WEBVTT - You've Got Decisions: Dating While Broke

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome everybody to another episode of horrible Decisions. I'm only

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<v Speaker 1>moaning because someone just mentioned that they missed the moaning,

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<v Speaker 1>but maybe they're not on Patreon. I'm not gonna own

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<v Speaker 1>decisions decisions. I'm your girl, Medibe.

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<v Speaker 2>I honestly thought you did moan.

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<v Speaker 3>No, na easy, I'm actually here on video. I'm I

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<v Speaker 3>ordered so many like in stripe clothes for the tour,

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<v Speaker 3>but I was like, I'm not as well bust them

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<v Speaker 3>out today. So whatever episodes I'll listen to in a

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<v Speaker 3>near future, it's gonna look like I'm going to a

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<v Speaker 3>whole job.

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<v Speaker 4>It is given like business casual.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna maybe I'll wear this to my

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<v Speaker 2>meeting tomorrow. I don't know. I went to like A.

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<v Speaker 3>It's weird because the way that we grew up, and

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<v Speaker 3>if you're in your thirties, you understand what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Thirties and plus I'm not evenna say it's the entertainment industry.

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<v Speaker 3>People dress different to work now, so let no, it's everywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes when i'm they dressed unprofessional, I hate it. Fuck,

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<v Speaker 3>it's almost like they're going to the club the mall

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<v Speaker 3>or just rolled out bed but like I say, like.

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<v Speaker 2>A mall outfit.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm definitely mall sexy for work. But I went to

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<v Speaker 3>even fuse. I would say it's like chill, but they're

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<v Speaker 3>like TV, they're streaming, they're digital, they're all this other shits.

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<v Speaker 3>Like when I pop in there, I don't dress up

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<v Speaker 3>too much for meetings, I will say, but any other place,

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<v Speaker 3>if they have maybe fifty to one hundred employees, they

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<v Speaker 3>look like shit. Now, the only time I think you

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<v Speaker 3>can look like shit is if you work in tech.

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<v Speaker 3>Here's why, because I really do think some of these

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<v Speaker 3>tech offices they're forcing these people to come in that

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<v Speaker 3>we're like semi remote. They're working at the desk eight

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<v Speaker 3>to ten hours a day. They're not really front facing.

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<v Speaker 3>They're just there whatever, Like you're slamming the shit back.

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<v Speaker 3>But somebody's motherfuckers. How you making too fifty and you

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<v Speaker 3>wear a sweatpants. I mean that's how like super rich people dress.

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<v Speaker 3>I just think that there's a loss in professionalism across

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<v Speaker 3>the board. Like it's funny because me and Crysal Lord

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<v Speaker 3>just talking about this because in real estate, like you're

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<v Speaker 3>selling houses, you're meeting people, but you still have to

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<v Speaker 3>go into the office and do old calls and stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>and she was like, she was like, bro, I don't

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<v Speaker 3>get it, Like there's a clear distinction between people who

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<v Speaker 3>clearly take this series and people who just think this

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<v Speaker 3>is like a hobby. And she's like one of like

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<v Speaker 3>the mentors had had a group meeting and I guess

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<v Speaker 3>made one of the girls cry because she's like, what

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<v Speaker 3>the fuck do you think you're gonna sell dressing like

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<v Speaker 3>this and looked at one girl was like, she looks

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<v Speaker 3>like she's gonna be able to sell a house. You

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<v Speaker 3>you probably won't be in this very long. You need

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<v Speaker 3>to fix your hair, you need to do this. And

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<v Speaker 3>apparently just how honest she was about how the two

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<v Speaker 3>like girls look. One of them cried.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but Crystal talked about what the people

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<v Speaker 1>have on because again, like Crystal's gonna be forty next year.

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<v Speaker 1>Well not only that, there's just a wait to dress

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<v Speaker 1>when you go to work, but that's when we're outside

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about I'm talking about I'm talking about going

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<v Speaker 1>to work. She does dress, but you have to well

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<v Speaker 1>she never on cameras. That's where she's like, she does

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<v Speaker 1>like the voiceover stuff. We were just talking like girl,

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<v Speaker 1>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>But see that's what That's what I'm saying with the text.

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<v Speaker 3>Shit that is front facing. She needs to meet with clients.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not gonna hold you. Some people, even I remember

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<v Speaker 3>back in the day, remember in the real estate agent car.

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<v Speaker 3>When I can hear the car, I'll be like, now,

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<v Speaker 3>I just looked at houses with my mom to speak

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<v Speaker 3>to the real estate experience.

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<v Speaker 2>Because my mother brought it up. I didn't.

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<v Speaker 3>We saw four open houses, so I finally decided, like

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<v Speaker 3>renting two apartments, isdem I am here for seven days

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<v Speaker 3>a week a month. However, I'm just like, what if

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<v Speaker 3>I just got a bigger spot, not an apartment, because

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like once we start running into each other

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<v Speaker 3>in the bathroom, maybe it won't work. So a house

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<v Speaker 3>or town, I'm like, let's have some separation. So we look,

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<v Speaker 3>we go to a house that is I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 3>I can afford this. I just want every don't come

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<v Speaker 3>rob meet. I like to go to any open house,

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<v Speaker 3>as y'all know, that's my manifestation thing. I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 3>want you to see how much houses cost me. This

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<v Speaker 3>is one point eight and it's in Silver Lake. Then

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<v Speaker 3>we're gonna go look at something that's nine hundred thousand.

