WEBVTT - The Return of Bennifer

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<v Speaker 1>Hell I Suck At Dating with Dengler and Jared Haven

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<v Speaker 1>and I heard radio podcast What is going on? Everyone?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to an all new episode of Help I Suck

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<v Speaker 1>At Dating. This is Dean Alert joined out of studio

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<v Speaker 1>by Jared Haven. Jared What's going We're never getting back

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<v Speaker 1>in studio this, So I don't know. Hanna was just

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<v Speaker 1>at I heart. I saw a Hunter Instagram stories the

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<v Speaker 1>other day, so I think that you know, the world

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<v Speaker 1>is returning to its warmer glory. I disagree. I'm so

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<v Speaker 1>pessimistic about the world right now with this delta variant because,

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<v Speaker 1>as everybody knows, we've been promoting, we're supposed to be

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<v Speaker 1>in Napa for Ben and Jess's engagement party. We had

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how many people, like eight ten people go,

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<v Speaker 1>and we were going to record podcasts there. Now Ashley

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<v Speaker 1>and I weren't going to go because Ashley has been

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<v Speaker 1>really sick, but we're still everybody was gonna go, and

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<v Speaker 1>then that got canceled, which means the meat and greet,

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<v Speaker 1>the Help I Suck At Dating Summer sucks. Summer is

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<v Speaker 1>that what we called it? Anyway, that got canceled too,

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<v Speaker 1>which sucks because obviously we're not gonna be together, so

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<v Speaker 1>we can't really do HI meet and great. Hopefully we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be able to reschedule that. But Dean, you're still

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<v Speaker 1>going to NAPA. Are you doing like a little couples

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<v Speaker 1>getaway or something with Calin? Yeah, Caitlin and I missed

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<v Speaker 1>our flight this morning, probably most sleep because of me.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that it left it. I thought that it

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<v Speaker 1>boarded and left. But it turns out, see what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>It turns out it left at eight thirty, and so

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<v Speaker 1>he showed up at eight and we had Pappy had

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<v Speaker 1>to check in. We're gonna park at the airport. The

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<v Speaker 1>parking lots are all under construction. So anyways, I've never

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<v Speaker 1>met a person who has missed more flights in their life. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>I get so much anxiety about missing a flight. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>mostly at the airport two hours beforehand. I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>how you don't like if I have a flight at

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<v Speaker 1>six am, I can't sleep because I have too much

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<v Speaker 1>anxiety about missing the flight, my my alarm not going off,

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping through my alarm. I cannot sleep well if I

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<v Speaker 1>have an early flight. The other time I missed a

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<v Speaker 1>flight my wedding. Yeah, Okay, I knew that just you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say that one. That one. I can't remember exactly why,

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<v Speaker 1>but there was a good reason for that one. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure there's a great reason anyway. So what are you

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<v Speaker 1>guys doing a Napa now that nobody's going? You two

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<v Speaker 1>are just gonna have a nice little couple's weekend. Well

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<v Speaker 1>that's the thing is like Nick texted me and said, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>U s Napa got canceled, but should we still go

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<v Speaker 1>because we already have our flights booked in the hotel booked.

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<v Speaker 1>And then Tana texted us and said, hey, we're still

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go to Napa if you guys want to come still,

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<v Speaker 1>And then so there's gonna be like, actually, quite a

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<v Speaker 1>few people were all staying at the Meritage, which is

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<v Speaker 1>like a sweet little hotel up in nap but it's

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<v Speaker 1>got these nine on site wine tasting rooms and micro

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<v Speaker 1>brewery and artisanal five tunk grocery store and wine and

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<v Speaker 1>foods and all that kind of stuff. So Meritage is

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<v Speaker 1>signature restaurant. Olive and Hay is Napa Valley's new Italian

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<v Speaker 1>restaurant from Farm Fresh Fair. Here guests experienced local Napa

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<v Speaker 1>Valley sourced ingredients on a journey from the farm to table,

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<v Speaker 1>fusing homemade and homegrown, modern and classic, innovative in traditional

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<v Speaker 1>Italian cuisine. Positioned at the gateway of Napa Valley, the

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<v Speaker 1>Marriage Resort and Spa welcomes guests to an idyllic resort

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<v Speaker 1>set against rolling hills and its own private vineyards. Um. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really nice up there, and we had it booked already,

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<v Speaker 1>so you might as well just go in and uh

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<v Speaker 1>enjoy it. I don't know why I got canceled. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>assuming it has something to do with the delta variant.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I heart just doesn't want like a bunch of

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<v Speaker 1>people getting together right now with numbers going up, specifically

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<v Speaker 1>in California. I don't know, but it kind of actually

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<v Speaker 1>worked out for Ash and I because we weren't gonna

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<v Speaker 1>go anyway, so we kind of felt bad. Polus, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, it was a good group of people going

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<v Speaker 1>and apparently still going, so we were you know, we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have a little bit follow I guess we still

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<v Speaker 1>have PHONEO because you guys can be posting pictures having fun. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean mean Nick and Tanya are I guess still

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<v Speaker 1>gonna go, but I texted Bend last night too, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, Ben, we're still gonna go to NAPA.

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<v Speaker 1>You should come, And he was like, I didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>realize that was an option. So I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if he's gonna come as well, but it'd

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<v Speaker 1>be great to see him there. I'm just bummed her

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<v Speaker 1>and play Chardon a golf club, and I had heard

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<v Speaker 1>such good things about it now because we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to reschedule and and play again. There sometimes comes out right, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>Delta Eco, what are the variant, the UK variant, They're

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<v Speaker 1>all coming. It's all, it's all, it's all good things.

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<v Speaker 1>Ah joking obviously. Anyway, we do have a very good podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>not maybe not a great one, a very good one

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<v Speaker 1>because we're not an Apple that would have made a

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<v Speaker 1>great but we're still gonna have a pretty good podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>We have some hot topics to get to. Whenever I

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<v Speaker 1>hear hot topics, all I think about is hot pocket.

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<v Speaker 1>You know how we have like our little jingle for

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<v Speaker 1>the emails, like we just got an email. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we need to like make it a little jingle for

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<v Speaker 1>the hot topics. Who is the hot topics? Hot topics? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the first one, of course, is my favorite because it's

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<v Speaker 1>all over the news. It's the reigniting love of benefit.

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck guess what. Guess what bro

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<v Speaker 1>their Instagram official they posted on Instagram together They were

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<v Speaker 1>in a boat. They even recreated the scene from Jenny

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<v Speaker 1>from the Block music video. Do you have any idea

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<v Speaker 1>what I'm talking about? Nope? All right, you remember the

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<v Speaker 1>Jenny from the Block of music video where it's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm still I'm still Jenny from the Block. You don't

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<v Speaker 1>remember this music video. I've never seen it. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we have different rundowns because I don't see anything about this,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great because I'm just gonna surrender all control

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<v Speaker 1>that you navigate this entire episode. Well, we have two emails,

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<v Speaker 1>so it might be the email prior because we have

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<v Speaker 1>two rundowns. Anyway, let me let me continue with this

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<v Speaker 1>this one right here. So j Lo on her fifty

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<v Speaker 1>second birthday, posted on her Instagram fifty two What it

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<v Speaker 1>do to mark the occasion? Obviously. She also uploaded an

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram slide show, as we all do, of photos of like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the birthday girl. She was on a yeah

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<v Speaker 1>looking as fabulous as Jaylo has ever looked, which is

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<v Speaker 1>pretty impressive, dude, she's fifty two. I first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>I love Jlo, like individually, I love Jennifer Lopez an individually,

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<v Speaker 1>I love Ben Affleck because Jlo is the most like

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<v Speaker 1>badass woman to ever walk up this earth, and the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that her and Ben Affleck are together just fills

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<v Speaker 1>my heart with such joy because she's just like so badass,

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<v Speaker 1>so sexy, so hot. She's like the most powerful person,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. She's she's she's a businesswoman,

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<v Speaker 1>she's a singer, she's an actress, she's an entrepreneur. Like

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<v Speaker 1>she's just awesome. And then Ben Affleck has had this

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<v Speaker 1>roller coaster of a ride throughout his entire career, where

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<v Speaker 1>like he was young and catapulted to fame with Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Damon with Goodwill Hunting, and then he kind of went

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<v Speaker 1>on this like little bit of like a big blockbuster

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<v Speaker 1>roller coaster. We had Armageddon, which was a huge hit,

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<v Speaker 1>but it didn't like Pearl Harbor, which was not that good.

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<v Speaker 1>He won like a ton of Razzy awards for because

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<v Speaker 1>nobody thought he was a good actor, and then he

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<v Speaker 1>kind of like dipped out for a little while, and

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<v Speaker 1>then he came back and started directing, and he directed

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<v Speaker 1>Gone Baby, Gone in the Town and Argo and One

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<v Speaker 1>Best Director, and it was like, holy crap, Ben Affleck

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<v Speaker 1>is back. And then he became Batman and that was

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<v Speaker 1>like a split, you know, fifty fifty. Some people loved him,

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<v Speaker 1>some people hated him. And then him and Jennifer Garner

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<v Speaker 1>got divorced, and then he went through this alcoholism in

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<v Speaker 1>front of everybody, and everybody could see like the decline

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<v Speaker 1>of Ben Affleck, which was so sad. And now here

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<v Speaker 1>he is back with Jennifer Lopez, and I just love

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that the like he's just like this rugged

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<v Speaker 1>bearded Boston guy, you know, who drinks Dunkin Donuts and

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<v Speaker 1>roots for the Red Sox, and he's with Jennifer Lopez,

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<v Speaker 1>arguably the most badass woman in the history of civilization. Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>that's my rent. I freaking love it, man. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>long story short, they were on a yacht. Yeah it's

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<v Speaker 1>a yach it's Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck. Of course

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<v Speaker 1>they're on a yacht while Dean and I are in dinghies,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. But anyway, in the music video, all those

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, as ago, whatever it was for Jenny on

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<v Speaker 1>the Block was when Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were

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<v Speaker 1>together and there was a scene where like he there

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<v Speaker 1>on a yacht and he like slaps her button, like

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<v Speaker 1>kind of pulls her G string a little bit. Or

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<v Speaker 1>is it is that a G string? What's on the

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<v Speaker 1>side like you know that it's just a string? I

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<v Speaker 1>guess on the side of being suit I don't know, Jared,

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<v Speaker 1>what exactly is a G string? Jared, What's It's so

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<v Speaker 1>funny you said long story short after just going off

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<v Speaker 1>on a tangent for a good seven and a half minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just trying to, you know, just bringing the content,

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<v Speaker 1>that's all. I I just want to make sure you

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<v Speaker 1>understand the purpose of saying long story short, because you're

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<v Speaker 1>taking something that takes a long time to describe and

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<v Speaker 1>you're shortening it to spare having to go into this

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<v Speaker 1>great detailed thing. You were talking about j Lo and

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<v Speaker 1>Ben Affleck on a boat, and you felt like you

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<v Speaker 1>had to give all of us a brief history of

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<v Speaker 1>Ben afflecks acting career to better understand the Ben Affleck

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<v Speaker 1>and j l on a boat picture. So yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>the beauty. You can't say long story short when you

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<v Speaker 1>go into like the discography of the actor, just so

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<v Speaker 1>we better understand the picture that they are now Instagram

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<v Speaker 1>officials with. I just want to make sure that's what,

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<v Speaker 1>that's clear. I just want to understandable. Okay, totally understandable.

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<v Speaker 1>I go way off topic usually I'm out of context.

