WEBVTT - Waitlisted on Raya with Brittany Broski

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, Hi, Hi Hi. I'm just going through my makeup.

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta put my makeup on for my podcast because

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<v Speaker 1>it's not recorded on.

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<v Speaker 2>Vide everyone knows it's a visual medium.

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<v Speaker 3>No.

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<v Speaker 2>It is funny too because we have guests all the

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<v Speaker 2>time who are like, this is not going to be

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<v Speaker 2>on video, right, And then I'm like, except for Socials,

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna put a clip on Socials, so then everybody

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<v Speaker 2>has to get looking good.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>We have added more shows to my Little Big Bitch

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<v Speaker 1>tour because I'm coming all over. We added a second

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<v Speaker 1>show at the Pantagius in Los Angeles, so that's October

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<v Speaker 1>twelfth and Friday the thirteenth, which is my favorite day

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<v Speaker 1>of the year. We added a second show in Boston

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<v Speaker 1>at the Wiging Center September twenty ninth and thirtieth is

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<v Speaker 1>two shows in New York. I also have a show

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<v Speaker 1>in East Hampton, New York August twenty six.

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<v Speaker 4>We added a.

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<v Speaker 1>Second show in Portland, so Thursday, November tewod Friday November third,

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<v Speaker 1>and Portland November fourth and fifth in San Francisco, two

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<v Speaker 1>shows there. We added a second show in Seattle November

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<v Speaker 1>tenth and eleventh, two shows Boston are November sixteenth and

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<v Speaker 1>seventeenth at the Bach Center at Wang Theater. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>also coming to Toronto and Montreal and Ottawa and so

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<v Speaker 1>many other cities Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville.

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<v Speaker 4>So I will see everybody at all of these shows.

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<v Speaker 4>Thank you. Get your tickets at Chelseahandler dot com.

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<v Speaker 2>So, Chelsea, we have a great guest today and she's

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<v Speaker 2>somebody who talks a lot about her mental health.

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<v Speaker 5>And I got me wondering.

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<v Speaker 2>You are somebody who's always talked a lot about your life,

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<v Speaker 2>but a few years ago you obviously made a very

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<v Speaker 2>conscious decision to start talking really candidly about your mental health.

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<v Speaker 2>And I wonder was making that decision scary?

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<v Speaker 6>No?

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<v Speaker 4>I mean it was so natural.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I'm always sharing what I'm going through, and

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<v Speaker 1>it was so natural, and I was learning so much,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was such a shift in my life. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a noticeable by everyone that matters to me, and

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<v Speaker 1>some friends, you know, in ways didn't like that which

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<v Speaker 1>I had heard could happen.

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<v Speaker 4>And I was it was shocking interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember once I decided I didn't want that. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to spend my time talking shit, I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you know, listen, we all talk shit. There's

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<v Speaker 1>a time and a place for that, and then there's

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<v Speaker 1>a way to do it that's not nasty, and there's

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<v Speaker 1>a way to do it that is, you know, that

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<v Speaker 1>is nasty. And so I changed a lot of those

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<v Speaker 1>habits that were giving me, like you know, that were

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<v Speaker 1>bringing me lower than I want to be. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to be high and I want to be upbeat. And

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't hard to share because I always know that

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<v Speaker 1>when anybody shares anything, you're helping so many people. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know that how many people I'm helping because of

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<v Speaker 1>my honesty, because of my books and my stand up

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<v Speaker 1>and this podcast, because they reach out and they tell me,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, some of the notes I get are

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<v Speaker 1>so profound and meaningful to me that anytime I feel

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<v Speaker 1>low or I'm feeling like insecure, I always just go

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<v Speaker 1>and look through my dms and to be reminded. And

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<v Speaker 1>usually whenever you're feeling like that, something happens to remind

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<v Speaker 1>you all so you know, you don't even have to

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<v Speaker 1>go look that far because somebody will reach out to

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<v Speaker 1>you and go I just want you to know, like yesterday,

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<v Speaker 1>I came home. There's all this fan mail on this thing,

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<v Speaker 1>and I rarely have time to go through that, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>but I remember walking by it yesterday and I was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>these people are taking their time to write you go

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<v Speaker 1>read some of them.

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<v Speaker 4>And I did, and it was just so moving, just.

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<v Speaker 1>People taking the time to write something that the impact

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<v Speaker 1>that you had on a certain event in their life.

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<v Speaker 1>And you know that your honesty helped me go to

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<v Speaker 1>therapy and all.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, you just never.

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<v Speaker 1>Have any idea, even if you're someone like me with

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<v Speaker 1>a big platform, how many people you're affecting and impacting

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<v Speaker 1>with that domino effect, So you know, for people who

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<v Speaker 1>aren't famous, you're affecting people too.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you know the same way.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's not just one person's responsibility, Like you

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<v Speaker 1>have to remember when you're a good person and you're

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<v Speaker 1>there for your friends and you're and you show up

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<v Speaker 1>for them and you're honest, or you're sharing your story,

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<v Speaker 1>you are helping therapies others.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I love that you say, like, whether you have

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<v Speaker 5>a platform or not.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a text recently from a friend of mine

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<v Speaker 2>on Mother's Day.

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<v Speaker 5>She's a mom, and she texted me she's someone who.

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<v Speaker 2>She doesn't live in LA anymore, so we don't talk

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<v Speaker 2>as much, but we were really close for a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>And she's on me this gorgeous I'm like going to

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<v Speaker 2>cry thinking about it, this gorgeous text message saying like

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<v Speaker 2>no one in my life has ever mothered me the

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<v Speaker 2>way that you did.

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<v Speaker 5>I just like lost it. And you know, you just

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<v Speaker 5>never know what like little things.

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<v Speaker 2>You do on a day to day basis like really

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<v Speaker 2>get through to people or are moving and impactful for people.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And another thing that because I have experienced in death,

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<v Speaker 1>when someone in my life loses someone, I'm always there.

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<v Speaker 1>If someone's in crisis, I'm there, I check in, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always on it. Because there's a period of grieving where

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<v Speaker 1>everyone shows up, and then there's a period where people disappear.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the most difficult time for people because I

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<v Speaker 1>lived that and I know it that people feel, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they want to reach out to you, and then everyone

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<v Speaker 1>kind of moves on with their lives, right, So the

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<v Speaker 1>people that do remember and are like consist and show

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<v Speaker 1>up beyond the point.

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<v Speaker 5>The week, the month, after year, and even you know, a.

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<v Speaker 1>Very common thing for people to say is like I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't want to bother. I don't want to burden her

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<v Speaker 1>she's going through so much. Or it's not my place.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like it's it's anyone's place. You can to reach out,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have to. If they don't care or want

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<v Speaker 1>you to reach out, then fine, But it's everyone's place

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<v Speaker 1>to extend a branch and say hey, or not a branch,

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<v Speaker 1>extend love and say hey, hey, I'm here. If you

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<v Speaker 1>need me, call me any time. Consistently check in. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that makes a big difference in other people's lives.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>For example, I had a friend who lost someone a

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<v Speaker 2>couple of years ago, and it was a really sudden

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<v Speaker 2>and really traumatic death, and I knew she was just

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<v Speaker 2>like beside herself, not even able to like talk to people,

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<v Speaker 2>and I just I texted her just every day for

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<v Speaker 2>the longest time, or every few days for the longest time,

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<v Speaker 2>just being like I'm here, And I said, like, you

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to text me back, you don't need to

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<v Speaker 2>do anything, but I just want you to know I'm here,

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<v Speaker 2>I love you, and just like consistently did that. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you have a how do you get a sense of

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<v Speaker 2>like when someone's ready to talk versus like they just

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<v Speaker 2>need to know you're there.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you reach out, you know, with texts and

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<v Speaker 1>like you can call whatever your dynamic is. If it's

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<v Speaker 1>not a close friend, then you know, I think you

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if someone dies, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Call, Yeah, you call them immediately.

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<v Speaker 1>And if it's somebody that's far away that you can text,

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<v Speaker 1>send a text, or you can wait until it dies

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<v Speaker 1>down and then really go in and say, hey, I've

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<v Speaker 1>been thinking about you this whole time. I just want

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<v Speaker 1>to let you know I'm here.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't think there are any rules for that.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, you don't want to harass somebody, but you

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<v Speaker 1>just want to make sure that they know that you're

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of them, and that you're in their thoughts and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and that you're.

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<v Speaker 4>Just thinking about them. I think that's a comfort.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, It's like I think some people they want to

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<v Speaker 2>have someone show up at their door, and other people don't,

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<v Speaker 2>ye know, Like I.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't want that. I'm not.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to be alone when I'm dealing with something,

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<v Speaker 1>to occults mostly and get through it because it's just

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<v Speaker 1>such a mouthstrom of emotion, you know, it's up and

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<v Speaker 1>down and up and down and and and breaking up

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<v Speaker 1>is easier to be show up for someone because that's

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<v Speaker 1>not death, right, death is like people are like scared

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<v Speaker 1>to have to talk about that.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah you can with a breakup.

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<v Speaker 2>You can show up with like a bottle of wine

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<v Speaker 2>and a bar of chocolate and like, you know, sit

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<v Speaker 2>on the couch and like be together.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah. Okay, So our guest today is a hot mess.

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<v Speaker 4>I love her.

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<v Speaker 1>She made last year's Forbes thirty Under thirty list and

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<v Speaker 1>was named TikToker of the Year by Paper Magazine, and

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<v Speaker 1>of course is also known as Kombucha Girl. So she's

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<v Speaker 1>the host of the new podcast The Broski Report. Please

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<v Speaker 1>welcome Britney Broski.

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<v Speaker 7>Is that a beer? Would you imagine if I just

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<v Speaker 7>walk in with like a Corse light? What is that?

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<v Speaker 7>Eleven am? So that's going to be a water good death.

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<v Speaker 7>That's the ship that Travis Burker uses for enemas.

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<v Speaker 4>Britney Brosky just showed up with a beer.

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<v Speaker 7>It's what time is it? It's al.

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<v Speaker 4>That's how some people have to do podcasts. Brittany Broski

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<v Speaker 4>is here, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, And I hope you're familiar with her because she

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<v Speaker 1>is a real hot mess and I like her style

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<v Speaker 1>and she's got a lot of stuff going on.

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<v Speaker 4>She has a new podcast.

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<v Speaker 7>Actually, do have a new podcast about that.

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<v Speaker 3>It's called The Broski Report with Brennany Broski in case

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<v Speaker 3>you couldn't, like, you know, put it together. And it's

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<v Speaker 3>very much stream of consciousness, just whatever comes out of

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<v Speaker 3>your mouth, my crazy.

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<v Speaker 7>Beautiful mouth, uh huh.

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<v Speaker 3>It's kind of what makes it onto air. So it's fun,

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<v Speaker 3>it's it's a lot of fun. We designed the set

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<v Speaker 3>kind of like if Walter Cronkite was a gay man, which.

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<v Speaker 1>He may have been, which probably, I mean, it seems

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<v Speaker 1>like almost all men are gay, is what we're figuring out,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why they're so pissed.

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<v Speaker 3>Off exactly, And I think that's a beautiful thing. They

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<v Speaker 3>could just work through it. But it's very nineteen fifty

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<v Speaker 3>steemed for the set. But the whole idea was, my

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<v Speaker 3>fans are called Brosky Nation, and I am a tyrannical dictator,

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<v Speaker 3>like just for prostcadation, Like there are no laws last

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<v Speaker 3>change daily.

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<v Speaker 7>So I was like, what's a fun way.

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<v Speaker 3>To kind of deliver news to these people of like,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, guys, we're no longer listening to this we're

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<v Speaker 3>listening to death tones. Okay, let's let's get with it.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I was like, we need a news set,

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<v Speaker 3>and uh, it really came together really beautifully, and it's

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<v Speaker 3>in my spare bedroom at my house.

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<v Speaker 1>So congratulations, I'm building my podcast you do at my

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<v Speaker 1>new house and may never be ready. I'm gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>using your podcast room actually from here on it it

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<v Speaker 1>is there a medieval times theme for this?

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<v Speaker 7>No, that's just gonna be in my bedroom.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Brittany has gained a lot of notoriety on TikTok because

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<v Speaker 1>you have a over ten. Did you just throw coffee

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<v Speaker 1>in your face?

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<v Speaker 7>Vomit?

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<v Speaker 1>Oh guys, I wish this was on video, and it

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<v Speaker 1>actually happens to be. So maybe this is the clipble

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<v Speaker 1>use she ejaculated coffee into her face when she went

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<v Speaker 1>to take a sip the other day.

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<v Speaker 4>I was on a plane and I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess it must have been high because I went

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<v Speaker 1>to go take a sip and assumed there was like

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<v Speaker 1>a sippy the top a lid. Oh no, yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>I just poured the entire drink down on my shirt

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, wait, what just happened?

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<v Speaker 4>I had like a synapse loss and I just poured

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<v Speaker 4>it on me and I'm like, wait, what are you doing?

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<v Speaker 1>No, I must have been on an edible that's edible behavior,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. But because of your popularity on TikTok, your

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<v Speaker 1>podcast now and all of social media, you have a

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<v Speaker 1>huge following. And because of that, you've gotten to meet

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of your heroes, which I loved when you

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<v Speaker 1>met Harry Styles that you are set.

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<v Speaker 4>She's a huge Harry Styles fan.

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<v Speaker 7>Like ridiculous, it's like really actually stupid.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I think a lot of people probably feel

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<v Speaker 4>that way.

