WEBVTT - Advice From Your Big Sister with Tinx

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, hello Catherine, Hey Chelsea, you know what, why

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<v Speaker 1>don't we start with dates today? Because I know your

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<v Speaker 1>Eugene Oregon show had to be rescheduled for March fourth

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<v Speaker 1>and Portland is on March five now, but what else

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<v Speaker 1>do you have going on? Okay? So I have some

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<v Speaker 1>announcements for my stand up. We've rescheduled Vancouver and Calgary

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<v Speaker 1>dates to August twelfth and thirteen, so they are no

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<v Speaker 1>longer on April three. Now. The Grammys are on April three,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have to go to the Grammys this year

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm nominated for a Grammy for Best Comedy Album. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so I had to reschedule my Vancouver and Calgary dates.

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<v Speaker 1>That's Canada, and all the other dates existing are staying

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<v Speaker 1>the same, so we have that to celebrate as well.

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<v Speaker 1>And yeah, what else, Catherine? You look very vivacious today,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say, is the word. My hair is doing

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<v Speaker 1>like a Kelly Kapowski thing, and I'm not mad about it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just like different. I don't know who Kelly Kapowski is,

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<v Speaker 1>but I like the way that that your hair looks.

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<v Speaker 1>It looks like you were freshly something recently, like something positive. Happened. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I was gonna say several positive things happened

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<v Speaker 1>last night, but that's probably not something you can talk

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<v Speaker 1>about on the air. I don't see why. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see why not. I mean, what's stopping you? Just sex stuff? Really?

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<v Speaker 1>But okay, well, I'm glad for you and I'm glad

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<v Speaker 1>for Brad. It seems like the two of you are thriving.

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<v Speaker 1>We're just we're truly are with your fiscal your fiscal sexuality.

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<v Speaker 1>That's your area of expertise, fiscal sexuality. That's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always reading finance books, or especially books about how

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<v Speaker 1>finances make people feel like that to me is very interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I know I don't have a good handle

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<v Speaker 1>on that because I don't struggle with finances, and even

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<v Speaker 1>when I did, I was so broke for so long

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<v Speaker 1>that I just always knew I would have money, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I always assumed i'd be successful. I just knew it.

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<v Speaker 1>I had like a dollar credit card debt when I

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<v Speaker 1>was a waitress because I would take everyone out all

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<v Speaker 1>the time before I had money, and I just charge

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<v Speaker 1>it to credit cards. I was like, I'll get this later.

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<v Speaker 1>That was actually something that Colleen said she was like

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<v Speaker 1>even when she had no money, she was she would

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<v Speaker 1>always treat she was very generous. But my friends, like

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<v Speaker 1>three of them filed for bankruptcy when we were in

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<v Speaker 1>her twenties and they just got a clean slate, And

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, that is such fucking horseship rude. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>So I never did that. I was like, I'm paying

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<v Speaker 1>my money back. I'm never gonna steal, Like I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll steal, but not from not for the that set up, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you make that kind of debt, you should

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<v Speaker 1>incur that kind of debt, you should pay it back.

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<v Speaker 1>So I did, Yeah, but I was never like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>sud I mean I was like, oh, yeah, thirty thousand

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<v Speaker 1>dollars in credit card fees. I mean, Bill's no problem

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<v Speaker 1>with this, and he guess what, it wasn't a problem.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have to believe. Do you feel like because

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<v Speaker 1>you just expected success to happen, that was part of

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<v Speaker 1>what helped it like manifest itself in the universe. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I think when you have one singular notion and you're

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<v Speaker 1>only working towards that notion, like there's nothing that can

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<v Speaker 1>get in your way. When you're headstrong and you think

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<v Speaker 1>like this is your destiny and you believe that, then

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<v Speaker 1>that is what is going to happen. What else is

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<v Speaker 1>going to happen? You know, you're not putting your efforts

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<v Speaker 1>towards I certainly wasn't, but it wasn't putting my efforts

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<v Speaker 1>towards being a good waitress, which was what I was doing.

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't like I was like, I gotta make this work,

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<v Speaker 1>and last I was like, oh okay, Like how do

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<v Speaker 1>I get the funk out of this job? I've always

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<v Speaker 1>been inherently lazy, even if I work a lot, my

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<v Speaker 1>my go to Like yesterday, I had a big thing

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<v Speaker 1>that was canceled at the last minute, so I had

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<v Speaker 1>the whole day off. I went over to the house. Yeah, hello,

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. I mean, I wasn't upset, and I

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<v Speaker 1>had been dieting for this thing, like I had been

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<v Speaker 1>really being the shoot. Yeah, and it got canceled. So

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<v Speaker 1>I ended up going to my girlfriend's house and we

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<v Speaker 1>smoked a duby at around ten thirty in the morning.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we went to launch at Javier's in Century City.

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<v Speaker 1>I had to Margarita's. We came home, I went home,

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<v Speaker 1>got into bed, took it edible and watched oz Arcs

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<v Speaker 1>for probably six hours, and yes I was I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna stay up. I'm gonna stay up, and then

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, no, I'm not. As soon as it hit

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<v Speaker 1>nine thirty, I was out. And then Joe came home

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<v Speaker 1>at ten thirty from his trip and I was out cold,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was just like, what a beautiful day. Like

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<v Speaker 1>That's how I would like aside from working out, I

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<v Speaker 1>really just want to be in bed all day long. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>My my one mentor, she's always called it a flow day,

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<v Speaker 1>which kind of sounds like a period thing, but it

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<v Speaker 1>does not. She just says, like, have a day where

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<v Speaker 1>you just do the next thing you want to do.

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<v Speaker 1>You wanted to get a margarita, and then you wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to lay in bed and watch os Ark, and then

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted to you know. It's just like, just just

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<v Speaker 1>have a day where you don't have any plans. You

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<v Speaker 1>just do the next thing whenever you want to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I said to my dermatologist this morning. I was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, I told her what I did yesterday.

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<v Speaker 1>I could just feel the judgment coming from r because

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<v Speaker 1>she has four children and she's just like, what you

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<v Speaker 1>sat in bed and watched O Talk all day. It's like, yeah, bitch,

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what I did. Some people could never do that.

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<v Speaker 1>People people that will never ever lie in bed all day. No,

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<v Speaker 1>or they can't because they have like nine kids running around,

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<v Speaker 1>or even like two kids running around. Like, people don't understand.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be like, oh, yeah, like slept until ten. They're like,

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<v Speaker 1>what is your life? I'm like, that's kind of that's

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<v Speaker 1>not crazy if you don't have kids. Yeah, no, I know.

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<v Speaker 1>I That's the only thing that I'm not good at

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<v Speaker 1>is I don't sleep in anymore. I wake up early,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if I sleep till eight, that's late. Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm getting worse about that. Like last weekend I was

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<v Speaker 1>able to sleep late into the morning, but it's been

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<v Speaker 1>months since I've slept on the weekend past, like even

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<v Speaker 1>like nine. I think. Yeah, I think that's an age thing.

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<v Speaker 1>As you get older, you stopped sleeping in. Yeah. Also

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<v Speaker 1>getting just like excited for coffee in the morning. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you ever have that? I'm not excited for I'll wake

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<v Speaker 1>I'll go to sleep, and I'll be like, but in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning, I could have coffee. I mean, I've been

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<v Speaker 1>taking these little Kiani boosters. He's caffeine like from my

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<v Speaker 1>one of my nutrition has sent them to me, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a mine sharpener and it just like wakes

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<v Speaker 1>you up and makes you alert. So I have that

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<v Speaker 1>in lieu of coffee a lot, and that really works. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's nice. Yeah, I know, it's like a shot and

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<v Speaker 1>you just wake up. Because I'm not that into coffee.

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<v Speaker 1>I just drink it, you know, as like a you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm strinking it socially, it's like alcohol for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Just if other people are around, you'll have it. Uh No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like what alcohol is for other people. Coffee is

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<v Speaker 1>to me. So alcohol I could have alone or with

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<v Speaker 1>a friend. But coffee I usually have if someone's there

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<v Speaker 1>and they're having coffee. Like Joe loves coffee, so I'll

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<v Speaker 1>go with him and get a coffee. It's a problem

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<v Speaker 1>if you're drinking it alone. Well, I tried to have

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<v Speaker 1>one of his coffees, which is like a triple latte

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<v Speaker 1>with oat milk, and I'm like, uh, then I had

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<v Speaker 1>diarrhea for the entire day. I'm like, get away from

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<v Speaker 1>me with these trips. I don't need a triple fucking

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<v Speaker 1>I needed to you, Joe, by the way, he's bouncing

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<v Speaker 1>off the walls and then and he falls asleep. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he has like so boundless energy, it seems so. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure more now that he's been working out with you

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<v Speaker 1>and Ben Bruno. Yeah, his body is really coming together.

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<v Speaker 1>His friends probably all think, either're like, oh fun he

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<v Speaker 1>started dating Chelsea and she fucking whipped his ass into shape.

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<v Speaker 1>You know that. Everyone's like, oh, she's got him skin.

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<v Speaker 1>He's in lost twenty pounds. Oh my god. I know. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>let's talk about our guest for today, shall we. Oh? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>our guests is Funny Okay, so I guess today. She

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of known as the big sister of TikTok.

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<v Speaker 1>She has a new podcast it's called It's Me Tanks,

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<v Speaker 1>which will launch Monday, February one, and I'm excited to

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<v Speaker 1>welcome her to the show because I have been watching

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<v Speaker 1>her on TikTok for a long time. So please welcome Tanks. Tanks,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome to the show. Thank you. I'm so excited to

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<v Speaker 1>be here. Thank you. I'm excited to talk to you

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<v Speaker 1>because we have so much in common, because you're kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like a self annoyed alcohol that I'm sorry, I

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<v Speaker 1>am an alcoholic. I just realized that it's CDC put

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<v Speaker 1>out a message about however many drinks is average for

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<v Speaker 1>a man, like eight to sixteen anything over that. You're

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<v Speaker 1>an alcoholic as a man, but for a woman it's

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<v Speaker 1>much less. And I'm like, you know what, this is

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<v Speaker 1>another sexist because like, fuck you, why are we supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to drink less than men? We're the ones who have

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with men, which causes us to drink even more. Exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's really the CDC is sexist and unclear. Frankly,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't trust them as far as I can throw them.

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<v Speaker 1>They can't count for ships, so who are they to

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<v Speaker 1>count my cocktails per week? That's a great point, tanks,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a great point. Anyway, I cut you off. What

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<v Speaker 1>else do we have in common place? You're like a

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<v Speaker 1>self anointed big sister of TikTok? Like I didn't. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't realize that you are basically giving advice to the

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<v Speaker 1>masses and giving your opinions and advice to people who

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<v Speaker 1>are it's solicited and unsolicited, really, because sometimes it is solicited,

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<v Speaker 1>But I fucking love that and that's how I operate it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm constantly giving out information, whether people are asking for

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<v Speaker 1>it or not. Yeah, I just kind of run my mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>And I do believe in sharing information and passing on

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<v Speaker 1>what I know, because if I can save a girl

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks from like agonizing over a fun boy with

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<v Speaker 1>just like a little mind trick that I've used, then

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<v Speaker 1>that's a win. Right. I don't know everything, but I

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<v Speaker 1>might know a little bit more than than some people.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also love asking for advice, So I think

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<v Speaker 1>that that it goes both ways. Like I love learning things.

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<v Speaker 1>I love, you know, hearing like from my friends how

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<v Speaker 1>did you do that? I love reading memoirs, especially from women,

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<v Speaker 1>and just learning like you know, how did you pay?

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<v Speaker 1>How did you do it? And then I pass it on.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, and sometimes it's unsolicited, but I think that

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always right, so people need to hear. Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly how I feel like my opinion is valuable. The

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<v Speaker 1>more the people I get to, the better for the world, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I also think it's important to recognize when you are

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<v Speaker 1>to share things with women, you know, because I have

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<v Speaker 1>so many friends in this industry who are very secretive

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<v Speaker 1>about the things and the little tricks that they do

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<v Speaker 1>to lose weight or look younger, or what they're doing

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<v Speaker 1>in your face or their body. So that's another area

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<v Speaker 1>where I feel very passionate about doing the opposite, because

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<v Speaker 1>you should be letting other women in on the secret's,

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<v Speaker 1>not keeping them and hoarding them for yourself. I totally agree,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think whatever you do is your business and

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<v Speaker 1>that's fine, but you can't, like, because I'm now in

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<v Speaker 1>the public eye, so to speak, I feel a responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>to say what I've had done, so I'm not, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>setting unrealistic expectations for girls that are younger than me.

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<v Speaker 1>I love botox, and I say that, and I say

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<v Speaker 1>I get it all the time, and I use very

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<v Speaker 1>expensive skincare. But but I tell you know, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I do. I don't just like drink

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of water, any poach salmon, like as all

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<v Speaker 1>the celebrities lied in the nineties that that's all they did.

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<v Speaker 1>You put alive oil on your face, jail or you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're lying, like, no, you will also poach salmon. You

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<v Speaker 1>can only have like for three days in a row

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<v Speaker 1>before you never forget want. So that's a lie right there.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's a lie. So it's like, yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>believe in gate keeping. I I think that my whole

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<v Speaker 1>stick is like if there's a room full of women

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<v Speaker 1>and someone in there has a problem and someone else

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<v Speaker 1>in there has the answer, and it's all about sharing

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<v Speaker 1>the information, and if I can help play a small

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<v Speaker 1>part that then that's great. But yeah, I I honestly

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<v Speaker 1>won't shut the funk up about not only just advice,

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<v Speaker 1>but just like, well, this is what I'm doing this week, er,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I'm trying here, because it's just like,

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<v Speaker 1>share the information. That's how we're gonna move. And also, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>share the information good and bad. When you have a

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<v Speaker 1>bad experience with something, share that to help women understand

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<v Speaker 1>what the options are because I obviously, I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>do so much ship with facials, with treatments, with I

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<v Speaker 1>v S, with skin, with lasers, all this ship, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's like I'm totally willing to share all that stuff.

0:11:41.360 --> 0:11:43.880
<v Speaker 1>And you also have to recognize that it's also very

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<v Speaker 1>expensive stuff totally not everybody can afford, so you can

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<v Speaker 1>feel bad about sharing it, but it's it's just the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>so there's nothing to feel bad about. It's like you

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<v Speaker 1>just put that out there, like, yes, I understand this treatment.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is a little steep for most people. But

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<v Speaker 1>this is what I'm getting done, right. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>have of you know, X amount of spared dollars to

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<v Speaker 1>spend on one thing, that I'd prefer to recommend the

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<v Speaker 1>best one, you know. So it's like I might as

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<v Speaker 1>well say the truth. If it's a great I cream

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<v Speaker 1>and you happen to have the extra money to buy it,

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<v Speaker 1>then get the good one. How old are you? Oh god, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that's nice. Well no, no, I was, and a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of I creams, Yeah, thirty one. What do you got

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<v Speaker 1>for me? Oh god, I've got lots for you. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, I didn't start drinking water until I

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<v Speaker 1>was like forty four, so I found I find water

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<v Speaker 1>to be the most boring, boring thing in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, my housekeeper has to doctor this up for me.