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<v Speaker 1>But the point of this story is the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>I love them together. I forget where I was going

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<v Speaker 1>with this. Oh anyway, they just recreated a scene from

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<v Speaker 1>Jenny in the Block, which they definitely did intentionally, which

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<v Speaker 1>drove a lot of fans through a frenzy, including myself,

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<v Speaker 1>because I just love it. I love the fact that together,

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<v Speaker 1>it makes me feel like it's two thousand three again

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<v Speaker 1>and all is right in the world. Their Instagram official

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<v Speaker 1>I am so Team benefit. All I want in this

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<v Speaker 1>world is for the Red Sox to make the World Series.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are at a World

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<v Speaker 1>Series game in Fenway Park, and Jennifer Lopez is all

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<v Speaker 1>decked out in Boston Red Sox gear and just like

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much looks in the camera and says in lips

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Rodriguez and then just throws the middle finger up.

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<v Speaker 1>That's all I want in this world, because, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>that'd be so good. Anyway, do you believe in second chances?

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<v Speaker 1>In love? Jared? If you could go back to anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>big gulps. Huh. If you could go back to two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand three with the same knowledge that you have now,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you'd be but you'd also be fourteen years old?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you do it? Yeah, wouldn't you? I mean, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I understand would, but I'm not the one that's married

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<v Speaker 1>with a kid on the way. I know, but I

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<v Speaker 1>would just make sure that everything was still in line

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<v Speaker 1>with Ashley and my future child. But I would also

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<v Speaker 1>just be betting, you know, making tons of sports bets

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<v Speaker 1>like may come back to the future too and be

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<v Speaker 1>filthy rich and own multiple casinos because that's what he did.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I'd be just the same person I am today,

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<v Speaker 1>except have ten times as much my Who am I kidding?

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<v Speaker 1>A thousand times more money? Yeah, that's the right answer,

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<v Speaker 1>don at Obviously I think I was buy a bunch

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<v Speaker 1>of bitcoin like two thousand eight or something, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh uh, do you have any thoughts about benefit? You know, benefit?

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer Lopez Ben affleck, I feel like, you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate asking me that. Yeah, I actually do have quite

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<v Speaker 1>a few thoughts about it. Let's start from the beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's start from Jennifer Lopez's birth the year nineteen fifty nine, No,

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen sixty nine. Jail was born in nineteen sixty nine.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a fun fact for the listeners out there. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the same year we landed on the moon. So anyways, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>back to the year we land on the moon. J

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<v Speaker 1>Loo World. She that's a good one. She you know,

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<v Speaker 1>she was she was an ambitious young child at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Her parents, you know, they were constantly having to put

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<v Speaker 1>her in time out for acting up. But most creative

0:11:59.760 --> 0:12:02.679
<v Speaker 1>minds are like that these days. So, you know, j Loo,

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<v Speaker 1>she just always was singing and dancing ever since she

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<v Speaker 1>was in an elementary school, middle school, really active in

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<v Speaker 1>the theater. And then she finally got to bring big

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<v Speaker 1>break as a sixteen year old on Broadway. She uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, she started singing and she got discovered by

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<v Speaker 1>uh the the who's the big guy back then? Uh

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<v Speaker 1>Mark Mark Spaulding was the guy that discovered her. And

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<v Speaker 1>uh so she, you know, she went on to make

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<v Speaker 1>such great hits such as, uh, Jenny from the Block

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<v Speaker 1>for one, Um, what else? Uh, I'm trying to do

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing on the top of your head. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't believe any of this trying to flip it for

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<v Speaker 1>j Loo since all we got was that Ben Affleck. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know story I'm trying to. I'm trying to create

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<v Speaker 1>something for Jlo here. I don't really have as just well,

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<v Speaker 1>Jlo has been so successful, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>The interesting part of Ben Affleck for me is his

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<v Speaker 1>the rollercoaster of a life and career that he's had.

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<v Speaker 1>Plus he's a Boston guy, so he's local, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and he roots with Tom Brady, so I can relate.

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer Lopez is just like the She's I mean, the

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<v Speaker 1>closest thing to She's not perfect, obviously we talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this podcast. There's no such thing as perfect, but damn,

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<v Speaker 1>Jennifer Lopez closed. I used to have a calendar Lopez

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<v Speaker 1>that was like my first woman's calendar. You know who's bigger,

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<v Speaker 1>j Lo or Shakira? Oh, j Lo Shaquira. You think

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<v Speaker 1>Shakira is not even the same ballpark. Oh, I don't,

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<v Speaker 1>not even the same town, same state. I think Jennifer

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<v Speaker 1>Lopez is massive. Yeah, I don't disagree with that. I

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<v Speaker 1>will say, Uh, one of the few music videos I've

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<v Speaker 1>ever had like maybe like a physical reaction to, like

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<v Speaker 1>a positive physical reaction to, was She Wolf by Shakira.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe that's why I was thinking that. Okay, Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>same same question. I'm sorry. Jennifer Lopez or Beyonce. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's a good question. See if you would have

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<v Speaker 1>asked me four or five years ago, I probably would

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<v Speaker 1>have said Beyonce. But I feel like Jlo has had

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<v Speaker 1>this renaissance. Ah man, that is tough. I mean, Beyonce

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<v Speaker 1>is also inarguably the most powerful couple there is in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Jay Z has been affleck though questionable. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>but Jay's I mean, I love my boy Ben, but

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, let's be real. Jay Z's jay Z. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. He's the Michael Jordan of music. Um, alright, Beyonce,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going Beyonce, baby. I will see if we're using solely,

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<v Speaker 1>if we're using Instagram followers as a metric, Beyonce has

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<v Speaker 1>j Lo beat a hundred sixty seven for j Lo,

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<v Speaker 1>hundred nineties six million for Beyonce. So it's close will

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<v Speaker 1>probably who has the most Instagram followers. I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>christ Giano Ronaldo. It's not Selena Gomez. I thought, what

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<v Speaker 1>I know, that's so random, but I think Selena Gomez

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<v Speaker 1>might have the most Instagram followers In the one which

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<v Speaker 1>is crazy, I'm pretty sure it's Christiano Ronaldo or it

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<v Speaker 1>might be messy. Yeah, Christian has got more than Selena Ronaldo.

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<v Speaker 1>How you looking at dude? Ronaldo is three hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty million followers. Yeah, that's crazy. I mean he'll probably

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<v Speaker 1>the first person with a billion followers on Instagram, which

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<v Speaker 1>is on the sane. I don't think that will ever happen,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe, Well, dude, like TikTok, like I wish, I like,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be the biggest. Oh Addison Ray. Like

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<v Speaker 1>Addison Ray on TikTok. Holy she has? She has eighty

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<v Speaker 1>two million followers on TikTok. Do you know how many

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<v Speaker 1>likes she has? Though? Take a guess, how many likes

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<v Speaker 1>do you think Addison Ray has on TikTok. If I

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<v Speaker 1>had to guess, purely off the top of my head,

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<v Speaker 1>how many followers does she have? Eighty two million? Eighty

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<v Speaker 1>two million followers? I'm going to guess that she's got

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<v Speaker 1>somewhere around five five to five and a half billion likes. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>nicely done. Five point three billion likes. That was close, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>you were like spot on billion. Think about that she

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<v Speaker 1>has five billion likes. She almost insane. She almost gave

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<v Speaker 1>everyone in the world a cell phone and download a

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<v Speaker 1>TikTok for them and made every person in the world

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<v Speaker 1>like one of her videos. Nearly We're not quite there,

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<v Speaker 1>but close was she? Uh? Was she big before COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>I think she's like a Disney guy, Disney star or something.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember. I remember seeing something about her being like

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<v Speaker 1>a child star sorts, but I don't know. Like Jake

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<v Speaker 1>paul Um before he started boxing, which I'm actually glad

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<v Speaker 1>he started boxing. I'm kind of the minority on that one.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually he interests me. He's a good villain, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean. He's fun to root against. I

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<v Speaker 1>like it. Anyway. Last hot topic before we go into

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<v Speaker 1>our break Tyler Cameron or Buddy Tyler Cameron. He just

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<v Speaker 1>released a book called You Deserve Better, appropriately titled uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He talks about his proposal speech for Hannah Brown. He

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<v Speaker 1>talks about um. What else does he talk about he

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<v Speaker 1>talks about their breakup, he talks about Gigi hadd uh,

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<v Speaker 1>he talks about Hannah Brown and their friendship after the Bachelor.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess this goes to an age old question,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend, Dean, do we feel still think that we

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<v Speaker 1>can be really close friends with our X Because again

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<v Speaker 1>I'm doubling down. I'm gonna say that's a negative. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think you can be friends with the next I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sticking by it. I'm gonna this is the hell I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna die on. I think it's funny that we have

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<v Speaker 1>a pud has called help I Suck at dating and

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<v Speaker 1>he just put out a book called You Deserve Better. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>we should have him on. Isn't that kind of funny? Like? Um, Also,

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't. I like, if you're gonna write a book,

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<v Speaker 1>it's more or less like an autobiographical book about probably

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<v Speaker 1>like the last couple of years of his life. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you just gonna go ahead and throw your

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<v Speaker 1>relationship with Gigi Hadid in there? Like if I was

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<v Speaker 1>Gigi Heidid and a guy that I did it for

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit went out and wrote a book and

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<v Speaker 1>started like talking about the relationship that we were in

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<v Speaker 1>for a while, I would belive it, don't you think. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I haven't read the books, so I guess

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<v Speaker 1>it depends on how much detail he really goes into. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he probably told her. Like he seems like

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty respectful guy. I can't imagine he would have

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<v Speaker 1>written about Gigi Hadid or Hannah or anybody else in

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<v Speaker 1>this book without giving them the heads up of, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I'm writing, this is what's gonna be about.

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<v Speaker 1>Out wanted to give you the heads up because I

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<v Speaker 1>know that was like a sticking thing with Kalin, right

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<v Speaker 1>with Colton were like he wrote his book and you

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<v Speaker 1>know he wrote, you know, he talked about Klin and

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<v Speaker 1>there he talked about you know, his top four, his

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<v Speaker 1>time on the Bachelor. Uh, oh my god. Who Cassie Um?