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<v Speaker 7>Absolutely.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why when that happened, it was so like, because

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know about it.

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<v Speaker 7>You're probably not terrified of the internet, but I am.

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<v Speaker 4>And so terrified in which way just of.

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<v Speaker 3>Like people's response to anything, how they can twist it

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<v Speaker 3>and all that.

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<v Speaker 7>So that happened, and I was terrified at first.

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<v Speaker 4>Let's tell us what happened. Break it down.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, so they surprised me. So I HSHQ, which is

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<v Speaker 3>Harry's like headquarters. Oh my God, reached out to me

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<v Speaker 3>and they were like, hey, Brittany, what are you doing

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<v Speaker 3>on these days?

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<v Speaker 7>And I was like, well, I'm actually kind of busy,

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<v Speaker 7>but what's up.

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<v Speaker 3>And they were like, he's doing a one night only

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<v Speaker 3>in New York for you know, Harry's House coming out,

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<v Speaker 3>and we wanted to know if you would take over

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<v Speaker 3>the social media for it. And I was like, what

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<v Speaker 3>the fuck.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I'm free. I just cleared my schedule. I'm free.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I didn't go into it with this expectation

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<v Speaker 3>I was going to meet him because I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>he's so busy. This is the first time he's ever

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<v Speaker 3>performing this new album. Like, I'm sure he's nervous. He

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't want to do like a fucking meet and greet,

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<v Speaker 3>and I don't want to meet him either, like he

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<v Speaker 3>scares me, Like I love him so much, he's so scary.

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<v Speaker 3>And so I went into it, like we interviewed fans,

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<v Speaker 3>we were giving out free tickets, we were giving out pizza.

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<v Speaker 7>It was pouring rain, like it.

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<v Speaker 4>Was just so fun, and you were taking over their

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<v Speaker 4>social media.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I took over the HSHQ like account and just

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<v Speaker 3>taking him around the stadium and interviewing fans and stuff. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>at the end of the night, it's like an hour

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<v Speaker 3>till showtime. We wrap giving people tickets and whatever, and

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<v Speaker 3>so I go back. I think we're going back to

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<v Speaker 3>my dressing room just to kind of like hang out.

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<v Speaker 3>And I'm walking back in and people start put like

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<v Speaker 3>bringing out their phones and I'm like, it's kind of weird.

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<v Speaker 3>And so we're walking in my dressing room and I

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<v Speaker 3>opened the door and he's right there. And they had

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<v Speaker 3>told me before, they were like maybe maybe it'll happen

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<v Speaker 3>another time, but like it's just there's so much going on,

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<v Speaker 3>like it's not gonna happen. I was like kind of

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<v Speaker 3>relieve it also like okay, okay, And so I opened.

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<v Speaker 7>The door and they fucking surprised me with him. He's

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<v Speaker 7>right in my dressing room like this, I run the

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<v Speaker 7>other way.

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<v Speaker 3>I run out of the fucking room screaming. I was

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<v Speaker 3>like I can't. It was just like sensory overload. I

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<v Speaker 3>like went blind for a second. So I ran back

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<v Speaker 3>in the room. And then that's what that clip is

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<v Speaker 3>is of me talking to him for like thirty seconds,

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<v Speaker 3>showed him my tattoo of a Harry Styles tattoo because

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<v Speaker 3>I'm mentally ill. So that's it was a beautiful, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 3>scary moment.

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<v Speaker 4>That's so cute, though, who else have you gotten to

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<v Speaker 4>me like that.

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<v Speaker 3>Are you like a nineteen seventy five fan, like the

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<v Speaker 3>nineteen seventy five.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the year I was born.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess yeah, yeah, kind of a little bit,

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<v Speaker 1>oh I guess yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Well there's a band called nine seventy five and the

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<v Speaker 3>lead singer is another one of my like I pissed

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<v Speaker 3>a little.

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<v Speaker 7>Bit in my pants. I had to go change.

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<v Speaker 4>What's his name?

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<v Speaker 7>His name is Maddie. I love him and.

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<v Speaker 4>That's he only has a one day is he like share?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, just Maddie.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh no, it's Mattie Heally and he's very very British,

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<v Speaker 3>Like think of the most British man you can that's him.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, I like Rits.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always attracted to British guys. It's there's something else happening.

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<v Speaker 1>It just feels like they know geography, you know what I.

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<v Speaker 4>Mean, And that's what that's a turn on for me.

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<v Speaker 4>Education is a turn on for me.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, they can like look at the map and kind

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<v Speaker 7>of know what's going on.

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<v Speaker 1>Better well rounded or more well rounded. Not better well

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<v Speaker 1>rounded because apparently I can't speak.

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<v Speaker 4>Eish person would never say that. As usual, I cannot

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<v Speaker 4>speaking this.

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<v Speaker 5>Britty I have to tell you speaking of mental illness.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh go ahead.

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<v Speaker 2>It was just on vacation with a couple of my girlfriends,

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<v Speaker 2>and we very much loved your depression meal.

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<v Speaker 5>It came up many times.

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<v Speaker 2>Brittany did this little depression meal that was apples and

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<v Speaker 2>chocolate chip, just dry chocolate chips on a plate and

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<v Speaker 2>just laughing and crying at the same time.

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<v Speaker 5>And it is truly made our ocasion much better.

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<v Speaker 4>Good come, yeah, that sounds good.

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<v Speaker 3>And the apples were like a little brown and old,

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<v Speaker 3>and I like put them in the bowl and dry

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<v Speaker 3>chocolate chips, and I in my head, I was like

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<v Speaker 3>dinner and then I ate it and I filmed that

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<v Speaker 3>video because I started it was so fucking ridiculous, Like

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<v Speaker 3>that is so stupid.

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<v Speaker 5>But it's also like the thing that happens when you're

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<v Speaker 5>different stud I've had.

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<v Speaker 7>Like a can of corn for dinner before. That's all

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<v Speaker 7>I can make.

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<v Speaker 4>That man came out really nicely.

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<v Speaker 1>Anytime I see corn, all I think about is go

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<v Speaker 1>into the bathroom and I keep having it. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>eat corn anymore. I'm so over corn. And then I

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<v Speaker 1>found out about Tito's corn Syrup. A few years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>I was such a big fan of Titos and that

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<v Speaker 1>they used so much corn syrup and I.

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<v Speaker 5>Was so in their vodka.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, because it's like a.

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<v Speaker 1>Local Austin company, you know. So I was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>support that, but no longer. I'm back to Belvidere and

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<v Speaker 1>King Street for Kate Hudson.

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<v Speaker 4>She she has good vacca with King Street.

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<v Speaker 1>Also, I know you're very involved with the drag community,

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<v Speaker 1>and since there's so much nonsense going on right now

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<v Speaker 1>about the drag community, ridiculous banning drag which has turned

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<v Speaker 1>into just a total dog whistle and basically demonizing trans

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<v Speaker 1>children for a political point, Like the Republicans are so

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<v Speaker 1>nasty the way that they're treating drag queens and the arguments.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I posted something on my Instagram about drag

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<v Speaker 1>queens and you should see some of the comments saying

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all for people doing what they want, but they

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<v Speaker 1>need to stop dragging our kids to shows.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's like, cutface.

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<v Speaker 8>What child do you know that's five years old that

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<v Speaker 8>is going to drag shows without their parents. If they're

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<v Speaker 8>at a drag show, then their parents brought them there.

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<v Speaker 8>There are no seven year old children going to dragon shows.

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<v Speaker 8>On their own, just like there are no transgender children

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<v Speaker 8>getting surgery either.

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<v Speaker 7>Right. Well, it's also like ask any fucking drag queen.

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<v Speaker 7>They don't want children there.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know. I don't want children at my shows.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I feel like it's such a non issue that

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<v Speaker 3>they have made into this.

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<v Speaker 7>It's so hyper politicized. It doesn't even.

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<v Speaker 1>Exist the issue exactly, You're right, it doesn't exist. It's

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<v Speaker 1>such bullshit. It's such a non issue that they sit

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<v Speaker 1>there and they hammer home, and then these idiots that

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<v Speaker 1>believe that to be the truth are like, it's wrong

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<v Speaker 1>that these children, they haven't even thought about the actual

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<v Speaker 1>logistics of a child going to a drag show, Like

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<v Speaker 1>are they getting, you know, from nursery school straight to

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<v Speaker 1>their drag show because that's the field trip.

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<v Speaker 4>No, it isn't. Yeah, so it's all just such bullshit.

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<v Speaker 1>But I mean, I think it's just going to make

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<v Speaker 1>the drag community louder and prouder and all of its allies, allies.

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<v Speaker 1>I was sorry, Vanessa Gonzalez. My opener always says you're

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<v Speaker 1>such a good Alley as a joke because she always

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<v Speaker 1>mispronounces things. And so now I'm picking it up, and

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm I'm no, I.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't know how to speak English.

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<v Speaker 7>We'll get their eventually.

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<v Speaker 4>What else is happening in your love life? Do you

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<v Speaker 4>have a love life?

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<v Speaker 3>I hang out with speaking of drag queens, so many

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<v Speaker 3>gay people that no, if like that there are no

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<v Speaker 3>straatmen in my life because I am unfortunately very straight

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<v Speaker 3>and my type is just not not in or around

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<v Speaker 3>my immediate sphere. So especially fucking Hollywood, West Hollywood, it's

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<v Speaker 3>like not a single one to be found.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, So what do you do? You make any effort

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<v Speaker 1>to date? Do you go on like sites or any

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<v Speaker 1>dating apps or anything like that?

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<v Speaker 3>Because when I when everything kind of first happened for me,

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of had like a really upsetting experience where

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<v Speaker 3>like I realized my anonymity no longer existed, you know

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<v Speaker 3>what I mean, where like I can no longer just

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<v Speaker 3>be a woman on a dating app. It's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 3>you're from and it's like and men aren't respectful ever

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<v Speaker 3>in the way that they approach that you know of Like,

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<v Speaker 3>so what's it like? You know, we're asking me questions,

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<v Speaker 3>it's just like, oh, no fucking way, I matched with U.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's like, so I deleted all the apps, and

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of have resigned myself to this, like if

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to meet him, it's going to be in

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<v Speaker 3>the club, or like it's going to be in a party,

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<v Speaker 3>and then I don't go to parties, so it's like, oh, right,

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<v Speaker 3>so maybe I won't ever meet a man.

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<v Speaker 7>So that's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's hope at some point that you do. You're young,

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<v Speaker 1>you have time to not be worried about it, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you have all the time in the world

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<v Speaker 1>to not be worried about it, exactly. I need something

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<v Speaker 1>to spike my sex drive. I think I was saying,

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<v Speaker 1>are you I got nothing going on?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 1>I have something going on, but not sex. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>it's not it's a lead up. Yeah, it's a hearty outbreak.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a lead up to possibly sex. I'm talking to

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<v Speaker 1>some guy. I will meet him at some point and

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<v Speaker 1>then I'll decide I don't like to talk on the

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<v Speaker 1>phone before we meet because I don't know that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna like you.

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<v Speaker 4>So I like texting. And it's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>Because Tinks in her new book was talking about texting

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<v Speaker 1>is not talking, and I'm like, no, No, texting is talking,

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<v Speaker 1>Like that's.

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<v Speaker 4>The only talking.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to until I see you face to face,

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<v Speaker 1>and then if we have great chemistry and great sex.

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<v Speaker 4>Then we could talk on the phone.

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<v Speaker 1>But not for that, Like, I'm not going to waste

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<v Speaker 1>my phone time with you in advance of the penetration.

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<v Speaker 4>I never know what's happening.

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<v Speaker 2>And if there's chemistry, yeah, I feel like if you're

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<v Speaker 2>on the phone with someone, you have to like be

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<v Speaker 2>close to being in love.

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<v Speaker 5>It has to be like serious.

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<v Speaker 7>We got a FaceTime called oh.

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<v Speaker 5>No, that's married.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, we're married. Only don't think about calling.

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<v Speaker 4>No, that is an assault.

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<v Speaker 7>How do you meet these men where it's only texting?

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<v Speaker 4>This guy I met, I'm riot.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah you know, Ryle waitlisted me for two years. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 7>look at me, I'm the people's Are you serious?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, you can get into ryot and.

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<v Speaker 7>You would think.

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<v Speaker 3>I've had all my friends be like, yeahflisted.

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<v Speaker 7>They hate to see a white woman happy.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh my god.

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<v Speaker 1>I would say to use me as a reference, but

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<v Speaker 1>maybe that's not going to work for you. Although no,

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<v Speaker 1>everyone I've referred is on it, so maybe you should

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<v Speaker 1>use me as a reference.

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<v Speaker 4>You have to enlist me to refer you, Damn.

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<v Speaker 1>When you sign up or apply. You have to say,

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<v Speaker 1>Chelsea handler picked the peace that you want. It doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>work the opposite way. I'm pretty sure, Okay, just do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm happy, of course.

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<v Speaker 7>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what's so funny about my rider is I

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<v Speaker 4>was the other day.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like my Vanessa, we were on the road,

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<v Speaker 1>my opener, and she was like, what's going on with Riot?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have anything going on with guys? And I

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<v Speaker 1>said no, I never check it. She goes check it

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, well, I just never one ever

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<v Speaker 1>hits me up. And then I go and I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have my alerts on.

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<v Speaker 4>So there were like.

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<v Speaker 1>Fourteen messages from guys that I had missed, but they

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<v Speaker 1>were all from like six months before.

