WEBVTT - Awkward Thursday: The Name Game

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, back by popular demand. It is a special Awkward

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday phone call today.

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<v Speaker 2>Super popular demand. You guys love Awkward Thursday.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, the cringe is something that is, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>really beloved on this show.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not that it's Jeff's intro for Thursday.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course I see.

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<v Speaker 2>I say.

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<v Speaker 1>That's yeah, you found the second eight podcast and we're

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<v Speaker 1>glad you're here. Before we get to it, though, we

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<v Speaker 1>love to always highlight your comments. Yes, Annie and Matthew said,

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<v Speaker 1>you guys have become my new addiction. You'll are the

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<v Speaker 1>first thing I hear in the morning and the last

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<v Speaker 1>thing I think about when I go to bed. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I'm in a relationship with this podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Are exclusive?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't like titles.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yes, I did need to freak out this out.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's just get to it before I talk

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<v Speaker 1>to or say too much. Yeah, il y, your brand

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<v Speaker 1>new Awkward Thursday stords right now.

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<v Speaker 3>If your boyfriend says he has a little romantic surprise

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<v Speaker 3>for you, what are you hoping for? Okay, maybe a

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<v Speaker 3>candlelight dinner, yeah, trip to Sandals, Jamaica, a salmon protein shake,

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<v Speaker 3>one glass too strong? Hello, well, one of our listeners

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<v Speaker 3>says she was not ready for the surprise her boyfriend

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<v Speaker 3>had in store, and now she needs help figuring out

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<v Speaker 3>how to get him to take it back and do

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<v Speaker 3>it without hurting his feelings. You're gonna hear it in

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<v Speaker 3>your special all New Awkward Thursday phone call right after

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<v Speaker 3>this It's awkward, It's Thursday. It's awkward Thursday phone call.

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<v Speaker 3>When you think of the most awkward parts of navigating

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<v Speaker 3>any new relationship, it usually involves questions like when do

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<v Speaker 3>I introduce them to my friends and my family? When

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<v Speaker 3>do I go through their hair brush to send a

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<v Speaker 3>strand to a lab and see if there's any signs

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<v Speaker 3>of fetanyl use. You know, those are normal, everyday things

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<v Speaker 3>that people always go through at the start of a relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>But one of our listeners, Aaron, is navigating a different

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<v Speaker 3>set of circumstances, one that I don't think I've ever

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<v Speaker 3>heard before. So Aarin, thank you for trusting us with

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<v Speaker 3>the health and wellness of your relationship. Welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks guys, Thank you. Yeah, I need some guidance in this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, Jeff, he's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>People who call us are always desperate.

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<v Speaker 3>It's okay, Yeah, are you collecting strands of his hair yet?

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<v Speaker 5>You know it hasn't gotten that far yet. But based

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<v Speaker 5>on the story, I don't know. If I did, you

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<v Speaker 5>probably wouldn't blame me.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh what are we solving? Is this a mystery? What's happening?

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<v Speaker 3>Going one?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay? So basically I have been dating this guy, Thanks Paul.

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<v Speaker 5>We've been together for about six months or so, and

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<v Speaker 5>it's been going great until just the other day. Uh oh,

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<v Speaker 5>brings up this scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so it didn't need a sound effect in that

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<v Speaker 1>another day, whoa, what happened?

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<v Speaker 6>What happened?

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<v Speaker 5>So anyway, we're having dinner at my apartment the other

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<v Speaker 5>night and he's like.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, I've got a surprise for you, and so he

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<v Speaker 7>hands me a piece of paper that he had printed

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<v Speaker 7>out from like the courts county system or something, and

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<v Speaker 7>it's a it's a name change.

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<v Speaker 5>Form name change like legal to legally change your name.

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<v Speaker 5>Who my first I was like, oh my gosh, is

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<v Speaker 5>this like a proposal and.

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<v Speaker 3>You're change your last name?

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<v Speaker 5>That would be a red flag.

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<v Speaker 4>Enough you come together for six months.

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<v Speaker 3>And a terrible proposal document.

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<v Speaker 8>Well will you notarize this legal document with me?

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<v Speaker 3>It's romantic that he went the extra mile to do

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<v Speaker 3>that for her.