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<v Speaker 3>I just want you to know what you can get,

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<v Speaker 3>so if you don't like the stuff that's cheaper, you

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<v Speaker 3>can understand why. One point eight million. We meet the girl,

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<v Speaker 3>white girl that's hosting it. Cutesie button down top, the jeans,

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<v Speaker 3>but the jeans are pressed out, nice shoe, the way

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<v Speaker 3>that she's talking everything perfect. Next house nine hundred thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>My mom joked that it went down here. There another

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<v Speaker 3>white girl. These are all white women, kind of chill outfit,

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<v Speaker 3>like little flowery dress but sweet cute, but not as professional.

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<v Speaker 3>She wasn't saying things like well, hey, this is going

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<v Speaker 3>to pay for itself back.

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<v Speaker 2>You need to understand that.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, there's no flooding insurance that's high here because

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<v Speaker 3>you're a little bit lower blah blah, you don't have

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<v Speaker 3>to worry about the fires because next girl is like,

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<v Speaker 3>oh yeah, better than running an apartment, right, bitch, we

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<v Speaker 3>saw our house, those six could be This nigga had

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<v Speaker 3>coffee dripping down the shirt and he goes, oh, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>so Glorio.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh that's my wife.

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<v Speaker 4>She looked a mess. I was thinking did she know

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<v Speaker 4>she was coming?

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like yo. It kind of also speaks

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<v Speaker 2>to who you're selling to.

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<v Speaker 3>It does, because for one point eight they need to

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<v Speaker 3>be making some money, Like right, you're putting down two

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<v Speaker 3>hundred thousand and three hundred thousand dollars for a home

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<v Speaker 3>like that, Like you've got to have that capital, like

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<v Speaker 3>you're making bread.

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<v Speaker 1>If you got that, didn't, oh bitch, once you got

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<v Speaker 1>done six fifty, I said, this is still expensive.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, this is still expensive. It's Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, And my mom got in.

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<v Speaker 3>The car with me and she says, there's no experience anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>I used to talk about you wearing sweatpants in first class.

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<v Speaker 3>I'll never say it again. She's like, I understand, this

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<v Speaker 3>is a new world. I thought we were meeting someone

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<v Speaker 3>a suit. I did my makeup, I did my hair,

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<v Speaker 3>just to know that we're buying a home.

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<v Speaker 2>I was excited about the process. She said that they

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<v Speaker 2>took me out of it.

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<v Speaker 3>She said, if I'm about to do this big, have

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<v Speaker 3>this big moment in my life and my daughter and

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<v Speaker 3>you look like that, what is this?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's tricky because I know the markets are expensive.

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<v Speaker 1>But also as a real estate agent, if you're someone

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<v Speaker 1>selling over a million dollar homes and someone's selling lessons,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, seven hundred thousand dollars homes. Even your commission

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<v Speaker 1>is different, so the money you make is different. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we see it. You're going to dress differently

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<v Speaker 1>if you work, if you make two fifty at an

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<v Speaker 1>executive company, or you're in them all selling clothes.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I just think it is. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 4>they don't.

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<v Speaker 3>Need a lot of money too. And that also, and

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<v Speaker 3>we all know this to be true.

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<v Speaker 2>You go on she and get you a nice.

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<v Speaker 4>Fabb Yeah she could, they could step.

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<v Speaker 3>It up, but I think it's really how much care

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<v Speaker 3>you put into these things. And it's maybe also with

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<v Speaker 3>these agents, the seriousness of the client.

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<v Speaker 1>I just think over all those that's why I said overall, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no professionalism that exists anymore, and I do. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean we could blame the pandemic quite a bit. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>with everyone having to be at home, with people not

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<v Speaker 1>having to go into the office, I think Z has

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<v Speaker 1>made things a lot more like the days ago, Like

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<v Speaker 1>professionalism just ain't ain't what it used to be like,

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<v Speaker 1>even from how you show up on interviews, like showing

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<v Speaker 1>your shoulders and things that were just never acceptable. Are

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<v Speaker 1>now like Okay, I know, I mean it's crazy. It's

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<v Speaker 1>crazy when when I went.

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<v Speaker 3>To work the first day in Audible, I wore a

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<v Speaker 3>blazer dress.

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<v Speaker 2>And the first thing one.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the colleagues I had at the time said, is girl,

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<v Speaker 3>what nigga you think is in here? And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>because I kind of have a blazer dress, Like really

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<v Speaker 3>this is But at the end of the day, we

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<v Speaker 3>all fought for casual fridays.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll look, we talking about.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, where's the suit? Like nobody ever wanted to do

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<v Speaker 4>that anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like and even that when I had

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<v Speaker 1>casual fridays in corporate, it was just that you could

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<v Speaker 1>wear jeans, that's it. And you couldn't have rips in

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<v Speaker 1>the jeans. You couldn't have tears in the jeans. They

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<v Speaker 1>still they had to be gene. And then you still

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<v Speaker 1>have to wear like a blouse or a button up

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, a polo can be, but denim, but

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<v Speaker 1>well it's Denham can be, especially if they don't have

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<v Speaker 1>ribson terrors. Like that was even like, bro, you can't

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<v Speaker 1>come in here with no rips in your jeans. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>But y'all the government shut down. Had you grow in

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<v Speaker 1>a disarray at the airport? You follow me on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>I ended up being drunk as hell, was put through

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<v Speaker 1>this Turkey costume and go through the airport.