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<v Speaker 1>And like he didn't ask Klin for permission to write

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<v Speaker 1>about her? Did he know? He didn't he? I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think he asked any of them for permission, even consider

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<v Speaker 1>even Cassie. Um. You're probably right. I would hope that

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<v Speaker 1>he would have that that that respect to at least

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<v Speaker 1>mentioned something to her. I don't know. I just think

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<v Speaker 1>it's weird. Like, let's say, for instance, let's say one

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<v Speaker 1>of like let's say kl like lo, it's just different

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<v Speaker 1>for you. Let's say like Christina wrote a book right,

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<v Speaker 1>and and then she's like gout a couple of chapters

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<v Speaker 1>devoted to like talking about me, good or bad. Whether

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<v Speaker 1>it's in a good light or in a bad light,

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<v Speaker 1>I would still gonna be bad. I agree, I think.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think it would be most be bad,

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<v Speaker 1>but I don't think it's rightfully so, because I think

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<v Speaker 1>from everything I know there were some glimmers of good

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<v Speaker 1>things in there. I guess my point is all that,

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<v Speaker 1>to say, long story short, if you will, UM, I

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<v Speaker 1>would still be like not super stoked about it, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to be written about in a book

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<v Speaker 1>from another person's perspective, and I don't think I would

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<v Speaker 1>ever want to do that to anyone else either. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 1>That's just where I'm coming from. So hopefully he said

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<v Speaker 1>something to both Hannah and to g G and to

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<v Speaker 1>whoever else is mentioned in the book. Now, do I

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<v Speaker 1>think that you can be friends the next Um? I

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<v Speaker 1>think that ever since talking to you about it a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more, I have kind of come around the

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<v Speaker 1>other side of it, and I agree that being friends

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<v Speaker 1>with an ex is mostly gonna lead to negative things. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't think it's a great idea. I will say,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like their situation is a little unique though,

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<v Speaker 1>where it's like they like, I don't know, like their

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<v Speaker 1>interactions on social media, they seem like they're actually friends,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, I don't know if there's really any like, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>they're not like harboring any more feelings anymore as as

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<v Speaker 1>far I mean again from just to completely um under

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<v Speaker 1>informed opinion that only knows them through social media. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's just my take on it. So maybe like he

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<v Speaker 1>has got a boyfriend now Tyler I think as a

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<v Speaker 1>girlfriend now. In that case, it's like why not? Why

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<v Speaker 1>can't they be friends? Yeah, But it's also weird being

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<v Speaker 1>in the spot because you know, people go to and

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<v Speaker 1>be like, oh, I wish you ended up with Tyler,

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<v Speaker 1>or they go up to Tyler and be like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you were so perfect for Hannah. She should have picked you.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like his new girlfriend sitting next to him

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<v Speaker 1>like Okay, thanks, that's great, nice meeting you. It's always

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<v Speaker 1>so weird when people say that, especially in public. But anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>I digress. So we're gonna take a quick break. When

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<v Speaker 1>we come back, we have a couple more hot topics.

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<v Speaker 1>We have emails, and I also I have an article

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<v Speaker 1>about toxic relationships that I want to talk to Dean about,

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<v Speaker 1>uh and figure out what is toxic and what is not.

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<v Speaker 1>But before that, Dean's gonna stick up his legs. He

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<v Speaker 1>looks like he's naked right now. Dude, your feet are filthy. Bro,

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<v Speaker 1>you need somewhere some socks. All that's disgusting. I wanna

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<v Speaker 1>throw if he's showing his feet to the camera, this

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<v Speaker 1>is this is horrible right now. All right, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>take a break. It definitely looks like you're penis. All right, everyone,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to help I suck at dating. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>for sticking with us through that long, long break. What

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<v Speaker 1>are we gonna talk about this segment here? Jared, you

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<v Speaker 1>got the run down in front of mine appears to

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<v Speaker 1>be just non existent. So what do you got for us? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there was something that I kind of looked up by

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<v Speaker 1>this author named Mark Manson. So Mark Manson is a guy,

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<v Speaker 1>UH that wrote a couple of books. One is called

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<v Speaker 1>The Subtle Art of Not Giving a f The other

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<v Speaker 1>one is Everything is ft a book about hope. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's a pretty interesting cell health author. He's a blogger.

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<v Speaker 1>H He's a pretty interesting guy. And he wrote an

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<v Speaker 1>art call on his website called six Signs that you

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<v Speaker 1>are in a Toxic relationship. So I kind of wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go through each sign and see if you agree

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<v Speaker 1>whether this is a toxic part of being in a relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>So before we do that, you know, let's define, according

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<v Speaker 1>to Mark, what is a toxic relationship. So he says

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<v Speaker 1>that a toxic relationship occurs when one or both people

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<v Speaker 1>are prioritizing love over the three core components of a

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<v Speaker 1>healthy relationship. And those three core components our respect, trust,

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<v Speaker 1>and affection. He said, might sound crazy, but not. But

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<v Speaker 1>some people just stay in a relationship because they just

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<v Speaker 1>want to be in love, even if they're not in

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<v Speaker 1>love with the person they are with. So he goes

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<v Speaker 1>through six signs of a toxic relationship that you may

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<v Speaker 1>think are normal. The first one something called the relationship scorecard.

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<v Speaker 1>Now apparently the keeping score phenomenon is when someone you're

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<v Speaker 1>dating continues to blame you for past mistakes. If both

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<v Speaker 1>people in the relationship do this, it devolves into what

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<v Speaker 1>he calls the relationships scorecard, where the relationship devolves into

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<v Speaker 1>a battle to see who has screwed up the most

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<v Speaker 1>over the months or years, and therefore who is most

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<v Speaker 1>indebted to one another. He says, why is this toxic? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the relationship scores card is a double whammy of suckage.

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<v Speaker 1>Not only are you deflecting the current issue by focusing

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<v Speaker 1>on previous wrongs, but you're getting up guilt and bitterness

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<v Speaker 1>from the past manipulate your partner into feeling bad in

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<v Speaker 1>the present. I mean that sounds pretty toxic to me.

0:24:38.920 --> 0:24:42.560
<v Speaker 1>Have you ever dealt with a situation like that? Uh? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say I'm probably still guilty of that to

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<v Speaker 1>some extent today. I think we all are, whether we

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<v Speaker 1>realize it or not. Yeah, I agree, Like I think

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<v Speaker 1>we all do. We we have like pity parties for

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<v Speaker 1>ourselves and it's like, no, you're more indebted to me

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<v Speaker 1>than I am to you because of X, Y and Z.

0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:05.160
<v Speaker 1>And it's so weird. It is like this weird um combativeness.

0:25:05.240 --> 0:25:09.160
<v Speaker 1>Like I know friends that they actually kind of fight

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<v Speaker 1>about who works harder, you know, And that's like it's

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<v Speaker 1>like a competition between the two of them of who's

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<v Speaker 1>like a harder worker, not necessarily who brings in more money,

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<v Speaker 1>but just like who works harder, you know, and they

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<v Speaker 1>use that against them and fights and it's really not

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<v Speaker 1>the best. Um, you know that it's it's pretty toxic.

0:25:30.680 --> 0:25:34.760
<v Speaker 1>It's just say blocking that sounds pretty toxic. Well, for instance,

0:25:34.760 --> 0:25:39.159
<v Speaker 1>like yesterday I got Kalen, I bought Kalen and I

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<v Speaker 1>breakfast in lunch, so that I made Calin buy me dinner.

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<v Speaker 1>Does that toxic? M m? It seems fair not toxic. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's fair. Okay, Yeah, you're like, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's fair. If you said, oh, I always pay for

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<v Speaker 1>everything and made her feel guilty about it, then I

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<v Speaker 1>think that would be toxic. But of course if you're like, hey, listen,

0:26:04.080 --> 0:26:06.000
<v Speaker 1>I paid for lunch and breakfast, like come on, I

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<v Speaker 1>will say that I think it's fair. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>toxic component comes in knowing that I knew that dinner

0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:15.280
<v Speaker 1>was going to be like slightly more expensive than both

0:26:15.280 --> 0:26:18.120
<v Speaker 1>breakfasts and lunch combined, so I was like, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come out on top out of this exchange. I might

0:26:21.160 --> 0:26:22.720
<v Speaker 1>be having a change of heart. That might be a

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<v Speaker 1>little toxic. Yeah, maybe I shouldn't shared that last little bit,

0:26:26.240 --> 0:26:31.960
<v Speaker 1>but yeah, I like it all right. Number two of

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<v Speaker 1>the six signs that you're in a toxic relationship dropping

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<v Speaker 1>hints and other passive aggressive notions. So what does this mean?

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<v Speaker 1>Instead of saying something outright and out loud, a partner

0:26:43.520 --> 0:26:46.000
<v Speaker 1>tries to nudge the other in the right direction of

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<v Speaker 1>figuring it out. Instead of saying what's actually upsetting you.

0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:52.879
<v Speaker 1>You find small and petty ways to piss your partner off,

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<v Speaker 1>so you'll then feel justified in complaining to them. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is toxic because it shows that you two are

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<v Speaker 1>not comfortable community kating openly and clearly. A person has

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<v Speaker 1>no reason to be passive aggressive if they feel safe

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<v Speaker 1>expressing anger or insecurity within a relationship. A person will

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<v Speaker 1>never feel a need to drop quote hints if they

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<v Speaker 1>feel like they won't be judged or criticized for honesty.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmmm, how do you feel about that one? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree that it's so hard because if you're a

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<v Speaker 1>truthful in all situations, that could really backfire as well. So, like,

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<v Speaker 1>there are things that like hints that you could drop

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<v Speaker 1>that I don't necessarily think are toxic or passive aggressive.

0:27:34.720 --> 0:27:39.680
<v Speaker 1>I think you're just trying to you know, tell your

0:27:39.760 --> 0:27:42.800
<v Speaker 1>partner without telling them out right, like hey, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like this, or I do like this, Like for example,

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<v Speaker 1>I know this might be not a good a good one,

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<v Speaker 1>but like say your partners smokes, and like you know,

0:27:51.800 --> 0:27:53.840
<v Speaker 1>they've smoked for a while, and you're like, well, I

0:27:53.880 --> 0:27:56.480
<v Speaker 1>don't want to tell them that, like they can't smoke,

0:27:56.600 --> 0:27:58.400
<v Speaker 1>but at the same time, I don't want them to smoke,

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<v Speaker 1>so maybe they can pass hints of like, oh wow,

0:28:01.160 --> 0:28:05.040
<v Speaker 1>it smells terrible in here, or you know, uh, like

0:28:05.600 --> 0:28:07.399
<v Speaker 1>I don't know how to outsoe you drop hints of

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<v Speaker 1>like getting someone to quit smoking, But I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I can see where Mark is what Mark

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<v Speaker 1>is talking about here in terms of like you should

0:28:15.640 --> 0:28:19.760
<v Speaker 1>just feel comfortable talking to your partner outwardly and honestly.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also in some one of the mindset that

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<v Speaker 1>like honestly all the time, I don't think it's the

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<v Speaker 1>best medicine. Yeah, I agree. Uh, it's funny because you've

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<v Speaker 1>read the last two and I'm like, well, crab, like

0:28:30.760 --> 0:28:32.960
<v Speaker 1>I those kind of applied to certain aspects of my

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<v Speaker 1>relationship too. Uh yeah, I mean, so I read this book.

