WEBVTT - Rescue Call

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<v Speaker 1>Wine Down with Jane Kramer and I heard radio podcast Mark,

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<v Speaker 1>what do we owe the pleasure? Well, I got a

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<v Speaker 1>little text this morning that they implied this maybe a

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<v Speaker 1>juicy one. I knew it, honestly. What's so funny is

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<v Speaker 1>a little teeny piece of me was like, I bet

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<v Speaker 1>you Mark is going to be on today, well, because

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<v Speaker 1>there's some meat on the bones today. And I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I just have a I have a I have this

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<v Speaker 1>little inkling inside of me that he's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>on today because he loves the juice. Well, I wish

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<v Speaker 1>I could be on more, you guys do These are

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<v Speaker 1>weird times and it doesn't work. But I love being

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<v Speaker 1>on and I'm happy to be here. What time would

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<v Speaker 1>work for you, Mark, Well, I like a little later

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<v Speaker 1>because I have my other duties in the morning, you

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<v Speaker 1>know with seacrest and yeah that's right. Yeah, but not

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<v Speaker 1>that you're not my top priority because in my mind

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<v Speaker 1>and my heart you see. Um, Well, how are you though? Wonderful?

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you so much. Yeah, life is good. Life is good.

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<v Speaker 1>You're good. I'm so good, Mark, are you That's great? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>You're in a good place. I'm in I'm in the

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<v Speaker 1>best place. I think i've ever been in ever. Ever,

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<v Speaker 1>that's fantastic. Can a friend at test it? Yeah, you

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<v Speaker 1>say so, I'd say so for sure. So all of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that you're doing to become the best you possible,

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing you're seeing the effects of that. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not attached to a he yes, and that's a

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<v Speaker 1>big deal. I see I see your Instagram and it

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<v Speaker 1>looks like things are going fantastic. Yeah, I have. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>I'm so, I'm good. I'm good. I swear, No, it's good.

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<v Speaker 1>I was. I was talking about that last week. It's

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<v Speaker 1>just like I like this, this version. I like this season.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna this is going to continue fantastic for how

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<v Speaker 1>much longer, just indefinitely and comes around, It comes around. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean this is a I think again. You go

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<v Speaker 1>through things, you pass mountains, and you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>mountain and go, wow, I'm so grateful that all these

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<v Speaker 1>things happen, because now I see the new version, the

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<v Speaker 1>healed version, and that's you just take you of course,

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<v Speaker 1>like you might slide back into things because of pass

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<v Speaker 1>but then you remember the work and everything, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's just what you feel. Yah, you'll be better

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<v Speaker 1>equipped to deal with it when you do, and you'll

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<v Speaker 1>see it coming. When you start to slip into those things,

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<v Speaker 1>that's great. You gotta fall in love with yourself. Now

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<v Speaker 1>is the time when the guy slip in. When I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're good, yeah, well, and now, Mark, you'd be

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<v Speaker 1>so proud of me, like my strong boundaries that I have.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I've kicked guys out. I've said like I need

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<v Speaker 1>you to leave like I want to. Yeah. I kicked

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<v Speaker 1>to due out and said I wanted to be alone.

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, guys, that's awesome. It's like, this is amazing,

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<v Speaker 1>But I did it really nice. They didn't like it,

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<v Speaker 1>even though it was I was nice, but that's not

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I want to be alone. Yeah, And they

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<v Speaker 1>have to deal with that, And honestly, that just makes

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<v Speaker 1>them desire you more, doesn't it. I mean that just

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<v Speaker 1>it's like showing up in a sold out movie. You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta see that movie. He's like, I'm seeing that now. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>It was. I was talking to Julie actually the other

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<v Speaker 1>day because I had gone on this day and I

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<v Speaker 1>just realized it wasn't gonna work out right. It was

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<v Speaker 1>just some things just didn't weren't aligning, and um, there's

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<v Speaker 1>no point, especially at the age that I'm into, to

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<v Speaker 1>continue on when it's like I already know it's not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna work. So I instead of what old Jana would

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<v Speaker 1>do is like either a if I if I ghosted, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I would just text and then just the text would

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<v Speaker 1>probably slowly just disappeared until they got the hint. But

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I'm gonna not text, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>pick up the phone and I'm gonna call. Right So

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<v Speaker 1>I call this person and I'm like, hey, I just

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be honest with where I'm at because

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<v Speaker 1>we were spo hang out again, have another date, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like I just realized that, um, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's just some things and I don't see this romantically

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<v Speaker 1>moving on and just like so open, so honest, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you know, he was like oh yeah, yeah, like

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<v Speaker 1>you know, I get that h totally. But then like

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<v Speaker 1>the next day calls and goes, well, do you think

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we could try again? And I'm like, dude, don't

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<v Speaker 1>make me do it again, you know, like I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you're a heart that was for me to do it

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<v Speaker 1>the first time. So then when he called back and

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<v Speaker 1>said that. I was like, He's like, well, just think

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<v Speaker 1>about it, and I'm like okay, because I'm like, because

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to disappoint again, right, it was so

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<v Speaker 1>hard for me to do it in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>At that point, I think you might be justified and

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<v Speaker 1>kind of ghosting at that point you think, Okay, that's

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<v Speaker 1>what I was going to ask, because I'm like, now,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I already freaking told you I wasn't really interested,

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<v Speaker 1>and like now you've you've called, and I'm like, how

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<v Speaker 1>how do I spell it out again? Yeah? I think

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<v Speaker 1>I think he's right. I think you can ghost okay

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<v Speaker 1>or just okay. Yeah, I mean you've already said your

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<v Speaker 1>peace and him like, keep pushing is not going to

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<v Speaker 1>do any good. So but I'm proud of you. Such

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<v Speaker 1>a guy though, such a guy to be like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>she didn't mean it. You know what, She's had a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days without me. She probably misses me, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But before um, yeah, no, Krista come here. But before

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<v Speaker 1>Chris is sorry. Um, what we're gonna say, Oh, I

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna say, Um, you do it the same way. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>what I would do is you do it the same

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<v Speaker 1>way you did the first time, reiterate, and then if

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<v Speaker 1>they come back again, then that's when you go, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't do anything more than twice anymore. I'm done with

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<v Speaker 1>asking for like major things more than twice. I'm done.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm done with that because if you don't hear me

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<v Speaker 1>by the second time, like you're clearly not going to

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<v Speaker 1>hear me. So that's interesting, walk away and move on.

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<v Speaker 1>That's been a rule that I've kind of lived by. Um. Really,

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<v Speaker 1>probably in the past year and a half, two years. Yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I like that. It's almost I have to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>just one more thing that just really goes along the

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<v Speaker 1>same line. It's like, I don't think guys are used

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<v Speaker 1>to it's not that they're used to girls breaking up

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<v Speaker 1>with them, or maybe I don't know that the dude

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<v Speaker 1>that this one dude, but or two of them now.

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<v Speaker 1>But the one way that I asked to leave Mark,

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<v Speaker 1>I said, um, I was like, He's like, I just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of sense and that you you know, you you're

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<v Speaker 1>in a mood. I was like, well, no, I realized

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to be alone. And and so I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to ask you. He's like, do you want me

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<v Speaker 1>to leave? He's a mood, but you know, he gets

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<v Speaker 1>like I'm sensing your energy or whatever. And I'm like

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<v Speaker 1>and I said, yeah, I want to be alone. And

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<v Speaker 1>and so he's like, do you want me to leave?

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<v Speaker 1>And I was like I do. And I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 1>I just like really want to be alone? Are right? Right? What?

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<v Speaker 1>I but it's new for me? Right, So like I

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely felt that. I mean, the guy flew from Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you're sorry. It was kind of you can

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<v Speaker 1>be sorry for that, but again it wasn't you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, right, let me drop you off at the

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<v Speaker 1>quantistin I felt bad, but at the same time like yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>like I want to be alone and I'm realizing this

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<v Speaker 1>isn't you know, this isn't a thing. And but then

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<v Speaker 1>the worst part of it was and just like the

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<v Speaker 1>last conversation I had, twenty minutes later, I still don't

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<v Speaker 1>hear the door shut, you know. So then he comes

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<v Speaker 1>back in my room and was like, so, do you

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<v Speaker 1>really want me to leave? Do you want me to

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<v Speaker 1>get an uber? And I was just like again, like

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<v Speaker 1>do you know how do you know how hard this

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<v Speaker 1>is for me? To be honest? Like why do you

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<v Speaker 1>do this? It just once? And then I was like, yes, please,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you from now on off janis something one time

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<v Speaker 1>you get one time because it's like and again, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard for me to even do that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know me, I would just like I would

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<v Speaker 1>lie or I would say like I don't know. So

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<v Speaker 1>like Christo was on a day the other day, which one,

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<v Speaker 1>and she texted me and she goes, oh gosh, I

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<v Speaker 1>just don't think this is gonna work. And I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>do you want me to call you crying, like I

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<v Speaker 1>can be like do do I need to be like

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<v Speaker 1>do you meet or rescuer? But then there's something about

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<v Speaker 1>that I didn't by the way, you didn't know. You're like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna sit down and I'm gonna yeah. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a good conversation. But um, immediately when I

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<v Speaker 1>saw this guy, I was like, I'm not attracted to you,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was. He looked older in person, he was

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<v Speaker 1>super skinny. I should probably not say, oh hey, really

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<v Speaker 1>and truly like he didn't. He was skinnier than he

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<v Speaker 1>looked in his photos. His age showed a little more,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was just kind of like me. And he

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<v Speaker 1>even described himself as an acquired taste, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I could acquire that taste. But

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<v Speaker 1>it was good conversation and I didn't need to rescue,

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<v Speaker 1>but I was happy to have that backup. I look

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<v Speaker 1>at my phone and there's miscalls from Janna. Okay, I'm okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So some women set that up. They say, look, you

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<v Speaker 1>call me eight fifteen and nine. I'm seeing this guy.