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<v Speaker 4>Wait what was it?

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<v Speaker 9>Was?

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<v Speaker 2>It filled out?

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<v Speaker 5>So it was like half filled out. But once I

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<v Speaker 5>took a look at it, I saw it was his

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<v Speaker 5>name on the forum and I was like, oh, he

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<v Speaker 5>wants to change his name okay.

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<v Speaker 4>And he basically tells me that he likes my name

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<v Speaker 4>so much my name is Aaron, that he wants to

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<v Speaker 4>change his name to.

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<v Speaker 5>Aaron too, like the male very double a.

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<v Speaker 3>What what's what was your reaction to that?

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<v Speaker 5>My first though I thought it was a joke, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm like, I start laughing and I was like, oh

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<v Speaker 5>my god, wouldn't that be crazy?

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<v Speaker 7>He's so serious about it.

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<v Speaker 5>And I was like, oh my god.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you he wants to go from Paul to Aaron.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, he wants to legally change his name. And I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't even know this, but his middle name is Aaron.

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<v Speaker 1>Why does he need to legally change anything? Then just

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<v Speaker 1>go by his middle name.

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<v Speaker 5>It seems very dramatic, but that's what he wanted. He

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<v Speaker 5>wanted to be Aaron and Aaron, to be.

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<v Speaker 2>Aaron, Aaron dating and Aaron.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay.

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<v Speaker 8>So there's red flags here.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know what they are.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but it's one of those names when you say

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<v Speaker 1>it a lot, it starts to not sound like a word.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, personally I like this idea, but I'm sensing in

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<v Speaker 3>the room and from you yourself, Aaron, that you're not

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<v Speaker 3>a fan. What what are your qualms about it?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, one, it would be confusing for of all,

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<v Speaker 5>I mean, who are we referring to?

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<v Speaker 6>Right?

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<v Speaker 5>And also it's weird.

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<v Speaker 4>He's met a lot of my friends.

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<v Speaker 5>He just recently met my mom, and now I got

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<v Speaker 5>to go back and say, like, oh, yes, I know

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<v Speaker 5>he was Paul, but now just because he wanted us

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<v Speaker 5>to be Maggie Matchie. Now his name is Aaron, so

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<v Speaker 5>everyone now call him Aaron.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me go through with it.

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<v Speaker 8>My dad's name is also Jose.

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<v Speaker 3>We go by Big Jose, little Jose. You could go

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<v Speaker 3>by big aeront Aaron, and I thought was better.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I still don't understand his reasoning.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I don't. He just kept saying that he just

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<v Speaker 5>really really likes the name, and he calls me by

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<v Speaker 5>that name all the time, obviously, and he just was

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<v Speaker 5>saying that he he wanted to also feel that.

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<v Speaker 7>Good about it when people would.

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<v Speaker 5>Call him by that name. I don't know. It wasn't making.

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<v Speaker 6>The name.

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<v Speaker 8>You should be flattered in a sense, like he's truly.

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<v Speaker 1>Can you continue dating a guy who changed his name

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<v Speaker 1>to your name?

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<v Speaker 3>Do you have the same last name as your husband

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<v Speaker 3>before you guys got married, so you don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Last name?

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<v Speaker 6>All right?

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<v Speaker 3>Seriously, Obviously you've reached out to us today because this

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<v Speaker 3>decision on his part is making you feel uncomfortable. But

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<v Speaker 3>what are you hoping to do with your awkward Thursday

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<v Speaker 3>phone call?

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<v Speaker 5>Well? So he I mean he hasn't changed it officially yet,

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<v Speaker 5>but he is starting the process, and I just I

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<v Speaker 5>need advice to stop him from doing that without hurting

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<v Speaker 5>his feelings.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, you don't want to break up with phone or anything.

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<v Speaker 3>You still like him?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I mean it's been going really well up until

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<v Speaker 5>this moment.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean some say Michael even better if you're both Aaron,

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<v Speaker 3>But you know it's up to you. It's fine. We

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<v Speaker 3>can try and help you out when we come back.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah some some people some do say that, but we

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<v Speaker 3>will come up with some advice to give you on

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<v Speaker 3>how to tell your boyfriend not to change his name

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<v Speaker 3>to match yours when we come back for your awkward

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<v Speaker 3>Thursday phone call right after.