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<v Speaker 7>I hadn't checked it.

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<v Speaker 4>So I'm like responding to all these guys like six

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<v Speaker 4>months later. I'm like, hey, are you still there?

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<v Speaker 5>I'm married and saying oh you still want me?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, let's take a quick break and we'll be

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<v Speaker 1>right back, and we're back.

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<v Speaker 7>We are. I have a question.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's not how this podcast works, just to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about it.

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<v Speaker 7>Do you remember I interviewed you for the TikTok podcast?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, sleay, bitch, that's all that conversation you like, I

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<v Speaker 3>have two things to say. First of all, that conversation

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<v Speaker 3>kind of changed my life because I was like, this

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<v Speaker 3>is a whole new way of thinking I've never even

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<v Speaker 3>like considered because I'm from like the Deep South, where

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<v Speaker 3>it's like you go to college, you get married, you

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<v Speaker 3>have a baby, all before you're twenty three. That conversation

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<v Speaker 3>with you changed my life in like one or two ways.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I just want to thank you for your

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<v Speaker 3>service with that interview that you did with Harry Styles

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<v Speaker 3>where it was one word answers because the world changed

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<v Speaker 3>that day, like you shifted culture, like like the Hairy

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<v Speaker 3>fans went fucking firal over that.

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<v Speaker 4>Because he was giggling.

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<v Speaker 7>I was giggling. I just wanted to thank you for

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<v Speaker 7>your service.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh that's funny. What happened with the conversation. How did

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<v Speaker 4>the conversation we had changed your life?

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<v Speaker 3>Where you were it was just so like everything that

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<v Speaker 3>you kind of stand for of like, I'm not going

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<v Speaker 3>to play by your playbook. I don't want to fucking

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<v Speaker 3>get married. I don't want to have children like you

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<v Speaker 3>talked about skiing naked and all those things, where I

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<v Speaker 3>was just like, this is so like, I've never met

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<v Speaker 3>a woman like you.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh, well, there's so many of them.

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<v Speaker 7>Well I would like to where's the Chelsea other clone factor?

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<v Speaker 4>Well you're just like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there are a lot of women are out

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<v Speaker 1>here feeling the same way. So I'm just a loud

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<v Speaker 1>one about it because I feel like there's a lack

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<v Speaker 1>of representation. I don't feel there is, but now women

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<v Speaker 1>are getting their voices in a big way. Hey, there

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<v Speaker 1>window Catherine's husband a very incestuous podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, it's Christian podcast.

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<v Speaker 4>So what is that water?

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<v Speaker 7>It's just water?

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<v Speaker 4>Why why does it look like a beer?

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<v Speaker 7>Because if that's kind of the branding, just to make

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<v Speaker 7>you feel like you're it's.

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<v Speaker 5>Just so tiny to me. I can't do the water

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<v Speaker 5>in a cane.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't like water in a can either.

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<v Speaker 5>You don't like any water though.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like water, but I don't want to get

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I just found out I have this like

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<v Speaker 1>spinal impingement on my neck from probably from wiping out

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<v Speaker 1>during skiing. But the guy, my doctor, was like, are

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<v Speaker 1>you hydrated, And I'm like, no, I'm definitely not hydrated.

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<v Speaker 7>This is brown. I'm the opposite of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to get an IV once a week because

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<v Speaker 1>I fucking hate water so much. Yeah, well, now I

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<v Speaker 1>drink it, but I have to doctor it up with electrolytes,

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<v Speaker 1>which is good. But he was like, you have to

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<v Speaker 1>be hydrated for this to heal because there's inflammation.

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<v Speaker 4>And I'm like, oh, can't you just put the water

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<v Speaker 4>in me anyway?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, we take callers and live people calling in for advice,

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<v Speaker 1>so you better get your parental hat on.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I'm feeling very maternal in this moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Big Sister, which is a far cry from the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of big Brother.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, our first question is just an email, j

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<v Speaker 2>C says jay z J.

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<v Speaker 4>He says, husband. I think it's actually Jesus Christ.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, she says, let's sing it wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>First of all, it's Heyesu's Cristy.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>J C says, I love the podcast and I've been

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<v Speaker 2>listening for a while now. You're both so hilarious and insightful.

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<v Speaker 5>I've been dating this wonderful man for.

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<v Speaker 2>Almost a year now, and he's the best boyfriend I've

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<v Speaker 2>ever had. He treats me like a princess. He's hilarious, smart,

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<v Speaker 2>and so so kind. Our sex life is great, except

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<v Speaker 2>one thing. He calls himself daddy sometimes and has a

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<v Speaker 2>script during sex about how he's my daddy and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>his little girl. It's just a long, uncomfortable commentary that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not turned on by. Most of the time there's

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<v Speaker 2>no daddy talk, but sometimes he gets really into it.

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<v Speaker 2>I usually don't say anything because I've had my fun

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<v Speaker 2>and I just keep quiet until he's finished.

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<v Speaker 5>He does have some.

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<v Speaker 2>Edy issues at times, and I think the daddy talk

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<v Speaker 2>helps him get there. My question is do I say

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<v Speaker 2>anything about how it doesn't turn me on? If I do,

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<v Speaker 2>how the heck do I bring it up? Or do

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<v Speaker 2>I just keep my mouth shut and enjoy the sex

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<v Speaker 2>when it's about me and let him finish with his

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<v Speaker 2>daddy talk?

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<v Speaker 5>Please help JC.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, that's rough.

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<v Speaker 4>First of all, Yes, you tell him that you don't

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<v Speaker 4>like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you have autonomy, and you have to in the

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<v Speaker 1>name of every woman, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Have to say, I don't like this. It doesn't turn

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<v Speaker 4>me on.

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<v Speaker 1>His erectile dysfunction is not your problem, and he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have I'm sure something else in his arsenal that will.

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<v Speaker 4>Turn him on. He cannot. You can't.

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<v Speaker 1>Just that's like him fucking you in the ass and

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<v Speaker 1>you're not liking it, but allowing him to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's not the same thing as that, but

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<v Speaker 1>it you know, there's no reason to do anything in.

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<v Speaker 4>Sex that you're not comfortable with. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 4>do that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm sure if everything else is so great about him,

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<v Speaker 1>which you say it is, tell him that you're not

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<v Speaker 1>turned on by that.

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<v Speaker 4>In fact, it kind of icks you out right right

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<v Speaker 4>turn on. And I don't know how to say it.

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<v Speaker 7>Just say it.

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<v Speaker 4>You owe that to yourself.

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<v Speaker 5>But maybe say it not during sex.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, Yeah, that's like an over coffee kind of conversation maybe.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe like an intimate honey, I know that turns

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<v Speaker 1>you on. Just I would love another storyline to go

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<v Speaker 1>with I'm tired of the story.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, maybe mommy like to be called call himself mommy.

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<v Speaker 4>Daddy and little girl is pretty specific.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, And there's such a tether to like, what's deeply

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<v Speaker 3>wrong with you when in your sexual kinks, So I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like maybe maybe they need to talk through it.

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<v Speaker 1>But listen, some people are into funky shit, like I

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<v Speaker 1>like some dirty talk about weird shit, but not that.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, like with the right person, like I

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<v Speaker 1>like to get like, I like a dynamic, But you

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<v Speaker 1>just have to find out what you're I'm sure there's

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<v Speaker 1>another option out there.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, what if the other option is worse? That's my

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<v Speaker 5>only fear.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, that's then, I mean, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of I'm not going to sit and have

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<v Speaker 1>sex with somebody who's calling themselves daddy. First of all,

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<v Speaker 1>he should only pick that roll up if you call

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<v Speaker 1>him daddy, Right, You don't just annoint yourself daddy.

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<v Speaker 7>Igniting yourself daddy. Yeah, you didn't earn that, brother.

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<v Speaker 4>No, Okay, what do we got next?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, our next question comes from Jen. She'll be on

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<v Speaker 2>the line with us here. Perfect, Dear Chelsea. First of all,

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<v Speaker 2>I love your advice. It's direct and straightforward. I love

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<v Speaker 2>my boyfriend so much. He's the sweetest, nicest man ever.

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<v Speaker 2>To be honest, I'm hyper independent, but he just makes

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<v Speaker 2>my little heart so happy. He's twenty one years my senior.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thirty seven and.

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<v Speaker 5>He's fifty eight.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I love old ass men, and no, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>have daddy issues. The issue is he's a consultant and

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<v Speaker 2>works all the time during the week. I get a

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<v Speaker 2>good morning and a good night text and during the week.

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<v Speaker 2>Other than that, it's like I don't exist. He does

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<v Speaker 2>text back if I text, but it feels like I

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<v Speaker 2>have to always reach out. I have gently let him

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<v Speaker 2>know that i'd really like to hear from him more.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't feel like we're dating unless it's the weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>When I come over, he was a little frustrated, saying

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<v Speaker 2>he has to talk all day on the phone, and

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<v Speaker 2>he doesn't have the energy to talk on the phone

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<v Speaker 2>at night. He said he's just depleted by the end

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<v Speaker 2>of the day. Am I overreacting by thinking this is

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<v Speaker 2>total bullshit? Before I sound like too much of a brat.

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<v Speaker 2>I know he speaks to his sister once per week

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<v Speaker 2>about a show they always watched together, and my love

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<v Speaker 2>language also happens to be words of affirmation, but I

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<v Speaker 2>find it very hard to feel loved and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>get any words from him, much less words of affirmation.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm supposed to move in with him soon, hopefully two

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<v Speaker 2>months from now, but I'm wondering if that's the right

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<v Speaker 2>move on my part. Are we just going to not

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<v Speaker 2>talk during the week even though we live together. I

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<v Speaker 2>can take any constructive criticisms you all can give.

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<v Speaker 5>Thanks so much.

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<v Speaker 7>Jen Hi, jud Jen Hi.

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<v Speaker 5>Hi.

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<v Speaker 4>This is our special guest Brittany for today Brusky Hi Gorge,

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<v Speaker 4>Hi Hi.

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<v Speaker 7>Okay, what a situation.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so tell us more. We read your letter, so

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<v Speaker 1>you don't text with him even during the week.

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<v Speaker 6>So I basically get like a gift in the morning,

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<v Speaker 6>so it'll say good morning, and it's a gift. He's

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<v Speaker 6>just a gift person. And then at night it's good night.

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<v Speaker 6>I love you with a gift. That has been for

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<v Speaker 6>like the past three four months. And sometimes we do talk,

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<v Speaker 6>but it's rare. For instance, three weeks ago, he called

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<v Speaker 6>me and he talked to me for about thirty seconds

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<v Speaker 6>and then said, oh, I gotta go, my boss is

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<v Speaker 6>calling me and I said okay, and then we didn't

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<v Speaker 6>talk for the rest of the day and then I

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<v Speaker 6>got my good night gifts. So I know, I know,

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<v Speaker 6>it is kind of like a funny situation, but it's

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<v Speaker 6>also like I don't know what to do.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, okay I was.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, when you said you're going to move in

0:29:08.200 --> 0:29:11.480
<v Speaker 1>with him, I just figured problem solved because obviously you're

0:29:11.520 --> 0:29:13.720
<v Speaker 1>going to talk when you live together.

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<v Speaker 6>Right, That's what I think too. But here's the thing,

0:29:17.720 --> 0:29:20.000
<v Speaker 6>so I brought this up six months ago, and that's

0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:22.720
<v Speaker 6>when he had and I call it his little temper tantrum,

0:29:23.080 --> 0:29:25.320
<v Speaker 6>but really it wasn't. He was just frustrated.

0:29:25.360 --> 0:29:25.800
<v Speaker 4>I get that.

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<v Speaker 6>But that was six months ago, and I thought that

0:29:28.800 --> 0:29:30.680
<v Speaker 6>we were going to move in within the next couple

0:29:30.680 --> 0:29:33.400
<v Speaker 6>of months because this house would be done. Well I

0:29:33.440 --> 0:29:35.320
<v Speaker 6>don't know when his house is going to be done now.

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:39.280
<v Speaker 6>I mean, they keep pushing things back, and so could

0:29:39.280 --> 0:29:41.480
<v Speaker 6>it be another six months? And am I supposed to

0:29:41.520 --> 0:29:43.600
<v Speaker 6>live like this for six months? And I know that

0:29:43.680 --> 0:29:47.520
<v Speaker 6>there's like an end goal, but still it's very frustrating.

0:29:47.800 --> 0:29:50.040
<v Speaker 4>And remind me again how long you guys have been together.

0:29:50.680 --> 0:29:53.840
<v Speaker 6>So we've been together since November.

0:29:53.320 --> 0:29:54.960
<v Speaker 4>Twenty twenty one, so a couple of years.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, almost a couple of years.

0:29:56.400 --> 0:29:58.320
<v Speaker 4>Yes, And it.

0:29:58.240 --> 0:30:02.160
<v Speaker 6>Hasn't always been like this, But I can understand he

0:30:02.400 --> 0:30:04.040
<v Speaker 6>you know, he has a lot on his mind and

0:30:04.080 --> 0:30:07.280
<v Speaker 6>a lot on his plate. But when I brought it

0:30:07.400 --> 0:30:10.040
<v Speaker 6>up a while ago, I said, look, I'm sure the

0:30:10.080 --> 0:30:13.000
<v Speaker 6>president of the United States still calls and texts his

0:30:13.080 --> 0:30:15.640
<v Speaker 6>wife and he's got a lot more shit going on

0:30:15.720 --> 0:30:18.480
<v Speaker 6>than you. Trust me, oh am, I allowed to say shit,

0:30:19.160 --> 0:30:22.320
<v Speaker 6>Yeah what, yes, yes, you are the show right.

