1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Okay, back by popular demand. It is a special Awkward 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,519 Speaker 1: Thursday phone call today. 3 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: Super popular demand. You guys love Awkward Thursday. 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,960 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, the cringe is something that is, you know, 5 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: really beloved on this show. 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,400 Speaker 2: It's not that it's Jeff's intro for Thursday. 7 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 3: Of course I see. 8 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 2: I say. 9 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 1: That's yeah, you found the second eight podcast and we're 10 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: glad you're here. Before we get to it, though, we 11 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 1: love to always highlight your comments. Yes, Annie and Matthew said, 12 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:30,080 Speaker 1: you guys have become my new addiction. You'll are the 13 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: first thing I hear in the morning and the last 14 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:33,680 Speaker 1: thing I think about when I go to bed. I 15 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: think I'm in a relationship with this podcast. 16 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: Are exclusive? 17 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 4: Oh I don't know. 18 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:40,600 Speaker 2: No, I don't like titles. 19 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:43,199 Speaker 3: Oh yes, I did need to freak out this out. 20 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:45,519 Speaker 1: All right, let's just get to it before I talk 21 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,560 Speaker 1: to or say too much. Yeah, il y, your brand 22 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 1: new Awkward Thursday stords right now. 23 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 3: If your boyfriend says he has a little romantic surprise 24 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: for you, what are you hoping for? Okay, maybe a 25 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 3: candlelight dinner, yeah, trip to Sandals, Jamaica, a salmon protein shake, 26 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 3: one glass too strong? Hello, well, one of our listeners 27 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 3: says she was not ready for the surprise her boyfriend 28 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 3: had in store, and now she needs help figuring out 29 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 3: how to get him to take it back and do 30 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 3: it without hurting his feelings. You're gonna hear it in 31 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: your special all New Awkward Thursday phone call right after 32 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 3: this It's awkward, It's Thursday. It's awkward Thursday phone call. 33 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 3: When you think of the most awkward parts of navigating 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 3: any new relationship, it usually involves questions like when do 35 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,720 Speaker 3: I introduce them to my friends and my family? When 36 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,080 Speaker 3: do I go through their hair brush to send a 37 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:56,240 Speaker 3: strand to a lab and see if there's any signs 38 00:01:56,240 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 3: of fetanyl use. You know, those are normal, everyday things 39 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:04,960 Speaker 3: that people always go through at the start of a relationship. 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,360 Speaker 3: But one of our listeners, Aaron, is navigating a different 41 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 3: set of circumstances, one that I don't think I've ever 42 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: heard before. So Aarin, thank you for trusting us with 43 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 3: the health and wellness of your relationship. Welcome to the show. 44 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 5: Thanks guys, Thank you. Yeah, I need some guidance in this. 45 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Jeff, he's fine. 46 00:02:26,639 --> 00:02:28,240 Speaker 2: People who call us are always desperate. 47 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:31,399 Speaker 3: It's okay, Yeah, are you collecting strands of his hair yet? 48 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 5: You know it hasn't gotten that far yet. But based 49 00:02:35,880 --> 00:02:37,519 Speaker 5: on the story, I don't know. If I did, you 50 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 5: probably wouldn't blame me. 51 00:02:38,919 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 2: Oh what are we solving? Is this a mystery? What's happening? 52 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 3: Going one? 53 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 5: Okay? So basically I have been dating this guy, Thanks Paul. 54 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 5: We've been together for about six months or so, and 55 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:56,760 Speaker 5: it's been going great until just the other day. Uh oh, 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,359 Speaker 5: brings up this scenario. 57 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, so it didn't need a sound effect in that 58 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:09,640 Speaker 1: another day, whoa, what happened? 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:10,920 Speaker 6: What happened? 60 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,240 Speaker 5: So anyway, we're having dinner at my apartment the other 61 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:15,799 Speaker 5: night and he's like. 62 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,960 Speaker 7: Oh, I've got a surprise for you, and so he 63 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,920 Speaker 7: hands me a piece of paper that he had printed 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 7: out from like the courts county system or something, and 65 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 7: it's a it's a name change. 66 00:03:27,680 --> 00:03:32,639 Speaker 5: Form name change like legal to legally change your name. 67 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 5: Who my first I was like, oh my gosh, is 68 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:37,600 Speaker 5: this like a proposal and. 69 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: You're change your last name? 70 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 5: That would be a red flag. 71 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 4: Enough you come together for six months. 72 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:51,360 Speaker 3: And a terrible proposal document. 