WEBVTT - #54 Let's Get it Together!

0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.400
<v Speaker 1>Hell I Suck Good Dating with Dean, Vanessa and Jared

0:00:04.680 --> 0:00:09.119
<v Speaker 1>and I Heart Radio Podcast. Hey everybody, and welcome to

0:00:09.119 --> 0:00:12.440
<v Speaker 1>an all new episode of Help I Suck At Dating.

0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:17.119
<v Speaker 1>I'm Jared have been joined always by Dean Haben. Have

0:00:17.239 --> 0:00:19.040
<v Speaker 1>you got that? I don't think I've ever pronounced that properly?

0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:24.600
<v Speaker 1>It's alright, Dean, tell the people who you are. Hey, everyone,

0:00:24.920 --> 0:00:28.280
<v Speaker 1>I'm Dean, so welcome to the episode. Guys. We have

0:00:28.320 --> 0:00:31.280
<v Speaker 1>a special guest that's on the phone right now. Her

0:00:31.360 --> 0:00:35.520
<v Speaker 1>name is Lauren Burger. Lauren, Hello out there? Are you there?

0:00:36.040 --> 0:00:39.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm here. Hi, guys, Hey Lauren, We're great. How are

0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:42.559
<v Speaker 1>you good? Well? Thank you so much for joining us.

0:00:42.560 --> 0:00:45.760
<v Speaker 1>I did pronounce your last name correctly, right? Burger Burger

0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:50.639
<v Speaker 1>Burger perfect? Yeah, that's perfect. I thought of burgermeister from

0:00:50.680 --> 0:00:53.760
<v Speaker 1>Santa Claus is coming to town? Anybody? And oh, I'm

0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:56.520
<v Speaker 1>glad you got that reference Burger based meister Burger great well,

0:00:56.520 --> 0:01:03.120
<v Speaker 1>Burger jokes aside, Lauren, tell us a little bit about yourself. Well,

0:01:03.160 --> 0:01:06.720
<v Speaker 1>thanks for having me on the show. CEO and founder

0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:10.120
<v Speaker 1>of a website called career Queen dot com and intern

0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:13.800
<v Speaker 1>Queen dot Com. Both are free websites. That help people

0:01:13.880 --> 0:01:16.480
<v Speaker 1>get from where they are to wherever they want to be.

0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.600
<v Speaker 1>And my third book just came out today, which is

0:01:19.720 --> 0:01:23.680
<v Speaker 1>very exciting. So it's called Get It Together, and it's

0:01:23.720 --> 0:01:26.720
<v Speaker 1>all about it's all that how busy we are and

0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.080
<v Speaker 1>how we all want to kind of disconnect and how

0:01:29.120 --> 0:01:31.319
<v Speaker 1>we need to disconnect if we're ever going to be

0:01:31.440 --> 0:01:36.040
<v Speaker 1>seeing people and just how to you know, work smarter

0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.600
<v Speaker 1>and not harder. When when you say disconnect, what do

0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.160
<v Speaker 1>you mean by that? Because we haven't had in the

0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:45.039
<v Speaker 1>past someone who said she dropped her phone to better

0:01:45.040 --> 0:01:46.840
<v Speaker 1>connect with the people around her. Is that kind of

0:01:46.840 --> 0:01:50.040
<v Speaker 1>what you're talking to Yeah, yeah, exactly, And just you know, um,

0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:54.040
<v Speaker 1>we're also anxious, We're also stressed, we're also overworked. You know,

0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.880
<v Speaker 1>something that I started doing is I stopped scrolling Instagram

0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:00.920
<v Speaker 1>before I go to sleep, Like when I go upstairs

0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:03.920
<v Speaker 1>to go to bed, Instagram does not come, you know,

0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.280
<v Speaker 1>And it's really kind of training yourself to not look

0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:07.920
<v Speaker 1>at those things that are just going to kind of

0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.560
<v Speaker 1>give you, you know, a little bit of anxiety, so

0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:13.600
<v Speaker 1>not to get person. What do you do before you

0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:17.360
<v Speaker 1>fall as? Do you read? Now? Um, I I read,

0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:21.640
<v Speaker 1>I'll go to like shopping websites, because for me, that's

0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.880
<v Speaker 1>relaxing and I'm not getting caught up in what other

0:02:23.960 --> 0:02:26.799
<v Speaker 1>people are doing. But I've really found that disconnecting. I

0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:28.840
<v Speaker 1>even I'm the CEO of a company. I've been running

0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:31.560
<v Speaker 1>it for ten years. It's super successful. I took my

0:02:31.639 --> 0:02:33.799
<v Speaker 1>email off my phone and I got a lot of

0:02:33.800 --> 0:02:36.480
<v Speaker 1>guilt trips about it. But you know what, I'm okay,

0:02:36.880 --> 0:02:40.000
<v Speaker 1>the business is okay, and I'm so much you know,

0:02:40.040 --> 0:02:42.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm just better able to connect with the people around me.

0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:45.239
<v Speaker 1>I'm more engaged with conversation. So I think it's really

0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.880
<v Speaker 1>all about that disconnection. While while on the topic of anxiety, quickly,

0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:52.640
<v Speaker 1>I've noticed myself before falling asleep, especially lately, maybe over

0:02:52.639 --> 0:02:55.600
<v Speaker 1>the past six month or so, I'm getting incredibly anxious,

0:02:55.680 --> 0:02:58.120
<v Speaker 1>especially when I'm watching a show that I've already watched before.

0:02:58.160 --> 0:02:59.720
<v Speaker 1>Like if I was put on in the office, I'm okay,

0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:01.959
<v Speaker 1>I'm not like benefiting anything from it, you know. And

0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:03.640
<v Speaker 1>so it's like I'm sitting there and I'm like, what

0:03:03.680 --> 0:03:05.600
<v Speaker 1>am I doing? Why am I doing this? Like I'm

0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:07.239
<v Speaker 1>not dating anything from anything, and I would like you

0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.280
<v Speaker 1>go to sleep anxious, and I most sometimes it makes

0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.120
<v Speaker 1>me feel more comfortable when I'm watching a show that

0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:13.280
<v Speaker 1>I know, well, that's before I go to bed, That's

0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:14.959
<v Speaker 1>what I'm used to doing. Like I said, I've watched

0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.280
<v Speaker 1>off as maybe like twenty times from trying to finish.

0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:19.520
<v Speaker 1>But now I'm like, well, where is the utility in that?

0:03:19.600 --> 0:03:21.560
<v Speaker 1>Like why I should be reading or you're doing something

0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:24.160
<v Speaker 1>more constructive. I guess yeah, And I feel like it's

0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:25.839
<v Speaker 1>about Like in the book, I talk a lot about

0:03:25.919 --> 0:03:28.520
<v Speaker 1>knowing your need. That it's knowing what works for you.

0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.440
<v Speaker 1>You know what makes you anxious, what doesn't, and then

0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.560
<v Speaker 1>really you know, making sure that you follow that you

0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:37.680
<v Speaker 1>follows through um on. You know, whatever is going to

0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:40.240
<v Speaker 1>relax you and whatever's gonna help you disconnect. It's different

0:03:40.240 --> 0:03:42.720
<v Speaker 1>for everybody. So would you say that disconnecting for you

0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:46.040
<v Speaker 1>isn't necessarily getting off your phone or the internet, but

0:03:46.080 --> 0:03:50.520
<v Speaker 1>it's more so getting off of social media. For me,

0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.360
<v Speaker 1>disconnecting is getting off of social media. I don't want

0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.840
<v Speaker 1>to look at who my boyfriend from high school is dating.

0:03:56.000 --> 0:03:57.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to look at a competitor, you know,

0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:01.320
<v Speaker 1>the other career coaches in the land. Um you know,

0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:04.480
<v Speaker 1>I want to disconnect to a funny I did another

0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:08.000
<v Speaker 1>podcast with a rav reality star and maybe you guys

0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:11.000
<v Speaker 1>can relate to this because of the nature of your jobs.

0:04:11.240 --> 0:04:13.040
<v Speaker 1>And I was telling her that for me, I can

0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:15.880
<v Speaker 1>go to tmz dot com and that helps me disconnect,

0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.040
<v Speaker 1>and she was like, not for me, that just makes

0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:21.000
<v Speaker 1>me feel like I'm not cool enough and I should

0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:22.960
<v Speaker 1>be going to the nice guy every night. So I

0:04:23.000 --> 0:04:25.280
<v Speaker 1>don't know how you guys feel about that, but for me,

0:04:25.520 --> 0:04:28.359
<v Speaker 1>you know, social media, I can I disconnect by not

0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.760
<v Speaker 1>being on Instagram, but I can relax by going on

0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:35.240
<v Speaker 1>like t m Z or some you know, celebrity gossip site. Um,

0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:38.080
<v Speaker 1>so what got you started into this industry anyway? Because

0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:41.599
<v Speaker 1>you're your big thing is about finding an internship and

0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.000
<v Speaker 1>you have a YouTube successful YouTube channel about it, You've

0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.040
<v Speaker 1>written three books. How did you even begin to start

0:04:46.040 --> 0:04:50.039
<v Speaker 1>this process? Yeah? So I had fifteen internships when I

0:04:50.080 --> 0:04:55.680
<v Speaker 1>was in college, which is kind of crazy. Yea. Yeah.

0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.960
<v Speaker 1>I live in l A now also, and um when

0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:01.080
<v Speaker 1>I was trying to find an internship, no one could

0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.400
<v Speaker 1>help me, and I just wanted a better way and

0:05:03.440 --> 0:05:06.080
<v Speaker 1>a better resource. So I started intern Queen with five

0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.800
<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars of personal savings. I've never taken any investment

0:05:09.800 --> 0:05:12.240
<v Speaker 1>money and you know, ten years later, not only do

0:05:12.320 --> 0:05:15.480
<v Speaker 1>we have intern Queen Um, which helps people get internships

0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:18.719
<v Speaker 1>and career advice, but we also launched the Career Queen Network.

0:05:20.320 --> 0:05:23.200
<v Speaker 1>What's the Career Queen Network? So correct, I should have

0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.800
<v Speaker 1>followed up with that. Career Queen is is kind of

0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.600
<v Speaker 1>the six sister site to intern Queen. So now we

0:05:28.640 --> 0:05:30.760
<v Speaker 1>can help all of those young people that kind of

0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.480
<v Speaker 1>grew up with intern Queen, we can help them connect

0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:35.760
<v Speaker 1>with kind of the next step, which is that job.

0:05:35.880 --> 0:05:39.440
<v Speaker 1>So it's uh, you know, free job advice. M I

0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.440
<v Speaker 1>love that. No, that's really cool. Um, it's interesting too

0:05:42.480 --> 0:05:45.960
<v Speaker 1>because obviously we're a dating podcast, and so from your

0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.360
<v Speaker 1>perspective being very busy in the career world internships, I mean,

0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:52.760
<v Speaker 1>you have fifteen internships during college. Um, if you don't

0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:57.120
<v Speaker 1>mind me asking, are you you're married? Correct? I'm married, yes,

0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.400
<v Speaker 1>and my husband's actually an entrepreneur, so that definitely helps.

0:06:01.080 --> 0:06:03.880
<v Speaker 1>So how in your personal opinion do you balance work

0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:08.360
<v Speaker 1>with relationships? Yeah, you know, I think it's about prioritizing

0:06:08.360 --> 0:06:11.840
<v Speaker 1>and even for people that are driven by work like myself,

0:06:12.360 --> 0:06:14.200
<v Speaker 1>I think and I talked about this in the book too.

0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:17.040
<v Speaker 1>It's so important to put family and relationships first. And

0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:21.039
<v Speaker 1>like I said, my husband Um runs the business, runs

0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.160
<v Speaker 1>his own business as well, and so if we wanted to,

0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:26.920
<v Speaker 1>we could both be on our phones all day, all night.

0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.000
<v Speaker 1>But it's really a matter of saying, Okay, you know,

0:06:29.080 --> 0:06:32.240
<v Speaker 1>this is disconnection time for us. It's when I get home.

0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:34.840
<v Speaker 1>We always go for a walk. We hall it taken

0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.159
<v Speaker 1>a loop around the neighborhood, and it's our time to

0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.080
<v Speaker 1>leave our phones home and for an hour just kind

0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.920
<v Speaker 1>of connect with each other. So I think it's about prioritizing,

0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:46.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, a couple time and really taking that just

0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:49.640
<v Speaker 1>as seriously as you were taking meeting for work. Well,

0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.280
<v Speaker 1>I think to the stuff that you help others with,

0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:55.360
<v Speaker 1>like curving anxiety, disconnecting, all that kind of stuff then

0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.920
<v Speaker 1>plays into being a better partner and leads to more

0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:03.200
<v Speaker 1>successful relationships at I would imagine it would. Yeah, absolutely,

0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:04.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean, how are you going to meet a guy

0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.440
<v Speaker 1>at a bar if you're sitting there scrolling on your phone? Right, Like,

0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.880
<v Speaker 1>you have to be kind of present and you have

0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:12.560
<v Speaker 1>to take in every experience and really kind of make

0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:14.560
<v Speaker 1>the most of it. And then you know, it's funny,

0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:17.880
<v Speaker 1>My intern queen message is put yourself out there and

0:07:17.960 --> 0:07:20.440
<v Speaker 1>don't take no for an answer. And I feel like

0:07:20.760 --> 0:07:23.520
<v Speaker 1>in the dating world, you know, I think that's important

0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:25.680
<v Speaker 1>to you. Why I I don't. I believe in putting

0:07:25.680 --> 0:07:28.320
<v Speaker 1>yourselves out there. I'm always telling my single friends, like,

0:07:28.560 --> 0:07:30.320
<v Speaker 1>you know, go up to your go up to that guy,

0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.000
<v Speaker 1>introduce yourself, Like what's the worst that can happen? He's

0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.400
<v Speaker 1>gonna say no, who cares? You know, then he's not

0:07:35.440 --> 0:07:38.040
<v Speaker 1>the right guy anyway. So I'm all about just putting

0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:41.040
<v Speaker 1>yourself out there and really not following too many rules

0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.160
<v Speaker 1>while dating. I mean I certainly did not play it

0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:49.000
<v Speaker 1>cool at all when I met my husband. Cool. I mean,

0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:53.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm just not cool, sound awesome. I mean, you know,

0:07:53.680 --> 0:07:55.680
<v Speaker 1>you're not supposed to. Most of my friends if they

0:07:55.720 --> 0:07:58.000
<v Speaker 1>meet a guy, like, they won't tax, they won't call.

0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:00.760
<v Speaker 1>I was texting and callative NonStop. Up. I think I

0:08:00.800 --> 0:08:03.080
<v Speaker 1>asked him to take me. I was like, hey, after

0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:05.240
<v Speaker 1>like our second day, it was like, I'm flying back

0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:06.880
<v Speaker 1>into l a X. You should really take me up

0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.800
<v Speaker 1>from the airport. You know. I really didn't wait for

0:08:09.880 --> 0:08:12.600
<v Speaker 1>him to make the move. I knew what I wanted

0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:16.240
<v Speaker 1>and I didn't want to pause for her game thing.

0:08:16.320 --> 0:08:18.120
<v Speaker 1>I guess, so I just kind of went for it.

0:08:18.200 --> 0:08:20.640
<v Speaker 1>I respect that. I respect that a lot. And you

0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:22.840
<v Speaker 1>just put yourself up there, your very forward. It's not

0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:26.520
<v Speaker 1>going to work out right when someone's obviously got to

0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:27.640
<v Speaker 1>kind of get the ball role and with all that

0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:30.240
<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff as well. So quick question in your

0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:31.800
<v Speaker 1>book this, I believe it's this new one that came

0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.920
<v Speaker 1>out right, there's a steam guiding principles did you have

0:08:35.000 --> 0:08:38.000
<v Speaker 1>in there that you've outline right? Yep? So could you

0:08:38.000 --> 0:08:39.840
<v Speaker 1>give us like a quick maybe top three of the

0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.880
<v Speaker 1>seventeen guiding principles that you want to share with the listeners? Yeah?

0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:44.720
<v Speaker 1>I think you know. One of my favorite ones is

0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.040
<v Speaker 1>do things based on your method, not your mood. A

0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:51.240
<v Speaker 1>simple example of this is, you know, you say you're

0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.319
<v Speaker 1>not going to go to the gym. A friend said

0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.240
<v Speaker 1>to me last night, like, do you want to go

0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.480
<v Speaker 1>to the gym tomorrow or are you gonna be too tired?

