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<v Speaker 1>Hell I Suck At Dating with Dengler Dared Haven I

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<v Speaker 1>heart radio podcast. What's going on, Sucky daters? Welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>an all new episode of Help I Suck At Dating

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<v Speaker 1>and a very special episode for you guys today, because

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<v Speaker 1>not only do we suck at dating today, but we

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<v Speaker 1>also suck at being in a proper podcasting area. To

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<v Speaker 1>record this episode, I'm recording from my van, which obviously

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<v Speaker 1>is always a mess. No, no secret there, No, we're

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<v Speaker 1>not new to that part of that, this mess. But

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<v Speaker 1>Jared seems a little cramped in his location right now.

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<v Speaker 1>And Jared, do you want to share with the listeners

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<v Speaker 1>where exactly you are right now recording this episode. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in my wife's glam room closet. That's where I'm at,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to figure out how to take my mask off.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the thing. We have movers here today, very sweet

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<v Speaker 1>Mayflower Company. If you guys are looking to move at all,

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<v Speaker 1>you should use this company a nice little shout out there.

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<v Speaker 1>We're moving across country l A to Rhode Island. Very excited.

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<v Speaker 1>And then we have the movers coming today. So I

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<v Speaker 1>needed to find a space that's quiet, that sounds good

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<v Speaker 1>for audio, and the first thing I thought of closet. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing you thought of was a closet, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So we get on the zoom video, Jared's in the closet.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all like, what are you doing in the closet?

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<v Speaker 1>All of a sudden, Jared's disappears. He reappears three minutes

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<v Speaker 1>later in another smaller closet. And if you can imagine

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<v Speaker 1>a closet, obviously it's not very large, but now imagine

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<v Speaker 1>a closet maybe like a tenth of that size, And

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<v Speaker 1>that's exactly what Jared is right now. So you see

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<v Speaker 1>the sixth sense, you know how the kid gets trapped

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<v Speaker 1>in the closet and the ghost at Taxon, That's pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much the closet I'm in right now. I'm fully prepared

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<v Speaker 1>to have some sort of paranormal activity occur while this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast is recording. Um. Anyway, it's great episode besides the

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<v Speaker 1>weird podcasting geography of where we are right now. So

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<v Speaker 1>where exactly you're in Rhode Island now? Is that your?

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<v Speaker 1>No? No No? Still in l A. So today the movers

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<v Speaker 1>are coming. We're moving out of our apartment in Los

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<v Speaker 1>Angeles and then our stuff will be making the travel

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<v Speaker 1>across country. To the destination of around So it's probably

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get there in ten days. But we fly out tomorrow,

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<v Speaker 1>which is insane. Man, it's crazy moving And it hasn't

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<v Speaker 1>really hit us just because we've been packing and been

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<v Speaker 1>distracted and busy with other things. And so I think tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>when we're here for the last time in our apartment

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<v Speaker 1>that we've lived here for you know, three years, it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to kind of hit us. It's weird because this

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<v Speaker 1>is the place, like even though we weren't living, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in the actual apartment while these events were occurring, but

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we got engaged while living here, we got

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<v Speaker 1>married while living here, we got lowest while living here. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>so there's certainly a lot of memories that we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>leave behind but hopefully knock on wood for for better

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<v Speaker 1>things to come. And I know we kind of talked

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<v Speaker 1>about this last week a little bit, but the decision

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<v Speaker 1>to move to an island kind of happened pretty quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like, well, it's like we've always wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>move back east. I told her when we got together,

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<v Speaker 1>it's like a five year plan. You know, we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>spend five years in Los Angeles. But Ultimately, we want

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<v Speaker 1>to move back east. That's the goal. So we just

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<v Speaker 1>kind of exp that the process, mostly because of COVID

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<v Speaker 1>man everything. Look at this, I'm recording our podcast from

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<v Speaker 1>from a closet. Okay, if I could record from a closet,

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<v Speaker 1>I can record from a nice little office in Rhode Island.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's just, you know, everything is remote. I guess

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<v Speaker 1>I should rephrase that. The decision to move through island

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<v Speaker 1>was not a surprise. You're right, because you hadn't planning

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<v Speaker 1>that for a while. But it just happened much quicker

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<v Speaker 1>than I expected it too. I thought, like you said,

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<v Speaker 1>the three five year playing totally. We decided pretty much

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<v Speaker 1>over the winter that you know, when we were back

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<v Speaker 1>east for Thanksgiving and Christmas, it just felt good, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>like it always does. And and we kept saying to ourselves,

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<v Speaker 1>why are we going back to l A? Why are

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<v Speaker 1>we going back to l A? Just because our stuff

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<v Speaker 1>is there? That's the only reason to go there. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no work for here is here. All of our

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<v Speaker 1>family is back east. We have some friends here. You oh, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't seen you in over a freaking year, probably

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<v Speaker 1>over a year, and now, uh no, last time we

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<v Speaker 1>saw each other, it was Valentine's Day last Yeah, it

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<v Speaker 1>was at Amy's house when we recorded live we had

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<v Speaker 1>like the live recording with Love Is Blind. Yeah, dude,

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<v Speaker 1>that was like, yeah, thirteen months ago. You're right, that

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<v Speaker 1>is pretty crazy to think about. Um, who are you

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<v Speaker 1>gonna miss more? Tanner or Jade or Nick Mark? Mind,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't put me on the spot like this. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm gonna miss them all mutually. But we've already

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<v Speaker 1>talked about Nick and Natalie wanna like go east this

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<v Speaker 1>summer and like do a trip over on the East Coast.

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<v Speaker 1>So they're gonna come, and then Tanner and Jade are

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<v Speaker 1>definitely gonna come as well. Uh, you know, like I'll

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<v Speaker 1>miss I'll miss getting together with Nick and have him

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<v Speaker 1>just rant the entire time. But he's been greatly obviously

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<v Speaker 1>he's been dating Natalie. That's been out there so we

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<v Speaker 1>can talk about it. We got dinner with him on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night, and uh, he's doing really well. They're super happy.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm super happy for them that Nick is in love. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>he really is, I think. So. I know that we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't seen each other a long time, but I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen Nick in an even longer time, if my memory

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<v Speaker 1>serves correctly. So I don't know this Natalie girl at all.

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<v Speaker 1>So can you tell us and maybe, like the listeners

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit about her. I mean, obviously listen, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're just your Knick's friend. It's kind of weird to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about his girlfriend, but just like, what's your impression

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<v Speaker 1>of her? I guess, well, she's great. I don't mind

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<v Speaker 1>talk about Natalie because I only have good things to

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<v Speaker 1>say about her. I think she's perfect for Nick. Um

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<v Speaker 1>she because, as you probably know, Nick needs someone who

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<v Speaker 1>allows him to be himself, meaning like allows him to

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<v Speaker 1>talk while also standing her ground, you know, being able

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<v Speaker 1>to challenge him. Nick has said this numerous times that

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<v Speaker 1>he wants someone who can challenge him, and Natalie is

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<v Speaker 1>the perfect balance between someone who can challenge Nick but

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<v Speaker 1>also let him just talk invent uh and so I

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<v Speaker 1>and they're they're super happy together, and he is. It's

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<v Speaker 1>great to see because as Nick's friend, and as you

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<v Speaker 1>know this, we've only really ever seen Nick single. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>he's he's tried to date Andy on television and Caitlin

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<v Speaker 1>and and but like you know, in our personal lives,

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<v Speaker 1>the last time I remember him being in a relationship

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<v Speaker 1>was Vanessa, and you know, I only saw them a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of times together and obviously didn't end well. One

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<v Speaker 1>of those thing it didn't end well, but they broke up. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>So seeing Nick just happy in a relationship and head

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<v Speaker 1>over heels with someone, uh, it's cool, man, It's it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's really great to see because you just you just

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<v Speaker 1>he's smitten and it's it's it's weird seeing him smitten,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's so awesome and she's great. Yeah, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think ever since Nick and I became friends. Nick and

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<v Speaker 1>I became friends after him and Vanessa broke up, So

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<v Speaker 1>I've never really known Nick in a relationship. So I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>like I said, I haven't seen Nick. No. While I

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<v Speaker 1>would still consider us very close, it just as you

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<v Speaker 1>know obviously with code and everything. Um, I'm expecting a

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<v Speaker 1>more melloed out version of Nick whenever I get whenever

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<v Speaker 1>I get to hang out with him in Natalie. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't guarantee that well, you know, but yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to see Um well, okay, I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>settles that, I guess. Thanks for the Thanks for the update.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm moving to the Rhode Island, like it would have

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<v Speaker 1>been nice to get dinner before you left where you're

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<v Speaker 1>not even in the laws that were You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>totally okay. I am basically just deflecting because I don't

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<v Speaker 1>really know exactly where to go next with the podcast here. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>I do know that we have some listener answers to

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<v Speaker 1>have you ever been called crazy before? Right us that

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<v Speaker 1>on the Instagram page, um and I know we want

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<v Speaker 1>to get to that a little bit. But before we

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<v Speaker 1>get to that, there is actually something interesting that happened

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<v Speaker 1>in Bachelination recently. I mean, obviously there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>stuff happening in Bachlination that's always super interesting, but um,

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<v Speaker 1>our producers want to talk about this, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's actually interesting topic for us to discuss because it

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like from what I've read that Amanda Stanton is

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<v Speaker 1>now dating Karin Olympios is ex boyfriend, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>that violates girl code, boy code, whatever you want to

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<v Speaker 1>call it. So I guess my question for you is

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<v Speaker 1>what's your stance on dating a friend's X or anything

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<v Speaker 1>of the sort. I guess the first question is is

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<v Speaker 1>Karine really good friends with Amanda? I think they are

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<v Speaker 1>Lara always hanging out? I felt like, really, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think I've ever seen them together. I can't think of

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<v Speaker 1>one instance. I remember on their Instagram pages that they

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<v Speaker 1>were like inseparable for a long time. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if that's still the case, but I do remember, because

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<v Speaker 1>I remember, I had this kind of the same reaction

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<v Speaker 1>as you. I was like, wait, these guys are friends.