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:24.840
<v Speaker 7>Are you? Yes?

0:30:24.880 --> 0:30:25.720
<v Speaker 5>But I'm nervous.

0:30:25.760 --> 0:30:29.040
<v Speaker 1>Sorry, Oh no, don't It's okay. Yes, you could say

0:30:29.080 --> 0:30:32.120
<v Speaker 1>whatever you want, thank you, KND pussy fuck twist, I

0:30:32.160 --> 0:30:40.040
<v Speaker 1>mean titty twist or whatever, just twist twist. So okay,

0:30:40.040 --> 0:30:41.640
<v Speaker 1>a couple of things, Brittany, do you want to jump

0:30:41.640 --> 0:30:42.680
<v Speaker 1>in or do you want me to start?

0:30:42.840 --> 0:30:45.960
<v Speaker 3>My question is well, I guess more of a statement

0:30:46.080 --> 0:30:48.600
<v Speaker 3>is if he wanted to, he would like. I think

0:30:48.640 --> 0:30:51.440
<v Speaker 3>that that's the overarching thing here is he's kind of

0:30:51.440 --> 0:30:54.080
<v Speaker 3>making it evident that communicating with his partner is not

0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:58.080
<v Speaker 3>really top of his priority list, agreed, even after like

0:30:58.640 --> 0:31:01.479
<v Speaker 3>bringing the issue up to him. So that's kind of this, like,

0:31:02.400 --> 0:31:04.680
<v Speaker 3>is he just willfully ignoring me on purpose?

0:31:04.760 --> 0:31:06.000
<v Speaker 7>Does he really care about me? Am?

0:31:06.000 --> 0:31:08.479
<v Speaker 3>I just an afterthought? Like that's that's where my spiral

0:31:08.520 --> 0:31:09.040
<v Speaker 3>would start.

0:31:09.360 --> 0:31:12.560
<v Speaker 6>Absolutely, I even wrote all my bullet points down. That's

0:31:12.600 --> 0:31:14.520
<v Speaker 6>just the person that I am. That's weird, I know,

0:31:14.680 --> 0:31:16.560
<v Speaker 6>but I just want to get it all out and

0:31:16.600 --> 0:31:18.600
<v Speaker 6>I want to make sure like I'm hitting every single

0:31:18.600 --> 0:31:21.600
<v Speaker 6>bullet point because I want him to know how I feel.

0:31:22.440 --> 0:31:25.239
<v Speaker 6>And this isn't like a I'm blaming you. This is

0:31:25.280 --> 0:31:28.720
<v Speaker 6>more like a I feel this way, so please take

0:31:28.760 --> 0:31:32.800
<v Speaker 6>care of it because if you don't, And I hate ultimatums,

0:31:32.880 --> 0:31:36.480
<v Speaker 6>and this is kind of an ultimatum. But I feel

0:31:36.520 --> 0:31:40.160
<v Speaker 6>like I'm such a strong person and I've been married

0:31:40.200 --> 0:31:42.520
<v Speaker 6>and divorced and I just know what I want in life.

0:31:42.800 --> 0:31:46.360
<v Speaker 6>And if you're not it, that's okay, that's totally fine.

0:31:46.560 --> 0:31:48.920
<v Speaker 6>And if you can't meet me here, which I don't

0:31:48.960 --> 0:31:51.200
<v Speaker 6>think it's a lot to ask to call me once

0:31:51.280 --> 0:31:51.920
<v Speaker 6>a week.

0:31:52.160 --> 0:31:53.280
<v Speaker 7>No, that's bare minimum.

0:31:53.360 --> 0:31:55.280
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, that's literal bare minimum.

0:31:55.440 --> 0:31:59.320
<v Speaker 1>So and the idea of you want more interaction, he

0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:04.320
<v Speaker 1>wants zero pretty much interaction except against during the week, right,

0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:08.920
<v Speaker 1>So in a relationship there is compromise, like he's got

0:32:08.960 --> 0:32:11.000
<v Speaker 1>to meet you in the middle. He's just doing what

0:32:11.040 --> 0:32:15.240
<v Speaker 1>he wants without regard for your desires, without making any effort,

0:32:15.480 --> 0:32:18.200
<v Speaker 1>especially when I know how that feels when somebody's like, oh,

0:32:18.240 --> 0:32:20.440
<v Speaker 1>i'll call you right back and then or I have

0:32:20.440 --> 0:32:22.160
<v Speaker 1>to get off the phone. You expect a call back

0:32:22.200 --> 0:32:25.600
<v Speaker 1>when they are done with their boss. So that's neglectful.

0:32:26.120 --> 0:32:28.880
<v Speaker 1>And it's just it's not a compromise. It's not fifty

0:32:28.920 --> 0:32:31.720
<v Speaker 1>to fifty what you're describing. You have needs, He doesn't

0:32:31.720 --> 0:32:33.680
<v Speaker 1>have to meet every single one of your needs. That's

0:32:33.720 --> 0:32:37.080
<v Speaker 1>also an unfair demand. But he has to be able

0:32:37.120 --> 0:32:39.720
<v Speaker 1>to come to meet you where you are and say,

0:32:39.760 --> 0:32:42.040
<v Speaker 1>this is what I can do, even though I hate

0:32:42.120 --> 0:32:44.920
<v Speaker 1>talking on the phone. You know, let's make sure we

0:32:45.000 --> 0:32:48.160
<v Speaker 1>connect midweek or a couple of times a week, whatever

0:32:48.200 --> 0:32:51.080
<v Speaker 1>would make you happy. That would be, you know, a

0:32:51.120 --> 0:32:53.680
<v Speaker 1>move in the right direction. And it doesn't have to

0:32:53.680 --> 0:32:56.000
<v Speaker 1>be an ultimatum. You can just declare that and then

0:32:56.040 --> 0:32:59.520
<v Speaker 1>see how he responds to it, and then you're going

0:32:59.600 --> 0:33:01.760
<v Speaker 1>to gather all the information you need. He'll either be

0:33:01.840 --> 0:33:04.400
<v Speaker 1>able to do it or he won't. Right, And you

0:33:04.440 --> 0:33:07.719
<v Speaker 1>shouldn't have to move in with someone to get to

0:33:07.760 --> 0:33:09.200
<v Speaker 1>see them exactly.

0:33:09.760 --> 0:33:12.800
<v Speaker 6>You know, we do spend weekends together. And I don't

0:33:12.840 --> 0:33:14.920
<v Speaker 6>tell him this, but this is how I feel when

0:33:14.960 --> 0:33:17.360
<v Speaker 6>I see him on Friday night, like the whole week

0:33:17.480 --> 0:33:19.840
<v Speaker 6>is just dumped on me, and it's like, oh, I

0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:21.760
<v Speaker 6>did this, and this happened, and then we did this,

0:33:21.840 --> 0:33:24.920
<v Speaker 6>and I'm like, can we break it up during the

0:33:24.960 --> 0:33:29.160
<v Speaker 6>week and tell me these things because right now I've

0:33:29.200 --> 0:33:31.840
<v Speaker 6>had a full week and I'm just exhausted and I

0:33:31.920 --> 0:33:33.760
<v Speaker 6>just want to chill and smoke some weed and hang

0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:37.840
<v Speaker 6>out and you know, do my thing. And so it's

0:33:38.040 --> 0:33:40.720
<v Speaker 6>it's a little bit hard, and I'm not afraid to

0:33:40.760 --> 0:33:42.640
<v Speaker 6>talk to him about it. I'm going to talk to

0:33:42.680 --> 0:33:44.760
<v Speaker 6>him about it because I feel like I.

0:33:44.800 --> 0:33:47.000
<v Speaker 4>Deserve more and good.

0:33:47.360 --> 0:33:49.840
<v Speaker 6>I am a strong woman. I can do it all alone.

0:33:49.880 --> 0:33:52.120
<v Speaker 6>I can be by myself, no big deal. The thing

0:33:52.200 --> 0:33:55.120
<v Speaker 6>is that he is just such an amazing person. And

0:33:55.200 --> 0:33:58.760
<v Speaker 6>maybe you know, I didn't make it super clear. Maybe

0:33:58.840 --> 0:34:00.560
<v Speaker 6>I just need to be like, hey, this isn't going

0:34:00.600 --> 0:34:01.200
<v Speaker 6>to work for me.

0:34:01.960 --> 0:34:04.640
<v Speaker 2>Or maybe it's hey, Wednesday nights, let's either go grab

0:34:04.640 --> 0:34:06.760
<v Speaker 2>a drink or let's have like a half hour phone

0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:08.920
<v Speaker 2>call just being like, you know what, let's throw in

0:34:08.920 --> 0:34:11.440
<v Speaker 2>a midweek thing. But also, is there a way that

0:34:11.440 --> 0:34:13.680
<v Speaker 2>you guys can move in together before his house is done?

0:34:14.000 --> 0:34:14.880
<v Speaker 5>Is that possible?

0:34:15.160 --> 0:34:19.640
<v Speaker 6>I wish? I mean honestly, so right now he has

0:34:20.280 --> 0:34:23.080
<v Speaker 6>kind of like a luxury trailer on his property because

0:34:23.080 --> 0:34:25.239
<v Speaker 6>he has like a full like kind of farm with

0:34:25.280 --> 0:34:28.360
<v Speaker 6>the animals, so he has to be there. But I

0:34:28.400 --> 0:34:30.880
<v Speaker 6>mean it's such a small thing, and me moving in

0:34:30.960 --> 0:34:31.839
<v Speaker 6>my stuff.

0:34:31.560 --> 0:34:31.840
<v Speaker 4>Got it?

0:34:32.640 --> 0:34:35.880
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, And I actually really like this time myself alone

0:34:35.920 --> 0:34:40.440
<v Speaker 6>because I was in fifteen year marriage before this, and

0:34:40.480 --> 0:34:45.000
<v Speaker 6>it ended in twenty twenty. And I am totally fine

0:34:45.239 --> 0:34:47.160
<v Speaker 6>living on my own. You know, I like it.

0:34:47.160 --> 0:34:50.759
<v Speaker 1>You see, you seem very together and very grounded and competent.

0:34:50.880 --> 0:34:53.759
<v Speaker 1>So like, I'm not worried about your situation at all.

0:34:53.800 --> 0:34:55.440
<v Speaker 1>I think you're going to handle everything the way that

0:34:55.480 --> 0:34:58.040
<v Speaker 1>it needs to be handled, and you have absolutely every

0:34:58.080 --> 0:35:00.839
<v Speaker 1>right to say what you want, and then he can

0:35:00.880 --> 0:35:03.400
<v Speaker 1>show you that he's moving towards that direction.

0:35:03.560 --> 0:35:05.480
<v Speaker 4>You know, he doesn't have to bend over backwards for

0:35:05.520 --> 0:35:06.360
<v Speaker 4>you all the time.

0:35:06.440 --> 0:35:09.839
<v Speaker 1>But it's just a consideration that you deserve and when

0:35:09.880 --> 0:35:11.439
<v Speaker 1>you put it and frame it like I just feel

0:35:11.440 --> 0:35:14.120
<v Speaker 1>like I deserve better or not better, say I deserve

0:35:14.200 --> 0:35:17.640
<v Speaker 1>more from somebody who's I'm in a committed relationship with,

0:35:17.760 --> 0:35:20.160
<v Speaker 1>and for that to be too much to ask from

0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:22.480
<v Speaker 1>you doesn't make me feel good about us.

0:35:22.800 --> 0:35:26.160
<v Speaker 6>Yeah, and that's exactly what I've written down. You know.

0:35:26.600 --> 0:35:28.920
<v Speaker 6>All my bullet points are just like, if you wanted to,

0:35:29.040 --> 0:35:31.279
<v Speaker 6>you definitely would, And to me, you're showing me you

0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:35.640
<v Speaker 6>don't want to, and that's okay, that's okay you don't

0:35:35.640 --> 0:35:38.759
<v Speaker 6>want to. I don't want to force you. However, that

0:35:38.800 --> 0:35:41.279
<v Speaker 6>doesn't mean that I have to be in this relationship

0:35:41.320 --> 0:35:43.960
<v Speaker 6>as well. I mean it would break my heart, of course,

0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:47.279
<v Speaker 6>but I mean it is what it is. You can't

0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 6>force someone to do something.

0:35:48.719 --> 0:35:51.280
<v Speaker 1>But I think that's also stating it like that, saying

0:35:51.320 --> 0:35:52.840
<v Speaker 1>you know, if you can do this, that would be

0:35:52.880 --> 0:35:55.600
<v Speaker 1>great and that would be significant in us remaining together.

0:35:55.680 --> 0:35:57.400
<v Speaker 1>But I have to be honest, I'm starting to feel

0:35:57.400 --> 0:36:00.520
<v Speaker 1>like you're not willing to compromise and that's making me

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:03.319
<v Speaker 1>question things and that would be heartbreaking for me. But

0:36:03.400 --> 0:36:08.720
<v Speaker 1>I also need a certain amount of respect or consideration about,

0:36:08.840 --> 0:36:12.280
<v Speaker 1>you know, what you desire rather than what's he desires,

0:36:12.320 --> 0:36:13.879
<v Speaker 1>which is not talking on the phone at all.

0:36:14.280 --> 0:36:15.920
<v Speaker 7>Right, I was gonna say, also there's like this.