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<v Speaker 1>You call me, and then you have the option you

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<v Speaker 1>can say, oh, it's just my friend. Jann, Everything's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>You can say what, oh my god, an emergency. I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta go that way. It's up to you. Here's the

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<v Speaker 1>question that I would love to ask mar would you

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<v Speaker 1>want to know like if I mean again, like you,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even married for a million years now, but

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<v Speaker 1>if you were twenty a couple of weeks ago, thank you, congrats,

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<v Speaker 1>that's amazing. But if you were to come back into

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<v Speaker 1>the dating world, would you want someone to tell you

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<v Speaker 1>right up front? Do you need a softer like what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think a guy wants to do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they need a softer like, um, a softer exit. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think because I personally don't like ghosting, that's it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't feel good on the receiving end. Yeah, I think

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<v Speaker 1>as hard as it would be because men and their egos.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, everyone wants to protect the mail ego and

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<v Speaker 1>you have to kind of stroke it and you have

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<v Speaker 1>to be careful with it. But I think the splash

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<v Speaker 1>of cold water is the best way to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that way there's no hope for me because

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<v Speaker 1>if you soften it, I'm going to be like, well

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<v Speaker 1>she did say this that one time, like one sentence

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<v Speaker 1>you said, and think there's hope. So if you really

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<v Speaker 1>just cut it off, then I know, and it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be It's gonna suck for twenty four hours, but then

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<v Speaker 1>it teas you to move on. So can we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about when it is appropriate to ghost? Because I know

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<v Speaker 1>I have recently ghosted a guy, partially because he kind

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<v Speaker 1>of ghosted me. But Jannah, are you are you inquiring

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<v Speaker 1>about who the person I should ghost? No? No, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>just asking for a friend following that one. Um, well,

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<v Speaker 1>yes and no, but I was more asking about one

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<v Speaker 1>of my people. I have one thousand percent think you

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<v Speaker 1>should I have, and you think I should go through

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<v Speaker 1>my dude? Yes, but again they're rude and different everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>This just sounds exhausting, right. I saw this, Um, I

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<v Speaker 1>have to pull this up because I thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>so funny, and I'll get back to the ghosting. But

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<v Speaker 1>I saw this thing and said, dating in this generation

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<v Speaker 1>is no. I don't want to hang out with you

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<v Speaker 1>from No. I don't want to flirt on Snapchat while

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<v Speaker 1>you say sexual things to me before you've even met me.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be picked up, taken on a date,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want the doors open from me. Damn. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad you read that, because that was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that that was like a hard line that

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<v Speaker 1>I drew with this guy. Is he's asking me for pictures,

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<v Speaker 1>like like you know, all the way pictures, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was and I had to tell him, well, I had

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<v Speaker 1>to tell him twice and I wasn't going to tell

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<v Speaker 1>him again. And I said, frankly, I said, if you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to see me naked, it's going to be in person.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like that should just be said once

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<v Speaker 1>time out. Do you know what? He responds back with,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even want so just she like speaks your truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Cry face, cry laugh face, cry laugh face. I'm like

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<v Speaker 1>getting hot inside right now thinking about it. But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>never dating. I'm like seriously, like, okay, that's just wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>What you said is wonderful. If I'm the guy and

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<v Speaker 1>you say it's going to be in person, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 1>oh great, Like she's open that possible reality that could happen.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so exciting. Yeah, well, clearly this guy just wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to jack with me because moving forward well or something,

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<v Speaker 1>you're out of there, because moving forward it's it's instant gratification.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything has to be right now, right, now, right now,

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<v Speaker 1>right now, right, So it ultimately lead me. And this

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<v Speaker 1>is where I had the weak moment, and I texted

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<v Speaker 1>him again and I was like, and I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>do not text him, but I did. She did. Daddy

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<v Speaker 1>Mark is going to help us men today and the

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<v Speaker 1>younger generation is so frustrating just ask a woman out.

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<v Speaker 1>They're so scared to do that. Yeah, I get it.

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<v Speaker 1>I fear rejection to rejection sucks. I get it. But

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<v Speaker 1>at some point somebody's got to ask somebody out. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't just hang out the rest of your life. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you want the girl to ask or do they want

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<v Speaker 1>the girl totally? I don't think so. I don't that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good question. Probably not. I think they just want

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<v Speaker 1>to keep it, keep it great, keep it as as

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<v Speaker 1>undefined as possible. Well, and so here's the here's that

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<v Speaker 1>part that's frustrating. And so I had someone I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm he if he wants to talk to me, he

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<v Speaker 1>can reach out to me. I never reached out once

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<v Speaker 1>to him. I was just because I'm like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure he has lots of women throwing himself at

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<v Speaker 1>him or throwing themselves at him. And so then he

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<v Speaker 1>said to me, why don't you ever reach out to me?

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, well, I figured, you know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk to me, you're gonna You're gonna text me.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's like, well, I want to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, I want you to reach out, but then

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<v Speaker 1>when I reach out, it's not then reciprocated. So then

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, this is what I'm talking about. This is

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<v Speaker 1>what's so annoying with guys like they it's like, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't understand. Do you know what I mean? I see

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<v Speaker 1>to me, it's simple, but apparently it's not to other guys,

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<v Speaker 1>because yeah, I would want to hear from you, and

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<v Speaker 1>if I did, I'd be excited to respond. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just like, no more games. The next It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just if you think of me, like someone said

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<v Speaker 1>the other day, like well I didn't want to, It's like, no,

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<v Speaker 1>no text me saying or thinking of me. I don't.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna think it. Don't overthink it. I think

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<v Speaker 1>people overthink it all the time. And that's how it

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<v Speaker 1>was with my wife, And that's what was so appealing

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<v Speaker 1>was that there was none of that. If we were

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of each other, we would just call each other

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<v Speaker 1>because there was no texting at the time, but you

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<v Speaker 1>would just call each other. And it was that simple,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's what I loved about it. I was reading

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<v Speaker 1>this book last night while Men Love Bitches and it

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<v Speaker 1>was saying, um, and it was some attraction principle number four.

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<v Speaker 1>Sometimes a man deliberately won't call just to see how

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<v Speaker 1>you'll respond. It's like, basically, it says like trying not

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<v Speaker 1>to say things such as why haven't you called me?

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<v Speaker 1>Or why haven't I heard from you in a week?

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<v Speaker 1>But like to me, I'm like, hey, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>you know, if we're talking, like yeah, I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to hear from you more. It just feels like a test.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like that. I don't like the testing there.

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<v Speaker 1>And I feel like that's what happened to you with

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<v Speaker 1>a certain person. And then yeah, it's just this very

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<v Speaker 1>interesting Oh. I mean it's like in her mind, in

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<v Speaker 1>his mind, the book is fascinating. I can't wait to

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<v Speaker 1>read it. It's really a fascinating So is it a

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<v Speaker 1>book on like telling you how to not be a bit?

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<v Speaker 1>It's basically saying like it's not. So it's like the

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<v Speaker 1>bit it's not about being a bitch. It's like the

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<v Speaker 1>bitch is confident. The bitch is like, I'm enough, like

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<v Speaker 1>I need you in my life. Like it's not like,

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<v Speaker 1>but you're still kind, right, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 1>You're just like, oh, sorry, I'm so busy living my

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<v Speaker 1>fabulous life. Right, I'm not good to my phone. I

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<v Speaker 1>swear it every second of every day. I'm sorry I didn't.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't watch the game. You won great, no idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but yet I watched the entire game. Crypt that you

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<v Speaker 1>can't find the text. No, I actually deleted it because

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<v Speaker 1>I deleted his number. Okay, so I'll back up a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. I made myself available for the like, clearly

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<v Speaker 1>made myself available for this guy. I think at least twice.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I said, these are the days that I'm free.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, when I have my free time. Because I

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<v Speaker 1>do have a daughter, you know, I split custody. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>so when I have my free time, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>make the most of it. And I made that clear.

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<v Speaker 1>And I said, well I've made and Janna helped me

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<v Speaker 1>with this. I said, well, I've made myself available and

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<v Speaker 1>now I'll just leave it in your court. That's when

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<v Speaker 1>he loved cried that's when he laughed cried. It's like

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<v Speaker 1>I was like block him immediately, Like he was like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>because you put out there like, well, I've you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've texted you a few times and whenever, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when when you want to make your I'm available. But

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<v Speaker 1>moving on. Yeah, he's just he's like toxic. He has

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<v Speaker 1>a toxic person. And I think it took me to

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<v Speaker 1>it's time to go, that's when it's time for repeating.

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<v Speaker 1>But I did repeat it. And the thing is, I

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<v Speaker 1>was somewhat conscious that I'm repeating this cycle and trying

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<v Speaker 1>to think through why am I wanting to go back?