0:28:39.240 --> 0:28:40.560
<v Speaker 1>I read this book a while ago, a long long

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<v Speaker 1>time ago. I haven't read a book in a long time,

0:28:41.960 --> 0:28:44.560
<v Speaker 1>but I did read one once. It was called the

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<v Speaker 1>Psychopath Test, and it was, like I probably talked about

0:28:47.920 --> 0:28:50.640
<v Speaker 1>it on here before. It's like a twenty twenty pronged

0:28:50.640 --> 0:28:54.080
<v Speaker 1>the litmus test that you can administer to like determine

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<v Speaker 1>whether someone's a psychopath or not if they hit like

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<v Speaker 1>a twelve out of twenty of the psychopath and you

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<v Speaker 1>read all twenty of them, all twenty of the of

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<v Speaker 1>the criteria, and you're like, well, at least I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would concider. I would probably say you'd probably

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. Most of us that read it would

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<v Speaker 1>be like, fifteen out of twenty of these things apply

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<v Speaker 1>to me, like I am a full blown psychopath. And

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<v Speaker 1>then at the very end, after he gives all twenty,

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<v Speaker 1>he goes and by the way, if you're deciding whether

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<v Speaker 1>or not any of these apply to you, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>a psychopath because the psychopath doesn't have the capacity to

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<v Speaker 1>like criticize themselves appropriately. M Night Shamalan to you and

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<v Speaker 1>just twist at the end. Right, So now I'm thinking,

0:29:32.920 --> 0:29:34.800
<v Speaker 1>like this Tom guy is doing the same thing, Like

0:29:34.840 --> 0:29:40.040
<v Speaker 1>he's saying like, the real toxic behavior comes from seeing

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<v Speaker 1>these toxic traits and immediately be like, no, I don't

0:29:44.000 --> 0:29:46.240
<v Speaker 1>have those that's not me. I don't have that toxic trait,

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<v Speaker 1>because I think that really is what that differentiates someone

0:29:49.440 --> 0:29:52.480
<v Speaker 1>that's horribly toxic and someone that maybe just has a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of like, you know, nuance to their relationship. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree with you. I think it's actually probably healthy

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<v Speaker 1>for you, for you and for me to both admit

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<v Speaker 1>that some of these toxic traits are prevalent in our relationships,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. Number three Holding the relationship hostage? So what

0:30:08.240 --> 0:30:10.480
<v Speaker 1>is this? When one person has a simple criticism or

0:30:10.480 --> 0:30:14.000
<v Speaker 1>complaint and blackmails the other person by threatening the commitment

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<v Speaker 1>of the relationship as a whole. For instance, if someone

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<v Speaker 1>feels like you've been cold to them, instead of saying

0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:21.600
<v Speaker 1>I feel like you're being cold, sometimes they will instead

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<v Speaker 1>say I can't date someone who is cold to me

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<v Speaker 1>all the time. This way, they're holding the relationship hostage,

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<v Speaker 1>and this amounts to emotional blackmail and creates a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of unnecessary drama. Even the smallest hiccup in the flow

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<v Speaker 1>of the relationship results in a perceived commitment crisis. It's

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<v Speaker 1>crucial for both people in a relationship to know that

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<v Speaker 1>negative thoughts and feelings can be communicated safely without it

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<v Speaker 1>threatening the entire future of the relationship. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't agree with this more. I can't stand when people

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<v Speaker 1>threaten you know, Um, it's like a kid threatening to

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<v Speaker 1>kill themselves, you know what I mean. It's personal and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing you should joke about. But too Like, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how many times have you heard like an eight rolled

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<v Speaker 1>like if you don't do this, I'm gonna kill myself

0:31:03.200 --> 0:31:05.040
<v Speaker 1>and it's like or I'm gonna hold my breath till

0:31:05.080 --> 0:31:07.800
<v Speaker 1>I die. And it's like that's what you sound like

0:31:07.800 --> 0:31:09.920
<v Speaker 1>a toddler, you know, And anytime I hear an adult

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<v Speaker 1>relationship and like, you know, if you do this, like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm breaking up with you. If you do this, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>divorcing you. And it's like, well, I'm doing it, then

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<v Speaker 1>I'm calling your bluff. Yeah, it's nice to have one

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<v Speaker 1>for That's the first one where I'm like, that's never

0:31:22.240 --> 0:31:25.200
<v Speaker 1>happened in mind Calin's relationship either way, which is great,

0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:27.840
<v Speaker 1>and I would probably bet it's never happened in your

0:31:27.840 --> 0:31:30.480
<v Speaker 1>Ashy's relationship. But I've been in relationships where that has

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<v Speaker 1>been a thing. I probably even said it a few

0:31:32.600 --> 0:31:35.640
<v Speaker 1>times myself. Yeah, it's so bad. What a ridiculous thing

0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:38.320
<v Speaker 1>to do like that's that's I feel like something you

0:31:38.320 --> 0:31:40.840
<v Speaker 1>would do, like in your late teens early twenties, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like when you're just led by emotion at all times

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<v Speaker 1>and you can't really think rationally all right. Number four

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<v Speaker 1>blaming your partner for your own emotions. Let's say you're

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<v Speaker 1>having a crappy day and your partner isn't exactly being

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<v Speaker 1>super sympathetic or supportive about it. Maybe they've been on

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<v Speaker 1>the phone all day with some people from work, or

0:32:00.440 --> 0:32:03.040
<v Speaker 1>they got distracted when you hug them. You want to

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<v Speaker 1>lie around at home together and just watch a movie tonight,

0:32:05.560 --> 0:32:07.520
<v Speaker 1>but your partner has plans to go out and see friends.

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<v Speaker 1>As your frustration with your day and your partner's reaction

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<v Speaker 1>to it increases, you find yourself lashing out for being

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<v Speaker 1>so insensitive and callous towards you. Sure you never asked

0:32:17.320 --> 0:32:20.600
<v Speaker 1>for emotional support, You're but sure you never asked for

0:32:20.720 --> 0:32:25.080
<v Speaker 1>emotional support. But your partners should just instinctually know to

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<v Speaker 1>make you feel better. They should have gotten off the

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<v Speaker 1>phone and ditch their plans based on your lousy day.

0:32:31.160 --> 0:32:33.720
<v Speaker 1>Blaming our partners for our emotions is selfish. In a

0:32:33.760 --> 0:32:37.760
<v Speaker 1>classic example of the poor maintenance of personal boundaries, when

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<v Speaker 1>you said a precedent that your partner is responsible for

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<v Speaker 1>how you feel at all times, this can easily lead

0:32:43.120 --> 0:32:47.200
<v Speaker 1>to a codependent relationship. Everything, even down to reading a

0:32:47.240 --> 0:32:51.000
<v Speaker 1>book or watching television, must be negotiated. When someone begins

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<v Speaker 1>to get upset, all personal desires go out the window

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<v Speaker 1>because now you have to make each other feel better.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh yeah, I agree. Like I feel like way too

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<v Speaker 1>many people predicate their happiness on their significant other, or

0:33:05.400 --> 0:33:09.080
<v Speaker 1>if you're single, you put so much emphasis on your

0:33:09.080 --> 0:33:13.160
<v Speaker 1>own happiness being predicated by finding love, which is something

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<v Speaker 1>that I think people need to start moving away from

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<v Speaker 1>because the only way you're ever gonna be happy is

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<v Speaker 1>if you're happy with yourself. And as cliche is that sounds,

0:33:20.840 --> 0:33:23.680
<v Speaker 1>it's so true. Um that I agree. If you're in

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship, you can't just immediately assume that your partner

0:33:26.600 --> 0:33:28.959
<v Speaker 1>knows your thoughts and knows how you feel, like you

0:33:28.960 --> 0:33:31.440
<v Speaker 1>have to articulate those things. Like I I learned a

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<v Speaker 1>lot from my dad because my dad is the most

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful man I've ever met, But he also has a

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<v Speaker 1>very difficult time being vulnerable and actually saying how he feels.

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<v Speaker 1>So when he's like I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like, I know you're not fine. Just say how

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<v Speaker 1>you feel, because then he gets agitated when we're not

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<v Speaker 1>sympathetic towards him if he's had a really bad day

0:33:47.720 --> 0:33:50.200
<v Speaker 1>and it's like the dad like, we can't read your thoughts.

0:33:50.480 --> 0:33:52.480
<v Speaker 1>And he's gotten so much better with it, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>throughout age. But I think, you know, because it's like

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<v Speaker 1>such a guy thing, right, You're not supposed to talk

0:33:56.720 --> 0:33:58.560
<v Speaker 1>about your feelings, and we're starting to move away from that,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great, but I like a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>do this, and we just you know, people need to

0:34:02.640 --> 0:34:07.120
<v Speaker 1>just take responsibility for their own happiness. Yeah, I agree.

0:34:07.480 --> 0:34:10.400
<v Speaker 1>I think, uh, I think a lot of people that

0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:15.160
<v Speaker 1>aren't happy when they're single, imagine getting into a relationship

0:34:15.239 --> 0:34:19.719
<v Speaker 1>and everything being cured immediately. And then they get into

0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:22.440
<v Speaker 1>that relationship and thanks don't go as they planned it too,

0:34:22.600 --> 0:34:25.200
<v Speaker 1>and so that's why they're unhappy again. And then they

0:34:25.239 --> 0:34:26.920
<v Speaker 1>get out that relationship and they just do that over

0:34:26.920 --> 0:34:29.440
<v Speaker 1>and over again, because like you said, not happy with yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not gonna be happy in the relationship. Um, so

0:34:32.560 --> 0:34:37.080
<v Speaker 1>that's fair. There is a yeah, there's there. There have

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<v Speaker 1>been some moments where like I'll be upset about something.

0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:43.320
<v Speaker 1>I always try to pull it back onto me, So, oh, totally,

0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:45.719
<v Speaker 1>there's a there's a couple of moments where like, let's say,

0:34:45.719 --> 0:34:48.239
<v Speaker 1>like some exterior thing has me really upset, and I'll

0:34:48.239 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 1>come back and I'll be like distant or cold or

0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:53.520
<v Speaker 1>something and Caalen two sometimes, but we've always done a

0:34:53.520 --> 0:34:56.760
<v Speaker 1>really good job of being like this is misdirected anger

0:34:56.920 --> 0:34:59.759
<v Speaker 1>or the frustration or Kalen's up. Mostly the time she

0:34:59.840 --> 0:35:02.080
<v Speaker 1>get snappy is when she's hungry, so she's like, I'm sorry,

0:35:02.080 --> 0:35:04.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm just really hungry. Now let's go get food, and

0:35:04.080 --> 0:35:08.000
<v Speaker 1>then she gets angry everything dude, hanger. I never realized

0:35:08.000 --> 0:35:09.960
<v Speaker 1>how much of a thing it was until I started

0:35:10.000 --> 0:35:13.200
<v Speaker 1>dating Klin. It's like, this is the most ridiculous not ridiculous,

0:35:13.200 --> 0:35:16.400
<v Speaker 1>because it's very it's very real. She is hypoglycemic, so

0:35:16.680 --> 0:35:18.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying that's ridiculous, but it is funny to

0:35:18.640 --> 0:35:23.160
<v Speaker 1>see how quickly her personality can shift once she's eaten,

0:35:23.320 --> 0:35:26.440
<v Speaker 1>because then she loses the you know, the sass and

0:35:26.560 --> 0:35:30.440
<v Speaker 1>just kind of calms back down. Yeah, food selves, everything. Yeah,

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:34.640
<v Speaker 1>especially with a pregnant wife, I can imagine she needs

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:36.320
<v Speaker 1>she has a regiment every two hours, she needs he

0:35:36.960 --> 0:35:38.719
<v Speaker 1>and not only will she get angry if she's not,

0:35:38.760 --> 0:35:41.439
<v Speaker 1>but she's just she will throw up, which is not good.

0:35:41.680 --> 0:35:44.800
<v Speaker 1>All right, last two, Uh, so we'll get them pretty quickly.

0:35:44.880 --> 0:35:50.000
<v Speaker 1>Number five displays of quote loving jealousy. Getting piste off

0:35:50.040 --> 0:35:53.440
<v Speaker 1>when your partner talks, touches, calls, text, hangs out, or

0:35:53.560 --> 0:35:56.520
<v Speaker 1>sneezes in the general vicinity of another person, and then

0:35:56.560 --> 0:35:58.640
<v Speaker 1>proceeding to take that anger out on your partner and

0:35:58.680 --> 0:36:02.040
<v Speaker 1>attempt to control their behavior. That's what this loving jealousy

0:36:02.120 --> 0:36:05.080
<v Speaker 1>is all about, and can often leave to uh and

0:36:05.120 --> 0:36:09.399
<v Speaker 1>can often lead to insane behaviors, such as hacking into

0:36:09.400 --> 0:36:12.200
<v Speaker 1>your partner's email account, looking through their text messages while

0:36:12.200 --> 0:36:14.640
<v Speaker 1>they're in the shower, or even following them around town

0:36:15.120 --> 0:36:18.960
<v Speaker 1>and showing up unannounced. Hashtag creepy. He says, it's surprising

0:36:18.960 --> 0:36:20.840
<v Speaker 1>me that some people describe this as some sort of

0:36:20.880 --> 0:36:24.319
<v Speaker 1>display of affection that if their partner isn't jealous, that

0:36:24.719 --> 0:36:28.440
<v Speaker 1>somehow this means that they don't love them enough. He says,

0:36:28.520 --> 0:36:33.319
<v Speaker 1>this is absolute for Verbatim, clown shit crazy. Rather than

0:36:33.400 --> 0:36:38.400
<v Speaker 1>being love enough, it's actually just controlling and manipulative, and

0:36:38.440 --> 0:36:40.719
<v Speaker 1>by transmitting a message of a lack of trust and

0:36:40.760 --> 0:36:44.040
<v Speaker 1>the other person who creates unnecessary drama and disc discord.

