Speaker 1: Hi, Hi, Catherine, Hi, Chelsea. Tak it to our many
Speaker 1: many mini minisode.
Speaker 2: It's just like a teeny Meani Sode Chelsea, I have
Speaker 2: a funny email from someone that totally relates to our
Speaker 2: Naomi Watts episode that just came out. Maggie says, I
Speaker 2: can totally second that menopause is not all terrible. It's
Speaker 2: not all doom and gloom. I'm fifty eight and postmenopausal,
Speaker 2: and I'm here to tell you that menopause is something
Speaker 2: to look forward to all caps. It is a gift.
Speaker 2: It's complete liberation from everything. The patriarchy wants us to
Speaker 2: think it's bad because we stop giving a shit about
Speaker 2: men once it starts. The pharmaceutical industry wants us to
Speaker 2: think it's bad because they can sell us meds for it.
Speaker 2: But it's awesome. To quote Christ and Scott Thomas and Fleabag,
Speaker 2: I lead a very healthy life and menopause is magnificent,
Speaker 2: So that's an exciting thing to look forward to. She
Speaker 2: also says I have two vacation properties, Joshua Tree and
Speaker 2: Palm Springs, and I save all my Dear Chelsea episodes
Speaker 2: for when I'm driving to my properties.
Speaker 1: I love that as soon as I get in the.
Speaker 2: Car Syria to play Dear Chelsea, and you and your
Speaker 2: guests are my company as I drive. Love it, Maggie.
Speaker 1: Oh that makes me happy. I love that.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Menopause, Maggie, yep, menopause, Maggie.
Speaker 2: Chelsea. We have two callers today for a couples count Graying.
Speaker 2: They are Kendall and Olivia. They are calling in from
Speaker 2: the East Coast and they say, Dear Chelsea, this is
Speaker 2: Kendall riding in. My girlfriend and I are both twenty
Speaker 2: four years old. We met at un Ah and have
Speaker 2: been together for two and a half years. I live
Speaker 2: in mass and she lives in New Hampshire, and we
Speaker 2: can't decide on a third state to move to. I
Speaker 2: don't want to move back to New Hampshire as I
Speaker 2: went to school there, and we don't want to stay
Speaker 2: in Mass as we've been doing a long distance back
Speaker 2: and forth from both states. Any help on how to
Speaker 2: decide on a third state to move to or any
Speaker 2: states you love? Being in love you both so much.
Speaker 2: Thanks for any help, Kendall. So we'll wait for Olivia
Speaker 2: before we respond. But I have thoughts I do too. Yeah,
Speaker 2: right off the top of my head. Yes, well, what
Speaker 2: can get started. We'll just wait for her to pop
Speaker 2: in and then we'll recap.
Speaker 1: What about Connecticut, that's a good one.
Speaker 3: I have been there a couple of times before.
Speaker 4: I mean, if you're already on the East, do you
Speaker 4: like the East Coast, like that Eastern seaboard?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I like that.
Speaker 1: Part of the country too. That's kind of my that's
Speaker 1: where I'm from.
Speaker 4: I'm from New Jersey, so it's not quite but I
Speaker 4: grew up on the Cape, so I like that vibe.
Speaker 4: I like New Hampshire, I like Massachusetts. I think Connecticut
Speaker 4: is a nice compromise between the two, and it still
Speaker 4: has the same vibe that you're used to.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely. We've we've also gone to Portland,
Speaker 3: Maine a couple of times.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Maine is awesome.
Speaker 2: It's like so fun and quaint, but there's like tons of.
Speaker 1: Specially for lesbians. Yes, right, yeah, what don't you like about?
Speaker 5: Hi?
Speaker 1: Hi?
Speaker 4: We were just talking about we were just talking about
Speaker 4: your future and whether or not you're gonna move to
Speaker 4: Connecticut or Maine.
Speaker 5: Sounds good. Yeah, those two we've been talking about a
Speaker 5: little bit.
Speaker 4: So Portland Maine whenever I perform, whenever I go to Portland, Maine,
Speaker 4: I always want an extra day there because I just
Speaker 4: love that.
Speaker 1: Food and I love Portland.
Speaker 4: I find that just to be just a cool, cool
Speaker 4: town all the way through.
Speaker 1: As it's like a city, like a mini city. You know, it's.
Speaker 4: Totally manageable, and there's a lot of like minded people there.
Speaker 4: You can pack up your lesbian Birkenstocks and just go
Speaker 4: up there together and hit it. Connecticut, I was mentioning,
Speaker 4: but Connecticut has certain parts that are really beautiful and
Speaker 4: certain parts that are a bit more rough. And I'm thinking, like,
Speaker 4: the beautiful parts are really pretty expensive. But there are
Speaker 4: like cities like Hartford, and you know, there are cities
Speaker 4: in Connecticut that could be I mean, it would be
Speaker 4: worth doing a little like trip where you guys go
Speaker 4: to like hang out in some cities in Connecticut. Go
Speaker 4: to Stamford, go to Hartford. Or you don't want to
Speaker 4: go to Boston, right because you're from mass.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and we're not big city people.