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<v Speaker 1>Every morning. There's like there's cucumber lemon water in my fridge.

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<v Speaker 1>Then there's plain water, and then there's BlackBerry and strawberry

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<v Speaker 1>like spa water. So there's array so that I can

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<v Speaker 1>drink water. But I said to my friend, I go, okay,

0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.600
<v Speaker 1>I have a big photo shoot coming up, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have to be like it's for this athletic company, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm lebra and underwear and doing stuff like not just

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<v Speaker 1>sitting moving and I was like, I don't know about

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<v Speaker 1>the moving part and the jiggle, and and my friends like,

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<v Speaker 1>just don't drink any sparkling water for like four days

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to the photos shoot. I'm like, fuck you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, no bubbles, Like I'm so addicted to carbonation.

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<v Speaker 1>The idea of no sparkling water. She's like, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>bad for cellult I refuse to believe it. I know

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<v Speaker 1>it blows you. And it's just like that's the bitch

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<v Speaker 1>of getting older. It's like you things just show up

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<v Speaker 1>on your face and your body in a way like

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't used to. So it's like I always say,

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<v Speaker 1>after the age of twenty seven, if you eat a

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<v Speaker 1>big piece of cake the next day, you're gonna look

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<v Speaker 1>a little ugly. It'll shop. But I liked also what

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<v Speaker 1>you said about it not being the end of the

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<v Speaker 1>world when you do gain ten Yeah, it's like, do

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<v Speaker 1>you remember that era where it was like like when

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<v Speaker 1>I was like twenty five and I would gain ten

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<v Speaker 1>pounds and I'd be like, the world is coming to

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<v Speaker 1>an end. Oh, I wouldn't even allow myself to gain

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<v Speaker 1>ten pounds because I would weigh myself six to seven

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<v Speaker 1>times throughout the day and if my number, oh yeah, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I used to run, talk about anorexia nervosa or whatever

0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.520
<v Speaker 1>on my condition was. I don't like to diagnose things

0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.240
<v Speaker 1>in the past, only in the present, so I've never

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<v Speaker 1>really reflected on it. But I used to run like

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<v Speaker 1>six to eight miles every morning. I'd weigh myself before

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<v Speaker 1>I ran. Then i'd weigh myself after I ran to

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<v Speaker 1>see how much water weight I lost. Then I would

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<v Speaker 1>never replenish with actual water. It was just like diet

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<v Speaker 1>soda or you know whatever, juice, diet juice and apple

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<v Speaker 1>like I was just so unhealthy. And then I would

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<v Speaker 1>weigh myself continually throughout the day to monitor my weight

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<v Speaker 1>because I thought with every meal it could just go haywire.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I once went to Africa without a scale, and

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<v Speaker 1>I came back and I had gained sixteen pounds, and

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, oh, oh, you can't be trusted on a

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<v Speaker 1>trip like your fucking lunatic sixteen pounds. Albeit I just

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<v Speaker 1>had a c L surgery, so I wasn't able to

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<v Speaker 1>be mobile and I wasn't able to walk around. So

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<v Speaker 1>after that I became even more ardently committed to traveling

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<v Speaker 1>with a scale so I can monitor the situation. Now

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<v Speaker 1>I've become a lot more relaxed about my weight because

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't jump and bounce out and down so much.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm not as obsessive as I used to be.

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<v Speaker 1>But I have to say, like I I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who was more obsessed with weighing themselves than I was.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a prison, it is. It's a total prison. I

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<v Speaker 1>was just talking to my followers about it this week.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a complete self made prison. And it's so

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<v Speaker 1>I hate how many messages I get about weight. I

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<v Speaker 1>hate how many d ms like how did you find

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<v Speaker 1>the freedom? How do you you know? How do you

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<v Speaker 1>allow yourself to have this? How? This and that? And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, it's kind of something that you have to

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<v Speaker 1>just get there yourself, Like you have to go through

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<v Speaker 1>it and find peace yourself. But if I could take

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<v Speaker 1>away all of those hours and and pain and stepping

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<v Speaker 1>on the scale for all the young women out there,

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<v Speaker 1>if I could go back and shake myself when I

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<v Speaker 1>was twenty five and be like, it doesn't matter nobody notices.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the that's the crazy things. It's literally only the

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<v Speaker 1>two things that I really try to always tell them

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<v Speaker 1>is like number one, Literally nobody notices unless you gain

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred pounds. Truly, it's just you. Secondly, because a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of the questions that I get are like related

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<v Speaker 1>to dating, do you think breaks my heart? I always

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<v Speaker 1>get do you think I should wait to lose weight

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<v Speaker 1>to start dating? And I'm like, no, but you should.

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<v Speaker 1>You should love yourself and know your value before you

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<v Speaker 1>start dating. It's nothing to do with weight. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>like if you if your self worth is so tied

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<v Speaker 1>to your weight, then you need to do some self

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<v Speaker 1>work before you start asking someone else to love you

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<v Speaker 1>because you're so much more than your weight. Your weight

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<v Speaker 1>has literally nothing to do with your worth. I used

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<v Speaker 1>to if I waited, if I went over one thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't allowed to leave the house. And if I waited,

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<v Speaker 1>like if I had planned with my girlfriend's to grout

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<v Speaker 1>on Friday night and I weighed myself and I weighed

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<v Speaker 1>even one thirty one, I would cancel my plants and

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<v Speaker 1>stay home. I acted like that for a good part

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<v Speaker 1>of my twenties. Obsessed obsessed with the way that I

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<v Speaker 1>looked like, oh this is oh yeah, I mean I

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<v Speaker 1>can't believe I didn't have to go to like a

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<v Speaker 1>hospital soon, sooner than I than when I started therapy,

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<v Speaker 1>because I was obsessed with it. Just crazy what addicted

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<v Speaker 1>to water pills, anything that would just keep my weight down,

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<v Speaker 1>just constantly dehydrating myself. So the person who needs the

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<v Speaker 1>water the most, it's the most scared of it. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god. I spent an hour crying to my

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<v Speaker 1>therapist a couple of weeks ago about like what my

0:17:18.560 --> 0:17:21.520
<v Speaker 1>nieces are going through, like just what you were saying, thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, why do they have to go through this?

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<v Speaker 1>Why are they learning all this stuff at the same

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<v Speaker 1>pace I learned it, Like it's two body positivity is here,

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<v Speaker 1>yet it hasn't reached the masses. Yeah, And I just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. And we're so extreme as humans because

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<v Speaker 1>I sometimes worry that there's now this message which is

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<v Speaker 1>like we're replacing one pressure with an equal but different

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<v Speaker 1>pressure where it's like just eat whatever you want and

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<v Speaker 1>you'll be fine, and like now you can't care about

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<v Speaker 1>it at all, and it's like, no, you should just

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<v Speaker 1>feel like yourself and you should. We're trying to get

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<v Speaker 1>to a place where it's like you just you don't

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<v Speaker 1>care about your physical appearance as much, Like that's the goal.

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<v Speaker 1>Not I don't know. It's it's a scary place for

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<v Speaker 1>for young people right now, for young women, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>it saddens me that there's so much of our young

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<v Speaker 1>life is spent attaching worth to the external things. Speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of external things, I saw that you went on a

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<v Speaker 1>date with Diplo through Tinder. I also give it on

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<v Speaker 1>a date with him, but I wanted it to end

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<v Speaker 1>up that way. When I met Diplow, I film something

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<v Speaker 1>with him for one of my shows. I think, right, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>super fucking sexy, super hot and funny. He's so funny

0:18:31.520 --> 0:18:34.280
<v Speaker 1>and that's a sense of humor. Yeah. For me, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>I couldn't give a shit about looks, and I really

0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:38.960
<v Speaker 1>really mean that. Like other girls are like, no, I

0:18:39.200 --> 0:18:41.320
<v Speaker 1>don't care like and then they're dating some like six

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<v Speaker 1>four hottie. I'm like, no, I've dated like, I do

0:18:45.480 --> 0:18:47.520
<v Speaker 1>not care about looks at all. I don't care about

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<v Speaker 1>height at all. But you better be goofy and you

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<v Speaker 1>better have a sense of humor. That's the that's the

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<v Speaker 1>hottest It's the hottest thing. Is it really really is? Anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>diplow I wanted to funk. I was like, Okay, we

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<v Speaker 1>were talking and then he was talking He's like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really do drugs, because he was talking about

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<v Speaker 1>DJ and we were recording some song. He was trying

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<v Speaker 1>to help me sing, and he's like, I don't really

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<v Speaker 1>do drugs. And then he, like within thirty seconds, told

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<v Speaker 1>me a story about the last the previous weekend where

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<v Speaker 1>he had been in Vegas and done a bunch of molly.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, Diplo, you just said you don't do drugs.

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<v Speaker 1>He goes, well, I did this weekend, and I was like, Okay,

0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:21.080
<v Speaker 1>this conversation is starting to track. Yeah, he's a riot.

0:19:21.080 --> 0:19:24.159
<v Speaker 1>He's so fun and um, life is cool. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>So what's your story. You're single and I'm single and

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<v Speaker 1>you had a public breakup. I was so awful. Yeah.

0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.320
<v Speaker 1>I fell in love really, really hard and fast last

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<v Speaker 1>year and it was great, and you know, I was

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<v Speaker 1>so google gagas I like to say, I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, disgusting. I was like obsessed with him, and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he cheated on me with one of my followers the night.

0:19:47.720 --> 0:19:50.399
<v Speaker 1>By the way, speaking of like, you know, looking pretty.

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<v Speaker 1>The next day, it was his birthday weekend and all

0:19:52.960 --> 0:19:56.600
<v Speaker 1>of his friends were flying in to town for his birthday,

0:19:56.760 --> 0:19:58.320
<v Speaker 1>and so I was like, you know, I want to

0:19:58.359 --> 0:19:59.920
<v Speaker 1>look pretty for your party, to meet all your friends,

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<v Speaker 1>going to stay home tonight, you go have a good

0:20:02.440 --> 0:20:05.720
<v Speaker 1>first night at the club with your friends, and um, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's what was happened. But you know what, everything

0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:13.960
<v Speaker 1>happens for a reason, and it's I'm I'm like very

0:20:14.000 --> 0:20:18.159
<v Speaker 1>silver linings and I already feel like I wish him

0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.159
<v Speaker 1>the best, and I hope he gets therapy. He's he

0:20:20.280 --> 0:20:22.240
<v Speaker 1>really really needs to go to therapy and needs to

0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:26.000
<v Speaker 1>kind of work through some things. But like, sometimes relationships

0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.440
<v Speaker 1>are to remind you of the capacity of your heart,

0:20:29.640 --> 0:20:31.800
<v Speaker 1>as cheesy as that sounds, but it were like I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't been in love in a couple of years, and

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<v Speaker 1>to be in love again and to remember how much

0:20:36.520 --> 0:20:39.439
<v Speaker 1>I love being obsessed with someone and caring about them,

0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:42.760
<v Speaker 1>and like having the closeness of a relationship was great.

0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.600
<v Speaker 1>So and oh my god, was that a good video

0:20:45.600 --> 0:20:49.119
<v Speaker 1>I made? You know, Like I made a choice, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I you know, I found out. My manager had to

0:20:51.800 --> 0:20:53.520
<v Speaker 1>tell me, by the way, how did you tell you?

0:20:53.800 --> 0:20:56.520
<v Speaker 1>He told me he did it publicly, and it's like,

0:20:56.520 --> 0:20:58.359
<v Speaker 1>if you're going to cheat on someone, maybe don't cheat

0:20:58.400 --> 0:21:00.439
<v Speaker 1>on a girl who every other girl in l A

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<v Speaker 1>follows because it will get back to her in a

0:21:02.760 --> 0:21:07.120
<v Speaker 1>fucking club. So like my army, my my trusted army,

0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.960
<v Speaker 1>was like, my manager knew that I would never believe

0:21:10.000 --> 0:21:12.160
<v Speaker 1>him if he didn't have screenshots. He got the screenshots.

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<v Speaker 1>I went over to his house. He was like, can

0:21:14.160 --> 0:21:16.639
<v Speaker 1>you come over. It was a Friday afternoon. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm tired. Can we can we just do this on Monday?

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<v Speaker 1>I got I gotta go out. I have a dinner tonight.

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<v Speaker 1>He was like, no, no, no, please come to my house.

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<v Speaker 1>I drive over and he's like, you told me not

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you anything unless I had receipts, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have receipts, so bad anyway. So then I was like devastated, crying,

0:21:33.440 --> 0:21:37.399
<v Speaker 1>and I I was like, I'm just gonna record myself

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<v Speaker 1>because this is very raw in the moment, and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to see, you know what comes out. And then

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<v Speaker 1>I thought, you know, so much shame is put on

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<v Speaker 1>women with cheating and like it's so internalized for women

0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:52.080
<v Speaker 1>if a guy cheats, it's like, oh, what was wrong

0:21:52.119 --> 0:21:55.280
<v Speaker 1>with her? Nothing? Nothing, that guy couldn't keep his dick

0:21:55.320 --> 0:21:57.359
<v Speaker 1>in his pants. Like it's very I want to change

0:21:57.359 --> 0:22:01.080
<v Speaker 1>this narrative of like, oh, it's something that happened to you,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, on you because of you know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>something that someone does, right, it's a betrayal of trust.

0:22:07.080 --> 0:22:09.280
<v Speaker 1>And so I was like, look, if this can bring

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<v Speaker 1>any one piece or help them think about it a

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<v Speaker 1>new way. And I said to my followers, like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not embarrassed that I trusted the person that I love.

0:22:16.440 --> 0:22:18.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm not embarrassed that I fell in love. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>embarrassed that I was like you know, gushing about him

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<v Speaker 1>and like obsessed with him and whatever. I am proud

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<v Speaker 1>of that. And I got betrayed and that sucks, but

0:22:28.480 --> 0:22:31.199
<v Speaker 1>ship happens, and I'll be okay. And if I can

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<v Speaker 1>be an example to anybody going through it or in

0:22:33.240 --> 0:22:34.879
<v Speaker 1>the future goes through it, then that can be a

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<v Speaker 1>silver lining from this. So that's what I did. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>cheating is such a disappointment, so lame, especially at a club.

0:22:43.280 --> 0:22:48.160
<v Speaker 1>It's like what's I was like, really like at a club. Well,

0:22:48.200 --> 0:22:50.000
<v Speaker 1>I guess it wouldn't be good anywhere. It's not like

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<v Speaker 1>you'd be like, oh, that's a good place for you

0:22:51.359 --> 0:22:53.399
<v Speaker 1>to cheat at me, like you know, like you'd be

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<v Speaker 1>excited if it was a different content. Yeah it was,

0:22:55.840 --> 0:22:58.120
<v Speaker 1>but it was so clear cut. I was honestly like

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<v Speaker 1>in the text, I was like it for you. I

0:23:00.840 --> 0:23:02.959
<v Speaker 1>was like, you made it really easy, buddy. You go.