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<v Speaker 1>Why am I wanting to this wanting this guy to

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<v Speaker 1>think differently or give me some different response when he's

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<v Speaker 1>clearly being a jerk. And I mean a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>it comes from I've had past toxic relationships and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still sorting through that and uh, you know then, but

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<v Speaker 1>it was kind of it was a big step in

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<v Speaker 1>healing because I'm like, Okay, this is attractive to me

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<v Speaker 1>and you can find fun in it, maybe, but that's

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<v Speaker 1>only if you're willing to self sacrifice and like lose

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<v Speaker 1>your dignity in the process. And I got on too,

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<v Speaker 1>and I was like, it's not worth one fun night,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I don't need to be treated this way

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<v Speaker 1>to have a good time. Yeah, because you can find

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<v Speaker 1>an f boy if you really when that's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to me right exactly. Yeah, And that's the problem with

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<v Speaker 1>the dating app culture too, because like, if you're not

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<v Speaker 1>immediately sending pictures of your genitalia, he's just gonna keep

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<v Speaker 1>swiping until somebody does. Yes. Well, yeah, that's why. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>there's this one guy terrified. Remember he called me in

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<v Speaker 1>the shower. I was like, you know, and I was

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<v Speaker 1>like that was so disappointing, And I'm like you think, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, what do you wanting me to do

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<v Speaker 1>right now? Because I ain't doing it? You know what

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<v Speaker 1>I mean? Like you're gonna do you need to wine

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<v Speaker 1>and dine. I'm not that girl you can go to

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<v Speaker 1>like Mark said, go go to Tinder or go like

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm just like these guys think that they can

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<v Speaker 1>just call and be like, here's my dick, I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>the shower. What do you want me to like talk

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<v Speaker 1>dirty to you right now? Like my two kids right

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<v Speaker 1>here by talk to you. Yeah. He's just like, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you doing? I'm like, I'm with my children and

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing. Looks like you're taking a shower, buddy,

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<v Speaker 1>rub a dub dub with the SuDS. And it was

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<v Speaker 1>like the middle of the day. It was in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle of the day. And also he thinks you'll find

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<v Speaker 1>it hot. Yeah, I don't see. I don't find that hot.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, is you calling me and you're communicating with

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<v Speaker 1>me and you're taking me on a day and saying, hey,

0:20:12.720 --> 0:20:15.080
<v Speaker 1>when can I see you next? That? Because guys get

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<v Speaker 1>it backwards, because a woman in the shower to a

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<v Speaker 1>guy's like the hottest thing in the world, and so

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<v Speaker 1>they think it goes both ways and it does not

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<v Speaker 1>go do That's such a good point. I think there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of things like that that don't go both ways. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>oh man, it's fun. This is fun. Um okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we we brought you on. You were sitting

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<v Speaker 1>over there. This is um. This is my friend Krista.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to wind down. Hi, Hi, just let's just hold

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<v Speaker 1>some space just um. So some of y'all know how

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<v Speaker 1>I met Krista. Some of you don't. Um hm, I

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<v Speaker 1>have to really carefully step through this track of mud.

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<v Speaker 1>Um you can do it, can I I think so

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<v Speaker 1>you've said it before. Yeah, yeah, that's true. Um. So

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<v Speaker 1>we met through someone I was dating and someone that

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<v Speaker 1>she was married to, um, the same person. This not

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<v Speaker 1>at the same time, not at the same time. So

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<v Speaker 1>she was married to someone for a long time and

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<v Speaker 1>he was uh. And then later on I met him

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<v Speaker 1>and he was a boyfriend for a for a minute. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And I actually reached out to her because I was

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<v Speaker 1>started to hear some things and and as a mother

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<v Speaker 1>who was around also her daughter at the time, I

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<v Speaker 1>really wanted to because Okay, I started to think about it,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm like, all right, I have I don't know. I mean,

0:22:02.640 --> 0:22:04.720
<v Speaker 1>myke to my knowledge, is not dating anyone yet. But

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<v Speaker 1>when he does date someone, I would love to sit

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<v Speaker 1>down with that person if they're in a serious relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>just to like they're they're around my children, They're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be loving on my children, and I personally would want that, right,

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<v Speaker 1>I would want to have that connection with um. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not asking to be friends, but like just like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, my kids are my life, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's let's set some boundaries up right of what

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to kind of look like and maybe

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<v Speaker 1>that's overstepping. I don't know, Cat, what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>on that? Like, I definitely think you should have that conversation. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I also think that there's an appropriate time for that conversation. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>And so Catherine was sitting with me actually when I

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<v Speaker 1>asked for permission to talk to the ex wife who

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<v Speaker 1>is now Krista Um, because there was just a few

0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:53.840
<v Speaker 1>things that were flagged and I was like, man, I

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<v Speaker 1>would love to hear her story, and also, as a

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<v Speaker 1>mom who's around her child, well, I want her to

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<v Speaker 1>know that like I'm a good mom and I you know,

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<v Speaker 1>I just like, let's just have like some you know,

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<v Speaker 1>face to face. So I ended up d mning her

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<v Speaker 1>and was like, hey, I know you know, and I

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<v Speaker 1>would love to sit down with you and at the time,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll let you speak on your feelings with that um

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me. Yeah, at the time, I mean, I'll be

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<v Speaker 1>perfectly honest, I was like, you you hated me? Well, no,

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<v Speaker 1>I did not ever hate you. I did not ever

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<v Speaker 1>hate you or have anything against you, because like you're

0:23:32.920 --> 0:23:36.439
<v Speaker 1>I didn't know you, you know. Um. But at the

0:23:36.520 --> 0:23:39.440
<v Speaker 1>time I was like, so it all kind of became

0:23:39.600 --> 0:23:43.000
<v Speaker 1>very public pretty quickly, and I was like, I don't

0:23:43.200 --> 0:23:46.920
<v Speaker 1>want to be involved in that, Like I know that

0:23:46.960 --> 0:23:51.280
<v Speaker 1>this is it feels like it's moving quickly between her

0:23:51.400 --> 0:23:57.440
<v Speaker 1>and the X um excuse me, And I was. I honestly,

0:23:57.480 --> 0:23:58.920
<v Speaker 1>I was not in the space. I was like, I can't,

0:23:58.960 --> 0:24:01.440
<v Speaker 1>I can't do this. I'm not ready to sit down

0:24:01.600 --> 0:24:08.320
<v Speaker 1>with the first person that my ex dates after our divorce. Hair,

0:24:08.400 --> 0:24:10.480
<v Speaker 1>when you got the notification on your phone that says

0:24:10.520 --> 0:24:14.480
<v Speaker 1>you have a d M frommer, what was your initial response?

0:24:14.640 --> 0:24:20.200
<v Speaker 1>And this is why market here. Um, let's see, I'm

0:24:20.200 --> 0:24:23.000
<v Speaker 1>trying to remember no judgment because now we're like soul sisters,

0:24:23.040 --> 0:24:28.520
<v Speaker 1>so we can we can you know, I'm honestly trying

0:24:28.520 --> 0:24:31.840
<v Speaker 1>to remember, um, because they were like there were already

0:24:31.920 --> 0:24:34.840
<v Speaker 1>swirlings of talk in the community, because I mean we

0:24:34.880 --> 0:24:39.560
<v Speaker 1>live in a pretty tight knit place, and there was

0:24:39.600 --> 0:24:41.720
<v Speaker 1>already kind of swirling and people were asking, oh my gosh,

0:24:41.760 --> 0:24:44.639
<v Speaker 1>did you see X y Z? And I was like, oh, God,

0:24:44.680 --> 0:24:47.360
<v Speaker 1>like I just don't. I don't want to be involved

0:24:47.359 --> 0:24:50.680
<v Speaker 1>in this. Sorry, that must have really thought it, okay, um,

0:24:50.720 --> 0:24:54.720
<v Speaker 1>because here I am no putting myself in the middle literally,

0:24:55.520 --> 0:24:58.119
<v Speaker 1>um no. But I was just and I was in

0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:02.119
<v Speaker 1>a new relationship as well, and I just felt like

0:25:02.160 --> 0:25:06.200
<v Speaker 1>I didn't have the space. But my initial reaction was great,

0:25:06.520 --> 0:25:09.800
<v Speaker 1>now she's messaging me, what am I gonna like? Great?

0:25:10.160 --> 0:25:12.239
<v Speaker 1>Now I need to read this and sit with it

0:25:12.280 --> 0:25:15.280
<v Speaker 1>and figure out how to respond. And if you remember Janna,

0:25:15.359 --> 0:25:18.920
<v Speaker 1>my responses were very short because I was like, and

0:25:19.080 --> 0:25:21.240
<v Speaker 1>it was with Katherine, I was very short, very clear,

0:25:22.080 --> 0:25:28.480
<v Speaker 1>not doing this, and she was very respectful about it. Um. Yeah,

0:25:28.520 --> 0:25:31.760
<v Speaker 1>And I basically had asked you, um, and you're like,

0:25:31.880 --> 0:25:35.320
<v Speaker 1>just your advice to me was just, um, don't ignore

0:25:35.359 --> 0:25:39.800
<v Speaker 1>what people. I said. If you've heard warnings, go ahead

0:25:39.800 --> 0:25:41.560
<v Speaker 1>and heed those warnings. And that's all I'm gonna say.

0:25:42.280 --> 0:25:44.359
<v Speaker 1>And so she was very respectful, and then we were

0:25:44.359 --> 0:25:48.720
<v Speaker 1>gonna actually meet, But then I got covid. Was that Christmas?

0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:52.560
<v Speaker 1>Was that around the same time, because then you're like,

0:25:52.600 --> 0:25:54.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, I thought about it, Yeah, she thought about it,

0:25:54.960 --> 0:25:57.160
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, yeah, let's get a drink. But then

0:25:57.160 --> 0:25:58.639
<v Speaker 1>when when we were going to get a drink, I

0:25:58.680 --> 0:26:01.760
<v Speaker 1>had to cancel, um because I got I got COVID.

0:26:01.840 --> 0:26:03.520
<v Speaker 1>And then when I took that as a sign, I

0:26:03.600 --> 0:26:06.879
<v Speaker 1>was like, all right, Nope, not doing it, because I

0:26:06.880 --> 0:26:09.280
<v Speaker 1>mean it was literally like hours before we were supposed

0:26:09.320 --> 0:26:12.280
<v Speaker 1>to meet, and I was like, no, that's a sign

0:26:12.280 --> 0:26:27.240
<v Speaker 1>I'm staying out. We're dreading it. Even before she got

0:26:27.240 --> 0:26:29.560
<v Speaker 1>the you got the call about the COVID. No, I

0:26:29.600 --> 0:26:32.600
<v Speaker 1>wasn't dreading it. Maybe uneasy, Yeah, I was just kind

0:26:32.600 --> 0:26:34.800
<v Speaker 1>of anxious and like, I don't really know what I'm

0:26:34.800 --> 0:26:38.200
<v Speaker 1>stepping into. Um. I did have a feeling that jan

0:26:38.359 --> 0:26:40.320
<v Speaker 1>is a good person, Like I didn't like I said,

0:26:40.320 --> 0:26:42.919
<v Speaker 1>I didn't have anything against her, and I felt for

0:26:42.960 --> 0:26:46.119
<v Speaker 1>her honestly, and I wanted to step it, like my

0:26:46.240 --> 0:26:49.199
<v Speaker 1>heart wanted to step in and save her, you know,

0:26:49.320 --> 0:26:53.880
<v Speaker 1>prevent a lot of hurt. But I also knew that

0:26:54.280 --> 0:26:59.720
<v Speaker 1>I knew the phase of love bombing that probably was

0:26:59.760 --> 0:27:02.159
<v Speaker 1>going on, and I was like, I'm not going to

0:27:02.200 --> 0:27:04.359
<v Speaker 1>be able to convince her of anything. I just didn't

0:27:04.400 --> 0:27:06.919
<v Speaker 1>feel like it was my place at the time. I didn't.