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<v Speaker 1>I had no idea, And then they were like all

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<v Speaker 1>over each other's Instagram, so I figured that they were

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<v Speaker 1>actually legitimate friends. All right, Well that's fair. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so broken girl code. So apparently Amanda's dating this new guy,

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<v Speaker 1>Michael Fogel and it's Karne's X. That is weird. So

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<v Speaker 1>this is what Karine told us Weekly. She said she

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<v Speaker 1>Karren says she knows in terms of Amanda, Amanda knows

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<v Speaker 1>I will always be there for her if she needs me.

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<v Speaker 1>At the end of the day, I'll be there for her.

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<v Speaker 1>She's been there for me. She just chose to do

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<v Speaker 1>something that I don't really think is right in a friendship.

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<v Speaker 1>It has nothing to do with the guy. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>goodbye to the guy that such a current line. It

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<v Speaker 1>was more that it really hurt my feelings that someone

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<v Speaker 1>I considered one of my best friends and family. So

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<v Speaker 1>you're writ team would even just be okay with doing

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<v Speaker 1>that when I wouldn't look at them at any of

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<v Speaker 1>my friends boyfriends twice. I don't know, it just feels

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<v Speaker 1>a little uncomfortable. Apparently Amanda did text Karin. Karin said

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<v Speaker 1>she texted me to quote, give me the courtesy, which

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<v Speaker 1>I also really think, I really don't think was the

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<v Speaker 1>right wording for that. But yeah, she did give me

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<v Speaker 1>the courts courtesy in quotes and let me know. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean if she gave if Amanda texted to Karin

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<v Speaker 1>after the fact, I was like, by the way, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>dating your ex instead of addressing it beforehand, to be like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to go on a date and it's with

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<v Speaker 1>your ax, how do you feel about this? That's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of messed up. Uh, yeah, I agree. I guess what

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<v Speaker 1>beckins in my brain is was Karin and this guy

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<v Speaker 1>super serious? Because if it's like a guy that you

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<v Speaker 1>went on a date with one time, who cares. But

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<v Speaker 1>if it was like a serious boyfriend or something, that's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously a bigger deal. Well, Kurin saying it's her ex

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<v Speaker 1>boyfriend so it must be somewhat of a serious relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Man, girl code, guy code. It is Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's touchy subject talking about dating like one of your

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<v Speaker 1>friends X. I think I rule it out. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think you can do it. I think it's just always

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<v Speaker 1>going to cause friction in the friendship. It might even

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<v Speaker 1>cause friction in the relationship. It's just not worth it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's so many people in the world. They

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I don't know if that one

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<v Speaker 1>person that used to date your friend is your soul mate. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think we've talked about this on the

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<v Speaker 1>podcast before. I think that, yeah, exactly what you said.

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<v Speaker 1>There's so many people out in the world. Don't pick

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<v Speaker 1>the guy or the girl that's already been dated by

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<v Speaker 1>one of your friends, because all it's gonna do is

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<v Speaker 1>cost tension and it's probably not like, well, on the

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<v Speaker 1>chance you guys end up getting married and spent the

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<v Speaker 1>rest of your lives together, sure that's great, but many

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<v Speaker 1>people do you have to date in order to find

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<v Speaker 1>the person that you're gonna be with for the rest

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<v Speaker 1>of your life, and then what are the odds that

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<v Speaker 1>this is that person? It just like it doesn't really

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<v Speaker 1>make sense to ruin a friendship over There's only one

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<v Speaker 1>exception to the rule, and the reason I have to

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<v Speaker 1>make this exception is because if I don't, then I'm

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<v Speaker 1>a hypocrite. If you're in the Bachelor franchise, this rule

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<v Speaker 1>does not apply because technically speaking, Ashley is good friends

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<v Speaker 1>with Caitlin, and technically speaking, I am Caitlin's ex, so

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<v Speaker 1>that would be pretty messed up. And then I invited

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<v Speaker 1>my ex to the wedding because Caitlin was there. That's

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<v Speaker 1>really weird. I wonder it was Ashley is not. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess nobody there went on dates with Ashley perfect

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<v Speaker 1>that worked out well for me? Huh Um, has Kaitlin

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<v Speaker 1>did it? Anybody that like you're friends with and in

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<v Speaker 1>Bachelor franchise because like she was on Colton season and

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<v Speaker 1>you're not friends with him? She did Blake, you're not

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<v Speaker 1>friends with him? Went on. There's there's no there's no

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<v Speaker 1>boundary overstepping for me and Kaylin. I wonder if it's

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<v Speaker 1>any any over the opposite way, like Kaylin and isn't

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<v Speaker 1>really friends with Christina or di Low or Rachel or Leslie.

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<v Speaker 1>So gosh, that list is so long. Um, but in

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<v Speaker 1>your situation, it's a little bit better because like Caitlin's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously moved on now that she was upset about dumping

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<v Speaker 1>you or anything like that, but like, you know, like

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<v Speaker 1>she's happily with Jason. Yeah, she got engaged two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>after she told me she was fine. Then she's fine now,

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<v Speaker 1>right right, right? So yeah, I don't know. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we both kind of have the similar similar take on

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<v Speaker 1>this one, and that is, there's plenty of fish in

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<v Speaker 1>the sea. Don't date a fish that's already been fished

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<v Speaker 1>by one of your fish friends. Um, just go find

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<v Speaker 1>a different fish, right, yeah, find a different fish. Bro code,

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<v Speaker 1>guy code, girl code. You know, your friends come first.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't throw your friend under the bus just like go

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<v Speaker 1>after someone else. That's it. Um, all right, Well, Jared,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you go ahead and read some of the

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<v Speaker 1>am I crazy? Uh? Questions that we had brought in.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you say? Yeah, Well, we asked our listeners

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<v Speaker 1>if they have ever been called crazy in a relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>and we want to know why you think you've been

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<v Speaker 1>called called crazy. So here are some of the responses

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<v Speaker 1>of people being called crazy and how they responded to it.

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<v Speaker 1>So one person said, posting a picture on social media

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<v Speaker 1>so they can see how great I look and asking

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<v Speaker 1>if I looked good? Consider them crazy? Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>they're crazy because of that? Posting a picture on social

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<v Speaker 1>media so they can see how great they look and

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<v Speaker 1>asking if I loved good? Isn't that the whole point

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<v Speaker 1>of social media? Not crazy? To me? It seems pretty normal. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems pretty pretty standard for me. It's a thirst trap.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, Dean, be honest. Have you ever posted a

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<v Speaker 1>photo on social media with the intent of it being

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<v Speaker 1>a thirst trap? Well? One pent? There were even times

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<v Speaker 1>someone not petting your closet door. No, that's like a

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<v Speaker 1>chair dropping. I'm sure probably one of the movers just died.

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<v Speaker 1>There were times this might be a little borderline crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>There were times where I would ask my friends to

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<v Speaker 1>post things because I knew that the girl that I

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<v Speaker 1>liked follow them and not me. That might be a

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<v Speaker 1>little crazy, but I did it and I felt fully

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<v Speaker 1>normal doing it. So did it work? Uh? Yeah? Every

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<v Speaker 1>time they would post, like a story or something, it

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<v Speaker 1>would always be viewed by the person that I wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to be viewed by pretty quickly, might I add, so crazy? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>But effective also yes, what about you. Oh yeah, I've

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<v Speaker 1>posted a thirst trap or two in my day. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you not isn't especially when social media is

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<v Speaker 1>first coming around, you know, you posted certain pictures of

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<v Speaker 1>you looking good to maybe like, hey, this is meant

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<v Speaker 1>for you really, Like, hey, look I can I can

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<v Speaker 1>dress up with the best of them. Yeah, I agree.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's just kind of that's kind of that's

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<v Speaker 1>almost like why social media was invented was that you

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<v Speaker 1>could make your ex as jealous and or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>make the guy that you're crushing on. I think you're

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<v Speaker 1>even hotter than you are a thousand That's why the

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram filter was credit. I'll tell you that much. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, So the next crazy one is apparently somebody

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<v Speaker 1>was crazy for wanting their significant other to plan each date.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's that crazy. Um, I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's a little crazy. It's I think that each date

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<v Speaker 1>is a lot like, yeah, you should want to plan

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<v Speaker 1>some dates, but not every day. Like if you want

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<v Speaker 1>to go on a date, take him on a date.

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<v Speaker 1>I do a lot to quit them all the time

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<v Speaker 1>because she's always like, let's go on a date, and

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, yeah, sure, date sounds great. Go ahead

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<v Speaker 1>and plan it for us, and I'll be there, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like all planned dates, and I feel like planning dates.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I think that if they want to go

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<v Speaker 1>on a date, they should plan the date. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>this is an interesting one. Uh. Somebody who's called crazy

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<v Speaker 1>for wanting to the guy wanting the guy to open

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<v Speaker 1>all doors for them, that one's pretty crazy. So like

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<v Speaker 1>if Caitlin was like, I expect you to open every

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<v Speaker 1>door I walk into with you, do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>would be crazy? Yeah? I would say you're crazy. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I say, I'll try my hardest, but I'm not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>open every like I'm not gonna have the ability to.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not superman. Yeah. And you know what quality, Why

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't she open up a door or two for you? Huh? Sure? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I don't. I would necessarily be like open

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<v Speaker 1>every door for me. But I think that it's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of still like to have that expectation for your partner

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<v Speaker 1>to have you open the doors for them, just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>could be wrong WITHLD be right, Yeah, let's see what

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<v Speaker 1>else have we got here? Not wanting to share how

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<v Speaker 1>many people have slept with I don't think that's crazy

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<v Speaker 1>at all. I also don't think that's crazy. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think Caitlin and I've ever shared that number with each other.

