 --> 0:27:29.879
<v Speaker 1>Why are grieving? Is it because of the void? Is

0:27:29.880 --> 0:27:33.159
<v Speaker 1>it because it's my ego? And and that's when I

0:27:33.200 --> 0:27:35.840
<v Speaker 1>know I'm starting my breakup process when I'm able to

0:27:35.880 --> 0:27:38.600
<v Speaker 1>identify where my emotions are coming from. You know, everybody

0:27:38.640 --> 0:27:40.600
<v Speaker 1>really needs a good cry every once in a while, Chelsea,

0:27:40.840 --> 0:27:42.880
<v Speaker 1>is there a certain timeline do you think, like Vanessa

0:27:42.880 --> 0:27:44.919
<v Speaker 1>was saying, is there a timeline of there's you know,

0:27:45.040 --> 0:27:47.800
<v Speaker 1>you have to kind of move on. You've been grieving

0:27:47.800 --> 0:27:50.399
<v Speaker 1>for too long so to speak. I mean, I think

0:27:50.440 --> 0:27:52.159
<v Speaker 1>that you can get stuck in grieving, and that's like

0:27:52.240 --> 0:27:56.719
<v Speaker 1>self sabotaging, just out of fear of actually exposing yourself,

0:27:56.760 --> 0:28:01.000
<v Speaker 1>about putting yourself back out there. But I think it ultimately, Listen,

0:28:01.040 --> 0:28:04.040
<v Speaker 1>people come to me because they feel like like one

0:28:04.080 --> 0:28:06.199
<v Speaker 1>thing I knew I had to be good at is

0:28:06.320 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 1>being with someone in their sadness is watching people cry.

0:28:09.800 --> 0:28:12.040
<v Speaker 1>So last night I was at the Solo House. I

0:28:12.040 --> 0:28:14.680
<v Speaker 1>brought clients there, and you know, they cry at at

0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:17.359
<v Speaker 1>the Solo House, and it's about allowing them to feel

0:28:17.359 --> 0:28:20.560
<v Speaker 1>comfortable crying in the space like that. It's not shameful.

0:28:21.160 --> 0:28:25.879
<v Speaker 1>So you know, it's just like it's being comfortable like

0:28:25.960 --> 0:28:28.600
<v Speaker 1>in the sadness and also realizing that one it is

0:28:28.600 --> 0:28:32.600
<v Speaker 1>addressing why this happened for you and not focusing, focusing

0:28:32.680 --> 0:28:35.480
<v Speaker 1>or fixating on the wise of the other. And that's

0:28:35.480 --> 0:28:37.560
<v Speaker 1>happening in order to grieve. And then at the same

0:28:37.600 --> 0:28:40.200
<v Speaker 1>time you had to say, how so depending upon why

0:28:40.240 --> 0:28:42.200
<v Speaker 1>you broke up with someone, For example, like I just

0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:44.960
<v Speaker 1>got out of a breakup, and a big part of

0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.040
<v Speaker 1>it was is that I knew I could leave my

0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:49.720
<v Speaker 1>own life right and I wanted to see what that

0:28:49.800 --> 0:28:52.440
<v Speaker 1>looks like. In a way, I chose New York over

0:28:52.520 --> 0:28:55.719
<v Speaker 1>this long distance relationship, and in order to get past

0:28:55.760 --> 0:28:58.200
<v Speaker 1>the Greece. It was me saying like, Okay, I'm gonna

0:28:58.240 --> 0:29:00.640
<v Speaker 1>do the very thing I said I was ending the

0:29:00.680 --> 0:29:03.400
<v Speaker 1>relationship for it's putting myself out in New York. It's

0:29:03.480 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 1>upping my game, it's getting around other people. It's reading

0:29:06.640 --> 0:29:09.240
<v Speaker 1>my own life, it's inviting myself out to places, and

0:29:09.280 --> 0:29:12.080
<v Speaker 1>it's holding myself accountable to doing the very things that

0:29:12.120 --> 0:29:15.160
<v Speaker 1>I ended the relationship for. Makes sense, Chelsea, have a

0:29:15.240 --> 0:29:18.160
<v Speaker 1>question for you. What's your take on rekindling a romance

0:29:18.160 --> 0:29:24.440
<v Speaker 1>with an X, having sex with them, or well like

0:29:24.480 --> 0:29:27.040
<v Speaker 1>getting back together. Maybe less of the physical and more

0:29:27.080 --> 0:29:29.640
<v Speaker 1>of like the emotional side. People ask me this, and

0:29:29.680 --> 0:29:32.080
<v Speaker 1>I never want to say no to anything. I think

0:29:32.120 --> 0:29:34.120
<v Speaker 1>it's about just really if you can go into it

0:29:34.160 --> 0:29:36.680
<v Speaker 1>with a new perspective, in a fresh way of thinking,

0:29:36.760 --> 0:29:39.360
<v Speaker 1>if you have kind of upgraded yourself in a way.

0:29:39.400 --> 0:29:41.320
<v Speaker 1>So it's kind of like they're meeting a new person

0:29:41.440 --> 0:29:43.640
<v Speaker 1>on a new level, and then I think it's good.

0:29:44.000 --> 0:29:46.280
<v Speaker 1>But some people think like two weeks is enough. I'm like,

0:29:46.320 --> 0:29:49.280
<v Speaker 1>nothing's changed in two weeks, you know, I mean, Jared,

0:29:49.400 --> 0:29:52.120
<v Speaker 1>for you, it's like I feel like, if I understand

0:29:52.120 --> 0:29:54.640
<v Speaker 1>it a bit, it's like you you saw Ashley in

0:29:54.640 --> 0:29:57.240
<v Speaker 1>a new light. She had this job, she had a voice,

0:29:57.280 --> 0:30:00.480
<v Speaker 1>she was around her family, saw her I has been

0:30:00.520 --> 0:30:04.160
<v Speaker 1>like as a new person. Yeah, the first time I

0:30:04.160 --> 0:30:06.640
<v Speaker 1>saw her outside of Bachelor in Paradise. Yes, I don't

0:30:06.640 --> 0:30:07.960
<v Speaker 1>want to think that, like I saw her in a

0:30:08.000 --> 0:30:10.880
<v Speaker 1>new light, you know, six months ago. No, I saw

0:30:10.880 --> 0:30:13.120
<v Speaker 1>her in a new light when we first left Paradise. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I first saw her outside of the bachelor world

0:30:16.200 --> 0:30:18.200
<v Speaker 1>in her house, in her element, what two and a

0:30:18.200 --> 0:30:21.440
<v Speaker 1>half years ago. Yeah, I definitely saw her in a

0:30:21.480 --> 0:30:25.000
<v Speaker 1>new light. Yeah. So what for you? Why do you

0:30:25.000 --> 0:30:27.480
<v Speaker 1>think that you were able to stoften around the realization

0:30:27.560 --> 0:30:32.280
<v Speaker 1>that like that this is your person back then? No,

0:30:32.440 --> 0:30:33.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, like you're saying, that was two and a

0:30:34.000 --> 0:30:37.160
<v Speaker 1>half years ago. I think I just had to overcome

0:30:37.200 --> 0:30:40.960
<v Speaker 1>a lot of my own issues and try to move

0:30:41.040 --> 0:30:43.880
<v Speaker 1>past those, and and um, once I was able to

0:30:43.960 --> 0:30:47.480
<v Speaker 1>do that, and once I, uh, you know, saw the moment,

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:49.400
<v Speaker 1>it was like kind of the moments here, either I

0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:51.400
<v Speaker 1>do something about it or I don't, and I kind

0:30:51.400 --> 0:30:53.920
<v Speaker 1>of just explode it. And once I did, and once

0:30:53.960 --> 0:30:56.760
<v Speaker 1>I kind of opened up that door, Um, it's been

0:30:56.760 --> 0:30:58.920
<v Speaker 1>one of the best decisions, if not the best decision

0:30:58.960 --> 0:31:01.560
<v Speaker 1>of my life, because I've come out of it happier

0:31:01.560 --> 0:31:04.080
<v Speaker 1>than I've ever been. But I think that, you know,

0:31:04.160 --> 0:31:06.480
<v Speaker 1>people come to me at guys a lot, for example,

0:31:06.520 --> 0:31:08.760
<v Speaker 1>and they say, you know, a woman says that they're

0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:12.680
<v Speaker 1>not ready for me, and they want to ask. Yes.