0:27:07.960 --> 0:27:10.240
<v Speaker 1>I just felt like, why, it's not my responsibility to

0:27:10.240 --> 0:27:13.560
<v Speaker 1>go save every person that he dates. What I think

0:27:13.600 --> 0:27:16.560
<v Speaker 1>the thing that we had when we ended up and

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:18.320
<v Speaker 1>we will get to there. But with the piece that

0:27:18.359 --> 0:27:21.520
<v Speaker 1>I got from you, which you were like, I didn't

0:27:21.560 --> 0:27:24.040
<v Speaker 1>I didn't think you'd believe me, and that hit my

0:27:24.240 --> 0:27:26.000
<v Speaker 1>Like I said, I don't think that it would have

0:27:26.000 --> 0:27:28.320
<v Speaker 1>been received. Well, yeah, because it's true. I probably would

0:27:28.320 --> 0:27:30.160
<v Speaker 1>have gone back and have been said and then this

0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:32.320
<v Speaker 1>person would have said, oh, X, Y and Z, and

0:27:32.400 --> 0:27:35.040
<v Speaker 1>so I wouldn't have believed her, and like to not

0:27:35.119 --> 0:27:37.680
<v Speaker 1>feel believed as a woman in what they went through

0:27:37.880 --> 0:27:42.359
<v Speaker 1>is is hurtful. It's it's it's hard. That's very true.

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:45.520
<v Speaker 1>That's that's a really good way to say that. The

0:27:45.560 --> 0:27:48.000
<v Speaker 1>other way is that, yeah, I didn't want to be

0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:51.800
<v Speaker 1>I didn't want to speak my truth and then be

0:27:52.840 --> 0:27:55.760
<v Speaker 1>just passed over again or not listen to. Like that's

0:27:55.800 --> 0:27:58.480
<v Speaker 1>seriously one of my biggest pet peeves is to not

0:27:58.560 --> 0:28:00.680
<v Speaker 1>be listened to and not be heard. But wasn't the

0:28:00.720 --> 0:28:02.600
<v Speaker 1>fact that Janet was reaching out to you and asking

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:04.679
<v Speaker 1>these questions a sign that she was kind of looking

0:28:04.760 --> 0:28:07.200
<v Speaker 1>for this information and that she was going to believe you,

0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:09.000
<v Speaker 1>Because if she just had hard eyes it was happy

0:28:09.040 --> 0:28:10.480
<v Speaker 1>as can be, she wouldn't have been sending you that

0:28:10.560 --> 0:28:12.480
<v Speaker 1>d M. Probably well sure, but again I'll go back

0:28:12.480 --> 0:28:15.200
<v Speaker 1>to it's not my responsibility to fix every exfit or

0:28:15.280 --> 0:28:18.119
<v Speaker 1>every person that he dates. That was just where I

0:28:18.119 --> 0:28:24.720
<v Speaker 1>had to draw my own personal boundary. So yeah, and

0:28:24.760 --> 0:28:27.280
<v Speaker 1>you were definitely not ready to hear it. Well, that's

0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:30.920
<v Speaker 1>the thing. And as because you've admitted now, right, And

0:28:31.320 --> 0:28:33.080
<v Speaker 1>I told her, And if I would have heard that,

0:28:33.119 --> 0:28:37.280
<v Speaker 1>I would have I would have believed the other side. Yeah,

0:28:37.480 --> 0:28:39.200
<v Speaker 1>but then why were you reaching out? It seems like

0:28:39.200 --> 0:28:42.000
<v Speaker 1>you were seeing problematic behavior, or at least behavior there

0:28:42.040 --> 0:28:47.400
<v Speaker 1>was true, Mark, That's such a good question. Um, it

0:28:47.440 --> 0:28:49.480
<v Speaker 1>really is. And that is I think that's a hard

0:28:49.520 --> 0:28:52.880
<v Speaker 1>question for anyone to answer. It's like she I believe

0:28:52.920 --> 0:28:56.840
<v Speaker 1>in the goodness, and I believe in people's redemption stories,

0:28:56.840 --> 0:28:58.800
<v Speaker 1>and I believe in what people say, and I believe

0:28:58.800 --> 0:29:02.720
<v Speaker 1>in what I believe in growth and people because I've

0:29:02.760 --> 0:29:07.440
<v Speaker 1>experienced that along. I've done that too. And so her version,

0:29:07.600 --> 0:29:11.760
<v Speaker 1>for example, whoever gets my ex is going to I,

0:29:11.760 --> 0:29:18.840
<v Speaker 1>I pray have a different version, right, So her experience

0:29:20.040 --> 0:29:22.160
<v Speaker 1>might not be my experience, and I can I can

0:29:22.200 --> 0:29:24.120
<v Speaker 1>hear some of the things like just like when my

0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:27.200
<v Speaker 1>ex starts dating someone, if I was to sit down

0:29:27.240 --> 0:29:30.160
<v Speaker 1>with them, we might we might And I again, I

0:29:30.200 --> 0:29:34.520
<v Speaker 1>pray we have polar opposite experiences and so and just

0:29:34.600 --> 0:29:36.480
<v Speaker 1>like you are in the best place now, people have

0:29:36.560 --> 0:29:40.920
<v Speaker 1>dated you in the past, dated a different you know,

0:29:41.600 --> 0:29:44.600
<v Speaker 1>but now it's it's different. So I think it's not

0:29:44.640 --> 0:29:46.680
<v Speaker 1>that I wouldn't have believed your I would have been like,

0:29:46.720 --> 0:29:49.360
<v Speaker 1>I'm so sorry you experienced that. That's not my reality.

0:29:50.360 --> 0:29:52.239
<v Speaker 1>That's what the difference would have been. So it's like,

0:29:53.720 --> 0:29:55.840
<v Speaker 1>but I still think deep down you knew that it

0:29:55.920 --> 0:30:00.680
<v Speaker 1>was partly your reality for sure, but to believe. Yeah,

0:30:00.720 --> 0:30:03.920
<v Speaker 1>I was so clinging onto like it was like I was,

0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:06.680
<v Speaker 1>I was. It was a week before Christmas, and like

0:30:06.720 --> 0:30:09.200
<v Speaker 1>my friend, I was like, I was just clinging onto

0:30:10.000 --> 0:30:13.840
<v Speaker 1>any hope of like having like this fantasy family in

0:30:13.880 --> 0:30:16.640
<v Speaker 1>my brain that wasn't right for either one of us,

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:19.520
<v Speaker 1>you know. And it was just like this like white knuckling,

0:30:19.640 --> 0:30:22.440
<v Speaker 1>like and I still think people have to be ready.

0:30:22.680 --> 0:30:24.800
<v Speaker 1>I think you have to be ready to hear it,

0:30:24.960 --> 0:30:27.240
<v Speaker 1>to receive it and do something about it. And if

0:30:27.240 --> 0:30:29.880
<v Speaker 1>you're not in that place, you know, I am, I'm

0:30:29.880 --> 0:30:32.880
<v Speaker 1>sorry for your experience, but well, and I think to like,

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:35.840
<v Speaker 1>if if that were to ever happen again, there wouldn't

0:30:35.880 --> 0:30:37.960
<v Speaker 1>no be reaching out to the ex wife for the

0:30:37.960 --> 0:30:39.560
<v Speaker 1>ex girlfriend. It would just be like, I'm sorry, this

0:30:39.600 --> 0:30:42.120
<v Speaker 1>relationship isn't gonna work for me, that it doesn't matter

0:30:42.200 --> 0:30:44.840
<v Speaker 1>what happened with them doesn't matter. Yeah, So it's like

0:30:45.000 --> 0:30:47.720
<v Speaker 1>that's where now this version would be like, oh no,

0:30:47.800 --> 0:30:50.200
<v Speaker 1>Like I wouldn't have to reach out to anybody because

0:30:50.240 --> 0:30:53.800
<v Speaker 1>I know in my firm foundation of what I deserve,

0:30:53.880 --> 0:30:56.960
<v Speaker 1>what I want in my life, and what doesn't align

0:30:57.000 --> 0:31:02.080
<v Speaker 1>with me, right, And that's where like I was on

0:31:02.120 --> 0:31:04.760
<v Speaker 1>the other side of that talking about the realities, the

0:31:04.800 --> 0:31:07.400
<v Speaker 1>different realities. I was on the other side where I

0:31:07.440 --> 0:31:11.640
<v Speaker 1>had been. So I had been through a lot with

0:31:11.680 --> 0:31:19.760
<v Speaker 1>this guy and was like I knew my truth of

0:31:20.680 --> 0:31:25.080
<v Speaker 1>um experiencing life with him, and I have come to

0:31:25.200 --> 0:31:28.840
<v Speaker 1>my own conclusion that he's never going to change, never

0:31:28.880 --> 0:31:34.280
<v Speaker 1>going to change. And so part of it was like, Okay,

0:31:34.400 --> 0:31:37.280
<v Speaker 1>it sucks that you're in this place and you believe

0:31:37.320 --> 0:31:39.120
<v Speaker 1>that something's going to change, like going back to you

0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:41.040
<v Speaker 1>believe it, like you hope and people you pray that

0:31:41.080 --> 0:31:43.080
<v Speaker 1>they can change, they can and I do, like I

0:31:43.120 --> 0:31:45.880
<v Speaker 1>believe that same thing is that I believe that there

0:31:46.040 --> 0:31:48.640
<v Speaker 1>is that tiny little mustard seed in each and every

0:31:48.640 --> 0:31:52.040
<v Speaker 1>one of us and it, yes, it needs love and nurturing.