0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:59.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm like no, no, no, Like, the plan is to

0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:01.080
<v Speaker 1>go to the gym. We're not going to roll on

0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:03.719
<v Speaker 1>my mood, which would be being tired. You know, we're

0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.520
<v Speaker 1>gonna go. We're gonna stick to the script here and

0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.080
<v Speaker 1>the and the script said, I want to go to

0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:10.000
<v Speaker 1>the gym. So do things based on your method and

0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.800
<v Speaker 1>not your mood. Your mood doesn't matter, you know. You

0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:15.160
<v Speaker 1>really got to stick to the script and you know,

0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.520
<v Speaker 1>stick to your plan. And the same advice goes towards

0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.920
<v Speaker 1>if you're having a bad day. Two weeks ago, I

0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:22.400
<v Speaker 1>had two of my employees quit out of nowhere. It

0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:25.320
<v Speaker 1>was a terrible day. But if I let that throw

0:09:25.400 --> 0:09:28.000
<v Speaker 1>my whole day, I wouldn't have gotten anything done. So

0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.160
<v Speaker 1>when that happened, I stuck to the script and I

0:09:30.200 --> 0:09:32.800
<v Speaker 1>followed through in my original schedule for the day, and

0:09:32.840 --> 0:09:36.000
<v Speaker 1>I just got I got things done, you know. So

0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.600
<v Speaker 1>I think that one of the most important pieces of

0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.840
<v Speaker 1>the of advice in the book is I talked about

0:09:40.880 --> 0:09:43.920
<v Speaker 1>that a lot um. The other is embracing rejection. I

0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:47.440
<v Speaker 1>started my business with five thousand dollars. It's doing really well.

0:09:47.520 --> 0:09:49.520
<v Speaker 1>And if I would have let the nose or the

0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:53.160
<v Speaker 1>rejection stop me, I wouldn't be anywhere. So I always say, like,

0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:57.199
<v Speaker 1>get married to rejection, you know, embrace rejection, Love rejection,

0:09:57.240 --> 0:09:59.200
<v Speaker 1>because it really helps me get from where I was

0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.000
<v Speaker 1>to where I am today. Do you have a secret

0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:04.600
<v Speaker 1>to everybody listening on how to better handle rejection, because

0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:07.880
<v Speaker 1>I think for me personally, it's really tough being told no, no, no,

0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.920
<v Speaker 1>and then keep really being persistent and moving forward. Do

0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:12.240
<v Speaker 1>you have any type of secret that you can tell

0:10:12.280 --> 0:10:14.760
<v Speaker 1>everybody be like, listen, this is how you can accept

0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.199
<v Speaker 1>and move on with rejection. We should get Ashley to

0:10:17.280 --> 0:10:23.320
<v Speaker 1>come and speak to that. One thing that I really

0:10:23.480 --> 0:10:25.240
<v Speaker 1>like doing. And maybe this is kind of a tip,

0:10:25.800 --> 0:10:28.680
<v Speaker 1>is whoever rejects you, whether it's you know which, maybe

0:10:28.679 --> 0:10:32.760
<v Speaker 1>you're going after a job or um, you're pitching your opportunity.

0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:36.079
<v Speaker 1>When that person rejects you, friend that person on LinkedIn,

0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.520
<v Speaker 1>become their best friend and stay in touch with them

0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.800
<v Speaker 1>three times a year. Turn that no into a yes.

0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:43.400
<v Speaker 1>And I'm telling you I've been doing this for over

0:10:43.480 --> 0:10:46.800
<v Speaker 1>ten years, and there are so many deals that I get,

0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.920
<v Speaker 1>so many cool brands that I work with, and I've

0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.640
<v Speaker 1>been after those people for three years, you know, and

0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:53.480
<v Speaker 1>they've been saying no for years. But I turned that

0:10:53.559 --> 0:10:57.240
<v Speaker 1>no into a yes simply by staying in touch. So

0:10:57.360 --> 0:11:00.360
<v Speaker 1>I really think that um, you know, taking it manage

0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.480
<v Speaker 1>of those contacts that you're getting, even the people that

0:11:02.520 --> 0:11:04.720
<v Speaker 1>are saying no can really help. I think that was

0:11:04.760 --> 0:11:07.800
<v Speaker 1>so before, maybe a couple of years ago, I was

0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.079
<v Speaker 1>in a sales role at a staffing agency, and in

0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:13.840
<v Speaker 1>those sales roles, you are constantly being told no, and

0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:15.880
<v Speaker 1>I just think my psyche was unable to handle it.

0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:17.160
<v Speaker 1>Got to the point where I was like, you know,

0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:18.600
<v Speaker 1>you talked to a hundred people a day and all

0:11:18.679 --> 0:11:20.120
<v Speaker 1>hundred people say no, But then the next day, like

0:11:20.160 --> 0:11:22.000
<v Speaker 1>nine people will say no, one will say yes. I

0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:23.959
<v Speaker 1>just like I wasn't really able to get past that

0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:26.760
<v Speaker 1>that roadblock for me personally. So I wish I had

0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:30.640
<v Speaker 1>a book like yours to read when I was Yeah,

0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.120
<v Speaker 1>and it's funny you say that I have a whole

0:11:32.640 --> 0:11:35.880
<v Speaker 1>chapter about refining your goals, and I talked about exactly that,

0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.160
<v Speaker 1>which is for me. I like to know the numbers

0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:40.480
<v Speaker 1>like and this might sound a little crazy, but as

0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.120
<v Speaker 1>a as a businesswoman, I know that if I spend

0:11:43.160 --> 0:11:46.280
<v Speaker 1>a hundred cold pitch emails, I'm probably going to get

0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.760
<v Speaker 1>about ten responses. I'm probably going to get on the

0:11:48.800 --> 0:11:51.280
<v Speaker 1>phone with five of those people. I'm going to close

0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.520
<v Speaker 1>one deal. And the power of knowing your numbers is

0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.760
<v Speaker 1>really big because then you don't have to get caught

0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:58.600
<v Speaker 1>up in the nose. You already expect them, you know

0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.880
<v Speaker 1>they're going to happen. Yeah, it's very true. Yeah, I

0:12:01.880 --> 0:12:03.920
<v Speaker 1>think that that same logic can apply to dating, as

0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:05.840
<v Speaker 1>Jared was saying too, just because well and same with

0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:07.920
<v Speaker 1>how you met your husband. Obviously, you've got to be persistent,

0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.600
<v Speaker 1>especially if you know it's something and someone that you want.

0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.160
<v Speaker 1>And I can go a long way, especially in today's

0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:19.120
<v Speaker 1>landscape and and dating world, I feel like, yeah, absolutely, yeah, agreed, Lauren,

0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:20.560
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for joining us today. We really

0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:24.840
<v Speaker 1>appreciate it. So please tell everybody where they can find you. Yeah, absolutely, Well,

0:12:24.840 --> 0:12:27.320
<v Speaker 1>you guys can follow me at Official Career Queen and

0:12:27.440 --> 0:12:29.920
<v Speaker 1>at Internal Queen. I'm gonna send you guys messages after

0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.480
<v Speaker 1>this and then Get It Together is out today, so

0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:34.520
<v Speaker 1>you guys can get it on Amazon, at Barnes and Noble,

0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:37.280
<v Speaker 1>atok Milion or anymore work books are sold. Great, We'll

0:12:37.280 --> 0:12:39.240
<v Speaker 1>make sure everybody pick up a copy today. Get It Together.

0:12:39.280 --> 0:12:41.600
<v Speaker 1>We should have you jump on Ben's podcast Lady Bosses.

0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.319
<v Speaker 1>I feel like they'd be Yeah, definitely, I would love doing.

0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:47.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm a huge Bachelor fan, So I love to you guys,

0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.440
<v Speaker 1>and you guys are coming at Lauren. Thank you so much.

0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.160
<v Speaker 1>We appreciate it. Thank you again for calling in, Lauren.

0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:53.880
<v Speaker 1>It's it's great to hear you're doing great. Talk to

0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:58.440
<v Speaker 1>you soon. All right, Thanks Lauren. Well, she was very sweet.

0:12:58.440 --> 0:12:59.640
<v Speaker 1>That was very nice. I think a lot of that

0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:02.000
<v Speaker 1>lodge that she obviously is more of a business centric

0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.400
<v Speaker 1>minded person, but I think a lot of that logic

0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.600
<v Speaker 1>can apply to dating as well. Oh, I agree the

0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.560
<v Speaker 1>the idea of failing but then trying to still be

0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:12.360
<v Speaker 1>persistent because everybody, like how many times you've been we've

0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:15.920
<v Speaker 1>had messages about people being rejected or dates not working out,

0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.400
<v Speaker 1>and they just feel so deflated they never want to

0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:20.840
<v Speaker 1>go on another date again. But here's a woman who's saying, no,

0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:23.440
<v Speaker 1>what you need to do is just keep pushing and

0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.000
<v Speaker 1>accept the know and accept the rejection, but understand that

0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.720
<v Speaker 1>it will get better and just to keep pushing forward.

0:13:29.200 --> 0:13:31.040
<v Speaker 1>That's a good message. It's like when my body tells

0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.200
<v Speaker 1>my tells my head to work out. Yeah, it's like

0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:35.760
<v Speaker 1>when I look in the mirror every day and I'm like,

0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.160
<v Speaker 1>you know what, it's just not worth going to the

0:13:37.160 --> 0:13:39.200
<v Speaker 1>gym because I'm not gonna because you just don't want

0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:41.960
<v Speaker 1>to drive to the gym that and I just I'm like,

0:13:42.000 --> 0:13:43.640
<v Speaker 1>you know what, I'm not going to see any results,

0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:45.680
<v Speaker 1>but you just gotta push through that. It's the method,

0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.120
<v Speaker 1>not the mood. Jared in one way to develop the

0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.480
<v Speaker 1>best method. As far as I'm concerned, beach Body on Demand,

0:13:51.880 --> 0:13:55.079
<v Speaker 1>I completely agree. I love beach Body on Demand. You've

0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:56.840
<v Speaker 1>heard us talk about it before, You'll hear us talk

0:13:56.880 --> 0:13:58.640
<v Speaker 1>about it again. You're gonna hear us talk about it

0:13:58.720 --> 0:14:01.320
<v Speaker 1>right now a little bit more. It's an easy on

0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:04.240
<v Speaker 1>demand streaming service that gives you instant access to a

0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:06.200
<v Speaker 1>wide variety of super effective workouts you can do from

0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:07.960
<v Speaker 1>the comfort of your living room. I think that's what

0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:09.199
<v Speaker 1>Jared and I love most about is you don't have

0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:10.560
<v Speaker 1>to go to the gym. You can basically just do

0:14:10.640 --> 0:14:12.800
<v Speaker 1>any workout in a short amount of time at your

0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:15.600
<v Speaker 1>house ten twenty minutes, however, however long. You have hundreds

0:14:15.600 --> 0:14:18.080
<v Speaker 1>of effective workouts for all fitness levels, ranging from booty

0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:21.080
<v Speaker 1>building to weight training, to cardio the hit the high

0:14:21.120 --> 0:14:23.840
<v Speaker 1>intensity interval training, to yoga and even dance workouts. Again,

0:14:23.880 --> 0:14:26.880
<v Speaker 1>my favorite is hip hop abs dafects. I'm gonna be

0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:29.360
<v Speaker 1>perfectly honest with you, guys. I've been slacking a little

0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.440
<v Speaker 1>bit and I'm getting a little dully around this the

0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:33.600
<v Speaker 1>mid region. I'm not doing my hip hop abs as

0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.640
<v Speaker 1>much as I should be, but I'm gonna get back

0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:37.160
<v Speaker 1>to it. I'm kind of glad that winter is coming

0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:38.600
<v Speaker 1>up because I'm gonna be wearing my shirt a lot

0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.680
<v Speaker 1>more than obviously in the summertime here in Los Angeles.

0:14:41.240 --> 0:14:42.920
<v Speaker 1>The nice thing about Beach Body on Demand you can

0:14:42.920 --> 0:14:48.120
<v Speaker 1>access it anywhere, anytime. If you want your computer, web enabled, TV, tablet, smartphone, Roku,

0:14:48.200 --> 0:14:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Apple TV, Chrome Cast, basically any way you can get

0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.560
<v Speaker 1>on the Internet, you can get on Beach Body on Demand.

0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.360
<v Speaker 1>Best deal in fitness, especially for the listeners. Help I

0:14:55.400 --> 0:14:58.240
<v Speaker 1>suck at dating, You guys can try absolutely free. All

0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:00.120
<v Speaker 1>you have to do is text Dean to third D

0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:02.880
<v Speaker 1>thirty thirty. That's d E A ND two three zero

0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.600
<v Speaker 1>three zero three zero. You get a special free child membership,

0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.400
<v Speaker 1>including their new fourteen day result plan where you can

0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.200
<v Speaker 1>lose up to nine pounds in the first two weeks

0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:15.320
<v Speaker 1>when you use my code, our code Dean d e

0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:17.920
<v Speaker 1>A n to to jump in on that. I think

0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.440
<v Speaker 1>that's a really cool factor because what happens when you

0:15:20.480 --> 0:15:21.880
<v Speaker 1>go to the gym after two weeks and you don't

0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:24.360
<v Speaker 1>see results. You just bummed out. You get bummed out right,

0:15:24.360 --> 0:15:26.040
<v Speaker 1>you don't want to go back. They're saying you can

0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.200
<v Speaker 1>lose nine pounds in the first two weeks. You get

0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:31.200
<v Speaker 1>to see results in fourteen days. Guys, just make sure

0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:33.280
<v Speaker 1>you couple it with healthy eating and beach Body on

0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.800
<v Speaker 1>Demand will be able to help you plan your meals

0:15:36.720 --> 0:15:39.120
<v Speaker 1>basically outline the nutritional value, everything that you need to

0:15:39.160 --> 0:15:41.560
<v Speaker 1>reach your rate lost goals. So again, you'll get full

0:15:41.560 --> 0:15:44.000
<v Speaker 1>access to the entire platform for free, all the workouts

0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:47.040
<v Speaker 1>and nutrition information, the results plan to get you super

0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:50.520
<v Speaker 1>fast results and support totally for free. All you have

0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.920
<v Speaker 1>to do is text d e A N to three

0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:56.720
<v Speaker 1>zero three zero three zero. That's Dean to thirty thirty thirty.

0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.040
<v Speaker 1>Be sure to try beach Body on Demand. Like I said,

0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:01.480
<v Speaker 1>I gotta get back into get my apps back in shape.

0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:03.280
<v Speaker 1>I was actually looking through old pictures of like when

0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:05.600
<v Speaker 1>I was traveling, because I was just in Mexico with

0:16:05.600 --> 0:16:07.680
<v Speaker 1>with my buddy Courtney, and I posted a picture and

0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.880
<v Speaker 1>everyone was like, Okay, dad, bod weird flex whatever it is,

0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:13.480
<v Speaker 1>And so I was like going through my old pictures.

0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.560
<v Speaker 1>I was like, I should probably post a picture from

0:16:15.600 --> 0:16:18.280
<v Speaker 1>when I was doing Beach Body on Demand to remind

0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.480
<v Speaker 1>myself that I can sometimes have hip hop app Dean,

0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.160
<v Speaker 1>you do not have a dead bod whatso ever. But

0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:26.000
<v Speaker 1>sometimes I do that too. I'll look at old pictures

0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:29.760
<v Speaker 1>of myself and just I'll, i'll, i'll fat shame myself.

0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.520
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, you, you piece of crap. You need to

0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:33.040
<v Speaker 1>get back in the gym. Look at you look so

0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:35.160
<v Speaker 1>much better then, and look at you now. Look how

0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:38.120
<v Speaker 1>horrible you look now? Exactly? You have beautiful fiance. You

0:16:38.160 --> 0:16:40.680
<v Speaker 1>need to get your ass back in the gym. Can

0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:42.280
<v Speaker 1>we get a time? Can we give an ness on

0:16:42.320 --> 0:16:46.080
<v Speaker 1>the phone. I miss hearing her voice. Let's let's get her.

0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:48.160
<v Speaker 1>Let's get her on the phone and get her on

0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.200
<v Speaker 1>the phone. If you haven't listened to last week's episode,

0:16:52.640 --> 0:16:54.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm just talking to everyone in the studio right now,

0:16:54.920 --> 0:16:58.600
<v Speaker 1>not the listeners, per se. Okay, so continue listen to

0:16:58.680 --> 0:17:01.800
<v Speaker 1>last week's episode of The Finessic Maldi. Her good friend

0:17:01.920 --> 0:17:06.399
<v Speaker 1>Brandy Cyrus joined her as a co host. Oh look

0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:12.439
<v Speaker 1>what the cat dragged in? Um, I missed you guys.

0:17:12.560 --> 0:17:13.800
<v Speaker 1>We want to do you more? Do you want to

0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.760
<v Speaker 1>do FaceTime audio or is this okay? We can't do

0:17:16.800 --> 0:17:21.280
<v Speaker 1>FaceTime audio, so we're gonna do it this way. What's up, Vanessa? Uh?

0:17:21.320 --> 0:17:23.520
<v Speaker 1>Not much. I was waiting for you guys to call

0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:27.800
<v Speaker 1>me listen. Full disclosure. I don't care anymore. Vanessa Texas

0:17:27.840 --> 0:17:30.160
<v Speaker 1>dan And said, don't have them coming right now. I'm pooping.