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<v Speaker 1>Um yeah, I don't think it's a number that you

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<v Speaker 1>really need to know. I mean certain instances, like you

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<v Speaker 1>need to know. Hey, if we know someone mutually and

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<v Speaker 1>we hooked up one night, sure you want to tell

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<v Speaker 1>them that, be honest, But like to be like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>this is how many people have slept with without them asking.

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy. Don't like you don't need to know that stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would you? Why would you just want to bring

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<v Speaker 1>up the past and just have people's feelings hurt? Like

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<v Speaker 1>there's no point, right, I think the most important thing

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<v Speaker 1>is how many people have you slept with since you

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<v Speaker 1>and I slept with each other the first time? Like

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<v Speaker 1>that's kind of like the only really real number that

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<v Speaker 1>matters in terms of a relationship in my opinion. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>a thousand percern? I mean, or you could just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>data virgin like I did. Um uh, needing a title

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<v Speaker 1>after a month of the talking stage, huh depends on

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<v Speaker 1>how intense to talking stages. If you guys are just

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<v Speaker 1>texting and you haven't met in person, that's a little crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you guys been going on dates and hanging

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<v Speaker 1>out with each other multiple times a week for a month. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>put the title on and slap it on their boyfriend girlfriend.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's do it. Um, I think that is a little crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>Explain I think that. Well, I don't know, Maybe you're right,

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's not that crazy. It's always okay in my opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>to like desire more or like have us like a

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<v Speaker 1>need that you want build, right, Like, if one of

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<v Speaker 1>your needs is having label on the relationship, then yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's in your right to go and get that,

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<v Speaker 1>uh that that label put on the relationship. But like

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<v Speaker 1>I think, if you have to ask, it's probably not

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<v Speaker 1>what you wanted to be. And so why don't you

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<v Speaker 1>just like sit back, relax, let everything unfold. And I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, I guess I'm just a little more laid

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<v Speaker 1>back than that. But I can see why people would

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<v Speaker 1>say that. Like I think of a girl who likes

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<v Speaker 1>a guy and she's worth like the guys like looking

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<v Speaker 1>at with a girl or something like that, she would

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<v Speaker 1>be like, tell me what we are otherwise I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>walk sort of thing. So I can see both sides

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<v Speaker 1>of the argument on that one. Oh, I think it

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<v Speaker 1>never ends well when you don't put a label on it.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe not after a month, but after like two months.

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<v Speaker 1>I think guys and girls are just different about this,

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm right with you, man, I am in the

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<v Speaker 1>same mindset. I remember in my twenties, like I was

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<v Speaker 1>this girl and I were hanging out and we were

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<v Speaker 1>very upfront about, hey, we don't want to be in

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<v Speaker 1>a relationship, we just want to have fun. And I

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<v Speaker 1>was very front about it, so she she was like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is exactly what I want. And then, of course

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<v Speaker 1>what happens. I'm gonna sound like a dick saying this,

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<v Speaker 1>but a few weeks in, like she just wants to

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<v Speaker 1>be in a relationship and starts developing feelings and we

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<v Speaker 1>have this awkward conversation where I was like, well, not

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<v Speaker 1>much has changed for me, and I felt like such

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<v Speaker 1>a jerk. But I was up front and honest in

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<v Speaker 1>the beginning, and then things changed over time. I just

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<v Speaker 1>think as a guy, it's so much easier to be like, oh, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>let's just take our time and not think too much

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<v Speaker 1>about it and just have some fun. And it never

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<v Speaker 1>ends up working out in the end. It's like always

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<v Speaker 1>gonna end messy if you have that mindset. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>I say just go for it, jump in commit, see

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<v Speaker 1>what happens, and then you know, let the chips follow

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<v Speaker 1>where they may. Yeah, no, I agree. I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's not a bad way to look at it.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, we do have a great guest coming up. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>but we have we do have to get our to

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<v Speaker 1>our guest, Jocelyn, because she is waiting for us. Johncelyn Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>Joscelyn Johnson say that five times fast from Happeny Happy

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<v Speaker 1>Partner's Project dot com is joining us on the podcast

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<v Speaker 1>next we'll still talk about some of these crazy or

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<v Speaker 1>not scenarios. We also have your wonderful emails, so we're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna get to all of that in just a second.

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<v Speaker 1>But of course we've gotta take a quick break. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>welcome back to help I suck at dating. Like we

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<v Speaker 1>said before the break, we have a great guest who's

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<v Speaker 1>joining us via zoom right now from the Happy Partners

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<v Speaker 1>Project dot com. It is Joscelyn Johnson. Jocelyn, thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for joining us today. I'm stoked to be here.

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<v Speaker 1>Good to see you. Good to see you as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So Joscelyn. Like I said, you are from Happy Partners Projects,

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<v Speaker 1>So tell everybody listening right now a little bit about that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Happy Partners Project is a relationship check in process for couples.

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<v Speaker 1>So that really takes shape as questions on cards. It's

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<v Speaker 1>a physical card deck. There are over eighty prompts and

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<v Speaker 1>questions for couples that just are proactive. It avoids the

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<v Speaker 1>we need to talk moment in relationship, right. It more

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<v Speaker 1>takes a proactive stance to that. There are five categories

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<v Speaker 1>sex and intimacy, which we call connection, future gazing, conflict, refriending,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course I'm like drawing a blank on my

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<v Speaker 1>last one. Gratitude very nice. You know it always conversations

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<v Speaker 1>always immediately or awkward if you're to start it off,

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<v Speaker 1>Hey we need to talk, like you know, it's just

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<v Speaker 1>going downhill from there. Yeah, that's like, hey, bad news,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you might as well just say I have bad news. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>can you give us some examples of like, for example, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I know you have the five categories, so let's go

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<v Speaker 1>sex and intimacy. What would be some of the prompts

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<v Speaker 1>under that category? Yeah, so this I have one ready

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<v Speaker 1>for you. So this one is with eyes closed, by

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<v Speaker 1>show of fingers, from one to ten, what number would

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<v Speaker 1>you give our relationship right now? And then what would happen?

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<v Speaker 1>So from one to ten? So um, I might give

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<v Speaker 1>what what what number would you give your relationship right now? Jared?

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<v Speaker 1>From a scale of one to ten? Honestly, a nine.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm extremely lucky. And if you had to guess, um,

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<v Speaker 1>what Ashley would give, what do you think she would

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<v Speaker 1>give nine or ten? She she better, she'd better give

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<v Speaker 1>you a nine. Yeah, So what's cool about this is

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<v Speaker 1>that what is a nine? Like, what does the nine mean?

0:21:59.640 --> 0:22:02.879
<v Speaker 1>You know? It's good and so both parts, Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>both partners get to decide, like what is a nine

0:22:05.359 --> 0:22:07.720
<v Speaker 1>to you? Like a nine might mean that we've been

0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:10.000
<v Speaker 1>hanging out, We've been going on crazy adventures. I've been

0:22:10.640 --> 0:22:13.399
<v Speaker 1>like traveling with Dean and his van and we've been

0:22:13.440 --> 0:22:16.320
<v Speaker 1>having a great time. And for someone else it might

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<v Speaker 1>mean like, oh, we've been holed up in the house

0:22:18.800 --> 0:22:21.800
<v Speaker 1>and we've watched a movie once together this week, you know.

0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:24.520
<v Speaker 1>So it just gives the couples a chance to start

0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:29.360
<v Speaker 1>having more broad discussion around what is a good relationship?

0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:31.880
<v Speaker 1>What does the nine even mean? What does the three

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<v Speaker 1>even mean. And then the follow up to that is like,

0:22:34.520 --> 0:22:37.400
<v Speaker 1>what actions would we could we take that would bring

0:22:37.400 --> 0:22:39.800
<v Speaker 1>that closer to a ten, because ten obviously is what

0:22:39.840 --> 0:22:42.879
<v Speaker 1>we wanted to be at. Yeah, can you even be

0:22:43.000 --> 0:22:48.520
<v Speaker 1>out of ten? I mean, it is the dream. I

0:22:48.520 --> 0:22:51.040
<v Speaker 1>think it's not possible, probably, but I do think it

0:22:51.160 --> 0:22:54.040
<v Speaker 1>is the aspiration. It's the aspiration. But there's no such

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<v Speaker 1>thing as a perfect relationship, and I think striving towards

0:22:56.920 --> 0:23:00.800
<v Speaker 1>a perfect relationship is striving towards something that doesn't exist.