0:23:03.200 --> 0:23:05.679
<v Speaker 1>How long were you dating him? Not that long, like

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<v Speaker 1>only like five months, but it was like said I

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<v Speaker 1>love you in three weeks. And it was the first

0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:13.159
<v Speaker 1>guy who I'm not really like, I don't care that

0:23:13.280 --> 0:23:15.920
<v Speaker 1>much about marriage and babies or I thought. And then

0:23:16.160 --> 0:23:17.439
<v Speaker 1>he was the first guy where I was like I

0:23:17.480 --> 0:23:21.159
<v Speaker 1>could see making a life with you. But again, and

0:23:21.200 --> 0:23:24.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm coming off as toxically positive in this, but like

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<v Speaker 1>when looking back, I was like, Okay, well maybe your

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<v Speaker 1>role in my life was to show me that I

0:23:29.119 --> 0:23:31.280
<v Speaker 1>do want that and that's really cool and that's exciting.

0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:33.320
<v Speaker 1>And and again, like I wish him the best and

0:23:33.359 --> 0:23:35.760
<v Speaker 1>I hope he gets a lot of expensive therapy because

0:23:35.800 --> 0:23:37.960
<v Speaker 1>that's why he needs I don't. I feel like a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people just need to be reminded a about

0:23:40.119 --> 0:23:43.240
<v Speaker 1>their capacity, you know, to love. And also like my

0:23:43.440 --> 0:23:45.840
<v Speaker 1>my girlfriend Whistler, like, we found this guy for her

0:23:45.960 --> 0:23:48.040
<v Speaker 1>and they kind of have been hanging out and nothing

0:23:48.080 --> 0:23:50.080
<v Speaker 1>has really happened, and I was like, it doesn't matter

0:23:50.080 --> 0:23:52.080
<v Speaker 1>if anything happens. This is a reminder that you can

0:23:52.119 --> 0:23:55.000
<v Speaker 1>have a mad crush on someone because she's so into him.

0:23:55.240 --> 0:23:57.960
<v Speaker 1>He's gorgeous, he's a great skier, blah blah blah, and

0:23:58.000 --> 0:24:00.359
<v Speaker 1>she's all over it. She's like, oh my god, I

0:24:00.400 --> 0:24:02.440
<v Speaker 1>love this feeling. I really don't even care if anything

0:24:02.440 --> 0:24:05.399
<v Speaker 1>happens either. It reminds me that I remember this feeling

0:24:05.480 --> 0:24:07.840
<v Speaker 1>and that I can have it again, which I think

0:24:07.880 --> 0:24:09.879
<v Speaker 1>half of the reason people come into our lives is

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<v Speaker 1>to remind us of our feelings, and half the people

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<v Speaker 1>that come into our lives aren't there for permanent amounts

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<v Speaker 1>of time. So it's like people are coming in and

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<v Speaker 1>out for reasons, and you should just pay attention to

0:24:21.520 --> 0:24:24.560
<v Speaker 1>what those reasons are and use those people instead of

0:24:24.960 --> 0:24:28.320
<v Speaker 1>thinking that they used you. Use everyone you meet for

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<v Speaker 1>an experience and for a different perspective. I totally agree,

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<v Speaker 1>and I always tell the girls that my followers, I'm like,

0:24:34.480 --> 0:24:37.680
<v Speaker 1>stop thinking about dating as like a zero sum game.

0:24:37.760 --> 0:24:39.840
<v Speaker 1>Stop thinking about it as a means to an end,

0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:42.240
<v Speaker 1>Like that's where we get into trouble. And that's where

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<v Speaker 1>we get a little funcked in the head, is thinking

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<v Speaker 1>like must date without getting hurt to find number one man,

0:24:48.400 --> 0:24:51.240
<v Speaker 1>like meet forever. And it's like, what if we totally

0:24:51.760 --> 0:24:55.400
<v Speaker 1>rebranded it, what if it was an era like teenagehood

0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.159
<v Speaker 1>or going to college. And it's just supposed to be

0:24:58.200 --> 0:25:00.600
<v Speaker 1>a time where you learn about yourself often you learn

0:25:00.600 --> 0:25:02.800
<v Speaker 1>about what you like. And if you reframe it in

0:25:02.840 --> 0:25:05.600
<v Speaker 1>your mind that way, it's a lot more fun. It's

0:25:05.600 --> 0:25:09.159
<v Speaker 1>a lot less pressure, and the person who you're supposed

0:25:09.200 --> 0:25:11.800
<v Speaker 1>to be with, and I believe that there's multiple people

0:25:11.800 --> 0:25:14.040
<v Speaker 1>out there for all of us will drop in when

0:25:14.080 --> 0:25:16.119
<v Speaker 1>you're ready. But like, stop thinking about it like a

0:25:16.200 --> 0:25:20.760
<v Speaker 1>video game. It's just it's not like it's not like

0:25:20.840 --> 0:25:24.400
<v Speaker 1>please just date, have fun. And like you said, look

0:25:24.400 --> 0:25:27.800
<v Speaker 1>at every person like this is a funny experience, right, yeah,

0:25:27.960 --> 0:25:31.760
<v Speaker 1>sometimes less funny than other, but who gives a ship?

0:25:32.240 --> 0:25:35.359
<v Speaker 1>You know, a new experience is all is worthwhile regardless

0:25:35.880 --> 0:25:39.399
<v Speaker 1>and even like you know, like I love that feeling

0:25:39.440 --> 0:25:41.359
<v Speaker 1>about you know, the beginning when you have a crush

0:25:41.440 --> 0:25:43.440
<v Speaker 1>I mean, who doesn't love that feeling. That's the best

0:25:43.480 --> 0:25:46.200
<v Speaker 1>feeling out there is to have a crush on someone,

0:25:46.240 --> 0:25:49.000
<v Speaker 1>To be looking at your phone seeing if they're texting you,

0:25:49.000 --> 0:25:51.960
<v Speaker 1>knowing you're going to see them. That is so much fun.

0:25:52.400 --> 0:25:55.800
<v Speaker 1>And even a relationship, yes, relationships get deeper and stuff,

0:25:55.840 --> 0:25:58.080
<v Speaker 1>but like there's no more enjoyable time, like when with

0:25:58.160 --> 0:26:00.280
<v Speaker 1>me and my boy friend, when we started, like when

0:26:00.320 --> 0:26:04.119
<v Speaker 1>I started liking him, I was like, this is so fun. Bet,

0:26:04.240 --> 0:26:06.680
<v Speaker 1>You're so in love, Like you are so in love,

0:26:06.720 --> 0:26:09.000
<v Speaker 1>and it's like, oh my god, it is so fun

0:26:09.000 --> 0:26:12.960
<v Speaker 1>to watch. It's nice. It's just like when you see

0:26:13.280 --> 0:26:16.200
<v Speaker 1>And by the way, I think I'm an Instagram relationship psychic,

0:26:16.440 --> 0:26:19.280
<v Speaker 1>and that's true. Anybody, all of my friends know you

0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:23.040
<v Speaker 1>guys are so like sympatico and in love. It's insane

0:26:23.040 --> 0:26:26.399
<v Speaker 1>and it's so nice to see. And that's the best, right,

0:26:27.840 --> 0:26:30.920
<v Speaker 1>I think everyone you know. I feel like I very

0:26:30.960 --> 0:26:33.240
<v Speaker 1>passionately that if this happened to me, because I was

0:26:33.440 --> 0:26:35.600
<v Speaker 1>very much of the mind like, oh no, I'm single.

0:26:35.720 --> 0:26:38.960
<v Speaker 1>I'm totally down, Like I like being single. I have

0:26:39.080 --> 0:26:41.440
<v Speaker 1>my friends, I have my family, I have a life,

0:26:41.560 --> 0:26:43.320
<v Speaker 1>Like I'm not I go I'm not going to get

0:26:43.359 --> 0:26:45.240
<v Speaker 1>that this life. I got too many other things, Like

0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:47.280
<v Speaker 1>that's how I really thought about it, Like, well, who

0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:49.320
<v Speaker 1>am I to get that? On top of everything? So

0:26:49.440 --> 0:26:51.719
<v Speaker 1>for me to get that makes me believe that every

0:26:51.760 --> 0:26:55.119
<v Speaker 1>single person is going to get someone, you know what

0:26:55.160 --> 0:26:58.080
<v Speaker 1>I mean if they are working towards he becoming the

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<v Speaker 1>best version of yourself, which means actually having self awareness

0:27:01.720 --> 0:27:05.199
<v Speaker 1>to go into therapy, understanding the impact you have on others,

0:27:05.240 --> 0:27:08.480
<v Speaker 1>and making yourself like be really just like you know,

0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:11.520
<v Speaker 1>on fire, like and you're firing on all cylinders in

0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:15.119
<v Speaker 1>every way your career, your personal, your professional, your health,

0:27:15.240 --> 0:27:17.360
<v Speaker 1>all of that, you know, like when you really work

0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:19.679
<v Speaker 1>to get yourself healthy, the stuff that is supposed to

0:27:19.720 --> 0:27:22.960
<v Speaker 1>come for you comes for you. One agree you have

0:27:23.080 --> 0:27:24.960
<v Speaker 1>to do the work you I I do believe that.

0:27:25.040 --> 0:27:27.320
<v Speaker 1>I believe you have to show up for yourself and

0:27:27.440 --> 0:27:30.600
<v Speaker 1>advocate for yourself and and be improving yourself so that

0:27:30.680 --> 0:27:33.240
<v Speaker 1>you know, water seeks its own level. I really believe

0:27:33.240 --> 0:27:37.239
<v Speaker 1>that too. Yeah, And what is your situation now? So

0:27:37.280 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 1>what do you do? Just date people? Like? How do

0:27:39.359 --> 0:27:42.400
<v Speaker 1>you how do you date online? Like do you meet?

0:27:42.640 --> 0:27:45.119
<v Speaker 1>Like if somebody hits you up on TikTok, will you

0:27:45.160 --> 0:27:47.920
<v Speaker 1>go out with them? I mean most people meet on Instagram. Now, dating,

0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:50.639
<v Speaker 1>I know, I I took a little bit of a

0:27:50.720 --> 0:27:52.920
<v Speaker 1>break over the past couple of months, but I'm getting

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:55.040
<v Speaker 1>back into it. I went on a date on Sunday.

0:27:55.040 --> 0:27:57.719
<v Speaker 1>It was awful. You know, it's difficult. I'm at this

0:27:57.840 --> 0:28:01.720
<v Speaker 1>weird middle ground where I'm like, I have enough internet

0:28:02.000 --> 0:28:04.639
<v Speaker 1>fame that it's like not totally easy for me anymore.

0:28:04.680 --> 0:28:06.720
<v Speaker 1>But I'm not famous enough where I can just ask

0:28:06.760 --> 0:28:09.240
<v Speaker 1>my agent to like set me up with Harry styles Like,

0:28:09.280 --> 0:28:11.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm not quite at that point yet, So I'm in

0:28:11.720 --> 0:28:14.760
<v Speaker 1>like l a purgatory, which is, you know, losers want

0:28:14.760 --> 0:28:16.480
<v Speaker 1>to date me because I have a blue checkmark, but

0:28:16.520 --> 0:28:18.480
<v Speaker 1>really famous people like don't know who I am yet.

0:28:18.560 --> 0:28:21.640
<v Speaker 1>So I'm just sort of waiting through that and and

0:28:21.720 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 1>kind of, like I said, he'll drop in when when

0:28:23.960 --> 0:28:26.880
<v Speaker 1>I at least expected. I think when Harry and Olivia

0:28:26.960 --> 0:28:29.600
<v Speaker 1>break up, you'll just wait for that to happen. Now,

0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:32.480
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I I'm getting back out there with dating.

0:28:32.920 --> 0:28:34.800
<v Speaker 1>I don't mind dating. I don't mind I think I

0:28:34.840 --> 0:28:37.240
<v Speaker 1>think it's fun and I believe it's a numbers game

0:28:37.240 --> 0:28:38.920
<v Speaker 1>and you know, he's not just gonna come like knock

0:28:39.000 --> 0:28:40.719
<v Speaker 1>on your door and be like here, I am your

0:28:40.800 --> 0:28:44.200
<v Speaker 1>dream guy. But I'm also just like really in love

0:28:44.240 --> 0:28:47.600
<v Speaker 1>with work right now, which I understand that sentence makes

0:28:47.680 --> 0:28:50.320
<v Speaker 1>everyone want a gag, but I'm just I'm so happy,

0:28:50.440 --> 0:28:53.440
<v Speaker 1>Like I found my passion when I was almost thirty,

0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:56.560
<v Speaker 1>and i just feel like I'm so energized by my

0:28:56.600 --> 0:28:59.160
<v Speaker 1>work right now that I'm just I'm obsessed. So what

0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:01.880
<v Speaker 1>do you do all day? You filled yourself around on

0:29:01.960 --> 0:29:04.680
<v Speaker 1>my phone all day long, and that's your job. It's

0:29:04.720 --> 0:29:07.440
<v Speaker 1>my job now. Yeah, I just eat bond bonds and

0:29:07.440 --> 0:29:10.640
<v Speaker 1>and open pr packages and it's a beautiful life that

0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:13.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm creating for myself. And you have a new podcast

0:29:13.120 --> 0:29:16.440
<v Speaker 1>coming out which is also an advice podcast everybody, So

0:29:16.480 --> 0:29:18.840
<v Speaker 1>if you're not getting what you want from this podcast,

0:29:19.120 --> 0:29:22.240
<v Speaker 1>you can move over to It's Me Tinks, which launches

0:29:22.360 --> 0:29:26.080
<v Speaker 1>on February twenty one, which is a Monday. I'm so excited. Yeah,

0:29:26.160 --> 0:29:28.560
<v Speaker 1>So it's a podcast. It's two podcasts a week and

0:29:28.600 --> 0:29:31.000
<v Speaker 1>then one live radio show a week, which is just

0:29:31.320 --> 0:29:34.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm so excited to be able to speak to my

0:29:34.240 --> 0:29:37.080
<v Speaker 1>followers directly. And this is it's been my dream for

0:29:37.120 --> 0:29:39.880
<v Speaker 1>so long, and I'm just I'm fucking amped. I'm really

0:29:39.880 --> 0:29:42.720
<v Speaker 1>it's really cool. Good for you. Yeah, yeah, it's cool.

0:29:42.760 --> 0:29:45.960
<v Speaker 1>Thank you. Okay, well, Catherine, I think it's time to

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:48.400
<v Speaker 1>get going to get I mean, we have to see. Yeah,

0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:51.720
<v Speaker 1>what Tinks is really made of. That sounds great. We'll

0:29:51.720 --> 0:29:53.920
<v Speaker 1>take a quick ad break and we'll be right back

0:29:54.040 --> 0:29:59.680
<v Speaker 1>with some emails and calls. Perfect. Okay, Tinks and I

0:29:59.720 --> 0:30:01.920
<v Speaker 1>are from the bathtub, but we just rinsed off and

0:30:01.960 --> 0:30:04.560
<v Speaker 1>we're ready to give some advice. I love that you

0:30:04.600 --> 0:30:07.840
<v Speaker 1>guys have a bathtub here. That's it's not it's a

0:30:07.840 --> 0:30:10.240
<v Speaker 1>relational studio, but at least we have that. Have you

0:30:10.280 --> 0:30:14.360
<v Speaker 1>ever taken a bath? To be honest here, I've never

0:30:14.400 --> 0:30:17.160
<v Speaker 1>even taken a bath anywhere, So you're not a bath

0:30:17.200 --> 0:30:19.600
<v Speaker 1>for no. No, I'm not a baby. I'm an adult

0:30:19.840 --> 0:30:21.920
<v Speaker 1>and I like to get in and get the funk out.