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<v Speaker 4>No one's gonna notice me, no one's gonna see.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, bitch.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, I dealt with three flight cancelations and it took

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<v Speaker 1>LaGuardia Airport to goddamn Atlanta, Georgia. Okay, finally I am

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<v Speaker 1>done from being stressed out over all that shit and

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<v Speaker 1>By the way, I'm doing this by myself because Weezi

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<v Speaker 1>is still in Brasil.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, she is still in Brazil. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyways, don't know what accep that is, but suck my

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<v Speaker 1>day from the back. All right, this is an update.

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<v Speaker 1>It is my boyfriend Gay. Hey, thanks for answering my email.

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<v Speaker 1>I just listened to the episode and I'm writing back

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<v Speaker 1>to provide more details.

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<v Speaker 4>Transparently.

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<v Speaker 1>I ended it before writing that email, but I was

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<v Speaker 1>still ruminating on it, so I decided to write in

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<v Speaker 1>we broke up back in July. I'm definitely okay with

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<v Speaker 1>a man being bisexual, and honestly find it attractive. My

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<v Speaker 1>issue was that I felt he had zero attraction to

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<v Speaker 1>me as a woman and seemed to be attracted to men.

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<v Speaker 1>He claimed that he was a boob guy. I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>size forty G, so you would think he would love that.

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<v Speaker 1>When it came to intimacy, he seemed mortified at the

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<v Speaker 1>sight of my breast.

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<v Speaker 4>My boobs are nice.

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<v Speaker 1>After the breakup, I hooked up with an old friend

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<v Speaker 1>from college and he thoroughly enjoyed my boobs, So I

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<v Speaker 1>feel comfortable saying that my breasts weren't the issue here.

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<v Speaker 1>When I tried to have conversations with him about sex

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<v Speaker 1>and sexuality, it was an uncomfortable topic for him and

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<v Speaker 1>he would get defensive. He said in his last relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>sex was an issue as well. At one point I

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<v Speaker 1>thought he might just have ed. But as I continue

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<v Speaker 1>to ask questions, the combination of his answers and his

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<v Speaker 1>behavior around gay men and his lack of sexual interest

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<v Speaker 1>in me made me feel like he is gay.

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<v Speaker 4>His family is on a cult, girl, his words, all.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, now, I don't think you added the cult port

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<v Speaker 1>last time, so I imagine they would disown him if

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<v Speaker 1>they found out he was gay. So I believe that

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<v Speaker 1>is why he sought out a relationship with a woman.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, Girl, I don't think coats.

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<v Speaker 1>Have any connection to homophobia, like real for real outside

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<v Speaker 1>of the church. But U Okay, back to the topic

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<v Speaker 1>of conversations around sex and d I asked him if

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<v Speaker 1>he watches porn and if he is able to ejaculate

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<v Speaker 1>when watching porn, and he said yes. I asked what

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<v Speaker 1>type of porn does he like and he refused to answer. Oh, bitch,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, that previous exes gets him in his past

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<v Speaker 1>and said things like I bet if I was this,

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<v Speaker 1>you'd want to have sex. He didn't explain what this was,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm going to like but might automatically filled the

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<v Speaker 1>word with man. I still tried to stay open minded

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<v Speaker 1>and think of the possibilities and also consider that he

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<v Speaker 1>may be a sexual, but the way he lustfully looked

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<v Speaker 1>at men, it was hard to believe that he might

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<v Speaker 1>be a sexual. The other part that made me feel

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<v Speaker 1>like his roommate was his boyfriend is because for the

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<v Speaker 1>nine years he was living with him, they also had

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<v Speaker 1>only a one bedroom apartment. He lived in Oklahoma, which

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<v Speaker 1>is extremely affordable. The man works in aerospace, so only

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<v Speaker 1>is financially able to get a apartment. The city that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in is LA, so it is definitely moreive, but

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<v Speaker 1>he can still financially afford a two bedroom there as well.

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<v Speaker 1>What led me to break up with him is that

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't get over that feeling, and anytime I tried

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<v Speaker 1>to discuss sexuality, he blew up and got defensive.

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<v Speaker 4>Ever since his roommate moved out here.

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<v Speaker 1>He's made excuses as to why I couldn't come over

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<v Speaker 1>the combination of that and the fact that he went

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<v Speaker 1>one week without seeing me even though he only lives

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<v Speaker 1>ten minutes away from that led to the breakup. While texting,

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<v Speaker 1>I did tell him that I don't think he's straight,

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<v Speaker 1>oh God, and he vaguely confessed that he isn't straight.

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<v Speaker 1>Going to attach a snapshot of that text as I'm

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<v Speaker 1>curious on your thoughts about it, ooh girl.

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<v Speaker 4>Not the tape.

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<v Speaker 1>The situation where I felt like he was farting with

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<v Speaker 1>a guy, only engaging in conversation with him and not

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<v Speaker 1>his friend, I guess when they were out and anytime

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<v Speaker 1>the guy would try to speak to me, he would interrupt.

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<v Speaker 1>I felt that he was competing with me for that

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<v Speaker 1>guy's attention.

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<v Speaker 4>Also, the fact they.

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<v Speaker 1>Thinked about him and wondering about him right after we

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<v Speaker 1>had sex was also odd.

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<v Speaker 4>I know I could be wrong, but there were too

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<v Speaker 4>many red flags.

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<v Speaker 1>The roommate situation really took it over the top for

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<v Speaker 1>me because that's when everything changed and he became less available. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that he's living or been living with this

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<v Speaker 1>man for nine years in a one bedroom apartment explains

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<v Speaker 1>why he didn't want to talk on the phone. Lunch

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<v Speaker 1>and preferred texts and voice notes. Also, they're black and

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<v Speaker 1>in their late thirties. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for taking the time to read all of this. I

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<v Speaker 1>was more so seeking confirmation if you all believe that

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<v Speaker 1>he is likely gay and.