0:31:12.920 --> 0:31:15.960
<v Speaker 1>So many men seriously come to me and they're like,

0:31:16.000 --> 0:31:17.760
<v Speaker 1>what do I do. This woman says that she's not

0:31:17.880 --> 0:31:20.800
<v Speaker 1>ready for me, and I want to ask. I want

0:31:20.800 --> 0:31:22.000
<v Speaker 1>to be a man. I don't want to let her

0:31:22.040 --> 0:31:24.440
<v Speaker 1>get away. And I said, one thing is is like

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:27.560
<v Speaker 1>for a woman of real action is listening to her,

0:31:27.920 --> 0:31:29.840
<v Speaker 1>believing her for the first time. You know. It's like

0:31:29.880 --> 0:31:32.239
<v Speaker 1>my Angela's quote when someone tells you who they are,

0:31:32.360 --> 0:31:35.200
<v Speaker 1>believe them. And I think that, like on the flip side,

0:31:35.520 --> 0:31:37.080
<v Speaker 1>women will come to me and they will say a

0:31:37.080 --> 0:31:39.600
<v Speaker 1>man says he's not ready, And sometimes a man is

0:31:39.680 --> 0:31:41.560
<v Speaker 1>that ready because he's not where he's at in his

0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:43.760
<v Speaker 1>life to treat a woman in a certain way, to

0:31:44.120 --> 0:31:46.400
<v Speaker 1>take them out, to do it in the way that

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:49.640
<v Speaker 1>he wants to. And it's about giving people the space

0:31:49.680 --> 0:31:52.800
<v Speaker 1>to grow into the person that they envision themselves being

0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:55.600
<v Speaker 1>for the biggest love of their life. Yeah, if I'm

0:31:55.640 --> 0:31:57.440
<v Speaker 1>being honest, I think a lot of people are scared

0:31:57.680 --> 0:32:00.680
<v Speaker 1>and they use excuses to not be with Cobody, and

0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:02.280
<v Speaker 1>I think that's one of them. I did it in

0:32:02.280 --> 0:32:04.560
<v Speaker 1>my own personal life. I think it's a combination of

0:32:04.560 --> 0:32:07.080
<v Speaker 1>being scared, but also a combination of timing. I really

0:32:07.120 --> 0:32:10.680
<v Speaker 1>do believe in meeting someone even if like let's stay

0:32:10.720 --> 0:32:13.880
<v Speaker 1>there at you and actley like the timing wasn't right whenever,

0:32:13.960 --> 0:32:16.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, a two years ago, but now it just

0:32:16.120 --> 0:32:17.840
<v Speaker 1>made sense. You were in a better place. He was

0:32:17.840 --> 0:32:21.640
<v Speaker 1>in a better place than it wasn't. Yes, of course

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:23.520
<v Speaker 1>timing has a factor. But was it timing or was

0:32:23.520 --> 0:32:26.520
<v Speaker 1>it my own securities and something that I needed to overcome.

0:32:26.600 --> 0:32:28.320
<v Speaker 1>But it's a few times to get over the securities,

0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:31.160
<v Speaker 1>I agree, But it was only worked out because as

0:32:31.240 --> 0:32:35.040
<v Speaker 1>she was still there, and what if she wasn't. I

0:32:35.120 --> 0:32:38.480
<v Speaker 1>think that though it's not just time, like time doesn't

0:32:39.000 --> 0:32:41.200
<v Speaker 1>carry you, you know, like it doesn't create the change.

0:32:41.200 --> 0:32:43.840
<v Speaker 1>You have to change yourself in time enduring it sounds

0:32:43.880 --> 0:32:45.680
<v Speaker 1>like you got over a lot of the insecurities, you

0:32:45.760 --> 0:32:48.440
<v Speaker 1>faced a lot of things, and she happened to still

0:32:48.480 --> 0:32:50.479
<v Speaker 1>be around. Maybe that was state, you know, but like

0:32:50.800 --> 0:32:53.200
<v Speaker 1>it couldn't have just been time. It was you changing

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.800
<v Speaker 1>yourself and time and that has to be done, like

0:32:55.880 --> 0:32:58.960
<v Speaker 1>the work has to be done. Um, what I'm saying, though,

0:32:59.040 --> 0:33:00.880
<v Speaker 1>is that I had to force myself to change, and

0:33:00.880 --> 0:33:03.160
<v Speaker 1>so I think what I'm trying to say, Like, for example,

0:33:03.160 --> 0:33:05.480
<v Speaker 1>one of my buddies, we're talking about it last week,

0:33:05.520 --> 0:33:07.840
<v Speaker 1>who's about thirty six thirty seven, he always talked about

0:33:07.840 --> 0:33:09.640
<v Speaker 1>how he wasn't in the right place for relationship and

0:33:09.640 --> 0:33:10.960
<v Speaker 1>he wanted to make sure he had the right job

0:33:10.960 --> 0:33:13.120
<v Speaker 1>in the right place, and like all these factors right,

0:33:13.160 --> 0:33:14.600
<v Speaker 1>and then now he's at an age where he's like,

0:33:14.880 --> 0:33:16.640
<v Speaker 1>you know, there's just never I just feel like, maybe

0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:18.880
<v Speaker 1>there's never a right time. Maybe I was making excuses,

0:33:19.000 --> 0:33:21.480
<v Speaker 1>and maybe I always push people away because I always

0:33:21.480 --> 0:33:22.960
<v Speaker 1>thought that, well, I need to get a career first,

0:33:22.960 --> 0:33:24.760
<v Speaker 1>I need my own life. And I'm like, well, maybe

0:33:24.800 --> 0:33:27.320
<v Speaker 1>I could like develop other things while also being with

0:33:27.360 --> 0:33:29.760
<v Speaker 1>the person I don't want to be with. Most I

0:33:29.800 --> 0:33:32.480
<v Speaker 1>don't know, that's all life happens. I think that we

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:34.880
<v Speaker 1>all want more time in life, right, we want more

0:33:34.920 --> 0:33:36.920
<v Speaker 1>time in order to break up with someone who's doing

0:33:36.960 --> 0:33:39.880
<v Speaker 1>we feel like we'll be more securable, have our lives together,

0:33:39.960 --> 0:33:42.120
<v Speaker 1>will feel stronger than we can break up. And in

0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:44.880
<v Speaker 1>the flip side, like you know, I'll have a I'll

0:33:44.880 --> 0:33:46.840
<v Speaker 1>have a better career, I'll be able to offer more.

0:33:46.920 --> 0:33:49.120
<v Speaker 1>So that's when I'll start dating somewhat. And I do

0:33:49.200 --> 0:33:50.720
<v Speaker 1>think that you're right. At a certain point, you have

0:33:50.760 --> 0:33:54.840
<v Speaker 1>to realize that you'll never be officially ready. But I

0:33:54.880 --> 0:33:57.720
<v Speaker 1>think that there's resistance for a reason, and and I

0:33:57.800 --> 0:34:01.160
<v Speaker 1>think that because but yeah, it's that you just put

0:34:01.240 --> 0:34:03.320
<v Speaker 1>the face up and you have to you got it.

0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:06.440
<v Speaker 1>You just got a leap Chelsea point. Since becoming this

0:34:06.560 --> 0:34:10.200
<v Speaker 1>breakup coach slash expert, how was that influence that affected

0:34:10.239 --> 0:34:14.000
<v Speaker 1>your breakups personally? Just out of curiosity? Yeah, so my

0:34:14.280 --> 0:34:18.560
<v Speaker 1>boyfriend wrote into my advice column under anymous under his

0:34:18.600 --> 0:34:22.759
<v Speaker 1>real name. No, I mean it was and if you

0:34:22.760 --> 0:34:24.480
<v Speaker 1>you know, they make up a name like it was

0:34:24.760 --> 0:34:28.440
<v Speaker 1>a phrase, so anonymous and then um, I certainly had

0:34:28.440 --> 0:34:30.960
<v Speaker 1>no intention of dating someone through it, I swear to God.

0:34:31.440 --> 0:34:34.719
<v Speaker 1>But you know, two months after we started dating, and

0:34:34.719 --> 0:34:38.680
<v Speaker 1>how did that affects uh me as a breakup coach

0:34:38.719 --> 0:34:40.960
<v Speaker 1>and doing it is is? You know, I did feel

0:34:41.000 --> 0:34:42.759
<v Speaker 1>like I was I was going to have to hold

0:34:42.800 --> 0:34:45.000
<v Speaker 1>my TOLF accountable. So if I knew at a certain

0:34:45.080 --> 0:34:47.560
<v Speaker 1>point that the relationship is going to have to end,

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:49.799
<v Speaker 1>and listen, I had never broken up with someone that

0:34:49.800 --> 0:34:52.400
<v Speaker 1>I was still in love with that I had information

0:34:52.480 --> 0:34:56.799
<v Speaker 1>that showed me the relationship couldn't progress, and I think

0:34:56.840 --> 0:34:58.360
<v Speaker 1>that like it just made it so I had to

0:34:58.360 --> 0:35:01.560
<v Speaker 1>be more decisive. And also on the flip side, is

0:35:01.640 --> 0:35:04.759
<v Speaker 1>like now he just kind of thinks like I could

0:35:04.760 --> 0:35:10.560
<v Speaker 1>just handle it all. I think that's I think that's

0:35:10.560 --> 0:35:18.080
<v Speaker 1>my eyes. Hold on, she's already, that's amazing to use

0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:24.160
<v Speaker 1>the phone in the kitchen. Mom on the phone, I've wait,

0:35:24.160 --> 0:35:26.359
<v Speaker 1>But Eddy, I actually had a question because I get

0:35:26.400 --> 0:35:31.640
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of people who email me and, um, message me,

0:35:31.800 --> 0:35:33.359
<v Speaker 1>how do you get overbreak up? How do you get

0:35:33.360 --> 0:35:35.439
<v Speaker 1>over breakup? And I don't you know, I keep saying

0:35:35.440 --> 0:35:39.160
<v Speaker 1>there's no real equation on getting over breakup and moving on.