0:30:22.160 --> 0:30:24.920
<v Speaker 1>I think you're missing out on soaking in your own filth.

0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:28.080
<v Speaker 1>It's actually I have when I when I ski and

0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:31.280
<v Speaker 1>I really really have wrecked my body, then I will

0:30:31.280 --> 0:30:35.880
<v Speaker 1>get into a bath like for for age reasons, like

0:30:36.200 --> 0:30:41.480
<v Speaker 1>transition my body into a into a more like combatible

0:30:41.520 --> 0:30:45.520
<v Speaker 1>way of being. But no, I love yeah, I know

0:30:45.600 --> 0:30:48.240
<v Speaker 1>some people love him. I'm British steep down, so I

0:30:48.240 --> 0:30:51.520
<v Speaker 1>I really yeah. I love a bath. I I fucking

0:30:51.680 --> 0:30:54.760
<v Speaker 1>love a bath of any time. I don't care people

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:56.480
<v Speaker 1>are like, oh, it's gross in a hotel. I'm like,

0:30:56.840 --> 0:31:00.840
<v Speaker 1>everything is dirty, everything shut up. Those same people will

0:31:00.880 --> 0:31:02.960
<v Speaker 1>go in a hot tub at like you know, Hilton

0:31:03.000 --> 0:31:05.960
<v Speaker 1>suits or whatever. So those are the people that are

0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:09.800
<v Speaker 1>also ejaculating on the curtains. Okay, so I don't. I mean,

0:31:09.960 --> 0:31:12.400
<v Speaker 1>first of all, it's understood that everything in a hotel

0:31:12.480 --> 0:31:15.680
<v Speaker 1>room is dirty. And discussing that we all know what

0:31:15.840 --> 0:31:18.120
<v Speaker 1>the deal is. So if you're going to submit to that,

0:31:18.240 --> 0:31:21.880
<v Speaker 1>you may submit. You may as well submit. Yeah, at

0:31:21.920 --> 0:31:25.000
<v Speaker 1>least made in your own filth. That's fine. So our

0:31:25.040 --> 0:31:28.520
<v Speaker 1>first question comes from Ali. The subject line is chronically

0:31:28.560 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 1>single and surrounded by couples. She says, Dear Chelsea, my

0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:36.280
<v Speaker 1>last long term relationship was about three years ago now,

0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:38.680
<v Speaker 1>and since then, I've been having a hard time dating

0:31:38.680 --> 0:31:42.680
<v Speaker 1>in Los Angeles. I'm very ready for a committed relationship. However,

0:31:42.880 --> 0:31:46.200
<v Speaker 1>I tend to feel exhausted dealing with failed situation ships

0:31:46.440 --> 0:31:50.280
<v Speaker 1>and constantly putting myself out there. What makes things more

0:31:50.320 --> 0:31:52.840
<v Speaker 1>difficult from my perspective is that nearly all of my

0:31:52.920 --> 0:31:56.320
<v Speaker 1>close friends are in long term, committed relationships. I'm happy

0:31:56.400 --> 0:31:58.840
<v Speaker 1>for them, but it can be difficult to again and

0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:01.959
<v Speaker 1>again see people having what I very much want and

0:32:02.000 --> 0:32:05.200
<v Speaker 1>haven't been able to find. I've considered taking a break

0:32:05.240 --> 0:32:07.280
<v Speaker 1>from dating, but I have a hard time doing so

0:32:07.400 --> 0:32:09.200
<v Speaker 1>given that it's something I really want and I know

0:32:09.240 --> 0:32:11.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm ready for. What advice do you have for managing

0:32:11.880 --> 0:32:16.960
<v Speaker 1>my feelings around dating and relationships? Warmly? Ali? Hi, Ali,

0:32:18.040 --> 0:32:21.960
<v Speaker 1>this is a very common inquiry we received. You're a

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:24.280
<v Speaker 1>dear Chelsea Tanks. Do you want to start off and

0:32:24.960 --> 0:32:27.280
<v Speaker 1>give her your thoughts off the top of your head? Sure,

0:32:27.560 --> 0:32:30.840
<v Speaker 1>off the top of my head. I think that you

0:32:30.880 --> 0:32:32.840
<v Speaker 1>need to get new friends. No, I'm just kidding, but

0:32:32.880 --> 0:32:35.440
<v Speaker 1>it can help to find some single friends, because I

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:37.680
<v Speaker 1>get it. Like I don't want to to gaslight you.

0:32:37.720 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 1>It can be very difficult if all your friends are

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<v Speaker 1>in relationships and you're the only single one. That can

0:32:42.520 --> 0:32:45.600
<v Speaker 1>be tiring and exhausting, especially if, like every weekend, it's

0:32:45.600 --> 0:32:47.320
<v Speaker 1>just you're the fifth wheel, or you're going to their

0:32:47.360 --> 0:32:49.600
<v Speaker 1>kid's birthday party and you're just like this is like

0:32:49.800 --> 0:32:52.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm not here and it feels it feels weird, So

0:32:52.720 --> 0:32:57.600
<v Speaker 1>I totally understand that. Secondly, you can't compare. Comparison is

0:32:57.600 --> 0:32:59.280
<v Speaker 1>the thief of joy. So you're like, I'm happy for

0:32:59.320 --> 0:33:02.240
<v Speaker 1>my friends, but you're still comparing, like ultimately deep down.

0:33:02.240 --> 0:33:04.120
<v Speaker 1>So I'm just giving a little bit of tough love there.

0:33:04.160 --> 0:33:07.400
<v Speaker 1>You can't compare yourself to where you think you should be,

0:33:07.880 --> 0:33:10.000
<v Speaker 1>and you can't compare yourself to your friends. You just

0:33:10.040 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 1>have to focus on where you are in your life.

0:33:13.480 --> 0:33:15.440
<v Speaker 1>And you said you don't want to take a break,

0:33:15.520 --> 0:33:20.240
<v Speaker 1>but I honestly think sometimes taking a break from dating

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:23.400
<v Speaker 1>can be very energizing. Here's what I'll say about that, though,

0:33:23.680 --> 0:33:26.280
<v Speaker 1>Set a time limit, give yourself a month and really

0:33:26.920 --> 0:33:29.920
<v Speaker 1>really take a break. Don't think about it, don't go

0:33:29.960 --> 0:33:32.040
<v Speaker 1>in the apps, don't ask to be set up, and

0:33:32.120 --> 0:33:36.880
<v Speaker 1>just really take a full month focus on yourself, work out,

0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:41.120
<v Speaker 1>go on walks, hang with friends, get a new hobby,

0:33:41.240 --> 0:33:44.000
<v Speaker 1>start a new show, whatever, and just take a full

0:33:44.160 --> 0:33:46.560
<v Speaker 1>brain break from it. And when you come back, you're

0:33:46.560 --> 0:33:49.720
<v Speaker 1>gonna feel more energized and more clear. Because it can

0:33:49.760 --> 0:33:52.840
<v Speaker 1>it can become like an exhausting rat race. And if

0:33:52.880 --> 0:33:55.440
<v Speaker 1>you're not excited to go on a date that will

0:33:55.480 --> 0:33:58.160
<v Speaker 1>come through. So I think it's okay to take a

0:33:58.200 --> 0:34:01.000
<v Speaker 1>break and just and come back swinging. Yeah. I think

0:34:01.000 --> 0:34:03.000
<v Speaker 1>that's all good advice. I also think that, you know,

0:34:03.080 --> 0:34:04.920
<v Speaker 1>we say this a lot on this podcast, not to

0:34:04.960 --> 0:34:08.120
<v Speaker 1>compare yourself to other people, and I it's easier said

0:34:08.160 --> 0:34:11.160
<v Speaker 1>than done. So a little trick that you can do is,

0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:13.400
<v Speaker 1>you know, you're looking at your friends who are in healthy,

0:34:13.600 --> 0:34:17.160
<v Speaker 1>happy relationships, and you're looking at that as something you

0:34:17.200 --> 0:34:20.279
<v Speaker 1>don't have, But yet that is something you have. It's

0:34:20.320 --> 0:34:22.160
<v Speaker 1>something you have in your life that is giving you

0:34:22.239 --> 0:34:25.400
<v Speaker 1>a model of what you want. You're saying yourself, you

0:34:25.480 --> 0:34:27.960
<v Speaker 1>have all these friends that are in these relationships. Instead

0:34:27.960 --> 0:34:29.839
<v Speaker 1>of using that as a reminder of what you don't have,

0:34:29.960 --> 0:34:32.839
<v Speaker 1>that's also a reminder of what you can have that's

0:34:32.880 --> 0:34:35.600
<v Speaker 1>coming because it's already happening to your friends. They're all

0:34:35.600 --> 0:34:38.200
<v Speaker 1>in relationships, so why would you be any different from them.

0:34:38.480 --> 0:34:41.360
<v Speaker 1>No one's that special. You know that you get singled

0:34:41.400 --> 0:34:45.080
<v Speaker 1>out of society and you're on end datable like, that's

0:34:45.120 --> 0:34:48.040
<v Speaker 1>just not the way it is. So instead of looking

0:34:48.040 --> 0:34:50.120
<v Speaker 1>at that with the negative lens, try and flip that

0:34:50.160 --> 0:34:53.000
<v Speaker 1>into a positive lens, you know, like, oh, here, I

0:34:53.040 --> 0:34:55.359
<v Speaker 1>see it. That's definitely how I felt. I saw all

0:34:55.400 --> 0:34:58.319
<v Speaker 1>of my girlfriends in these great relationships, and I thought, oh,

0:34:58.360 --> 0:34:59.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm never going to have a guy that's not gonna

0:35:00.040 --> 0:35:02.239
<v Speaker 1>you something like that for me, that's not gonna go

0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:04.200
<v Speaker 1>out of his way for me, check in on me

0:35:04.239 --> 0:35:05.960
<v Speaker 1>at the end of the day, do all the little

0:35:06.000 --> 0:35:08.400
<v Speaker 1>things that I find to be so adorable that men do.

0:35:08.880 --> 0:35:11.319
<v Speaker 1>And guess what, I got one, So look at it,

0:35:11.640 --> 0:35:14.239
<v Speaker 1>like just change that lens and that might be a

0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:17.200
<v Speaker 1>helpful way to do that. And then again, yeah, take

0:35:17.200 --> 0:35:20.480
<v Speaker 1>a break, refresh. That's sometimes all we need is just

0:35:20.560 --> 0:35:24.359
<v Speaker 1>a little me time, you know, spoil yourself. Just get

0:35:24.400 --> 0:35:26.680
<v Speaker 1>into like your own head and really think about what

0:35:26.719 --> 0:35:29.840
<v Speaker 1>it is that you're looking for and write that down,

0:35:29.960 --> 0:35:31.920
<v Speaker 1>because you know what. I did this with Sarah Silverman

0:35:31.960 --> 0:35:34.360
<v Speaker 1>and my sister once I had to make up artist

0:35:34.400 --> 0:35:37.239
<v Speaker 1>in New York City. I have one named Mia and

0:35:37.440 --> 0:35:40.000
<v Speaker 1>she I came to New York and she came in

0:35:40.040 --> 0:35:41.799
<v Speaker 1>one day and she's like, oh my god, you're never

0:35:41.800 --> 0:35:44.279
<v Speaker 1>gonna believe I wrote and made that list you told

0:35:44.320 --> 0:35:46.400
<v Speaker 1>me about. And I was like, what what list? And

0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:48.840
<v Speaker 1>she's like the list where you listed everything that you

0:35:48.880 --> 0:35:51.560
<v Speaker 1>want and a guy and I was like, I've never

0:35:51.600 --> 0:35:53.480
<v Speaker 1>made that list. I told you to do that. She's

0:35:53.480 --> 0:35:56.040
<v Speaker 1>like yes, And I found him and he checks every box.

0:35:56.400 --> 0:35:57.799
<v Speaker 1>So I was like, oh. And so I was with

0:35:57.800 --> 0:36:00.400
<v Speaker 1>Sarah Silverman and we did the same thing, and we

0:36:00.480 --> 0:36:02.640
<v Speaker 1>all we both wrote a list, and then Sarah hooked

0:36:02.680 --> 0:36:05.680
<v Speaker 1>up with her boyfriend not like six months before Joe

0:36:05.719 --> 0:36:07.880
<v Speaker 1>and I hooked up. And then Joe and I hooked

0:36:07.920 --> 0:36:09.799
<v Speaker 1>up and I read everything on my list and the

0:36:09.840 --> 0:36:12.239
<v Speaker 1>only thing that didn't match on my list was I said,

0:36:12.320 --> 0:36:14.200
<v Speaker 1>please give me somebody with a nice head of hair.

0:36:14.680 --> 0:36:16.880
<v Speaker 1>And it was the only shallow it was the only

0:36:16.960 --> 0:36:20.240
<v Speaker 1>physical I just I said, I'll take any color, creed,

0:36:20.400 --> 0:36:23.319
<v Speaker 1>doesn't matter where they're from, whatever I said, but I

0:36:23.360 --> 0:36:25.200
<v Speaker 1>want a nice head of hair. And it was the

0:36:25.239 --> 0:36:27.319
<v Speaker 1>only thing that I wrote that. I was like, just

0:36:27.320 --> 0:36:29.080
<v Speaker 1>should you write that? And guess what? I got a

0:36:29.120 --> 0:36:35.239
<v Speaker 1>bald motherfucker. So because true focus on the values and

0:36:35.320 --> 0:36:38.000
<v Speaker 1>the qualities, don't be nervous to write anything like that.

0:36:38.040 --> 0:36:39.879
<v Speaker 1>You can write shallow stuff. You can say you want

0:36:39.880 --> 0:36:41.399
<v Speaker 1>them to make a certain amount of money or whatever

0:36:41.440 --> 0:36:44.920
<v Speaker 1>you like. You know, but so that you're you're familiar,

0:36:45.000 --> 0:36:46.799
<v Speaker 1>so that when you do somebody does come into your

0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:49.960
<v Speaker 1>life like that you can recognize, Oh wait, this matches

0:36:50.000 --> 0:36:53.520
<v Speaker 1>my list. Be specific. It's so funny that you say that,

0:36:53.560 --> 0:36:55.400
<v Speaker 1>because when I was in high school, I read this

0:36:55.480 --> 0:36:57.920
<v Speaker 1>book and she literally said that, like, list out every

0:36:57.920 --> 0:37:00.319
<v Speaker 1>single thing you want in a partner. I'm like teen

0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:02.759
<v Speaker 1>or whatever, writing down like whatever, bullshot a fifteen year

0:37:02.760 --> 0:37:06.560
<v Speaker 1>old wants and a man or a partner. And like, literally,

0:37:06.880 --> 0:37:10.960
<v Speaker 1>my husband checks every single box, every single one, like

0:37:11.600 --> 0:37:14.800
<v Speaker 1>dark hair, light eyes, treats me this way. He's a musician,

0:37:14.840 --> 0:37:17.800
<v Speaker 1>all these things. It's like if I remember she said,

0:37:18.040 --> 0:37:20.120
<v Speaker 1>if you aim at nothing, you'll hit it, Like, well,

0:37:20.120 --> 0:37:22.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't think she probably made that up, but like yeah,

0:37:22.960 --> 0:37:26.359
<v Speaker 1>get real, real specifica. I don't know why you put

0:37:26.560 --> 0:37:29.840
<v Speaker 1>a nice hair, dark hair and got it and I didn't.