0:36:44.080 --> 0:36:47.000
<v Speaker 1>Worst of all, it's the meaning if my partner cannot

0:36:47.040 --> 0:36:49.640
<v Speaker 1>trust me to be around other attractive women by myself,

0:36:49.640 --> 0:36:52.040
<v Speaker 1>then it applies that she believes that I'm either a

0:36:52.200 --> 0:36:55.960
<v Speaker 1>liar or be incapable of controlling my impulses in either caith.

0:36:56.239 --> 0:36:58.480
<v Speaker 1>In either case, that's a woman I do not want

0:36:58.520 --> 0:37:03.560
<v Speaker 1>to be with. M Interesting, that's fair. I I used

0:37:03.560 --> 0:37:07.279
<v Speaker 1>to be jealous in relationships, and I always think that

0:37:07.360 --> 0:37:11.480
<v Speaker 1>the reason I ever was jealous was because I was

0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:15.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of being a shady boyfriend, right, like okay, fair point.

0:37:16.080 --> 0:37:18.480
<v Speaker 1>Like I was like I would flirt with other girls

0:37:19.200 --> 0:37:22.200
<v Speaker 1>and then so I thought that my girlfriend would be

0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:24.640
<v Speaker 1>doing the same thing. And it's always, in my opinion,

0:37:24.719 --> 0:37:26.600
<v Speaker 1>jealousy is always like a reflection of how you see

0:37:26.600 --> 0:37:28.560
<v Speaker 1>yourself in a relationship. So maybe that's why I was

0:37:28.560 --> 0:37:32.280
<v Speaker 1>super jealous. Like now with Kaylin, I don't get jealous

0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:35.960
<v Speaker 1>because I mean, I mean a, A, I trust her obviously,

0:37:35.960 --> 0:37:38.080
<v Speaker 1>and B I don't think that either of us are

0:37:38.080 --> 0:37:40.080
<v Speaker 1>doing anything shady white. I would hope not, at least

0:37:40.160 --> 0:37:42.719
<v Speaker 1>behind each other's back. Um, it's funny. I got a

0:37:42.760 --> 0:37:45.640
<v Speaker 1>d M. Yeah, you know, you obviously get many random

0:37:45.680 --> 0:37:48.480
<v Speaker 1>d m s throughout the day. This person d M

0:37:48.600 --> 0:37:51.360
<v Speaker 1>me the other day after Miami, or after Kaylin got

0:37:51.400 --> 0:37:54.120
<v Speaker 1>back from Miami, and she was like, some guy was

0:37:54.239 --> 0:37:57.240
<v Speaker 1>super into Kaylin the entire trip while they were in Miami,

0:37:57.280 --> 0:37:59.439
<v Speaker 1>and then even Kaylin got back and she goes, yeah,

0:37:59.480 --> 0:38:02.000
<v Speaker 1>this guy of like shooting me, looks like he was

0:38:02.040 --> 0:38:03.799
<v Speaker 1>like really into me, and she kept making it very

0:38:03.800 --> 0:38:06.160
<v Speaker 1>clear that she was taken blah blah blah. And I

0:38:06.200 --> 0:38:08.000
<v Speaker 1>feel like the old me would have been like kind

0:38:08.000 --> 0:38:10.160
<v Speaker 1>of really put off by it, and I'm kind of upset.

0:38:10.640 --> 0:38:12.960
<v Speaker 1>But now I just like laugh at it because it's like, well,

0:38:13.040 --> 0:38:15.080
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's not like it's really gonna lead to anything,

0:38:15.080 --> 0:38:19.120
<v Speaker 1>you know. Yeah, just means you trust Kalin. That's great.

0:38:19.160 --> 0:38:21.480
<v Speaker 1>So were you jealous at all where you're like, hey,

0:38:21.719 --> 0:38:23.880
<v Speaker 1>now I want to find that guy and punch him

0:38:23.880 --> 0:38:26.000
<v Speaker 1>in the face. No, I mean I know the guy,

0:38:26.160 --> 0:38:30.640
<v Speaker 1>he's a he's a guy that has been on TV before. Yeah,

0:38:30.840 --> 0:38:37.279
<v Speaker 1>but no, I don't feel whatsoever scandalous. What television show

0:38:37.360 --> 0:38:39.680
<v Speaker 1>was he on? Well, that's just the debt giveaway if

0:38:39.680 --> 0:38:44.080
<v Speaker 1>I say that. But what about you? Are you? Oh? Now,

0:38:44.120 --> 0:38:46.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm very invested in this story. I'm gonna ask you

0:38:46.239 --> 0:38:49.560
<v Speaker 1>after the podcast who this human being was. I kept

0:38:49.560 --> 0:38:52.960
<v Speaker 1>shooting Calin looks because if he's especially if he's in

0:38:53.000 --> 0:38:55.799
<v Speaker 1>the reality TV world, he knows that Kalin and you

0:38:55.840 --> 0:38:59.680
<v Speaker 1>were together, so he's being a shady character. Let's just

0:38:59.680 --> 0:39:03.200
<v Speaker 1>say he was on a TV show where the expectation

0:39:03.520 --> 0:39:10.359
<v Speaker 1>is to be a sline ball. Okay, interesting, Okay, good

0:39:10.400 --> 0:39:14.920
<v Speaker 1>to know. Anyway, I get jealous a little bit. Ashley

0:39:14.920 --> 0:39:19.200
<v Speaker 1>actually likes when I get jealous. But again, I'd like

0:39:19.320 --> 0:39:21.839
<v Speaker 1>to think it's a healthy amount of jealousy. Uh. It's

0:39:21.880 --> 0:39:24.800
<v Speaker 1>always just like any time a guy, you know, especially

0:39:24.800 --> 0:39:27.880
<v Speaker 1>when we first started dating, guys would still flirt with

0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:32.680
<v Speaker 1>Ashley and it's like f off bro um. So I'm

0:39:32.719 --> 0:39:36.000
<v Speaker 1>certainly not as jealous anymore, because you know, as more

0:39:36.040 --> 0:39:38.080
<v Speaker 1>time comes on and goes on with the relationship, you

0:39:38.120 --> 0:39:41.160
<v Speaker 1>just get more and more not even just trustworthy, but comfortable,

0:39:41.520 --> 0:39:44.040
<v Speaker 1>and it's like you're you're not gonna do anything. I'm

0:39:44.080 --> 0:39:48.480
<v Speaker 1>not gonna do anything like, We're fine, all right? Last one,

0:39:49.080 --> 0:39:53.400
<v Speaker 1>last one, last toxic trait that some people find uh normal.

0:39:53.719 --> 0:39:59.480
<v Speaker 1>Number six buying the solutions to relationship problems interesting. So

0:39:59.600 --> 0:40:02.360
<v Speaker 1>whenever a major conflict or issue comes up in a relationship,

0:40:02.400 --> 0:40:04.920
<v Speaker 1>instead of solving it, you cover it up with the

0:40:04.960 --> 0:40:08.319
<v Speaker 1>excitement and good feelings that come with buying something nice

0:40:08.400 --> 0:40:11.279
<v Speaker 1>or going on a trip somewhere interesting. My parents were

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:13.640
<v Speaker 1>experts at this one, and it got uh, and it

0:40:13.680 --> 0:40:17.720
<v Speaker 1>got them real far, a big fat divorce in fifteen

0:40:17.800 --> 0:40:20.239
<v Speaker 1>years of hardly speaking to each other. Wow. Uh. They

0:40:20.239 --> 0:40:22.799
<v Speaker 1>have both since independently told me that this was the

0:40:22.840 --> 0:40:26.839
<v Speaker 1>primary problem in their marriage, continuously covering up their real

0:40:26.880 --> 0:40:31.879
<v Speaker 1>issues with superficial pleasures. This is toxic. Not only does

0:40:31.920 --> 0:40:35.080
<v Speaker 1>buying stuff brush the problem under the rug where it

0:40:35.200 --> 0:40:38.160
<v Speaker 1>always re emerges it even worse than next time, but

0:40:38.239 --> 0:40:41.040
<v Speaker 1>it sets an unhealthy precedent within the relationship. This is

0:40:41.040 --> 0:40:43.279
<v Speaker 1>not a gender specific problem, but I will use the

0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:47.120
<v Speaker 1>quote traditional gendered situation as an example. Let's imagine that

0:40:47.160 --> 0:40:49.800
<v Speaker 1>whenever a woman gets angry at her boyfriend or husband,

0:40:49.840 --> 0:40:52.799
<v Speaker 1>the man solves the issue by buying a woman a

0:40:52.880 --> 0:40:56.080
<v Speaker 1>gift or taking her to a fancy restaurant. Not only

0:40:56.320 --> 0:41:00.000
<v Speaker 1>does this give the woman unconscious incentive to find more

0:41:00.040 --> 0:41:02.200
<v Speaker 1>reasons to be upset with the man because he buys

0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:04.719
<v Speaker 1>her stuff, but it also gives the man absolutely no

0:41:04.880 --> 0:41:08.320
<v Speaker 1>incentive to actually be accountable for the problems in the relationship.

0:41:08.680 --> 0:41:11.160
<v Speaker 1>What's the result of all of this, a checked out

0:41:11.239 --> 0:41:12.960
<v Speaker 1>husband who feels like an a t M and an

0:41:13.000 --> 0:41:20.360
<v Speaker 1>increasingly bitter woman who feels unheard. What do you think, Um, Yeah,

0:41:20.440 --> 0:41:24.320
<v Speaker 1>that sounds about right. I'm surprised, well, and I'm not surprised.

0:41:24.360 --> 0:41:27.640
<v Speaker 1>I think there's multiple levels to that. I think a

0:41:27.640 --> 0:41:30.560
<v Speaker 1>lot of couples. Some of my really good friends actually

0:41:30.600 --> 0:41:32.680
<v Speaker 1>kind of do this sometimes too. Is instead of like

0:41:32.719 --> 0:41:37.640
<v Speaker 1>they'll fight and they won't fix anything or do anything differently,

0:41:38.320 --> 0:41:42.360
<v Speaker 1>but they'll just like go have like really passionate fighting

0:41:42.600 --> 0:41:45.320
<v Speaker 1>sex essentially, and the next day everything is totally fine.