73 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 8: Well will you notarize this legal document with me? 74 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 3: It's romantic that he went the extra mile to do 75 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 3: that for her. 76 00:03:58,880 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 4: Wait what was it? 77 00:03:59,760 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 9: Was? 78 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 2: It filled out? 79 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 5: So it was like half filled out. But once I 80 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 5: took a look at it, I saw it was his 81 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 5: name on the forum and I was like, oh, he 82 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 5: wants to change his name okay. 83 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 4: And he basically tells me that he likes my name 84 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 4: so much my name is Aaron, that he wants to 85 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 4: change his name to. 86 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:23,599 Speaker 5: Aaron too, like the male very double a. 87 00:04:25,560 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 3: What what's what was your reaction to that? 88 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 5: My first though I thought it was a joke, and yeah, 89 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 5: I'm like, I start laughing and I was like, oh 90 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 5: my god, wouldn't that be crazy? 91 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 7: He's so serious about it. 92 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 5: And I was like, oh my god. 93 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,000 Speaker 2: Are you he wants to go from Paul to Aaron. 94 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, he wants to legally change his name. And I 95 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 5: didn't even know this, but his middle name is Aaron. 96 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: Why does he need to legally change anything? Then just 97 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: go by his middle name. 98 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 5: It seems very dramatic, but that's what he wanted. He 99 00:05:00,920 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 5: wanted to be Aaron and Aaron, to be. 100 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 2: Aaron, Aaron dating and Aaron. 101 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:05,600 Speaker 3: Okay. 102 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 8: So there's red flags here. 103 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,600 Speaker 2: I don't know what they are. 104 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's one of those names when you say 105 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: it a lot, it starts to not sound like a word. 106 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 3: Okay, personally I like this idea, but I'm sensing in 107 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 3: the room and from you yourself, Aaron, that you're not 108 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 3: a fan. What what are your qualms about it? 109 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 5: I mean, one, it would be confusing for of all, 110 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 5: I mean, who are we referring to? 111 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:30,920 Speaker 6: Right? 112 00:05:31,279 --> 00:05:33,040 Speaker 5: And also it's weird. 113 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 4: He's met a lot of my friends. 114 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,080 Speaker 5: He just recently met my mom, and now I got 115 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,320 Speaker 5: to go back and say, like, oh, yes, I know 116 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 5: he was Paul, but now just because he wanted us 117 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 5: to be Maggie Matchie. Now his name is Aaron, so 118 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:47,920 Speaker 5: everyone now call him Aaron. 119 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 3: Let me go through with it. 120 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 8: My dad's name is also Jose. 121 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 3: We go by Big Jose, little Jose. You could go 122 00:05:53,160 --> 00:05:57,080 Speaker 3: by big aeront Aaron, and I thought was better. 123 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 2: Yes, I still don't understand his reasoning. 124 00:06:01,240 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I don't. He just kept saying that he just 125 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,040 Speaker 5: really really likes the name, and he calls me by 126 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 5: that name all the time, obviously, and he just was 127 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 5: saying that he he wanted to also feel that. 128 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:15,360 Speaker 7: Good about it when people would. 129 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 5: Call him by that name. I don't know. It wasn't making. 130 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 6: The name. 131 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:25,360 Speaker 8: You should be flattered in a sense, like he's truly. 132 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: Can you continue dating a guy who changed his name 133 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:30,040 Speaker 1: to your name? 134 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 3: Do you have the same last name as your husband 135 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 3: before you guys got married, so you don't. 136 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:39,960 Speaker 2: Last name? 137 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:41,920 Speaker 6: All right? 138 00:06:44,680 --> 00:06:49,200 Speaker 3: Seriously, Obviously you've reached out to us today because this 139 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 3: decision on his part is making you feel uncomfortable. But 140 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 3: what are you hoping to do with your awkward Thursday 141 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 3: phone call? 142 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 5: Well? So he I mean he hasn't changed it officially yet, 143 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 5: but he is starting the process, and I just I 144 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 5: need advice to stop him from doing that without hurting 145 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 5: his feelings. 146 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,240 Speaker 2: Okay, you don't want to break up with phone or anything. 147 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: You still like him? 148 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's been going really well up until 149 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 5: this moment. 150 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 6: Okay. 151 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 3: I mean some say Michael even better if you're both Aaron, 152 00:07:17,400 --> 00:07:19,520 Speaker 3: But you know it's up to you. It's fine. We 153 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,400 Speaker 3: can try and help you out when we come back. 154 00:07:23,080 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 3: Yeah some some people some do say that, but we 155 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:27,920 Speaker 3: will come up with some advice to give you on 156 00:07:27,960 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 3: how to tell your boyfriend not to change his name 157 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 3: to match yours when we come back for your awkward 158 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 3: Thursday phone call right after. 