Speaker 1: Welcome to Reasonably Shady. My name is Gielle Branch and
Speaker 1: what's up. What's up? What's up? This is Robin Dixon.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being with us. I know, okay, guys,
Speaker 1: it is it is is officially two days after Christmas. Yes,
Speaker 1: and you know, you know over the holidays, we we
Speaker 1: definitely want to show up and show out for you
Speaker 1: guys every Monday as we do. However, these little um
Speaker 1: in the holiday season we give like a little mini episodes. Yes,
Speaker 1: I mean so to be clear, to help everyone understand,
Speaker 1: we did not want you to be off. We don't
Speaker 1: want you to miss our voice. But you know we
Speaker 1: got a family too, and we got shopping to do
Speaker 1: and traveling to do. Yes, so we're just going to
Speaker 1: give you a little taste of Reasonably Shady, just a
Speaker 1: little something something to hold you over. Don't get mad
Speaker 1: at us, because like last time when we did this
Speaker 1: over thanksgiven, y'all got mad at us. Y'all send us
Speaker 1: notes like, hey, where's the whole damn episode? Why? Why
Speaker 1: are you giving a short episode? What's wrong with y'all?
Speaker 1: Why you phone in it in? My sister called me
Speaker 1: and said, y'all just phoned it in. No, we didn't
Speaker 1: phone it in. We just wanted to enjoy the holiday exactly.
Speaker 1: Is there something wrong with that? Now? Y'all got off
Speaker 1: from school, we got all from work. Yes, we're supposed
Speaker 1: to work anyway. No, I mean, we're just joking. But
Speaker 1: this is a reasonably shady mini mini moments. Yes. Okay.
Speaker 1: So first and foremost Christmas traditions. So every year I
Speaker 1: typically take my kids to New York on what day
Speaker 1: right after Christmas to do plays, to do shopping. Normally,
Speaker 1: they get gift cards from their grandparents of like these
Speaker 1: little stores that I can't stand to go in, and um,
Speaker 1: they want to use their gift cards. So for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: like Sophora is better in New York than it is
Speaker 1: in their mind than it is in Maryland. Same store,
Speaker 1: but in their mind that New York has better savors,
Speaker 1: New York has better stores. I'm like, you know that's
Speaker 1: the same. Yeah, you're a really great mom. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: I'm not doing that, I know. Okay, So we we
Speaker 1: go and we do our New York run and it's
Speaker 1: it's like amazing and they really enjoy it. So that's
Speaker 1: kind of like my Christmas tradition Okay, I love it.
Speaker 1: That's awesome. Um you know, unfortunately my traditions are all
Speaker 1: over the place. We used to then that makes it
Speaker 1: not a tradition. Yeah, they kind of like fizzled. They fizzled, yes,
Speaker 1: because he used to do like the Christmas Eve, you know,
Speaker 1: at one person's house. We've done you know, the Secret
Speaker 1: Santa's before or we do. You know. I think it's
Speaker 1: because my kids are a little bit older and they're
Speaker 1: not into Santa Claus, you know. Um so, but before
Speaker 1: it would be like, you know, oh, let's make the
Speaker 1: cookies and let's you know, my parents would come over
Speaker 1: and bring the gifts and all that type of stuff.
Speaker 1: Um So now it's just a little like yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: you know what I'm just thinking of, I'm gonna cut
Speaker 1: you off. It wouldn't it be kind of cool if
Speaker 1: we did like an r HLP Secret Santa. That would
Speaker 1: be cool because there's some people that you want to
Speaker 1: give cold to right right and because they've been naughty
Speaker 1: and not naughty in a good way. Well you can't
Speaker 1: do that. I mean, I mean it would be kind
Speaker 1: of fun. Would be kind of um like if you
Speaker 1: picked and you've got a person that you really don't
Speaker 1: want to give a nice gift to and and so
Speaker 1: you would be okay with that. Well I'm thinking that, like,
Speaker 1: or do I get a bad gift too? Really? And
Speaker 1: you're okay with that? I'm okay with that? Really? Yes?