0:35:39.280 --> 0:35:42.759
<v Speaker 1>We're all very different. But one of my methods is

0:35:42.800 --> 0:35:44.279
<v Speaker 1>and tell me if this is if I'm on the

0:35:44.360 --> 0:35:47.279
<v Speaker 1>right path. But I like to keep my distance from

0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:50.120
<v Speaker 1>the person that I dated. I'm not saying that I

0:35:50.160 --> 0:35:51.640
<v Speaker 1>don't want to be friends with them at the end,

0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:53.279
<v Speaker 1>but I need a couple of months in order to

0:35:53.320 --> 0:35:55.799
<v Speaker 1>process things and then I could be friends with them

0:35:56.080 --> 0:36:00.759
<v Speaker 1>and then maybe reorganizing my space that um, you know,

0:36:01.040 --> 0:36:02.879
<v Speaker 1>things that I have in front of me that may

0:36:02.920 --> 0:36:06.759
<v Speaker 1>remind me of the relationship or of the person that

0:36:06.840 --> 0:36:09.600
<v Speaker 1>I dated that can like take off to remove them painful,

0:36:09.640 --> 0:36:13.719
<v Speaker 1>painful memories, right, reorganizing my space, keeping my distance, and

0:36:13.760 --> 0:36:17.280
<v Speaker 1>then just like taking time to myself and not really

0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:20.040
<v Speaker 1>having a rebound after because some people are like, oh,

0:36:20.200 --> 0:36:22.600
<v Speaker 1>just day someone after and you'll you'll get over your

0:36:22.600 --> 0:36:24.759
<v Speaker 1>ex boyfriend. But then it's like, no, I'm just transferring

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:27.600
<v Speaker 1>whatever emotions I have onto the next person. And then

0:36:27.600 --> 0:36:30.279
<v Speaker 1>it's like it's just like a snowball effect. Yeah, no,

0:36:30.320 --> 0:36:32.520
<v Speaker 1>I could never with the last one less when I think.

0:36:32.560 --> 0:36:35.080
<v Speaker 1>But ultimately, when you do that, you're just reacting so

0:36:35.200 --> 0:36:38.760
<v Speaker 1>much to your ask, So everyone's just a reaction afterwards.

0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:40.880
<v Speaker 1>I think in terms of like changing your space in

0:36:40.920 --> 0:36:43.560
<v Speaker 1>the environment, I mean, yeah, it's something that you know,

0:36:43.680 --> 0:36:45.880
<v Speaker 1>for a certain type of personality really works for them.

0:36:45.920 --> 0:36:48.000
<v Speaker 1>You get new sheets, you can paint something differently, you

0:36:48.040 --> 0:36:50.359
<v Speaker 1>can take the pictures away. You know, I'm that nut

0:36:50.560 --> 0:36:53.280
<v Speaker 1>that still has photographs to my access through all the years.

0:36:53.280 --> 0:36:56.239
<v Speaker 1>I'm like the most nostalgic person. I don't really like

0:36:56.360 --> 0:36:59.239
<v Speaker 1>you know, I'm not someone that likes to block anyone. Um.

0:36:59.239 --> 0:37:01.360
<v Speaker 1>I like to kind of put myself to have to

0:37:01.360 --> 0:37:03.759
<v Speaker 1>force myself to see things, so it's not like just

0:37:03.760 --> 0:37:05.759
<v Speaker 1>putting a band aid over it. But I do think

0:37:05.760 --> 0:37:10.320
<v Speaker 1>everyone's different. So you know, some people have to step away.

0:37:10.160 --> 0:37:13.719
<v Speaker 1>They can't be privy to another person's world, right because

0:37:13.760 --> 0:37:15.680
<v Speaker 1>it hurts them too much. So I think at the

0:37:15.760 --> 0:37:18.680
<v Speaker 1>same time that like I don't know for me and

0:37:18.800 --> 0:37:22.120
<v Speaker 1>something that it's it's called the scenic route, the Phoenic

0:37:22.239 --> 0:37:25.520
<v Speaker 1>route back to love, but it's like, you know, just

0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:28.560
<v Speaker 1>slowing down the pace and like allowing yourself to see

0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:31.640
<v Speaker 1>that this person is still alive and feeling the hard feelings,

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:34.520
<v Speaker 1>but knowing that like it's going to create you know,

0:37:35.120 --> 0:37:39.960
<v Speaker 1>you're going to prevail, You're creating resilience from that um.

0:37:40.040 --> 0:37:43.400
<v Speaker 1>But again, everyone is different, and in my business is

0:37:43.440 --> 0:37:46.919
<v Speaker 1>about really trying to pinpoint a personality and not put

0:37:46.960 --> 0:37:49.799
<v Speaker 1>on what I do for myself onto them. I think

0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:52.000
<v Speaker 1>that part of the equation though, is like you know,

0:37:52.040 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 1>people company and they have these huge stories that they're

0:37:54.680 --> 0:37:57.760
<v Speaker 1>still attached to, and those are the things everyone feels

0:37:57.800 --> 0:38:00.560
<v Speaker 1>like the exception, so they go into the detail and

0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:02.960
<v Speaker 1>everyone's story is a bit different and they always want

0:38:02.960 --> 0:38:04.920
<v Speaker 1>to tell me how complicated is because of the story,

0:38:05.400 --> 0:38:06.799
<v Speaker 1>which for me and I think it's kind of like

0:38:06.880 --> 0:38:09.240
<v Speaker 1>the power of that of what I do is unable

0:38:09.280 --> 0:38:11.840
<v Speaker 1>to connect the dots really quickly and figure out what

0:38:11.880 --> 0:38:13.719
<v Speaker 1>they're not saying and just get to the heart of

0:38:13.760 --> 0:38:16.160
<v Speaker 1>it right. And sometimes I think that you need someone

0:38:16.200 --> 0:38:19.279
<v Speaker 1>in your corner that just snaps you away and says that, like,

0:38:19.719 --> 0:38:22.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, the story is a way of romanticizing and

0:38:22.560 --> 0:38:25.840
<v Speaker 1>keeping up and going down and down further. But sometimes

0:38:25.840 --> 0:38:28.000
<v Speaker 1>someone needs to come along and be like, Hey, this

0:38:28.080 --> 0:38:30.080
<v Speaker 1>is the through line, this is what this is about.

0:38:30.400 --> 0:38:32.480
<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about what this is about. Let's get the

0:38:32.560 --> 0:38:36.359
<v Speaker 1>lesson and just need to figure out why this relationship

0:38:36.440 --> 0:38:38.719
<v Speaker 1>is there for you and how to purpose. I think

0:38:38.719 --> 0:38:41.600
<v Speaker 1>if people feel like it wasn't meaningless and everything that

0:38:41.640 --> 0:38:45.120
<v Speaker 1>you're in has a purpose, that's what really helps extradite

0:38:45.200 --> 0:38:47.840
<v Speaker 1>the grieving process because you know that you could still

0:38:47.880 --> 0:38:51.960
<v Speaker 1>appreciate and be thankful again for your heartbreak. M Well,

0:38:52.239 --> 0:38:55.640
<v Speaker 1>that's that's helpful and insightful. Um Jelsea, Well, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for calling into the podcast. Before I let

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<v Speaker 1>you go, actually have one more quick question for you.

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<v Speaker 1>So this podcast has three co hosts, myself chaired in Vanessa. Um.

0:39:04.600 --> 0:39:07.160
<v Speaker 1>I noticed on Instagram you're only following two of those

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<v Speaker 1>co hosts a little left out? Am I not following? Dean?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna say who can tell you? Can? I

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<v Speaker 1>just tell you something I did recently. I had all

0:39:22.840 --> 0:39:26.080
<v Speaker 1>these hours myself. I started deleting everyone, and then I

0:39:26.080 --> 0:39:30.640
<v Speaker 1>guess everyone wanted Okay, I'm not looking very good. Excuse.

0:39:30.680 --> 0:39:32.359
<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying it's me that you're not following. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just saying it's okay, hey, als forgiven? All right? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>so for the listeners, to those who are looking to

0:39:40.880 --> 0:39:43.399
<v Speaker 1>save the relationships, save themselves, simply want to connect the dots,

0:39:43.440 --> 0:39:45.640
<v Speaker 1>gain perspective, thriving their single life, whatever it might be.

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea does offer phone coaching, email coaching, in person coaching

0:39:49.120 --> 0:39:50.600
<v Speaker 1>in New York City, so be sure to check out

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<v Speaker 1>her website breakup ward dot com. Like I said earlier,

0:39:53.440 --> 0:39:56.560
<v Speaker 1>she's a podcast host for called Thank You heart Breakward

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<v Speaker 1>Break break Upward, break Upward is it as also break

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<v Speaker 1>Break Award? I think it was like a ward in

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<v Speaker 1>a hospital, like oh my God podcast thank You for Correcting, Mark.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't imagine why you're not following them her podcast

0:40:10.080 --> 0:40:12.960
<v Speaker 1>Thank You Heartbreak. Follow her on Instagram. Maybe just not

0:40:13.120 --> 0:40:16.600
<v Speaker 1>me at Thank You Heartbreak and Her email is Chelsea

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<v Speaker 1>at break upward dot com. I like break Upward. I

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<v Speaker 1>guess Tomato Tomato, whoever it might be. Um, Chelsea, thank

0:40:22.560 --> 0:40:24.239
<v Speaker 1>you so much for calling in and letting some insight

0:40:24.280 --> 0:40:26.440
<v Speaker 1>and perspective for anyone that might be struggling with a

0:40:26.440 --> 0:40:29.040
<v Speaker 1>heartbreak or just single life in general. Is really, you know,

0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:35.480
<v Speaker 1>very very appreciative. Appreciate Hey, just following, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll have to think about it, all right, Chelsea, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much again, Thank you, Chelsey, bye bye. Well

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<v Speaker 1>that was wonderful, great, very sweet. And how about some

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<v Speaker 1>emails everybody? My favorite part of the episode every single

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<v Speaker 1>week that it is. We got a lot this week,

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<v Speaker 1>and thank you for that. And you can always send

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<v Speaker 1>your emails to I Suck at dating at i heeart

0:40:59.360 --> 0:41:03.320
<v Speaker 1>media dot com. Marissa. She's been with a boyfriend since November.