0:37:29.600 --> 0:37:32.080
<v Speaker 1>That's the difference there. I literally said to him today,

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:33.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I'm so glad you still have your hair,

0:37:33.880 --> 0:37:35.440
<v Speaker 1>Like who knows how long it will last, but for now,

0:37:35.480 --> 0:37:38.919
<v Speaker 1>I'm very grateful, very grateful. Well, now, while only date

0:37:38.960 --> 0:37:43.919
<v Speaker 1>bald men, moving forward, it's worked well so far. Well.

0:37:43.960 --> 0:37:49.760
<v Speaker 1>Our first call today comes from Alexa Alexa so calling

0:37:49.840 --> 0:37:52.440
<v Speaker 1>in now right. I mean, you thought you could just

0:37:52.440 --> 0:37:55.840
<v Speaker 1>talk to her, but she she talks back. Subject line

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<v Speaker 1>is divorced parents dating each other again. Dear Chelsea. My

0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:03.040
<v Speaker 1>parents decided to end their marriage of forty three years

0:38:03.160 --> 0:38:05.800
<v Speaker 1>during the pandemic because they realized they were no longer

0:38:05.840 --> 0:38:09.319
<v Speaker 1>happy with one another. After their divorce, I finally saw

0:38:09.360 --> 0:38:11.359
<v Speaker 1>happiness and my mom for the first time in a

0:38:11.360 --> 0:38:14.279
<v Speaker 1>long time. A few years back, I caught my dad

0:38:14.320 --> 0:38:16.480
<v Speaker 1>having an affair, but was forced to keep it a

0:38:16.560 --> 0:38:18.520
<v Speaker 1>secret from my mom because my dad told me it

0:38:18.520 --> 0:38:21.319
<v Speaker 1>would ruin our family and there was a lot of

0:38:21.320 --> 0:38:23.239
<v Speaker 1>gaslighting going on when I talked to her in our

0:38:23.239 --> 0:38:26.359
<v Speaker 1>pre interview. Once the divorce had taken place and things

0:38:26.400 --> 0:38:28.880
<v Speaker 1>calmed down, my sister and I told my mom what

0:38:28.920 --> 0:38:30.799
<v Speaker 1>we knew about my dad and it brought us all

0:38:30.880 --> 0:38:34.600
<v Speaker 1>closer than ever before. Fast forward a few months, my

0:38:34.719 --> 0:38:37.200
<v Speaker 1>parents have found their way back into each other's lives

0:38:37.239 --> 0:38:40.680
<v Speaker 1>and it's very uncomfortable, to say the least. My mom

0:38:40.719 --> 0:38:42.799
<v Speaker 1>and sister keep telling me I need to get over

0:38:42.840 --> 0:38:45.400
<v Speaker 1>everything my dad has put us through since they've gotten

0:38:45.440 --> 0:38:48.560
<v Speaker 1>over it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. With love

0:38:48.600 --> 0:38:51.319
<v Speaker 1>and gratitude, Alexa, and she's here on the phone with

0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:54.560
<v Speaker 1>us as well. Hi, Alexa, this is Tangs Hi. Nice

0:38:54.600 --> 0:38:57.759
<v Speaker 1>to meet you. Nice to meet you. So wow, that's

0:38:57.880 --> 0:39:01.319
<v Speaker 1>quite a quite a history with your parents. I hate

0:39:01.360 --> 0:39:03.480
<v Speaker 1>that you had to hide that from your mother per

0:39:03.600 --> 0:39:06.240
<v Speaker 1>your father. What a lame thing for him to do, huh,

0:39:06.719 --> 0:39:10.640
<v Speaker 1>super lame like gas lighting and just like making me

0:39:10.719 --> 0:39:14.480
<v Speaker 1>feel as though I was in the wrong for his mistakes.

0:39:15.719 --> 0:39:20.200
<v Speaker 1>And so they that happened before COVID. Then during COVID

0:39:20.239 --> 0:39:22.600
<v Speaker 1>they ended up getting divorced, so they didn't get divorced

0:39:22.600 --> 0:39:26.000
<v Speaker 1>because of that. They did not get divorced because of it. Um,

0:39:26.040 --> 0:39:29.600
<v Speaker 1>I hadn't disclosed that information to my mom. After they

0:39:29.680 --> 0:39:33.120
<v Speaker 1>did get divorced, I like finally saw joy and her

0:39:33.160 --> 0:39:36.280
<v Speaker 1>face and like some sort of freedom when they finally

0:39:36.440 --> 0:39:39.280
<v Speaker 1>did end up getting divorced. And then my dad started

0:39:39.400 --> 0:39:43.120
<v Speaker 1>dating someone and it like wrecked my mom to see

0:39:43.520 --> 0:39:46.800
<v Speaker 1>him with another woman and happy. So then my sister

0:39:46.840 --> 0:39:50.000
<v Speaker 1>and I were like, effort, We're gonna tell her, like

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:52.920
<v Speaker 1>she needs to move on and see that he hasn't

0:39:52.960 --> 0:39:55.759
<v Speaker 1>always been this prince charming. Um. So he did tell

0:39:55.880 --> 0:39:59.880
<v Speaker 1>her and she was very much so like I'm so

0:40:00.000 --> 0:40:01.680
<v Speaker 1>sorry that you have to go through this, Like I

0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:04.120
<v Speaker 1>wish that you didn't have to keep it a secret. Um.

0:40:04.160 --> 0:40:06.479
<v Speaker 1>She knew that I was in therapy for for many years,

0:40:06.520 --> 0:40:09.759
<v Speaker 1>and then her and my dad started dating again a

0:40:09.800 --> 0:40:12.520
<v Speaker 1>few months ago, and her and my sister are telling

0:40:12.520 --> 0:40:15.200
<v Speaker 1>me that I should be over it by now that

0:40:15.239 --> 0:40:17.960
<v Speaker 1>I've already done the therapy. What's taking so long? I

0:40:18.000 --> 0:40:20.920
<v Speaker 1>need to move on and forgive and forget. But I've

0:40:20.960 --> 0:40:25.359
<v Speaker 1>had a very difficult time doing so. Yeah, I bet,

0:40:25.520 --> 0:40:29.239
<v Speaker 1>I bet I would too. But really, how does your

0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:34.200
<v Speaker 1>mom seem now dating your dad? She seems happy. I mean,

0:40:34.280 --> 0:40:37.680
<v Speaker 1>I know that she still has some trust issues where

0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:41.280
<v Speaker 1>if her friends invite her to go out on the weekends,

0:40:41.280 --> 0:40:45.120
<v Speaker 1>she feels obligated to choose him in fear of him

0:40:45.160 --> 0:40:48.880
<v Speaker 1>like getting bored and maybe hanging out with another woman.

0:40:49.040 --> 0:40:53.480
<v Speaker 1>So are they are they exclusively dating? Do you know

0:40:53.520 --> 0:40:56.160
<v Speaker 1>anything about Like have they said, oh, we're just seeing

0:40:56.160 --> 0:40:59.880
<v Speaker 1>each other exclusively or is there an arrangement or because

0:41:00.120 --> 0:41:03.560
<v Speaker 1>I mean I can understand why she has trust issues. Yeah, absolutely,

0:41:03.600 --> 0:41:07.480
<v Speaker 1>so they are seeing each other exclusively from what I've

0:41:07.480 --> 0:41:09.879
<v Speaker 1>been told by my mom. But they both have their

0:41:09.880 --> 0:41:13.840
<v Speaker 1>own place and like they'll kind of do a weekend together,

0:41:14.040 --> 0:41:16.160
<v Speaker 1>like where he'll sleep over for the weekend, then Sunday

0:41:16.200 --> 0:41:21.200
<v Speaker 1>back to their normal lives. And what's your sister's story.

0:41:21.400 --> 0:41:23.720
<v Speaker 1>She didn't catch your dad cheating, but she knows because

0:41:23.719 --> 0:41:25.759
<v Speaker 1>of you, right, he knows because of me. And her

0:41:25.760 --> 0:41:28.360
<v Speaker 1>and I are extremely close, and I felt like she

0:41:28.480 --> 0:41:30.239
<v Speaker 1>was the only one that I could turn to at

0:41:30.239 --> 0:41:33.800
<v Speaker 1>that time, so we were very supportive of one another.

0:41:34.480 --> 0:41:36.840
<v Speaker 1>And her and my mom were very close because my

0:41:36.880 --> 0:41:40.239
<v Speaker 1>mom helps out with her children a lot. So once

0:41:40.280 --> 0:41:42.680
<v Speaker 1>my mom was okay with everything, they kind of were

0:41:42.840 --> 0:41:44.920
<v Speaker 1>buddy buddies, saying like, Okay, now it's time for you

0:41:44.960 --> 0:41:47.400
<v Speaker 1>to get over it. And I would like to because

0:41:47.560 --> 0:41:49.719
<v Speaker 1>I love my dad and I love my family, but

0:41:50.160 --> 0:41:52.239
<v Speaker 1>I've had a very hard time doing so. And I

0:41:52.280 --> 0:41:54.839
<v Speaker 1>feel as though, like, because of this situation, I've had

0:41:54.840 --> 0:41:56.920
<v Speaker 1>a hard time with men in general. I know you

0:41:56.960 --> 0:42:01.719
<v Speaker 1>can relate to that definitely. Yeah, absolutely. I find men

0:42:01.760 --> 0:42:07.560
<v Speaker 1>to be completely untrustworthy. You know, they have to like, yeah,

0:42:07.600 --> 0:42:10.360
<v Speaker 1>they have to prove themselves to be trustworthy before I

0:42:10.400 --> 0:42:12.760
<v Speaker 1>trust them. It doesn't they're like, oh, just trust until

0:42:13.000 --> 0:42:15.440
<v Speaker 1>they do something untrustworthy. It's like, no, I mistrust men

0:42:15.520 --> 0:42:18.000
<v Speaker 1>now because there's just been too much there's too much

0:42:18.080 --> 0:42:22.160
<v Speaker 1>data to back my theory up, which is not a theory. Okay,

0:42:22.239 --> 0:42:25.279
<v Speaker 1>so well, first and foremost, you know that you can't

0:42:25.280 --> 0:42:27.839
<v Speaker 1>control your mother and like or your father or what

0:42:27.840 --> 0:42:32.680
<v Speaker 1>they're gonna do. So you have to become accepting in

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:35.600
<v Speaker 1>a way of this period of time because you don't

0:42:35.640 --> 0:42:37.560
<v Speaker 1>know where it's gonna go, and you don't know if

0:42:37.560 --> 0:42:40.480
<v Speaker 1>he's just going to do something to upset her again

0:42:40.719 --> 0:42:42.960
<v Speaker 1>or if he learned his lesson the last time. You know,

0:42:43.120 --> 0:42:46.160
<v Speaker 1>and and even if he hasn't, this is your mother's

0:42:46.200 --> 0:42:50.120
<v Speaker 1>mistake to make again. She hasn't learned her lesson. You

0:42:50.160 --> 0:42:52.640
<v Speaker 1>know her lesson isn't done being taught to her, and

0:42:52.680 --> 0:42:55.840
<v Speaker 1>that you can't enforce that on your mother. All you

0:42:55.880 --> 0:42:58.000
<v Speaker 1>can do is be loving and supporting. You don't have

0:42:58.000 --> 0:43:00.080
<v Speaker 1>to go on dates with them. You don't have to

0:43:00.160 --> 0:43:02.920
<v Speaker 1>like orchestrate things. You can say, I'm not that interested

0:43:02.960 --> 0:43:05.000
<v Speaker 1>in this dynamic and I don't want to be around

0:43:05.000 --> 0:43:07.480
<v Speaker 1>it unless it becomes more serious, and you guys decide

0:43:07.480 --> 0:43:10.000
<v Speaker 1>to get back together because I've been through a lot

0:43:10.080 --> 0:43:13.440
<v Speaker 1>with your relationship, which is totally reasonable. But you can't

0:43:14.040 --> 0:43:15.440
<v Speaker 1>you know, they do have a point. You do have

0:43:15.520 --> 0:43:17.680
<v Speaker 1>to get past it. You can't live someone else's life

0:43:17.719 --> 0:43:20.560
<v Speaker 1>for them. It's just impossible. And I would have the

0:43:20.600 --> 0:43:23.120
<v Speaker 1>same feelings you do. I would totally be like, what

0:43:23.160 --> 0:43:25.200
<v Speaker 1>the funk are you doing? But you have to treat

0:43:25.280 --> 0:43:29.040
<v Speaker 1>your mother like she's your daughter, like you just have

0:43:29.120 --> 0:43:31.520
<v Speaker 1>to support her and love her and just be there

0:43:31.560 --> 0:43:34.840
<v Speaker 1>for her and know that whatever is meant to happen

0:43:34.880 --> 0:43:38.120
<v Speaker 1>will happen, and that you worrying about it will affect

0:43:38.200 --> 0:43:41.319
<v Speaker 1>the outcome. Zero. That's the that's the thing. It's just

0:43:41.360 --> 0:43:43.879
<v Speaker 1>a waste of your energy and a waste of your

0:43:43.920 --> 0:43:46.839
<v Speaker 1>mind share. So every time you catch yourself thinking well,

0:43:46.840 --> 0:43:49.520
<v Speaker 1>what if or what's going to happen, that's just literally

0:43:49.520 --> 0:43:53.080
<v Speaker 1>taking up your precious brain space. So just create a

0:43:53.160 --> 0:43:56.280
<v Speaker 1>new neural pathway and say not my monkey, not my circus.

0:43:56.320 --> 0:43:58.759
<v Speaker 1>And that's tough with families because it's like, you know,

0:43:58.840 --> 0:44:00.719
<v Speaker 1>in a way, it's like the close as people to you,

0:44:00.760 --> 0:44:02.920
<v Speaker 1>But at the end of the day, you never understand

0:44:02.920 --> 0:44:05.880
<v Speaker 1>the dynamic of other people's relationships, even when it's your family,

0:44:05.880 --> 0:44:08.279
<v Speaker 1>even when it's your parents, and you have to just say,

0:44:08.840 --> 0:44:11.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's not it's not my job to worry

0:44:11.120 --> 0:44:14.000
<v Speaker 1>about them or or warn my mom or police them.

0:44:14.080 --> 0:44:17.920
<v Speaker 1>It's just it's just not Yeah, that is really good advice.