0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:33.919
<v Speaker 1>So the question is, Vanessa, are you still pooping? No?

0:17:34.080 --> 0:17:37.720
<v Speaker 1>I washed my hand and sitting on my shower now

0:17:37.720 --> 0:17:39.600
<v Speaker 1>in my kitchens that we're good. Yeah, it's okay. We

0:17:39.640 --> 0:17:42.800
<v Speaker 1>all pumped out. I loved it, loved it. So, Vanessa,

0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:46.560
<v Speaker 1>you had a solo podcast last week that um I

0:17:46.640 --> 0:17:48.800
<v Speaker 1>did you listen to? And just can you give, like

0:17:48.840 --> 0:17:52.080
<v Speaker 1>everybody a brief summary of what you talked about. Yeah, so,

0:17:52.240 --> 0:17:55.359
<v Speaker 1>first of all, I keep messaging well, I keep putting

0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:57.360
<v Speaker 1>it out there. All the thank you for people who

0:17:57.400 --> 0:18:01.520
<v Speaker 1>have been listening, who did listen to week's episode. Brandy

0:18:01.600 --> 0:18:05.359
<v Speaker 1>Cyrus was on l through the mendep even had Dr

0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:10.679
<v Speaker 1>Jennifer um who basically told me, then the next six months,

0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:14.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to detox from everything. And I remember what

0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:17.400
<v Speaker 1>she said about like the last thirty years, like something

0:18:17.440 --> 0:18:20.600
<v Speaker 1>about the moon and the stars or something. Anyway, we're

0:18:20.600 --> 0:18:22.880
<v Speaker 1>moving into the year at the age of Scorpio or something.

0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:26.959
<v Speaker 1>Isn't that right right now? Yeah? Something that Um, everything

0:18:27.000 --> 0:18:30.399
<v Speaker 1>that I've learned the last thirty years, I've learned, I've

0:18:30.480 --> 0:18:33.280
<v Speaker 1>I've grown from it, and now I'm you know, I'm

0:18:33.440 --> 0:18:36.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to move on into like bigger and better things.

0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:38.240
<v Speaker 1>So it was like a really great I guess the

0:18:38.359 --> 0:18:41.040
<v Speaker 1>reading I can call it that, But I really opened

0:18:41.119 --> 0:18:44.080
<v Speaker 1>up about my dating life, the last person I was

0:18:44.680 --> 0:18:48.160
<v Speaker 1>dating UM and how that didn't work out, and how

0:18:48.200 --> 0:18:50.840
<v Speaker 1>you can be really disappointed when even if you're dating

0:18:50.840 --> 0:18:52.760
<v Speaker 1>someone for like a week or three months or whatever,

0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:55.040
<v Speaker 1>which is really funny. I was just on the phone

0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:59.000
<v Speaker 1>with with Taylor no one from UM. We were on

0:18:59.040 --> 0:19:01.359
<v Speaker 1>the same season, and I'm like, why am I still

0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:03.959
<v Speaker 1>I'm not still bothered by it? But yesterday we were

0:19:03.960 --> 0:19:05.960
<v Speaker 1>talking about men and whatever. She was supposed to go

0:19:05.960 --> 0:19:07.800
<v Speaker 1>want a date, and she got ditched on her date.

0:19:08.440 --> 0:19:12.040
<v Speaker 1>And then I was like, you know what, right, I know,

0:19:12.320 --> 0:19:14.320
<v Speaker 1>Taylor is like such a great catch, but that's the thing.

0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:17.560
<v Speaker 1>Most women, most of my friends are such great catches,

0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.560
<v Speaker 1>and yet we're still single. And then She brought up

0:19:20.560 --> 0:19:24.240
<v Speaker 1>a really good point though. She's like, well, what's sad

0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:28.679
<v Speaker 1>is even nowadays, dating someone for three months is a

0:19:28.720 --> 0:19:31.320
<v Speaker 1>significant amount of time. And I'm like, it's so sad

0:19:31.440 --> 0:19:34.800
<v Speaker 1>but true. Oh yeah, I think about that all the time.

0:19:34.840 --> 0:19:37.520
<v Speaker 1>I think about like, like if somebody's like, oh my

0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:42.480
<v Speaker 1>marriage ended after ten years, it's like, oh, well ten years. Wow?

0:19:42.680 --> 0:19:44.840
<v Speaker 1>And then you're like, oh, wait a minute, that's not

0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:47.000
<v Speaker 1>supposed to last ten years's supposed to last a lifetime.

0:19:47.040 --> 0:19:48.920
<v Speaker 1>Whatever happened with that guy that Taylor was seeing before

0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:54.200
<v Speaker 1>you guys went to BALLI together. Uh, that's her story

0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:59.120
<v Speaker 1>to tell. But I really liked guy. She's really good guy.

0:19:59.280 --> 0:20:01.560
<v Speaker 1>Since she's not here, Vanessa, can you tell a story

0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:03.879
<v Speaker 1>for her? Oh? I can't tell a story for her.

0:20:03.920 --> 0:20:06.560
<v Speaker 1>But that's fair. Well, Vanessa, you talk about moving on

0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:08.040
<v Speaker 1>to bigger and better things. What are some of those

0:20:08.040 --> 0:20:11.320
<v Speaker 1>bigger and better things you think? Um? I think right

0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:13.640
<v Speaker 1>now I'm just out of And I have to say,

0:20:13.680 --> 0:20:15.680
<v Speaker 1>all the messages that people were sending me from last

0:20:15.720 --> 0:20:18.800
<v Speaker 1>week's episode, they were so uplifting. I got so many

0:20:18.800 --> 0:20:20.760
<v Speaker 1>stories of women saying they were single for so many

0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:22.399
<v Speaker 1>years and they kind of just like give up and

0:20:22.440 --> 0:20:24.240
<v Speaker 1>lost hope on finding the love of their life, and

0:20:24.280 --> 0:20:27.040
<v Speaker 1>then a couple of months later they found the person.

0:20:27.119 --> 0:20:29.800
<v Speaker 1>They're married and they're pregnant with their third child, And

0:20:30.000 --> 0:20:32.199
<v Speaker 1>basically a lot of these messages were just telling me,

0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:35.560
<v Speaker 1>enjoy the time that you have being single, because when

0:20:35.560 --> 0:20:39.680
<v Speaker 1>it happens, that happened so quick, UM, and you don't

0:20:39.680 --> 0:20:42.720
<v Speaker 1>even realize that you're walking down the aisle, you know.

0:20:43.119 --> 0:20:45.679
<v Speaker 1>So it's so it was so interesting to get that

0:20:45.720 --> 0:20:50.240
<v Speaker 1>perspective from women and men UM. I think right now,

0:20:50.280 --> 0:20:54.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm just at a point where I'm back to UM

0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:58.280
<v Speaker 1>and I've spoken about this before. Whenever I go through

0:20:58.320 --> 0:21:00.919
<v Speaker 1>a little bit of a heartbreak, it takes me, you know,

0:21:01.040 --> 0:21:03.359
<v Speaker 1>like give me like two weeks to really talk about

0:21:03.400 --> 0:21:05.400
<v Speaker 1>it and would be really really upset. And then after

0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:07.520
<v Speaker 1>that it's like kind of like the flu goes away

0:21:07.520 --> 0:21:08.760
<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, oh, I woke up and I'm so

0:21:08.840 --> 0:21:11.639
<v Speaker 1>much better from a point where yeah, it's out of

0:21:11.680 --> 0:21:14.480
<v Speaker 1>my system, I d talks from it UM and I'm

0:21:14.520 --> 0:21:18.000
<v Speaker 1>just focusing on work and focusing on on UM, spending

0:21:18.040 --> 0:21:20.199
<v Speaker 1>time with my friends and my family, and just really

0:21:20.920 --> 0:21:24.840
<v Speaker 1>being present and valuing the positive energy that I have

0:21:24.880 --> 0:21:27.520
<v Speaker 1>around me, and I'm so lucky to have such amazing

0:21:27.560 --> 0:21:30.840
<v Speaker 1>people around me, and sometimes when we're going through um

0:21:30.880 --> 0:21:33.640
<v Speaker 1>tough times, we tend to forget how amazing our life

0:21:33.640 --> 0:21:35.520
<v Speaker 1>really is. So I'm at that stage right now. That's

0:21:35.560 --> 0:21:38.320
<v Speaker 1>my big better thing totally. I find myself doing it

0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:39.960
<v Speaker 1>all the time where I think about the bad things

0:21:39.960 --> 0:21:41.800
<v Speaker 1>happened in my life and I just completely ignore all

0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:43.199
<v Speaker 1>the good things and you have to really kind of

0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:46.560
<v Speaker 1>send yourself and realize I have a pretty good life,

0:21:46.600 --> 0:21:48.800
<v Speaker 1>you know, you just put everything in perspective. Um. The

0:21:48.800 --> 0:21:51.040
<v Speaker 1>reason I asked about bigger and better things because um,

0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:53.520
<v Speaker 1>it's on the Facebook group, which, guys, if you're listening,

0:21:53.560 --> 0:21:55.920
<v Speaker 1>you haven't joined the Facebook group, get on it. What

0:21:55.960 --> 0:21:59.359
<v Speaker 1>are you doing the Facebook group and Instagram? Do you

0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:01.720
<v Speaker 1>run the Instagram? I run the Instagram? All right, So

0:22:01.720 --> 0:22:04.480
<v Speaker 1>so you're pretty much following two accounts by Dean, which

0:22:04.800 --> 0:22:08.000
<v Speaker 1>sounds like a wonderful idea if you're asking me. But

0:22:08.040 --> 0:22:10.040
<v Speaker 1>on the Facebook group, I was asking like if anybody

0:22:10.040 --> 0:22:12.080
<v Speaker 1>had any questions they wanted us to answer, and one

0:22:12.359 --> 0:22:16.359
<v Speaker 1>by Rachel said five year plans, Like she wants to

0:22:16.400 --> 0:22:18.760
<v Speaker 1>know what is our five year plan? Doan? Do you

0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:20.760
<v Speaker 1>have a five year plan. I don't even have a

0:22:20.760 --> 0:22:22.480
<v Speaker 1>five day plan. I don't know what I'm gonna be doing.

0:22:22.480 --> 0:22:25.359
<v Speaker 1>He has a five hour plant. That plan. You just

0:22:25.400 --> 0:22:28.200
<v Speaker 1>got off a plan right, You're in Buffalo, Adjason, Like

0:22:28.520 --> 0:22:30.560
<v Speaker 1>five am flight from Buffalo to l A this morning.

0:22:30.840 --> 0:22:32.080
<v Speaker 1>What is it? That's a good question on a five

0:22:32.160 --> 0:22:35.240
<v Speaker 1>year plan, because I feel like it could be pretty

0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:37.480
<v Speaker 1>important to set something like that for yourself. But we

0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:39.479
<v Speaker 1>just had Lauren on the podcast who said that, like

0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:41.760
<v Speaker 1>you should follow a script. So Vanessa, she was kind

0:22:41.760 --> 0:22:44.400
<v Speaker 1>of saying what you were just saying, as well, We're

0:22:44.440 --> 0:22:48.040
<v Speaker 1>like you just kind of have to accept rejection and

0:22:48.040 --> 0:22:50.520
<v Speaker 1>and and and accept like certain nose in your life,

0:22:50.520 --> 0:22:53.360
<v Speaker 1>but able to like overcome them. And so sure ideas

0:22:53.440 --> 0:22:56.199
<v Speaker 1>like sticking to the script, so to speak. So like

0:22:56.480 --> 0:22:59.359
<v Speaker 1>you have script of what you're gonna do for the day,

0:22:59.480 --> 0:23:01.840
<v Speaker 1>for the we, for your life, so on and so forth,

0:23:01.880 --> 0:23:04.440
<v Speaker 1>and you need to keep following that script no matter

0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:07.000
<v Speaker 1>how many knows you get, no manta, how the rejections

0:23:07.000 --> 0:23:08.520
<v Speaker 1>you get. And that's kind of what you were just

0:23:08.560 --> 0:23:12.040
<v Speaker 1>speaking upon. Yeah, I was actually watching one of her

0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.520
<v Speaker 1>YouTube channels, um and they spoke about rejection. But when

0:23:15.520 --> 0:23:18.000
<v Speaker 1>it came to being rejected from from work, but I

0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:20.040
<v Speaker 1>apply that to the dating world, and it's so true

0:23:20.080 --> 0:23:22.880
<v Speaker 1>when you get rejected, it's like, oh, stop to the heart,

0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:25.360
<v Speaker 1>you know, because I was just talking to Taylor about

0:23:25.520 --> 0:23:29.320
<v Speaker 1>how she got basically rejected and ditched on a date

0:23:29.359 --> 0:23:31.199
<v Speaker 1>that she was supposed to go on this week, and

0:23:31.240 --> 0:23:33.960
<v Speaker 1>it it just stung. Is stick your eagles bruised. But

0:23:34.000 --> 0:23:36.040
<v Speaker 1>then at the same time, you like take the high road,

0:23:36.160 --> 0:23:39.840
<v Speaker 1>don't like, don't get into that state of being super

0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:42.480
<v Speaker 1>emotional and spending a text message or really going after

0:23:42.520 --> 0:23:45.080
<v Speaker 1>them and giving them the attention when you should just

0:23:45.119 --> 0:23:47.240
<v Speaker 1>take a step back, like thank them for their time

0:23:47.320 --> 0:23:51.560
<v Speaker 1>and and um you know, like, I think it's important

0:23:51.600 --> 0:23:56.959
<v Speaker 1>to always have, um, a good relationship with everyone that

0:23:57.200 --> 0:23:59.280
<v Speaker 1>came into your life because they came into your life

0:23:59.280 --> 0:24:01.800
<v Speaker 1>and they left the right time. I'm really starting to

0:24:01.840 --> 0:24:04.520
<v Speaker 1>believe that. And we have this conversation last episode two.

0:24:04.840 --> 0:24:07.359
<v Speaker 1>Everyone that comes into our life teaches us a lesson,

0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:11.040
<v Speaker 1>and they're going to stay in our lives as long

0:24:11.080 --> 0:24:12.720
<v Speaker 1>as they need to teach us that lesson. All right,

0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:15.280
<v Speaker 1>question for both of you guys, then I wasn't going

0:24:15.320 --> 0:24:18.560
<v Speaker 1>to share this. Well, I've been molling something over in

0:24:18.560 --> 0:24:20.560
<v Speaker 1>my head. So I'm going to South America next week

0:24:20.600 --> 0:24:23.320
<v Speaker 1>for three weeks. Uh, and it just so happens that

0:24:23.520 --> 0:24:26.840
<v Speaker 1>Leslie lived in Argentina for two years, and so Vanessa,

0:24:26.920 --> 0:24:28.840
<v Speaker 1>to your point, I wanted to reach out to Leslie

0:24:28.840 --> 0:24:30.960
<v Speaker 1>and be like, hey, we haven't talked obviously since the breakup.

0:24:30.960 --> 0:24:32.280
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to reach out and be like, hey, I

0:24:32.359 --> 0:24:34.199
<v Speaker 1>know you obviously travel a lot, you know a lot

0:24:34.240 --> 0:24:36.439
<v Speaker 1>about South America. Would you be willing to give me

0:24:36.480 --> 0:24:40.560
<v Speaker 1>some recommendations, tell me what I should and shouldn't do, etcetera, etcetera.