Speaker 1: Do you know like gift giving is so hard for me? Right?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? It's like it's it's so
Speaker 1: hard to pick something that is not going to be
Speaker 1: junk for someone, you know, if you don't really know
Speaker 1: what they like, um, what they're into, you don't know
Speaker 1: what their size is. It's just like I just I'm
Speaker 1: like racked my brain on like what kind of gifts
Speaker 1: to give really, even not not for your kids. Well,
Speaker 1: my kids already wanted Nike's okay, I mean that's that's easy. Okay.
Speaker 1: So are you when you were when you were younger,
Speaker 1: were you always like looking for whatever gift that you
Speaker 1: had in mind? Were you like, oh my god, that
Speaker 1: gift is not under the tree, I'm gonna lose it.
Speaker 1: I'm going eight ship up in his camp. I mean, okay,
Speaker 1: younger meaning like when I was a kid. Yeah, when
Speaker 1: your kids went in, like Santa Claus was coming to
Speaker 1: bring off to bring the gifts. Oh yeah, I knew
Speaker 1: all my stuff was gonna be there. Oh yeah, there
Speaker 1: was some years my stuff wasn't there. I got a
Speaker 1: bunch of stuff, but like that thing that I wanted
Speaker 1: was not there. I was just kind of like, oh,
Speaker 1: this is it. We're where you know how you go
Speaker 1: back under the tree and you still look like a present? Like,
Speaker 1: ain't any more gifts? What's in the kidchen? Gifts in
Speaker 1: the kitchen? Everything? Like what happened? Did all Shirley drop
Speaker 1: her gifts off? But happened that gift I wanted? Oh
Speaker 1: my gosh, isn't that though? And now when you look
Speaker 1: back as a parent, isn't that so horrible? Like don't
Speaker 1: you think like, oh my god, now you know how
Speaker 1: your parents busted their ass. They spent so much money
Speaker 1: to make you happy, and then you got this little
Speaker 1: kid that's like where's the rest? Well I didn't see
Speaker 1: that out loud. I said it in my mind. But
Speaker 1: I make sure I get my kids everything that they want, right,
Speaker 1: But sometimes you just can't. That's true, that's true. You
Speaker 1: know what I did one year? So a door wanted
Speaker 1: a dog. Oh no, let me, can I tell you
Speaker 1: what I did? And she still mad at me. I
Speaker 1: bought her a book about dogs. See that's not funny that.
Speaker 1: I wasn't trying to be funny. I was trying to
Speaker 1: pacify her. I was trying to like, like kind of
Speaker 1: a dog. I know. It was bad. It was so bad.
Speaker 1: She's still mad at me about that. And then I
Speaker 1: took I took it a notch up the next year
Speaker 1: and I bought a hamster. Oh god, it was something
Speaker 1: that she had to take care of, right, I just
Speaker 1: didn't want the dogs. I take it back, you're not
Speaker 1: a good mother. Oh yes, thank you, Robert Dixon. I mean,
Speaker 1: just tell you're not gonna get her a dog. I know. Okay,
Speaker 1: So we didn't get the dog, and she's actually okay
Speaker 1: with it, but it was traumatic for her and she
Speaker 1: still talks about it. Remember that time I went to
Speaker 1: her women and then she said she went to her
Speaker 1: room and cry for the rest of Christmas Day. Right,
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, that's why you were in that dinner. Okay,
Speaker 1: now that explains it. I kidding. I'll tell you one thing, though,
Speaker 1: I'm so happy I don't have to play Santa Claus anymore.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because like really, especially when the kids were younger,
Speaker 1: like you really busted your butt to like go all
Speaker 1: over the place and get all these an Xbox and
Speaker 1: a bike like a yes and a Chalca trunk and
Speaker 1: you know the CARDI driving with the remote. You know
Speaker 1: what are those things called the hot wheels, the big
Speaker 1: things that they driving themselves. And they literally like, oh
Speaker 1: Santa Claus, it is so awesome. And you're like that
Speaker 1: fat white man did not buy all this stuff. Right,
Speaker 1: I'm so happy I don't have to do that anymore. Really,
Speaker 1: But and you're all trying to be secretive and sneaky.