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<v Speaker 4>That I was tripping.

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<v Speaker 1>He made me feel like I was the one tripping

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<v Speaker 1>anytime I brought up the discussion. All right, few things,

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<v Speaker 1>so he admitted that he's not fully straight. But you

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<v Speaker 1>said he likes titties but also flirts with men. It's

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<v Speaker 1>giving that or in that he likes might actually be

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<v Speaker 1>trans women. This is just my guess because that too

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<v Speaker 1>is the point that I like to watch as well,

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<v Speaker 1>and it may also be the reason why he identifies

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<v Speaker 1>as straight personally. I have dealt with quite a few

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<v Speaker 1>men or heavy Asian conversation with men who identify as

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<v Speaker 1>heterosexual straight men. However, they have engaged with or are

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<v Speaker 1>turned by, or at least fantasized about trans women. It

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<v Speaker 1>is trans women with the dicks with the tits, so

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<v Speaker 1>that could be also an explanation as to why he

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<v Speaker 1>still identifies as straight, or even when he decided to

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<v Speaker 1>open up to you that he will straight. His confusion

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<v Speaker 1>came from still identifying those women as women, So in

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<v Speaker 1>his mind, even though there is a dick there, he

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<v Speaker 1>still believes that he is attracted to women specifically, did

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<v Speaker 1>it on women. Let's get into the text message. She

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<v Speaker 1>sent a text message saying, no, not at all. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an open person, but I asked you about your sexuality

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<v Speaker 1>and you lied. This seemed to be a text message

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<v Speaker 1>that he didn't respond to, so she re quoted it

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<v Speaker 1>and said, so you're not going to respond to this, lol,

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<v Speaker 1>Okay his response, sexuality is a spectrum.

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<v Speaker 4>You know this. You're not even one hundred percent straight yourself.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not gay. I don't prefer men. I prefer women.

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<v Speaker 1>But I'm just saying I don't think anybody today is

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent straight. All of my relationships have been

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<v Speaker 1>with women, and that's where I want to stay. I

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<v Speaker 1>have no interest in men. I was not flirting with

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<v Speaker 1>that dude at that play.

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<v Speaker 4>Lol. I believe I have to say that I.

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<v Speaker 1>Just thought you was cool, and since I'm new to

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<v Speaker 1>the area, I'm gathering context of cool peeps as potential friends.

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<v Speaker 4>Is that a problem?

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<v Speaker 1>You say things as absolutes, as if you've come to

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<v Speaker 1>these conclusions without even confirming them Ooh girl, he ran

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<v Speaker 1>you just a little bit. I agree that sexuality is

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<v Speaker 1>on a spectrum. We talk about it all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're new here, check out the Kinsey scale. This

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<v Speaker 1>response leads me to believe and even the way you

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<v Speaker 1>kind of attacked him, I asked you about your sexuality

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<v Speaker 1>and you lied, I find it interesting coming from someone

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<v Speaker 1>who says that bisexuality would be something that you would

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<v Speaker 1>be open to being with. You also seem to not

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<v Speaker 1>care about the sexuality as much as you cared about

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<v Speaker 1>the lie, which in the text message you also brought

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<v Speaker 1>up the lie. However, you can't get honesty out of

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<v Speaker 1>a person when you come at them on the attack,

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<v Speaker 1>because all they're going to know how to do is

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<v Speaker 1>defend themselves.

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<v Speaker 4>And so.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I'm glad to see that you guys broke

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<v Speaker 1>up because this clearly wasn't working.

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<v Speaker 4>For either of you.

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<v Speaker 1>But in the same sense, I do think that you

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<v Speaker 1>should wholeheartedly sit with what it is that you want.

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<v Speaker 4>You did this long distance relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>You're now even admitting that you didn't speak to him

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<v Speaker 1>very often, You didn't spend him very often. If I

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<v Speaker 1>recall from the last letter you had been together for

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<v Speaker 1>like a year. He made it official, but it was

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<v Speaker 1>long distance and you didn't see him often. So to

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<v Speaker 1>read even in this email that you also were only

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<v Speaker 1>able to really text him because you weren't much of

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<v Speaker 1>a phone conversation because he was living with a roommate

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<v Speaker 1>which you now believe to be his boyfriend for the

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<v Speaker 1>last nine years.

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<v Speaker 4>It's all very tricky.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I want to express to the listeners to

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<v Speaker 1>the whore Hive, baby, if he wanted to.

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<v Speaker 4>He would. And this is one of those things that

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<v Speaker 4>are like, oh my god, what does that mean? Or

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<v Speaker 4>I hear it all the time and da da da da.

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<v Speaker 1>It's one of those where I promise you you do

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<v Speaker 1>not have to force a man to show up for you.

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<v Speaker 4>You don't.

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<v Speaker 1>If he likes you, he will let it be known.

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<v Speaker 1>If he wants to show up, he will. They know

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<v Speaker 1>how to ladies. They Here's the other problem. We be thinking,

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<v Speaker 1>we gotta we gotta like not raise these men, but

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<v Speaker 1>then we gotta show them how to treat us. Bro.

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<v Speaker 4>These niggas know how to treat a bitch. They like

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<v Speaker 4>they do.

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<v Speaker 1>I promise you, And if he's not showing up in

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<v Speaker 1>a way that makes you feel special or seen. He's

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<v Speaker 1>just not that into you. If you're going days without texting,

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<v Speaker 1>he's just not that into you. If he's not showing

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<v Speaker 1>up for certain holidays and your birthdays, he's just not

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<v Speaker 1>that into you.