0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:04.359
<v Speaker 1>I would, I actually would agree with you on that

0:23:04.359 --> 0:23:07.600
<v Speaker 1>that you know, perfection is not the goal, but the

0:23:07.640 --> 0:23:10.800
<v Speaker 1>ten and the and the needle may move right, So

0:23:11.320 --> 0:23:13.280
<v Speaker 1>what is a nine for me today may not be

0:23:13.359 --> 0:23:16.720
<v Speaker 1>a nine for me in sixty days or even next

0:23:16.800 --> 0:23:18.960
<v Speaker 1>year or five years down the line. But what it

0:23:19.000 --> 0:23:21.840
<v Speaker 1>does get us to is like recalibrating, like, Okay, how

0:23:21.880 --> 0:23:23.919
<v Speaker 1>do we continue to work together to get to the

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<v Speaker 1>best possible dynamic we want to be creating in our

0:23:26.560 --> 0:23:30.199
<v Speaker 1>relationship right now at any given time. By having them

0:23:30.200 --> 0:23:32.520
<v Speaker 1>closed their eyes and hold up their fingers to answer

0:23:32.520 --> 0:23:34.879
<v Speaker 1>the question what you're really hoping for is just like

0:23:34.920 --> 0:23:38.520
<v Speaker 1>spark a conversation to figure out, well, what exactly. It

0:23:38.600 --> 0:23:41.840
<v Speaker 1>is both partners kind of perceive as their ideal And

0:23:41.880 --> 0:23:43.680
<v Speaker 1>when you say you have those five categories, you ask

0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:47.000
<v Speaker 1>that same question for each five categories. No, so, like,

0:23:47.280 --> 0:23:50.240
<v Speaker 1>let's pull another one here. We've got refriending. What are

0:23:50.280 --> 0:23:54.480
<v Speaker 1>the main stressors in your life currently? And what can

0:23:54.520 --> 0:23:57.200
<v Speaker 1>I do to alleviate that stress for you? If only

0:23:57.240 --> 0:24:01.840
<v Speaker 1>a small amount? Mm hmm, that means great question. There

0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:03.760
<v Speaker 1>is a good question. What are my main stresses in

0:24:03.880 --> 0:24:07.919
<v Speaker 1>like time? Do you have my check engine light has

0:24:07.920 --> 0:24:09.800
<v Speaker 1>been on for the past like four thousand miles. That's

0:24:09.840 --> 0:24:13.639
<v Speaker 1>not good. His band's gonna break down at any point

0:24:13.720 --> 0:24:17.680
<v Speaker 1>before he gets to Colorado. That's pretty stressful. That's very stressful.

0:24:18.160 --> 0:24:20.439
<v Speaker 1>You gotta see if Kaylin can like jump online and

0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:23.480
<v Speaker 1>find you a like repair shop on the way, that's

0:24:23.480 --> 0:24:26.199
<v Speaker 1>she can be like doing the googling while you're on

0:24:26.240 --> 0:24:30.280
<v Speaker 1>the road, you know. Warrior over here. I think my

0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:33.040
<v Speaker 1>big thing when it comes to like stresses like that

0:24:33.280 --> 0:24:35.000
<v Speaker 1>is it's like I feel like it's my responsibility to

0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:36.680
<v Speaker 1>fix it myself. So I would never like ask Klin,

0:24:36.760 --> 0:24:40.280
<v Speaker 1>for instance, to fix the stress for me. You know. Yeah,

0:24:40.359 --> 0:24:42.399
<v Speaker 1>so it's said that she would be looking to fix

0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:44.719
<v Speaker 1>the stress for you. What's the opportunity there is, Like

0:24:44.800 --> 0:24:47.400
<v Speaker 1>what support could she provide to you as you look

0:24:47.480 --> 0:24:51.560
<v Speaker 1>to manage your own stress. So the example that I

0:24:51.600 --> 0:24:54.240
<v Speaker 1>gave there where she's just like jumping online and maybe

0:24:54.240 --> 0:24:56.280
<v Speaker 1>like you're on the road and you're like, hey, this

0:24:56.359 --> 0:24:59.240
<v Speaker 1>is becoming imminent and I'm going to be in snow soon.

0:24:59.320 --> 0:25:01.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to call Loorado, So I like, don't want

0:25:01.480 --> 0:25:02.959
<v Speaker 1>to break down on the side of the road with

0:25:03.000 --> 0:25:05.480
<v Speaker 1>my engine. And if I'm like right in that pass on,

0:25:05.640 --> 0:25:08.439
<v Speaker 1>you know, that section of ice seventy where you're in

0:25:08.520 --> 0:25:11.800
<v Speaker 1>no man's land, you know, so she may be able

0:25:11.840 --> 0:25:14.399
<v Speaker 1>to just while she's on her computer find someplace for

0:25:14.440 --> 0:25:16.680
<v Speaker 1>you that looks reliable. That would be her supporting and

0:25:16.800 --> 0:25:19.600
<v Speaker 1>alleviating that stress, just even a little bit for you.

0:25:20.119 --> 0:25:22.280
<v Speaker 1>She's taking care of it for you. You You know, you're

0:25:22.280 --> 0:25:24.760
<v Speaker 1>a big man, You're a grown man. You could do it. Yeah.

0:25:24.840 --> 0:25:26.320
<v Speaker 1>I wish you would just come here, take the van

0:25:26.359 --> 0:25:28.399
<v Speaker 1>and put the new or two censer and the van's

0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:30.840
<v Speaker 1>asking for But unfortunately neither of us can do that.

0:25:31.000 --> 0:25:33.119
<v Speaker 1>And I think it's important though, to also have that

0:25:33.160 --> 0:25:37.040
<v Speaker 1>conversation about the stress that your significant other puts on you,

0:25:37.600 --> 0:25:42.640
<v Speaker 1>even on intentionally, because I find it impossible that like

0:25:42.840 --> 0:25:45.719
<v Speaker 1>the person in your relationship, there's not anything that like

0:25:45.960 --> 0:25:49.240
<v Speaker 1>annoys you, you know. I find myself sometimes when Ashley

0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:52.560
<v Speaker 1>says something that like rubs me the wrong way. I

0:25:52.640 --> 0:25:55.359
<v Speaker 1>don't know an example, but she's like, oh, why didn't

0:25:55.359 --> 0:25:59.480
<v Speaker 1>you do that? And then it's just it's like the

0:25:59.520 --> 0:26:03.000
<v Speaker 1>wrong time, and I'm like, you know what, you know what,

0:26:03.080 --> 0:26:05.800
<v Speaker 1>really you will you do this that bugs me? And

0:26:05.840 --> 0:26:09.240
<v Speaker 1>so it just like comes off in anger when it

0:26:09.240 --> 0:26:11.960
<v Speaker 1>shouldn't be. So I wonder if having this conversation and

0:26:12.000 --> 0:26:14.800
<v Speaker 1>just be like, you know, listen, something that kind of

0:26:15.440 --> 0:26:17.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, bugs me a little bit. Don't get bad.

0:26:17.640 --> 0:26:19.679
<v Speaker 1>I don't want you to change yourself, but you know,

0:26:19.840 --> 0:26:22.040
<v Speaker 1>maybe it's just something to be aware of. I think

0:26:22.040 --> 0:26:28.000
<v Speaker 1>those are important conversations to have and probably improve their relationship. Absolutely. Yeah, So, Jared,

0:26:28.040 --> 0:26:30.760
<v Speaker 1>what's the last thing that actually did that annoyed you

0:26:30.880 --> 0:26:36.960
<v Speaker 1>or stressed you out? Do you remember? That's a good question? Actually,

0:26:37.160 --> 0:26:43.840
<v Speaker 1>what the hell? So she uh, this is so stupid,

0:26:44.119 --> 0:26:47.560
<v Speaker 1>But I feel like Dean can relate and hopefully everybody

0:26:47.600 --> 0:26:49.400
<v Speaker 1>just laughs at me for the fact that I'm even

0:26:49.480 --> 0:26:55.920
<v Speaker 1>saying this, but we're on Cameo, and Cameo is an

0:26:55.960 --> 0:26:59.080
<v Speaker 1>app where you get to record, like Ashley and I

0:26:59.119 --> 0:27:02.359
<v Speaker 1>have the opportunity to record word messages, birthday messages people

0:27:02.960 --> 0:27:06.760
<v Speaker 1>and it's really cool and it's it's amazing and I

0:27:06.760 --> 0:27:08.840
<v Speaker 1>would never claim about it, but sometimes when I want

0:27:08.840 --> 0:27:11.159
<v Speaker 1>to get that, you know, Cameo is done and like, oh, no,

0:27:11.200 --> 0:27:14.560
<v Speaker 1>these are expiring soon, let's do them now. And she's like, no,

0:27:14.680 --> 0:27:17.040
<v Speaker 1>I can't do him now, and she's like, I I

0:27:17.119 --> 0:27:19.040
<v Speaker 1>need I need to just I need to do I'm

0:27:19.040 --> 0:27:21.320
<v Speaker 1>going to do them later. Or like we're standing up

0:27:21.320 --> 0:27:23.160
<v Speaker 1>and I'm like, oh, let's just do this one right now.

0:27:23.359 --> 0:27:24.879
<v Speaker 1>She's like, no, I need to I can't do it

0:27:24.960 --> 0:27:26.720
<v Speaker 1>standing up. I need to like sit down and do it.