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<v Speaker 5>This thank you?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, hold on, it's awkward. It's Thursday.

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<v Speaker 5>It's awkward.

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<v Speaker 3>Thursday phone call.

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<v Speaker 10>Tina Fay, Brad Pitt, Rihanna. All people who decided to

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<v Speaker 10>publicly go by their middle names and look where they

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<v Speaker 10>are now? Washed up has beens who will do anything

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<v Speaker 10>spertly trying to stay in the spotlight.

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<v Speaker 2>Ran is like a billionaire.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, self made only a billionaire. Sad story. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think we learned from all those examples that going with

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<v Speaker 3>the middle is a terrible idea. And our listener, Aaron

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<v Speaker 3>wants to make sure her boyfriend doesn't end up as

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<v Speaker 3>the next Brad Pitt doesn't want it because his name's Paul,

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<v Speaker 3>but he wants to start going by his middle name

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<v Speaker 3>erin which yes, is the exact same as his girlfriend,

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<v Speaker 3>just slightly different spelling. And our listener, Aaron doesn't want

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<v Speaker 3>that to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's strange.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and luckily he hasn't done it officially yet. But

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<v Speaker 3>I do want to just get a little clarification, Aaron,

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<v Speaker 3>is he legally wanting to change his name to Aaron

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<v Speaker 3>Aaron or what?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>Okay? No?

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<v Speaker 7>So he basically he just wants to.

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<v Speaker 5>Swap his first and middle name legally.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, he wants.

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<v Speaker 2>To be Aaron like the guy from Baking Bad, Right.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, his career has not gone well since the end

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<v Speaker 3>of breaking his Heisenberg. He missed the window exactly. So again,

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<v Speaker 3>Aaron needs advice on how to stop her boyfriend from

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<v Speaker 3>changing his name. Jose, what do you have for her?

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<v Speaker 8>A person's name is a big thing, right, It's not

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<v Speaker 8>their identity, but it can be your personality.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh for sure, I feel Brook, yes, in my soul.

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<v Speaker 8>So just tell him, like things are going so good

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<v Speaker 8>right now. If you change major things like this, you're

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<v Speaker 8>worried it's gonna hurt the relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, that's good. Threaten him with a bad future.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well I'm all about, you know me, compromise in

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>Brook to a t.

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<v Speaker 1>So, Aaron, how would you feel about just calling him

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron in private?

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<v Speaker 3>Like a dirty secret?

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<v Speaker 1>Like listen, honey, you just keep Paul and then I'll

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<v Speaker 1>call you Aaron and that can be our thing.

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<v Speaker 9>Family.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the weird part.

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<v Speaker 5>By the way he's been talking about it, I honestly

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<v Speaker 5>doubt that it'll go for that. I think he wants

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<v Speaker 5>it to be like universal, but I'll definitely pitch it.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, well, okay, I mean I would just be careful

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<v Speaker 3>because if you don't start calling him Aaron in private,

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<v Speaker 3>one of his coworkers might, and you're into a whole

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<v Speaker 3>new area of weirdness. But we have the advice out

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<v Speaker 3>there for you. You can use it if you like to,

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<v Speaker 3>but really up to you. I'm gonna dial Paul, at

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<v Speaker 3>least for now, your boyfriend, and then we'll see if

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<v Speaker 3>he picks up.

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<v Speaker 9>Here we go, Hello, Hi, Paul. Yeah, I'm sorry, I

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<v Speaker 9>think you got the wrong number.

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<v Speaker 6>This is Aaron.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, It's it's me Aron. Hey.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh oh hey babe. How's it going?

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<v Speaker 7>Hey?

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<v Speaker 5>So you know how I was going to come over

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<v Speaker 5>after work tonight. I don't. I don't think I should

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<v Speaker 5>come by anymore.

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<v Speaker 6>Actually, oh why not, sugar bear.