0:41:03.360 --> 0:41:05.880
<v Speaker 1>They moved in together recently. She knows it's pretty fast,

0:41:05.920 --> 0:41:08.279
<v Speaker 1>but this is the real deal. Everything's been great so far,

0:41:08.400 --> 0:41:11.080
<v Speaker 1>but three weeks ago he lost his job. He's been

0:41:11.080 --> 0:41:13.320
<v Speaker 1>trying to find a new job, but he's extremely embarrassed

0:41:13.360 --> 0:41:16.480
<v Speaker 1>that he is currently unemployed. When I started dating my boyfriend,

0:41:16.480 --> 0:41:18.640
<v Speaker 1>we were wrapped up in the romance and most things

0:41:18.680 --> 0:41:20.520
<v Speaker 1>just the two of us. And recently I decided I

0:41:20.560 --> 0:41:23.000
<v Speaker 1>wanted my boyfriend and my best friend to meet. But

0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:25.359
<v Speaker 1>he is so embarrassed because it was unemployment. He doesn't

0:41:25.400 --> 0:41:27.520
<v Speaker 1>want me to tell my friend that he lost his job.

0:41:28.080 --> 0:41:30.600
<v Speaker 1>It's so difficult because my friend thinks I'm avoiding her.

0:41:30.840 --> 0:41:32.799
<v Speaker 1>She knows I'm not telling her something, so I feel

0:41:32.840 --> 0:41:34.600
<v Speaker 1>caught in the middle. I don't want this to come

0:41:34.640 --> 0:41:36.400
<v Speaker 1>between our friendship, but I want to be loyal to

0:41:36.440 --> 0:41:39.879
<v Speaker 1>my boyfriend that they really see a future with him. Marissa,

0:41:42.200 --> 0:41:44.360
<v Speaker 1>I don't think he should be embarrassed about his unemployment

0:41:44.360 --> 0:41:47.040
<v Speaker 1>at all. I I introduced myself as unemployed all the time.

0:41:48.080 --> 0:41:50.399
<v Speaker 1>The first thing I thought it funny, actually funny story

0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:52.799
<v Speaker 1>kind of relating to this is I flew back from

0:41:52.840 --> 0:41:55.680
<v Speaker 1>New York yesterday and I sat next to a girl

0:41:55.680 --> 0:41:57.520
<v Speaker 1>on the airplane and like, obviously, like we start talking

0:41:57.520 --> 0:41:59.080
<v Speaker 1>and she's like, Oh, I own a couple Neil salons

0:41:59.080 --> 0:42:00.920
<v Speaker 1>down in Orange County, Blabba lah, what do you do.

0:42:00.960 --> 0:42:03.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, Oh, I'm unemployed. It's like it's nothing to

0:42:03.560 --> 0:42:05.920
<v Speaker 1>be embarrassed about by any means. I mean, obviously, like

0:42:05.960 --> 0:42:07.799
<v Speaker 1>you can't talk to tell the Marissa to just have

0:42:07.840 --> 0:42:09.480
<v Speaker 1>your boyfriend kind of own it, and then that's obviously

0:42:09.480 --> 0:42:12.920
<v Speaker 1>different for everyone, um, but it's there was a time

0:42:12.960 --> 0:42:14.799
<v Speaker 1>even in my life after college, I had a job

0:42:14.800 --> 0:42:17.520
<v Speaker 1>for about a year, quit that job to pursue different things,

0:42:17.560 --> 0:42:19.640
<v Speaker 1>and I was unemployed for maybe like two or three months,

0:42:19.640 --> 0:42:21.919
<v Speaker 1>and that was pretty stressful. It's hard to meet someone

0:42:21.960 --> 0:42:24.520
<v Speaker 1>and be new and like confident, and I don't know,

0:42:24.560 --> 0:42:26.200
<v Speaker 1>like when you don't have an income totally, it's hard

0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:28.560
<v Speaker 1>to be confident, I think. Also, but here's the thing,

0:42:28.600 --> 0:42:31.239
<v Speaker 1>MERSA your boyfriend is actively trying to find a new job.

0:42:31.239 --> 0:42:32.719
<v Speaker 1>It's not like you're sitting on the couch just giving

0:42:32.800 --> 0:42:35.040
<v Speaker 1>up on life. So I don't think you should be embarrassed.

0:42:35.120 --> 0:42:36.880
<v Speaker 1>Having said that, of course I can understand if he

0:42:36.880 --> 0:42:40.319
<v Speaker 1>has some insecurities about it, um, But hopefully if he

0:42:40.600 --> 0:42:43.360
<v Speaker 1>is listening to this podcast as well with you, Marissa,

0:42:43.400 --> 0:42:46.640
<v Speaker 1>that he should not be embarrassed at all, because you know,

0:42:46.760 --> 0:42:48.600
<v Speaker 1>that's just a part of life. Sometimes you lose your job,

0:42:48.600 --> 0:42:51.400
<v Speaker 1>but you're still actively working, and you're still actively working

0:42:51.440 --> 0:42:53.879
<v Speaker 1>on getting a new job, and that's the whole job

0:42:54.040 --> 0:42:56.279
<v Speaker 1>within itself. That's the full time job, trying to find

0:42:56.320 --> 0:42:58.280
<v Speaker 1>a job. So I think, Marissa, you're in the position

0:42:58.320 --> 0:43:01.080
<v Speaker 1>where you have the job right now to be very

0:43:01.120 --> 0:43:05.160
<v Speaker 1>supportive of him. But also I don't think it's necessarily

0:43:05.320 --> 0:43:08.160
<v Speaker 1>to devote any information to your best friend. But maybe

0:43:08.200 --> 0:43:11.120
<v Speaker 1>just let her understand that right now you really want

0:43:11.360 --> 0:43:14.600
<v Speaker 1>her to meet your boyfriend. It's just not the right time.

0:43:14.880 --> 0:43:17.080
<v Speaker 1>There might be more underlying issues here than maybe she's

0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:19.279
<v Speaker 1>using the unemployment as a crutch as to why she

0:43:19.320 --> 0:43:21.400
<v Speaker 1>really doesn't want to introduce her boyfriend to her best friend,

0:43:21.640 --> 0:43:24.200
<v Speaker 1>you know, because it sounds I'm just trying to gain

0:43:24.239 --> 0:43:26.600
<v Speaker 1>a different perspective here, because think about it, if your

0:43:26.640 --> 0:43:29.440
<v Speaker 1>best friend and your boyfriend haven't met yet, you're honest

0:43:29.440 --> 0:43:31.360
<v Speaker 1>and open with your best friend about everything, just like

0:43:31.400 --> 0:43:33.680
<v Speaker 1>you should be with your boyfriend. And I don't necessarily

0:43:33.680 --> 0:43:36.759
<v Speaker 1>see there being unemployment being an issue of not introducing

0:43:36.800 --> 0:43:39.879
<v Speaker 1>them a her boyfriend saying that yeah, her boyfriend saying

0:43:39.880 --> 0:43:42.160
<v Speaker 1>he doesn't want to know. I understand that absolutely, But

0:43:42.200 --> 0:43:45.759
<v Speaker 1>I also don't like you can twist it, and it's

0:43:45.760 --> 0:43:47.719
<v Speaker 1>not necessarily even spin it. But it's just like you

0:43:47.719 --> 0:43:49.920
<v Speaker 1>tell your best friend everything, you tell your boyfriend everything.

0:43:50.400 --> 0:43:53.160
<v Speaker 1>I don't see why you should limit the amount of

0:43:53.160 --> 0:43:55.799
<v Speaker 1>honesty that you're having with your best friend, because I mean,

0:43:55.800 --> 0:43:57.800
<v Speaker 1>it's appears from the email that she's choosing her boyfriend

0:43:57.840 --> 0:43:59.920
<v Speaker 1>over her. Stephen said, I want to be loyal to

0:43:59.920 --> 0:44:01.680
<v Speaker 1>my boyfriend. I just feel like I'm in the middle.

0:44:01.680 --> 0:44:03.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't want this to come between such a simple

0:44:03.520 --> 0:44:05.480
<v Speaker 1>spin just be like he's in between jobs right now,

0:44:05.520 --> 0:44:06.880
<v Speaker 1>and that's the end of the conversation. It's not likely

0:44:06.880 --> 0:44:08.640
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna have like a two hour sit down about oh,

0:44:08.640 --> 0:44:10.839
<v Speaker 1>I'm una employ it. And this is why I think

0:44:10.920 --> 0:44:14.320
<v Speaker 1>for her boyfriend's sake, he probably doesn't want her talking

0:44:14.480 --> 0:44:16.600
<v Speaker 1>like for the first time that he's meeting her, or

0:44:16.600 --> 0:44:19.200
<v Speaker 1>even like talking about his personal issues. I want to want,

0:44:19.200 --> 0:44:21.759
<v Speaker 1>like someone who's never met me, their first impression to

0:44:21.840 --> 0:44:23.680
<v Speaker 1>me to be like, oh, you know, like they're struggling

0:44:23.680 --> 0:44:27.040
<v Speaker 1>with something. So I understand where her boyfriend is coming from.