0:27:27.000 --> 0:27:30.640
<v Speaker 1>And I'm like why, just get it done. And so

0:27:31.520 --> 0:27:33.919
<v Speaker 1>that's like I just remember last night because I was

0:27:33.960 --> 0:27:35.800
<v Speaker 1>super tired. It was going to bed and we got

0:27:35.800 --> 0:27:38.520
<v Speaker 1>a notification that I was Cameo is expiring, and I

0:27:38.560 --> 0:27:40.840
<v Speaker 1>was like, oh crap, we gotta do this and she's like, okay,

0:27:40.880 --> 0:27:42.080
<v Speaker 1>let me do this for us and I'm like no,

0:27:42.400 --> 0:27:46.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm exhausted, I'm going to bed. And anyway, that's that's

0:27:46.520 --> 0:27:49.040
<v Speaker 1>the last thing that I remember, so very very first

0:27:49.040 --> 0:27:53.120
<v Speaker 1>world of me to even say that, Hey, but these

0:27:53.119 --> 0:27:56.040
<v Speaker 1>are the things that like, over time, you know, they

0:27:56.080 --> 0:27:57.840
<v Speaker 1>can add up and they can build up, and if

0:27:57.920 --> 0:28:01.600
<v Speaker 1>you don't have an ongoing dialogue about them, then it's

0:28:01.680 --> 0:28:05.440
<v Speaker 1>when you're in that really flared up place that all

0:28:05.440 --> 0:28:07.240
<v Speaker 1>of a sudden the brain goes back to that and

0:28:07.280 --> 0:28:09.360
<v Speaker 1>then you're like, yeah, and remember, like you never want

0:28:09.359 --> 0:28:13.400
<v Speaker 1>to do the cameos when I'm ready, It's like, wait

0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:15.680
<v Speaker 1>a minute, like how is this even really? Like, so

0:28:15.960 --> 0:28:19.960
<v Speaker 1>giving a proactive space to just air those kinds of

0:28:20.040 --> 0:28:23.600
<v Speaker 1>grievances and then go back into you know, gratitude and

0:28:23.600 --> 0:28:27.320
<v Speaker 1>like connection and talking about the things that are fascinating

0:28:27.320 --> 0:28:30.119
<v Speaker 1>you in your life right then sort of like diffuses

0:28:30.160 --> 0:28:33.560
<v Speaker 1>the charge out of those moments if you're in an

0:28:33.600 --> 0:28:36.720
<v Speaker 1>ongoing conversation. That's why I gave our relationship at nine

0:28:36.760 --> 0:28:38.760
<v Speaker 1>because if the biggest complaint I have right now I

0:28:38.800 --> 0:28:41.840
<v Speaker 1>thought my head as cameos, then it's really not not

0:28:41.840 --> 0:28:46.240
<v Speaker 1>nothing to complained about. Yeah, So Johnson, I was thinking,

0:28:46.280 --> 0:28:48.320
<v Speaker 1>can you run through some of the cards with Dan

0:28:48.400 --> 0:28:50.840
<v Speaker 1>and I because I would love to kind of play

0:28:50.880 --> 0:28:53.040
<v Speaker 1>the game, uh and find out a little bit more

0:28:53.040 --> 0:28:57.640
<v Speaker 1>about Dean's relationship as well. Yeah, okay, so, um let's

0:28:57.720 --> 0:29:01.960
<v Speaker 1>pull up another one. Okay, this one's for Dean. What

0:29:02.200 --> 0:29:05.320
<v Speaker 1>is so we're going to be answering on the you know,

0:29:05.400 --> 0:29:09.640
<v Speaker 1>Dean's going to be answering on his side his responses. Ideally,

0:29:10.320 --> 0:29:12.960
<v Speaker 1>I would be Calin, and i'd be able to, you know,

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:17.600
<v Speaker 1>be in collaboration with him around this. But um, let's

0:29:17.640 --> 0:29:21.440
<v Speaker 1>go to solving conflict. Okay, have I said or done

0:29:21.480 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 1>anything consciously or unconsciously? I'm Calin. So has Klin said

0:29:25.680 --> 0:29:29.360
<v Speaker 1>or done anything consciously or unconsciously that negatively affected you?

0:29:30.560 --> 0:29:36.760
<v Speaker 1>Be specific but not accusational in your explanation. Negatively affected me?

0:29:36.840 --> 0:29:42.040
<v Speaker 1>I don't think so, I mean, anything that Calin says

0:29:42.120 --> 0:29:44.160
<v Speaker 1>or does, or anyone says or does is really kind

0:29:44.160 --> 0:29:45.720
<v Speaker 1>of my decision on how I react to it, right,

0:29:45.760 --> 0:29:47.200
<v Speaker 1>So that's gonna how I always view that. So I

0:29:47.200 --> 0:29:49.080
<v Speaker 1>would never say that she was responsible for any type

0:29:49.120 --> 0:29:51.360
<v Speaker 1>of my actions, which I know is that kind of

0:29:51.360 --> 0:29:53.480
<v Speaker 1>a cop out answer, and like it's obviously not really

0:29:53.480 --> 0:29:56.280
<v Speaker 1>helpful towards this exercise, but that's kind of how I

0:29:56.320 --> 0:29:58.000
<v Speaker 1>always see it. Where it's like, if I even get

0:29:58.040 --> 0:30:01.400
<v Speaker 1>upset with her for anything. I'm like, I'm not an

0:30:01.400 --> 0:30:03.120
<v Speaker 1>episode with you. I like just need to figure out

0:30:03.120 --> 0:30:04.760
<v Speaker 1>how I'm going to handle this situation, Like, you know,

0:30:04.800 --> 0:30:07.440
<v Speaker 1>I that kind of thing. Like the last thing that

0:30:07.520 --> 0:30:10.000
<v Speaker 1>Caitlin and I even had like a fuss about was

0:30:10.160 --> 0:30:11.920
<v Speaker 1>I hate being like on a schedule, and I hate

0:30:11.960 --> 0:30:14.200
<v Speaker 1>like being like, Okay, we're gonna be here on this day,

0:30:14.280 --> 0:30:16.040
<v Speaker 1>like especially when I'm driving the van, you know, because

0:30:16.040 --> 0:30:18.040
<v Speaker 1>everything kind of is like always moving around, things are

0:30:18.120 --> 0:30:20.680
<v Speaker 1>changing all the time. Um, And she's going to meet

0:30:20.720 --> 0:30:22.800
<v Speaker 1>me in Aspen at in my hometown for a couple

0:30:22.800 --> 0:30:24.520
<v Speaker 1>of days, and she's like, Okay, like what day should

0:30:24.520 --> 0:30:26.760
<v Speaker 1>I meet you? I don't know. I don't know what

0:30:26.840 --> 0:30:28.240
<v Speaker 1>days you should meet me, Like I have no idea

0:30:28.280 --> 0:30:29.880
<v Speaker 1>what's gonna happen tomorrow. How am I supposed to know

0:30:29.920 --> 0:30:31.960
<v Speaker 1>what's gonna be happening next week? And then I could

0:30:31.960 --> 0:30:33.640
<v Speaker 1>like feel myself like getting frustrated, and I was like,

0:30:33.680 --> 0:30:35.640
<v Speaker 1>why am I responding this way? I don't know, I'm sorry,

0:30:36.000 --> 0:30:40.160
<v Speaker 1>this is like misdirected anger. So um, that's kind of

0:30:40.160 --> 0:30:42.400
<v Speaker 1>like what I always think to myself. It's like it's

0:30:42.400 --> 0:30:44.120
<v Speaker 1>nothing she's doing wrong. It's always like the way that

0:30:44.160 --> 0:30:47.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm just like reacting to it, you know what I mean. Yeah, yeah,

0:30:47.760 --> 0:30:49.840
<v Speaker 1>I mean in that situation too, it's great that you're

0:30:49.840 --> 0:30:52.640
<v Speaker 1>able to even go to the you know, misdirected anger

0:30:52.680 --> 0:30:55.200
<v Speaker 1>because you've clearly got other things that are going on,

0:30:55.320 --> 0:30:59.520
<v Speaker 1>and being um directed towards the commitment of a timeline

0:30:59.720 --> 0:31:02.719
<v Speaker 1>is a lot, right then, you know, commitments hard enough,

0:31:02.840 --> 0:31:06.800
<v Speaker 1>especially timeline commitments. Man, totally, when you're a road warrior

0:31:06.800 --> 0:31:08.320
<v Speaker 1>and you're out there and you're just kind of going,

0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:09.880
<v Speaker 1>you don't know what's going to come up that could

0:31:09.920 --> 0:31:12.800
<v Speaker 1>impact your journey. I'm like, listen, my check engine light

0:31:12.840 --> 0:31:14.239
<v Speaker 1>still on. I don't even know if I'm gonna make

0:31:14.280 --> 0:31:17.200
<v Speaker 1>it a hundred miles from this point. But but yeah,

0:31:17.400 --> 0:31:20.000
<v Speaker 1>I like we'll have a full conversation and then like

0:31:20.080 --> 0:31:22.280
<v Speaker 1>she's like, I know you hate. She'll like even say that,

0:31:22.320 --> 0:31:25.160
<v Speaker 1>She's like, I know you hate like scheduling things like

0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:27.680
<v Speaker 1>expecting when you're supposed to be places, but like I

0:31:27.760 --> 0:31:29.000
<v Speaker 1>kind of need to know, like I need to book

0:31:29.000 --> 0:31:31.280
<v Speaker 1>a airplane ticket and I'm a guy, I don't know,

0:31:31.280 --> 0:31:32.719
<v Speaker 1>I don't know figure it out. Think you figure out

0:31:32.760 --> 0:31:34.280
<v Speaker 1>on your own, you book it and I'll be there

0:31:34.320 --> 0:31:36.480
<v Speaker 1>and I'm you know, like that kind of thing. But yeah,

0:31:36.480 --> 0:31:39.720
<v Speaker 1>it's definitely like it's definitely not like an issue, but

0:31:39.760 --> 0:31:41.200
<v Speaker 1>it's like one thing that we like pick her about

0:31:41.240 --> 0:31:45.520
<v Speaker 1>sometimes for your leadership in that moment, you know she's

0:31:45.560 --> 0:31:47.360
<v Speaker 1>looking to you for leadership and you're kind of like,

0:31:47.440 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm not ready to be a leader right this minute.

0:31:49.760 --> 0:31:51.720
<v Speaker 1>Well it's not even Yeah, I guess it's I guess

0:31:51.720 --> 0:31:53.760
<v Speaker 1>you're absolutely right. It's kind of like a leadership thing.