0:44:18.000 --> 0:44:21.120
<v Speaker 1>I think that what was so hard is seeing how

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:24.360
<v Speaker 1>broken she was when she did um see that he

0:44:24.440 --> 0:44:27.200
<v Speaker 1>was happy with someone else. And I am so fearful

0:44:27.280 --> 0:44:30.200
<v Speaker 1>of him doing that again to her, and like you said,

0:44:30.239 --> 0:44:33.000
<v Speaker 1>being having to be her mom for that situation, which

0:44:33.000 --> 0:44:35.680
<v Speaker 1>of course I will. I think it's just been more

0:44:35.760 --> 0:44:37.759
<v Speaker 1>so like a fear of mine, But it definitely is

0:44:37.800 --> 0:44:41.440
<v Speaker 1>something that I would love to move past. Yeah, and

0:44:41.480 --> 0:44:43.759
<v Speaker 1>you can also look at it just because he did

0:44:43.800 --> 0:44:46.120
<v Speaker 1>that and you caught him cheating. Was it multiple times

0:44:46.200 --> 0:44:49.000
<v Speaker 1>or was it once? There were a lot of shady

0:44:49.000 --> 0:44:52.520
<v Speaker 1>events and behaviors, but the time that I found the

0:44:52.560 --> 0:44:56.000
<v Speaker 1>text messages was just once. Uh huh. So you were

0:44:56.000 --> 0:44:59.040
<v Speaker 1>looking through his stuff. No, I was actually taking an

0:44:59.040 --> 0:45:03.000
<v Speaker 1>exam in his office on his computer, and I, like,

0:45:03.080 --> 0:45:08.960
<v Speaker 1>you know how on MacBooks, the messages pop up up. Yeah,

0:45:09.040 --> 0:45:10.799
<v Speaker 1>in the middle of like an exam that I had

0:45:10.840 --> 0:45:13.640
<v Speaker 1>been preparing for for weeks, like my heart belongs to

0:45:13.680 --> 0:45:17.600
<v Speaker 1>you baby, like heart emojis, and I just got sick

0:45:17.640 --> 0:45:22.440
<v Speaker 1>to my stomach. I failed the exam. Oh god, no

0:45:22.480 --> 0:45:25.879
<v Speaker 1>wonder as well. That's like a traumatic way to find out,

0:45:26.000 --> 0:45:28.680
<v Speaker 1>and it's it's like encroaching on your life and in

0:45:29.080 --> 0:45:33.080
<v Speaker 1>your you know, business, And I understand why you're so

0:45:33.160 --> 0:45:35.600
<v Speaker 1>upset by it. Yeah, you think you're sitting there taking

0:45:35.640 --> 0:45:38.439
<v Speaker 1>an exam and you're on it your in two our

0:45:38.560 --> 0:45:43.120
<v Speaker 1>lifetime movie, Like how that is really disappointing your father

0:45:43.280 --> 0:45:45.759
<v Speaker 1>is that's embarrassing and you have every right to be

0:45:45.800 --> 0:45:48.200
<v Speaker 1>pissed at him for that event. But listen, he's going

0:45:48.239 --> 0:45:50.239
<v Speaker 1>to show his true colors at some point, you know,

0:45:50.680 --> 0:45:53.319
<v Speaker 1>and if they're if his colors have changed and he's

0:45:53.320 --> 0:45:54.959
<v Speaker 1>not going to be like that, he'll show that too.

0:45:54.960 --> 0:45:58.720
<v Speaker 1>But like you're being fearful again, is not fueling anything

0:45:58.760 --> 0:46:01.520
<v Speaker 1>but your own miss givings. Like it's just making your

0:46:01.560 --> 0:46:06.040
<v Speaker 1>situation uncomfortable. And so there's a more laws, A fair

0:46:06.080 --> 0:46:09.279
<v Speaker 1>attitude you can have about the whole thing. Doesn't mean

0:46:09.280 --> 0:46:12.120
<v Speaker 1>that you're gonna be involved in it. It just means like, yeah,

0:46:12.239 --> 0:46:13.960
<v Speaker 1>go for it, you guys, do whatever you're gonna do.

0:46:14.360 --> 0:46:17.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm doing my thing. I love both of you and

0:46:17.520 --> 0:46:19.719
<v Speaker 1>good luck, you know what I mean, And just let

0:46:19.760 --> 0:46:21.920
<v Speaker 1>it go. And even if it's like a meditation. You

0:46:21.960 --> 0:46:24.719
<v Speaker 1>have to say to yourself every morning, I'm gonna let

0:46:24.760 --> 0:46:27.280
<v Speaker 1>this go. I'm gonna let this go. Just keep repeating

0:46:27.280 --> 0:46:30.279
<v Speaker 1>that to yourself like a little mantra until you get

0:46:30.320 --> 0:46:32.120
<v Speaker 1>over the hump that you're on, and then you will

0:46:32.120 --> 0:46:33.680
<v Speaker 1>get to the other side of it, and you'll notice

0:46:33.680 --> 0:46:35.960
<v Speaker 1>that you care a lot less because you're fearful of

0:46:35.960 --> 0:46:39.280
<v Speaker 1>your mom's feelings being hurt and her heart being broken again,

0:46:39.560 --> 0:46:42.319
<v Speaker 1>which are completely valid things to be fearful of, but

0:46:42.320 --> 0:46:46.560
<v Speaker 1>they're not serving you or her. Yeah, that's that's definitely

0:46:46.600 --> 0:46:49.960
<v Speaker 1>great advice because I've been in therapy for it for

0:46:50.280 --> 0:46:52.799
<v Speaker 1>quite some time and I've done like the activities where

0:46:52.840 --> 0:46:54.879
<v Speaker 1>it's like write a letter to your dad and read

0:46:54.920 --> 0:46:56.759
<v Speaker 1>it to your therapist and then I leave and I'm like,

0:46:57.080 --> 0:47:01.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm more angry than I was going into it. I

0:47:01.719 --> 0:47:03.680
<v Speaker 1>like to write a letter exercise, I'm like, I can

0:47:03.680 --> 0:47:05.720
<v Speaker 1>never get through the letter because I'm so fucking piste

0:47:05.719 --> 0:47:11.200
<v Speaker 1>off my heart. Yeah, and then we spell check if

0:47:11.200 --> 0:47:13.760
<v Speaker 1>you type your letter into your phone. I'm like, oh

0:47:13.800 --> 0:47:16.560
<v Speaker 1>my god, are you kidding. I don't understand why spell

0:47:16.640 --> 0:47:20.399
<v Speaker 1>check doesn't correct spelling it. Every time I write thank you,

0:47:20.520 --> 0:47:25.040
<v Speaker 1>it changes it to you, owe you it's getting worse.

0:47:26.200 --> 0:47:31.359
<v Speaker 1>Why would that be the correction? Terrible Anyway, I think

0:47:31.400 --> 0:47:33.719
<v Speaker 1>you'll be fine and you'll find out soon enough what's

0:47:33.719 --> 0:47:36.240
<v Speaker 1>going to happen, and then you can you know, react

0:47:36.280 --> 0:47:40.640
<v Speaker 1>to that. Yeah, definitely all right and again then yeah, yeah,

0:47:40.880 --> 0:47:42.759
<v Speaker 1>keep us posted though, let us know what happens with

0:47:42.760 --> 0:47:46.480
<v Speaker 1>your parents. I absolutely will. Thank you both so much. Yeah,

0:47:46.600 --> 0:47:49.759
<v Speaker 1>thank you, by Alexa, have a good day, he too.

0:47:51.400 --> 0:47:54.120
<v Speaker 1>This reminds me though, when my parents were growing up.

0:47:54.160 --> 0:47:56.680
<v Speaker 1>I fucking hated my father for a long time. He

0:47:56.760 --> 0:47:59.759
<v Speaker 1>was an asshole and I was a bit and I

0:48:00.000 --> 0:48:02.759
<v Speaker 1>remember trying to convince my mother to leave him so

0:48:02.800 --> 0:48:04.799
<v Speaker 1>that she and I could go live alone somewhere. And

0:48:04.840 --> 0:48:07.280
<v Speaker 1>I was like, you know, he's probably having multiple affairs.

0:48:07.719 --> 0:48:10.000
<v Speaker 1>And my mom's like what and I said, and I

0:48:10.080 --> 0:48:11.759
<v Speaker 1>was like, well, I mean just think about it. He's

0:48:11.760 --> 0:48:13.600
<v Speaker 1>gone all the time, he's always going outside to take

0:48:13.600 --> 0:48:16.080
<v Speaker 1>phone calls. I was like, everything shady with him. I

0:48:16.120 --> 0:48:17.960
<v Speaker 1>didn't know if my father was having affairs. I just

0:48:18.040 --> 0:48:20.319
<v Speaker 1>assumed and I was trying to get to my mother

0:48:20.360 --> 0:48:22.880
<v Speaker 1>against him, and my mom was just like I remember

0:48:22.880 --> 0:48:24.880
<v Speaker 1>her going to my sister's going Chelsea says dad is

0:48:24.920 --> 0:48:27.120
<v Speaker 1>having affairs. Do you think that's true. My sister's like,

0:48:27.320 --> 0:48:30.200
<v Speaker 1>you are such a cunt, Like, why are you trying

0:48:30.239 --> 0:48:32.719
<v Speaker 1>to blow up this family. I'm like, I just want

0:48:32.800 --> 0:48:36.720
<v Speaker 1>us to get our own place without dad there um,

0:48:36.760 --> 0:48:38.400
<v Speaker 1>but I'm glad that I never had to deal with

0:48:38.440 --> 0:48:42.919
<v Speaker 1>that in the flesh. Parents and protecting your mother from

0:48:42.920 --> 0:48:47.319
<v Speaker 1>her feelings, it's just like an impossible tiresome it's not. Yeah,

0:48:47.480 --> 0:48:50.120
<v Speaker 1>it's a thankless job. And it's like you gotta at

0:48:50.120 --> 0:48:52.719
<v Speaker 1>some point just cut it and say it's it's not

0:48:52.800 --> 0:48:55.399
<v Speaker 1>my life. It's not. It's like it feels like your

0:48:55.440 --> 0:48:58.719
<v Speaker 1>family is your entire life. But when you're grown up,

0:48:58.760 --> 0:49:01.120
<v Speaker 1>you're grown up. You gotta let them sort their own

0:49:01.120 --> 0:49:04.799
<v Speaker 1>ship out. Yeah, even if your dad is an even

0:49:04.800 --> 0:49:10.520
<v Speaker 1>if your dad is a fun boy la. Our next

0:49:10.560 --> 0:49:15.880
<v Speaker 1>call comes from Nicole. Subject line is fiance's very close friend.

0:49:16.680 --> 0:49:20.200
<v Speaker 1>Dear Chelsea, I'm in a dilemma. A year ago, my

0:49:20.200 --> 0:49:23.000
<v Speaker 1>fiance started spending more time at work and texting with

0:49:23.040 --> 0:49:25.840
<v Speaker 1>his female coworker. He said they were just friends, but

0:49:25.920 --> 0:49:29.080
<v Speaker 1>then he went out with her for dinner and drinks

0:49:29.239 --> 0:49:31.319
<v Speaker 1>and had her over at our apartment while I was

0:49:31.400 --> 0:49:35.880
<v Speaker 1>hundreds of miles away visiting family. Nothing happened, but I

0:49:36.000 --> 0:49:39.279
<v Speaker 1>told him this friendship makes me uncomfortable, especially since they

0:49:39.280 --> 0:49:41.839
<v Speaker 1>came over to our apartment and now he talks about

0:49:41.880 --> 0:49:44.320
<v Speaker 1>her all the time and they're buying each other gifts.

0:49:45.520 --> 0:49:48.239
<v Speaker 1>I love him, but he refuses to cut off contact.

0:49:48.400 --> 0:49:50.759
<v Speaker 1>And I'm not saying he should. But now he and

0:49:50.840 --> 0:49:54.640
<v Speaker 1>this female coworker joke that I hate her. I'm so frustrated.

0:49:54.800 --> 0:49:57.680
<v Speaker 1>Am I overreacting? What should I do? Is it time

0:49:57.719 --> 0:50:05.480
<v Speaker 1>to walk away? Help? Nicole? Oh? This is a good one, hin, Nicole? Hi, Hi, Hi, Hi, good,

0:50:05.520 --> 0:50:08.600
<v Speaker 1>This is Tanks. Hi. Nice to meet you, So nice

0:50:08.640 --> 0:50:12.360
<v Speaker 1>to meet you. Uh so, Oh my god, that's annoying.

0:50:12.600 --> 0:50:17.080
<v Speaker 1>That sounds like an annoying situation. How close are they?

0:50:17.480 --> 0:50:20.360
<v Speaker 1>I would say they're pretty close. I mean they work together,

0:50:20.640 --> 0:50:23.839
<v Speaker 1>and even just this last Friday, they you know, spent

0:50:23.920 --> 0:50:28.120
<v Speaker 1>the day going out to eat, going to see like attractions,

0:50:28.200 --> 0:50:30.799
<v Speaker 1>and really just hanging out and spending the whole day

0:50:30.840 --> 0:50:34.120
<v Speaker 1>even though I was at home. That sounds like a date. Honestly,

0:50:34.280 --> 0:50:36.200
<v Speaker 1>spending the whole day together and going out to eat

0:50:36.239 --> 0:50:39.879
<v Speaker 1>and seeing attractions to me, sounds like a date. That's

0:50:40.080 --> 0:50:43.759
<v Speaker 1>I just don't think that that's respectful to you at all.

0:50:44.160 --> 0:50:46.880
<v Speaker 1>What's his excuse, like when you say, why are you

0:50:46.920 --> 0:50:49.040
<v Speaker 1>so close to her? When you talk about it? Well, like,

0:50:49.080 --> 0:50:51.120
<v Speaker 1>what does he say is it? Does he have any

0:50:51.760 --> 0:50:55.480
<v Speaker 1>language to explain why he's doing this or what's the

0:50:55.680 --> 0:50:58.960
<v Speaker 1>what's the conversation between you and him like about her? Yeah?

0:50:59.000 --> 0:51:03.160
<v Speaker 1>Of course, really it's that they're just got really really

0:51:03.239 --> 0:51:06.120
<v Speaker 1>close at work, and that she's somebody he can lean on,

0:51:06.960 --> 0:51:09.400
<v Speaker 1>and that she's just a really, really really good friend.

0:51:09.680 --> 0:51:11.959
<v Speaker 1>But as I said before, I think there's a little

0:51:11.960 --> 0:51:15.920
<v Speaker 1>bit of disrespect that I'm feeling at least. Yeah, I'm

0:51:15.960 --> 0:51:19.560
<v Speaker 1>assuming she's not in a relationship. Do you know she's single?

0:51:21.120 --> 0:51:24.359
<v Speaker 1>And when you've asked him about his feelings for her,

0:51:24.760 --> 0:51:26.959
<v Speaker 1>have you delved into that, like in a deeper way,

0:51:27.080 --> 0:51:31.560
<v Speaker 1>like do you feel attracted to her? Yeah? So when

0:51:31.600 --> 0:51:35.080
<v Speaker 1>they first started hanging out, he actually kind of admitted that,

0:51:35.480 --> 0:51:37.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, he was trying to figure out his feelings

0:51:37.760 --> 0:51:40.799
<v Speaker 1>for her. But then he pretty much was like, no, no,

0:51:40.960 --> 0:51:42.760
<v Speaker 1>she's just a good friend. She's just a good friend.