Speaker 1: You know, my parents coming over in the middle of
Speaker 1: the night stuff off. Yeah, because you have to like
Speaker 1: hide it, you know what I mean. Yes, you have
Speaker 1: to wait for the kids to go to bed sneak
Speaker 1: the stuff in. You gotta. You know, they're so so
Speaker 1: excited about Santa Claus. They're waking up and right, Okay,
Speaker 1: so did you do the tooth fairy? I did? Okay?
Speaker 1: Can I tell I got busted one year with the
Speaker 1: tooth heads? I didn't get busted, Okay. So I had
Speaker 1: the money like next to my dresser to put under
Speaker 1: and I fell asleep. Okay, that happened to you? So
Speaker 1: the next morning I was I saw the money there.
Speaker 1: I was like, oh ship. So I go running into
Speaker 1: the twins room and I tried to sneak it under that.
Speaker 1: It didn't really work. I said a lot the touthes
Speaker 1: ferry got busted. I think mine saw the money on
Speaker 1: my on my nightstand, and they went to bed and
Speaker 1: then and then the next day they saw the money
Speaker 1: wasn't there, and they're like, yeah, we know really yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: well were you giving like twenty dollars? Were you that? Parents?
Speaker 1: I was, wait, do you still have their teeth? No?
Speaker 1: I do? Yeah. You want to see him? No, I don't.
Speaker 1: They're very they're readily accessible. I just saw them. Do not.
Speaker 1: I want to see your kids teeth. I love your kids,
Speaker 1: but I don't want to see their baby teeth. But
Speaker 1: how do you like, how do I throw that away?
Speaker 1: It just it's trash, can throw it in. I can't
Speaker 1: throw away my kids teeth. I did. Really, what am
Speaker 1: I gonna do with that? It's just like, oh, what's
Speaker 1: a memory. Oh my god, you got three kids, you
Speaker 1: got a lot of teeth. Right, So I was giving
Speaker 1: the tooth fairy was bringing them like a quarter Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: like yeah, or maybe two quarters, maybe a dollar case
Speaker 1: that's my kid, that was a bad mother case. But
Speaker 1: like twenty dollars, that's a lot for tooth. Okay, different
Speaker 1: teeth were cost more or less. Okay, so five hours
Speaker 1: for the for the what the um the bottom tea?
Speaker 1: Ten dollars for the top combo. I mean, how how
Speaker 1: did we break this thing? I don't remember. I just no,
Speaker 1: different ones had different values. Oh okay, long story, show people,
Speaker 1: This is a slippery, slippery slope. I'm gonna tell you why.
Speaker 1: If you start with twenty, where do you go from there?
Speaker 1: Very true? Yes, So if you start with a quarter,
Speaker 1: you have a very long way to go on. So
Speaker 1: we're your kids excited about a quarter? They were just
Speaker 1: happy with something. They're at the time of the the final
Speaker 1: quarter in the couch. But okay, but rob at the time,
Speaker 1: they had no value. They didn't understand the value of money.
Speaker 1: This little fiery flew under my pillow, yes, and gave
Speaker 1: me something good, gracious. Okay. I hope no bout new
Speaker 1: children are listening, right, screwed? They better not listening anyway. Jeez,
Speaker 1: the stuff we talk about, it's insane. Okay, So we
Speaker 1: have a couple of more things to talk about, all right,
Speaker 1: So I just want you to know that I tell
Speaker 1: my kids stuff to tell their day it right now?
Speaker 1: Does wine give you things from the kids? No one
Speaker 1: is a very like, I don't need anything you like,
Speaker 1: he really never asked for anything, okay, and and that
Speaker 1: just is frustrating. Do you ask stuff? I really don't either,
Speaker 1: like I have. I used to, but then I don't.