0:41:45.880 --> 0:41:49.279
<v Speaker 1>And I think that's like the same thing, right, yeah, exactly,

0:41:49.840 --> 0:41:51.600
<v Speaker 1>And it's just like okay, well, it's like you're basically

0:41:51.719 --> 0:41:56.200
<v Speaker 1>using sex as a tool to not have to talk

0:41:56.200 --> 0:41:58.640
<v Speaker 1>about your issues and then like, what's going to happen

0:41:58.719 --> 0:42:01.799
<v Speaker 1>in the year five years in years when these things

0:42:01.800 --> 0:42:04.520
<v Speaker 1>continue to fester, you know. In this guy's case, it

0:42:04.560 --> 0:42:06.759
<v Speaker 1>says it led his parents to getting divorced and never

0:42:07.200 --> 0:42:09.720
<v Speaker 1>talking to each other anymore. So I think there's definitely

0:42:09.719 --> 0:42:11.600
<v Speaker 1>like a lot of different ways that you could you

0:42:11.640 --> 0:42:17.160
<v Speaker 1>could do this, um, but I try. I don't know. Yeah,

0:42:17.200 --> 0:42:19.960
<v Speaker 1>obviously it's not a good thing. What do you think? Yeah,

0:42:20.000 --> 0:42:22.799
<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think it just covers it up, you know,

0:42:22.880 --> 0:42:25.000
<v Speaker 1>And people do this in in all different types of

0:42:25.000 --> 0:42:27.160
<v Speaker 1>way in relationships. I was just talking to a friend

0:42:27.160 --> 0:42:29.600
<v Speaker 1>of mine who's going through a breakup, and she was

0:42:29.640 --> 0:42:32.040
<v Speaker 1>telling me all these different issues that they had together,

0:42:32.280 --> 0:42:35.680
<v Speaker 1>and it was all like very surface level things with

0:42:35.760 --> 0:42:38.400
<v Speaker 1>like oh this one time and he was supposed to

0:42:38.400 --> 0:42:40.799
<v Speaker 1>get that, didn't get it, and then he was like

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:43.320
<v Speaker 1>we got into a huge fight over and blah blah blah.

0:42:43.600 --> 0:42:46.680
<v Speaker 1>And she was telling me multiple occasions where this happened,

0:42:46.719 --> 0:42:49.080
<v Speaker 1>and I kept thinking, like, I don't think it's about that.

0:42:49.320 --> 0:42:51.920
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's about him getting you something or

0:42:51.960 --> 0:42:54.640
<v Speaker 1>not getting you something, or said he would be there

0:42:54.640 --> 0:42:56.719
<v Speaker 1>and he wasn't there. I think what really comes down

0:42:56.760 --> 0:42:59.320
<v Speaker 1>to is that you guys have some really underlying issues

0:43:00.000 --> 0:43:03.560
<v Speaker 1>and you're and and and like, so like the littlest

0:43:03.600 --> 0:43:06.080
<v Speaker 1>things are triggering you because you guys really need to

0:43:06.080 --> 0:43:10.280
<v Speaker 1>start talking about some more um you know, uh, deep

0:43:11.200 --> 0:43:14.200
<v Speaker 1>issues within the relationship rather than the surface level things

0:43:14.239 --> 0:43:16.680
<v Speaker 1>of like oh, he's always late, or he said he

0:43:16.680 --> 0:43:18.200
<v Speaker 1>was gonna buy this and then he came home and

0:43:18.239 --> 0:43:19.520
<v Speaker 1>didn't get it, and I was like, I told you

0:43:19.520 --> 0:43:20.799
<v Speaker 1>to get that, and he was like, oh, I thought

0:43:20.800 --> 0:43:22.319
<v Speaker 1>that you said I shouldn't get it, and then it

0:43:22.360 --> 0:43:25.320
<v Speaker 1>turns into this huge fight. And so I think conversely,

0:43:25.360 --> 0:43:29.719
<v Speaker 1>it's very similar here where you know, it's you know,

0:43:29.800 --> 0:43:31.759
<v Speaker 1>it's it's an easy way. You know, you have an

0:43:31.800 --> 0:43:33.919
<v Speaker 1>issue in a relationship, and then the guy's like, oh,

0:43:34.040 --> 0:43:37.560
<v Speaker 1>I bought you flowers and everything is fixed, and she's like, oh, okay,

0:43:37.600 --> 0:43:40.840
<v Speaker 1>you know. And then the same issue though, keeps happening

0:43:40.880 --> 0:43:42.879
<v Speaker 1>over and over and over again, and he just keeps

0:43:42.880 --> 0:43:45.239
<v Speaker 1>buying you flowers over and over and over again without

0:43:45.280 --> 0:43:47.399
<v Speaker 1>actually solving the issue. And I totally agree. I think

0:43:47.400 --> 0:43:49.239
<v Speaker 1>you have to get at the core of it. And

0:43:49.360 --> 0:43:51.080
<v Speaker 1>like a lot of times Ashley will do that to me.

0:43:52.640 --> 0:43:54.080
<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say, let's say you actually are in

0:43:54.080 --> 0:43:58.839
<v Speaker 1>a fight, what's your what's your conflict resolution style well

0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:02.480
<v Speaker 1>similarly is especially early on in the relationship, Like you know,

0:44:02.560 --> 0:44:04.840
<v Speaker 1>I'd be like you know a lot of guys that

0:44:04.920 --> 0:44:06.880
<v Speaker 1>I know, which is like I'm fine, I'm fine, I

0:44:06.880 --> 0:44:08.000
<v Speaker 1>don't want to talk about it. I don't want to

0:44:08.000 --> 0:44:11.680
<v Speaker 1>talk about it. And Ashley would really pry, rightfully so

0:44:11.800 --> 0:44:13.920
<v Speaker 1>and be like, listen, I know something's wrong. Tell me

0:44:13.960 --> 0:44:15.759
<v Speaker 1>what's wrong. Let's get at the core of this. And

0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:20.080
<v Speaker 1>she's Ashley is such a good communicator, mainly because she's

0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:22.160
<v Speaker 1>just the most transparent person I've ever met, as you

0:44:22.200 --> 0:44:25.040
<v Speaker 1>well know, like that Ashley just like whatever's on her mind,

0:44:25.719 --> 0:44:27.879
<v Speaker 1>she's gonna say it, you know, and it's her it's

0:44:27.880 --> 0:44:31.799
<v Speaker 1>her best trait. Um So, she was really good at it.

0:44:31.840 --> 0:44:35.840
<v Speaker 1>And now because of those times where she was prying

0:44:35.880 --> 0:44:38.040
<v Speaker 1>and saying what's wrong, what's wrong, what's wrong, I'd rather

0:44:38.080 --> 0:44:40.040
<v Speaker 1>tell me. I'd rather have you tell me what's wrong

0:44:40.440 --> 0:44:43.000
<v Speaker 1>than to keep it inside. Um So, now we have

0:44:43.040 --> 0:44:46.880
<v Speaker 1>a really good, healthy communication style where I'm able to say, like, listen,

0:44:46.920 --> 0:44:49.400
<v Speaker 1>this is what's bothering me, and she she's had no

0:44:49.480 --> 0:44:52.480
<v Speaker 1>issues ever telling me what's bothering her. She will always

0:44:52.480 --> 0:44:54.600
<v Speaker 1>tell me when I'm screwing up, and I think that's

0:44:54.680 --> 0:44:59.480
<v Speaker 1>very healthy. Um, what about the flip side of that,

0:45:01.040 --> 0:45:04.800
<v Speaker 1>What do you mean if like something's bothering me? Yeah,

0:45:05.120 --> 0:45:08.239
<v Speaker 1>oh dude, Like I said, like, I'll still I'll say it.

0:45:08.320 --> 0:45:11.160
<v Speaker 1>I'll try to present I'll present it in the nicest

0:45:11.200 --> 0:45:13.719
<v Speaker 1>way possible, so I don't angry, you know, I don't

0:45:13.760 --> 0:45:18.160
<v Speaker 1>anger the beast um because it's so funny because you know,

0:45:18.200 --> 0:45:21.319
<v Speaker 1>we're human beings and we're insecure and we're emotional. So like,

0:45:21.640 --> 0:45:23.440
<v Speaker 1>even though a lot of times actually be like tell

0:45:23.440 --> 0:45:24.959
<v Speaker 1>me what's wrong, tell me what's wrong, I'm like, okay,

0:45:24.960 --> 0:45:26.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna tell you. And then I tell her and

0:45:26.920 --> 0:45:29.799
<v Speaker 1>she's like and then she'll start crying and she's like,

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:32.200
<v Speaker 1>this like an issue in our relationship. I'm like, no,

0:45:32.320 --> 0:45:34.279
<v Speaker 1>it's not a huge issue, but you wanted me to

0:45:34.320 --> 0:45:37.839
<v Speaker 1>talk about it, and like you're fine, We're fine, It's

0:45:37.840 --> 0:45:40.319
<v Speaker 1>gonna be okay. So it's like there's a part of

0:45:40.320 --> 0:45:42.760
<v Speaker 1>me that's in my brain like should I have said anything.

0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:45.120
<v Speaker 1>I think it's healthier that I did. But at the

0:45:45.160 --> 0:45:48.120
<v Speaker 1>same time, now she's super upset and I feel like

0:45:48.160 --> 0:45:51.640
<v Speaker 1>a piece of ship, and so it's it's it's a balance,

0:45:51.680 --> 0:45:53.320
<v Speaker 1>like we were talking about earlier in the podcast. I

0:45:53.360 --> 0:45:55.759
<v Speaker 1>think you need that balance of honesty with also with

0:45:55.920 --> 0:46:03.239
<v Speaker 1>also compassion. I agree, really great stuff. Thanks for thanks

0:46:03.320 --> 0:46:06.319
<v Speaker 1>for bringing that onto the podcast. Day. I will say

0:46:06.400 --> 0:46:08.720
<v Speaker 1>to that book, don't the subtle art I'm not giving

0:46:08.920 --> 0:46:12.560
<v Speaker 1>uh f is it's funny. It's a popular book. A

0:46:12.560 --> 0:46:15.560
<v Speaker 1>lot of people read it and uh maybe they always

0:46:15.560 --> 0:46:18.040
<v Speaker 1>just instagram story that they're reading it. It's a good book.

0:46:18.040 --> 0:46:19.560
<v Speaker 1>It's like you can read it in like less than

0:46:19.600 --> 0:46:22.520
<v Speaker 1>a day, probably worth your time. It's interesting enough to

0:46:22.680 --> 0:46:24.800
<v Speaker 1>at least just give it a read to check it

0:46:24.800 --> 0:46:27.839
<v Speaker 1>out to you if you're interested in hearing more from

0:46:27.880 --> 0:46:33.360
<v Speaker 1>Tom what's his last name, Oh no, Mark Mark Manson?

0:46:34.320 --> 0:46:36.680
<v Speaker 1>Mark Manson, that's right, So if you wanna listen or

0:46:36.760 --> 0:46:38.880
<v Speaker 1>read more from him, go check that book out. Anyways,

0:46:38.920 --> 0:46:40.360
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna take a quick break. We're gonna get to

0:46:40.360 --> 0:46:42.240
<v Speaker 1>some emails. I've got a flight to catch in about

0:46:42.239 --> 0:46:45.200
<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes, so we're gonna be quick with it, hopefully

0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:50.239
<v Speaker 1>at least the second flight of the day. That's exactly right.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's make sure that doesn't happen. We're gonna take one

0:46:52.920 --> 0:47:05.200
<v Speaker 1>very quick break, but we'll be right back. Welcome back

0:47:05.680 --> 0:47:09.359
<v Speaker 1>to the quickest email segment of help. I suck at

0:47:09.480 --> 0:47:13.400
<v Speaker 1>dating history? Well probably not, but we'll see what we

0:47:13.440 --> 0:47:15.439
<v Speaker 1>can do. We've got a couple of emails for you today.