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<v Speaker 4>If he makes excuse to us why he.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't show, girl, he's just not that into you. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's okay, it's okay. Thank you for the letter. By

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<v Speaker 1>the way, she signed a beard for the boy.

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<v Speaker 4>I do agree. I do believe that you were none

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<v Speaker 4>other than a beard for this this gentleman.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, anywhos, I'm gonna get into this letter fall

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<v Speaker 1>this week, and I love that we could start with

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<v Speaker 1>a quick a quick update. If you have sent a letter,

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<v Speaker 1>you heard our advice, and you want to follow back up,

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<v Speaker 1>please again, send that on over within the same thread,

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<v Speaker 1>send it on over to decisions pot at gmail dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, there's a good one this week, y'all. Dating

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<v Speaker 1>while broke is the subject. Hey, ladies, I have been

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<v Speaker 1>in a relationship for about five years now. I'm a

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<v Speaker 1>black woman, he's a white man, and he is also

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<v Speaker 1>about seventeen years older than me. Ooh girl, I've had

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<v Speaker 1>that age difference before as well. I have a teenage

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<v Speaker 1>child from a previous relationship that I am the primary

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<v Speaker 1>parent of, and it's the exact same situation with him,

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<v Speaker 1>just to paint the picture for you. Recently, I've been

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<v Speaker 1>questioning if I want to continue with the relationship.

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<v Speaker 4>One of my main reasons being is finances.

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<v Speaker 1>It seems like he's always complaining about being broke or

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<v Speaker 1>not having enough money to do certain things. At first,

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<v Speaker 1>he would only say it once in a while, but

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<v Speaker 1>now it feels like he says it all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>He still makes a way to plan simple dates or

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<v Speaker 1>treat me to certain things, but days later he will

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<v Speaker 1>complain about his money not being right or how he's

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<v Speaker 1>tired of being broke. I try not to pocket watch,

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<v Speaker 1>but he makes more than me, not a significant amount,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's considerable, and splits the rent and builds with

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<v Speaker 1>his mother. His child had been living with her for

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<v Speaker 1>about seven or eight years now. I know things are

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<v Speaker 1>expensive and he has personal bills outside of the bills

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<v Speaker 1>that he shares with his mother as well, but he

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<v Speaker 1>also has a gambling habit.

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<v Speaker 4>Girl, that's bitch. He ain't broke, he just irresponsible.

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel like he should get a better control

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<v Speaker 1>of his budget to afford his wants and needs. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>what's crazy is just talked about this on selective ignorance.

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<v Speaker 1>This is purely him being selectively ignorant, not budgeting correctly.

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<v Speaker 4>Bro, you live with your.

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<v Speaker 1>Mom, you raising a whole kid under yomama roof, and

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<v Speaker 1>you gambling it outside of me being a single parent

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<v Speaker 1>and working full time. I also recently completed my master's

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<v Speaker 1>degree program, which I hope will bring me a more

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<v Speaker 1>lucrative employment. I'm not struggling, but there's nothing wrong with

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<v Speaker 1>striving for better.

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<v Speaker 4>I know that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>With it only being me and my daughter, I pay

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<v Speaker 1>all the bills and maintain the household, her completely out

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<v Speaker 1>of the picture. Star I received no support from him

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<v Speaker 1>or his family. Now, don't get me wrong, I am

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<v Speaker 1>far from perfect and fall short from time to time

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<v Speaker 1>as well. It just seems like he is always in

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<v Speaker 1>a financial buying despite the fact that he makes more

0:24:45.320 --> 0:24:48.320
<v Speaker 1>and splits bills with someone, and because of his openness

0:24:48.359 --> 0:24:51.120
<v Speaker 1>about money issues, the very few times I needed help,

0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:55.240
<v Speaker 1>I avoided asking him. Hell once when I questioned if

0:24:55.240 --> 0:24:58.679
<v Speaker 1>I should be entertaining anyone if I'm not where I

0:24:58.720 --> 0:25:01.280
<v Speaker 1>want to be financially, I just have a feeling he

0:25:01.320 --> 0:25:03.919
<v Speaker 1>doesn't have the same moments of reflection bitch, and don't.

0:25:04.560 --> 0:25:06.360
<v Speaker 1>That's why he's been living with his mama for seven

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<v Speaker 1>eight years. The most recent incident was a trip that

0:25:10.000 --> 0:25:12.080
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to take. Ooh girl, not you wanted a

0:25:12.119 --> 0:25:14.080
<v Speaker 1>trip in this economy with a broke nigga libing away

0:25:14.119 --> 0:25:18.600
<v Speaker 1>his mama with gambling issue. And yet I am that

0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:20.800
<v Speaker 1>girl that only flies on certain airlines and likes to

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<v Speaker 1>say at certain hotels.

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<v Speaker 4>Ill because his.

0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:26.680
<v Speaker 1>Money was short and he couldn't convince me to take

0:25:26.680 --> 0:25:29.800
<v Speaker 1>a cheaper flight or say at a cheaper hotel, I

0:25:29.840 --> 0:25:33.600
<v Speaker 1>went with my best friend instead. Period to celebrate me

0:25:33.640 --> 0:25:36.000
<v Speaker 1>getting my masters, I want to take a trip out

0:25:36.000 --> 0:25:38.719
<v Speaker 1>of the I already have a feeling that he's not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be able to and I'll just go by myself. No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not when a woman says something is fine, it's not.