0:31:52.080 --> 0:31:54.240
<v Speaker 1>And you know, people are in a dark place and

0:31:54.280 --> 0:31:57.720
<v Speaker 1>they act out or whatever. But at the end of

0:31:57.720 --> 0:32:00.360
<v Speaker 1>the day, if it starts to be a detriment to me,

0:32:01.280 --> 0:32:03.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to take responsibility over that I did

0:32:03.720 --> 0:32:08.440
<v Speaker 1>it for too long, if that makes sense. So how

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:11.680
<v Speaker 1>did we get here? How did we get from early nervous,

0:32:11.720 --> 0:32:17.240
<v Speaker 1>trepidagious email to being soul sisters? And it's been it's

0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:20.000
<v Speaker 1>gotten some hate, and I think that's another reason why

0:32:20.400 --> 0:32:22.800
<v Speaker 1>we kind of wanted to have this discussion too, because

0:32:24.320 --> 0:32:26.800
<v Speaker 1>I don't think people understand it. And that's again, it's

0:32:26.800 --> 0:32:30.000
<v Speaker 1>not for people to understand. At the time. My intentions

0:32:30.040 --> 0:32:32.240
<v Speaker 1>when I reached back out to her, because we never

0:32:32.400 --> 0:32:35.840
<v Speaker 1>met face to face was my children. My children were

0:32:35.880 --> 0:32:40.320
<v Speaker 1>around her daughter and they were in love with her daughter.

0:32:41.120 --> 0:32:44.840
<v Speaker 1>And that piece was what broke me the most, was

0:32:44.880 --> 0:32:51.920
<v Speaker 1>that I prematurely introduced my children to someone and I

0:32:52.000 --> 0:32:57.640
<v Speaker 1>then involved another child around my children that they fell

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:00.560
<v Speaker 1>in love with the other person. They never mentioned the

0:33:00.640 --> 0:33:04.640
<v Speaker 1>name once, but the child's name over and over and over.

0:33:04.680 --> 0:33:06.920
<v Speaker 1>When do we get to see And it literally broke

0:33:06.960 --> 0:33:08.480
<v Speaker 1>my heart because I'm like, well, there we go. I

0:33:08.640 --> 0:33:13.360
<v Speaker 1>just I messed this up. I I I screwed this up.

0:33:13.520 --> 0:33:16.880
<v Speaker 1>You know, and now my kids are are paying the price,

0:33:17.120 --> 0:33:20.240
<v Speaker 1>and it broke my heart. And so I reached out

0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:23.200
<v Speaker 1>to her and I said, I don't know if you know,

0:33:23.360 --> 0:33:28.000
<v Speaker 1>but we're not together anymore. I said, Jason, and Jason

0:33:28.480 --> 0:33:34.920
<v Speaker 1>her daughter had a insane connection, like insane where every

0:33:35.000 --> 0:33:38.720
<v Speaker 1>day like mommy wears, where's you know? Your daughter? Were where? Where? Where?

0:33:39.280 --> 0:33:42.000
<v Speaker 1>And so I was just like, all right, I have to, like,

0:33:42.080 --> 0:33:44.680
<v Speaker 1>I have to reach out to her. So um, I

0:33:44.760 --> 0:33:47.440
<v Speaker 1>was like, it's not fair for the kids what they

0:33:47.440 --> 0:33:52.320
<v Speaker 1>went through losing her again. They don't mention the other name,

0:33:52.720 --> 0:33:54.560
<v Speaker 1>They just are mentioning her. So is there a way

0:33:54.600 --> 0:33:57.600
<v Speaker 1>that maybe we could let them face time every once

0:33:57.600 --> 0:33:59.880
<v Speaker 1>in a while and then just wean it out that way,

0:34:00.400 --> 0:34:03.080
<v Speaker 1>It's not just this dramatic someone who was with us

0:34:03.640 --> 0:34:06.000
<v Speaker 1>seven is now no longer. They're never going to see again.

0:34:06.040 --> 0:34:07.680
<v Speaker 1>And I didn't want to have that conversation with him

0:34:07.720 --> 0:34:10.640
<v Speaker 1>because I didn't think that would be received well um

0:34:10.760 --> 0:34:14.239
<v Speaker 1>nor and we needed to you know, both move on,

0:34:14.360 --> 0:34:16.440
<v Speaker 1>and because it wasn't right for either one of us, right,

0:34:16.520 --> 0:34:20.719
<v Speaker 1>so um, and so I reached out to her and

0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:21.960
<v Speaker 1>I said that, and I was like, you know, I

0:34:22.200 --> 0:34:25.360
<v Speaker 1>totally understand if you don't you know, if you don't

0:34:25.600 --> 0:34:27.880
<v Speaker 1>want to, I get it again. I'm not trying to

0:34:27.960 --> 0:34:31.200
<v Speaker 1>like rub dirt in an open wound, like I just

0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:37.560
<v Speaker 1>like and selfishly like what I mean that selfishly you

0:34:37.600 --> 0:34:44.120
<v Speaker 1>were so graciously opening, like opened your heart to like

0:34:44.200 --> 0:34:48.080
<v Speaker 1>knowing my mama heart was ruined for my kids and

0:34:48.200 --> 0:34:50.080
<v Speaker 1>because you could have been like no, like that that

0:34:50.160 --> 0:34:53.440
<v Speaker 1>was your that was your mistake made, and you need

0:34:53.480 --> 0:34:57.200
<v Speaker 1>to figure that out and instead, Yeah, I mean if

0:34:58.000 --> 0:34:59.799
<v Speaker 1>immediately as soon as I read her text and I

0:34:59.800 --> 0:35:02.400
<v Speaker 1>read the words were not together anymore, my first very

0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:04.319
<v Speaker 1>first thought was great, now I get to explain to

0:35:04.400 --> 0:35:06.680
<v Speaker 1>my daughter why she can't go over to Jason Jonas anymore,

0:35:06.840 --> 0:35:08.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, because I know that he's not going to

0:35:08.160 --> 0:35:11.720
<v Speaker 1>do it, and and then she's just gonna be left wondering.

0:35:12.200 --> 0:35:14.520
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like, clearly, the only way that I can

0:35:14.560 --> 0:35:17.960
<v Speaker 1>remedy this is to, yeah, talk to Janna, and I

0:35:18.000 --> 0:35:19.600
<v Speaker 1>can be mature about it, and I can you know,

0:35:19.640 --> 0:35:21.319
<v Speaker 1>we can like dip our toe in and see if

0:35:21.360 --> 0:35:24.120
<v Speaker 1>there's I mean, quite honestly, see if there is some

0:35:24.200 --> 0:35:26.400
<v Speaker 1>kind of connection, see if like each other, you know,

0:35:26.480 --> 0:35:30.800
<v Speaker 1>we we resonate or whatever and when and what happened

0:35:30.880 --> 0:35:33.120
<v Speaker 1>was is, so she goes, what if we just you

0:35:33.160 --> 0:35:35.800
<v Speaker 1>and I get together first? And I go, and she was,

0:35:35.840 --> 0:35:38.160
<v Speaker 1>and then we can discuss how we handle the kids situation.

0:35:38.200 --> 0:35:40.160
<v Speaker 1>And I said, I think that's a really great idea.

0:35:40.200 --> 0:35:42.120
<v Speaker 1>And again like I'm like, thank you, thank you, thank you,

0:35:42.160 --> 0:35:44.680
<v Speaker 1>Like I just I so appreciate that. And she came

0:35:44.719 --> 0:35:47.480
<v Speaker 1>over and I mean two bottles later, we had a

0:35:47.480 --> 0:35:54.080
<v Speaker 1>lot in common. Was there that night too, And you

0:35:54.120 --> 0:35:57.840
<v Speaker 1>know it was like this we shared, you know, she

0:35:57.960 --> 0:36:01.400
<v Speaker 1>shared her experiences with her asked I shared my experiences

0:36:01.400 --> 0:36:04.560
<v Speaker 1>in my past. And it wasn't even about like we

0:36:04.600 --> 0:36:08.000
<v Speaker 1>didn't we weren't bashing the first of all, we weren't

0:36:08.000 --> 0:36:11.000
<v Speaker 1>bashing her ex. We weren't bashing my ex. Is you know,

0:36:11.120 --> 0:36:14.799
<v Speaker 1>it was just like a this thread, this commonality of

0:36:14.840 --> 0:36:18.400
<v Speaker 1>like two people that you know, as we just we

0:36:18.480 --> 0:36:21.200
<v Speaker 1>connected on so many layers and I was just like, wow,

0:36:21.239 --> 0:36:25.160
<v Speaker 1>like this is this is actually a friendship. But this

0:36:25.239 --> 0:36:27.959
<v Speaker 1>is like I I relate to everything you're saying, She's

0:36:28.000 --> 0:36:31.719
<v Speaker 1>relating to things that I'm saying. And we realized from there,

0:36:31.760 --> 0:36:37.640
<v Speaker 1>like how similar we were? Yeah, echo that heck of

0:36:37.719 --> 0:36:39.680
<v Speaker 1>that and and it's so interesting too. And I was

0:36:39.680 --> 0:36:41.839
<v Speaker 1>telling her this last night and then now then we've

0:36:41.880 --> 0:36:44.359
<v Speaker 1>obviously gotten the kids together and you know, they've done

0:36:44.360 --> 0:36:47.520
<v Speaker 1>some sleepovers and I mean they're just like grand like

0:36:47.560 --> 0:36:50.000
<v Speaker 1>they they love it. It's so much fun and it's