0:31:53.800 --> 0:31:56.320
<v Speaker 1>But it's like I'm like, well, if you want to come,

0:31:56.400 --> 0:31:58.840
<v Speaker 1>you come. You like book your flight for when you

0:31:58.880 --> 0:32:00.680
<v Speaker 1>want to be there, and I'll like figure out on

0:32:00.760 --> 0:32:02.400
<v Speaker 1>my end how to get there when you want to

0:32:02.400 --> 0:32:04.320
<v Speaker 1>be there. I don't want to be like, come on

0:32:04.360 --> 0:32:06.760
<v Speaker 1>this day, because what if she really wanted to come

0:32:06.760 --> 0:32:08.040
<v Speaker 1>on another day. It's like I want her to make

0:32:08.080 --> 0:32:09.479
<v Speaker 1>the decision and once she wants to come, and then

0:32:09.480 --> 0:32:11.760
<v Speaker 1>I'll figure out the rest from there. Jocelyn, I would

0:32:11.800 --> 0:32:13.760
<v Speaker 1>just like to point out that you're getting an inside

0:32:13.800 --> 0:32:16.720
<v Speaker 1>look of how we schedule the podcast. He's like, why

0:32:16.840 --> 0:32:19.280
<v Speaker 1>we why we're going to do it every week at

0:32:19.280 --> 0:32:22.080
<v Speaker 1>twelve o'clock on Friday, Like, sure, I'm free this Friday,

0:32:22.080 --> 0:32:24.400
<v Speaker 1>but next Friday, who knows what the hell I'm gonna

0:32:24.400 --> 0:32:29.160
<v Speaker 1>be doing to be in the life in the head

0:32:29.200 --> 0:32:31.120
<v Speaker 1>of the last like three weeks, especially to or No.

0:32:31.200 --> 0:32:32.520
<v Speaker 1>I think there was like three weeks in a row

0:32:32.520 --> 0:32:34.800
<v Speaker 1>where I was like, hey, can we push the podcast

0:32:34.800 --> 0:32:36.560
<v Speaker 1>back like two hours day? And every time they're like, no,

0:32:37.040 --> 0:32:39.680
<v Speaker 1>all right, I'll figure it out. In the last three

0:32:39.720 --> 0:32:41.760
<v Speaker 1>weeks alone, I was like I wanted to take so

0:32:41.760 --> 0:32:43.800
<v Speaker 1>bad and like, hey can push it. But I've been

0:32:43.800 --> 0:32:46.200
<v Speaker 1>pretty good lately. I gotta say you've been great. I

0:32:46.240 --> 0:32:50.120
<v Speaker 1>can't complain you've been great lately. And I've actually appreciated

0:32:50.160 --> 0:32:51.800
<v Speaker 1>the listening and hearing that you're at the top of

0:32:51.800 --> 0:32:54.600
<v Speaker 1>a mountain this day and like, you know, figuring out

0:32:54.680 --> 0:32:57.720
<v Speaker 1>the WiFi connection that day. It's kind of I'm living

0:32:57.840 --> 0:33:00.920
<v Speaker 1>vicariously through you in the moments as well, Like I

0:33:01.000 --> 0:33:03.920
<v Speaker 1>like keeping people on their toes, so in those moments though,

0:33:03.920 --> 0:33:08.160
<v Speaker 1>when Kaylin is wanting that leadership from you, it may

0:33:08.200 --> 0:33:09.880
<v Speaker 1>even just be used to being able to say it.

0:33:09.920 --> 0:33:11.880
<v Speaker 1>Let me take a break, come back and think about

0:33:11.920 --> 0:33:15.120
<v Speaker 1>it and get clear on like what a time like

0:33:15.120 --> 0:33:17.000
<v Speaker 1>I could look like, and then actually go back to

0:33:17.040 --> 0:33:22.440
<v Speaker 1>her and give her some give her what she's looking for. Yeah, no,

0:33:22.600 --> 0:33:24.080
<v Speaker 1>I know I can handle that all lot stuff better.

0:33:24.160 --> 0:33:28.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm working on it. I um I uh yeah. I

0:33:28.120 --> 0:33:30.200
<v Speaker 1>like shut down and I like get a like annoyed,

0:33:30.280 --> 0:33:32.560
<v Speaker 1>and I don't like being annoyed. But I don't know

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:35.600
<v Speaker 1>how to describe it. It's like my thing is. It's

0:33:35.640 --> 0:33:37.600
<v Speaker 1>like it's like if it's your thing, you figure it

0:33:37.600 --> 0:33:40.600
<v Speaker 1>out and then we'll like find a way to come together,

0:33:40.640 --> 0:33:42.200
<v Speaker 1>you know what I mean. But I understand your point

0:33:42.200 --> 0:33:44.680
<v Speaker 1>of like just like making a decision and then sticking

0:33:44.680 --> 0:33:46.960
<v Speaker 1>to that decision, like it definitely helps, especially with timelines

0:33:46.960 --> 0:33:48.840
<v Speaker 1>and all that kind of stuff. Definitely something I'm working on.

0:33:48.880 --> 0:33:50.800
<v Speaker 1>I want to I would like to say that Johnce

0:33:50.880 --> 0:33:53.280
<v Speaker 1>and I did want to get to one of the

0:33:53.360 --> 0:33:58.520
<v Speaker 1>categories future gazing. Um so, but do you know I

0:33:58.560 --> 0:34:00.200
<v Speaker 1>want you to play along in Johnston, I want you

0:34:00.200 --> 0:34:03.360
<v Speaker 1>to play along as as well. And it says to

0:34:03.520 --> 0:34:08.200
<v Speaker 1>list three power words or phrases that some up. How

0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:12.920
<v Speaker 1>do you want your relationship to be so Jocelyn, why

0:34:12.920 --> 0:34:16.040
<v Speaker 1>don't you start because you've created the game, so you

0:34:16.040 --> 0:34:19.799
<v Speaker 1>know how to play better than us. What are three

0:34:19.920 --> 0:34:23.520
<v Speaker 1>words or three phrases that some up the relationship that

0:34:23.680 --> 0:34:26.719
<v Speaker 1>you want to be in. Oh, so in our relationship,

0:34:26.800 --> 0:34:31.719
<v Speaker 1>we're committed to radical transparency. So that's one of the

0:34:31.760 --> 0:34:36.239
<v Speaker 1>words that that guides how we communicate. What's difference between

0:34:36.280 --> 0:34:42.799
<v Speaker 1>transparency and radical transparency. So radical transparency means I'm willing

0:34:42.840 --> 0:34:47.440
<v Speaker 1>to be honest with you about really anything that comes up,

0:34:48.120 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 1>and some of that may not always be prettier what

0:34:50.640 --> 0:34:53.200
<v Speaker 1>you want to hear, but I'm committed to telling you

0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:56.560
<v Speaker 1>what my truth is in that moment, which is different

0:34:56.600 --> 0:34:59.880
<v Speaker 1>than brutal honesty to be honest, because brutal is like

0:35:00.080 --> 0:35:05.960
<v Speaker 1>not being willing to soften maybe what you're experiencing. But um,

0:35:06.080 --> 0:35:09.799
<v Speaker 1>for instance, for me, if there's a moment where you know,

0:35:10.800 --> 0:35:14.760
<v Speaker 1>my partner is perusing social media or he like checks

0:35:14.760 --> 0:35:16.359
<v Speaker 1>out some woman and I'm like, oh, did you think

0:35:16.400 --> 0:35:18.560
<v Speaker 1>she was hot? I would rather him say like, yeah,

0:35:18.600 --> 0:35:20.440
<v Speaker 1>I think she's hot. I was like looking at her,

0:35:21.360 --> 0:35:23.960
<v Speaker 1>not from a place of like him wanting to be

0:35:24.040 --> 0:35:25.759
<v Speaker 1>with her, but just acknowledging like, yeah, I was like

0:35:25.840 --> 0:35:29.400
<v Speaker 1>checking her out because of whatever, whatever whatever, Right then

0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:32.000
<v Speaker 1>being like oh no, of course I wasn't, and actually

0:35:32.040 --> 0:35:34.680
<v Speaker 1>going into a lie because if he's willing to default

0:35:34.680 --> 0:35:36.799
<v Speaker 1>to a lie on that, then what other things is

0:35:36.800 --> 0:35:40.200
<v Speaker 1>he willing to default to a lie on? Right, So

0:35:40.800 --> 0:35:44.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm I'm more accepting of of his truth or his

0:35:44.840 --> 0:35:48.560
<v Speaker 1>honesty in that moment then of allowing like there to

0:35:48.600 --> 0:35:55.279
<v Speaker 1>be all these little gateways to lies and not non truths. Yeah,

0:35:55.360 --> 0:35:58.279
<v Speaker 1>I think it's great career. In the podcast last on

0:35:58.320 --> 0:36:00.000
<v Speaker 1>the podcast last week, I said it and I'll say

0:36:00.000 --> 0:36:02.879
<v Speaker 1>it again, there's that Henry Throughout quote that says, more

0:36:02.920 --> 0:36:05.680
<v Speaker 1>than love, more than fame, more than money, give me truth.

0:36:05.719 --> 0:36:08.000
<v Speaker 1>And I think that really kind of really nails it.