159 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 5: This thank you? 160 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, hold on, it's awkward. It's Thursday. 161 00:07:40,600 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 5: It's awkward. 162 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 3: Thursday phone call. 163 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 10: Tina Fay, Brad Pitt, Rihanna. All people who decided to 164 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 10: publicly go by their middle names and look where they 165 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 10: are now? Washed up has beens who will do anything 166 00:08:00,040 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 10: spertly trying to stay in the spotlight. 167 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 2: Ran is like a billionaire. 168 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, self made only a billionaire. Sad story. And I 169 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 3: think we learned from all those examples that going with 170 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:15,880 Speaker 3: the middle is a terrible idea. And our listener, Aaron 171 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 3: wants to make sure her boyfriend doesn't end up as 172 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 3: the next Brad Pitt doesn't want it because his name's Paul, 173 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 3: but he wants to start going by his middle name 174 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: erin which yes, is the exact same as his girlfriend, 175 00:08:32,600 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 3: just slightly different spelling. And our listener, Aaron doesn't want 176 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 3: that to happen. 177 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: It's strange. 178 00:08:38,440 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, and luckily he hasn't done it officially yet. But 179 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 3: I do want to just get a little clarification, Aaron, 180 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 3: is he legally wanting to change his name to Aaron 181 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 3: Aaron or what? 182 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 2: Oh? 183 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 5: Okay? No? 184 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 7: So he basically he just wants to. 185 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 5: Swap his first and middle name legally. 186 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 7: Okay, he wants. 187 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:04,680 Speaker 2: To be Aaron like the guy from Baking Bad, Right. 188 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, his career has not gone well since the end 189 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:11,839 Speaker 3: of breaking his Heisenberg. He missed the window exactly. So again, 190 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 3: Aaron needs advice on how to stop her boyfriend from 191 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 3: changing his name. Jose, what do you have for her? 192 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,280 Speaker 8: A person's name is a big thing, right, It's not 193 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 8: their identity, but it can be your personality. 194 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 2: Oh for sure, I feel Brook, yes, in my soul. 195 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 8: So just tell him, like things are going so good 196 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,199 Speaker 8: right now. If you change major things like this, you're 197 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 8: worried it's gonna hurt the relationship. 198 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 3: Okay, that's good. Threaten him with a bad future. 199 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: Okay, Well I'm all about, you know me, compromise in 200 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:43,800 Speaker 1: a relationship. 201 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 3: Brook to a t. 202 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: So, Aaron, how would you feel about just calling him 203 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 1: Aaron in private? 204 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 3: Like a dirty secret? 205 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: Like listen, honey, you just keep Paul and then I'll 206 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,199 Speaker 1: call you Aaron and that can be our thing. 207 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 9: Family. 208 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:09,839 Speaker 2: That's the weird part. 209 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 5: By the way he's been talking about it, I honestly 210 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 5: doubt that it'll go for that. I think he wants 211 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 5: it to be like universal, but I'll definitely pitch it. 212 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 3: Okay, well, okay, I mean I would just be careful 213 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: because if you don't start calling him Aaron in private, 214 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 3: one of his coworkers might, and you're into a whole 215 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: new area of weirdness. But we have the advice out 216 00:10:31,800 --> 00:10:34,040 Speaker 3: there for you. You can use it if you like to, 217 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 3: but really up to you. I'm gonna dial Paul, at 218 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,679 Speaker 3: least for now, your boyfriend, and then we'll see if 219 00:10:39,679 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 3: he picks up. 220 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:55,160 Speaker 9: Here we go, Hello, Hi, Paul. Yeah, I'm sorry, I 221 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:56,480 Speaker 9: think you got the wrong number. 222 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 6: This is Aaron. 223 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 5: Yeah, It's it's me Aron. Hey. 224 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,120 Speaker 6: Oh oh hey babe. How's it going? 225 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:06,640 Speaker 7: Hey? 226 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 5: So you know how I was going to come over 227 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 5: after work tonight. I don't. I don't think I should 228 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 5: come by anymore. 229 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:19,800 Speaker 6: Actually, oh why not, sugar bear. 230 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 5: To be honest, I feel like things have really been 231 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:32,000 Speaker 5: going well in our relationships recently, but lately I've just 232 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 5: been kind of frustrated and I don't know how to 233 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 5: talk to you about it exactly. 