0:25:49.400 --> 0:25:52.280
<v Speaker 1>About two years into the relationship, he brought up moving

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<v Speaker 1>in together. My response was an immediate no. Not only

0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:59.119
<v Speaker 1>am I uncomfortable compromising me in my daughter's face, but

0:25:59.160 --> 0:26:00.600
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to live with them man with money

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<v Speaker 1>problems and bad credit.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't want to hurt.

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<v Speaker 1>His feelings, so I simply just gave the reasoning of

0:26:06.160 --> 0:26:09.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm not ready. I'm sure you didn't like the response,

0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:10.879
<v Speaker 1>and I can see me not wanting to live with

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<v Speaker 1>him being the reason he breaks up with me in

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<v Speaker 1>the future.

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<v Speaker 4>How would you approach this situation?

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<v Speaker 1>Have y'all ever experienced dating a man that was financially irresponsible?

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<v Speaker 1>Also as a woman, have you ever felt you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be dating because of your finances? Love y'all and looking

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<v Speaker 1>forward to your responses?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh shit, my bad, y'all. Don't drop my sign because

0:26:34.840 --> 0:26:38.400
<v Speaker 4>I didn't headick on this one. All right? How would

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<v Speaker 4>I approach this situation?

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<v Speaker 1>I would love to know if you're in therapt because

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<v Speaker 1>knowing that this is knowing that this relationship is five

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<v Speaker 1>years old, knowing that he's been living with his mom

0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:56.720
<v Speaker 1>for seven or eight years, now, knowing that two years

0:26:56.720 --> 0:27:00.159
<v Speaker 1>ago he asked you to move in. I'm confused to

0:27:00.240 --> 0:27:03.760
<v Speaker 1>how y'all even got here. You said you have a

0:27:03.920 --> 0:27:08.040
<v Speaker 1>teenage daughter, so even at the bare minimum, you had

0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:12.960
<v Speaker 1>her early. You're in your early thirties. I don't know

0:27:13.080 --> 0:27:15.320
<v Speaker 1>what you're waiting for as to why you're not moving

0:27:15.480 --> 0:27:20.400
<v Speaker 1>forward from this relationship. It doesn't seem like I guess

0:27:20.480 --> 0:27:22.280
<v Speaker 1>my question is, and only because you didn't put it

0:27:22.359 --> 0:27:27.879
<v Speaker 1>in here, what are you getting from this? What is

0:27:28.000 --> 0:27:31.920
<v Speaker 1>he providing you that you feel so stuck in this

0:27:32.040 --> 0:27:37.840
<v Speaker 1>relationship that you don't deserve more. He can't even go

0:27:38.040 --> 0:27:40.800
<v Speaker 1>on trips with you, He can't celebrate a moment that

0:27:40.920 --> 0:27:43.720
<v Speaker 1>means a lot to you. You don't feel like you

0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:49.440
<v Speaker 1>can count on him when you're in a bind. What

0:27:50.560 --> 0:27:53.720
<v Speaker 1>is keeping you in this relationship? What's keeping you here?

0:27:54.600 --> 0:28:01.000
<v Speaker 4>And why? And why? Have I ever experienced dating.

0:28:00.840 --> 0:28:04.720
<v Speaker 1>A man that was financially irresponsible? No, not one that

0:28:04.960 --> 0:28:10.120
<v Speaker 1>I considered having a long romantic partnership with. I think

0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:13.480
<v Speaker 1>if I think of someone who was financially irresponsible, and

0:28:14.240 --> 0:28:18.840
<v Speaker 1>maybe it wasn't financial irresponsibility as much as it was

0:28:19.880 --> 0:28:23.440
<v Speaker 1>the irresponsibility of the decisions he made that led him

0:28:23.520 --> 0:28:25.359
<v Speaker 1>to not be able to get a job. If you

0:28:25.520 --> 0:28:29.160
<v Speaker 1>listened to a couple of years ago, a shit, maybe

0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:32.280
<v Speaker 1>actually six seven years ago. Now, I met this guy

0:28:32.320 --> 0:28:36.800
<v Speaker 1>on tender. He went by felon May at the time

0:28:37.760 --> 0:28:38.120
<v Speaker 1>thought he.

0:28:38.240 --> 0:28:41.000
<v Speaker 4>Was just oh my god. I was just giddy about him.

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:47.760
<v Speaker 1>But he couldn't find certain employment because of his felony record,

0:28:48.240 --> 0:28:50.960
<v Speaker 1>And so for me, That was a huge part of

0:28:51.040 --> 0:28:54.320
<v Speaker 1>why I didn't consider taking him serious. Although like, we

0:28:54.440 --> 0:28:56.880
<v Speaker 1>had a blast and he was fun and he lived

0:28:56.960 --> 0:28:58.840
<v Speaker 1>right around the corner and it was a great thing

0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:03.720
<v Speaker 1>to me long term, I didn't see how it makes

0:29:04.560 --> 0:29:06.640
<v Speaker 1>if he was still figuring out how to get on

0:29:06.720 --> 0:29:10.480
<v Speaker 1>his feet. And for me, you made this decision five

0:29:10.600 --> 0:29:14.600
<v Speaker 1>years ago, as a woman with a child, as a

0:29:14.760 --> 0:29:18.200
<v Speaker 1>single parent with a child, to get into a romantic

0:29:18.320 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 1>partnership with a man living with his mom.

0:29:22.120 --> 0:29:24.200
<v Speaker 4>Who is seventeen years older than you.