0:24:40.800 --> 0:24:43.359
<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't go directly to what it is that you

0:24:43.440 --> 0:24:46.040
<v Speaker 1>need to maybe asked her. Yeah, I would be like, hey,

0:24:46.119 --> 0:24:48.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, like it's sad that we haven't really been

0:24:48.880 --> 0:24:52.720
<v Speaker 1>in contact of blah blah blah blah um. I'll make

0:24:52.760 --> 0:24:54.760
<v Speaker 1>it about her in the first like two or three

0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:56.480
<v Speaker 1>lines and then be like, you know, I was also

0:24:56.520 --> 0:24:58.560
<v Speaker 1>I thought about you. You crossed my mind because I'm

0:24:58.560 --> 0:25:00.439
<v Speaker 1>going to South America, and I figured it sounds like

0:25:00.480 --> 0:25:02.000
<v Speaker 1>a kind of a little bit of a lead on

0:25:02.040 --> 0:25:05.919
<v Speaker 1>though lead but not a lead on. But just you know,

0:25:06.040 --> 0:25:07.879
<v Speaker 1>if you're writing to someone that you haven't spoken to

0:25:07.880 --> 0:25:09.399
<v Speaker 1>a while and the first thing is like, hey, I

0:25:09.480 --> 0:25:12.760
<v Speaker 1>eat it. Can you figure out like my tanuary for

0:25:12.800 --> 0:25:16.320
<v Speaker 1>South America? It's like, so, just like a couple of recommendations,

0:25:16.359 --> 0:25:17.680
<v Speaker 1>but I see what you're saying and definitely makes a

0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:19.600
<v Speaker 1>lot of sense. I battle with this sometimes in my

0:25:19.640 --> 0:25:22.679
<v Speaker 1>own life, where I I think, Okay, I not that

0:25:22.760 --> 0:25:25.360
<v Speaker 1>I need something from somebody, but obviously I'm reaching out

0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:27.720
<v Speaker 1>to someone for something specific. So do I try to

0:25:27.720 --> 0:25:29.880
<v Speaker 1>beat around the bush at first and be like, hey,

0:25:29.920 --> 0:25:33.080
<v Speaker 1>how are you? What's going on? Cool? By the way, this,

0:25:33.760 --> 0:25:35.400
<v Speaker 1>is it better to do that or is it better

0:25:35.440 --> 0:25:37.720
<v Speaker 1>to just be like, hey, hope all as well? I

0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:40.280
<v Speaker 1>was curious about dot dot dot dot. See that's what

0:25:40.320 --> 0:25:45.520
<v Speaker 1>I think is better than what the relationship was. It was, well,

0:25:45.560 --> 0:25:47.320
<v Speaker 1>even if it's even if it's like a friend or

0:25:47.359 --> 0:25:49.840
<v Speaker 1>an X, I think in any capacity I would rather

0:25:50.000 --> 0:25:51.680
<v Speaker 1>just kind of know what's going on right out of

0:25:51.680 --> 0:25:53.239
<v Speaker 1>the gates, because it is weird to be like what

0:25:53.280 --> 0:25:55.280
<v Speaker 1>do you want? If you're just reaching out and being

0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:57.320
<v Speaker 1>like hey, I was thinking about you, how are you?

0:25:57.560 --> 0:25:59.840
<v Speaker 1>But I wouldn't be sending I wouldn't send like a

0:26:00.040 --> 0:26:05.560
<v Speaker 1>message like hey thought about you sent? So I would say, hey,

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:07.600
<v Speaker 1>I see you know, like maybe go on her Instagram

0:26:07.680 --> 0:26:09.240
<v Speaker 1>see which she's been up to. I see that you've

0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:13.000
<v Speaker 1>been I'm actually also going to be traveling to South

0:26:13.040 --> 0:26:15.720
<v Speaker 1>America and you crossed my mind because I know you

0:26:15.800 --> 0:26:17.920
<v Speaker 1>lived there for a couple of years or whatever the cases.

0:26:18.320 --> 0:26:21.520
<v Speaker 1>Would you have any recommendations? I wouldn't. I wouldn't start

0:26:21.560 --> 0:26:24.359
<v Speaker 1>a conversation like hey, send and then I would if

0:26:24.400 --> 0:26:25.760
<v Speaker 1>I would get that from the next I'd be like,

0:26:25.760 --> 0:26:27.520
<v Speaker 1>oh my god, did you want to get back with me?

0:26:27.640 --> 0:26:30.399
<v Speaker 1>Like are they going to apologize? So if Ne sexted

0:26:30.440 --> 0:26:32.120
<v Speaker 1>you and said, hey, I'm going to be in Montreal,

0:26:32.280 --> 0:26:39.679
<v Speaker 1>Nick would never text me hypothetically asking okay, um, if

0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.280
<v Speaker 1>he would text me, I would I would. I obviously

0:26:42.320 --> 0:26:44.480
<v Speaker 1>know he wouldn't want to get back with me, but

0:26:44.560 --> 0:26:48.760
<v Speaker 1>I would be like, h hey, what's up friends? Right?

0:26:48.800 --> 0:26:50.480
<v Speaker 1>But I'm saying, like, if you if you had something

0:26:50.520 --> 0:26:52.280
<v Speaker 1>specific he's like, oh, I'm going to Italy and I

0:26:52.359 --> 0:26:57.160
<v Speaker 1>want a recommendation from an Italian. M hmm. Actually yeah,

0:26:57.359 --> 0:27:01.600
<v Speaker 1>I would be like, oh, yeah, and here are the recommendations. Yeah.

0:27:01.640 --> 0:27:03.879
<v Speaker 1>I guess it's tough. I feel like it might be

0:27:03.880 --> 0:27:05.600
<v Speaker 1>one of those situations where you're damned if you do

0:27:05.600 --> 0:27:07.520
<v Speaker 1>and you're damned if you don't. Because if you reach

0:27:07.560 --> 0:27:11.160
<v Speaker 1>out and you start off being very vague and friendly,

0:27:11.600 --> 0:27:13.560
<v Speaker 1>then she might be like, just get to the point,

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:15.199
<v Speaker 1>like you could have just texted me and asked me

0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:17.760
<v Speaker 1>for what you wanted. But then conversely, if you don't

0:27:17.760 --> 0:27:19.639
<v Speaker 1>do that and you just reach out and ask for

0:27:19.680 --> 0:27:23.040
<v Speaker 1>what you want, she might just be like, what a jerk.

0:27:23.040 --> 0:27:24.840
<v Speaker 1>He didn't even like ask how I'm doing. He was

0:27:24.880 --> 0:27:27.440
<v Speaker 1>just like, Hey, I'm going here. So I think you're

0:27:27.480 --> 0:27:29.879
<v Speaker 1>screwed either way in day. So maybe it's best if

0:27:29.880 --> 0:27:32.440
<v Speaker 1>you don't reach out. Let me. Well, you know what,

0:27:32.520 --> 0:27:35.600
<v Speaker 1>I reached out to someone today, So I don't know

0:27:35.640 --> 0:27:37.439
<v Speaker 1>if you guys in the studio is marking the studio

0:27:37.480 --> 0:27:42.320
<v Speaker 1>today with us? We're stuck with East. Hey can I help? Hey? Okay,

0:27:42.320 --> 0:27:44.439
<v Speaker 1>remember when I was talking about this guy that I

0:27:44.520 --> 0:27:46.800
<v Speaker 1>dated and for my birthday, all he sent me was

0:27:46.840 --> 0:27:49.280
<v Speaker 1>a happy born day text? You tell me about that too.

0:27:49.280 --> 0:27:52.320
<v Speaker 1>I think it's so about that happened what happy born

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:56.040
<v Speaker 1>which just wasn't not very fun? Right? So I we're

0:27:56.080 --> 0:27:58.119
<v Speaker 1>not we're not seeing each other anymore. And today I

0:27:58.200 --> 0:27:59.760
<v Speaker 1>knew it was his birthday, and I'm like, you know what,

0:28:00.119 --> 0:28:02.160
<v Speaker 1>I like being on good terms of people. I hate

0:28:02.160 --> 0:28:05.960
<v Speaker 1>harboring negative feelings. The message might have been savage, but

0:28:06.000 --> 0:28:07.960
<v Speaker 1>I thought it was funny. I sent him a message

0:28:07.960 --> 0:28:10.199
<v Speaker 1>saying happy born day. He thought it was hilarious. He's like,

0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:12.720
<v Speaker 1>thank you. I don't know that right back. I don't.

0:28:13.080 --> 0:28:14.679
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if you really understand what the definition

0:28:14.680 --> 0:28:17.679
<v Speaker 1>of savages for. Yeah, when she said savage, I was like,

0:28:17.800 --> 0:28:20.760
<v Speaker 1>I'm very curious for this conversation about to go. And

0:28:20.760 --> 0:28:25.920
<v Speaker 1>then she was like, I said happy day, savage dragged him?

0:28:28.400 --> 0:28:33.719
<v Speaker 1>Oh god, yeah, no, no, no no, where you're gonna say? Vanessa?

0:28:34.400 --> 0:28:37.080
<v Speaker 1>So I posted on Facebook on Instagram to what kind

0:28:37.119 --> 0:28:40.800
<v Speaker 1>of questions our listeners wanted to know or topics that

0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:42.920
<v Speaker 1>they wanted us to bring up. And there was one

0:28:44.800 --> 0:28:47.040
<v Speaker 1>oh I saw on Instagram. It was what do you

0:28:47.080 --> 0:28:50.920
<v Speaker 1>think about sleeping with someone on the first date? Yeah, okay,

0:28:50.960 --> 0:28:56.440
<v Speaker 1>let's get to that one first date. So what's your question? Okay,

0:28:56.440 --> 0:28:59.600
<v Speaker 1>So the question is backs on the first date, if

0:28:59.600 --> 0:29:02.160
<v Speaker 1>it's really clicking, yes or no? Is that a good

0:29:02.160 --> 0:29:05.040
<v Speaker 1>idea to sleep with someone? I'm gonna say no, it's

0:29:05.080 --> 0:29:09.240
<v Speaker 1>a it's a hard. No, oh, not even maybe. I

0:29:09.280 --> 0:29:10.960
<v Speaker 1>mean I'm not saying it can't work out. What I'm

0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:12.920
<v Speaker 1>saying is I just find it always better to wait

0:29:12.960 --> 0:29:16.640
<v Speaker 1>in the anticipation grow, let it blossom, because it's funny.

0:29:16.800 --> 0:29:23.400
<v Speaker 1>I think it also depends on if you're listen. You know,

0:29:23.480 --> 0:29:26.840
<v Speaker 1>everyone can do their own thing. No judgment here, But

0:29:27.000 --> 0:29:30.000
<v Speaker 1>if you want to deal with someone long term, then

0:29:30.400 --> 0:29:33.040
<v Speaker 1>new I suggest waited out. But if it's someone that

0:29:33.080 --> 0:29:35.680
<v Speaker 1>you're like, I want to have fun, I'm single. I

0:29:35.720 --> 0:29:39.200
<v Speaker 1>don't think this is going to go anywhere, then why not? Well,

0:29:39.200 --> 0:29:40.960
<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you're looking for just a hook up totally,

0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:43.880
<v Speaker 1>why not, like hey, to reach their own No judgment here,

0:29:44.040 --> 0:29:46.200
<v Speaker 1>but if you're asking me, like hey, to start off

0:29:46.200 --> 0:29:48.840
<v Speaker 1>a really serious relationship, like I like this guy, should

0:29:48.840 --> 0:29:51.280
<v Speaker 1>I just sleep on the first night? No, like, make

0:29:51.320 --> 0:29:53.800
<v Speaker 1>them wait, make it especially to be fun, Let the

0:29:53.920 --> 0:29:56.360
<v Speaker 1>romance grow, let it blossom. Like there's something to be

0:29:56.360 --> 0:30:01.120
<v Speaker 1>said about anticipation, especially for a guy like craving something,

0:30:01.280 --> 0:30:03.760
<v Speaker 1>wanting something and not being able to get it, Like

0:30:03.840 --> 0:30:07.120
<v Speaker 1>there's like this, it's this, it's this passion, you know,

0:30:07.360 --> 0:30:11.320
<v Speaker 1>because you guys are hunters, we are we are providers,

0:30:11.600 --> 0:30:15.160
<v Speaker 1>and we are hunters? Okay, So question for you a hunter,

0:30:15.560 --> 0:30:19.280
<v Speaker 1>was I was gonna say, we need to gender stereotypes

0:30:19.280 --> 0:30:25.120
<v Speaker 1>of our generations. I mean, listen, no, Dean is Dean. Honestly,

0:30:25.680 --> 0:30:28.720
<v Speaker 1>it is like the mushiest, sweetest person ever. I'm a nurture.

0:30:28.720 --> 0:30:32.160
<v Speaker 1>I'm a gatherer. Yeah no, but you're you're also hunter,

0:30:32.720 --> 0:30:37.000
<v Speaker 1>Derek for someone who now you you hunted, right and

0:30:37.120 --> 0:30:40.440
<v Speaker 1>now you have Ashley's So do you feel like you

0:30:40.520 --> 0:30:43.680
<v Speaker 1>still need to hunt being indeed not hunt other women?

0:30:43.800 --> 0:30:45.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying, do you still feel like there needs to

0:30:45.400 --> 0:30:48.160
<v Speaker 1>be a push and pull in the relationship? Yes? I do.

0:30:49.160 --> 0:30:52.800
<v Speaker 1>It keeps it alive, it keeps it fresh. Um, you

0:30:52.920 --> 0:30:57.520
<v Speaker 1>know I I find times that it does certainly not stale.

0:30:57.560 --> 0:31:00.479
<v Speaker 1>But we're so comfortable with each other that you forget

0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:07.200
<v Speaker 1>that there is this fun to that pull and push

0:31:07.240 --> 0:31:09.600
<v Speaker 1>within a relationship. Let me paint the hypothetical scenario for

0:31:09.680 --> 0:31:12.720
<v Speaker 1>you real quick, Jared, and it's gonna get uncomfortable. Let's

0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:14.480
<v Speaker 1>see you, Let's see you and actually are out in

0:31:14.600 --> 0:31:16.520
<v Speaker 1>a year or so from now, just out out and

0:31:16.520 --> 0:31:18.680
<v Speaker 1>about having fun, doing your thing, having a little fun,

0:31:19.040 --> 0:31:21.320
<v Speaker 1>having a little fun. At this point, I guess you're married, right,

0:31:21.320 --> 0:31:24.520
<v Speaker 1>because it's year from now, you meet a man or

0:31:24.520 --> 0:31:27.360
<v Speaker 1>a woman, who do you, guys both just click with it,

0:31:27.960 --> 0:31:35.240
<v Speaker 1>immedia and then you guys are like, what are you

0:31:35.440 --> 0:31:39.040
<v Speaker 1>asking me now? If I'm open to have a threesome. Yes,

0:31:39.880 --> 0:31:41.440
<v Speaker 1>I was going to try and get there more eloquently,

0:31:41.480 --> 0:31:47.480
<v Speaker 1>but yes, it's what I'm asking you. No, that's something

0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:51.680
<v Speaker 1>you have, Like, No, I don't think so for the

0:31:51.720 --> 0:31:54.880
<v Speaker 1>simple fact that, like it's gone to a point now

0:31:55.000 --> 0:32:00.240
<v Speaker 1>with my relationship with Ashley where the idea of like

0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:04.640
<v Speaker 1>having that intimacy with somebody else, even if Ashley was present,

0:32:05.200 --> 0:32:07.040
<v Speaker 1>is something I'm not sure if I could go through

0:32:07.160 --> 0:32:10.560
<v Speaker 1>because I don't. I don't think i'd want that because

0:32:10.640 --> 0:32:14.920
<v Speaker 1>like I mean, let's this is a little uncomfortable, I guess,

0:32:14.960 --> 0:32:18.640
<v Speaker 1>but like sex just change, right, Like sex changes from

0:32:18.640 --> 0:32:21.200
<v Speaker 1>the beginning of relationship as you go further into it.

0:32:21.680 --> 0:32:27.400
<v Speaker 1>It just it just does. And so I think, oh, man,

0:32:28.080 --> 0:32:29.920
<v Speaker 1>the way I you know, it's just one of those

0:32:29.960 --> 0:32:35.800
<v Speaker 1>things I I could never imagine myself physically being in

0:32:35.880 --> 0:32:40.560
<v Speaker 1>that moment with somebody else than Nashley, right, even if present,

0:32:40.960 --> 0:32:44.760
<v Speaker 1>and she was like, yes, I want this said in

0:32:44.840 --> 0:32:48.320
<v Speaker 1>a year from now, I don't think if I've never

0:32:48.400 --> 0:32:53.200
<v Speaker 1>had a threesome, Um, am I open to the idea? Yeah, um,

0:32:53.440 --> 0:32:55.520
<v Speaker 1>but I don't know how I can do that because

0:32:55.560 --> 0:32:58.400
<v Speaker 1>I only I am only intimate with people that I

0:32:58.560 --> 0:33:00.680
<v Speaker 1>really really like and I really be connect to. And

0:33:00.720 --> 0:33:04.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, well, I don't want to share that. We're

0:33:04.080 --> 0:33:06.720
<v Speaker 1>just gonna like we're gonna glaze over the facts just

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:13.640
<v Speaker 1>a minute that she is and wanting a threesome. I mean,

0:33:13.800 --> 0:33:19.760
<v Speaker 1>I thought it doesn't but I guess no. I mean,

0:33:19.800 --> 0:33:22.320
<v Speaker 1>that's fantastic. So I was with Jason and Blake this

0:33:22.360 --> 0:33:25.800
<v Speaker 1>past weekend. We were talking about this, Like briefly, it

0:33:25.960 --> 0:33:28.400
<v Speaker 1>was what would it take for you to be open

0:33:28.440 --> 0:33:30.760
<v Speaker 1>to the idea? And I think the unanimous answer between

0:33:30.960 --> 0:33:34.080
<v Speaker 1>the three of us was, in the event that you

0:33:34.400 --> 0:33:36.280
<v Speaker 1>are in love with the person that you're with and

0:33:36.360 --> 0:33:38.080
<v Speaker 1>you love them dearly, whatever it is, then I think

0:33:38.080 --> 0:33:41.160
<v Speaker 1>it's kind of off the table as a possibility. It

0:33:41.920 --> 0:33:44.040
<v Speaker 1>is because it's just it's one of those things that

0:33:44.520 --> 0:33:47.080
<v Speaker 1>like for me, and I don't want to speak for Ashly,

0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:52.200
<v Speaker 1>but like, man, it's such a personal experience that, like you,

0:33:52.520 --> 0:33:55.120
<v Speaker 1>when you were with somebody that you care so much about,

0:33:55.760 --> 0:33:58.080
<v Speaker 1>it's like I don't. I don't. I don't want to

0:33:58.360 --> 0:34:01.080
<v Speaker 1>do this with somebody else, Like it's just it's weird. Now,

0:34:01.320 --> 0:34:04.360
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Okay, let's ten years or twenty years

0:34:04.400 --> 0:34:06.120
<v Speaker 1>down the line, Well, who the hell knows? Like, if

0:34:06.160 --> 0:34:10.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm being honest, I can't really project ten years from

0:34:10.520 --> 0:34:15.000
<v Speaker 1>now being like my mindset or where Ashley and I

0:34:15.239 --> 0:34:20.359
<v Speaker 1>are within our relationship. Um, and so who knows. I mean,

0:34:20.400 --> 0:34:22.480
<v Speaker 1>there's there's other ways to spice up your sex life

0:34:22.520 --> 0:34:26.399
<v Speaker 1>without bringing somebody else into it though, So like I'll

0:34:26.400 --> 0:34:29.400
<v Speaker 1>be honest, Uh, this is whatever Ashley and I have

0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:33.800
<v Speaker 1>been to an adult store together. Okay, that's but like

0:34:33.880 --> 0:34:36.080
<v Speaker 1>I feel like people are uncomfortable talking about that. Like

0:34:36.239 --> 0:34:38.200
<v Speaker 1>it was it was just like we went it together

0:34:38.320 --> 0:34:41.640
<v Speaker 1>and it was no, I know, it's not that intense,

0:34:41.680 --> 0:34:43.760
<v Speaker 1>but it's also it's kind of like a little taboo.