0:36:50.040 --> 0:36:52.360
<v Speaker 1>such a happy ending for them. I love that. Yeah,

0:36:52.400 --> 0:36:55.840
<v Speaker 1>and it's like they get they get there her daughter

0:36:56.040 --> 0:36:59.319
<v Speaker 1>and I got a friend, you know, like I got

0:36:59.400 --> 0:37:05.320
<v Speaker 1>this sole sister friendship where it's like we relate and again,

0:37:05.360 --> 0:37:09.160
<v Speaker 1>like people are like, oh, like it's so immature, and

0:37:09.200 --> 0:37:12.240
<v Speaker 1>it's like, explain to me how protecting and how loving

0:37:12.280 --> 0:37:15.160
<v Speaker 1>my children and how connecting with someone that I connect

0:37:15.160 --> 0:37:18.160
<v Speaker 1>with this immature is. I'm not rubbing, we're not rubbing,

0:37:18.239 --> 0:37:21.600
<v Speaker 1>we're not talking bad Like there's truly like I even

0:37:21.640 --> 0:37:23.719
<v Speaker 1>told her, I was like, I don't even want to

0:37:23.719 --> 0:37:26.840
<v Speaker 1>bring up his name in this house. Yeah, we can

0:37:26.880 --> 0:37:29.239
<v Speaker 1>talk about our past experiences, but like, let's not like

0:37:29.320 --> 0:37:32.080
<v Speaker 1>this isn't a bashing of a man session. This is

0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:35.640
<v Speaker 1>just like how do we lift each other up from

0:37:35.719 --> 0:37:37.719
<v Speaker 1>things that we've been through? How can I how can

0:37:37.760 --> 0:37:40.239
<v Speaker 1>we pray together? How can we grow together? How can

0:37:40.320 --> 0:37:44.279
<v Speaker 1>we like it's not about bashing the men that we've

0:37:44.320 --> 0:37:47.120
<v Speaker 1>been with No, we're very much both on a healing

0:37:47.200 --> 0:37:49.520
<v Speaker 1>journey and Janet, it could be anybody that had a

0:37:49.520 --> 0:37:53.040
<v Speaker 1>similar situation, Like I talked to several of my girlfriend

0:37:53.040 --> 0:37:54.640
<v Speaker 1>I was actually just on a walk today with a

0:37:54.640 --> 0:37:57.000
<v Speaker 1>girlfriend and she was telling me about this four month

0:37:57.000 --> 0:37:59.799
<v Speaker 1>about with this really terrible guy that she dated that

0:37:59.880 --> 0:38:02.040
<v Speaker 1>was like such a world when he ended up suing

0:38:02.040 --> 0:38:03.720
<v Speaker 1>her and all of this stuff, and there were common

0:38:03.760 --> 0:38:07.160
<v Speaker 1>threads there, you know. So it's I think that's a

0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:10.760
<v Speaker 1>big bond. And while it's an unfortunate circumstance to bond

0:38:10.800 --> 0:38:16.719
<v Speaker 1>over um, I think we look at wanting to just

0:38:16.880 --> 0:38:19.480
<v Speaker 1>evolve from it and grow and lift each other up

0:38:19.480 --> 0:38:35.200
<v Speaker 1>in other people. What I got from that last relationship

0:38:35.960 --> 0:38:38.319
<v Speaker 1>with such a gift in like a step in the

0:38:38.400 --> 0:38:42.120
<v Speaker 1>right direction for my personal growth and healing and like

0:38:43.120 --> 0:38:45.480
<v Speaker 1>but from that like it wasn't so I got that

0:38:45.600 --> 0:38:48.840
<v Speaker 1>from that relationship. And I also got a friendship and

0:38:48.920 --> 0:38:52.400
<v Speaker 1>my children have their friendship still and and I was

0:38:52.520 --> 0:38:54.160
<v Speaker 1>we were talking about this last night, I go or

0:38:54.200 --> 0:38:57.600
<v Speaker 1>the other night where it's so crazy that it's it's

0:38:57.600 --> 0:39:00.799
<v Speaker 1>the women in my life that have given me more

0:39:00.840 --> 0:39:03.520
<v Speaker 1>than the man, when the men have ever so like

0:39:03.560 --> 0:39:05.479
<v Speaker 1>when I think back to like my ex husband John,

0:39:06.040 --> 0:39:10.600
<v Speaker 1>my best girlfriend is Julie, so his wife, right, So

0:39:10.680 --> 0:39:13.160
<v Speaker 1>like Julie has given me more than John and I

0:39:13.200 --> 0:39:17.239
<v Speaker 1>ever was, Krista has given me more than what that

0:39:17.320 --> 0:39:20.680
<v Speaker 1>relationship with And like my Queendom, my girls have given

0:39:20.719 --> 0:39:23.680
<v Speaker 1>me more than I ever felt in my marriage. It's

0:39:23.680 --> 0:39:26.080
<v Speaker 1>like so that the women in my life are the

0:39:26.120 --> 0:39:28.040
<v Speaker 1>ones that have given me more than any man could

0:39:28.080 --> 0:39:30.160
<v Speaker 1>ever give me. And it's like I almost met some

0:39:30.280 --> 0:39:33.400
<v Speaker 1>of them to have these beautiful friendships. Well, everything happens

0:39:33.400 --> 0:39:34.759
<v Speaker 1>for a reason. It kind of goes back to that.

0:39:35.360 --> 0:39:37.160
<v Speaker 1>And you see that you see that article last week

0:39:37.160 --> 0:39:39.680
<v Speaker 1>about women, uh it's called it was called the Rise

0:39:39.719 --> 0:39:42.880
<v Speaker 1>of the Lonely Single Man. I saw that, Yeah, and

0:39:42.920 --> 0:39:46.359
<v Speaker 1>it's about how women are raising their dating standards and

0:39:46.440 --> 0:39:50.200
<v Speaker 1>therefore men are most of the people on dating apps

0:39:50.680 --> 0:39:53.880
<v Speaker 1>and dating opportunities are getting less for them because women

0:39:53.920 --> 0:39:56.680
<v Speaker 1>are raising their standards and they absolutely should because men

0:39:56.680 --> 0:39:59.120
<v Speaker 1>have gotten away with too much for too long. It's

0:39:59.200 --> 0:40:05.200
<v Speaker 1>the whole don't need you, I want you vibe. Yeah. Um,

0:40:05.239 --> 0:40:07.759
<v Speaker 1>but with that too is we're gonna because I'm like,

0:40:07.760 --> 0:40:11.239
<v Speaker 1>all right, Christa, I was like we we met for

0:40:11.280 --> 0:40:15.440
<v Speaker 1>a reason. We I'm like, how can we also encourage

0:40:15.440 --> 0:40:18.160
<v Speaker 1>other single moms or help other moms out there, help

0:40:18.239 --> 0:40:22.360
<v Speaker 1>women that need help getting um, you know, about to

0:40:22.400 --> 0:40:25.120
<v Speaker 1>go through a divorce and so um Catherine's dip in

0:40:25.120 --> 0:40:27.320
<v Speaker 1>her toe in it too. But we so we started

0:40:27.320 --> 0:40:30.040
<v Speaker 1>this Instagram and we're gonna we're gonna it's called all

0:40:30.080 --> 0:40:34.360
<v Speaker 1>in Moms and we're just going to post inspirational things

0:40:34.480 --> 0:40:36.480
<v Speaker 1>or stories that people can relate to. And it's like

0:40:36.480 --> 0:40:38.520
<v Speaker 1>we want like a community of women to come together

0:40:38.640 --> 0:40:41.759
<v Speaker 1>that are just supporting other people are like, hey, I

0:40:41.800 --> 0:40:43.520
<v Speaker 1>need help. Like a lot of women can't get out

0:40:43.560 --> 0:40:44.799
<v Speaker 1>of the marriage. They don't know how to get out.

0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:46.840
<v Speaker 1>It's like this is like I want women to just

0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:49.279
<v Speaker 1>encourage and to help other women, and like go to

0:40:49.320 --> 0:40:51.840
<v Speaker 1>the comments and like flood the comments and like share

0:40:51.880 --> 0:40:54.520
<v Speaker 1>your story, and like we're going to share, you know,

0:40:54.680 --> 0:40:57.040
<v Speaker 1>our stories and just like be a place for just

0:40:57.120 --> 0:41:00.920
<v Speaker 1>like uplifting other women to you know, to to not

0:41:01.000 --> 0:41:03.640
<v Speaker 1>feel alone, because it is a lonely feeling, especially when

0:41:03.800 --> 0:41:06.160
<v Speaker 1>you we've either you've been in a bad relationship or

0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:07.680
<v Speaker 1>you don't know how to get out or like being

0:41:07.719 --> 0:41:10.080
<v Speaker 1>a single mom, Like it's tough. Like I was talking

0:41:10.120 --> 0:41:11.719
<v Speaker 1>to Caitlin on the way here and she was just like,

0:41:11.920 --> 0:41:14.160
<v Speaker 1>I lost it on my kids, like go there, talk

0:41:14.200 --> 0:41:17.560
<v Speaker 1>about it, like and just um, we just so yeah,

0:41:17.960 --> 0:41:21.319
<v Speaker 1>come to Instagram all in months and we're all going

0:41:21.360 --> 0:41:23.880
<v Speaker 1>to be there commenting and loving on you guys. And

0:41:23.920 --> 0:41:25.760
<v Speaker 1>I just want to point to I mean, you pointed

0:41:25.800 --> 0:41:28.600
<v Speaker 1>to earlier how my response when you reached out to

0:41:28.640 --> 0:41:32.279
<v Speaker 1>me after it ended, Um, after that relationship ended, and

0:41:32.360 --> 0:41:36.319
<v Speaker 1>you you said that I was so gracious and open hearted. Well,

0:41:36.400 --> 0:41:38.279
<v Speaker 1>I just want to point to the fact how you were.