0:29:26.760 --> 0:29:29.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna do the math. Say you thirty, That

0:29:30.040 --> 0:29:33.160
<v Speaker 1>mean when you met him? No, no, no, let's say

0:29:33.160 --> 0:29:35.120
<v Speaker 1>you thirty five. Let's go my age, because now we

0:29:35.200 --> 0:29:39.040
<v Speaker 1>go get it. Let's say you met him at thirty, Mitch,

0:29:39.120 --> 0:29:41.840
<v Speaker 1>when you met him, you met a forty.

0:29:41.800 --> 0:29:47.360
<v Speaker 4>Seven year old man with a child living with his mother.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to know how yo plus he got on.

0:29:53.240 --> 0:29:53.960
<v Speaker 4>That's what I want.

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<v Speaker 1>I wants to know how he'd have made it five years.

0:29:58.280 --> 0:29:59.720
<v Speaker 1>I wants to know how he made it past the

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:03.560
<v Speaker 1>first date. I think at some point we have to

0:30:03.640 --> 0:30:09.080
<v Speaker 1>stop dating people and considering their potential. And I don't

0:30:09.120 --> 0:30:11.520
<v Speaker 1>know what potential you saw in a man who got

0:30:11.560 --> 0:30:15.360
<v Speaker 1>you seventeen years your senior and couldn't move out his

0:30:15.520 --> 0:30:21.040
<v Speaker 1>mama crib. I don't know what potential you saw Temna

0:30:27.720 --> 0:30:31.120
<v Speaker 1>the other and the last question you asked is as

0:30:31.200 --> 0:30:33.280
<v Speaker 1>a woman, have you ever felt like you shouldn't be

0:30:33.400 --> 0:30:34.760
<v Speaker 1>dating because of your finances?

0:30:35.480 --> 0:30:37.600
<v Speaker 4>Boy, read the goddamn book.

0:30:38.120 --> 0:30:44.760
<v Speaker 1>For me, there was a sense of self worth in

0:30:45.200 --> 0:30:46.920
<v Speaker 1>how I would show up as a partner, as a

0:30:47.000 --> 0:30:51.040
<v Speaker 1>woman who wasn't financially secure. So in my twenties, I

0:30:51.160 --> 0:30:54.600
<v Speaker 1>actually felt like I wasn't ready to be anyone's girlfriend

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:58.200
<v Speaker 1>because I was such a dire name and to show

0:30:58.240 --> 0:31:02.880
<v Speaker 1>up financially for me, So the idea that I only

0:31:02.960 --> 0:31:04.640
<v Speaker 1>wanted a man who could come in and pay my

0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:06.560
<v Speaker 1>bills or take me on trips.

0:31:06.960 --> 0:31:12.560
<v Speaker 4>I knew that those wouldn't be realhips.

0:31:12.680 --> 0:31:15.239
<v Speaker 1>They wouldn't be based on the premise that I liked

0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:17.720
<v Speaker 1>this man, that I'm in love with this man, that

0:31:18.280 --> 0:31:21.040
<v Speaker 1>he's everything I wanted. More, I knew that it was

0:31:21.080 --> 0:31:24.560
<v Speaker 1>based on survival instincts of this man can provide, and

0:31:24.800 --> 0:31:28.000
<v Speaker 1>so for a lot of my relationships they were transactional.

0:31:28.440 --> 0:31:32.440
<v Speaker 1>Because of that, I absolutely wanted a sense of and

0:31:32.560 --> 0:31:35.520
<v Speaker 1>wanted to feel like I liked a man because I

0:31:35.640 --> 0:31:37.160
<v Speaker 1>liked him, not because of what he could do for me.

0:31:37.720 --> 0:31:42.680
<v Speaker 1>And so again for me, I think two years into

0:31:42.760 --> 0:31:47.960
<v Speaker 1>this relationship him even asking him and not wanting that

0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:50.560
<v Speaker 1>to happen. Two years into the relationship, I think two

0:31:50.640 --> 0:31:52.840
<v Speaker 1>years is also enough time to see if a man

0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 1>is together.

0:31:56.120 --> 0:31:59.520
<v Speaker 4>And maybe you're five years in deep and it don't

0:31:59.520 --> 0:32:00.600
<v Speaker 4>seem like changed.

0:32:00.680 --> 0:32:03.680
<v Speaker 1>In a gambling A gambling problem is not something fixed

0:32:03.720 --> 0:32:08.680
<v Speaker 1>with a pill. It's not something fixed just over. That

0:32:08.920 --> 0:32:14.600
<v Speaker 1>is a hard addiction that should be treated as crack cocaine,

0:32:15.560 --> 0:32:19.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, like maybe it's hard to wean yourself out

0:32:19.440 --> 0:32:24.080
<v Speaker 1>of the addiction of gambling, but also whatever debt has

0:32:24.160 --> 0:32:27.160
<v Speaker 1>incurred from it, and there's a lot of embarrassment that

0:32:27.240 --> 0:32:30.400
<v Speaker 1>stems from that. He clearly maybe is not even too

0:32:30.520 --> 0:32:32.880
<v Speaker 1>prideful for the simple fact that he did as to

0:32:32.960 --> 0:32:34.520
<v Speaker 1>move in, for the simple fact that he'd been living

0:32:34.560 --> 0:32:37.880
<v Speaker 1>with his mama for seven or eight years. And so

0:32:39.240 --> 0:32:42.840
<v Speaker 1>my advice to you would be to sit with yourself,

0:32:43.040 --> 0:32:48.320
<v Speaker 1>and I want you to ask yourself, if you believe

0:32:48.720 --> 0:32:50.040
<v Speaker 1>you deserve better?