0:44:27.080 --> 0:44:30.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm love and Dean in the spin cycle fully understand that.

0:44:30.600 --> 0:44:32.799
<v Speaker 1>But it's just such such a simple fix of just

0:44:32.880 --> 0:44:35.759
<v Speaker 1>saying he's in between jobs right now, his last role

0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:37.719
<v Speaker 1>didn't work out. It's simple onto the next thing. He'll

0:44:37.719 --> 0:44:39.680
<v Speaker 1>figure it out. He'll be unemployed for maybe not two months,

0:44:39.680 --> 0:44:41.279
<v Speaker 1>two weeks. Don't even say that part, like that part

0:44:41.320 --> 0:44:43.600
<v Speaker 1>is not even necessary. He's just like he's comfortable with

0:44:43.640 --> 0:44:46.080
<v Speaker 1>her saying that. I understand that it's more of an

0:44:46.080 --> 0:44:47.759
<v Speaker 1>issue with the boyfriend than it is with her or

0:44:47.760 --> 0:44:49.319
<v Speaker 1>anything like that. And it's not even really an issue.

0:44:49.360 --> 0:44:51.200
<v Speaker 1>It's just a confidence thing. That's just my take on it.

0:44:51.200 --> 0:44:54.319
<v Speaker 1>It's like it's such a small, minor thing and such

0:44:54.320 --> 0:44:56.840
<v Speaker 1>a temporary thing that it should be a non issue.

0:44:57.080 --> 0:44:59.160
<v Speaker 1>That's the big thing. I was down for eight months

0:44:59.160 --> 0:45:03.720
<v Speaker 1>when I was about twenty three. It's every day it sucks.

0:45:03.880 --> 0:45:06.239
<v Speaker 1>And I refused to collect unemployment because I felt like

0:45:06.280 --> 0:45:07.919
<v Speaker 1>that was beneath me and to my dad. Gotta hold

0:45:07.920 --> 0:45:10.000
<v Speaker 1>me and said, look is your money. They've been taking

0:45:10.040 --> 0:45:12.200
<v Speaker 1>it out of your patriot every years. You'll get it.

0:45:12.239 --> 0:45:14.600
<v Speaker 1>So I did. But it's really a rough deal. And

0:45:14.600 --> 0:45:16.319
<v Speaker 1>so I kind of see where he's coming from. But

0:45:16.480 --> 0:45:18.080
<v Speaker 1>I think she's stuck in a tough I think I

0:45:18.080 --> 0:45:20.000
<v Speaker 1>think for him, there is so much more to gain

0:45:20.040 --> 0:45:21.920
<v Speaker 1>than just owning up to it, being confident and not

0:45:22.000 --> 0:45:25.560
<v Speaker 1>even like telling everyone, but just like being willing to

0:45:25.880 --> 0:45:29.920
<v Speaker 1>the best friend and when no, no, when you're not

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:33.399
<v Speaker 1>in the right mental head, space to be yourself. If

0:45:33.400 --> 0:45:36.799
<v Speaker 1>you're meeting someone who is still significant to your significant other,

0:45:37.200 --> 0:45:39.200
<v Speaker 1>do you want to be that person that you want

0:45:39.200 --> 0:45:41.839
<v Speaker 1>to come off as like the person that you are not,

0:45:42.040 --> 0:45:44.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, like be introverted and be the person that

0:45:44.640 --> 0:45:47.440
<v Speaker 1>you're like your your career and your job doesn't define

0:45:47.480 --> 0:45:49.239
<v Speaker 1>who you are. And I would also say that, like,

0:45:49.320 --> 0:45:51.520
<v Speaker 1>it's not adopting. It could be anything. It could be

0:45:51.560 --> 0:45:56.080
<v Speaker 1>like if someone's unhappy with the way I don't know anything.

0:45:56.160 --> 0:45:57.960
<v Speaker 1>It certainly could be anything. But in this instance, it's

0:45:58.000 --> 0:45:59.560
<v Speaker 1>not anything. It's the one thing. It's the job. It

0:45:59.600 --> 0:46:01.560
<v Speaker 1>would also to say that if significant other came up

0:46:01.560 --> 0:46:03.000
<v Speaker 1>to me and said, I really want to meet your friend.

0:46:03.000 --> 0:46:05.040
<v Speaker 1>I know you're feeling insecure right now, I would be like,

0:46:05.120 --> 0:46:06.920
<v Speaker 1>I need to rise to the occasion to be confident

0:46:07.000 --> 0:46:08.480
<v Speaker 1>enough to meet your best friend because this is very

0:46:08.480 --> 0:46:17.080
<v Speaker 1>important to you. Obviously, my drop's friends with benefits. This

0:46:17.160 --> 0:46:20.560
<v Speaker 1>is an anonymous I'm currently taking a class in summer

0:46:20.560 --> 0:46:22.880
<v Speaker 1>school in college, and on the first day, during a presentation,

0:46:22.920 --> 0:46:25.120
<v Speaker 1>this cute guy sat real close next to me and

0:46:25.160 --> 0:46:27.880
<v Speaker 1>asked which artwork was mine. Next class, he moved over

0:46:27.880 --> 0:46:29.600
<v Speaker 1>to the computer next to mine. I didn't give him

0:46:29.600 --> 0:46:31.480
<v Speaker 1>attention because I got the vibe that he's a player.

0:46:34.280 --> 0:46:36.759
<v Speaker 1>Well a little late now he wanted to be friends

0:46:36.800 --> 0:46:39.160
<v Speaker 1>with benefits. At first I wasn't keen, but I have

0:46:39.160 --> 0:46:41.399
<v Speaker 1>a little experience with f w BE and figured why

0:46:41.400 --> 0:46:43.680
<v Speaker 1>not have a summer fling. So far, we've hooked up

0:46:43.680 --> 0:46:47.279
<v Speaker 1>twice during class breaks, but now he's being weird, even

0:46:47.280 --> 0:46:49.759
<v Speaker 1>though I'm not really being needy at all. I can't

0:46:49.760 --> 0:46:51.600
<v Speaker 1>help but think that if I'd have made him work

0:46:51.680 --> 0:46:54.359
<v Speaker 1>for it, he would have kept chasing me. He went

0:46:54.400 --> 0:46:56.560
<v Speaker 1>from texting me all day constantly and giving me so

0:46:56.640 --> 0:46:59.640
<v Speaker 1>much attention to now he's nonchalant and distant. I'm wondering

0:46:59.680 --> 0:47:01.959
<v Speaker 1>why eyes are always like this after sex. I don't

0:47:01.960 --> 0:47:03.520
<v Speaker 1>know what to do. I don't like the vibes that

0:47:03.600 --> 0:47:05.480
<v Speaker 1>get from him. Would it be wrong of me to

0:47:05.600 --> 0:47:08.240
<v Speaker 1>enjoy a casual summer flaying? Would love to hear your thoughts,

0:47:08.239 --> 0:47:10.759
<v Speaker 1>of course. Well, my first thing is if it's a

0:47:10.840 --> 0:47:14.759
<v Speaker 1>casual summer summer flaying, then don't get too emotionally involved.

0:47:14.760 --> 0:47:16.640
<v Speaker 1>I think you're getting a little bit ahead of yourself

0:47:16.719 --> 0:47:21.000
<v Speaker 1>right here. I think that whether or not if a

0:47:21.040 --> 0:47:24.040
<v Speaker 1>guy really and guys chime in here, if a guy

0:47:24.160 --> 0:47:29.000
<v Speaker 1>is really into you, whether you you know, have sexual

0:47:29.080 --> 0:47:31.200
<v Speaker 1>encounter with them at the very beginning or if you

0:47:31.239 --> 0:47:33.040
<v Speaker 1>make them wait a couple of months, if he's really

0:47:33.080 --> 0:47:37.359
<v Speaker 1>into you, he's going to stick around. Yeah, of course, right,

0:47:37.640 --> 0:47:40.160
<v Speaker 1>So I think in this case, he just wanted if

0:47:40.160 --> 0:47:42.279
<v Speaker 1>he If you got the I always say this like,

0:47:42.320 --> 0:47:46.319
<v Speaker 1>your gut is your biggest indicator, and always listen to it.

0:47:46.840 --> 0:47:49.120
<v Speaker 1>So if you got the vibe that he was a player,

0:47:49.360 --> 0:47:52.239
<v Speaker 1>then you knew from the beginning that that's what you

0:47:52.280 --> 0:47:53.880
<v Speaker 1>were getting. Well, and here's the thing with her is

0:47:53.880 --> 0:47:55.960
<v Speaker 1>she gave him exactly what he was looking for, and

0:47:56.000 --> 0:47:57.840
<v Speaker 1>then once he got that, he was no longer interested.

0:47:58.280 --> 0:47:59.640
<v Speaker 1>It's just one of those things where it's a guy

0:47:59.680 --> 0:48:01.560
<v Speaker 1>that likes the chase, and once he gets what he wants,

0:48:01.560 --> 0:48:03.959
<v Speaker 1>then he moves on to the next thing. He's a player.