0:47:15.440 --> 0:47:18.720
<v Speaker 1>We've got no Mark, no Easton, but we've got something

0:47:18.719 --> 0:47:20.720
<v Speaker 1>even better. We got a Riley and a Hana waiting

0:47:20.719 --> 0:47:23.200
<v Speaker 1>in the wings to read these emails for us, if

0:47:23.239 --> 0:47:26.120
<v Speaker 1>they're up for it. If not, Jared and I know

0:47:26.200 --> 0:47:28.040
<v Speaker 1>how to read, I think, but nope, Riley is going

0:47:28.080 --> 0:47:31.480
<v Speaker 1>to tune in. Sweet. All right, let's get to the

0:47:31.600 --> 0:47:36.720
<v Speaker 1>first man. What do we got? It's our lucky day, baby.

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<v Speaker 1>We have the wonderful Isabella writing into us. And Isabella says,

0:47:42.480 --> 0:47:44.640
<v Speaker 1>one of my best friends is hooking up with the

0:47:44.680 --> 0:47:47.640
<v Speaker 1>guy that I'm in love with. Earlier this week, she

0:47:47.680 --> 0:47:49.960
<v Speaker 1>showed me their text messages and asked me for advice

0:47:50.000 --> 0:47:52.600
<v Speaker 1>about something. I gave her advice and acted like it

0:47:52.640 --> 0:47:55.120
<v Speaker 1>didn't bother me, But it was eating me up inside

0:47:55.120 --> 0:47:57.759
<v Speaker 1>and I feel like I'm going to explode. Please help?

0:47:57.960 --> 0:48:00.160
<v Speaker 1>What do I do? Do I tell her how I feel?

0:48:00.360 --> 0:48:03.640
<v Speaker 1>Or just stay quiet? This is straight out of a

0:48:03.719 --> 0:48:06.560
<v Speaker 1>wrong com right here. The best friend is secretly in

0:48:06.640 --> 0:48:11.120
<v Speaker 1>love with her best friend's boyfriend. Uh, I don't know,

0:48:11.200 --> 0:48:14.560
<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of fish in the sea. I'd move on. Yeah,

0:48:14.640 --> 0:48:17.360
<v Speaker 1>I also would just move on. If it's meant to be,

0:48:17.480 --> 0:48:21.640
<v Speaker 1>it'll be. Don't force anything, don't ruin your friendship over it.

0:48:22.360 --> 0:48:25.400
<v Speaker 1>Just be the supportive friend. Let it run. Let it runs.

0:48:25.400 --> 0:48:28.399
<v Speaker 1>Course they're gonna break up and then I guess maybe

0:48:28.440 --> 0:48:30.320
<v Speaker 1>shoot your shot. I don't know. It's kind of seems

0:48:30.320 --> 0:48:32.000
<v Speaker 1>like more of like a girl advice thing. I feel

0:48:32.040 --> 0:48:33.839
<v Speaker 1>like Riley and Hanna are probably better suited to give

0:48:33.840 --> 0:48:37.359
<v Speaker 1>some advice on this one. That's that's kind of heartbreaking.

0:48:37.600 --> 0:48:39.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean to hold that inside, I'd see why she's

0:48:39.480 --> 0:48:42.600
<v Speaker 1>going to explode, and that's hard to let go. And

0:48:42.640 --> 0:48:44.480
<v Speaker 1>I want to know if did she like him first,

0:48:45.840 --> 0:48:48.440
<v Speaker 1>because that kind of like that friend's kind of terrible.

0:48:49.640 --> 0:48:53.200
<v Speaker 1>I don't disagree that. I don't disagree with that. But

0:48:53.239 --> 0:48:55.480
<v Speaker 1>also it's like whether she likes him first or not,

0:48:55.600 --> 0:48:58.080
<v Speaker 1>the fact of the matter is the friend is with

0:48:58.080 --> 0:49:00.800
<v Speaker 1>her at this point, so it's like, what does she

0:49:00.840 --> 0:49:05.480
<v Speaker 1>gotta do? Now that's true, you know, yeah, I mean,

0:49:05.880 --> 0:49:09.160
<v Speaker 1>and also like, I mean, what kind of guy is this?

0:49:09.360 --> 0:49:11.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, who knows he might be the greatest guy

0:49:11.560 --> 0:49:13.680
<v Speaker 1>in the world, but he's also hooking up, like they're

0:49:13.719 --> 0:49:16.279
<v Speaker 1>just hooking up, and then apparently she needs advice because

0:49:16.280 --> 0:49:18.920
<v Speaker 1>there's some text messages back and forth. I don't know

0:49:19.040 --> 0:49:23.040
<v Speaker 1>if I think that's tough because it's your best friend.

0:49:23.600 --> 0:49:26.200
<v Speaker 1>So the problem is she's gonna keep asking for advice

0:49:26.239 --> 0:49:31.319
<v Speaker 1>if you don't say something, Man, that sucks. I don't

0:49:31.320 --> 0:49:37.040
<v Speaker 1>say anything over it. No, what do you think she

0:49:37.080 --> 0:49:39.919
<v Speaker 1>needs to speak up? Riley? If it's your best friend.

0:49:39.960 --> 0:49:42.400
<v Speaker 1>If it was my best friend, I'd be like, hey,

0:49:42.800 --> 0:49:44.879
<v Speaker 1>like just to let you know, like I'm actually really

0:49:44.880 --> 0:49:47.359
<v Speaker 1>into this guy too. Like I would tell my friend,

0:49:47.360 --> 0:49:52.640
<v Speaker 1>if that's my best friend, your best friend, what type

0:49:52.680 --> 0:49:55.799
<v Speaker 1>of advice the best friends asking for? Like I wonder

0:49:55.840 --> 0:49:58.000
<v Speaker 1>if the best friend of Isabella wants to be with

0:49:58.040 --> 0:50:01.000
<v Speaker 1>this guy, because that sucks because then it's Isabella is

0:50:01.040 --> 0:50:04.319
<v Speaker 1>living vicariously through her best friend, you know, while she's

0:50:04.360 --> 0:50:06.719
<v Speaker 1>trying to get with the guy that she loves. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that you should probably say something because your best friend,

0:50:13.160 --> 0:50:16.920
<v Speaker 1>Isabella is going to keep asking you for advice, and

0:50:16.960 --> 0:50:20.520
<v Speaker 1>it's gonna be like her twisting the knife every time

0:50:20.640 --> 0:50:24.759
<v Speaker 1>she does. It's gonna really suck for you, and you

0:50:24.760 --> 0:50:26.680
<v Speaker 1>could just be honest and be like, listen, I kind

0:50:26.680 --> 0:50:28.399
<v Speaker 1>of like this guy. I'm not going to pursue him,

0:50:28.840 --> 0:50:30.719
<v Speaker 1>you know. I think you guys are great together. I

0:50:30.760 --> 0:50:33.960
<v Speaker 1>want you to go after him, But I just I

0:50:34.000 --> 0:50:36.560
<v Speaker 1>can't help you with this situation. I need to detach

0:50:36.640 --> 0:50:40.600
<v Speaker 1>myself because it's like a little knife, a little knife

0:50:40.640 --> 0:50:43.600
<v Speaker 1>that you keep twisting in my back. I will say, Isabella,

0:50:43.719 --> 0:50:45.640
<v Speaker 1>right now, it doesn't have the guy she wants, and

0:50:45.680 --> 0:50:47.399
<v Speaker 1>if she also does not want to have the best

0:50:47.440 --> 0:50:50.680
<v Speaker 1>friend anymore, that she should follow that advice and say something.

0:50:51.120 --> 0:50:53.880
<v Speaker 1>She wants to keep her best friend point and also

0:50:54.200 --> 0:50:56.280
<v Speaker 1>not have that guy in your life. Just don't say anything.

0:50:56.320 --> 0:51:00.400
<v Speaker 1>Who cares? Just let her just I just I wouldn't

0:51:00.400 --> 0:51:04.600
<v Speaker 1>say anything. I would just let it fester. But definitely

0:51:04.640 --> 0:51:06.600
<v Speaker 1>takes that risk if she does say something, because what

0:51:06.640 --> 0:51:11.360
<v Speaker 1>if the best friend reacts really poorly to it. Tough situation.

0:51:11.400 --> 0:51:15.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't envy it. Yeah, all right, Next one who

0:51:15.560 --> 0:51:20.040
<v Speaker 1>every wants to read it? I'll read it. Our next

0:51:20.120 --> 0:51:24.200
<v Speaker 1>question is from Marley. She says everyone always asks if

0:51:24.239 --> 0:51:26.479
<v Speaker 1>it's okay or not to be friends with the next

0:51:26.680 --> 0:51:29.320
<v Speaker 1>my question is is it weird to be best friends

0:51:29.360 --> 0:51:32.720
<v Speaker 1>with your partners ex partner. I've been dating my boyfriend

0:51:32.719 --> 0:51:34.920
<v Speaker 1>for six months and his ex girlfriend is part of

0:51:34.960 --> 0:51:37.319
<v Speaker 1>the friend group, so I started conversing with her and

0:51:37.400 --> 0:51:40.600
<v Speaker 1>honestly love her. My boyfriend thinks it's the weirdest thing,

0:51:40.719 --> 0:51:43.200
<v Speaker 1>says it makes him feel uncomfortable. But I'm totally fine

0:51:43.239 --> 0:51:45.960
<v Speaker 1>with it. I'm secure in our relationship. And he just

0:51:46.040 --> 0:51:48.440
<v Speaker 1>doesn't get it. He says he would be respectful, but

0:51:48.480 --> 0:51:50.720
<v Speaker 1>could never actually be friends with the guy I dated

0:51:50.880 --> 0:51:53.720
<v Speaker 1>or even hooked up with. Is he being crazy? Should

0:51:53.760 --> 0:51:56.120
<v Speaker 1>I be? Should I not be friends with her because

0:51:56.120 --> 0:51:58.160
<v Speaker 1>it makes him feel weird? And is this a guy thing?

0:51:58.440 --> 0:52:03.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm confuctused. There's no confusion. You should not be friends

0:52:03.520 --> 0:52:07.080
<v Speaker 1>with your boyfriend's ex girlfriend because Marley, what's gonna happen

0:52:07.160 --> 0:52:09.440
<v Speaker 1>is one night you and your boyfriend are going to

0:52:09.520 --> 0:52:11.640
<v Speaker 1>get into a little fight. You're gonna be talking to

0:52:11.680 --> 0:52:13.600
<v Speaker 1>one of your best friends who also used to date

0:52:13.640 --> 0:52:16.120
<v Speaker 1>your boyfriend, and then you guys are gonna go down

0:52:16.200 --> 0:52:20.319
<v Speaker 1>this rabbit hole of everything that he does wrong, and

0:52:20.400 --> 0:52:22.359
<v Speaker 1>she's gonna be like he sucks, and then you're like, yeah,

0:52:22.600 --> 0:52:24.520
<v Speaker 1>he does suck, and then it's just gonna be like

0:52:24.600 --> 0:52:26.880
<v Speaker 1>seven hours of you bashing the boyfriend and when you

0:52:26.920 --> 0:52:28.560
<v Speaker 1>call him at three o'clock in the morning and said,

0:52:28.600 --> 0:52:31.279
<v Speaker 1>you know what, I'm done with you. I'm over it.