0:36:15.960 --> 0:36:18.400
<v Speaker 4>Maybe I should date him. Actually, I also don't want

0:36:18.440 --> 0:36:19.160
<v Speaker 4>to talk on the phone.

0:36:20.440 --> 0:36:21.839
<v Speaker 6>I would love to just you know.

0:36:22.280 --> 0:36:24.560
<v Speaker 3>There's also this weird dynamic of it seems like it's

0:36:24.560 --> 0:36:25.880
<v Speaker 3>all about him all the time.

0:36:25.880 --> 0:36:29.480
<v Speaker 6>And you know, I think maybe he is a little

0:36:29.520 --> 0:36:33.720
<v Speaker 6>bit that way. I wouldn't say that he's a selfish person.

0:36:34.560 --> 0:36:38.759
<v Speaker 6>I think that sometimes he can become self centered. I've

0:36:38.800 --> 0:36:43.680
<v Speaker 6>never held that against him. However, the man when I'm.

0:36:43.440 --> 0:36:44.799
<v Speaker 4>With him, he just adores me.

0:36:44.880 --> 0:36:47.600
<v Speaker 6>He loves on me. He buys me anything I want.

0:36:48.000 --> 0:36:50.319
<v Speaker 6>If I literally go into any store and say, okay,

0:36:50.320 --> 0:36:52.600
<v Speaker 6>I want this, he's like cool and he just buys it.

0:36:52.840 --> 0:36:55.640
<v Speaker 6>And I know for some people that's like, oh, well, that's.

0:36:55.480 --> 0:36:56.120
<v Speaker 7>Not a big deal.

0:36:56.320 --> 0:36:59.080
<v Speaker 6>For me, it's so nice because I'm like, really extra,

0:36:59.560 --> 0:37:03.680
<v Speaker 6>I'm gonna I'm gonna be honest, and I'm like, oh wow,

0:37:03.680 --> 0:37:05.719
<v Speaker 6>a man wants to buy me stuff in dote on me.

0:37:06.000 --> 0:37:08.120
<v Speaker 6>But it's like the weirdest thing. Even my friends think

0:37:08.160 --> 0:37:10.319
<v Speaker 6>it's so weird. And I've even asked him, like, do

0:37:10.360 --> 0:37:12.680
<v Speaker 6>you have another family that you're entering.

0:37:14.239 --> 0:37:15.240
<v Speaker 5>It crossed my mind.

0:37:15.560 --> 0:37:18.359
<v Speaker 6>Are they all living in this trailer with you? No?

0:37:18.440 --> 0:37:22.279
<v Speaker 6>But but you know, like I've asked him and he's like, no,

0:37:22.440 --> 0:37:25.560
<v Speaker 6>absolutely not. And I do see how focused he is

0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:29.759
<v Speaker 6>and he enjoys his job. He's very much focused. But

0:37:30.440 --> 0:37:33.200
<v Speaker 6>you know, me being younger and also maybe just kind

0:37:33.239 --> 0:37:36.160
<v Speaker 6>of a little bit brattier than he's normally used to

0:37:36.640 --> 0:37:38.680
<v Speaker 6>and not I'm really not a brat, but when I

0:37:38.719 --> 0:37:41.440
<v Speaker 6>want something, it's like, can we just do this, Let's

0:37:41.520 --> 0:37:43.959
<v Speaker 6>just do this. You know. I think I'm a little

0:37:44.000 --> 0:37:46.360
<v Speaker 6>bit of a challenge for him, but sort of in

0:37:46.400 --> 0:37:50.080
<v Speaker 6>a good way. And I'm really hoping this all ends up. Yeah,

0:37:50.160 --> 0:37:51.080
<v Speaker 6>I want it, Tom.

0:37:51.640 --> 0:37:54.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And don't be a brat when you have this conversation,

0:37:54.080 --> 0:37:56.399
<v Speaker 1>because there's nothing bratty about it, right, you know, there's

0:37:56.400 --> 0:37:59.319
<v Speaker 1>nothing whiny or complaining. It's I think it's much more

0:37:59.400 --> 0:38:02.360
<v Speaker 1>effective to just say this is what I need in

0:38:02.400 --> 0:38:04.879
<v Speaker 1>a non emotional way, so that it helps a little

0:38:04.880 --> 0:38:07.880
<v Speaker 1>bit more, has a little bit more heft than just

0:38:08.200 --> 0:38:10.440
<v Speaker 1>being like I need you to call me. You know,

0:38:10.480 --> 0:38:13.399
<v Speaker 1>it's yeah, it's not a needy thing, it's a respect thing.

0:38:13.719 --> 0:38:13.919
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

0:38:13.920 --> 0:38:16.200
<v Speaker 2>And putting a date on it of like, hey, let's

0:38:16.239 --> 0:38:19.040
<v Speaker 2>talk for twenty or thirty minutes on Wednesdays gives an

0:38:19.120 --> 0:38:22.520
<v Speaker 2>actionable goal that like either meeting or not meeting, rather

0:38:22.600 --> 0:38:25.960
<v Speaker 2>than like let's just talk more, which is more vague. Right,

0:38:26.040 --> 0:38:28.800
<v Speaker 2>But Jen, let us know how it goes. Okay, I'm

0:38:28.880 --> 0:38:29.600
<v Speaker 2>interested to hear.

0:38:30.680 --> 0:38:32.840
<v Speaker 4>I want to hear how the conversation goes. To follow

0:38:32.920 --> 0:38:33.399
<v Speaker 4>back up.

0:38:33.320 --> 0:38:36.000
<v Speaker 6>Okay, okay, we'll do Thanks everyone.

0:38:36.000 --> 0:38:40.400
<v Speaker 1>Okay, thanks honey, goodbye, Okay, thank you, bye bye bye.

0:38:41.000 --> 0:38:43.320
<v Speaker 4>Catherine was done with that call. She's like, Okay, we

0:38:43.400 --> 0:38:47.400
<v Speaker 4>gotta move on. That goes She's like, I want to

0:38:47.400 --> 0:38:49.560
<v Speaker 4>get a kidney transplant. Catherine's like okay, well.

0:38:49.400 --> 0:38:51.520
<v Speaker 5>Good like goodbye.

0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:56.240
<v Speaker 7>Well.

0:38:56.360 --> 0:39:01.560
<v Speaker 5>Our next color is Hallie. She is dear Chelsea.

0:39:02.000 --> 0:39:04.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm the youngest of three girls, and my oldest sister

0:39:04.520 --> 0:39:08.000
<v Speaker 2>has a very tense relationship with our mom. She immediately

0:39:08.080 --> 0:39:10.600
<v Speaker 2>goes on the defensive around her, and every time they're

0:39:10.640 --> 0:39:13.640
<v Speaker 2>together they get into at least one little snippy conversation.

0:39:14.280 --> 0:39:16.520
<v Speaker 2>I'll admit our mom can be difficult, but I think

0:39:16.560 --> 0:39:18.799
<v Speaker 2>my middle sister and I are more able to see

0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:20.960
<v Speaker 2>that the things she says and does are often coming

0:39:20.960 --> 0:39:23.879
<v Speaker 2>from a place of insecurity. Even if we get into

0:39:23.880 --> 0:39:25.920
<v Speaker 2>an argument with her, we're more able to move on

0:39:26.000 --> 0:39:26.960
<v Speaker 2>and give her some grace.

0:39:27.320 --> 0:39:28.759
<v Speaker 5>Our oldest sister just.

0:39:28.719 --> 0:39:31.720
<v Speaker 2>Seems to assume the worst and hang on to every

0:39:31.760 --> 0:39:34.520
<v Speaker 2>little thing. Then she'll complain to us about it, and

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<v Speaker 2>we're not sure what to say. I think she wants

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<v Speaker 2>her kids to continue to have a relationship with our mom,

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<v Speaker 2>but it feels like she's at a crossroads and needs

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<v Speaker 2>to decide how she's going to move forward with her

0:39:43.120 --> 0:39:45.920
<v Speaker 2>own relationship with her, as the current state of it

0:39:45.920 --> 0:39:48.600
<v Speaker 2>makes it unpleasant for everyone. The irony is that my

0:39:48.680 --> 0:39:50.960
<v Speaker 2>oldest sister and our mom are more similar than they

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<v Speaker 2>care to admit. How can my middle sister and I

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<v Speaker 2>help our older sister figure out how to improve her

0:39:56.239 --> 0:39:58.960
<v Speaker 2>relationship with our mom, what boundaries to set and what

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<v Speaker 2>conversations to have? Thanks for any advice you can give.

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<v Speaker 4>Hallie Hi, Halle Hi, Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Brittany Broski. She's our special guest today.

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<v Speaker 7>Hallie, Hey, nice to meet.

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<v Speaker 1>It's funny I had a conversation with a girlfriend this

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<v Speaker 1>morning on the phone because to her sister just was

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<v Speaker 1>visiting her and she's like, everything my sister does annoys

0:40:19.239 --> 0:40:22.040
<v Speaker 1>the shit out of me, and my friend is just

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<v Speaker 1>the most, in my opinion, is the sweetest, most easy

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<v Speaker 1>going person in the world. So to hear her even

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<v Speaker 1>talk like that about her sister is it's always just

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<v Speaker 1>a test, right, Like it's basically the universe testing you,

0:40:34.239 --> 0:40:36.439
<v Speaker 1>because if you keep failing the test that it keeps

0:40:36.480 --> 0:40:39.440
<v Speaker 1>triggering you and triggering you. And you have to basically

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<v Speaker 1>talk to your sister about treating your mom with kid

0:40:42.880 --> 0:40:45.440
<v Speaker 1>gloves and actually treating your mom like she's.

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<v Speaker 4>A kid, think of her like a kid.

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<v Speaker 1>And even though that's fucked up, because you're the kids,

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<v Speaker 1>you and your youngest sister.

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<v Speaker 9>I'm the youngest, so it's me and my middle sister.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you and your middle sister are obviously okay with

0:40:58.320 --> 0:41:00.279
<v Speaker 1>it and you're not taking it to task and it's

0:41:00.320 --> 0:41:01.879
<v Speaker 1>not disrupting your life. Right.

0:41:02.239 --> 0:41:02.879
<v Speaker 4>I think you're right.

0:41:02.880 --> 0:41:06.560
<v Speaker 1>I think that makes sense, and they're probably the similarity

0:41:06.600 --> 0:41:09.200
<v Speaker 1>between the two is why they are clashing, which is

0:41:09.480 --> 0:41:13.480
<v Speaker 1>very obvious. Also, so it's a very easy like psychology lesson,

0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:18.200
<v Speaker 1>but on a spiritual level, like in terms of energetic

0:41:18.400 --> 0:41:22.000
<v Speaker 1>being and your vibration and being cool and attracting goodness,

0:41:22.480 --> 0:41:25.359
<v Speaker 1>it is that you are lifting yourself up out of

0:41:26.360 --> 0:41:29.480
<v Speaker 1>kind of a low vibe when you have room and

0:41:29.520 --> 0:41:32.239
<v Speaker 1>space for people that you don't necessarily want to have

0:41:32.320 --> 0:41:35.120
<v Speaker 1>room and space for, or that annoy you, or that

0:41:35.200 --> 0:41:38.239
<v Speaker 1>trigger you, or all of the history that's involved. So

0:41:38.560 --> 0:41:41.520
<v Speaker 1>for her, if there's any way for you to engage

0:41:41.520 --> 0:41:46.000
<v Speaker 1>her in a conversation where you're talking like this about it, like, hey,

0:41:46.440 --> 0:41:49.120
<v Speaker 1>treat mom like she's a little kid. Let go of

0:41:49.160 --> 0:41:52.120
<v Speaker 1>the anger, Like try to just use it as a practice,

0:41:52.400 --> 0:41:55.000
<v Speaker 1>Like even when I am annoyed with someone, I make

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<v Speaker 1>it a note to send a text out to them

0:41:56.960 --> 0:41:59.759
<v Speaker 1>and say, hey, just thinking about you love you just

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<v Speaker 1>be because I want to flip the switch on my

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<v Speaker 1>own script in my head, you know, put out love

0:42:04.360 --> 0:42:07.040
<v Speaker 1>and when you're feeling negative, like it'll change her whole

0:42:07.239 --> 0:42:10.840
<v Speaker 1>entire life if she's able to let go of the tension,

0:42:10.880 --> 0:42:13.640
<v Speaker 1>And it won't happen overnight. But it is a practice,

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<v Speaker 1>just like anything you do to be a better person

0:42:15.719 --> 0:42:19.160
<v Speaker 1>or be a more mindful person and practice loving kindness.

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<v Speaker 1>She needs love your mother. She's obviously damaged. Your sister's

0:42:22.719 --> 0:42:25.359
<v Speaker 1>obviously damaged from your mother, so she's holding on to it.

0:42:25.600 --> 0:42:27.480
<v Speaker 1>But what a great victory lap would it be for

0:42:27.520 --> 0:42:29.719
<v Speaker 1>your sister if she could release that and look at

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<v Speaker 1>her with pity and treat her like a little girl

0:42:31.800 --> 0:42:35.080
<v Speaker 1>instead of like she's expecting her to be your mom. Right?

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<v Speaker 9>And what do you think about the fact that she

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<v Speaker 9>our oldest sister kind of puts me and our middle

0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:43.480
<v Speaker 9>sister in the middle a little bit and kind of

0:42:43.560 --> 0:42:47.200
<v Speaker 9>will express her grievances about our mom to us. And again,

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<v Speaker 9>I mean, I think we have challenges with her too,

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<v Speaker 9>so I can on the one hand, I can see it,

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<v Speaker 9>and I want her to feel supported in that, but

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<v Speaker 9>I also don't think it's healthy for her then to

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<v Speaker 9>be coming to us with those difficulties that she's having.