0:34:43.760 --> 0:34:45.480
<v Speaker 1>I remember the first time I went into an adult story,

0:34:45.520 --> 0:34:47.800
<v Speaker 1>it was was amazing. What was the intention of you

0:34:47.880 --> 0:34:50.239
<v Speaker 1>and her going to the store together? Just like we

0:34:50.320 --> 0:34:55.719
<v Speaker 1>were looking for something specific and uh, how specific? Specifically

0:34:58.080 --> 0:35:00.640
<v Speaker 1>something specifically? But but no, and so you find what

0:35:00.719 --> 0:35:03.560
<v Speaker 1>you were looking for we did, and uh, I don't know,

0:35:03.560 --> 0:35:06.680
<v Speaker 1>I feel comfortable to talking about this anymore. One of

0:35:06.719 --> 0:35:08.720
<v Speaker 1>those things that like you just have to be comfortable

0:35:08.840 --> 0:35:13.160
<v Speaker 1>going into, you know, exploring new territories of course. Okay, yeah,

0:35:13.600 --> 0:35:15.680
<v Speaker 1>so back to the sex store thing. You found what

0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:19.520
<v Speaker 1>you were looking for? Did you unpackaged it that night?

0:35:20.000 --> 0:35:21.719
<v Speaker 1>Come on, And that's a little bit too far, I

0:35:21.800 --> 0:35:23.520
<v Speaker 1>will say. So. The first time I ever went into

0:35:23.640 --> 0:35:27.560
<v Speaker 1>an adult star wars like twenty two and I went

0:35:27.600 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 1>in by myself at like two o'clock in the afternoon

0:35:29.600 --> 0:35:32.560
<v Speaker 1>on a Friday, because I've never been in I've never

0:35:32.640 --> 0:35:33.920
<v Speaker 1>been in a sex store, so I was like, I

0:35:34.040 --> 0:35:37.120
<v Speaker 1>need to experience this. I want to go in. I

0:35:37.280 --> 0:35:43.400
<v Speaker 1>was probably two and um, and so I went in

0:35:43.480 --> 0:35:46.279
<v Speaker 1>there and it was just me in this one other

0:35:46.400 --> 0:35:48.480
<v Speaker 1>guy he was probably in his eighties, and he was

0:35:48.560 --> 0:35:52.000
<v Speaker 1>in the DVD porn section and it was right. I

0:35:52.120 --> 0:35:55.560
<v Speaker 1>was just the most endearing thing because you know, technology too.

0:35:55.600 --> 0:35:57.960
<v Speaker 1>Thus this was like two twelve. This guy was still

0:35:58.200 --> 0:36:00.360
<v Speaker 1>still going with the DVDs. Loved it, but it was

0:36:00.400 --> 0:36:02.600
<v Speaker 1>like this weird experience, but very cool. The the woman

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:04.719
<v Speaker 1>there was very friendly and she was like, Hi, if

0:36:04.719 --> 0:36:06.360
<v Speaker 1>there's anything I can help you with, please let me know.

0:36:06.440 --> 0:36:11.400
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, oh love, just just looking around at

0:36:11.440 --> 0:36:14.440
<v Speaker 1>all the fish nets and uh oh this this is

0:36:14.600 --> 0:36:16.759
<v Speaker 1>very nice too. You want to know what wasn't around

0:36:16.840 --> 0:36:18.799
<v Speaker 1>back in two thousand two, what would have maybe been

0:36:19.840 --> 0:36:22.279
<v Speaker 1>would have been helpful for you after that traumatic experience. Well,

0:36:22.280 --> 0:36:24.840
<v Speaker 1>I don't know traumatic. I'm just saying if you needed it,

0:36:25.440 --> 0:36:27.800
<v Speaker 1>it would have been around talk Space. You guys have

0:36:27.840 --> 0:36:30.520
<v Speaker 1>read us talk about talk Space before. They're one of

0:36:30.560 --> 0:36:32.680
<v Speaker 1>those sponsors of today's show, the online therapy company that

0:36:32.760 --> 0:36:35.080
<v Speaker 1>lets you message a license therapist from anywhere at anytime.

0:36:35.160 --> 0:36:37.200
<v Speaker 1>All you need is a computer with Internet connection or

0:36:37.280 --> 0:36:39.440
<v Speaker 1>the talk Space mobile app. That means you can improve

0:36:39.480 --> 0:36:41.440
<v Speaker 1>your mental health, even if you've had trouble making time

0:36:41.480 --> 0:36:43.440
<v Speaker 1>for it in the past. Say you're at a sex

0:36:43.480 --> 0:36:45.120
<v Speaker 1>shop and you just want to squeeze in a quick

0:36:45.160 --> 0:36:48.239
<v Speaker 1>therapy session. Squeeze maybe the wrong adjective to use. Their

0:36:49.120 --> 0:36:51.799
<v Speaker 1>Remember that therapy isn't just about venting your innermost thoughts

0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:54.680
<v Speaker 1>or digging into childhood memories. It's also about practical, everyday

0:36:54.719 --> 0:36:57.640
<v Speaker 1>strategies for stress management and living a happier life. By

0:36:57.680 --> 0:36:59.880
<v Speaker 1>having a therapist, you simply provides you a designated for

0:37:00.000 --> 0:37:01.879
<v Speaker 1>some for you to talk to who's trained to help

0:37:02.000 --> 0:37:04.560
<v Speaker 1>listen and help you make positive changes. The talk space

0:37:04.600 --> 0:37:07.440
<v Speaker 1>platform has over two thousand license therapists who are experienced

0:37:07.440 --> 0:37:10.080
<v Speaker 1>and addressing life challenges that all of us face. To

0:37:10.600 --> 0:37:13.160
<v Speaker 1>match with the perfect therapist for a fraction of the

0:37:13.239 --> 0:37:16.240
<v Speaker 1>price of traditional therapy. And I know this because therapy

0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:19.839
<v Speaker 1>is expensive, it's kind of I'm just great about talk space. UH.

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:22.120
<v Speaker 1>To match with the perfect therapist for a fraction of

0:37:22.160 --> 0:37:24.279
<v Speaker 1>the price of traditional therapy, go to talk space dot

0:37:24.360 --> 0:37:27.239
<v Speaker 1>com slash dean and use the code dean to get

0:37:27.320 --> 0:37:29.640
<v Speaker 1>forty five dollars off your very first month and show

0:37:29.680 --> 0:37:31.680
<v Speaker 1>your support for this show, which is obviously very very great.

0:37:31.680 --> 0:37:33.520
<v Speaker 1>It wouldn't be around with other sponsors and talk space

0:37:33.560 --> 0:37:36.120
<v Speaker 1>obviously is one of our UM favorite ones. So again,

0:37:36.200 --> 0:37:38.520
<v Speaker 1>go to talk space dot com slash Dean, that's t

0:37:38.719 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 1>A K T a l k Space s P a

0:37:42.680 --> 0:37:44.680
<v Speaker 1>c E dot com slash d e a N and

0:37:44.840 --> 0:37:46.479
<v Speaker 1>use the code d e a N to get forty

0:37:46.520 --> 0:37:48.920
<v Speaker 1>five dollars off your very first month. Be sure to

0:37:49.000 --> 0:37:53.239
<v Speaker 1>check it out. UM. Maybe you can, you know, work

0:37:53.320 --> 0:37:54.680
<v Speaker 1>through some of the issues that you've had seeing some

0:37:54.719 --> 0:37:56.239
<v Speaker 1>of those sites in the sex store that you might

0:37:56.280 --> 0:37:58.120
<v Speaker 1>have might have had to deal with you know, yeah,

0:37:58.160 --> 0:38:00.560
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's very it was. It was eye opening

0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:03.560
<v Speaker 1>experience a few years ago. Now it's fun obviously. What

0:38:03.640 --> 0:38:05.640
<v Speaker 1>else do we want to talk about? Well, I kind

0:38:05.680 --> 0:38:07.480
<v Speaker 1>of it's interesting to get through some of these questions

0:38:07.520 --> 0:38:11.279
<v Speaker 1>that people had, either through Vanessa's Instagram or the Facebook

0:38:11.320 --> 0:38:14.200
<v Speaker 1>group on Sure once you ask one and then I'll

0:38:14.200 --> 0:38:18.319
<v Speaker 1>ask one. Um, okay, well this is an interesting one.

0:38:19.120 --> 0:38:22.759
<v Speaker 1>Hold on here, just wiping through it. When is it

0:38:22.880 --> 0:38:28.400
<v Speaker 1>okay to start discussing marriage in a relationship? So my

0:38:28.560 --> 0:38:33.319
<v Speaker 1>answer was true but never true. Who said that, Dean?

0:38:34.600 --> 0:38:37.960
<v Speaker 1>Did you do you want to marry? Read? Well? No,

0:38:38.320 --> 0:38:41.960
<v Speaker 1>how did we jump to that? I'm really surprised that

0:38:42.040 --> 0:38:44.080
<v Speaker 1>Dean said is never too early? Well, I'm just saying

0:38:44.120 --> 0:38:48.640
<v Speaker 1>that it's just good to communicate those important of mars.

0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:54.000
<v Speaker 1>Yes it did. Okay. My My answer is if you're

0:38:54.640 --> 0:38:57.080
<v Speaker 1>in a place where you know you want to be

0:38:57.160 --> 0:39:00.680
<v Speaker 1>in a serious relationship, then yeah, it's never too early.

0:39:00.800 --> 0:39:03.279
<v Speaker 1>But if you're single and you want to have fun

0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:06.560
<v Speaker 1>and you want to just connect people and which you

0:39:06.600 --> 0:39:08.440
<v Speaker 1>want to connect with people and just meet people, then

0:39:08.600 --> 0:39:10.239
<v Speaker 1>not don't bring marriage up, because that's just going to

0:39:10.320 --> 0:39:12.640
<v Speaker 1>ruin it. Yeah, well, I think probably the person asking

0:39:12.800 --> 0:39:16.600
<v Speaker 1>is in some sort of committed relationship, so they're probably asking. Like,

0:39:17.760 --> 0:39:19.920
<v Speaker 1>so hypothetically, say two people are dating, they're in a

0:39:19.960 --> 0:39:24.520
<v Speaker 1>committed relationship, they are exclusive boyfriend girlfriend. How long do

0:39:24.600 --> 0:39:28.600
<v Speaker 1>you think into the relationship should they maybe start discussing, Hey,

0:39:29.400 --> 0:39:32.000
<v Speaker 1>is marriage on the table for you? I like, I said,

0:39:32.000 --> 0:39:33.560
<v Speaker 1>I don't think it's ever too early because for the

0:39:33.600 --> 0:39:36.919
<v Speaker 1>simple fact that say, they are misaligned on their thoughts

0:39:36.960 --> 0:39:39.560
<v Speaker 1>of marriage, future plans, whatever it is. And then they

0:39:39.600 --> 0:39:41.560
<v Speaker 1>go through a year two of dating without discussing it.

0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:43.160
<v Speaker 1>Come to find out one wants to get married, one

0:39:43.160 --> 0:39:45.000
<v Speaker 1>doesn't want to get married ever, like not just for

0:39:45.080 --> 0:39:46.879
<v Speaker 1>the person, but just they don't believe in marriage whatever

0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:48.400
<v Speaker 1>it is. Then boom, there goes two years of your

0:39:48.440 --> 0:39:50.839
<v Speaker 1>life dating someone that wasn't can fulfilled what you wanted

0:39:50.840 --> 0:39:54.640
<v Speaker 1>to have. I had a traumatic experience. The love of

0:39:54.760 --> 0:39:57.279
<v Speaker 1>my life after two years, admitted that he wasn't sure

0:39:57.280 --> 0:39:59.640
<v Speaker 1>if he wanted kids. And this is after us looking

0:39:59.719 --> 0:40:02.600
<v Speaker 1>for house with like five bedrooms and talking about baby

0:40:02.719 --> 0:40:04.799
<v Speaker 1>names and all that, and then one morning he wakes

0:40:04.840 --> 0:40:06.160
<v Speaker 1>up he's like, I don't know if I want kids

0:40:06.320 --> 0:40:12.839
<v Speaker 1>and that was my window of who talked about by name. Yeah. Yeah,

0:40:12.960 --> 0:40:15.000
<v Speaker 1>it was really messed up. So he's like, well, I

0:40:15.160 --> 0:40:18.120
<v Speaker 1>love I love a baby name. I love the name Dean,

0:40:18.640 --> 0:40:21.279
<v Speaker 1>but I don't ever want kids. But I've never had kids.

0:40:21.320 --> 0:40:25.200
<v Speaker 1>I think he I think what happened was he was

0:40:25.800 --> 0:40:28.840
<v Speaker 1>in a relationship that he was really happy with and uh,

0:40:29.000 --> 0:40:31.120
<v Speaker 1>he wanted to be able to give me that, but

0:40:31.239 --> 0:40:33.560
<v Speaker 1>he wasn't sure if he wanted that, so he was

0:40:33.600 --> 0:40:36.239
<v Speaker 1>being selfless for me. But at the same time, I

0:40:36.320 --> 0:40:40.319
<v Speaker 1>think he just needed to explore other things in life

0:40:40.360 --> 0:40:43.160
<v Speaker 1>before he got there. So that was very traumatic for me.

0:40:43.600 --> 0:40:47.040
<v Speaker 1>And after that relationship, that was one of my first questions.

0:40:47.080 --> 0:40:49.279
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, dude, do you want kids? Not that I

0:40:49.320 --> 0:40:51.440
<v Speaker 1>want to have kids with you, but maybe one day

0:40:51.480 --> 0:40:53.320
<v Speaker 1>I might want to have kids with you, So I

0:40:53.480 --> 0:40:54.799
<v Speaker 1>kind of need to know if you do or don't.

0:40:54.880 --> 0:40:56.759
<v Speaker 1>I think that might be a shortcoming for me when

0:40:56.760 --> 0:40:59.520
<v Speaker 1>it comes to relationships is I don't know exactly what

0:40:59.600 --> 0:41:02.200
<v Speaker 1>I want. I I I see myself getting married at

0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:04.080
<v Speaker 1>some point in life, but I'm also not a h

0:41:04.560 --> 0:41:05.799
<v Speaker 1>certain about it. So like, if I were to meet

0:41:05.880 --> 0:41:08.000
<v Speaker 1>someone that was like, I don't want to ever get married,

0:41:08.080 --> 0:41:09.880
<v Speaker 1>I don't ever want to have kids. I would almost

0:41:09.920 --> 0:41:12.360
<v Speaker 1>be like, Okay, well let's see if this works out anyways.

0:41:12.800 --> 0:41:14.279
<v Speaker 1>But I know I definitely want kids at some point.