0:48:04.040 --> 0:48:05.400
<v Speaker 1>That's kind of the vibe you got from That's what

0:48:05.440 --> 0:48:06.840
<v Speaker 1>he is. And he even staid of the beginning he

0:48:06.880 --> 0:48:09.200
<v Speaker 1>wanted to be friends with benefits. He wasn't lying at all,

0:48:09.360 --> 0:48:11.719
<v Speaker 1>Like he was very honest from the get go. Respect

0:48:11.719 --> 0:48:14.960
<v Speaker 1>that respect, and she needs to see it as such

0:48:15.239 --> 0:48:17.760
<v Speaker 1>and not really worri if he's being weird who cares exactly,

0:48:17.760 --> 0:48:20.000
<v Speaker 1>And there is nothing wrong with that as long as

0:48:20.040 --> 0:48:21.560
<v Speaker 1>you guys are botho the same page and you're like, hey,

0:48:21.600 --> 0:48:24.080
<v Speaker 1>let's do this. The thing is what's reluctant from the

0:48:24.080 --> 0:48:28.680
<v Speaker 1>beginning to have friends with benefits type of relationship and

0:48:28.800 --> 0:48:31.480
<v Speaker 1>and so like when you're going into something back casual,

0:48:31.640 --> 0:48:34.000
<v Speaker 1>and if you're like reluctant about it, then you are

0:48:34.040 --> 0:48:36.440
<v Speaker 1>going to somehow not catch feelings. But you're not going

0:48:36.480 --> 0:48:38.120
<v Speaker 1>to be able to just walk away from it being

0:48:38.160 --> 0:48:40.400
<v Speaker 1>like I did it, no big deal, you know, right,

0:48:40.440 --> 0:48:43.320
<v Speaker 1>Friends with benefits typically ends in one friend getting feelings

0:48:43.360 --> 0:48:45.200
<v Speaker 1>and attached in the other one maybe not so much.

0:48:45.239 --> 0:48:47.200
<v Speaker 1>I agree. So if you start developing feelings and you

0:48:47.239 --> 0:48:49.239
<v Speaker 1>need to be open about that, I think that would

0:48:49.280 --> 0:48:51.200
<v Speaker 1>be my advice for anybody with friends with benefits that

0:48:51.280 --> 0:48:53.120
<v Speaker 1>if you guys are hooking up, but one person is

0:48:53.120 --> 0:48:55.360
<v Speaker 1>starting to catch feelings and you're the person catching feelings,

0:48:55.640 --> 0:48:57.880
<v Speaker 1>you have to say something. Well, here's the thing, Anonymous,

0:48:57.880 --> 0:48:59.480
<v Speaker 1>I bet you that if you stopped giving him the

0:48:59.480 --> 0:49:02.319
<v Speaker 1>attention that you've been giving him, he'll probably come running back.

0:49:02.360 --> 0:49:04.360
<v Speaker 1>I would agree, So maybe that's what you should do.

0:49:04.480 --> 0:49:05.640
<v Speaker 1>Is just kind of treat it like you were in

0:49:05.680 --> 0:49:08.960
<v Speaker 1>the beginning and just kind of take it for what

0:49:09.000 --> 0:49:10.880
<v Speaker 1>it is. And I think Dean's right on both accounts,

0:49:10.880 --> 0:49:13.200
<v Speaker 1>because one who probably come chasing back into it's probably

0:49:13.239 --> 0:49:15.480
<v Speaker 1>gonna help you stop from gaining any feelings if you

0:49:15.520 --> 0:49:18.200
<v Speaker 1>cut them off. For anyone in this situation, Vanessa, have

0:49:18.239 --> 0:49:21.680
<v Speaker 1>you ever been in a friends with benefits situation? See,

0:49:21.719 --> 0:49:23.520
<v Speaker 1>that's the thing. I wouldn't even know. Like I'm trying

0:49:23.560 --> 0:49:25.759
<v Speaker 1>to give anonymous advice, but I'm like, I could never.

0:49:25.800 --> 0:49:27.319
<v Speaker 1>I know I could. I can't do it. You would

0:49:27.360 --> 0:49:29.160
<v Speaker 1>fall for the person. Yeah, I'd be like, oh, let's

0:49:29.160 --> 0:49:31.800
<v Speaker 1>getting married tomorrow. I've been in friends with benefits situation?

0:49:31.880 --> 0:49:34.279
<v Speaker 1>And did you catch feelings or did she? I did

0:49:34.280 --> 0:49:37.359
<v Speaker 1>not catch feelings now and she did. I'm not gonna

0:49:37.360 --> 0:49:39.360
<v Speaker 1>speak on anyone else's, Okay, I'll just say why did

0:49:39.239 --> 0:49:42.239
<v Speaker 1>it end? I did not catch because I wanted it?

0:49:42.560 --> 0:49:46.120
<v Speaker 1>Ok you can speak for them, but we don't know.

0:49:47.000 --> 0:49:49.719
<v Speaker 1>That's fair. That's fair, alright, Dared were you ever in

0:49:49.760 --> 0:49:53.239
<v Speaker 1>this situation? Not like I mean, I wouldn't say I

0:49:53.280 --> 0:49:55.680
<v Speaker 1>had a friend with benefits, but yeah, there's been like

0:49:55.800 --> 0:49:58.960
<v Speaker 1>somebody that has been around more than once and my

0:49:59.360 --> 0:50:02.400
<v Speaker 1>long path, my past long ago, and that just fizzled

0:50:02.440 --> 0:50:08.080
<v Speaker 1>out or did one of you. And it's a tricky

0:50:08.160 --> 0:50:10.279
<v Speaker 1>thing to even talk about exactly because you're just you know,

0:50:10.320 --> 0:50:13.160
<v Speaker 1>it is a mutual ending obviously, but you know, I

0:50:13.200 --> 0:50:16.839
<v Speaker 1>think one person maybe initiates the conversation before somebody else does.

0:50:16.920 --> 0:50:18.880
<v Speaker 1>I have maybe you have an issue, not an issue,

0:50:18.880 --> 0:50:22.200
<v Speaker 1>but I struggle with friends with benefits situation solely because

0:50:22.320 --> 0:50:24.640
<v Speaker 1>just generally speaking to whether it's my guy friends, my

0:50:24.760 --> 0:50:26.799
<v Speaker 1>friends who are girls, I'm a very affectionate and like

0:50:26.840 --> 0:50:30.680
<v Speaker 1>loving person, and so when a benefits situation gets involved,

0:50:30.680 --> 0:50:34.279
<v Speaker 1>then my affection and kindness kind of get taken as

0:50:34.920 --> 0:50:38.760
<v Speaker 1>like action and like relationships type stuff. But the reality,

0:50:38.760 --> 0:50:39.920
<v Speaker 1>it's just like that's just who I am as a

0:50:39.920 --> 0:50:42.480
<v Speaker 1>friend in general. To whoever it is exactly like Dean,

0:50:42.560 --> 0:50:44.399
<v Speaker 1>You're very touchy, feel like even though be times where

0:50:44.400 --> 0:50:46.800
<v Speaker 1>Dean's like, yeah, Dean will like just hold like grab

0:50:46.880 --> 0:50:49.160
<v Speaker 1>my hand or like put his arm around me. I'm like,

0:50:49.200 --> 0:50:51.879
<v Speaker 1>you're just like a big teddy bear, aren't you. It's

0:50:51.880 --> 0:50:54.240
<v Speaker 1>a man. I love it, and it can be misconstrued sometimes,

0:50:54.680 --> 0:50:56.640
<v Speaker 1>and again like that's entirely to my own fault. Like,

0:50:56.640 --> 0:50:58.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't think I should be doing that to someone

0:50:58.640 --> 0:51:01.240
<v Speaker 1>that's in a friends with benefit situation, because then feelings

0:51:01.320 --> 0:51:04.359
<v Speaker 1>come about, and it's just it's not necessarily an ugly thing,

0:51:04.360 --> 0:51:08.600
<v Speaker 1>but maybe isn't the prettiest thing, So that's yeah, all right,

0:51:08.640 --> 0:51:10.560
<v Speaker 1>this is an interesting one. There's another anonymous one. I

0:51:10.640 --> 0:51:12.160
<v Speaker 1>met this guy to bar. We really hit it off.

0:51:12.280 --> 0:51:14.120
<v Speaker 1>We went on a first date. It was great until

0:51:14.120 --> 0:51:16.359
<v Speaker 1>he walked me into my car. Never put his arm

0:51:16.400 --> 0:51:18.720
<v Speaker 1>around me, hold hands, anything like that, but out of nowhere,

0:51:18.719 --> 0:51:21.080
<v Speaker 1>he tried to kiss me. I was awkward, and then

0:51:21.080 --> 0:51:22.640
<v Speaker 1>I thought I messed it up, even though the date

0:51:22.680 --> 0:51:25.440
<v Speaker 1>was really great until then. Then the next day he

0:51:25.520 --> 0:51:27.359
<v Speaker 1>asked me when I thought I was going to sleep

0:51:27.400 --> 0:51:31.000
<v Speaker 1>with him. I said, I'm not even sure I want

0:51:31.040 --> 0:51:33.480
<v Speaker 1>to do that yet. He freaked out and said this

0:51:33.560 --> 0:51:35.560
<v Speaker 1>is weird. He said all of his friends sleep with

0:51:35.560 --> 0:51:37.239
<v Speaker 1>people after the first or second date, and then he

0:51:37.280 --> 0:51:40.160
<v Speaker 1>didn't think we were going to work out exactly. I

0:51:40.200 --> 0:51:43.120
<v Speaker 1>was just wrong for thinking this way. Then the next

0:51:43.200 --> 0:51:45.080
<v Speaker 1>day sent me along apology and said he was out

0:51:45.080 --> 0:51:46.880
<v Speaker 1>of line and he hadn't had sex for a while.