0:41:38.640 --> 0:41:40.480
<v Speaker 1>It took a lot of courage for you to even

0:41:40.480 --> 0:41:43.680
<v Speaker 1>reach out to me. And so those are the things

0:41:43.800 --> 0:41:47.680
<v Speaker 1>that we would want to shine a light on, um,

0:41:47.800 --> 0:41:50.560
<v Speaker 1>for women who are going through even just a tough relationship,

0:41:50.600 --> 0:41:53.520
<v Speaker 1>tough marriage, whatever is. Even if you think that the

0:41:53.560 --> 0:41:57.480
<v Speaker 1>world is gonna you know, talk bad about your not understand,

0:41:57.600 --> 0:42:00.959
<v Speaker 1>mainly not understand, like, you should still do the things

0:42:01.000 --> 0:42:02.839
<v Speaker 1>that scare you and reach out to the women who

0:42:02.840 --> 0:42:05.120
<v Speaker 1>you think maybe they can help you. The worst that

0:42:05.160 --> 0:42:08.040
<v Speaker 1>they can say is no. Yeah. I mean, because I've

0:42:08.040 --> 0:42:09.719
<v Speaker 1>had a few women that I've reached out and I'm like, hey,

0:42:09.760 --> 0:42:13.680
<v Speaker 1>I've met your x and um, you know this, And

0:42:13.680 --> 0:42:17.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, I just asked for you to know your

0:42:17.120 --> 0:42:19.320
<v Speaker 1>worth and that's all I can give you, like because

0:42:19.560 --> 0:42:21.600
<v Speaker 1>I have to draw a boundary too with myself, like

0:42:21.680 --> 0:42:23.840
<v Speaker 1>I can't continue and that's like and I had to

0:42:23.840 --> 0:42:25.400
<v Speaker 1>talk to Catherine about this, and I was like I

0:42:25.440 --> 0:42:28.040
<v Speaker 1>had to check my relationship with Krista and I'm like,

0:42:28.080 --> 0:42:30.239
<v Speaker 1>am I am I in a relationship with her because

0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:32.680
<v Speaker 1>I'm wanting to make her x mad am I in

0:42:32.680 --> 0:42:37.640
<v Speaker 1>a relationship with her too? Um to have a hold

0:42:37.680 --> 0:42:39.400
<v Speaker 1>of him and I in a relationship with her. So

0:42:39.440 --> 0:42:41.080
<v Speaker 1>I was like I really had to like dissect it,

0:42:41.160 --> 0:42:44.920
<v Speaker 1>talk to you know, Catherine, talked to my therapist because

0:42:44.920 --> 0:42:47.279
<v Speaker 1>I wanted to be clear of what my motivation was,

0:42:48.080 --> 0:42:50.280
<v Speaker 1>so I knew it was my children. But then also

0:42:50.400 --> 0:42:53.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm like, is was there any other piece there? And

0:42:53.520 --> 0:42:56.400
<v Speaker 1>I think once I got clear on like no, like

0:42:56.440 --> 0:42:59.160
<v Speaker 1>I just really connected this person, and I think there's

0:42:59.320 --> 0:43:01.719
<v Speaker 1>you know, there was a reason why we why we

0:43:01.760 --> 0:43:04.920
<v Speaker 1>do connect and why like it's like that's when I'm like, Okay,

0:43:05.160 --> 0:43:08.400
<v Speaker 1>then I'm like we just can't talk about that person

0:43:09.080 --> 0:43:12.160
<v Speaker 1>because that is like that's the destructiveness, Like I don't

0:43:12.239 --> 0:43:14.080
<v Speaker 1>we don't need to let's ruminate about someone, you know

0:43:14.120 --> 0:43:15.640
<v Speaker 1>what I mean, Like, you are not my friend, and

0:43:15.680 --> 0:43:18.440
<v Speaker 1>that's what's important, not the past of X, Y and

0:43:18.560 --> 0:43:25.720
<v Speaker 1>Z so so mature. It only took us thirty six years.

0:43:26.000 --> 0:43:29.000
<v Speaker 1>We're all growing, I think to really cement the bond here,

0:43:29.000 --> 0:43:30.319
<v Speaker 1>I think the best thing to do would be for

0:43:30.400 --> 0:43:40.120
<v Speaker 1>Catherine to date this guy and then Catherine, are you interesting? Thanks? Mark,

0:43:41.239 --> 0:43:43.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm out all together. I just don't want to date

0:43:43.520 --> 0:43:50.040
<v Speaker 1>anybody just man, man, we don't want to cement any

0:43:50.040 --> 0:43:53.040
<v Speaker 1>other bonds like that in that way. No, no, no, no,

0:43:53.239 --> 0:43:55.000
<v Speaker 1>I mean wish wish the best, and I would and

0:43:55.040 --> 0:43:56.839
<v Speaker 1>I would give you a I mean I would say

0:43:56.880 --> 0:44:01.879
<v Speaker 1>go for it, Cat like good, thanks, guys, I'm good.

0:44:03.000 --> 0:44:05.600
<v Speaker 1>And again I also want to echo what Jann is saying,

0:44:05.640 --> 0:44:07.080
<v Speaker 1>like we are not here to talk bad. I am

0:44:07.120 --> 0:44:09.960
<v Speaker 1>not here to talk bad at all. But we do

0:44:10.040 --> 0:44:13.920
<v Speaker 1>have experiences and we have a lot of different relations.

0:44:14.480 --> 0:44:16.319
<v Speaker 1>You know, it's just a life, man, and being a

0:44:16.360 --> 0:44:18.520
<v Speaker 1>single mom and just being like, hey, I'm struggling, and

0:44:19.280 --> 0:44:23.000
<v Speaker 1>you know, and knowing that you are stronger than ever

0:44:23.600 --> 0:44:25.640
<v Speaker 1>sticking out right here that my sweet little christ and

0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:27.759
<v Speaker 1>breast Mark. I mean do you have any questions? Since

0:44:27.840 --> 0:44:32.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, how are you digesting all of this? It's

0:44:32.640 --> 0:44:34.800
<v Speaker 1>all fascinating and I love I love it. I actually

0:44:34.800 --> 0:44:38.759
<v Speaker 1>really like it. I I I hope that we all,

0:44:38.920 --> 0:44:42.160
<v Speaker 1>as much as is tempting to bash men, and no

0:44:42.200 --> 0:44:44.839
<v Speaker 1>one loves doing that more than I do, that there

0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:47.080
<v Speaker 1>are some good guys out there, and I really I'm

0:44:47.080 --> 0:44:49.480
<v Speaker 1>hopeful that the three of you can use this strength

0:44:49.600 --> 0:44:52.080
<v Speaker 1>that you're gathering together to find some of them, because

0:44:52.120 --> 0:44:55.560
<v Speaker 1>they're there somewhere. They really are. I just think they're lazy.

0:44:55.600 --> 0:44:58.000
<v Speaker 1>To be honest with you, Yeah, they really are. But

0:44:58.080 --> 0:45:01.359
<v Speaker 1>why is it that I don't know if y'all may

0:45:01.360 --> 0:45:07.680
<v Speaker 1>be experienced, but the ones that aren't lazy, we're not

0:45:07.760 --> 0:45:11.080
<v Speaker 1>like all the way entirely attracted to because there's one

0:45:11.160 --> 0:45:16.799
<v Speaker 1>thing or like, you know, it's like like that when

0:45:16.840 --> 0:45:18.279
<v Speaker 1>I told you to be with and you're like, this

0:45:18.520 --> 0:45:21.120
<v Speaker 1>is nice. I'm like, but Krista, he has healthy, like

0:45:21.360 --> 0:45:24.399
<v Speaker 1>nice guys. They want them, but they don't really It's

0:45:24.400 --> 0:45:26.440
<v Speaker 1>gonna be interesting when you start dating. I'm like, Katherine,

0:45:26.600 --> 0:45:29.960
<v Speaker 1>why don't you like the nice guys? I'm I'm ready

0:45:30.000 --> 0:45:33.719
<v Speaker 1>for something about the chase and I know, um who

0:45:33.760 --> 0:45:35.480
<v Speaker 1>was it that was on that Yeah, that one was

0:45:35.520 --> 0:45:37.640
<v Speaker 1>talking about them in the egg. The chase is on

0:45:37.680 --> 0:45:40.879
<v Speaker 1>both sides, but yeah, I don't know that's firm needs

0:45:40.920 --> 0:45:43.799
<v Speaker 1>chase egg. But is that a turn off? A guy

0:45:43.840 --> 0:45:46.920
<v Speaker 1>that's really interested and he shows up for he asks

0:45:46.960 --> 0:45:50.000
<v Speaker 1>you on an actual date, shows up to pick you up,

0:45:50.040 --> 0:45:53.640
<v Speaker 1>and he's dressed nicely and he actually like that, that

0:45:53.680 --> 0:45:56.799
<v Speaker 1>doesn't happen anymore, right, But his point, I will say,

0:45:56.840 --> 0:45:58.480
<v Speaker 1>I did have a date that a guy was dressed

0:45:58.520 --> 0:46:00.279
<v Speaker 1>in like full on I was like, I oft in

0:46:00.360 --> 0:46:01.960
<v Speaker 1>he was like in a full on like suit and

0:46:02.000 --> 0:46:04.480
<v Speaker 1>I was like, hello, fifty shades are great, what do

0:46:04.560 --> 0:46:09.880
<v Speaker 1>you want to do? Let's do that. But his point

0:46:10.040 --> 0:46:12.439
<v Speaker 1>is if they're the nice guy and they do that,

0:46:12.680 --> 0:46:16.560
<v Speaker 1>what we're saying is that just not attractive because it's

0:46:16.840 --> 0:46:21.160
<v Speaker 1>they're the nice guy. I just think if the nice

0:46:21.200 --> 0:46:26.480
<v Speaker 1>guy was the guy that like we want, then it

0:46:26.520 --> 0:46:29.560
<v Speaker 1>would be great. If there's gonna be the guy out there.