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<v Speaker 5>To be honest, I feel like things have really been

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<v Speaker 5>going well in our relationships recently, but lately I've just

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<v Speaker 5>been kind of frustrated and I don't know how to

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<v Speaker 5>talk to you about it exactly.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh, I mean I think it's going well too. Look,

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<v Speaker 6>whatever is on your mind, you can tell me, because

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<v Speaker 6>I'm your sugar bear. All right, I'll listen to you.

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<v Speaker 6>Aaron to Aaron, I'm here, I'm here for you. I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Well, okay, that right there, that is what is not

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<v Speaker 5>sitting well with me.

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<v Speaker 6>Wait, what's nuts it me being here for you?

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<v Speaker 5>No? No, just you using my name as your name.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay. Well, first of all, it's not the same name,

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<v Speaker 6>because you're Aaron with any and I'm Aaron with an

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<v Speaker 6>A with two a's, And technically i'm older impact though

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<v Speaker 6>I actually had the name person. If anyone should be

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<v Speaker 6>changed the names, probably you. Wait what I was older

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<v Speaker 6>that my mom gave me that name before your.

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<v Speaker 5>Mother gave you this. Well, even you told me that

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<v Speaker 5>the only reason that you wanted to go by that

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<v Speaker 5>name was because once we started dating, really like the

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<v Speaker 5>way that it sounds like it was, the inspiration was

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<v Speaker 5>from my first name, and.

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<v Speaker 6>It was and I thank you for that. I went wow,

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<v Speaker 6>this person. But I also went wow, I think I'm

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<v Speaker 6>also that person. I think I think that's me.

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<v Speaker 5>The point is, we've been seeing each other for six

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<v Speaker 5>months now, and my friends think that it's weird. I

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<v Speaker 5>think that's come on.

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<v Speaker 6>They're probably just saying that out of jealousy, because we

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<v Speaker 6>have a good thing going there and they think it's

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<v Speaker 6>super cute.

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<v Speaker 5>Nobody, unfortunately, thinks it's super cute other than you and mom.

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<v Speaker 5>Your mom even keeps making this dumb joke about us

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<v Speaker 5>being Aaron squared and.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't want that, but you know what, she loves

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<v Speaker 6>it so much she might start using it.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh now, your mom wants to go by Aaron too.

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<v Speaker 4>That's a joke.

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<v Speaker 6>What just happened? Are you okay? Oh? Man?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if she's okay.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we're feeling okay though, because we're telling you that

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<v Speaker 3>you're on the radio right now, Paul.

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<v Speaker 6>Okay, First of all, Aaron is my name. Second of all,

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<v Speaker 6>who are you people?

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<v Speaker 3>We're a radio show. We're called Brook and Jeffrey in

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<v Speaker 3>the Morning, and your girlfriend, Aaron is a listener. She

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<v Speaker 3>asked us to reach out to you for this segment

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<v Speaker 3>called the Awkward Thursday phone Call.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a good thing. She wants to make this relationship work.

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<v Speaker 2>That's why she was asking for help exactly.

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<v Speaker 6>That's really sweet. This is super embarrassing. I wish you

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<v Speaker 6>would talk to me, Aaron before you called the radio.

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<v Speaker 6>But let's figure this out.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that's what we're here to help figure it out.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, are you being serious? Your mom wants to change

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<v Speaker 2>her name to Erin. I'm sorry, we got to go

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<v Speaker 2>back to that.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, she's the one who gave me the name in

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<v Speaker 6>the first place, so she's always liked it. It might

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<v Speaker 6>just be because she never got the chance to have that

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<v Speaker 6>name when.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yeah, wow, she has a fondness for it.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, you should have an opportunity to be an Aeron.

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<v Speaker 3>It's sure ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the thing about being in a healthy relationship

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<v Speaker 1>is being two individual, independent identities of people exactly.

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<v Speaker 5>Like you need to be you and have your own

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<v Speaker 5>identity and something that means that for you. If you

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<v Speaker 5>don't like the name Paul, that's totally fine. We can

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<v Speaker 5>go with something else, just anything but my name.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean, what about Baron?

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<v Speaker 2>It rhymes with Aaron. There's so many.

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<v Speaker 3>Options, Karen, that's a really popular name.