0:36:08.080 --> 0:36:11.759
<v Speaker 1>Like just be radically transparent about everything that's going on, because, yeah,

0:36:11.760 --> 0:36:14.120
<v Speaker 1>you're gonna find other people attractive. I say, that's scaling

0:36:14.120 --> 0:36:16.279
<v Speaker 1>all the time. I like it's funny. We've even gone

0:36:16.320 --> 0:36:18.000
<v Speaker 1>to the point where it's like I see like a

0:36:18.000 --> 0:36:19.719
<v Speaker 1>hot guy walking down the street, I'm like, Wow, that

0:36:19.719 --> 0:36:25.239
<v Speaker 1>guy is really hot. Yeah, And it comes from a

0:36:25.360 --> 0:36:28.640
<v Speaker 1>very secure places. It's just like fun to talk about

0:36:28.680 --> 0:36:30.120
<v Speaker 1>because like I feel like a lot of couples you're

0:36:30.120 --> 0:36:32.960
<v Speaker 1>looking grain to like only talk about how attractive you

0:36:32.960 --> 0:36:35.560
<v Speaker 1>find each other, which is obviously obviously absolutely true, but

0:36:35.560 --> 0:36:37.440
<v Speaker 1>like there are still it's a world full of attractive

0:36:37.440 --> 0:36:41.520
<v Speaker 1>people out there, you know, Yeah, and the hard conversations ultimately,

0:36:41.680 --> 0:36:43.880
<v Speaker 1>like what bring you back together and allow you to

0:36:43.920 --> 0:36:46.920
<v Speaker 1>continue to evolve over time, Like we're not going to

0:36:47.000 --> 0:36:49.319
<v Speaker 1>be the same people today that we are in you know,

0:36:49.400 --> 0:36:51.560
<v Speaker 1>even a month, Like I said that earlier in in

0:36:51.600 --> 0:36:55.400
<v Speaker 1>this conversation, I am going to be fundamentally a different

0:36:55.400 --> 0:36:58.200
<v Speaker 1>person in five years. And Jared, I think you've mentioned

0:36:58.239 --> 0:37:01.880
<v Speaker 1>that you guys are contemplate eating family in those types

0:37:01.920 --> 0:37:05.120
<v Speaker 1>of moves as well, So what you want today is

0:37:05.120 --> 0:37:07.480
<v Speaker 1>going to be different than what you want once you

0:37:07.560 --> 0:37:10.520
<v Speaker 1>have a family and once you guys have kids that

0:37:10.560 --> 0:37:14.360
<v Speaker 1>have left the house. So being able to be committed

0:37:14.400 --> 0:37:17.200
<v Speaker 1>to like a full discussion is important totally. And I

0:37:17.239 --> 0:37:20.400
<v Speaker 1>think uncomfortable conversations are extremely important. We're kind of seeing

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:22.880
<v Speaker 1>that with Race right now, specifically in the Bachelor franchise.

0:37:23.280 --> 0:37:26.319
<v Speaker 1>And you know Emmanuel Acho who's hosting the afterfinal rows.

0:37:26.400 --> 0:37:29.800
<v Speaker 1>He does the uncomfortable conversations with the black Man, which

0:37:29.880 --> 0:37:35.640
<v Speaker 1>are extremely uh engaging and great. So I advise everybody

0:37:35.680 --> 0:37:37.480
<v Speaker 1>to go watch them, especially if you're a Bachelor fan,

0:37:37.560 --> 0:37:40.560
<v Speaker 1>so you can familiar eyes with Emmanuel, but not just

0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:43.879
<v Speaker 1>with Race, but just relationships and your partner and having

0:37:43.960 --> 0:37:47.239
<v Speaker 1>uncomfortable conversations because life can be quite uncomfortable at times,

0:37:47.280 --> 0:37:52.640
<v Speaker 1>and it's important to express yourself in radical transparency, as

0:37:52.640 --> 0:37:54.960
<v Speaker 1>you said. So, Dean, what is one word or phrase

0:37:55.080 --> 0:37:57.279
<v Speaker 1>that describes the relationship you want to be in? Bro?

0:37:58.280 --> 0:38:01.759
<v Speaker 1>Maybe like adventurous? Okay? Is that fair? Yeah, that's very fair,

0:38:01.800 --> 0:38:05.759
<v Speaker 1>adventurous relationship. Do you think Caitlin Callen seems that she's

0:38:06.080 --> 0:38:09.440
<v Speaker 1>very willing to be adventurous for you? Uh? Well, I

0:38:09.440 --> 0:38:11.520
<v Speaker 1>would like her to be adventurous for herself rather than

0:38:11.520 --> 0:38:13.799
<v Speaker 1>adventurous for me, because that would just like me and

0:38:13.840 --> 0:38:16.880
<v Speaker 1>she's doing what I want rather than doing what she wants.

0:38:16.920 --> 0:38:19.200
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, I don't know. I think I think she's

0:38:19.280 --> 0:38:21.640
<v Speaker 1>very courageous espencially when it comes to like traveling and

0:38:21.640 --> 0:38:23.759
<v Speaker 1>all that kind of stuff. She's like just broadening her

0:38:23.840 --> 0:38:26.919
<v Speaker 1>horizons and still working on it. But um, I think

0:38:26.920 --> 0:38:31.160
<v Speaker 1>the more exposure she has to like taking risks and

0:38:31.920 --> 0:38:34.280
<v Speaker 1>you like, getting outside of her comfort zone, the more

0:38:34.880 --> 0:38:36.960
<v Speaker 1>keen she becomes to them do it later on. And

0:38:36.960 --> 0:38:39.239
<v Speaker 1>I think that kind of comes like like I didn't

0:38:39.280 --> 0:38:42.000
<v Speaker 1>start doing all that stuff until I was the age

0:38:42.040 --> 0:38:44.440
<v Speaker 1>that she's at now. So I've kind of fully understood

0:38:44.440 --> 0:38:46.840
<v Speaker 1>that I've got a four year head start on her. UM.

0:38:46.880 --> 0:38:48.440
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, that's kind of what That's what I would say.

0:38:48.440 --> 0:38:51.440
<v Speaker 1>What about you, what's yours? Dean? I'm also curious. I'm

0:38:51.480 --> 0:38:57.120
<v Speaker 1>also curious from from Dean if that adventurous translates into

0:38:57.840 --> 0:39:02.480
<v Speaker 1>other areas of the relationship, not just like outdoor adventures

0:39:02.680 --> 0:39:06.240
<v Speaker 1>or being willing to try new things, if that actually

0:39:06.239 --> 0:39:09.279
<v Speaker 1>means just adventurous as like a personality type sort of

0:39:09.360 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 1>adventurous and all kinds of categories of your Oh, I mean,

0:39:12.480 --> 0:39:15.359
<v Speaker 1>I think that's absolutely true. I think my biggest fear

0:39:15.560 --> 0:39:19.560
<v Speaker 1>is like monotony or like normalcy. And I think by

0:39:19.600 --> 0:39:23.720
<v Speaker 1>being adventurous, even just outside of like exploration and extreme

0:39:23.719 --> 0:39:26.200
<v Speaker 1>activities and all that kind of stuff, like you don't

0:39:26.200 --> 0:39:27.920
<v Speaker 1>have to be super into that stuff, as long as

0:39:27.920 --> 0:39:30.760
<v Speaker 1>you can be like a like a crazy interesting person

0:39:30.800 --> 0:39:32.640
<v Speaker 1>to hang out with. And I think being crazy interesting

0:39:32.680 --> 0:39:36.480
<v Speaker 1>kind of falls in hand and hand with being adventurous. UM.

0:39:36.560 --> 0:39:38.200
<v Speaker 1>And that's what that's what I appreciate so much about

0:39:38.239 --> 0:39:40.400
<v Speaker 1>Kalin is even when we're not doing something that like

0:39:40.560 --> 0:39:43.919
<v Speaker 1>is is like physically stimulating UM, like sky diving or skiing,

0:39:44.000 --> 0:39:45.959
<v Speaker 1>or whatever. We can still like just hang out and

0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:49.480
<v Speaker 1>like be like just throw complete curveballs at each other

0:39:49.480 --> 0:39:51.080
<v Speaker 1>in terms of like being goofballs. And so that's what

0:39:51.160 --> 0:39:53.520
<v Speaker 1>kind of what I appreciate, Like it maintains the excitement

0:39:53.520 --> 0:39:56.520
<v Speaker 1>even when we're not doing anything exciting. You knowable our

0:39:56.600 --> 0:39:58.840
<v Speaker 1>time is running out but quickly, Johncelyn, I wanted to

0:39:58.880 --> 0:40:02.200
<v Speaker 1>ask you, what are your two other uh phrases or

0:40:02.239 --> 0:40:05.560
<v Speaker 1>words that you use to describe the relationship you want

0:40:05.600 --> 0:40:08.239
<v Speaker 1>to be in. Mine would also be fun and curious.