0:51:42.840 --> 0:51:45.600
<v Speaker 1>But I think what also hurts me is the language

0:51:45.640 --> 0:51:49.000
<v Speaker 1>she uses sometimes for all of his friends. He's like

0:51:49.120 --> 0:51:51.799
<v Speaker 1>I love them, but when he says I love her,

0:51:52.400 --> 0:51:55.359
<v Speaker 1>it just really hurts me in a way that it's

0:51:55.440 --> 0:51:58.440
<v Speaker 1>really really hard, especially when you love somebody, you know,

0:51:58.480 --> 0:52:01.239
<v Speaker 1>it's like we're engaged. It's really tough, and I don't

0:52:01.239 --> 0:52:02.839
<v Speaker 1>want to tell them who to hang out with. But

0:52:03.360 --> 0:52:06.839
<v Speaker 1>I also I feel like there's some boundaries that I

0:52:06.880 --> 0:52:09.200
<v Speaker 1>think have been crossed that I are really hard for

0:52:09.239 --> 0:52:11.919
<v Speaker 1>me to get over. How frequently do they hang out?

0:52:12.760 --> 0:52:15.719
<v Speaker 1>I mean, obviously they see each other every day at work,

0:52:16.320 --> 0:52:18.520
<v Speaker 1>but you know they're going out at least once a month.

0:52:18.920 --> 0:52:22.160
<v Speaker 1>They're buying each other gifts. He's bought her massages. So

0:52:22.200 --> 0:52:25.960
<v Speaker 1>there's just a weird dynamics. Yeah, no, that is weird.

0:52:26.080 --> 0:52:29.040
<v Speaker 1>All of it is weird. And yeah, you your boundaries

0:52:29.080 --> 0:52:31.840
<v Speaker 1>have been crossed, absolutely, And when do you have you

0:52:31.840 --> 0:52:34.920
<v Speaker 1>ever hung out with both of them together? Yeah? He

0:52:35.040 --> 0:52:37.160
<v Speaker 1>kind of like forced me to be like, Hey, you're

0:52:37.160 --> 0:52:39.640
<v Speaker 1>gonna meet her, You're gonna love her, and like you're

0:52:39.640 --> 0:52:42.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna want to be best friends with her. But I mean,

0:52:42.120 --> 0:52:45.160
<v Speaker 1>she's awesome, and I'm all about empowering other women, but

0:52:45.560 --> 0:52:47.399
<v Speaker 1>you know, there's just a line that I feel like

0:52:47.600 --> 0:52:50.799
<v Speaker 1>has been cross that I'm not comfortable with. Yeah, I

0:52:50.800 --> 0:52:54.160
<v Speaker 1>think that's valid, Tanks. I like that you brought up

0:52:54.200 --> 0:52:58.120
<v Speaker 1>that it's like a lack of respect situation, because at first, blush,

0:52:58.160 --> 0:53:00.479
<v Speaker 1>I think this is this email, this question can seem

0:53:00.520 --> 0:53:03.120
<v Speaker 1>like is he cheating or isn't he? But I think

0:53:03.160 --> 0:53:06.560
<v Speaker 1>there's more nuance going on here. And what do you

0:53:06.560 --> 0:53:09.759
<v Speaker 1>guys think about Like the fact that they're kind of

0:53:09.840 --> 0:53:13.359
<v Speaker 1>joking around about, oh you hate her, blah blah blah.

0:53:13.640 --> 0:53:16.160
<v Speaker 1>To me, that almost makes me feel like there are

0:53:16.280 --> 0:53:19.799
<v Speaker 1>there's less romantic attraction if they're so open about it.

0:53:20.320 --> 0:53:23.359
<v Speaker 1>I don't really know. I just know that that's like

0:53:23.400 --> 0:53:27.359
<v Speaker 1>a really uncomfortable dynamic. And as his fiance, I think

0:53:27.400 --> 0:53:31.560
<v Speaker 1>that he's supposed to be your number one cheerleader, the

0:53:31.600 --> 0:53:35.000
<v Speaker 1>person who makes you feel safe and comfortable at all times.

0:53:35.000 --> 0:53:36.879
<v Speaker 1>And the fact that they're kind of have a joke

0:53:37.000 --> 0:53:40.759
<v Speaker 1>about you is like really kind of nasty to me

0:53:40.800 --> 0:53:43.879
<v Speaker 1>and kind of just like it's leaving you out right,

0:53:43.920 --> 0:53:47.160
<v Speaker 1>like it's it's them two against you, whereas he should

0:53:47.160 --> 0:53:50.160
<v Speaker 1>always be you're his number one. You're about to enter

0:53:50.200 --> 0:53:54.080
<v Speaker 1>into a legal union with this person, so he shouldn't

0:53:54.080 --> 0:53:56.759
<v Speaker 1>really be joking around like, oh yeah, she hates you,

0:53:57.160 --> 0:54:00.400
<v Speaker 1>and also what you said when when she went to

0:54:00.480 --> 0:54:04.120
<v Speaker 1>your house when you were away and you said nothing happened, Like,

0:54:04.480 --> 0:54:07.239
<v Speaker 1>to me, the fact that you're being forced to have

0:54:07.360 --> 0:54:11.200
<v Speaker 1>the conversation of did anything happen with your fiance is

0:54:11.239 --> 0:54:15.440
<v Speaker 1>so utterly disrespectful to you, Like, I just don't think

0:54:15.480 --> 0:54:17.480
<v Speaker 1>that that's a conversation you want to be having with

0:54:17.520 --> 0:54:19.799
<v Speaker 1>someone who you're about to marry. I don't think that's

0:54:19.840 --> 0:54:22.760
<v Speaker 1>fair to you. And I really think that the line

0:54:22.800 --> 0:54:25.759
<v Speaker 1>has been crossed, Like there's no question this boundary has

0:54:25.800 --> 0:54:31.560
<v Speaker 1>been totally blown. When's the wedding? We actually don't have

0:54:31.600 --> 0:54:35.480
<v Speaker 1>a date yet. You know, we got engaged in December

0:54:35.520 --> 0:54:38.759
<v Speaker 1>and then this whole thing popped up around March, a

0:54:38.800 --> 0:54:41.080
<v Speaker 1>couple of months later, so I really hadn't had the

0:54:41.120 --> 0:54:43.640
<v Speaker 1>time to really think about that yet. So this is

0:54:43.719 --> 0:54:46.000
<v Speaker 1>kind of put some things on pause for me. And

0:54:46.040 --> 0:54:48.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I'd rather figure out what's going on before

0:54:49.280 --> 0:54:53.640
<v Speaker 1>I get into a commitment. That to me, I feel

0:54:53.640 --> 0:54:57.000
<v Speaker 1>like it's almost not about it's not like her and

0:54:57.080 --> 0:54:59.719
<v Speaker 1>it's not like is he cheating? But it's like what

0:55:00.400 --> 0:55:03.839
<v Speaker 1>in him is allowing him to do this behavior? Or

0:55:03.880 --> 0:55:06.960
<v Speaker 1>what you know, what is this a deeper symptom of

0:55:07.120 --> 0:55:10.440
<v Speaker 1>it's I don't necessarily think he's cheating, but it's like,

0:55:11.800 --> 0:55:14.879
<v Speaker 1>I don't know that's it's something else. It kind of

0:55:14.920 --> 0:55:17.680
<v Speaker 1>feels like that. And I have always felt like, oh,

0:55:17.719 --> 0:55:19.719
<v Speaker 1>this isn't really a thing that exists. But people talk

0:55:19.760 --> 0:55:23.439
<v Speaker 1>about having like an emotional affair. What do you guys

0:55:23.440 --> 0:55:25.080
<v Speaker 1>think about that? Do you think they're real? Do you

0:55:25.080 --> 0:55:27.960
<v Speaker 1>think that's what this is? Well? I think that's valid.

0:55:28.000 --> 0:55:30.240
<v Speaker 1>I mean, people do have emotional affairs. But I also

0:55:30.239 --> 0:55:34.680
<v Speaker 1>think like if he was he admittedly admittingly was struggling

0:55:34.680 --> 0:55:37.399
<v Speaker 1>with his feelings for her when he met her, that

0:55:37.480 --> 0:55:40.200
<v Speaker 1>in and of itself should be the beginning, middle, and

0:55:40.239 --> 0:55:42.440
<v Speaker 1>the end of that. Like, okay, so when when he

0:55:42.520 --> 0:55:45.120
<v Speaker 1>discovered that he wasn't attracted her or that he didn't

0:55:45.160 --> 0:55:47.960
<v Speaker 1>have those feelings for her, then why continue to escalate

0:55:48.000 --> 0:55:51.320
<v Speaker 1>the relationship? You know? Like that all is very fuzzy

0:55:51.440 --> 0:55:54.600
<v Speaker 1>and there's just too many things there that point to

0:55:54.719 --> 0:55:58.279
<v Speaker 1>him a disrespecting you because I would never do that.

0:55:58.560 --> 0:56:00.840
<v Speaker 1>I would never hang out with somebody that my boyfriend

0:56:00.880 --> 0:56:03.520
<v Speaker 1>didn't know on the regular, especially when he asked me

0:56:03.520 --> 0:56:07.200
<v Speaker 1>not to. I would never like disrespect him like that.

0:56:07.880 --> 0:56:10.560
<v Speaker 1>So and I'm pretty of my own mind, but I

0:56:10.680 --> 0:56:13.759
<v Speaker 1>understand that completely, and you have every reason to go

0:56:13.880 --> 0:56:16.680
<v Speaker 1>like listen, I were engaged. So you and I need

0:56:16.719 --> 0:56:19.080
<v Speaker 1>to have to sit down and I need to have

0:56:19.120 --> 0:56:22.000
<v Speaker 1>a really clear understanding of what's going on with you

0:56:22.080 --> 0:56:24.800
<v Speaker 1>and this relationship with her, because clearly you are drawn

0:56:24.840 --> 0:56:27.239
<v Speaker 1>to her and getting her things from her that you're

0:56:27.239 --> 0:56:30.399
<v Speaker 1>not getting from me, and in turn, you're disrespecting me.

0:56:30.760 --> 0:56:33.080
<v Speaker 1>So you can see it my way or not, but

0:56:33.200 --> 0:56:35.400
<v Speaker 1>this is how I feel, and my feelings are valid,

0:56:35.880 --> 0:56:41.759
<v Speaker 1>and until I understand like why this relationship is even necessary,

0:56:41.800 --> 0:56:44.120
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry if it causes me this much discomfort. It's

0:56:44.160 --> 0:56:46.440
<v Speaker 1>something that you need to consider not having in your life.

0:56:47.160 --> 0:56:49.080
<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's anything wrong with that. It's not

0:56:49.120 --> 0:56:53.400
<v Speaker 1>about empowering other women. It's about not dis empowering yourself.

0:56:54.000 --> 0:56:57.799
<v Speaker 1>M Yeah, agreed. I can't thank you guys enough. This

0:56:57.880 --> 0:56:59.719
<v Speaker 1>has really been eye opening for me, and I'm just

0:57:00.040 --> 0:57:02.919
<v Speaker 1>to get some perspective from someone else who's out there.

0:57:03.280 --> 0:57:05.000
<v Speaker 1>And when you talk to him, like you know, just

0:57:05.400 --> 0:57:07.640
<v Speaker 1>it doesn't have to be heated. Obviously it may get

0:57:07.680 --> 0:57:10.080
<v Speaker 1>that way, but just be like, listen, out of respect

0:57:10.120 --> 0:57:13.440
<v Speaker 1>for our relationship. I need to understand why you are not.

0:57:13.600 --> 0:57:15.560
<v Speaker 1>You told me you had feelings for this girl that

0:57:15.560 --> 0:57:17.240
<v Speaker 1>you were trying to figure out. If you had feelings

0:57:17.240 --> 0:57:19.160
<v Speaker 1>for this girl, then you don't, but you continue to

0:57:19.200 --> 0:57:21.040
<v Speaker 1>hang out with her and you talk about her and

0:57:21.080 --> 0:57:23.560
<v Speaker 1>now you love her. You have to understand that's not

0:57:23.600 --> 0:57:26.440
<v Speaker 1>comfortable for me. So unless you can really map this

0:57:26.520 --> 0:57:28.520
<v Speaker 1>out for me, like I need you know, we need

0:57:28.600 --> 0:57:30.920
<v Speaker 1>to think about our future. You want to be engaged.

0:57:31.360 --> 0:57:35.000
<v Speaker 1>This is our engagement. Yeah. Yeah, and if you can't

0:57:35.080 --> 0:57:37.480
<v Speaker 1>get it figured out just the two of you without

0:57:37.480 --> 0:57:39.959
<v Speaker 1>it like turning into a blow up or him feeling like,

0:57:40.200 --> 0:57:42.280
<v Speaker 1>well I'm not allowed or any of those things, like

0:57:42.360 --> 0:57:44.480
<v Speaker 1>go have a couple of sessions with a therapist, like

0:57:44.600 --> 0:57:48.200
<v Speaker 1>just go talk to somebody. M Yeah, we're looking into that,

0:57:48.280 --> 0:57:51.440
<v Speaker 1>so we'll see if that it comes to it. Yeah,

0:57:51.480 --> 0:57:54.000
<v Speaker 1>that's always a good avenue to explore anyway. Yeah, it's

0:57:54.000 --> 0:57:55.720
<v Speaker 1>good to have a third party to just kind of

0:57:55.760 --> 0:57:59.680
<v Speaker 1>help you work through things for sure, and keep in

0:57:59.760 --> 0:58:02.280
<v Speaker 1>touch Nicole, let us know how it works out. Okay.

0:58:02.640 --> 0:58:05.360
<v Speaker 1>I will thank you guys so much for your help today.

0:58:05.600 --> 0:58:10.400
<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, no problem, thanks to call. Yeah, that's not right.

0:58:10.480 --> 0:58:17.160
<v Speaker 1>That sounds off, That's okay. Our next question comes from

0:58:17.280 --> 0:58:20.600
<v Speaker 1>jess She says, I'm Jessica. I'm a thirty three year

0:58:20.640 --> 0:58:23.120
<v Speaker 1>old woman who's raising an incredible four year old daughter.

0:58:23.560 --> 0:58:25.920
<v Speaker 1>I made the challenging decision to divorce her father at

0:58:25.920 --> 0:58:28.520
<v Speaker 1>the beginning of this year. The marriage included a few

0:58:28.560 --> 0:58:31.680
<v Speaker 1>types of non physical abuse, and my decision to leave

0:58:31.840 --> 0:58:34.400
<v Speaker 1>was strongly influenced by the love I have for my daughter.