Speaker 1: I'm just in the mode of, like, I just don't
Speaker 1: have anywhere to put anything else. Very true. But we
Speaker 1: can always find a spot for like a little nice bag,
Speaker 1: a little I know, a little shoe, very true, a
Speaker 1: little bracelet very true, very true. But I have I
Speaker 1: have not been asking forget like I don't there's nothing
Speaker 1: you know what it is. I've already shared that I
Speaker 1: have a shopping problem. That is true. So I kind
Speaker 1: of just buy it myself. And then when it comes
Speaker 1: time for me to think about, well what do I
Speaker 1: want somebody to buy from me? Um, I can't think,
Speaker 1: oh one thing. And this is like one of my
Speaker 1: favorite Christmas gifts. Sound really domesticated. Um, I just really
Speaker 1: needed a pot. I mean, I'm sorry, A pay in
Speaker 1: a pain like a skillet you needed a skillet. I
Speaker 1: needed a big one. You need a big skalet, big one. Okay.
Speaker 1: Did you get like a nice like William Senoma exactly,
Speaker 1: William Sonoma, Okay, very nice. I used it all the time,
Speaker 1: all the time. I used it to Okay. I saw
Speaker 1: a commercial for a Ninja ice cream maker and then
Speaker 1: it's like you do something with it and then you
Speaker 1: can put all your little blendings in it. You want that, Yeah,
Speaker 1: you gotta ask for stuff like that. Or I can
Speaker 1: ask for diamonds. I mean, yeah, I guess. So look,
Speaker 1: did you have enough? I do? I do? This is true,
Speaker 1: you had enough bags, enough diamonds, shoes. When you see
Speaker 1: something you get it like, yes, it's very true. But
Speaker 1: it is nice when it's like wrapped up and then
Speaker 1: you open up and you're like, oh for me, for me.
Speaker 1: Speaking of what is your love language, Robin, we've never
Speaker 1: discussed this acts of service? So if if somebody what
Speaker 1: does that mean? They do it? Act for you? Yeah,
Speaker 1: they do something that is useful, like it's it's helpful
Speaker 1: and it's useful. It's like, oh, let me bring dinner
Speaker 1: home and just don't even ask, you know what I mean?
Speaker 1: Just show up with dinner. Oh that's not I like that. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't give two ships. Mine is gifts, Okay, gifts
Speaker 1: and tell me I look pretty. Okay, that's it, and
Speaker 1: you you will win. So gifts and words of affirmation, yes,
Speaker 1: gifts and words of affirmation, but they should go together.
Speaker 1: One should not be without the other. But I guess
Speaker 1: you can have two love languages. What is your love
Speaker 1: language that you give to people? That's a good question.
Speaker 1: I think I think. I don't think it's gifts or
Speaker 1: words of affirmation. Damn, I was gonna say gifts. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I like to give a gift, Okay, yeah, I like
Speaker 1: to surprise somebody with something like right, you have definitely
Speaker 1: given me gifts like just you know, randomly because yes, yes,
Speaker 1: Robin Dixon Scrooge over here, right, No, I'm not, I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I like to surprise people. I like for people to
Speaker 1: feel like they were thought of. Yes, yeah, and I'm not.
Speaker 1: I'll probably never tell you I like you, but I
Speaker 1: can't give you a kid, and then that that means
Speaker 1: you like them. Yes, you're just being nice. I like them.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't like do it unless I like you? Okay, Yes,
Speaker 1: and I feel like the same with um with like,
Speaker 1: when you cuss people out, it's really because you like them, right,
Speaker 1: because you care? Let me care? Yeah, is that it?
Speaker 1: I mean when I cussed the guy out like that
Speaker 1: cut me off that. Yeah. I like when you call
Speaker 1: somebody a bit, it's because you really like them. No,
Speaker 1: it's the way you say bitch. If it's like bitch,
Speaker 1: then you like that. That's different. Okay, it's like right,
Speaker 1: and like you don't like them though. Okay, this is true,
Speaker 1: this is true. All right, we we we have exhausted this. Okay,
Speaker 1: we are done. We are out of here. This is
Speaker 1: actually our last episode for the year. For one, y'all
Speaker 1: is a rap. It is done. So please start like
Speaker 1: thinking about what you want to do for yourself, because
Speaker 1: two is gonna be amazing. I don't know, I don't
Speaker 1: I don't know what you'all heard in the streets, but
Speaker 1: it's gonna be amazing. For Reasonably Shady, okay, oh yes,
Speaker 1: we might see you in person once somewhere, so until then,
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