234 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 6: Oh, I mean I think it's going well too. Look, 235 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 6: whatever is on your mind, you can tell me, because 236 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 6: I'm your sugar bear. All right, I'll listen to you. 237 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 6: Aaron to Aaron, I'm here, I'm here for you. I'm okay. 238 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:54,839 Speaker 5: Well, okay, that right there, that is what is not 239 00:11:54,880 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 5: sitting well with me. 240 00:11:56,320 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 6: Wait, what's nuts it me being here for you? 241 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:04,480 Speaker 5: No? No, just you using my name as your name. 242 00:12:05,320 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 6: Okay. Well, first of all, it's not the same name, 243 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 6: because you're Aaron with any and I'm Aaron with an 244 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,800 Speaker 6: A with two a's, And technically i'm older impact though 245 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,040 Speaker 6: I actually had the name person. If anyone should be 246 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 6: changed the names, probably you. Wait what I was older 247 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 6: that my mom gave me that name before your. 248 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 5: Mother gave you this. Well, even you told me that 249 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 5: the only reason that you wanted to go by that 250 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,640 Speaker 5: name was because once we started dating, really like the 251 00:12:32,679 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 5: way that it sounds like it was, the inspiration was 252 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:37,640 Speaker 5: from my first name, and. 253 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 6: It was and I thank you for that. I went wow, 254 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 6: this person. But I also went wow, I think I'm 255 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 6: also that person. I think I think that's me. 256 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 5: The point is, we've been seeing each other for six 257 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 5: months now, and my friends think that it's weird. I 258 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,080 Speaker 5: think that's come on. 259 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 6: They're probably just saying that out of jealousy, because we 260 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 6: have a good thing going there and they think it's 261 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 6: super cute. 262 00:13:03,600 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 5: Nobody, unfortunately, thinks it's super cute other than you and mom. 263 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:13,160 Speaker 5: Your mom even keeps making this dumb joke about us 264 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,280 Speaker 5: being Aaron squared and. 265 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 6: I don't want that, but you know what, she loves 266 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 6: it so much she might start using it. 267 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:27,839 Speaker 5: Oh now, your mom wants to go by Aaron too. 268 00:13:29,200 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 4: That's a joke. 269 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 6: What just happened? Are you okay? Oh? Man? 270 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: I don't know if she's okay. 271 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 5: Yeah. 272 00:13:37,559 --> 00:13:40,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're feeling okay though, because we're telling you that 273 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 3: you're on the radio right now, Paul. 274 00:13:43,040 --> 00:13:46,400 Speaker 6: Okay, First of all, Aaron is my name. Second of all, 275 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 6: who are you people? 276 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 3: We're a radio show. We're called Brook and Jeffrey in 277 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:54,640 Speaker 3: the Morning, and your girlfriend, Aaron is a listener. She 278 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,800 Speaker 3: asked us to reach out to you for this segment 279 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 3: called the Awkward Thursday phone Call. 280 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:01,160 Speaker 2: It's a good thing. She wants to make this relationship work. 281 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:04,239 Speaker 2: That's why she was asking for help exactly. 282 00:14:05,960 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 6: That's really sweet. This is super embarrassing. I wish you 283 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 6: would talk to me, Aaron before you called the radio. 284 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 6: But let's figure this out. 285 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what we're here to help figure it out. 286 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 2: Yes, are you being serious? Your mom wants to change 287 00:14:23,040 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 2: her name to Erin. I'm sorry, we got to go 288 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 2: back to that. 289 00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:27,360 Speaker 6: Well, she's the one who gave me the name in 290 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,040 Speaker 6: the first place, so she's always liked it. It might 291 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,720 Speaker 6: just be because she never got the chance to have that 292 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:33,400 Speaker 6: name when. 293 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, wow, she has a fondness for it. 294 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 8: I mean, you should have an opportunity to be an Aeron. 295 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 3: It's sure ridiculous. 296 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,000 Speaker 1: I mean, the thing about being in a healthy relationship 297 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 1: is being two individual, independent identities of people exactly. 298 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 5: Like you need to be you and have your own 299 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 5: identity and something that means that for you. If you 300 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,480 Speaker 5: don't like the name Paul, that's totally fine. We can 301 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 5: go with something else, just anything but my name. 302 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 10: I mean, what about Baron? 