0:58:34.960 --> 0:58:36.640
<v Speaker 1>I want her to see me as an example of

0:58:36.680 --> 0:58:38.880
<v Speaker 1>a woman who does not wait for permission to find

0:58:38.880 --> 0:58:43.160
<v Speaker 1>wholeness and personal fulfillment, but instead steps up and makes

0:58:43.200 --> 0:58:45.880
<v Speaker 1>it happen in her own life. I work full time

0:58:45.880 --> 0:58:48.120
<v Speaker 1>as a nurse. Post divorce, I've spent some time in

0:58:48.160 --> 0:58:51.480
<v Speaker 1>therapy and really focused on introspection. I'm reaching a space

0:58:51.520 --> 0:58:54.480
<v Speaker 1>where I want to consider dating, and I'm working through

0:58:54.480 --> 0:58:56.400
<v Speaker 1>how I want that to look in my life. I

0:58:56.480 --> 0:58:58.760
<v Speaker 1>have not dated or attempted to date in the time

0:58:58.800 --> 0:59:01.920
<v Speaker 1>post divorce. I've gained weight and feel a bit uncomfortable

0:59:01.920 --> 0:59:04.640
<v Speaker 1>in my own skin. I'm working on eating healthy and

0:59:04.680 --> 0:59:08.320
<v Speaker 1>balancing space for exercise. There are times when I feel

0:59:08.360 --> 0:59:10.680
<v Speaker 1>like I shouldn't date until my body looks and feels

0:59:10.720 --> 0:59:12.560
<v Speaker 1>the way I think it should. There's a bit of

0:59:12.600 --> 0:59:15.760
<v Speaker 1>unworthiness and lack of self esteem mixed in. My question

0:59:15.800 --> 0:59:17.880
<v Speaker 1>for you is this, how do I overcome my feeling

0:59:17.880 --> 0:59:20.920
<v Speaker 1>of unworthiness to date while at a larger size? Thanks

0:59:20.960 --> 0:59:26.520
<v Speaker 1>Chelsea Jess. Well, we were just discussing this. Literally, I

0:59:26.560 --> 0:59:29.400
<v Speaker 1>was like, I have to pull this email up. Yeah. Yeah,

0:59:29.880 --> 0:59:32.840
<v Speaker 1>clearly we've said this before and I'm sure we'll say

0:59:32.880 --> 0:59:36.640
<v Speaker 1>it again, But like, I get it. I understand. I

0:59:36.760 --> 0:59:39.480
<v Speaker 1>just told stories about how obsessive I was with my weight.

0:59:39.880 --> 0:59:42.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm in a different place right now and now mentally

0:59:42.360 --> 0:59:45.800
<v Speaker 1>about weight, and I understand that what you think you

0:59:45.920 --> 0:59:49.640
<v Speaker 1>see a the world doesn't see. Yes, you probably gained weight, Okay,

0:59:49.680 --> 0:59:51.680
<v Speaker 1>I mean you can measure that on a scale, but

0:59:51.800 --> 0:59:56.040
<v Speaker 1>that doesn't preclude you from your value and from your

0:59:56.680 --> 0:59:59.680
<v Speaker 1>There are a million things to fall in love with

0:59:59.720 --> 1:00:03.400
<v Speaker 1>in a person you know, and anyone who's focused solely

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<v Speaker 1>on the weight a you don't want to be with anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's there you go. If somebody said, oh, if

1:00:09.320 --> 1:00:11.080
<v Speaker 1>you gained twenty pounds, I wouldn't be with you, then

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<v Speaker 1>you would never go on a date with them to

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<v Speaker 1>begin with. So don't worry about it. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>my friends is dating this guy and he's really really

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<v Speaker 1>good looking, and she doesn't think she's good looking enough

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<v Speaker 1>for him. And she's like, well, he's friends with this

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<v Speaker 1>girl and this girl, and this girl's like a supermodel,

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<v Speaker 1>and this girl's like a supermodel. Like I said to

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<v Speaker 1>my friend, I'm like, there are a million things to

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<v Speaker 1>fall in love with about you. I fell in love

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<v Speaker 1>with you all my my whole family is in love

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<v Speaker 1>with you. My friends are in love with you, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I fell in love with you, and it wasn't about

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<v Speaker 1>your looks. Like I didn't fall in love with you

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<v Speaker 1>because of your looks. So remember that, like, we don't

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<v Speaker 1>all represent the same things and the same values, Like

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<v Speaker 1>looks is not a value even that is like a

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<v Speaker 1>fleeting thing that you know people work hard to present like.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a great time for you to be dating

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<v Speaker 1>and meet someone when you don't feel like you're at

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<v Speaker 1>your best. This is a great experiment and opportunity for

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<v Speaker 1>you to push through those feelings and present yourself and

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<v Speaker 1>find somebody who really loves you for who you are

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<v Speaker 1>instead of what you think you know provides value to you,

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<v Speaker 1>right and myself being a fuller figured woman I've always

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<v Speaker 1>been fuller figured, I've always been curvy, I've always had

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<v Speaker 1>huge boobs, and like, let me just say, not every

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<v Speaker 1>guy is looking for a skinny girl. They're just not.

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<v Speaker 1>Not every guy is going to be like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>you gained ten pounds. This is unacceptable, like tink set earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>like you are the only person who's noticing that everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else is noticing. When I'm pmss ng, I just posted

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<v Speaker 1>something about this recently. When I'm pmss ng, I feel

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<v Speaker 1>my grossest, you know, because you just feel bloated. You're

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<v Speaker 1>like you have gas, You're like period farts. It's disgusting,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're just like, and my boobs are getting so big.

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<v Speaker 1>I just look like one big hitted monster right before

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<v Speaker 1>I get my period. And Joe loves it. He's like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the hottest you ever are this time during

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<v Speaker 1>the month. He's like, I just love when your stomach

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<v Speaker 1>sticks out a little and you're bloated. I'm like, fuck you,

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<v Speaker 1>I hate you know, I hate that feeling, But like

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<v Speaker 1>he loves that, Like, how great is that You're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>find somebody who loves you for who you are? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and no one has ever fallen in love based on

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<v Speaker 1>looks alone, like at all, that's that's the thing, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>no one is ever going to be like, oh I

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<v Speaker 1>fell in love with her because she's perfectly perfect looking,

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's not real. And and like Chelsea said, if

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<v Speaker 1>someone is only dating for your looks, you would never

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<v Speaker 1>want to be with them anyway, Like there is so

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<v Speaker 1>much more to you than your than your looks. Like

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<v Speaker 1>I I always say to my followers, my body is

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<v Speaker 1>the least interesting thing about me, and I like it

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<v Speaker 1>that way. I really couldn't care. Like you are a

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<v Speaker 1>meat covered skeleton on a rock that is hurtling through space.

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<v Speaker 1>Never forget that, like it truly, it's the It's the

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<v Speaker 1>last thing that you should worry about, and honestly, don't

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<v Speaker 1>worry about. Oh are they going to think this about me?

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<v Speaker 1>Are they going to think that about me? What about?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you like them? Why don't? Why don't you go

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<v Speaker 1>into it thinking what am I looking for? I want

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<v Speaker 1>someone who's kind, I want someone who's works really are

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<v Speaker 1>Like that should be your lens going into dating, not like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, I gained a couple of pounds, like

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<v Speaker 1>that's just shift your mindset and focus on the attributes

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<v Speaker 1>that you want to find in a person and then

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<v Speaker 1>and then that will come back to you. I really

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<v Speaker 1>do believe that we uh, we receive the energy that

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<v Speaker 1>we give out. Yeah, and it's easy to create new habits,

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<v Speaker 1>new neural pathways, new habits. It's so much easier than

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<v Speaker 1>people think. You just have to take that step, start

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<v Speaker 1>doing it. And it might not click right away, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>reframing things. It might not click, but it will click

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<v Speaker 1>if you are consistent and you practice it, it will

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<v Speaker 1>come together. Yeah. Yeah. And also, never ever put any

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<v Speaker 1>part of your life on hold to be at a

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<v Speaker 1>st or for anything. You can never say oh, i'll

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<v Speaker 1>do this when or I'll be happy when Like that's

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<v Speaker 1>not that's a moving target, and you cannot You can't

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<v Speaker 1>put your life on hold. I completely agree with that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not how it works. Yeah. Yeah, Well let's head

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<v Speaker 1>to a quick break and we'll come back with more

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<v Speaker 1>tinks than Okay, right, and we're back from break? Are

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<v Speaker 1>we back from break? Okay, we're back. Tanks were back.

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<v Speaker 1>We're back. Sorry, Tanks was underneath the table again. She

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<v Speaker 1>keeps going under there. I don't know what you think

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<v Speaker 1>is under there. It's just got racy a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>sexual innuenda is flying around tanks. Did you have a

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<v Speaker 1>question or a piece of advice you'd like to ask

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea for? Oh, I hope you do. I do. We've

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<v Speaker 1>we've touched on it a little bit, but I want

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<v Speaker 1>your advice on My followers love to know about my

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<v Speaker 1>personal life and my dating life, and I love to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it. I do. But how have you found

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<v Speaker 1>the right balance over the years of telling telling about

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<v Speaker 1>your dating life and your personal life? And what are

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<v Speaker 1>your tips for that? And and is it evolving or

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<v Speaker 1>do you have any hard lines where you're like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not going to share this or I'm going to share

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<v Speaker 1>this after the fact. Yeah, I think do you feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you overshared your last relationship? Is that where this

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<v Speaker 1>is coming from a little bit, But it's more so

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<v Speaker 1>that it's just it's actually to be dick on the table.

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<v Speaker 1>It's making dating a little bit difficult because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>if I'd say it in real time, it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kind of Truman showing myself. But my followers like

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<v Speaker 1>to know. So now I've swung back all the way

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<v Speaker 1>where I'm not telling them anything about my dating life.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to find a middle ground. So and

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<v Speaker 1>I also just like with the guys I date, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want I certainly don't want them to date me

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<v Speaker 1>because they think I'm going to talk about them. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to find something, you know what I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just not want to date me because they know

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to exactly whatever. And so that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>why I swung. And I was like, no, I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say anything because I don't want to turn any

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<v Speaker 1>guys off and whatever, and I need to keep something

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<v Speaker 1>for myself. But at the end of the day, my

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<v Speaker 1>followers are my best friends in my life and I

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<v Speaker 1>love them, and I talk about dating and I want

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<v Speaker 1>to report from the field. So it's like it's really

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<v Speaker 1>hard to find that balance, especially living in l A.

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<v Speaker 1>I think my advice on that would be to always

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<v Speaker 1>you can always still share with your followers. Giving people

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit of information that you are dating, that

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<v Speaker 1>you went on a date, that you like someone, without

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<v Speaker 1>giving away who that person is until it's in a

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<v Speaker 1>really solid place is probably just the only advice I

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<v Speaker 1>would have to say about that, because that way you

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<v Speaker 1>are sharing, like oh, and then there's an anticipatory nuance

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<v Speaker 1>to everything with your followers because they know, like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you're like I am dating there is somebody, and as

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<v Speaker 1>soon as it's something worth mentioning, and as soon as

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<v Speaker 1>we're like together as a couple, then I will share

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<v Speaker 1>it with you guys, because you're gonna want to share

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<v Speaker 1>that when you are in love with somebody. There's no

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<v Speaker 1>way you're not gonna And so you the only part

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<v Speaker 1>you want to keep private, or people's identities until you've

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<v Speaker 1>sussed them out and until you decided you're in a

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<v Speaker 1>serious relationship with somebody. So I think it's good to

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<v Speaker 1>share that stuff when it's real and when you're feeling

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<v Speaker 1>it and you had that experience for a reason, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like you're not going to do that again necessarily, even

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<v Speaker 1>though you're followers loved it because it's completely relatable. You

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<v Speaker 1>did it a guy who ended up poking up. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>if that could happen to you, that could happen to

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<v Speaker 1>anybody what they're thinking. So I think it's important to

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<v Speaker 1>be honest with everybody. You know, you don't have to lie,

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<v Speaker 1>but you don't have to divulge other people's identities and

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<v Speaker 1>give away all of the details always. That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>would say that's that. I think, yeah, yeah, I like that.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good, right, Katherine. Do you have any advice that

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<v Speaker 1>you need an answer to? Yes, I actually do so

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<v Speaker 1>a friend of mine we both have dogs. Our dogs

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<v Speaker 1>are the same age, and we kind of go back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth like babysitting each other's dogs, like even if

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<v Speaker 1>it's for a couple of days or even a week,

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<v Speaker 1>like we know our dogs are safe in each other's hands.

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<v Speaker 1>Her dog is a lot more work than our dog.

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<v Speaker 1>Her dog has to wear diapers that have to be

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<v Speaker 1>hand washed, and like barks all the time, starting at

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<v Speaker 1>six in the morning. And he's very sweet and we

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<v Speaker 1>love him, but he's a pain in the ass. So

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<v Speaker 1>said friend has recently had a baby, and baby's about

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<v Speaker 1>three or four months old, and I really want to

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<v Speaker 1>be there for her and help her out and like

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<v Speaker 1>take some things off her plate as she's dealing with

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<v Speaker 1>new motherhood. But her husband has started going on like

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<v Speaker 1>week long trips for work every month, and they want

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<v Speaker 1>us to take the dog for like basically a week

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<v Speaker 1>every month just so she doesn't have like something else

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<v Speaker 1>to deal with. She does have a nanny that comes

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<v Speaker 1>and helps during the day, so there's that but I'm

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<v Speaker 1>struggling with like do I say yes every time even

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<v Speaker 1>though it's like he's a drain when he's there. But

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<v Speaker 1>I also, like my nice Midwestern heart like wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be there for my friend, and you don't say yes

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<v Speaker 1>every time, you know, like like once in a blue moon,

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<v Speaker 1>blue moon, I don't know, But no, you're beer the

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<v Speaker 1>way too generous, Like you are a good friend and

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<v Speaker 1>you have been a good friend, and you are showing

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<v Speaker 1>up for her, and the fact that you're even having

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<v Speaker 1>these common station with yourself is like shows how much

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<v Speaker 1>you care. But you can't. You didn't have the fucking baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, and you your husband isn't going on mountain

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<v Speaker 1>trip week long whatever fucking hike in excursions like you

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<v Speaker 1>need to know, like once in a while he's taking

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<v Speaker 1>in the attractions taking I need someone to take me action.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen attractions in months. Oh my god, me neither.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen attractions anywhere. Yeah, you that's bullshit. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, she needs to sort that out with Also

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<v Speaker 1>the diaper thing like that means take it to a trainer,

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<v Speaker 1>figure it out, Like if she can staple his asshole shut,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you could babysit for her fucking dog a diaper,

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<v Speaker 1>like it's too time, too far, and you need to

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<v Speaker 1>see your way out. You just gotta go. Listen. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be there for you and all you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I do want to help you, but it's become a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit much like a couple of days with your

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<v Speaker 1>dog is one thing. Oh we isn't. I can't be there.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys have to figure this out between the two

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<v Speaker 1>of you, not me, you know. Okay, thank you guys.

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<v Speaker 1>That's honest. Asked again, how had him? How confused we

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<v Speaker 1>get when we're in our own situation? I know it's

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<v Speaker 1>so true, and that you said you're like, oh and

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<v Speaker 1>two wonderful women yell know at you when you know

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<v Speaker 1>that's funny? Well, Tanks were can everyone to find you?

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