0:52:31.760 --> 0:52:33.480
<v Speaker 1>And then you guys are gonna break up and you're

0:52:33.719 --> 0:52:35.959
<v Speaker 1>gonna go to regret it in two days, and then

0:52:36.080 --> 0:52:38.799
<v Speaker 1>it's just gonna become a cluster. Just I think this

0:52:38.840 --> 0:52:41.120
<v Speaker 1>is I don't blame him for feeling uncomfortable. Dude. If

0:52:41.160 --> 0:52:44.520
<v Speaker 1>Ashley was like best friends with my ex, I would

0:52:44.560 --> 0:52:48.000
<v Speaker 1>feel so uncomfortable with it. I'd be like, swere she

0:52:48.080 --> 0:52:51.520
<v Speaker 1>hates me? I agree. I think yeah, Jaredy nailed down

0:52:51.560 --> 0:52:54.399
<v Speaker 1>the head. Remember that. Remember those guests we had a few,

0:52:54.480 --> 0:52:57.759
<v Speaker 1>like maybe a month ago that we're on that TV show. Uh,

0:52:57.800 --> 0:53:00.360
<v Speaker 1>they're divorce, is they're dating each other, and then they

0:53:00.520 --> 0:53:05.600
<v Speaker 1>they're also like neighbors. Remember those guys. Yeah, yeah, I

0:53:05.640 --> 0:53:08.279
<v Speaker 1>can't remember the name of the show, but those that

0:53:08.480 --> 0:53:12.600
<v Speaker 1>interview as lovely people as they were seemed incredibly tense.

0:53:13.040 --> 0:53:15.360
<v Speaker 1>And I agree with you. I think like all it

0:53:15.400 --> 0:53:19.640
<v Speaker 1>takes is one bad night, one venting session to really

0:53:19.640 --> 0:53:21.640
<v Speaker 1>snowball this thing in the in the direction you don't

0:53:21.640 --> 0:53:24.000
<v Speaker 1>want it to go. And even beyond that, it's just like,

0:53:24.680 --> 0:53:28.960
<v Speaker 1>if it makes him uncomfortable, you mean you, me and

0:53:29.000 --> 0:53:31.200
<v Speaker 1>my ex was the name of the show. If it

0:53:31.239 --> 0:53:34.960
<v Speaker 1>makes your boyfriend uncomfortable, like that should be enough to

0:53:35.000 --> 0:53:37.120
<v Speaker 1>distance yourself from the friendship. Like who do you care

0:53:37.160 --> 0:53:40.040
<v Speaker 1>more about now, the boyfriend or the friend? And if

0:53:40.160 --> 0:53:43.080
<v Speaker 1>your your answer should be your boyfriend. If it's not,

0:53:43.160 --> 0:53:45.160
<v Speaker 1>then you should not be dating that guy. But if

0:53:45.160 --> 0:53:48.520
<v Speaker 1>it is, then you should distance yourself from the from

0:53:48.560 --> 0:53:52.759
<v Speaker 1>the friend because your boyfriend's uncomfortable. Like that's that's kind

0:53:52.760 --> 0:53:54.600
<v Speaker 1>of a no brainer. That's kind of like a layup.

0:53:54.680 --> 0:53:56.440
<v Speaker 1>In my opinion, there's not really I want to I

0:53:56.480 --> 0:53:58.400
<v Speaker 1>want to ask Marley. I want to ask more of

0:53:58.560 --> 0:54:01.839
<v Speaker 1>this question. If the roles were versed and your boyfriend

0:54:02.320 --> 0:54:05.440
<v Speaker 1>was best friends with one of your ex boyfriends, Marley,

0:54:05.520 --> 0:54:08.360
<v Speaker 1>how would it make you feel? Probably not too good

0:54:08.400 --> 0:54:11.759
<v Speaker 1>because you know that within any relationship there's baggage, there

0:54:11.800 --> 0:54:14.600
<v Speaker 1>was things that happened. It's probably best just cut the

0:54:14.640 --> 0:54:18.120
<v Speaker 1>cord and move on. So I would suggest the same

0:54:18.160 --> 0:54:20.759
<v Speaker 1>thing with this best friend, Like it's it's someone that's

0:54:20.760 --> 0:54:23.560
<v Speaker 1>sure you guys get along. It's great, You'll find somebody

0:54:23.560 --> 0:54:26.000
<v Speaker 1>else that you get along with, because right now it

0:54:26.040 --> 0:54:28.319
<v Speaker 1>feels like you're choosing this friend over your boyfriend. That's

0:54:28.320 --> 0:54:31.080
<v Speaker 1>how it feels to me. What do you girls think?

0:54:34.200 --> 0:54:38.080
<v Speaker 1>I think it's strange, Like I would hate that if

0:54:38.160 --> 0:54:41.560
<v Speaker 1>my current boyfriend, I mean, this is my first boyfriend,

0:54:41.640 --> 0:54:44.120
<v Speaker 1>but if my boyfriend was best friends that the guy

0:54:44.280 --> 0:54:46.480
<v Speaker 1>was hooking up with in high school, it would just

0:54:46.560 --> 0:54:51.320
<v Speaker 1>freak me out, Like I would hate that. Yeah, I agree,

0:54:51.360 --> 0:54:54.000
<v Speaker 1>that'd be weird. Raley, what about you? I definitely think

0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:57.000
<v Speaker 1>it's weird, Like what are they talking about? What are

0:54:57.040 --> 0:55:00.640
<v Speaker 1>they saying? What memories are they you know, trading back

0:55:00.680 --> 0:55:04.040
<v Speaker 1>and forth. It's just like it's like anxiety. I don't

0:55:04.040 --> 0:55:09.120
<v Speaker 1>want that. Yeah, just get it out for the reason

0:55:09.200 --> 0:55:11.759
<v Speaker 1>they're in the past, right, that's a toxic trape. All right,

0:55:11.800 --> 0:55:14.200
<v Speaker 1>Well I think that's uh, that's all she needs because

0:55:14.200 --> 0:55:17.120
<v Speaker 1>it sounds like it's a resounding stop being friends with

0:55:17.160 --> 0:55:20.120
<v Speaker 1>that person. Um, that's gonna do it. I gotta flight

0:55:20.160 --> 0:55:22.840
<v Speaker 1>to go catch. So thank you guys for tuning in

0:55:22.880 --> 0:55:26.000
<v Speaker 1>to this week's episode of Help I Suck at Dating.

0:55:26.040 --> 0:55:29.600
<v Speaker 1>Thank you to Jared of course for just bearing all.

0:55:29.640 --> 0:55:32.080
<v Speaker 1>And and you know what, Jared, thank you for being

0:55:32.120 --> 0:55:35.399
<v Speaker 1>prepared for this podcast, because without you who the heck

0:55:35.440 --> 0:55:37.239
<v Speaker 1>knows what we would talk about all day long without

0:55:37.320 --> 0:55:39.920
<v Speaker 1>you rambling on for hours on end about Ben Affleck's

0:55:39.960 --> 0:55:43.600
<v Speaker 1>acting career, all the Razzies he won when he, you know,

0:55:43.719 --> 0:55:46.480
<v Speaker 1>was acting early on What would we what would we

0:55:46.480 --> 0:55:50.200
<v Speaker 1>talk about? Mostly Pearl Harbor. I don't know if I

0:55:50.239 --> 0:55:51.840
<v Speaker 1>just want to say a big thank you to Jennifer

0:55:51.880 --> 0:55:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Lopez and Ben Affleck for just creating a couple that

0:55:54.200 --> 0:55:56.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm so invested in love with and I hope that

0:55:56.239 --> 0:55:58.920
<v Speaker 1>they never break up, honestly. So we have a contact

0:55:58.920 --> 0:56:00.520
<v Speaker 1>with Duncan Donuts. I was on them. I was like,

0:56:00.560 --> 0:56:02.319
<v Speaker 1>you guys need to do something because like remember that

0:56:02.360 --> 0:56:04.760
<v Speaker 1>picture that went viral a few months ago with Ben

0:56:04.840 --> 0:56:06.840
<v Speaker 1>like holding the Dunkin Donuts outside of his place and

0:56:06.840 --> 0:56:09.680
<v Speaker 1>it was all like falling down. Remember this picture at all?

0:56:09.840 --> 0:56:12.080
<v Speaker 1>He had like six iced coffees in his hands, and

0:56:12.120 --> 0:56:14.359
<v Speaker 1>he just like looked distress. He looked like that dad

0:56:14.400 --> 0:56:16.239
<v Speaker 1>on a Saturday morning who's just trying to like carry

0:56:16.239 --> 0:56:18.040
<v Speaker 1>all the coffees for his family. It's a great photo.

0:56:18.239 --> 0:56:20.800
<v Speaker 1>And I was like, oh my god, they please, Like

0:56:20.880 --> 0:56:23.440
<v Speaker 1>Duncan needs to do something anyway. I just love the

0:56:23.440 --> 0:56:25.880
<v Speaker 1>fact that like this duncan Boston guy who's like a

0:56:25.880 --> 0:56:29.480
<v Speaker 1>former alcoholic whost you know, skeletons in his closet, is

0:56:29.520 --> 0:56:32.400
<v Speaker 1>now dating like just like the most perfect, sexy, incredible

0:56:32.400 --> 0:56:34.960
<v Speaker 1>woman on earth. It's like, I mean, I'm gonna taken, man.

0:56:35.200 --> 0:56:36.759
<v Speaker 1>It's it's kind of like me, you know what I mean.

0:56:36.800 --> 0:56:39.320
<v Speaker 1>Here I am this patchy, facially here kid from Rhode Island.

0:56:39.440 --> 0:56:42.440
<v Speaker 1>I was working restaurants all my life. I swear I

0:56:42.480 --> 0:56:45.360
<v Speaker 1>love playing softball, I love being the Northeast. I'm a

0:56:45.440 --> 0:56:48.160
<v Speaker 1>brady guy. And here I am dating the most beautiful

0:56:48.200 --> 0:56:50.920
<v Speaker 1>woman on the face of this earth, someone who's like

0:56:50.920 --> 0:56:53.920
<v Speaker 1>a little bit more Kardashian. You know, she likes her

0:56:53.960 --> 0:56:58.760
<v Speaker 1>girl stuff, romantic comedy. She's a beautiful, stunning, impressive business

0:56:58.800 --> 0:57:01.279
<v Speaker 1>professional woman. You know, I hit it out of the

0:57:01.320 --> 0:57:04.880
<v Speaker 1>ballpark with that one. I'm dating outside my league is Ben.

0:57:05.400 --> 0:57:07.239
<v Speaker 1>It's just so easy. All we have to do is

0:57:07.360 --> 0:57:09.640
<v Speaker 1>let me say the words Ben Athleck, and you just

0:57:09.719 --> 0:57:11.719
<v Speaker 1>go off. You go into autopilot mode and you can

0:57:11.800 --> 0:57:13.359
<v Speaker 1>just go and go and go. And I just want

0:57:13.400 --> 0:57:16.640
<v Speaker 1>to say thank you so much for being that person. Jared. Hey,

0:57:16.640 --> 0:57:22.280
<v Speaker 1>anytime flight, don't miss your second flight of the day. Yeah,

0:57:22.320 --> 0:57:24.760
<v Speaker 1>thank you. I won't. I just ordered my Ubert's thirteen

0:57:24.760 --> 0:57:27.840
<v Speaker 1>minutes away. Not a great sign anyways. Riley and Hanna,

0:57:27.920 --> 0:57:31.960
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for a sound engineering, producing, reading

0:57:31.960 --> 0:57:36.320
<v Speaker 1>our emails, sharing your stories, everything and anything that you

0:57:36.360 --> 0:57:37.840
<v Speaker 1>guys have done for us. Thank you very much for that.

0:57:38.600 --> 0:57:40.680
<v Speaker 1>Um that's gonna do it for this week's episode, so

0:57:40.760 --> 0:57:42.920
<v Speaker 1>be sure to tune in next week, where maybe we

0:57:42.960 --> 0:57:46.240
<v Speaker 1>will suck just a little bit less. Follow hell by

0:57:46.360 --> 0:57:49.120
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