0:41:14.320 --> 0:41:18.719
<v Speaker 1>But again I'm like, I'm not steadfast and being wanting

0:41:18.719 --> 0:41:20.400
<v Speaker 1>to have kids and all like all that kind of stuff,

0:41:20.760 --> 0:41:22.480
<v Speaker 1>but I do. But like I said, I think that

0:41:22.520 --> 0:41:25.120
<v Speaker 1>I want kids. But if someone came along and like

0:41:25.200 --> 0:41:27.040
<v Speaker 1>two years into a relationship, they're like, I don't want kids,

0:41:27.040 --> 0:41:29.040
<v Speaker 1>I would almost like it wouldn't be a deal breaker

0:41:29.080 --> 0:41:31.960
<v Speaker 1>for me because I'm kind of a pushover like that. Yeah, no,

0:41:32.040 --> 0:41:35.880
<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think I don't agree or a pushover.

0:41:36.040 --> 0:41:39.680
<v Speaker 1>I agree on your point. I think that it's okay

0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:41.480
<v Speaker 1>for people to change your mind. Like something that you

0:41:41.560 --> 0:41:44.520
<v Speaker 1>wanted five years ago isn't necessarily something that you want now.

0:41:44.719 --> 0:41:47.000
<v Speaker 1>So like, sure, right now, you might say I'm thinking

0:41:47.000 --> 0:41:48.879
<v Speaker 1>about marriage and I want kids, But then five years

0:41:48.920 --> 0:41:50.480
<v Speaker 1>from now you're with somebody and you're like, you know what,

0:41:51.080 --> 0:41:53.080
<v Speaker 1>we don't need to get married. We love each other.

0:41:53.200 --> 0:41:54.960
<v Speaker 1>We can just spend the rest of your lives without

0:41:55.040 --> 0:41:57.759
<v Speaker 1>signing paperwork. And then furthermore, I kind of changed my mind.

0:41:57.800 --> 0:41:59.399
<v Speaker 1>I I don't think I want to bring kids into

0:41:59.440 --> 0:42:01.319
<v Speaker 1>this world. I don't think i'd be a good dad,

0:42:01.400 --> 0:42:03.440
<v Speaker 1>so on and so forth, even though that's completely wrong,

0:42:03.440 --> 0:42:06.279
<v Speaker 1>because and you make a fantastic father. You're very You're

0:42:06.280 --> 0:42:09.160
<v Speaker 1>a very, very warm human being. Have you actually discussed

0:42:09.160 --> 0:42:11.440
<v Speaker 1>baby names or anything like that. Yeah, totally. We both

0:42:11.480 --> 0:42:13.120
<v Speaker 1>want kids, And I was kind of what I was

0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:15.719
<v Speaker 1>getting too, because for me, I always imagine myself getting

0:42:15.760 --> 0:42:17.439
<v Speaker 1>married and have the kids. But honestly, over the past

0:42:17.480 --> 0:42:19.000
<v Speaker 1>couple of years, my mom was going back and forth

0:42:19.040 --> 0:42:20.960
<v Speaker 1>whether I ever wanted to get married, whether I wanted

0:42:21.040 --> 0:42:23.600
<v Speaker 1>kids to start a family, And it wasn't until Ashley

0:42:23.680 --> 0:42:25.920
<v Speaker 1>and I started dating, and then I knew that this

0:42:26.200 --> 0:42:29.200
<v Speaker 1>was something I wanted to somebody I want to spend

0:42:29.200 --> 0:42:30.759
<v Speaker 1>the rest of my life with that I realized, this

0:42:30.920 --> 0:42:32.920
<v Speaker 1>is this is the woman I want to have kids with.

0:42:33.040 --> 0:42:35.839
<v Speaker 1>Because for me, I wanted kids, but it was more

0:42:35.880 --> 0:42:38.359
<v Speaker 1>important for me to have kids with the right person

0:42:38.440 --> 0:42:40.759
<v Speaker 1>because I've seen friends and family members go through that

0:42:41.200 --> 0:42:44.759
<v Speaker 1>difficult times where they've had kids unexpectedly with somebody that

0:42:44.800 --> 0:42:47.279
<v Speaker 1>they're no longer with, and it really just causes so

0:42:47.400 --> 0:42:50.600
<v Speaker 1>much stress on everybody involved that for me, I was like,

0:42:50.719 --> 0:42:53.160
<v Speaker 1>I want to make sure that I find the right

0:42:53.280 --> 0:42:57.000
<v Speaker 1>person before start trying to have kids. I don't even

0:42:57.040 --> 0:42:59.400
<v Speaker 1>think it's just unexpectedly having kids with someone. I think

0:42:59.440 --> 0:43:03.279
<v Speaker 1>it's the ment reality, the old school mentality of at

0:43:03.280 --> 0:43:05.600
<v Speaker 1>a certain age you should find someone and you should

0:43:05.640 --> 0:43:08.719
<v Speaker 1>get married, and either the expectations as society puts on us,

0:43:08.840 --> 0:43:12.880
<v Speaker 1>especially on women, and I think often times the relationships

0:43:13.040 --> 0:43:16.520
<v Speaker 1>end up dying out because that's what we thought we needed,

0:43:16.600 --> 0:43:18.880
<v Speaker 1>and that's what we thought we needed to do at

0:43:18.920 --> 0:43:20.759
<v Speaker 1>that time in our life, but we just needed to

0:43:20.920 --> 0:43:25.360
<v Speaker 1>explore other options and figure out our own, you know, careers,

0:43:25.560 --> 0:43:29.520
<v Speaker 1>and figure out we're changing. So often we need to

0:43:29.600 --> 0:43:32.040
<v Speaker 1>be able to be comfortable with ourselves before we're comfortable

0:43:32.160 --> 0:43:35.000
<v Speaker 1>being with someone and bringing another person into this world.

0:43:35.080 --> 0:43:38.080
<v Speaker 1>My parents got divorced when I was eighteen, and I

0:43:38.200 --> 0:43:41.560
<v Speaker 1>come from a very traditional Italian family. We were the

0:43:41.760 --> 0:43:46.040
<v Speaker 1>I think one of the first Italian families to be

0:43:46.200 --> 0:43:48.400
<v Speaker 1>divorced in our community. So it was really hard for

0:43:48.520 --> 0:43:51.360
<v Speaker 1>me to um to process that because I didn't have

0:43:51.400 --> 0:43:54.600
<v Speaker 1>anyone that really understood what I was going through, and

0:43:54.880 --> 0:43:58.760
<v Speaker 1>I come from a traditional background where I'm like, how

0:43:58.840 --> 0:44:00.480
<v Speaker 1>am I supposed to be dealing with this? Right? Now

0:44:00.600 --> 0:44:03.880
<v Speaker 1>when all I ever knew and understood and believed in

0:44:04.080 --> 0:44:06.640
<v Speaker 1>with the family unit and coming home to a mom

0:44:06.680 --> 0:44:08.279
<v Speaker 1>and dad in one household. So for me, it was

0:44:08.320 --> 0:44:12.080
<v Speaker 1>really hard, and I think that's why, Um, I'm like

0:44:12.440 --> 0:44:15.120
<v Speaker 1>very I'm happy that I'm still single at this point

0:44:15.200 --> 0:44:18.040
<v Speaker 1>at thirty one, and the heartbreaks that I'm going through

0:44:18.040 --> 0:44:20.440
<v Speaker 1>are very minimal compared to what my parents had to

0:44:20.520 --> 0:44:22.840
<v Speaker 1>go through. And so I want to make sure that

0:44:23.160 --> 0:44:25.080
<v Speaker 1>that I do end up with the right person, um

0:44:25.280 --> 0:44:27.080
<v Speaker 1>and who has the same values as I do, Like

0:44:27.160 --> 0:44:28.800
<v Speaker 1>I want to be with someone. He's like, yeah, I

0:44:28.920 --> 0:44:32.040
<v Speaker 1>want kids, I want that family. I yeah, I want

0:44:32.120 --> 0:44:34.640
<v Speaker 1>that unity to take a step backwards. While I was

0:44:34.640 --> 0:44:36.440
<v Speaker 1>going to talk about for can just to throw it

0:44:36.480 --> 0:44:38.960
<v Speaker 1>in there for women too. It's not just society about

0:44:38.960 --> 0:44:42.200
<v Speaker 1>having kids, it's also the biological clock, like and that's

0:44:42.200 --> 0:44:44.839
<v Speaker 1>the real thing that that women are scared of. Say,

0:44:44.960 --> 0:44:47.839
<v Speaker 1>we've we've all agreed to do that, it's not her

0:44:47.880 --> 0:44:51.399
<v Speaker 1>decision anymore. And then when you and Vanessa get married,

0:44:51.440 --> 0:44:54.959
<v Speaker 1>Dean and you guys you can have plenty. You didn't

0:44:54.960 --> 0:44:57.280
<v Speaker 1>even bring up marriage. He's just like, let's have babies.

0:44:57.600 --> 0:45:01.480
<v Speaker 1>To take a step back. J Dean before we jump

0:45:01.520 --> 0:45:04.160
<v Speaker 1>into Thrive Market, which is phenomenal. Would you be willing

0:45:04.200 --> 0:45:06.759
<v Speaker 1>to talk about your Ashley's conversations as it pertains to kids,

0:45:06.840 --> 0:45:08.360
<v Speaker 1>like how many you want baby names? Like all that

0:45:08.440 --> 0:45:09.840
<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff. Have you discussed that and would you

0:45:09.840 --> 0:45:12.120
<v Speaker 1>be willing to like she feels she doesn't want to

0:45:12.600 --> 0:45:15.200
<v Speaker 1>say the baby name because she's terrified if somebody's stealing it,

0:45:16.040 --> 0:45:19.440
<v Speaker 1>which is absurd because I'm sure there's plenty of names

0:45:19.560 --> 0:45:24.400
<v Speaker 1>that this name seven. I'm not saying that. I'm not

0:45:24.440 --> 0:45:27.759
<v Speaker 1>I don't want to get yelled at. Okay, how many

0:45:27.840 --> 0:45:29.800
<v Speaker 1>kids you plan on having? We want four teens, so

0:45:33.840 --> 0:45:36.279
<v Speaker 1>I love it, Come on, big family, um. But to

0:45:36.400 --> 0:45:39.120
<v Speaker 1>move forward, we want to move forward with a wonderful

0:45:39.320 --> 0:45:42.800
<v Speaker 1>product that we are all very familiar with, Thrive Market.

0:45:43.360 --> 0:45:46.839
<v Speaker 1>Dean tell us a little bit about Thrive Market. I've

0:45:46.840 --> 0:45:48.520
<v Speaker 1>been talking about it all day off air, but Thrive

0:45:48.560 --> 0:45:51.840
<v Speaker 1>Market basically is a revolutionary online marketplace on a mission

0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:54.040
<v Speaker 1>to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. I

0:45:54.160 --> 0:45:57.480
<v Speaker 1>love that all of our sponsors are good companies like

0:45:57.560 --> 0:45:59.680
<v Speaker 1>Thrive Market, Beach Body on Demand to obviously get your

0:45:59.680 --> 0:46:03.520
<v Speaker 1>button totally. Thrive as a non GMO has non GMO foods.

0:46:03.600 --> 0:46:08.240
<v Speaker 1>Natural products are always at five below traditional retail prices.

0:46:08.320 --> 0:46:10.879
<v Speaker 1>We actually have Thrived in studio right now. Well it's

0:46:10.920 --> 0:46:14.080
<v Speaker 1>just me aiming, But so here's what I did. Because

0:46:14.160 --> 0:46:16.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't trust you guys to do things for yourselves

0:46:16.400 --> 0:46:20.560
<v Speaker 1>because you're lazy, I went on Thrive and shopped for you.

0:46:22.000 --> 0:46:24.839
<v Speaker 1>I was blown away, Like I have to tell you, guys,

0:46:24.920 --> 0:46:28.239
<v Speaker 1>I knew what it was. You gotta go check it

0:46:28.280 --> 0:46:31.759
<v Speaker 1>out because it's basically like everything you would get at

0:46:31.760 --> 0:46:34.960
<v Speaker 1>Whole Foods. It's fantastic for so much less. I could

0:46:35.080 --> 0:46:37.160
<v Speaker 1>not believe how affordable it was. So I got you

0:46:37.200 --> 0:46:41.520
<v Speaker 1>guys presents kind of asked you, guys what your favorites are,

0:46:41.600 --> 0:46:43.960
<v Speaker 1>So Jared, I got you the Justin's Milk chocolate peanut butter.

0:46:46.239 --> 0:46:48.120
<v Speaker 1>I got because I know you always are hungry and

0:46:48.200 --> 0:46:51.839
<v Speaker 1>needs snacks, so I got you Classic Round crackers, all

0:46:52.120 --> 0:46:55.359
<v Speaker 1>super healthy, non gmo, and then Annie's homegrown snack mix.

0:46:55.480 --> 0:46:57.719
<v Speaker 1>So it's like your favorite. It has your like cheddar thing,

0:46:57.840 --> 0:47:01.920
<v Speaker 1>your pret cheddar guy. Yeah us. Then you guys, this

0:47:02.040 --> 0:47:05.440
<v Speaker 1>is what's amazing. I started shopping for my nieces so

0:47:05.960 --> 0:47:08.399
<v Speaker 1>they have toys, so you can get all the toys.

0:47:08.400 --> 0:47:10.840
<v Speaker 1>So I got my niece a little watering can like

0:47:11.000 --> 0:47:14.680
<v Speaker 1>an um sesame street watering can, and like a backpack

0:47:14.719 --> 0:47:17.920
<v Speaker 1>slash lunch bag. I'm telling you, guys, I got everybody

0:47:18.000 --> 0:47:21.319
<v Speaker 1>everything box. It's I know, it's cute. I'm a little

0:47:21.360 --> 0:47:23.480
<v Speaker 1>disappointed because I thought the backpack was for me. Okay,

0:47:23.640 --> 0:47:25.440
<v Speaker 1>you can use it back It's like a monkey and

0:47:25.480 --> 0:47:27.400
<v Speaker 1>they had a ladybug too. But you could do all

0:47:27.440 --> 0:47:30.239
<v Speaker 1>your shopping there, like it's literally for the holidays. You

0:47:30.360 --> 0:47:34.160
<v Speaker 1>could do everything and it is not expensive. That is

0:47:34.239 --> 0:47:36.719
<v Speaker 1>what blew my mind. And then I thought this will

0:47:36.800 --> 0:47:39.840
<v Speaker 1>never make it in time. It got here so fast,

0:47:40.400 --> 0:47:43.200
<v Speaker 1>like I did not know enough about this. So I'm

0:47:43.239 --> 0:47:45.960
<v Speaker 1>really telling you go to Thrive market dot com. I'm

0:47:45.960 --> 0:47:48.440
<v Speaker 1>telling you guys, just shop around on there, because this

0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:52.080
<v Speaker 1>exceeded my expectations. And so, not only is Thrive really

0:47:52.160 --> 0:47:54.319
<v Speaker 1>cheap to begin with, it ships directly to your door,

0:47:54.360 --> 0:47:55.800
<v Speaker 1>so it takes the hassle of trying to go to

0:47:55.840 --> 0:47:59.040
<v Speaker 1>the supermarket park carrying on the bags. Literally it gets

0:47:59.040 --> 0:48:01.759
<v Speaker 1>shipped so quickly right to your door. You can go

0:48:01.880 --> 0:48:04.720
<v Speaker 1>to Thrive market dot com. Not only is Thrived already

0:48:06.400 --> 0:48:09.320
<v Speaker 1>below traditional retail price, but you can go to thrive

0:48:09.440 --> 0:48:13.040
<v Speaker 1>market dot com slash dean and guess what You're getting

0:48:13.080 --> 0:48:19.240
<v Speaker 1>an additional believable first order and a thirty day free trial,

0:48:19.320 --> 0:48:21.640
<v Speaker 1>and you can order wine and you can order one

0:48:21.680 --> 0:48:24.040
<v Speaker 1>your alcohol in there as well. Perfect. My favorite thing

0:48:24.080 --> 0:48:26.239
<v Speaker 1>about thrive is their eco friendly cleaning, Like they have

0:48:26.600 --> 0:48:30.440
<v Speaker 1>eco friendly, non toxic products, non GMO food, it's all stuff.

0:48:30.480 --> 0:48:33.080
<v Speaker 1>That's mean. I got your Lufa sponge. I forgot what

0:48:33.280 --> 0:48:35.319
<v Speaker 1>do I use the LUPA sponge with? Because you mean,

0:48:35.320 --> 0:48:37.000
<v Speaker 1>because you don't want to use the soap. I mean,

0:48:37.080 --> 0:48:42.759
<v Speaker 1>I know, but you could still you can say, Okay,

0:48:42.800 --> 0:48:44.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna use the loop. I'm gonna report back next

0:48:44.520 --> 0:48:46.800
<v Speaker 1>week and tell you guys how exfoliated my skin is

0:48:46.840 --> 0:48:48.719
<v Speaker 1>because of the Lufa. You're never gonna go back one

0:48:48.760 --> 0:48:50.239
<v Speaker 1>more time. For the listeners out there, you don't want

0:48:50.239 --> 0:48:52.839
<v Speaker 1>to miss it. Thrive market dot com slash dean Jared

0:48:52.880 --> 0:48:55.279
<v Speaker 1>said it. You'll get an extra off your very first order,

0:48:55.360 --> 0:48:59.399
<v Speaker 1>plus a free thirty day trial, unbelievable deals, unbelievable shipping time,

0:48:59.600 --> 0:49:01.600
<v Speaker 1>unbelieve little products, just in time for the holidays. Be

0:49:01.680 --> 0:49:03.560
<v Speaker 1>sure to check it out. Thrive market dot com slash

0:49:03.600 --> 0:49:06.239
<v Speaker 1>team literally, you can get me a whole Christmas president.