Speaker 4: Okay, Okay, So I would say go to Portland first
Speaker 4: and see what the vibe is there. If you guys
Speaker 4: like that, go for a weekend and see how you
Speaker 4: like it.
Speaker 2: What kind of stuff do you guys like to do?
Speaker 2: Are you hikers? What are you doing fun time?
Speaker 5: I feel like I'm more of like outdoorsy kind of stuff.
Speaker 5: I mean, but we both like doing the crafty set
Speaker 5: of things too, like the pottery, the wine, sip and
Speaker 5: paint nights, those kinds of things and lives.
Speaker 3: Always been a big skier, but I've never skied in
Speaker 3: my life, Chelsea, you believe it or not, but we
Speaker 3: want to get into snowboarding.
Speaker 1: Actually, so what about Vermont?
Speaker 3: I haven't been to Vermont, like as an adult.
Speaker 4: Vermont's pretty cool. I don't know where. I haven't been
Speaker 4: with Vermont in so many years. I'm just trying to
Speaker 4: think of, like what the main cities there are Montpelier,
Speaker 4: but Vermont is cool. And but once you're on the
Speaker 4: East Coast, then you can have access to those ski places.
Speaker 4: I mean, there's Camelback, there's a Bunch, there's you know
Speaker 4: in Connecticut, there's Stowe, there's Killington, So you could have
Speaker 4: access to all those places once you're in that area.
Speaker 4: And then there's a there's a Rhode Island, there's Providence,
Speaker 4: there's Provincetown that's super gay that's fun. I mean, I've
Speaker 4: been there bunch of times and that's a blast. And Providence,
Speaker 4: Rhode Island is awesome. Yeah, I don't know what the
Speaker 4: cost of living is there, Like if it's expensive, I
Speaker 4: probably seemingly, but I'm sure you know there's areas in
Speaker 4: all of these places that kind of go across the
Speaker 4: board from more affordable to less affordable.
Speaker 2: And if you do decide to venture away from the
Speaker 2: Eastern Seaboard, I will say Chicago is an amazing city
Speaker 2: to be young and gay in.
Speaker 1: It is a great place.
Speaker 2: You can head up to Andersonville, which is like a
Speaker 2: lot of cities have like a boys town, but that's
Speaker 2: where all the lesbians live.
Speaker 1: Like that's funny. Yeah, all the boys town. There are
Speaker 1: lots of lesbians.
Speaker 2: Not a lot of cities have a spot for urbans.
Speaker 4: Yeah, at least gay men are allowing gay women to
Speaker 4: take over versus straight men allowing straight women to take over.
Speaker 2: And then I would also say go to the other Portland,
Speaker 2: Like check out Portland, Oregon. It's fantastic. There's lots of
Speaker 2: outdoorsy stuff but also lots of creative people. But I
Speaker 2: love your idea, Chelsea of like go for a weekend,
Speaker 2: Like do a three day weekend in a bunch of
Speaker 2: different cities, get an airba and be walk around.
Speaker 4: And make sure you incorporate all the things you love,
Speaker 4: you know, like make sure you incorporate the outdoors, the aspects,
Speaker 4: and like the crafting aspects. Do your research before you
Speaker 4: go so that you can get all that stuff in,
Speaker 4: Like make sure you're going to the restaurants that you're
Speaker 4: interested in, going to the kind of style of food
Speaker 4: you like to eat, and so that you're experiencing the
Speaker 4: city and don't just stay in one area of that city.
Speaker 1: Really really take in the city.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, definitely, Thank you guys so much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, best of luck, and let us know where you settle,
Speaker 2: okay or where you start visiting and love and that
Speaker 2: sort of thing.
Speaker 4: Okay, Yeah, definitely, And congrats I'm being together and being
Speaker 4: in a happy, successful relationship.
Speaker 1: Girls. Thank you.
Speaker 3: Right, you don't hear that that often anymore, I.
Speaker 1: Know, I know. It's nice to see though.
Speaker 2: All Right, have a great day and check back.
Speaker 3: And Chelsea. Can I just back up Brittany Broski and
Speaker 3: say thank you for the interview you did with Harry Styles,
Speaker 3: Like when she said that I was like, oh my god, Yes,
Speaker 3: someone's noticing it.
Speaker 5: Doing the good work.
Speaker 2: Bye.
Speaker 3: So cute.
Speaker 1: Oh wow that was a quick one. Okay, wow, one
Speaker 1: and done. It's all in a day's work. Everybody, all
Speaker 1: in a day's work.
Speaker 2: We'll see you next time.
Speaker 1: I'll do Oh's