0:46:32.080 --> 0:46:35.799
<v Speaker 1>But if you're not entirely physically attracted to them, you know,

0:46:35.960 --> 0:46:38.839
<v Speaker 1>like they're handsome in certain lights, you know, I still

0:46:38.880 --> 0:46:41.000
<v Speaker 1>think you can be attracted to them and still they're

0:46:41.360 --> 0:46:45.520
<v Speaker 1>they're easy and nice and you think they exist. No,

0:46:45.600 --> 0:46:48.239
<v Speaker 1>I'm saying I think there's the nice guys that are

0:46:48.280 --> 0:46:50.319
<v Speaker 1>attractive and you are attracted to them, but you don't

0:46:50.360 --> 0:46:52.520
<v Speaker 1>really want them because it's not really the chase and

0:46:52.560 --> 0:46:54.720
<v Speaker 1>it's not that exciting. But what about the guy Krifton

0:46:54.800 --> 0:46:57.080
<v Speaker 1>went out with who says, you know, he's an acquired

0:46:57.120 --> 0:46:59.960
<v Speaker 1>taste or whatever? Does that exist? Because I do feel

0:47:00.080 --> 0:47:03.880
<v Speaker 1>there are guys that are funny, charming, sweet, and and

0:47:03.880 --> 0:47:08.840
<v Speaker 1>that women aren't as superficial as men. No, I agree

0:47:08.840 --> 0:47:11.960
<v Speaker 1>with that, and I also think, like crickets, I do

0:47:12.200 --> 0:47:14.480
<v Speaker 1>think that if you can give it a second, you can.

0:47:14.960 --> 0:47:19.279
<v Speaker 1>You might not at first just physical looks be attracted,

0:47:19.280 --> 0:47:22.200
<v Speaker 1>but once you get to know someone and their personality,

0:47:22.760 --> 0:47:24.879
<v Speaker 1>you can become attracted to them. So I do think

0:47:24.880 --> 0:47:30.000
<v Speaker 1>that this guy doesn't sound like the guys women tend

0:47:30.040 --> 0:47:32.240
<v Speaker 1>to say A sense of humor is more important than looks.

0:47:32.400 --> 0:47:36.479
<v Speaker 1>Is that accurate? I need? Yes, and I also still

0:47:36.520 --> 0:47:40.239
<v Speaker 1>need to be I need to still be attracted, But

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<v Speaker 1>I think I'm not going for the like model boy,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean? Like I just look at

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<v Speaker 1>just text me when you're thinking about me. That's and

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<v Speaker 1>and just yeah, like I think I think it's um,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's possible. I think they're out there, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think we need to keep our standards. Oh yeah,

0:48:00.000 --> 0:48:09.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm a chair. I just about me. I love that

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<v Speaker 1>her text come out. Goodness, I knew, whoa whoa Janna?

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<v Speaker 1>What happened? A strong single? In love with myself? I

0:48:20.440 --> 0:48:27.200
<v Speaker 1>don't anybody that's three weeks ago. Someone someone has um

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<v Speaker 1>entered the chat that I'm it's kind of excited about.

0:48:33.080 --> 0:48:35.920
<v Speaker 1>But I don't know. We'll see but someone so, I

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<v Speaker 1>mean so new kid as a teenager. When that text

0:48:40.160 --> 0:48:42.799
<v Speaker 1>came in, that's kind of cool. What does that mean?

0:48:43.440 --> 0:48:45.360
<v Speaker 1>Was that type daughter? Or is that like an auto message?

0:48:45.520 --> 0:48:47.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I know what it means, but I

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<v Speaker 1>can't say that after all. Right, well this was this

0:48:55.160 --> 0:48:57.719
<v Speaker 1>was fun, right, this feels good. I think we were

0:48:57.719 --> 0:49:01.920
<v Speaker 1>both nervous because like, yes, but I feel like it's yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>But I also feel like I we said what's real? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll just well, god be weird. It's a million

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<v Speaker 1>percent weird. And look, I think we've canceled this podcast

0:49:17.360 --> 0:49:21.360
<v Speaker 1>date like twice at least. Okay, I think so, um,

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<v Speaker 1>I had to just kind of like I'm the kind

0:49:22.760 --> 0:49:25.040
<v Speaker 1>of person I have to really think about things a

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<v Speaker 1>lot before I actually do them. Um, And I a

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<v Speaker 1>big part of this that Janna is helping me with,

0:49:32.400 --> 0:49:36.440
<v Speaker 1>honestly is one of my goals after my divorce is

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<v Speaker 1>just just find my voice again and to not be

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<v Speaker 1>afraid to speak out and and but the rule with

0:49:41.719 --> 0:49:44.759
<v Speaker 1>that is if I'm speaking my truth, then I don't

0:49:44.760 --> 0:49:46.640
<v Speaker 1>need to feel ashamed about it, and I can do it.

0:49:47.120 --> 0:49:50.120
<v Speaker 1>And then if other people have questions, I'll answer your questions.

0:49:50.200 --> 0:49:52.560
<v Speaker 1>If you are confused or if you want to spe

0:49:52.600 --> 0:49:53.920
<v Speaker 1>you hate at me, I'm probably not going to talk

0:49:53.920 --> 0:49:56.480
<v Speaker 1>to you. Um. But if you have questions and just

0:49:56.520 --> 0:49:59.840
<v Speaker 1>ask me, and you know, according to my own boundaries,

0:49:59.840 --> 0:50:02.600
<v Speaker 1>I'll answer them. But but yeah, it's weird. Had you

0:50:02.680 --> 0:50:06.680
<v Speaker 1>heard this show before? Um, I knew about it. You listened,

0:50:06.719 --> 0:50:10.880
<v Speaker 1>didn't you know? I only only I only knew about

0:50:10.920 --> 0:50:16.400
<v Speaker 1>it when, Um, I think when you started, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think at the time, I was like, I cannot I

0:50:19.080 --> 0:50:21.279
<v Speaker 1>can listen to that? I was like, no, no, like

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna be way too much of a trigger. I

0:50:23.080 --> 0:50:27.239
<v Speaker 1>don't like. I just I couldn't. Sorry, No, it's fine,

0:50:27.320 --> 0:50:31.279
<v Speaker 1>you're just being you. UM. But then but then as

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<v Speaker 1>it like a few months into their relationship. I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, I'll listen just to like, just to hear

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<v Speaker 1>and and maybe start to form my own opinion about

0:50:45.400 --> 0:50:48.400
<v Speaker 1>this person from afar. You know, without too much judgment.

0:50:49.200 --> 0:50:52.480
<v Speaker 1>You're like annoying, you were you were the trolls on

0:50:52.560 --> 0:50:56.960
<v Speaker 1>my on the on the reddit. No, hell no, hell no. Um.

0:50:57.000 --> 0:50:59.600
<v Speaker 1>But so I listened to a a few and I was like, Okay,

0:51:00.960 --> 0:51:02.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, she sounds like she makes sense, she sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like a good person. I don't want to judge anybody. Like.

0:51:05.880 --> 0:51:12.440
<v Speaker 1>We all make mistakes. Um, some of us are stupid.

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<v Speaker 1>It's fine. So well apparently Jenna and I made the

0:51:16.760 --> 0:51:23.640
<v Speaker 1>same mistake. So that was my point. Um, So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>did I answer your question? Yes? Yeah, And I think

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<v Speaker 1>again at the end of the day, it's like, um,

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<v Speaker 1>and what I've kind of learned too is, you know,

0:51:33.640 --> 0:51:35.359
<v Speaker 1>my my ex will be like when you stop talking,

0:51:35.360 --> 0:51:37.920
<v Speaker 1>it's like I'm not again, I'm not back. These are

0:51:37.960 --> 0:51:41.480
<v Speaker 1>just my experiences, my truths, my my story. This is

0:51:41.520 --> 0:51:45.560
<v Speaker 1>not like a I hate you and you know this

0:51:45.600 --> 0:51:47.040
<v Speaker 1>is what you did. It's like, no, this is just

0:51:47.120 --> 0:51:50.160
<v Speaker 1>these are my experiences and through this, this is how

0:51:50.200 --> 0:51:52.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to help x Y help other people, and

0:51:52.719 --> 0:51:55.080
<v Speaker 1>you know, and and connect with other women and like that.

0:51:55.080 --> 0:51:57.960
<v Speaker 1>That's that's the like, that's the goodness and all of it.

0:51:58.040 --> 0:51:59.960
<v Speaker 1>That's the victory. The two of you are getting to

0:52:00.000 --> 0:52:01.840
<v Speaker 1>the other and going oh and the way he choose

0:52:03.320 --> 0:52:06.080
<v Speaker 1>like it's like it's like it was like one moment

0:52:06.400 --> 0:52:08.240
<v Speaker 1>and then it was like and we're done talking about

0:52:08.280 --> 0:52:10.560
<v Speaker 1>that because it's not it's not about the person. It's

0:52:10.600 --> 0:52:13.640
<v Speaker 1>about the experience. It isn't about like the connection. That's up.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, good show, ladies. So you are welcome anytime.

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<v Speaker 1>Just let me know. Um we are going to eventually

0:52:23.480 --> 0:52:25.600
<v Speaker 1>have a dating expert on the show, so we will.

0:52:25.680 --> 0:52:28.239
<v Speaker 1>We will definitely have you um in on that one

0:52:28.239 --> 0:52:30.480
<v Speaker 1>because that'll be interest. Going to need a dating update

0:52:30.520 --> 0:52:33.759
<v Speaker 1>from you. Okay, girls, I mean I need to line

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<v Speaker 1>some up first. I don't have any lined up right now,

0:52:36.680 --> 0:52:48.839
<v Speaker 1>so same damn me? Do you like another one? Who

0:52:48.840 --> 0:52:53.759
<v Speaker 1>it's a two for text he's double texting already. I

0:52:53.800 --> 0:52:57.520
<v Speaker 1>don't like it. You know you will like it? Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>Just alright, well talk later. Find so