0:49:06.440 --> 0:49:08.879
<v Speaker 1>There we go, love it. We already found working Amy

0:49:08.920 --> 0:49:13.040
<v Speaker 1>for Christmas. Thrive. Gotta go with Thrive. Uh to go

0:49:13.120 --> 0:49:16.120
<v Speaker 1>back to one other question moving forward from the Facebook group,

0:49:16.400 --> 0:49:19.640
<v Speaker 1>So this is from Christie uh Dean, you might want

0:49:19.640 --> 0:49:21.720
<v Speaker 1>to weigh on this. Christie says, if a guy texts

0:49:21.760 --> 0:49:24.040
<v Speaker 1>you that he wants a girlfriend and you guys are

0:49:24.080 --> 0:49:27.360
<v Speaker 1>already casually dating but seeing other people, is that just

0:49:27.480 --> 0:49:29.719
<v Speaker 1>a twelve year old way of saying I want you

0:49:29.800 --> 0:49:34.840
<v Speaker 1>to be my girlfriend. So this guy, these two banda,

0:49:35.280 --> 0:49:37.719
<v Speaker 1>this guy and girls kind of casually seeing each other

0:49:38.000 --> 0:49:40.080
<v Speaker 1>and then he texted her saying, hey, you know I

0:49:40.200 --> 0:49:42.680
<v Speaker 1>kind of want a girlfriend. Is he just beating around

0:49:42.719 --> 0:49:44.640
<v Speaker 1>the bush. Well, at first, I don't like that to

0:49:44.719 --> 0:49:48.319
<v Speaker 1>begin with because it's a little ambiguous, right, Like, it's

0:49:48.320 --> 0:49:51.520
<v Speaker 1>not very clear. It's it's very unclear, And I I

0:49:51.680 --> 0:49:54.640
<v Speaker 1>completely agree Christie where you're saying. It does sound like

0:49:54.920 --> 0:49:57.600
<v Speaker 1>that he is just beating around the bush and trying

0:49:57.640 --> 0:50:00.200
<v Speaker 1>to ask you to be his girlfriend. Two schools are

0:50:00.360 --> 0:50:01.640
<v Speaker 1>he could be doing that, or he could also be

0:50:01.719 --> 0:50:03.120
<v Speaker 1>saying I want a girlfriend, which means you and I

0:50:03.160 --> 0:50:06.040
<v Speaker 1>are not to be talking anyone. There's two schools of

0:50:06.080 --> 0:50:08.919
<v Speaker 1>thought there. Neither of them are the most encouraging because

0:50:08.960 --> 0:50:13.560
<v Speaker 1>he's not clearly communicating what's going on. I personally, if I,

0:50:13.640 --> 0:50:15.400
<v Speaker 1>let's see, I'm trying to put myself in his shoes,

0:50:15.480 --> 0:50:18.000
<v Speaker 1>texting a girl I want a girlfriend, and they've been

0:50:18.080 --> 0:50:21.120
<v Speaker 1>casually seeing each other but seeing other people, I would

0:50:21.120 --> 0:50:22.759
<v Speaker 1>say that that means that he probably wants her to

0:50:22.840 --> 0:50:25.200
<v Speaker 1>be his girlfriend. If I were to guess if I

0:50:25.280 --> 0:50:26.960
<v Speaker 1>was seeing a girl and I texted her that it

0:50:27.000 --> 0:50:30.640
<v Speaker 1>would be because I want her to be my girlfriend. Oh, Dan,

0:50:30.719 --> 0:50:33.359
<v Speaker 1>you wouldn't message someone that, you would be more direct. Well,

0:50:33.360 --> 0:50:35.000
<v Speaker 1>I would not personally. But I'm saying, like I'm trying

0:50:35.000 --> 0:50:36.719
<v Speaker 1>to put myself in his shoes and trying to help

0:50:36.800 --> 0:50:39.000
<v Speaker 1>her out. It sounds like he wants to be her boyfriend.

0:50:39.480 --> 0:50:42.040
<v Speaker 1>Just I'm trying to get like to the root reason.

0:50:50.080 --> 0:50:55.640
<v Speaker 1>That's me. That's me thinking like, nah, if he wants no,

0:50:55.800 --> 0:50:58.560
<v Speaker 1>because what if that's what he's doing, If he does

0:50:58.680 --> 0:51:02.040
<v Speaker 1>want to be her her boyfriend, and that's his way

0:51:02.239 --> 0:51:06.200
<v Speaker 1>of starting a conversation about that, he's just planting all

0:51:06.280 --> 0:51:08.680
<v Speaker 1>these crazy seas in her heads right now. Like if

0:51:08.880 --> 0:51:10.319
<v Speaker 1>that were me, I'd be like, oh, is he telling

0:51:10.360 --> 0:51:11.759
<v Speaker 1>me this because he thinks I'm a friend and he

0:51:11.800 --> 0:51:14.000
<v Speaker 1>wants me to help them? Like is he going to

0:51:14.080 --> 0:51:15.719
<v Speaker 1>talk to me about these other dates that he's been on?

0:51:15.840 --> 0:51:17.800
<v Speaker 1>Does he want me to find him a girlfriend? Like

0:51:17.920 --> 0:51:19.680
<v Speaker 1>why is he telling me he's talking to her like

0:51:19.760 --> 0:51:22.800
<v Speaker 1>he's a friend? Like she's a friend. I want a girlfriend.

0:51:22.920 --> 0:51:24.759
<v Speaker 1>You're not going to tell someone that you're dating I

0:51:24.840 --> 0:51:26.759
<v Speaker 1>want a girlfriend. It's either I want to be with

0:51:26.920 --> 0:51:32.520
<v Speaker 1>you or how does that get crossed? Because she's right.

0:51:32.600 --> 0:51:34.479
<v Speaker 1>I think I was twelve years old when I walked

0:51:34.560 --> 0:51:35.960
<v Speaker 1>up to a girl that I was like talking to

0:51:36.080 --> 0:51:37.320
<v Speaker 1>and I was like, I want you to be my girlfriend,

0:51:37.600 --> 0:51:39.120
<v Speaker 1>and people looked at me like that was a weird

0:51:39.160 --> 0:51:41.640
<v Speaker 1>thing to do. Well at twelve, you're just made fun

0:51:41.680 --> 0:51:45.040
<v Speaker 1>of her liking anybody. Well, it wasn't. It wasn't. It

0:51:45.200 --> 0:51:47.040
<v Speaker 1>was more so of like how I approached the situation

0:51:47.120 --> 0:51:49.400
<v Speaker 1>of you don't just ask someone to be your girlfriend.

0:51:49.400 --> 0:51:51.480
<v Speaker 1>You kind of just like let it culminate into being

0:51:51.560 --> 0:51:53.480
<v Speaker 1>boyfriend and girlfriend who you have to ask at some point?

0:51:53.760 --> 0:51:55.000
<v Speaker 1>How do you how do you approach the subject? Now?

0:51:55.000 --> 0:51:57.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean obviously Jared is engaged, so maybe it's more

0:51:57.080 --> 0:51:59.759
<v Speaker 1>towards vaness and I like, say you like someone yeah,

0:52:00.000 --> 0:52:01.840
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, Okay, let's be boyfriend girlfriend, you just

0:52:01.880 --> 0:52:04.520
<v Speaker 1>walk ups and be like, let's be my girlfriend please. Now,

0:52:04.640 --> 0:52:07.200
<v Speaker 1>I think you have the talk of being exclusive because

0:52:07.400 --> 0:52:09.440
<v Speaker 1>for the first couple of weeks or month or whatever

0:52:10.080 --> 0:52:13.480
<v Speaker 1>however you guys decide to be dating, be open and

0:52:13.560 --> 0:52:17.279
<v Speaker 1>communicate what you're doing. If you're just exclusively dating each other,

0:52:17.360 --> 0:52:20.720
<v Speaker 1>if you if you're being open to forming other connections

0:52:20.760 --> 0:52:23.480
<v Speaker 1>with other people a k. Being on the Bachelor, and

0:52:23.600 --> 0:52:26.919
<v Speaker 1>then once you realize I don't want to be dating

0:52:26.920 --> 0:52:29.240
<v Speaker 1>anyone else, then you have the topic of being exclusive.

0:52:30.960 --> 0:52:32.719
<v Speaker 1>What do you think? Don't you think you might be

0:52:32.800 --> 0:52:34.520
<v Speaker 1>the most adorable thing you've ever heard? If a guy

0:52:34.600 --> 0:52:36.960
<v Speaker 1>walked up you after going on a few dates and

0:52:37.000 --> 0:52:39.600
<v Speaker 1>it said, would you want to be my girlfriend? Yeah,

0:52:39.840 --> 0:52:43.200
<v Speaker 1>you would know it sounds prety cute. I think like,

0:52:43.640 --> 0:52:46.680
<v Speaker 1>I think, yeah, ask, I think it's the most adorable thing.

0:52:46.719 --> 0:52:48.360
<v Speaker 1>If a guy's like, I I want you to be

0:52:48.440 --> 0:52:51.480
<v Speaker 1>my girlfriend? What about asking to go steady? Because that's

0:52:51.520 --> 0:52:54.800
<v Speaker 1>what I used to do. Said that on this podcast before.

0:52:54.920 --> 0:52:57.160
<v Speaker 1>But I think that's like a high school thing, right,

0:52:57.360 --> 0:52:59.279
<v Speaker 1>did you ask in high school. No, no, I was

0:52:59.320 --> 0:53:01.840
<v Speaker 1>like twenty no, this is this is my wife. I

0:53:01.920 --> 0:53:03.920
<v Speaker 1>asked if she wanted to go say, hey, it worked,

0:53:03.960 --> 0:53:07.399
<v Speaker 1>I'm married. Pretty that's the definition of steadiness. I think,

0:53:07.480 --> 0:53:10.040
<v Speaker 1>like steady for me was like like, hey, they're going steady,

0:53:10.400 --> 0:53:12.280
<v Speaker 1>what do you want to go study? That just reminds

0:53:12.280 --> 0:53:14.160
<v Speaker 1>me of like it sounds like you're asking someone to

0:53:14.239 --> 0:53:15.640
<v Speaker 1>hit the books with you because you gotta go to

0:53:15.680 --> 0:53:17.400
<v Speaker 1>the library and study for an exam or something. Hey

0:53:17.400 --> 0:53:21.920
<v Speaker 1>you want to go study. God, maybe that's what she

0:53:21.960 --> 0:53:23.440
<v Speaker 1>thought you were asking. Hey, you want to go hit

0:53:23.480 --> 0:53:28.000
<v Speaker 1>the books and and learn about chemistry. It really wants

0:53:28.040 --> 0:53:30.160
<v Speaker 1>to go study. Yeah, he really wants to go study.

0:53:30.400 --> 0:53:32.160
<v Speaker 1>I think now like yeah, because it used to be

0:53:32.320 --> 0:53:35.560
<v Speaker 1>like kind of not taboo, but it was like, you

0:53:35.640 --> 0:53:39.440
<v Speaker 1>don't say girlfriend. Man, it's like you ask who steady steady?

0:53:39.680 --> 0:53:42.480
<v Speaker 1>You guys are hanging out? Uh, you guys don't even

0:53:42.480 --> 0:53:44.800
<v Speaker 1>talk about it. You just stop seeing other people. I

0:53:44.920 --> 0:53:46.359
<v Speaker 1>kind of like it, though, I kind of like white

0:53:46.360 --> 0:53:49.040
<v Speaker 1>guys like, hey, my girlfriend, I've shared it before on

0:53:49.080 --> 0:53:51.759
<v Speaker 1>this podcast about I mean, it's always kind of weird

0:53:51.800 --> 0:53:54.359
<v Speaker 1>to bring up past relationships, right, but with less than

0:53:54.400 --> 0:53:56.560
<v Speaker 1>I with Lesslie. Here we go, let's get weird with

0:53:56.680 --> 0:53:59.040
<v Speaker 1>Leslie and I in Winter Games. I kind of I

0:53:59.080 --> 0:54:01.840
<v Speaker 1>didn't want to have that like ambiguity of like what

0:54:01.960 --> 0:54:03.160
<v Speaker 1>are we? Are we dating? Do you want to date

0:54:03.200 --> 0:54:04.479
<v Speaker 1>other people? So I was just I just like started

0:54:04.520 --> 0:54:06.800
<v Speaker 1>referring to has my girlfriend, like like it was like

0:54:06.800 --> 0:54:08.279
<v Speaker 1>a weekend happen in the relationships. You would like walk

0:54:08.320 --> 0:54:10.280
<v Speaker 1>away and people would be like I'd be like, where'd

0:54:10.280 --> 0:54:12.480
<v Speaker 1>my girlfriend go? And then eventually it was just like, okay,

0:54:12.640 --> 0:54:16.920
<v Speaker 1>well we're boyfriend girlfriend. I was that serious. I mean,

0:54:16.960 --> 0:54:20.439
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I'm again, I'm a immature boy at times,

0:54:20.480 --> 0:54:21.960
<v Speaker 1>Like I don't really know how to handle that situation.

0:54:22.040 --> 0:54:24.520
<v Speaker 1>So my way of handling it was just like referring her,

0:54:24.920 --> 0:54:27.360
<v Speaker 1>referring to her to other people as my girlfriend. And

0:54:27.440 --> 0:54:29.360
<v Speaker 1>then by like the fourth or fifth time I said it,

0:54:29.880 --> 0:54:31.320
<v Speaker 1>she was like, why do you keep calling me your girlfriend?

0:54:31.360 --> 0:54:32.759
<v Speaker 1>I was like, well, because you are my girlfriend, and

0:54:32.800 --> 0:54:35.600
<v Speaker 1>she's like, okay, that's fine, you boyfriend. No, it was

0:54:35.760 --> 0:54:39.319
<v Speaker 1>you're like no, no, no, no, a whole different conversation. Yeah, yeah,

0:54:39.520 --> 0:54:41.920
<v Speaker 1>well's so let's slow the role. Okay, no, And I

0:54:41.960 --> 0:54:43.840
<v Speaker 1>mean that's that's how I handled it again. I'm not

0:54:43.920 --> 0:54:46.320
<v Speaker 1>sure if I would encourage other people to handle it

0:54:46.400 --> 0:54:48.839
<v Speaker 1>the same way, but it's one way to go about it. Um.

0:54:49.320 --> 0:54:51.080
<v Speaker 1>I have obviously not had a girlfriend since then, so

0:54:52.560 --> 0:54:55.320
<v Speaker 1>I'm overwhelmed in those relationships. Well, you know, you just

0:54:55.360 --> 0:54:58.200
<v Speaker 1>take your time. You're focused on Dean right now, right

0:54:58.280 --> 0:55:01.479
<v Speaker 1>focusing on Dean. Actually, there's so I was reading an article,

0:55:01.760 --> 0:55:07.720
<v Speaker 1>so this story about Nikki Bella. She's John um no, apparently,

0:55:07.800 --> 0:55:10.240
<v Speaker 1>But I was just kinda I was looking up dating articles,

0:55:10.280 --> 0:55:11.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to get prepared for the podcast a

0:55:11.880 --> 0:55:14.600
<v Speaker 1>little bit, and then I was reading one where Nikki

0:55:14.640 --> 0:55:18.200
<v Speaker 1>Bella like finally spoke out about the relationship after John Cena,

0:55:18.280 --> 0:55:20.000
<v Speaker 1>and she said, like, from what she could tell, Bella

0:55:20.080 --> 0:55:23.080
<v Speaker 1>is like pretty much focusing on her own happiness right now,

0:55:23.160 --> 0:55:26.800
<v Speaker 1>which doesn't necessarily that she needs to be with someone romantically.

0:55:26.840 --> 0:55:28.759
<v Speaker 1>She says, she's not even thinking about dating right now.