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<v Speaker 4>I agree with that wholeheartedly.

0:43:04.280 --> 0:43:06.399
<v Speaker 1>She shouldn't And you can say that in a very

0:43:06.440 --> 0:43:09.040
<v Speaker 1>loving way as well, like, hey, I love both of you.

0:43:09.200 --> 0:43:12.560
<v Speaker 1>It's upsets me every time you come to me talking

0:43:12.560 --> 0:43:15.480
<v Speaker 1>about Mom. It's upsetting, Like, I just want you guys

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<v Speaker 1>to get along. And I know it's not as easy

0:43:17.160 --> 0:43:19.799
<v Speaker 1>for you, clearly, but I think that there might be

0:43:19.840 --> 0:43:22.000
<v Speaker 1>a reason why it's not easier for you. That might

0:43:22.000 --> 0:43:24.600
<v Speaker 1>be your challenge. Like that's a test, and if you

0:43:24.640 --> 0:43:26.840
<v Speaker 1>can get past that, and you can ace that test,

0:43:27.320 --> 0:43:29.120
<v Speaker 1>then there's a whole bunch of other.

0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:30.600
<v Speaker 4>New stuff in the world that you're not going to.

0:43:30.760 --> 0:43:34.160
<v Speaker 4>You know, you minimize the irritation of that person by

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<v Speaker 4>just showering them with love, acceptance, and understanding and not

0:43:38.680 --> 0:43:41.040
<v Speaker 4>looking for them to deliver something they've never shown you

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<v Speaker 4>in the first place.

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<v Speaker 2>There is a book called The Dance of Anger that

0:43:45.719 --> 0:43:47.840
<v Speaker 2>you might recommend to your sister.

0:43:48.280 --> 0:43:51.000
<v Speaker 5>It helps sort of unlatch.

0:43:50.520 --> 0:43:54.440
<v Speaker 2>Some of that repetitive behavior of like going straight into anger.

0:43:54.719 --> 0:43:56.920
<v Speaker 2>I know I had a pretty strained relationship with my

0:43:57.200 --> 0:44:00.880
<v Speaker 2>dad maybe ten years ago, and it's got a lot better,

0:44:00.960 --> 0:44:02.480
<v Speaker 2>and I think you know there is room for us

0:44:02.520 --> 0:44:04.439
<v Speaker 2>to learn and change and grow, but your sister does

0:44:04.480 --> 0:44:07.200
<v Speaker 2>have to be, as Chelsea said, like making that effort

0:44:07.320 --> 0:44:10.000
<v Speaker 2>to do that. I think it can just stay stagnant

0:44:10.080 --> 0:44:13.040
<v Speaker 2>or get worse if someone's not actively trying to improve

0:44:13.040 --> 0:44:13.520
<v Speaker 2>the situation.

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<v Speaker 9>Right, Yeah, I think I think she's kind of in

0:44:16.320 --> 0:44:18.440
<v Speaker 9>like a constant state of fight or flight, you know,

0:44:18.560 --> 0:44:21.200
<v Speaker 9>with our mom, So that makes retal sense trying to

0:44:21.239 --> 0:44:24.440
<v Speaker 9>help her lovingly, help her get to that place of

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<v Speaker 9>having that dialogue with herself and figuring out what she

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<v Speaker 9>can do to take steps to move forward.

0:44:29.760 --> 0:44:32.480
<v Speaker 1>Because usually when you're acting like that, it's because you're

0:44:32.520 --> 0:44:33.400
<v Speaker 1>seeing a part.

0:44:33.239 --> 0:44:34.920
<v Speaker 4>Of you that you do not like.

0:44:34.920 --> 0:44:37.960
<v Speaker 1>Like the similarities in you, we give the best advice

0:44:38.000 --> 0:44:39.960
<v Speaker 1>of what we need to seek the most. When you

0:44:40.000 --> 0:44:42.799
<v Speaker 1>see somebody that drives you crazy, it's because they're representing

0:44:42.840 --> 0:44:44.719
<v Speaker 1>something in you yourself that you don't like.

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<v Speaker 4>Brittany, were you going to say something, I was just

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<v Speaker 4>gonna say, Yeah, it's an active choice.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Relationships like this are little moments of active choices

0:44:52.719 --> 0:44:56.279
<v Speaker 3>where either you or your sisters are choosing whether or

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<v Speaker 3>not to engage. And, like Chelsea said, how you're approaching it,

0:45:00.120 --> 0:45:02.240
<v Speaker 3>to flip the switch and be like, in this moment,

0:45:02.760 --> 0:45:06.640
<v Speaker 3>I'm recognizing this feeling of you know, the fighting is starting,

0:45:06.719 --> 0:45:08.799
<v Speaker 3>or that pissed me off, or here we go back

0:45:08.840 --> 0:45:11.239
<v Speaker 3>to the same shit, where making an active choice to

0:45:11.360 --> 0:45:15.279
<v Speaker 3>just take a breath and respond differently because it is

0:45:15.320 --> 0:45:17.920
<v Speaker 3>a choice, you know, Like that is to keep that

0:45:17.960 --> 0:45:20.080
<v Speaker 3>in mind, that you have the power over how you

0:45:20.160 --> 0:45:23.160
<v Speaker 3>react to a situation. All your siblings do, and your

0:45:23.160 --> 0:45:25.520
<v Speaker 3>mom does too. But it's I deal with this with

0:45:25.560 --> 0:45:27.759
<v Speaker 3>my mom where I am the parent and my mother

0:45:27.880 --> 0:45:30.560
<v Speaker 3>is the child, and I have to gentle parent my

0:45:30.640 --> 0:45:33.360
<v Speaker 3>own mom and it's fucking infuriating, and I have to

0:45:33.360 --> 0:45:35.560
<v Speaker 3>take a breath and I have to like do breathing

0:45:35.600 --> 0:45:38.640
<v Speaker 3>exercises in the bathroom. But like it's made all the difference,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's a hard, hard thing. Family shit is so

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<v Speaker 3>hard feeling you, feeling you sis, dang.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 9>To your point, I think, of course, then I can

0:45:49.800 --> 0:45:53.440
<v Speaker 9>decide how I react to them having their own reactions,

0:45:53.520 --> 0:45:55.560
<v Speaker 9>you know exactly, So I can decide that I'm not

0:45:55.560 --> 0:45:59.360
<v Speaker 9>going to have an inflammatory reaction to that circumstance. However,

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:03.120
<v Speaker 9>I think, like there are kids involved who are hearing them,

0:46:03.320 --> 0:46:05.840
<v Speaker 9>you know, disagree. So I feel like, you know, I

0:46:05.920 --> 0:46:09.600
<v Speaker 9>do want to be able to help them if I can.

0:46:10.719 --> 0:46:14.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And I think it's just it's all love based,

0:46:14.560 --> 0:46:16.160
<v Speaker 1>it's all expression of love.

0:46:16.280 --> 0:46:18.640
<v Speaker 4>For instance, my sister in law is.

0:46:18.600 --> 0:46:21.920
<v Speaker 1>Annoying to me, and I really argue a lot about

0:46:21.920 --> 0:46:25.920
<v Speaker 1>politics and stuff, but I realize how pointless it is

0:46:26.000 --> 0:46:28.799
<v Speaker 1>to engage, right, So, and this has been a work

0:46:28.800 --> 0:46:31.000
<v Speaker 1>in progress for many years. And so now when I

0:46:31.040 --> 0:46:34.080
<v Speaker 1>see her, I just like shower her with love and affection,

0:46:34.640 --> 0:46:35.319
<v Speaker 1>just shower her.

0:46:35.320 --> 0:46:36.040
<v Speaker 4>With love and affection.

0:46:36.120 --> 0:46:39.759
<v Speaker 1>And it kind of like my feelings towards her have diminished.

0:46:39.920 --> 0:46:43.960
<v Speaker 1>My anger towards her has diminished, and I am feeling like, oh,

0:46:43.960 --> 0:46:47.799
<v Speaker 1>she's just not open to our accessible, like she's she's

0:46:47.800 --> 0:46:51.879
<v Speaker 1>been indoctrinated. She's Russian, you know, like she doesn't she's

0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:53.440
<v Speaker 1>never going to believe.

0:46:53.560 --> 0:46:56.920
<v Speaker 4>That food is a bad guy. That's sad. Actually, that's

0:46:57.040 --> 0:46:58.879
<v Speaker 4>she's been brainwashed and indoctrinated.

0:46:58.880 --> 0:47:01.359
<v Speaker 1>So instead of going at her with anger, now I'm

0:47:01.440 --> 0:47:04.440
<v Speaker 1>just trying. And this is I'm trying. I haven't, you know,

0:47:04.600 --> 0:47:07.880
<v Speaker 1>been completely successful thus far, but I'm working hard to

0:47:07.880 --> 0:47:10.080
<v Speaker 1>make sure that my interactions with her are just love

0:47:10.120 --> 0:47:12.520
<v Speaker 1>based and there isn't any acrimony.

0:47:12.320 --> 0:47:13.560
<v Speaker 5>If all else fails.

0:47:14.040 --> 0:47:17.719
<v Speaker 2>You know, sometimes a little ant anxiety, a little out

0:47:17.719 --> 0:47:19.880
<v Speaker 2>of anne or something like that before you have a

0:47:19.920 --> 0:47:21.680
<v Speaker 2>family get together doesn't hurt.

0:47:22.000 --> 0:47:22.800
<v Speaker 4>That's a great idea.

0:47:22.800 --> 0:47:25.240
<v Speaker 5>Actually, yeah, totally edibles.

0:47:25.480 --> 0:47:26.320
<v Speaker 4>Does she take edibles?

0:47:26.360 --> 0:47:28.279
<v Speaker 1>Your sister doesn't sound she sounds like she might need

0:47:28.280 --> 0:47:30.759
<v Speaker 1>an edible though, right, you might want to slip a

0:47:30.800 --> 0:47:34.560
<v Speaker 1>wanting to situations. It's not a bad idea, Yeah, And

0:47:34.600 --> 0:47:36.480
<v Speaker 1>then you could bring that up too, go like, let's

0:47:36.520 --> 0:47:38.719
<v Speaker 1>figure this out together, Like how can we make it

0:47:38.760 --> 0:47:39.400
<v Speaker 1>easier for you?

0:47:40.239 --> 0:47:43.480
<v Speaker 9>Yeah, that's it too, Like I she's not having a

0:47:43.480 --> 0:47:46.680
<v Speaker 9>good time exactly, and I think she wants to be

0:47:46.719 --> 0:47:49.120
<v Speaker 9>able to have a good time with our mom and

0:47:49.160 --> 0:47:51.080
<v Speaker 9>with our family, and you know, so I can see

0:47:51.120 --> 0:47:54.240
<v Speaker 9>that she wants that, but I think she just doesn't

0:47:54.280 --> 0:47:55.000
<v Speaker 9>know how to get there.

0:47:55.800 --> 0:47:55.960
<v Speaker 4>Right.

0:47:56.000 --> 0:47:57.680
<v Speaker 1>Well, she's lucky, first of all to have a sister

0:47:57.760 --> 0:47:59.800
<v Speaker 1>like you that cares so much about your family dynamic.

0:47:59.800 --> 0:48:02.440
<v Speaker 1>That's so sweet and that's exactly what sisters are good for.

0:48:02.480 --> 0:48:03.640
<v Speaker 4>Brittany, do you have any sisters?

0:48:04.000 --> 0:48:04.359
<v Speaker 7>I do.

0:48:04.440 --> 0:48:06.520
<v Speaker 3>I have a sister and a brother, and there's a

0:48:06.560 --> 0:48:09.160
<v Speaker 3>big age difference between us, Like I'm six and seven

0:48:09.239 --> 0:48:12.600
<v Speaker 3>years older than them, but it's just so funny how

0:48:12.600 --> 0:48:13.920
<v Speaker 3>we were all raised in the same.

0:48:13.680 --> 0:48:16.400
<v Speaker 7>House and we're so so different. And I'm seeing that

0:48:16.520 --> 0:48:17.040
<v Speaker 7>you too.

0:48:16.960 --> 0:48:20.120
<v Speaker 3>Where it's like, yeah, yeah, that oldest child gets the

0:48:20.160 --> 0:48:22.279
<v Speaker 3>brunt of it, Like I definitely got the brunt of it.

0:48:22.320 --> 0:48:25.439
<v Speaker 3>And it's funny how it affects you so differently than

0:48:25.520 --> 0:48:27.520
<v Speaker 3>like you being the youngest, Like it's just you know,

0:48:27.920 --> 0:48:29.880
<v Speaker 3>you're in the same house, but you're such different people.

0:48:29.960 --> 0:48:32.240
<v Speaker 7>That's such a Families are so funny.

0:48:33.520 --> 0:48:36.080
<v Speaker 9>They are they are well, thank you, thank you all.

0:48:36.160 --> 0:48:37.160
<v Speaker 9>I really appreciate it.

0:48:37.560 --> 0:48:39.560
<v Speaker 4>Oh well, you're cute. I like your sweater, I like

0:48:39.560 --> 0:48:40.040
<v Speaker 4>your how much?

0:48:40.440 --> 0:48:43.920
<v Speaker 9>Good luck with everything, God speed, Yeah, thanks everybody.