0:51:46.960 --> 0:51:49.040
<v Speaker 1>I thanked him for the apology, but I thought that's it.

0:51:49.120 --> 0:51:51.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm done with this guy. Well, it's been two weeks ago,

0:51:51.200 --> 0:51:53.480
<v Speaker 1>and since then he's texted me every single day, multiple

0:51:53.520 --> 0:51:55.960
<v Speaker 1>times a day. He insists he wants to be friends.

0:51:56.280 --> 0:51:59.680
<v Speaker 1>I've considered ghosting him because I'm getting overwhelmed. The other

0:51:59.760 --> 0:52:01.600
<v Speaker 1>day he made a weird comment saying I need to

0:52:01.600 --> 0:52:03.560
<v Speaker 1>wear something sexy the next time he sees me to

0:52:03.600 --> 0:52:06.600
<v Speaker 1>show him what he's missing. What the hell is going

0:52:06.680 --> 0:52:10.200
<v Speaker 1>on here? Is he just lonely? He just sucks? Poor guy.

0:52:11.400 --> 0:52:13.280
<v Speaker 1>He just has no idea how to talk to women.

0:52:13.400 --> 0:52:16.880
<v Speaker 1>He probably hasn't uh, he probably hasn't been laid in

0:52:16.920 --> 0:52:19.799
<v Speaker 1>a while. So it's just like building up exactly. It's

0:52:19.840 --> 0:52:21.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, sexual frustration is a very real thing. It

0:52:21.920 --> 0:52:25.040
<v Speaker 1>sounds like he struggles with maintaining a certain level of

0:52:25.040 --> 0:52:27.200
<v Speaker 1>respect for someone too. I feel like like you don't

0:52:27.239 --> 0:52:29.759
<v Speaker 1>just try, and you don't come outwardly to someone after

0:52:29.760 --> 0:52:32.160
<v Speaker 1>a date or too, like what are we having sex? Yeah? Exactly.

0:52:32.239 --> 0:52:33.400
<v Speaker 1>And then the thing at the end too, when he

0:52:33.440 --> 0:52:35.239
<v Speaker 1>said I think you should wear something sexy next time

0:52:35.360 --> 0:52:36.640
<v Speaker 1>we see each other so you can show me what

0:52:36.680 --> 0:52:40.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm missing. That's just a disrespectful thing to say. I

0:52:40.400 --> 0:52:42.759
<v Speaker 1>don't know if I'm like, I look, the whole ghosting thing.

0:52:42.800 --> 0:52:44.840
<v Speaker 1>I hated when people do it to me, so I

0:52:44.880 --> 0:52:46.880
<v Speaker 1>wouldn't want to do it to someone else, even if

0:52:46.880 --> 0:52:49.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm really not into that person, even if they're disrespectful.

0:52:49.800 --> 0:52:51.560
<v Speaker 1>I want to let them know why I want to

0:52:51.640 --> 0:52:54.800
<v Speaker 1>end a communication, So I wouldn't necessarily say ghost to person,

0:52:54.920 --> 0:52:59.160
<v Speaker 1>just maybe let them let him for her understand why, um,

0:52:59.640 --> 0:53:02.520
<v Speaker 1>you don't want to pursue this anymore, because really, why

0:53:02.520 --> 0:53:03.960
<v Speaker 1>do you need this guy in your life? I don't

0:53:03.960 --> 0:53:06.200
<v Speaker 1>see any upside there. I don't see any upside either,

0:53:06.239 --> 0:53:08.560
<v Speaker 1>And I think while I don't back up ghosting, maybe

0:53:08.600 --> 0:53:11.880
<v Speaker 1>sometimes it is useful hate it. I've done it, maybe

0:53:11.880 --> 0:53:13.400
<v Speaker 1>not so much of my recent life. I just can't

0:53:13.400 --> 0:53:15.760
<v Speaker 1>fathom what it must take for like to put myself

0:53:15.800 --> 0:53:17.239
<v Speaker 1>in those shoes, because I often try to do that

0:53:17.239 --> 0:53:20.400
<v Speaker 1>with especially these emails. Is just asking a girl blatantly

0:53:20.520 --> 0:53:22.319
<v Speaker 1>out right, so when are we having sex? I mean,

0:53:22.360 --> 0:53:23.799
<v Speaker 1>it just sounds like a guy who has no idea

0:53:23.840 --> 0:53:26.480
<v Speaker 1>what he's doing, right, and he's like, well, this is

0:53:26.560 --> 0:53:28.520
<v Speaker 1>you know, I just this is what guys say, right,

0:53:28.600 --> 0:53:31.240
<v Speaker 1>Like I sound cool and he's I bet he's trying

0:53:31.239 --> 0:53:34.840
<v Speaker 1>to sound suave when he's like, show me when I'm missing,

0:53:35.120 --> 0:53:37.880
<v Speaker 1>even though it just comes off so creepy and weird.

0:53:38.120 --> 0:53:40.000
<v Speaker 1>And that's fine. If you've been dating for a while,

0:53:40.040 --> 0:53:41.960
<v Speaker 1>it's like, oh, send me some like you know, like

0:53:45.200 --> 0:53:50.759
<v Speaker 1>you haven't even No. I agree, he's just he's coming

0:53:50.800 --> 0:53:54.080
<v Speaker 1>off way too strong. Another anonymous I recently went on

0:53:54.160 --> 0:53:56.439
<v Speaker 1>vacation with friends and met a group of guys during

0:53:56.440 --> 0:53:58.360
<v Speaker 1>a night out. One of the guys started talking to me.

0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:01.320
<v Speaker 1>We spent hours together, We had great conversation, and we kissed.

0:54:02.160 --> 0:54:04.040
<v Speaker 1>We ended up seeing each other the next night as well,

0:54:04.080 --> 0:54:06.440
<v Speaker 1>and then he sent me the sweetest text before my

0:54:06.480 --> 0:54:08.600
<v Speaker 1>flight home, and here it is. I hope you have

0:54:08.600 --> 0:54:10.520
<v Speaker 1>a safe trip back. I just want you to know

0:54:10.920 --> 0:54:12.919
<v Speaker 1>you were by far my favorite part of this trip.

0:54:13.640 --> 0:54:16.000
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to kiss the most beautiful girl in Miami,

0:54:16.120 --> 0:54:19.399
<v Speaker 1>and thanks to you, I did. I won't forget you,

0:54:19.560 --> 0:54:22.480
<v Speaker 1>so don't forget me. Thank you for the wonderful time.

0:54:23.440 --> 0:54:25.640
<v Speaker 1>I told him if he's ever in my state, let

0:54:25.680 --> 0:54:27.480
<v Speaker 1>me know. He said, Hey, I looked up the distance.

0:54:27.600 --> 0:54:30.959
<v Speaker 1>It's only three hours away, so definitely doable. I said,

0:54:30.960 --> 0:54:33.920
<v Speaker 1>three hours is nothing. I have not heard from him

0:54:33.960 --> 0:54:36.359
<v Speaker 1>since he was such a great guy. If i'll such

0:54:36.360 --> 0:54:38.399
<v Speaker 1>a connection to him, he can be the nicest man ever.

0:54:38.480 --> 0:54:40.760
<v Speaker 1>But why not talk to me again? Why bother sending

0:54:40.760 --> 0:54:43.640
<v Speaker 1>those sweet texts? Any inside on what's going on in

0:54:43.760 --> 0:54:45.880
<v Speaker 1>his head or any advice on what I should do.

0:54:46.000 --> 0:54:47.279
<v Speaker 1>I think the first thing you need to do is

0:54:47.280 --> 0:54:50.080
<v Speaker 1>just acknowledge the fact that this was a vacation hook up, exactly,

0:54:50.480 --> 0:54:52.920
<v Speaker 1>I think, So don't overthink it. He was so good,

0:54:52.960 --> 0:54:55.480
<v Speaker 1>he was so sweet, he was so nice. Just have

0:54:55.680 --> 0:54:58.880
<v Speaker 1>that memory. And then it was proving it was perfect. Exactly,

0:54:59.080 --> 0:55:01.080
<v Speaker 1>run it. It's perfect. That's I mean, that's a long

0:55:01.120 --> 0:55:02.520
<v Speaker 1>and short of it. I think like it was a

0:55:02.600 --> 0:55:04.839
<v Speaker 1>vacation hook up. The only question I'd have would be

0:55:04.880 --> 0:55:07.439
<v Speaker 1>how recently was this vacation? Was it like two days

0:55:07.480 --> 0:55:10.960
<v Speaker 1>ago or was it like six months recently? I know

0:55:11.040 --> 0:55:13.040
<v Speaker 1>that's all so I don't know what recently is to

0:55:13.120 --> 0:55:18.040
<v Speaker 1>her Vanessa. Yeah, I mean that's why I don't have flings,

0:55:18.120 --> 0:55:21.799
<v Speaker 1>because I wouldn't know what to do with this. But yeah,

0:55:21.880 --> 0:55:24.120
<v Speaker 1>I guess, like the guy said, it's a vacation hook up,

0:55:24.200 --> 0:55:27.040
<v Speaker 1>so yeah, what it is. And plus he doesn't live

0:55:27.080 --> 0:55:29.960
<v Speaker 1>in your area, so and he was so nice with

0:55:30.080 --> 0:55:32.319
<v Speaker 1>that text, just like be like, you know what, that

0:55:32.440 --> 0:55:35.799
<v Speaker 1>was a good one. And when guys send these two

0:55:35.840 --> 0:55:39.120
<v Speaker 1>text messages after like a fun weekend, after a fun date,

0:55:39.400 --> 0:55:41.400
<v Speaker 1>it kind of plays around with the girl's head or

0:55:41.440 --> 0:55:43.480
<v Speaker 1>the guy's head whatever. So what you're saying, don't send

0:55:43.480 --> 0:55:46.359
<v Speaker 1>those messages. What I'm saying maybe just like I don't know,

0:55:46.640 --> 0:55:48.920
<v Speaker 1>there's no there's no right or wrong. He shouldn't have

0:55:48.960 --> 0:55:50.799
<v Speaker 1>been He should't have said like, oh, I looked up

0:55:50.840 --> 0:55:53.279
<v Speaker 1>the distance is only three hours away, so I would

0:55:53.320 --> 0:55:55.440
<v Speaker 1>have been like, oh, yeah, maybe we can do long distance.