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<v Speaker 5>Right now, we'll come up with something for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>How about we use initials, where guy Aaron you could

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<v Speaker 3>be AP and girl Aaron you could be EP.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Guy Eric can just stay Paul, Jeff. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>we're working for.

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<v Speaker 5>This is getting so confusing, but I think Brooke gave

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<v Speaker 5>some good advice. She said, why don't I just call

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<v Speaker 5>you Aaron in private and I can just be like

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<v Speaker 5>our saying, like, you know, my little pet name for you,

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<v Speaker 5>but then still in life you.

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<v Speaker 8>Go buy Paul legal name.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you think about that, Paul?

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<v Speaker 6>What about this? What about I go by Aaron in

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<v Speaker 6>public and then if it bothers you so much, then

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<v Speaker 6>in private you can still call me Paul.

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<v Speaker 3>The opposite.

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<v Speaker 5>No, and then that's like circumventing all of the issues,

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<v Speaker 5>which is that you've already been introduced to my family

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<v Speaker 5>and my friends and everyone in your life as Paul.

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<v Speaker 5>It would be it would be crazy.

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<v Speaker 7>To change it now.

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<v Speaker 6>I know, I just changed my email signature already, so

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<v Speaker 6>it's going to be awkward to go back.

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<v Speaker 5>That's a lot easier than legally changing your name.

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<v Speaker 3>How about let's just meet in the middle and all

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<v Speaker 3>agree on Sugar Aaron and call it a dad.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if I can get on board with that.

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<v Speaker 3>I still liked them.

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<v Speaker 8>As square and as a couple.

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<v Speaker 2>All of this, what are you going to do?

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<v Speaker 5>I think we're going to have to sit down and

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<v Speaker 5>have a conversation about that somewhere, maybe not.

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<v Speaker 3>On the air, Okay, that's a good idea. And the

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<v Speaker 3>best news is we accomplished what we were trying to

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<v Speaker 3>with this call, and that's put the idea out there.

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<v Speaker 3>Just put the problem out in the open, so everybody

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<v Speaker 3>knows there's an issue.

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty sure, we established at the beginning we were trying

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<v Speaker 1>to stop him from.

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<v Speaker 3>Changing at all, and now we have fifteen different solutions

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<v Speaker 3>that they can choose from for how they want to

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<v Speaker 3>resolve itself. You too, go off the air and figure

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<v Speaker 3>out how you want to call each other and report

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<v Speaker 3>back to us. Give us an update on how you decided.

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<v Speaker 5>Okay, we definitely have some good leads.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, but don't just sign an erin because we won't

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<v Speaker 2>know who wrote us.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Sugar, arran Brook and Jeffrey in the morning, Well,

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<v Speaker 3>did we accomplish what we set out to do at

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<v Speaker 3>the start of this phone call? No, not exactly, not

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<v Speaker 3>at all. Did we at least get the conversation started

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<v Speaker 3>between the two of them, Yes, yes, that's true. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>going to take that as a victory for us, And

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<v Speaker 3>I think an entire family full of errands could actually

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<v Speaker 3>be kind of a cute thing, really, Yeah, like the

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<v Speaker 3>Kardashian family with their whole k situation. This just takes

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<v Speaker 3>it to the extreme literal.

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<v Speaker 2>Did George Foreman name all his kids George?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh yeah, they're like.

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<v Speaker 2>There's like eighteen George's in his family.

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<v Speaker 3>There is a road to happiness with these two.

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<v Speaker 8>Pronounce a different an, the famous actually all the monogrammed

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<v Speaker 8>Aaron stuff around them.

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<v Speaker 3>The more we talk about it, the more I like it.

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<v Speaker 3>So I hope that they give us an update on

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<v Speaker 3>what they decide to do with their first names. Maybe

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<v Speaker 3>they'll have the same last names too. How cute will

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<v Speaker 3>that be? That's that will not be cute if they

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<v Speaker 3>get married.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yes, it'd be easier for Texas and last name.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm loving it more and more, and we can help

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<v Speaker 3>out you and your personal life, just like we did

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<v Speaker 3>with the Aaron family. Reach out to the show and

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<v Speaker 3>we can help try to resolve your issues with an

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<v Speaker 3>awkward call. Make sure you go. If you're listening to

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