0:48:44.640 --> 0:48:45.720
<v Speaker 5>Ye bye.

0:48:46.680 --> 0:48:49.040
<v Speaker 1>It's funny because when we talk about siblings, like when

0:48:49.040 --> 0:48:50.960
<v Speaker 1>there is an age difference as I have in my

0:48:51.040 --> 0:48:53.080
<v Speaker 1>family and you do too. You know, there are two

0:48:53.120 --> 0:48:55.880
<v Speaker 1>different kind of ways to look at it, because I

0:48:55.920 --> 0:48:59.440
<v Speaker 1>always think every your sisters and brothers.

0:48:59.200 --> 0:49:02.400
<v Speaker 4>Are the only ones who knew what happened. They are

0:49:02.440 --> 0:49:04.920
<v Speaker 4>the only ones who know exactly what went down in

0:49:04.960 --> 0:49:05.560
<v Speaker 4>your household.

0:49:05.719 --> 0:49:09.120
<v Speaker 1>So my connection to my brothers and sisters is very

0:49:09.160 --> 0:49:12.200
<v Speaker 1>strong because we were so disfrunct. Our parents were pretty dysfunctional.

0:49:12.440 --> 0:49:14.759
<v Speaker 1>I mean we you know, never went hungry or anything.

0:49:14.480 --> 0:49:15.880
<v Speaker 4>But it was just a hot mess.

0:49:16.320 --> 0:49:18.799
<v Speaker 1>And then you hear from other people that are like,

0:49:18.960 --> 0:49:23.839
<v Speaker 1>oh no, we had totally different childhoods, even though they're

0:49:23.840 --> 0:49:27.160
<v Speaker 1>from the same set of parents. They had because of

0:49:27.200 --> 0:49:29.360
<v Speaker 1>the age gap, had different childhoods. So I guess at

0:49:29.440 --> 0:49:32.040
<v Speaker 1>least my parents were dysfunctionally consistent.

0:49:32.280 --> 0:49:35.600
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, everyone got it fairly. Yeah.

0:49:35.640 --> 0:49:38.920
<v Speaker 2>My older brother and my younger brother are fourteen years apart. Wow,

0:49:38.920 --> 0:49:40.759
<v Speaker 2>and there's like a boy and a girl and then

0:49:40.880 --> 0:49:44.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm girl and then boy. But we're so far in

0:49:44.800 --> 0:49:46.960
<v Speaker 2>distance from each other as far as age goes. My

0:49:47.000 --> 0:49:48.680
<v Speaker 2>older brother likes to say, like, I'm glad I got

0:49:48.680 --> 0:49:51.800
<v Speaker 2>out of the house before my parents got bored with parenting.

0:49:52.280 --> 0:49:54.439
<v Speaker 5>Like, but I loved it. I mean it was great.

0:49:54.480 --> 0:49:57.280
<v Speaker 2>They still parented, but it was like we had sugary

0:49:57.360 --> 0:49:59.759
<v Speaker 2>cereal and they had Raisin brand, you know that sort

0:49:59.760 --> 0:50:00.680
<v Speaker 2>of you.

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<v Speaker 7>Know, a little lax When you get to that fourth kid,

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<v Speaker 7>it's just like, yeah, I ever did.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Like they write you a note saying good luck.

0:50:07.960 --> 0:50:08.440
<v Speaker 7>Oh truly.

0:50:08.480 --> 0:50:10.440
<v Speaker 2>My parents traveled all the time when we were growing up,

0:50:10.440 --> 0:50:11.759
<v Speaker 2>people are be like, where are your parents now?

0:50:11.800 --> 0:50:13.759
<v Speaker 5>I'm like, I don't know, They're just gone. Someone's saying

0:50:13.760 --> 0:50:16.839
<v Speaker 5>with us somewhere. Yeah, we had fun.

0:50:16.960 --> 0:50:17.600
<v Speaker 7>We had a good time.

0:50:18.360 --> 0:50:21.920
<v Speaker 3>My siblings, they're my half siblings. So, like my parents

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<v Speaker 3>got divorced when I was one or two, and then

0:50:24.560 --> 0:50:26.560
<v Speaker 3>my dad remarried when I was four, and then from

0:50:26.600 --> 0:50:30.000
<v Speaker 3>then on, I've had half siblings. And it was It's

0:50:30.040 --> 0:50:32.720
<v Speaker 3>so funny because I was always thought one out obviously

0:50:32.719 --> 0:50:34.840
<v Speaker 3>because I was older, and I was going back and

0:50:34.880 --> 0:50:36.640
<v Speaker 3>forth because of custody battles and all that.

0:50:36.719 --> 0:50:38.520
<v Speaker 4>And oh were their custody battles.

0:50:38.320 --> 0:50:40.920
<v Speaker 3>Constantly growing up until like high school. But it was

0:50:41.000 --> 0:50:43.440
<v Speaker 3>like my siblings just kind of watched that, you know,

0:50:43.480 --> 0:50:44.680
<v Speaker 3>and they were like, who is.

0:50:45.000 --> 0:50:45.440
<v Speaker 7>What do you mean?

0:50:45.480 --> 0:50:47.680
<v Speaker 3>Brittany has a mom like another mom, Like they just

0:50:47.680 --> 0:50:50.799
<v Speaker 3>didn't understand, but kind of understood, and it didn't really

0:50:50.800 --> 0:50:53.759
<v Speaker 3>affect like all through that, it didn't really affect our relationship,

0:50:53.800 --> 0:50:55.759
<v Speaker 3>which is cool, like you said, you know, like we

0:50:55.800 --> 0:50:57.600
<v Speaker 3>all grew up in the same house. Like I was

0:50:57.640 --> 0:51:00.680
<v Speaker 3>still being parented by my dad and my stepmom the

0:51:00.680 --> 0:51:03.279
<v Speaker 3>same way that they were, and my dad really made

0:51:03.320 --> 0:51:06.560
<v Speaker 3>an effort to like, if one of y'all's punished this way,

0:51:06.560 --> 0:51:08.319
<v Speaker 3>the other one will be too, you know, like there's

0:51:08.320 --> 0:51:10.279
<v Speaker 3>no special treatment, there's no whatever. And I think that

0:51:10.360 --> 0:51:13.520
<v Speaker 3>really really paid off because I feel like some parents,

0:51:14.080 --> 0:51:16.080
<v Speaker 3>you know, you have to do different parenting techniques for

0:51:16.080 --> 0:51:19.160
<v Speaker 3>different kids, and that shows up in their adult life

0:51:19.360 --> 0:51:21.440
<v Speaker 3>of like I was never told no or I was

0:51:21.440 --> 0:51:24.879
<v Speaker 3>never this that. So I'm very fortunate that I had

0:51:24.920 --> 0:51:27.600
<v Speaker 3>parents with level heads, especially in the midst of a divorce,

0:51:27.640 --> 0:51:30.640
<v Speaker 3>like a nasty divorce too, where some people aren't so lucky.

0:51:30.960 --> 0:51:34.120
<v Speaker 3>So it's an interesting dynamic with half siblings too, because

0:51:34.120 --> 0:51:37.000
<v Speaker 3>it's like we're kind of blood related but also kind of.

0:51:37.000 --> 0:51:38.239
<v Speaker 5>Not yeah, not at all.

0:51:38.719 --> 0:51:41.359
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that is interesting. And also just to be a.

0:51:41.400 --> 0:51:44.080
<v Speaker 1>Child of divorce and all of that that comes with that,

0:51:44.160 --> 0:51:47.000
<v Speaker 1>because it can be one experience for one person a

0:51:47.040 --> 0:51:49.520
<v Speaker 1>quite different one for another person. So when they were

0:51:49.640 --> 0:51:53.799
<v Speaker 1>having custody battle over you, how did they drag you

0:51:53.840 --> 0:51:54.200
<v Speaker 1>into that?

0:51:54.239 --> 0:51:55.239
<v Speaker 4>Did your mom or dad?

0:51:55.400 --> 0:51:55.920
<v Speaker 7>Not? Really?

0:51:56.040 --> 0:51:58.080
<v Speaker 3>They never argued in front of me, which I'm very

0:51:58.200 --> 0:52:01.200
<v Speaker 3>very thankful for, but I did like every other weekend,

0:52:01.320 --> 0:52:03.440
<v Speaker 3>I was back and forth from probably like the ages

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<v Speaker 3>of six to about six sixth grade, and that was hard,

0:52:08.080 --> 0:52:09.440
<v Speaker 3>you know, like I don't know where I'm gonna be

0:52:09.520 --> 0:52:11.759
<v Speaker 3>and I have homework that's due, but I left this

0:52:11.800 --> 0:52:12.839
<v Speaker 3>at my mom's house and I need.

0:52:12.920 --> 0:52:15.680
<v Speaker 7>It's just a mess. And it was like.

0:52:15.800 --> 0:52:20.520
<v Speaker 3>Resuing for custody over and over and it was just messy.

0:52:20.560 --> 0:52:23.000
<v Speaker 4>But well, at least you were wanted, period.

0:52:23.160 --> 0:52:25.960
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, what a what a good problem to have.

0:52:26.160 --> 0:52:29.360
<v Speaker 4>They want me to look that both parents wanted action. Yeah,

0:52:29.360 --> 0:52:30.120
<v Speaker 4>that's nice.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm always so touched when a man is so determined

0:52:33.280 --> 0:52:35.279
<v Speaker 1>to get custody. And then I'm like, listen to what

0:52:35.280 --> 0:52:39.000
<v Speaker 1>you're saying. Parents, Why do we give that so much

0:52:39.000 --> 0:52:40.800
<v Speaker 1>credit for behaving like a fucking father.

0:52:41.560 --> 0:52:42.320
<v Speaker 7>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, let's take a quick break and we'll be back

0:52:44.320 --> 0:52:48.839
<v Speaker 2>to finish up with Chelsea and Brittany.

0:52:52.360 --> 0:52:54.879
<v Speaker 5>And we're back, and we're back, and I have one

0:52:54.920 --> 0:52:55.520
<v Speaker 5>more question.

0:52:56.000 --> 0:52:58.839
<v Speaker 2>It's it's a little long winded, but I think it's

0:52:58.920 --> 0:52:59.839
<v Speaker 2>an interesting one.

0:53:00.160 --> 0:53:01.600
<v Speaker 1>To excuse me, Brittany just had to go to the

0:53:01.640 --> 0:53:03.520
<v Speaker 1>bathroom in studios.

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<v Speaker 4>Are you okay?

0:53:04.320 --> 0:53:05.200
<v Speaker 5>Hey there in the corner?

0:53:05.280 --> 0:53:08.399
<v Speaker 4>Okay, sorry about that, Sorry about that. Listeners, my fault.

0:53:08.560 --> 0:53:10.359
<v Speaker 4>She's just wrapping up some COVID.

0:53:12.239 --> 0:53:14.399
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, it's just a finishing up here really quick.

0:53:15.160 --> 0:53:17.400
<v Speaker 4>Just top it off for COVID with her beer.

0:53:19.800 --> 0:53:20.080
<v Speaker 7>Well.

0:53:20.120 --> 0:53:23.400
<v Speaker 2>In the vein of Jen getting bought things from her boyfriend,

0:53:23.920 --> 0:53:26.759
<v Speaker 2>Ashley says, Dear Chelsea, I'm twenty eight and I've been

0:53:26.840 --> 0:53:29.200
<v Speaker 2>dating my boyfriend, who's twenty nine, for a year and

0:53:29.239 --> 0:53:32.279
<v Speaker 2>a half. He's an amazing and loving man and surpasses

0:53:32.320 --> 0:53:34.880
<v Speaker 2>all of the other men I've been with. The problem

0:53:34.960 --> 0:53:37.200
<v Speaker 2>I keep coming back to, though, is our differing views

0:53:37.239 --> 0:53:40.719
<v Speaker 2>on money. I was raised in a very broke, conservative

0:53:40.719 --> 0:53:43.400
<v Speaker 2>household until I left home in my early twenties, but

0:53:43.480 --> 0:53:46.600
<v Speaker 2>that really set me back in my education and career.

0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:49.799
<v Speaker 2>I'm an extremely hard worker and have been even before

0:53:49.800 --> 0:53:52.680
<v Speaker 2>I graduated high school, but that's mostly been out of necessity.

0:53:53.120 --> 0:53:55.440
<v Speaker 2>In truth, I've always dreamed of going to art school

0:53:55.480 --> 0:53:58.920
<v Speaker 2>and finding a creative career I enjoy. His life is

0:53:58.960 --> 0:54:01.680
<v Speaker 2>the complete opposite. He owned a business and now has

0:54:01.719 --> 0:54:04.560
<v Speaker 2>a great job, which he loves. He's not extremely wealthy,

0:54:04.560 --> 0:54:06.959
<v Speaker 2>but he's very secure and the important things are paid

0:54:06.960 --> 0:54:09.800
<v Speaker 2>for in full, including his home. I've moved in with

0:54:09.920 --> 0:54:12.880
<v Speaker 2>him and things are good, but I'm constantly struggling, whereas

0:54:12.880 --> 0:54:16.480
<v Speaker 2>he's comfortable financially. He used to pay for a lot

0:54:16.480 --> 0:54:18.360
<v Speaker 2>when it came to dates and other little things, but

0:54:18.440 --> 0:54:20.680
<v Speaker 2>as we became more serious, he made it very clear

0:54:20.719 --> 0:54:23.520
<v Speaker 2>that he wants to share expenses. He's even asking me

0:54:23.640 --> 0:54:27.000
<v Speaker 2>to pay rent. I understand splitting the utilities we both use,

0:54:27.280 --> 0:54:29.160
<v Speaker 2>but he wants me to pay him for rent even

0:54:29.200 --> 0:54:32.040
<v Speaker 2>though his house is paid off. Currently, I work a

0:54:32.080 --> 0:54:34.319
<v Speaker 2>full time nine to five job that I don't like,

0:54:34.400 --> 0:54:37.080
<v Speaker 2>and also waitress in the evenings and weekends to supplement

0:54:37.120 --> 0:54:39.640
<v Speaker 2>my income and pay off the data I accumulated by

0:54:39.640 --> 0:54:41.880
<v Speaker 2>moving out of my home before I was financially able.