0:32:53.200 --> 0:32:55.120
<v Speaker 4>Do you deserve better?

0:32:56.240 --> 0:32:59.280
<v Speaker 1>Do you believe that there is any person out there

0:32:59.680 --> 0:33:02.480
<v Speaker 1>that the ability to show up in the ways that

0:33:02.600 --> 0:33:05.720
<v Speaker 1>you would like a partner to show up. And if

0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:08.960
<v Speaker 1>the answer is yes to those, my advice to you

0:33:09.160 --> 0:33:11.360
<v Speaker 1>is to break up and end this relationship.

0:33:12.360 --> 0:33:16.440
<v Speaker 4>It's not serving you. And again, even if he's making.

0:33:16.280 --> 0:33:20.600
<v Speaker 1>You feel butterflies, bitch, think about how you feel about

0:33:20.680 --> 0:33:24.680
<v Speaker 1>not being able to celebrate your master's degree completion with

0:33:24.920 --> 0:33:28.200
<v Speaker 1>your partner because he too poored a fucking Get on

0:33:28.280 --> 0:33:32.480
<v Speaker 1>a flight and book the hotel and enjoy the pleasantries

0:33:32.520 --> 0:33:34.760
<v Speaker 1>of life that you want to travel. Don't let this

0:33:35.760 --> 0:33:40.000
<v Speaker 1>relationship rob you from your happiness. Don't let it happen.

0:33:40.560 --> 0:33:41.920
<v Speaker 1>Don't do it, girl, don't do it.

0:33:42.800 --> 0:33:43.640
<v Speaker 4>Don't do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, love that you misled me with the title here

0:33:49.360 --> 0:33:52.200
<v Speaker 1>dating while broke, you are in a relationship with.

0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:54.920
<v Speaker 4>A broke nigga. You're not dating while broke.

0:33:55.520 --> 0:34:02.840
<v Speaker 1>You are in a relationship. What a skilly, irresponsible fuck boy.

0:34:02.880 --> 0:34:04.600
<v Speaker 1>And I'm gonna call him a fuck boy because bruh,

0:34:08.280 --> 0:34:12.400
<v Speaker 1>he at least in his forties, at least living with

0:34:12.520 --> 0:34:16.600
<v Speaker 1>his mama and been living with her for seven eight years.

0:34:17.080 --> 0:34:19.960
<v Speaker 1>He might not even be paying as much or splitting

0:34:20.000 --> 0:34:21.520
<v Speaker 1>the bills as much as you think he is with

0:34:21.600 --> 0:34:24.120
<v Speaker 1>his mama because he might be a mama's boy.

0:34:24.760 --> 0:34:32.600
<v Speaker 4>So I'd say go ahead and go ahead and break

0:34:32.680 --> 0:34:35.200
<v Speaker 4>up with him. In the good words of crystalin Fury

0:34:35.239 --> 0:34:38.600
<v Speaker 4>from the read break up with Him.

0:34:40.680 --> 0:34:43.239
<v Speaker 1>Hopefully I spoke to some of you listening to this

0:34:43.320 --> 0:34:47.160
<v Speaker 1>as well, because baby, we are rounding up the year

0:34:47.719 --> 0:34:50.760
<v Speaker 1>twenty twenty six is around the corner, and baby, January

0:34:50.920 --> 0:34:57.600
<v Speaker 1>first is not the time to her and start feeling

0:34:57.640 --> 0:34:59.719
<v Speaker 1>good about yourself and wanting more for your life.

0:35:00.360 --> 0:35:03.680
<v Speaker 4>But the turkey the Christmas gifts.

0:35:04.080 --> 0:35:08.120
<v Speaker 1>Don't sit here and wait and squander through these these

0:35:08.239 --> 0:35:13.160
<v Speaker 1>holidays knowing that you're with somebody that just ain't put

0:35:13.320 --> 0:35:17.080
<v Speaker 1>in the bill, that just ain't cutting it.

0:35:18.480 --> 0:35:21.040
<v Speaker 4>I'm telling y'all, this is where you start.

0:35:20.920 --> 0:35:25.160
<v Speaker 1>Making your New Year's resolution, stepping into what you're welcoming

0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:26.080
<v Speaker 1>into the new year.

0:35:26.440 --> 0:35:30.040
<v Speaker 4>You start doing that right now, right now.

0:35:31.080 --> 0:35:35.840
<v Speaker 1>So for this listener, I would absolutely advise you to

0:35:35.880 --> 0:35:39.360
<v Speaker 1>break up with him and really sit with yourself and

0:35:40.320 --> 0:35:43.120
<v Speaker 1>put out into the universe the type of partner that

0:35:43.280 --> 0:35:46.320
<v Speaker 1>you feel like you deserve. And I'm telling you, I

0:35:46.520 --> 0:35:49.279
<v Speaker 1>know we'll be talking about dating is the ghetto. Girl,

0:35:49.440 --> 0:35:51.680
<v Speaker 1>be found some good ones. I got good ones right now.

0:35:52.640 --> 0:35:56.319
<v Speaker 1>I got two and a half great ones that are

0:35:56.400 --> 0:36:00.560
<v Speaker 1>making like just showing me like you know, so.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah do that.

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<v Speaker 1>And for anyone wanting to submit their listener letter, go

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<v Speaker 1>ahead end us your letter.

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<v Speaker 4>To decisions pod at gmail dot com because bitch, you

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<v Speaker 4>got decisions. See y'all next Wednesday,