0:55:55.520 --> 0:55:57.080
<v Speaker 1>I guess that would be the only one would be

0:55:57.080 --> 0:55:59.480
<v Speaker 1>the three hours. You probably shouldn't have said that bit misleading.

0:55:59.520 --> 0:56:01.200
<v Speaker 1>But again it's just like, you know, maybe he was

0:56:01.239 --> 0:56:03.480
<v Speaker 1>still fresh off the emotions as well, still like feeling it,

0:56:03.520 --> 0:56:05.240
<v Speaker 1>and he was like, oh well, let's continue to flirt.

0:56:05.280 --> 0:56:08.040
<v Speaker 1>And now he's like, maybe not anymore. It's not real life.

0:56:08.080 --> 0:56:11.080
<v Speaker 1>You get back to your regular routine and vacation fades

0:56:11.120 --> 0:56:13.680
<v Speaker 1>from memory. I also like, and that's true even in

0:56:13.760 --> 0:56:15.920
<v Speaker 1>my world with a wife and kids, we go on vacation,

0:56:15.960 --> 0:56:18.720
<v Speaker 1>we're like, this is the greatest, We should live here forever,

0:56:18.840 --> 0:56:21.319
<v Speaker 1>and no, this isn't real life. There's no job here,

0:56:21.320 --> 0:56:23.960
<v Speaker 1>we have nothing to do, with no responsibilities, all day

0:56:24.000 --> 0:56:26.359
<v Speaker 1>looking for fun and finding it. So how many times

0:56:26.400 --> 0:56:28.200
<v Speaker 1>you've met somebody on a vacation would be a friend

0:56:28.280 --> 0:56:30.360
<v Speaker 1>or like somebody or mother than a friend being like, oh,

0:56:30.400 --> 0:56:32.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna come visit you like, oh you live here

0:56:32.320 --> 0:56:33.680
<v Speaker 1>a baul, I'm gonna be there all the time, blah

0:56:33.680 --> 0:56:35.000
<v Speaker 1>blah blah. And then you get back home in a

0:56:35.040 --> 0:56:37.960
<v Speaker 1>week later you're like, I'm never going there. What was

0:56:38.000 --> 0:56:39.879
<v Speaker 1>I thinking? Why did I even say that? Because you're

0:56:39.880 --> 0:56:43.279
<v Speaker 1>never Yeah, you don't have the responsibilities of everyday life, etcetera, etcetera. Um,

0:56:43.280 --> 0:56:45.080
<v Speaker 1>I will say, I'm like on a permit vacation because

0:56:45.080 --> 0:56:48.640
<v Speaker 1>I get to spend every Tuesday with you guys. God,

0:56:48.719 --> 0:56:55.279
<v Speaker 1>this guy, he's so sweet. I'm kidding. Um yeah, not

0:56:56.080 --> 0:56:59.200
<v Speaker 1>for me. Think we could wrap it up. We could say,

0:56:59.280 --> 0:57:00.680
<v Speaker 1>how about this one? Up? Up with this one? I

0:57:00.719 --> 0:57:03.000
<v Speaker 1>love the anonymous, so many anonymous They're so great. I'm

0:57:03.040 --> 0:57:05.120
<v Speaker 1>glad they're anonymous. You know, don't put names out there.

0:57:05.160 --> 0:57:07.799
<v Speaker 1>This is a very common situation. My best friends been

0:57:07.840 --> 0:57:09.239
<v Speaker 1>dating a guy for a while and none of us

0:57:09.360 --> 0:57:11.839
<v Speaker 1>like him. He's very possessive doesn't trust her, even though

0:57:11.840 --> 0:57:13.759
<v Speaker 1>she's done nothing to make him act like that. They

0:57:13.800 --> 0:57:15.360
<v Speaker 1>fight all the time in front of everyone. It just

0:57:15.360 --> 0:57:17.880
<v Speaker 1>seems like an unhealthy relationship. She's told me more than

0:57:17.920 --> 0:57:19.600
<v Speaker 1>once that she isn't sure about him. She wants to

0:57:19.640 --> 0:57:21.480
<v Speaker 1>be in a healthy relationship with a guy. The treats

0:57:21.480 --> 0:57:23.560
<v Speaker 1>are better, but I don't think she's willing to end

0:57:23.560 --> 0:57:25.400
<v Speaker 1>this thing. It seems she would rather be with this

0:57:25.480 --> 0:57:28.200
<v Speaker 1>guy than be alone. Our whole friend group is either

0:57:28.280 --> 0:57:31.120
<v Speaker 1>engaged or married. Do I just let it play out

0:57:31.240 --> 0:57:33.000
<v Speaker 1>and let her figure it out herself, or do I

0:57:33.040 --> 0:57:35.920
<v Speaker 1>intervene more and her to talk her into ending things?

0:57:36.160 --> 0:57:39.560
<v Speaker 1>Help my friend sucks at dating. I don't think you

0:57:39.560 --> 0:57:41.600
<v Speaker 1>should talk her into ending things. I think you could

0:57:41.640 --> 0:57:43.360
<v Speaker 1>be a sounding board for the types of issues that

0:57:43.400 --> 0:57:45.200
<v Speaker 1>she's dealing with and maybe allow herself to come to

0:57:45.240 --> 0:57:48.200
<v Speaker 1>the conclusion that it shouldn't be for her, like when

0:57:48.240 --> 0:57:50.160
<v Speaker 1>I when I think about it, like my roommate or

0:57:50.200 --> 0:57:51.480
<v Speaker 1>one of my one of my best friends was in

0:57:51.520 --> 0:57:54.040
<v Speaker 1>a relationship and I never told him what to do,

0:57:54.120 --> 0:57:56.480
<v Speaker 1>but I was always there to listen and offer my

0:57:56.560 --> 0:57:58.320
<v Speaker 1>opinion on things. But I don't think she ever talked

0:57:58.320 --> 0:58:00.000
<v Speaker 1>someone into ending a relationship. I think that was a

0:58:00.000 --> 0:58:02.520
<v Speaker 1>perfect advice. Honestly, what you said first, I was like,

0:58:02.560 --> 0:58:05.560
<v Speaker 1>that was perfect, could not be worded better. What about

0:58:05.560 --> 0:58:07.080
<v Speaker 1>the last the rest of it, just the first part

0:58:07.240 --> 0:58:12.400
<v Speaker 1>I stopped paying attention. Vanessa, you agree, Yeah, I agree.

0:58:12.400 --> 0:58:16.360
<v Speaker 1>I think you should always offer advice and not tell

0:58:16.400 --> 0:58:18.560
<v Speaker 1>the person what do you think that they used to do?

0:58:18.680 --> 0:58:21.680
<v Speaker 1>And at the end of the day, people will end

0:58:21.720 --> 0:58:23.640
<v Speaker 1>up waking up whenever they feel like they need to

0:58:23.640 --> 0:58:26.000
<v Speaker 1>get out of something, or if they don't, then that's

0:58:26.000 --> 0:58:29.080
<v Speaker 1>that's something that they used to be in. You know,

0:58:29.120 --> 0:58:30.760
<v Speaker 1>like we kind of like, I know the type of

0:58:30.760 --> 0:58:32.920
<v Speaker 1>relationship that I want to be in. It doesn't necessarily

0:58:32.920 --> 0:58:34.200
<v Speaker 1>mean that my friends want to be in the same

0:58:34.240 --> 0:58:37.040
<v Speaker 1>relationship as me. So maybe this is something that you know,

0:58:37.120 --> 0:58:39.560
<v Speaker 1>she needs to be going through right now, and and

0:58:39.600 --> 0:58:41.160
<v Speaker 1>if she needs to break up with them later on,

0:58:41.200 --> 0:58:44.000
<v Speaker 1>so she'll see the light. Yeah. We just need to

0:58:44.000 --> 0:58:46.200
<v Speaker 1>be there for each other, to support each other all

0:58:46.200 --> 0:58:48.320
<v Speaker 1>the time in the bad. Um All right, Well that'll

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<v Speaker 1>do it for another episode of Help I Suck at

0:58:50.320 --> 0:58:55.120
<v Speaker 1>Dating with Dean, Vanessa, Jared, and Mark Um. Big big

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0:59:14.200 --> 0:59:16.080
<v Speaker 1>to Arianna and Pete. May you guys both have a

0:59:16.120 --> 0:59:19.439
<v Speaker 1>wonderful and prosperous relationship. Be sure tune in next week

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