303 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 2: It rhymes with Aaron. There's so many. 304 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 3: Options, Karen, that's a really popular name. 305 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 5: Right now, we'll come up with something for sure. 306 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,440 Speaker 3: How about we use initials, where guy Aaron you could 307 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 3: be AP and girl Aaron you could be EP. 308 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 2: Okay, Guy Eric can just stay Paul, Jeff. That's what 309 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 2: we're working for. 310 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,040 Speaker 5: This is getting so confusing, but I think Brooke gave 311 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,000 Speaker 5: some good advice. She said, why don't I just call 312 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 5: you Aaron in private and I can just be like 313 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 5: our saying, like, you know, my little pet name for you, 314 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 5: but then still in life you. 315 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 8: Go buy Paul legal name. 316 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 3: What do you think about that, Paul? 317 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 6: What about this? What about I go by Aaron in 318 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,480 Speaker 6: public and then if it bothers you so much, then 319 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 6: in private you can still call me Paul. 320 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 3: The opposite. 321 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 5: No, and then that's like circumventing all of the issues, 322 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:56,000 Speaker 5: which is that you've already been introduced to my family 323 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 5: and my friends and everyone in your life as Paul. 324 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,200 Speaker 5: It would be it would be crazy. 325 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 7: To change it now. 326 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 6: I know, I just changed my email signature already, so 327 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 6: it's going to be awkward to go back. 328 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 5: That's a lot easier than legally changing your name. 329 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,960 Speaker 3: How about let's just meet in the middle and all 330 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 3: agree on Sugar Aaron and call it a dad. 331 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:21,800 Speaker 5: I don't know if I can get on board with that. 332 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 3: I still liked them. 333 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 8: As square and as a couple. 334 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 2: All of this, what are you going to do? 335 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 5: I think we're going to have to sit down and 336 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 5: have a conversation about that somewhere, maybe not. 337 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 3: On the air, Okay, that's a good idea. And the 338 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 3: best news is we accomplished what we were trying to 339 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 3: with this call, and that's put the idea out there. 340 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 3: Just put the problem out in the open, so everybody 341 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 3: knows there's an issue. 342 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:50,960 Speaker 1: Pretty sure, we established at the beginning we were trying 343 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: to stop him from. 344 00:16:51,920 --> 00:16:56,080 Speaker 3: Changing at all, and now we have fifteen different solutions 345 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,080 Speaker 3: that they can choose from for how they want to 346 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 3: resolve itself. You too, go off the air and figure 347 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 3: out how you want to call each other and report 348 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:06,880 Speaker 3: back to us. Give us an update on how you decided. 349 00:17:07,520 --> 00:17:10,000 Speaker 5: Okay, we definitely have some good leads. 350 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, but don't just sign an erin because we won't 351 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:12,679 Speaker 2: know who wrote us. 352 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 3: Yes, Sugar, arran Brook and Jeffrey in the morning, Well, 353 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 3: did we accomplish what we set out to do at 354 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:25,600 Speaker 3: the start of this phone call? No, not exactly, not 355 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 3: at all. Did we at least get the conversation started 356 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 3: between the two of them, Yes, yes, that's true. I'm 357 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 3: going to take that as a victory for us, And 358 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 3: I think an entire family full of errands could actually 359 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 3: be kind of a cute thing, really, Yeah, like the 360 00:17:39,840 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 3: Kardashian family with their whole k situation. This just takes 361 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:44,480 Speaker 3: it to the extreme literal. 362 00:17:44,640 --> 00:17:47,000 Speaker 2: Did George Foreman name all his kids George? 363 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, they're like. 364 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,440 Speaker 2: There's like eighteen George's in his family. 365 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 3: There is a road to happiness with these two. 366 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 8: Pronounce a different an, the famous actually all the monogrammed 367 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,000 Speaker 8: Aaron stuff around them. 368 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:04,520 Speaker 3: The more we talk about it, the more I like it. 369 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 3: So I hope that they give us an update on 370 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 3: what they decide to do with their first names. Maybe 371 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 3: they'll have the same last names too. How cute will 372 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 3: that be? That's that will not be cute if they 373 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 3: get married. 374 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:21,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, it'd be easier for Texas and last name. 375 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,400 Speaker 3: I'm loving it more and more, and we can help 376 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 3: out you and your personal life, just like we did 377 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:32,880 Speaker 3: with the Aaron family. Reach out to the show and 378 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 3: we can help try to resolve your issues with an 379 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 3: awkward call. Make sure you go. If you're listening to 380 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 3: this right now, subscribe to our podcast. You get all 381 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 3: the awkwardness wherever you listen.