0:54:42.400 --> 0:54:44.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm also taking some courses online so I can continue

0:54:44.920 --> 0:54:48.520
<v Speaker 2>my education. I've noticed some resentment building up as he

0:54:48.560 --> 0:54:51.680
<v Speaker 2>sees me constantly struggling and tired, but doesn't seem inclined

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<v Speaker 2>to alleviate the burden.

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<v Speaker 5>There's no bigger.

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<v Speaker 2>Turn off than when a guy asks you to split

0:54:55.719 --> 0:54:58.000
<v Speaker 2>dinner when you're just thinking of all the bills waiting

0:54:58.040 --> 0:55:00.759
<v Speaker 2>for you. I'm plagued with guilt for even thinking this,

0:55:00.800 --> 0:55:03.560
<v Speaker 2>when women are encouraged to be independent and successful and

0:55:03.600 --> 0:55:06.239
<v Speaker 2>not rely on a man. But I'd love nothing more

0:55:06.320 --> 0:55:08.320
<v Speaker 2>than to go back to school and find a career

0:55:08.360 --> 0:55:10.840
<v Speaker 2>I enjoy, but it's practically impossible for me to do

0:55:10.880 --> 0:55:12.600
<v Speaker 2>that on my own if I still want to cover

0:55:12.640 --> 0:55:15.520
<v Speaker 2>my bills and debt before adding on to it. I

0:55:15.560 --> 0:55:17.719
<v Speaker 2>don't expect him to fund my lifestyle or put me

0:55:17.800 --> 0:55:20.960
<v Speaker 2>through college, but help with our shared expenses and activities

0:55:20.960 --> 0:55:22.759
<v Speaker 2>will go a long way, as I have to think

0:55:22.760 --> 0:55:25.600
<v Speaker 2>about every dollar I spent. At the same time, I

0:55:25.640 --> 0:55:27.440
<v Speaker 2>know I could find someone who's willing to do that

0:55:27.480 --> 0:55:29.880
<v Speaker 2>for me, and I've had plenty of opportunities to pursue

0:55:29.920 --> 0:55:34.200
<v Speaker 2>other relationships where I'm supported financially. Even with my waitressing job,

0:55:34.280 --> 0:55:36.439
<v Speaker 2>I constantly get offers by men who want to whisk

0:55:36.520 --> 0:55:38.919
<v Speaker 2>me off my feet and fund my lifestyle, but that's

0:55:38.960 --> 0:55:41.400
<v Speaker 2>not for me. I have no desire to leave, as

0:55:41.400 --> 0:55:43.400
<v Speaker 2>I'm very happy with the love he provides, but my

0:55:43.480 --> 0:55:45.799
<v Speaker 2>life can be exhausting. He sees how happy I am

0:55:45.840 --> 0:55:47.440
<v Speaker 2>when I'm working on my art and knows what I

0:55:47.440 --> 0:55:50.240
<v Speaker 2>want to do with my life. But he's so practical

0:55:50.239 --> 0:55:53.759
<v Speaker 2>and approaches relationships as two separate people improving themselves on

0:55:53.840 --> 0:55:57.880
<v Speaker 2>their own. Should I stick it out even though I'm struggling, Ashley.

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<v Speaker 1>I would first of all say, who cares if men

0:56:01.000 --> 0:56:04.080
<v Speaker 1>at restaurants are offering to whisk you away. You don't

0:56:04.080 --> 0:56:07.279
<v Speaker 1>want that. That's not even part of the conversation. Because

0:56:07.320 --> 0:56:09.799
<v Speaker 1>of course you can find somebody else to pay your

0:56:09.800 --> 0:56:12.040
<v Speaker 1>bills if that's what you're looking for. But if you're

0:56:12.080 --> 0:56:15.319
<v Speaker 1>looking for mutual respect within a relationship, I don't think

0:56:15.360 --> 0:56:19.160
<v Speaker 1>it's crazy to ask for a little bit of help,

0:56:19.640 --> 0:56:23.360
<v Speaker 1>especially when he owns his house. I mean paying rent

0:56:23.400 --> 0:56:25.440
<v Speaker 1>for somebody who bought their house. That when you're in

0:56:25.440 --> 0:56:27.280
<v Speaker 1>a loving relationship, is a little strange.

0:56:27.280 --> 0:56:27.759
<v Speaker 7>That's what you do.

0:56:30.280 --> 0:56:35.520
<v Speaker 4>Like that doesn't sound kosher. And you're working multiple jobs.

0:56:35.200 --> 0:56:37.440
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, it's not like she's not her death. She's hustling

0:56:38.000 --> 0:56:38.239
<v Speaker 5>one thing.

0:56:38.239 --> 0:56:40.160
<v Speaker 1>If you're sitting around lazy and you're like I don't

0:56:40.200 --> 0:56:41.800
<v Speaker 1>want to work, you're gonna pay for everything?

0:56:42.160 --> 0:56:43.160
<v Speaker 4>No, you're not doing that.

0:56:43.520 --> 0:56:45.760
<v Speaker 1>I don't think he should be funding your lifestyle either,

0:56:45.840 --> 0:56:47.960
<v Speaker 1>but he can definitely be helping if he's in a

0:56:47.960 --> 0:56:51.359
<v Speaker 1>more advantageous position than you are, which clearly he is.

0:56:51.920 --> 0:56:55.200
<v Speaker 1>So yes, it's worth a conversation about support. And it's

0:56:55.200 --> 0:56:58.920
<v Speaker 1>not a demand or a ultimatum.

0:56:58.360 --> 0:56:59.200
<v Speaker 4>Or anything like that.

0:56:59.360 --> 0:57:01.560
<v Speaker 1>It's like, hey, I'm really having a hard time here,

0:57:02.040 --> 0:57:05.239
<v Speaker 1>me paying you rent feels weird. I'm totally down to

0:57:05.280 --> 0:57:08.160
<v Speaker 1>split utilities, but every time you want to split the bill, like,

0:57:08.440 --> 0:57:10.839
<v Speaker 1>it makes me feel like we're in a business relationship

0:57:11.160 --> 0:57:13.080
<v Speaker 1>and I'm going through this time and you want to

0:57:13.120 --> 0:57:15.440
<v Speaker 1>get your degree and move towards that art passion that

0:57:15.520 --> 0:57:17.960
<v Speaker 1>you have and go back to school at all of

0:57:18.000 --> 0:57:20.000
<v Speaker 1>those things. And this is exactly the time where you

0:57:20.080 --> 0:57:23.280
<v Speaker 1>need support from your partner and in pursuit of that.

0:57:23.440 --> 0:57:26.400
<v Speaker 1>And it won't last forever, but you need it during

0:57:26.440 --> 0:57:29.400
<v Speaker 1>this time. And that's a very reasonable thing to talk about.

0:57:29.600 --> 0:57:32.600
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and it's also to improve not just your situation,

0:57:32.680 --> 0:57:36.000
<v Speaker 2>but your situation together. You know, his help during this

0:57:36.120 --> 0:57:38.640
<v Speaker 2>time will give you, guys a better life ostensibly in

0:57:38.640 --> 0:57:39.080
<v Speaker 2>the future.

0:57:39.240 --> 0:57:43.720
<v Speaker 7>Right. I think there's also I mean, be sensitive, you

0:57:43.800 --> 0:57:44.320
<v Speaker 7>know what I mean.

0:57:44.360 --> 0:57:47.280
<v Speaker 3>Like this guy sounds like, all right, well, everything's fifty

0:57:47.320 --> 0:57:49.880
<v Speaker 3>to fifty, Like life doesn't really work like that. Sometimes

0:57:49.880 --> 0:57:52.440
<v Speaker 3>sometimes ideally it should be fifty to fifty, but in

0:57:52.480 --> 0:57:55.200
<v Speaker 3>a situation like this. My best friend's kind of in

0:57:55.240 --> 0:57:58.440
<v Speaker 3>a similar situation where she makes significantly less than her

0:57:58.520 --> 0:58:03.840
<v Speaker 3>husband and they split bills fifty to fifty and recently,

0:58:03.960 --> 0:58:05.880
<v Speaker 3>I mean, in the last six months. She kind of

0:58:06.040 --> 0:58:10.280
<v Speaker 3>was like, I am struggling and I am in a committed,

0:58:10.480 --> 0:58:16.240
<v Speaker 3>loving marriage, and this just doesn't feel fair. And she

0:58:16.280 --> 0:58:18.720
<v Speaker 3>approached it with her husband and they worked it out

0:58:18.720 --> 0:58:21.040
<v Speaker 3>where of course, because he makes more money and they

0:58:21.080 --> 0:58:23.880
<v Speaker 3>live together, they share everything, he'll pay for more, you know,

0:58:23.960 --> 0:58:27.760
<v Speaker 3>like it's like seventy thirty now, And that is totally

0:58:27.800 --> 0:58:33.080
<v Speaker 3>because y'all are literally married. It's the same legally in

0:58:33.120 --> 0:58:35.280
<v Speaker 3>front of the Lord and all his witnesses. I just

0:58:35.320 --> 0:58:40.280
<v Speaker 3>think that there's logic and then there's functional relationships. So

0:58:40.600 --> 0:58:43.960
<v Speaker 3>in that situation, it feels like cut her some slack, dude,

0:58:44.160 --> 0:58:45.960
<v Speaker 3>you know, if you really love her and you see

0:58:45.960 --> 0:58:48.440
<v Speaker 3>how she's struggling, and you see how she wants to

0:58:48.480 --> 0:58:51.200
<v Speaker 3>dedicate She doesn't want to fucking work seven jobs. She

0:58:51.240 --> 0:58:53.440
<v Speaker 3>wants to dedicate time to her art whatever. Help her

0:58:53.480 --> 0:58:56.000
<v Speaker 3>do that because you love her, and it's not you know,

0:58:56.280 --> 0:58:59.000
<v Speaker 3>sacrificing her autonomy or her independence or her whatever. You

0:58:59.040 --> 0:59:02.800
<v Speaker 3>can still be in visuals in a relationship, but I

0:59:02.840 --> 0:59:05.920
<v Speaker 3>think that, yeah, just be fucking for real, be.

0:59:06.000 --> 0:59:06.640
<v Speaker 7>So for real.

0:59:07.440 --> 0:59:11.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think working one job should be plenty in

0:59:11.120 --> 0:59:13.400
<v Speaker 2>this situation. You know, if you have a conversation with

0:59:13.480 --> 0:59:15.439
<v Speaker 2>him about like I want to quit my waitressing job.

0:59:15.480 --> 0:59:17.880
<v Speaker 2>I want to keep this job, and like you said,

0:59:18.120 --> 0:59:20.200
<v Speaker 2>maybe not splitting things fifty to fifty as far as

0:59:20.240 --> 0:59:22.520
<v Speaker 2>the bill goes. But there's also a way to do

0:59:22.560 --> 0:59:25.520
<v Speaker 2>it where you're each paying the same percentage of the

0:59:25.560 --> 0:59:29.320
<v Speaker 2>bill according to your income. You feel it the same amount.

0:59:29.440 --> 0:59:30.280
<v Speaker 7>And please don't.

0:59:30.120 --> 0:59:33.200
<v Speaker 1>Introduce the idea when you're having this conversation of other

0:59:33.280 --> 0:59:35.160
<v Speaker 1>men or other opportunities.

0:59:35.200 --> 0:59:38.800
<v Speaker 4>That's not important. Yes, it's not good to dangle that

0:59:38.880 --> 0:59:40.520
<v Speaker 4>stuff in front of people. You know.

0:59:40.600 --> 0:59:41.880
<v Speaker 1>I had a boyfriend who's like, do you know how

0:59:41.920 --> 0:59:45.200
<v Speaker 1>many people are hitting me up on Instagram? I'm like, go, then,

0:59:45.400 --> 0:59:50.800
<v Speaker 1>no thought about who's dming you on Instagram?

0:59:51.000 --> 0:59:51.320
<v Speaker 7>Uh huh.

0:59:51.680 --> 0:59:54.800
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, so that's good advice, Brittany. You have been giving

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<v Speaker 1>very good advice. Y.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm sorry I sound surprised. I're like, you're actually

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<v Speaker 4>pretty competente. Confident and Confident two of my favorite series.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, so thank you for joining us today.

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<v Speaker 4>I can't wait to see you again.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. When you help me get on Riya and when

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<v Speaker 3>I introduce you to my husband.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I'm not gonna have to see you to get

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<v Speaker 1>you on Riah, but I like that's how you think

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<v Speaker 1>it works and the zoom zoom. And that's our episode

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<v Speaker 1>for today. Everybody, Thank you, we'll see you next week.

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<v Speaker 7>Thanks team.

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