0:55:28.880 --> 0:55:31.040
<v Speaker 1>She's been so busy working and spending time with her

0:55:31.080 --> 0:55:34.400
<v Speaker 1>friends and family. It's not a priority. Um, Vanessa, what

0:55:34.440 --> 0:55:37.520
<v Speaker 1>are your thoughts about that, because, like, do you think

0:55:37.520 --> 0:55:39.319
<v Speaker 1>that's kind of a cop out? Like do you think

0:55:39.320 --> 0:55:41.960
<v Speaker 1>what people say? You know, I'm I'm just not I

0:55:42.640 --> 0:55:45.360
<v Speaker 1>can't even date right now because I'm so busy. I

0:55:45.520 --> 0:55:50.560
<v Speaker 1>think that's an actual thing. Yep. I when somebody says

0:55:50.600 --> 0:55:52.520
<v Speaker 1>that they're just focused on their own happiness right now

0:55:52.600 --> 0:55:54.880
<v Speaker 1>that they don't even want to like think about jumping

0:55:54.880 --> 0:55:57.600
<v Speaker 1>into a relationship with somebody, no, I think that's so healthy.

0:55:57.640 --> 0:56:01.359
<v Speaker 1>I think people oftentimes have that void that they need

0:56:01.400 --> 0:56:03.080
<v Speaker 1>to fill, and they're like, oh, I need the attention

0:56:03.239 --> 0:56:04.800
<v Speaker 1>or oh I need to be hanging out with someone.

0:56:05.080 --> 0:56:10.160
<v Speaker 1>There's nothing more powerful and more nurturing than just being

0:56:10.480 --> 0:56:14.600
<v Speaker 1>by yourself and enjoying your own presence. I love, and

0:56:14.680 --> 0:56:16.880
<v Speaker 1>I talked about this. I love being single, and when

0:56:16.920 --> 0:56:20.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm single, I actually just work on myself. I focus

0:56:20.080 --> 0:56:22.800
<v Speaker 1>on my career, I focus on my health, I focus

0:56:22.920 --> 0:56:25.240
<v Speaker 1>on things that make me happy and make me whole,

0:56:25.760 --> 0:56:27.799
<v Speaker 1>and and so I don't need to be going out

0:56:27.880 --> 0:56:29.880
<v Speaker 1>to find someone to fill that void. And then when

0:56:29.920 --> 0:56:31.879
<v Speaker 1>I do meet someone, it's because there are a great

0:56:31.880 --> 0:56:34.320
<v Speaker 1>addition to what I already have and what already buils

0:56:34.360 --> 0:56:36.400
<v Speaker 1>on Sean, what are you talk about that, like the

0:56:36.480 --> 0:56:40.319
<v Speaker 1>balance between finding your like making yourself happy on your

0:56:40.360 --> 0:56:43.399
<v Speaker 1>own versus like trying to put effort into finding someone

0:56:43.480 --> 0:56:45.600
<v Speaker 1>else and be in a relationship. I think I was

0:56:45.600 --> 0:56:48.719
<v Speaker 1>actually having a conversation just the other day about this. Um.

0:56:49.760 --> 0:56:54.800
<v Speaker 1>I think it's it's hard to compartmentalize the things, especially

0:56:55.120 --> 0:56:57.439
<v Speaker 1>like nowadays that we're not working traditional nine to five jobs,

0:56:57.520 --> 0:56:59.160
<v Speaker 1>we don't have like the forty hour work week to

0:56:59.200 --> 0:57:02.080
<v Speaker 1>distract us from dating. And it's like, well, when you

0:57:02.160 --> 0:57:03.840
<v Speaker 1>have a podcast about dating, and when you've been on

0:57:03.880 --> 0:57:07.360
<v Speaker 1>TV shows about dating, then it's like life is surrounded

0:57:07.400 --> 0:57:08.880
<v Speaker 1>by it, right, and so it's like, well, you you

0:57:08.960 --> 0:57:10.560
<v Speaker 1>take a step back, and yes, of course, focus on

0:57:10.600 --> 0:57:12.839
<v Speaker 1>yourself and prove yourself all that kind of stuff. And um,

0:57:12.920 --> 0:57:15.440
<v Speaker 1>as I mentioned before, I'm doing that same thing right

0:57:15.480 --> 0:57:18.000
<v Speaker 1>now as well. But it's hard when everything else kind

0:57:18.000 --> 0:57:19.400
<v Speaker 1>of brings it back to dating. It's like when you're

0:57:19.440 --> 0:57:21.080
<v Speaker 1>trying to get dating out of your mind, but then

0:57:21.120 --> 0:57:23.200
<v Speaker 1>you have to bring it up and talk about it

0:57:23.280 --> 0:57:26.480
<v Speaker 1>so often. Um So that's kind of I mean, that's

0:57:26.560 --> 0:57:28.280
<v Speaker 1>kind of where I'm at with it. It's like, yes,

0:57:28.400 --> 0:57:31.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm trying to put it right now. Well, no, and

0:57:31.920 --> 0:57:34.440
<v Speaker 1>like I said before, like I'm back dating again, like

0:57:34.520 --> 0:57:37.320
<v Speaker 1>I've been going on dates. Well, I think what the

0:57:37.400 --> 0:57:39.280
<v Speaker 1>quote that got me was that said, Nikki is not

0:57:39.360 --> 0:57:42.000
<v Speaker 1>even thinking about dating right now. She's been so busy

0:57:42.080 --> 0:57:44.400
<v Speaker 1>working and spending time with her friends and family, And

0:57:44.520 --> 0:57:47.760
<v Speaker 1>it just made me think, like, not to say that,

0:57:47.920 --> 0:57:50.040
<v Speaker 1>you know, this quote care be dramatized, but it made

0:57:50.080 --> 0:57:52.400
<v Speaker 1>me kind of reflect and be like, not even thinking

0:57:52.440 --> 0:57:53.960
<v Speaker 1>about dating? And I was trying to think of the

0:57:54.040 --> 0:57:56.160
<v Speaker 1>time when I was single. Man, was I not even

0:57:56.280 --> 0:57:58.360
<v Speaker 1>thinking about dating someone? Is that a Is that a

0:57:58.480 --> 0:58:00.760
<v Speaker 1>thing where people are just like for a while she

0:58:00.960 --> 0:58:03.800
<v Speaker 1>was engaged to someone, she was dating him, then she

0:58:03.920 --> 0:58:06.280
<v Speaker 1>was with someone for years. I think that's so healthy

0:58:06.360 --> 0:58:10.880
<v Speaker 1>if you're with someone for so long and then you

0:58:11.040 --> 0:58:13.560
<v Speaker 1>kind of move a little bit of yourself when you're

0:58:13.560 --> 0:58:16.480
<v Speaker 1>in a relationship and you let go of certain things

0:58:16.920 --> 0:58:19.960
<v Speaker 1>that you compromise. So I think right now she's probably

0:58:20.080 --> 0:58:25.000
<v Speaker 1>back to finding herself again, and I think that's extremely

0:58:25.400 --> 0:58:28.320
<v Speaker 1>healthy in order for her to get back to a

0:58:28.360 --> 0:58:30.960
<v Speaker 1>place where she can invite someone else into her life. Yeah,

0:58:31.040 --> 0:58:33.600
<v Speaker 1>I agree with that because I think, like you said,

0:58:33.880 --> 0:58:36.160
<v Speaker 1>when you're in a relationship, I wouldn't necessarily say you

0:58:36.280 --> 0:58:38.640
<v Speaker 1>lose a part of yourself, but a part of yourself

0:58:38.800 --> 0:58:43.240
<v Speaker 1>becomes the other person. There's just a lot of dependency

0:58:43.320 --> 0:58:45.360
<v Speaker 1>within a relationship, which is a good thing. You know,

0:58:45.520 --> 0:58:48.200
<v Speaker 1>you're in a relationship, hopefully a great one, very loving one.

0:58:48.240 --> 0:58:49.920
<v Speaker 1>Like there's a part of you that becomes very dependent

0:58:49.960 --> 0:58:52.280
<v Speaker 1>on the person, and when the relationship ends, it does

0:58:52.400 --> 0:58:54.160
<v Speaker 1>feel like there's a part of your soul that just

0:58:54.240 --> 0:58:57.640
<v Speaker 1>went missing. Um, and so I I I completely agree

0:58:57.720 --> 0:58:59.240
<v Speaker 1>in us or where I think that there should be

0:58:59.480 --> 0:59:02.160
<v Speaker 1>a grieving period of like you just trying to figure

0:59:02.160 --> 0:59:05.880
<v Speaker 1>out yourself and make yourself whole again. Um, what's that really,

0:59:05.960 --> 0:59:07.800
<v Speaker 1>thumb one month for every year you were together something

0:59:07.800 --> 0:59:16.680
<v Speaker 1>like oh okay, damn, No, I think no, because it's true.

0:59:16.760 --> 0:59:19.240
<v Speaker 1>It's then what so if you dated my parents were

0:59:19.360 --> 0:59:27.480
<v Speaker 1>engaged sorry married for eighteen years year and a half off. No,

0:59:27.680 --> 0:59:29.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's a timetable like I know that

0:59:30.200 --> 0:59:32.160
<v Speaker 1>I know some people that have gone out of like

0:59:32.320 --> 0:59:37.440
<v Speaker 1>very intense relationship even marriages, and in six months. Yeah. Well,

0:59:37.520 --> 0:59:39.880
<v Speaker 1>you know, we're we're pretty smart fellows over the pretty

0:59:39.920 --> 0:59:43.800
<v Speaker 1>simple equation to be fart smellers, you know. Um. But

0:59:43.960 --> 0:59:45.800
<v Speaker 1>before we go, before we we end the podcast, we

0:59:45.840 --> 0:59:48.520
<v Speaker 1>want to talk about one more thing on here, which

0:59:48.600 --> 0:59:49.880
<v Speaker 1>is something we've been talking about for a couple of

0:59:49.880 --> 0:59:53.200
<v Speaker 1>weeks here twenty three and me. Now, this is named

0:59:53.200 --> 0:59:55.600
<v Speaker 1>after the twenty three pairs of chromosomes in your d

0:59:55.800 --> 0:59:58.000
<v Speaker 1>N A their service, you guys know twenty three and

0:59:58.200 --> 1:00:00.640
<v Speaker 1>the service provides you with over seventy five genetic reports

1:00:00.640 --> 1:00:03.080
<v Speaker 1>about your health. Um. They can tell you if you're

1:00:03.160 --> 1:00:07.520
<v Speaker 1>likely to be lactoast intolerant, uh, sleep movement, there's certain traits.

1:00:07.600 --> 1:00:10.080
<v Speaker 1>They can figure out your eye color, your hair curl,

1:00:10.400 --> 1:00:13.520
<v Speaker 1>all that good stuff. All you have to do is well,

1:00:14.280 --> 1:00:16.240
<v Speaker 1>all you have to do is spit into a tube. Guys.

1:00:16.320 --> 1:00:18.720
<v Speaker 1>That's really so. They'll send you the tube that's provided

1:00:18.720 --> 1:00:22.200
<v Speaker 1>in the mail. You send that spit back to the lab.

1:00:22.800 --> 1:00:25.200
<v Speaker 1>Everyone has a DNA story you can find out yours.

1:00:25.280 --> 1:00:28.920
<v Speaker 1>They have a new podcast called you Guessed It Spit Uh.

1:00:29.040 --> 1:00:30.920
<v Speaker 1>It's on I Heart Radio with twenty three and me.

1:00:31.000 --> 1:00:33.520
<v Speaker 1>The podcast discusses how science and DNA plays a role

1:00:33.560 --> 1:00:36.200
<v Speaker 1>in society, in our lives, how your DNA story can

1:00:36.240 --> 1:00:39.040
<v Speaker 1>be experienced today, and a whole lot more. Yeah Yeah.

1:00:39.040 --> 1:00:40.640
<v Speaker 1>The new podcast bit where the host sits down with

1:00:40.680 --> 1:00:43.040
<v Speaker 1>the biggest artists and influencers of our time, including Emmy

1:00:43.120 --> 1:00:46.520
<v Speaker 1>winning Darren Chris from the assassination of Gianni Versacia. If

1:00:46.560 --> 1:00:49.000
<v Speaker 1>you guys haven't watched that show, it's phenomenal. UH singer

1:00:49.040 --> 1:00:52.160
<v Speaker 1>Mike Posner, who has always been one of my favorites personally. UH.

1:00:52.200 --> 1:00:54.480
<v Speaker 1>Subscribe to the Spit podcast to learn more about the

1:00:54.560 --> 1:00:56.680
<v Speaker 1>DNA found in our spit to understand who we really

1:00:56.720 --> 1:00:58.680
<v Speaker 1>are genetically and how we are connected to the world

1:00:58.720 --> 1:01:01.360
<v Speaker 1>around us. I remember reading a while ago an article

1:01:01.560 --> 1:01:03.720
<v Speaker 1>about so the way that the chromosomes work is there's

1:01:03.720 --> 1:01:05.920
<v Speaker 1>twenty three sets in women where they're all X is right,

1:01:05.960 --> 1:01:07.800
<v Speaker 1>so it's twenty three pairs of X chromosomes, but in

1:01:07.840 --> 1:01:10.120
<v Speaker 1>the men, that twenty three chromosome is an X Y

1:01:10.240 --> 1:01:12.480
<v Speaker 1>pairing instead of an X X pairing. And I read

1:01:12.560 --> 1:01:14.200
<v Speaker 1>that in like a thousand generations or something like that,

1:01:14.600 --> 1:01:17.720
<v Speaker 1>that the male gender just might be completely eradicated because

1:01:17.760 --> 1:01:21.080
<v Speaker 1>the Y chromosome can't is deterioring overtime and can't draw

1:01:21.160 --> 1:01:23.400
<v Speaker 1>from other X chromosomes because it's just so separate. So

1:01:23.520 --> 1:01:25.520
<v Speaker 1>like in a thousand generations, the mail just might not

1:01:25.640 --> 1:01:27.479
<v Speaker 1>even exist, which is just kind of weird to think about.

1:01:27.760 --> 1:01:30.600
<v Speaker 1>How would we reproduce, Well, it's just like a theory obviously,

1:01:30.600 --> 1:01:33.200
<v Speaker 1>So who knows, but um. Anyways, listen to the full

1:01:33.240 --> 1:01:35.160
<v Speaker 1>episodes now on the I Heart Radio app or wherever

1:01:35.240 --> 1:01:37.360
<v Speaker 1>you listen to podcasts. You're probably listening to this one

1:01:37.480 --> 1:01:40.280
<v Speaker 1>on I Heart radio or I'm sure you can find

1:01:40.320 --> 1:01:42.919
<v Speaker 1>this spit podcast. Wherever you're listening to this one, check

1:01:42.960 --> 1:01:45.480
<v Speaker 1>it out. It's called Spit with twenty three and me.

1:01:45.760 --> 1:01:49.760
<v Speaker 1>They're fantastic. You're fantastic for listening in supporting our podcast.

1:01:50.000 --> 1:01:51.800
<v Speaker 1>Yes you are. A big thank you to Thrive Market.

1:01:51.880 --> 1:01:53.760
<v Speaker 1>You guys can go to Thrive market dot com slash

1:01:54.040 --> 1:01:56.320
<v Speaker 1>Dean to get an extra off your first order and

1:01:56.440 --> 1:01:59.320
<v Speaker 1>a free thirty day trial. Again, big thank you to

1:01:59.480 --> 1:02:01.440
<v Speaker 1>beach Body on Demand. You can get a special free

1:02:01.480 --> 1:02:04.919
<v Speaker 1>trial membership including their new fourteen day results plan where

1:02:04.920 --> 1:02:06.880
<v Speaker 1>you can lose up to nine pounds in the first

1:02:06.960 --> 1:02:09.680
<v Speaker 1>two weeks when you text Dean D A N two

1:02:09.760 --> 1:02:13.200
<v Speaker 1>thirty thirty thirty. And another big thank you to talk Space,

1:02:13.760 --> 1:02:15.880
<v Speaker 1>you can match with the perfect therapist for a fraction

1:02:15.920 --> 1:02:18.000
<v Speaker 1>of the price of traditional therapy. You go to talk

1:02:18.000 --> 1:02:20.240
<v Speaker 1>space dot com slash Dean and use a code Dean

1:02:20.400 --> 1:02:23.120
<v Speaker 1>D E A N to get forty five dollars off

1:02:23.440 --> 1:02:26.840
<v Speaker 1>your first month. A big Thank you to Lauren Burger.

1:02:27.160 --> 1:02:29.800
<v Speaker 1>Definitely check out her new book, Get It Together. It's

1:02:29.840 --> 1:02:34.160
<v Speaker 1>on shelves now. Dean, you're awesome, Vanessa, you're incredible. Guys,

1:02:34.200 --> 1:02:35.440
<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for listening to an all new

1:02:35.480 --> 1:02:37.240
<v Speaker 1>episode of Help I Suck At Dating, where next week

1:02:37.280 --> 1:02:40.880
<v Speaker 1>hopefully we suck a little less. Follow help by Suck

1:02:40.960 --> 1:02:43.640
<v Speaker 1>At Dating with Dean, Vanessa, and Jared on I Heart

1:02:43.800 --> 1:02:45.800
<v Speaker 1>Radio or wherever you listen to podcast