0:40:08.560 --> 0:40:12.080
<v Speaker 1>Curious is good. Yeah, curiosity is really great. I'm just

0:40:12.120 --> 0:40:16.400
<v Speaker 1>a voracious learner and curious and so in our relationship

0:40:16.440 --> 0:40:19.680
<v Speaker 1>and outside is great. Yeah, curious about life, curious about

0:40:19.719 --> 0:40:24.040
<v Speaker 1>each other, like all kinds of topics. If there's a question,

0:40:24.120 --> 0:40:26.680
<v Speaker 1>I am curious to find out the answer. And I

0:40:26.719 --> 0:40:29.200
<v Speaker 1>think that brings a lot of juju and juice into

0:40:29.200 --> 0:40:35.040
<v Speaker 1>our relationship. Yeah, that's for sure. I remember, well, I

0:40:35.040 --> 0:40:36.759
<v Speaker 1>was gonna say, I remember my my cover letter out

0:40:36.760 --> 0:40:38.640
<v Speaker 1>of college was whenever I was applying for jobs, I

0:40:38.640 --> 0:40:41.200
<v Speaker 1>had a quote from Einstein that said, I have no

0:40:41.239 --> 0:40:43.880
<v Speaker 1>special talents. I'm only passionately curious. And I think that

0:40:43.920 --> 0:40:47.040
<v Speaker 1>still holds some truth today. I think curiosity is very

0:40:47.080 --> 0:40:49.160
<v Speaker 1>often overlooked and it's like pretty important, I think in

0:40:49.239 --> 0:40:51.600
<v Speaker 1>terms of personality. But Jared, we haven't heard a single

0:40:51.600 --> 0:40:53.239
<v Speaker 1>one from you. Let's hear one from you. What's your

0:40:53.320 --> 0:41:01.120
<v Speaker 1>word that describes your relationship with Ashley? I would say supportive. Um, yeah, Uh,

0:41:01.160 --> 0:41:08.040
<v Speaker 1>what's a good one? Um, I'd say supportive. I mean

0:41:08.120 --> 0:41:11.120
<v Speaker 1>curiosity is a great one as well being curious about

0:41:11.160 --> 0:41:15.960
<v Speaker 1>different aspects of life. Just being curious about everything I

0:41:15.960 --> 0:41:19.640
<v Speaker 1>think is extremely important and being open minded um, because

0:41:19.719 --> 0:41:23.040
<v Speaker 1>I have certain things that I really care about. And

0:41:23.080 --> 0:41:26.799
<v Speaker 1>one of my favorite parts of my relationship with ash

0:41:26.960 --> 0:41:34.719
<v Speaker 1>is that she's so willing to uh invest in the

0:41:34.760 --> 0:41:37.080
<v Speaker 1>things that I'm passionate about and that means so much

0:41:37.120 --> 0:41:39.680
<v Speaker 1>to me. Like it sounds so stupid, but the fact

0:41:39.719 --> 0:41:43.720
<v Speaker 1>that she goes to Patriot Gains with me and where's

0:41:43.719 --> 0:41:47.200
<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady Jerseys and like it's just all about it.

0:41:47.200 --> 0:41:48.960
<v Speaker 1>It just brings me so much joy that I got

0:41:49.000 --> 0:41:51.839
<v Speaker 1>to share the experience of the things that I love

0:41:51.960 --> 0:41:54.800
<v Speaker 1>with the person I want to um or even going

0:41:54.840 --> 0:41:57.680
<v Speaker 1>to you know, see superhero movies, which is something that

0:41:57.719 --> 0:42:00.000
<v Speaker 1>I really enjoy, you know, being able to just share

0:42:00.200 --> 0:42:03.160
<v Speaker 1>those experiences with Ashley, and her being so open to

0:42:03.920 --> 0:42:06.879
<v Speaker 1>wanting to experience those things with me because she knows

0:42:06.880 --> 0:42:09.279
<v Speaker 1>how important they are to me is something that gives

0:42:09.320 --> 0:42:14.040
<v Speaker 1>me so much gratitude towards her. Uh and thanks me

0:42:14.080 --> 0:42:18.160
<v Speaker 1>so happy that you know, she's my wife. So I'd say, um,

0:42:18.160 --> 0:42:21.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, support would be a good one, caring, and

0:42:21.640 --> 0:42:24.880
<v Speaker 1>then uh, you know, obviously loving Tom Brady. Those are

0:42:24.920 --> 0:42:28.480
<v Speaker 1>my three phrases right there. Yeah, the last one carrying

0:42:28.520 --> 0:42:30.279
<v Speaker 1>the most day, I agree, open mindedness, I think is

0:42:30.280 --> 0:42:32.400
<v Speaker 1>a good one. I'm gonna steal that one, open mindedness

0:42:33.080 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 1>for minding Calin as well. And the third and final

0:42:35.560 --> 0:42:39.040
<v Speaker 1>one for me is consistent. And I think one thing

0:42:39.080 --> 0:42:40.959
<v Speaker 1>that I haven't had in a lot of relationships, both

0:42:41.120 --> 0:42:45.080
<v Speaker 1>romantic and platonic through friends is consistency. And so I

0:42:45.680 --> 0:42:50.960
<v Speaker 1>appreciate how Kalen and my relationship isn't like voll at all,

0:42:51.040 --> 0:42:52.759
<v Speaker 1>Like we don't like yell at each other, we don't

0:42:52.760 --> 0:42:54.719
<v Speaker 1>like get super upset with each other. It's very consistent,

0:42:55.200 --> 0:42:58.840
<v Speaker 1>very like comfortable. And I think that like all of

0:42:58.880 --> 0:43:00.520
<v Speaker 1>my anxiety melts away because I know that we're not

0:43:00.520 --> 0:43:02.359
<v Speaker 1>going to be like you know, pins and needles, hot

0:43:02.440 --> 0:43:05.200
<v Speaker 1>and cold kind of thing. So I think those are

0:43:05.200 --> 0:43:08.239
<v Speaker 1>those were some good. Those are good nine adjectives to

0:43:08.239 --> 0:43:12.040
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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Jocelyn Johnson, thank you so much for coming

0:43:38.440 --> 0:43:42.839
<v Speaker 1>on the podcast. You were great. Yeah, thanks guys. Thanks

0:43:52.719 --> 0:43:56.880
<v Speaker 1>welcome back, suck Army. Thank you so much for sticking

0:43:56.880 --> 0:43:59.440
<v Speaker 1>through the commercials and getting back with us here. So

0:44:00.000 --> 0:44:03.880
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna go ahead and um kind of keep on

0:44:04.040 --> 0:44:07.520
<v Speaker 1>going with the crazy or not crazy bit, and then

0:44:07.520 --> 0:44:09.799
<v Speaker 1>we're gonna jump into one quick email before getting out

0:44:09.800 --> 0:44:12.400
<v Speaker 1>of here. Jared, it sounds like you have the crazy

0:44:12.840 --> 0:44:15.080
<v Speaker 1>Am I Crazy list in front of you right that

0:44:15.239 --> 0:44:18.520
<v Speaker 1>I do, my friend, So one person was called crazy

0:44:18.600 --> 0:44:21.600
<v Speaker 1>because they said I was overthinking everything when I would

0:44:21.640 --> 0:44:26.320
<v Speaker 1>only ask questions. I'm not gonna that sounds a little crazy.

0:44:26.520 --> 0:44:29.239
<v Speaker 1>I can totally see how someone could be perceived as

0:44:29.320 --> 0:44:32.920
<v Speaker 1>a little nutty by overthinking every aspect. And the only

0:44:32.960 --> 0:44:36.200
<v Speaker 1>reason I say that is because I over analyze everything

0:44:36.239 --> 0:44:39.920
<v Speaker 1>in my life and I self described myself as a

0:44:39.920 --> 0:44:47.280
<v Speaker 1>little cuckoo. Yeah. I I would never call Klin crazy

0:44:47.320 --> 0:44:49.239
<v Speaker 1>for asking questions, but sometimes she asks a lot of

0:44:49.320 --> 0:44:51.520
<v Speaker 1>questions and I'm like, why do any of these questions matter?

0:44:51.760 --> 0:44:54.359
<v Speaker 1>Like just none of these matters to anything, Like they're

0:44:54.360 --> 0:44:57.719
<v Speaker 1>just pointless questions. But then she's like, I just want

0:44:57.760 --> 0:44:59.920
<v Speaker 1>to know, and I'm like that makes so much sense.

0:45:00.000 --> 0:45:01.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything like obviously you

0:45:01.880 --> 0:45:04.080
<v Speaker 1>have every right to know. So I'm the crazy one

0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:06.120
<v Speaker 1>and ask the situation. I think it's fine to ask questions,

0:45:06.120 --> 0:45:08.880
<v Speaker 1>it's what's wrong with being curious? Yes, fine ask questions.

0:45:08.920 --> 0:45:11.719
<v Speaker 1>But sometimes when I ask questions, like you said, it's

0:45:11.880 --> 0:45:15.680
<v Speaker 1>it I I get so worried about certain things, which

0:45:15.719 --> 0:45:18.640
<v Speaker 1>is why I'm asking questions. And then I I have

0:45:18.840 --> 0:45:22.080
<v Speaker 1>like a moment where I have to center myself and

0:45:22.120 --> 0:45:26.440
<v Speaker 1>realize none of this matters, like it just go outside,

0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:30.799
<v Speaker 1>enjoy the fresh ear. You know you're fine, You're fine.

0:45:30.920 --> 0:45:34.120
<v Speaker 1>What what are you stressing about? So that's how I

0:45:34.200 --> 0:45:37.600
<v Speaker 1>perceived this crazy or not with asking questions, because sometimes

0:45:37.640 --> 0:45:39.759
<v Speaker 1>I asked too many questions and it's like, why are

0:45:39.760 --> 0:45:41.759
<v Speaker 1>you worried about these things? And you're like, I don't know,

0:45:41.960 --> 0:45:45.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm just crazy. There aren't crazy questions. Like let's say

0:45:45.200 --> 0:45:49.160
<v Speaker 1>someone's unsure about like the sanctitude of the relationship, and

0:45:49.239 --> 0:45:51.560
<v Speaker 1>they're asking, like, where are you going? Who are you

0:45:51.640 --> 0:45:53.239
<v Speaker 1>going there with? Is there gonna be any girls? There?

0:45:53.280 --> 0:45:55.000
<v Speaker 1>Are you guys gonna drink? Like? There's definitely a line

0:45:55.040 --> 0:45:57.600
<v Speaker 1>that gets crossed that goes from being in quizzed like

0:45:57.640 --> 0:46:02.040
<v Speaker 1>curious to being crazy. And I think that line is,

0:46:02.160 --> 0:46:04.600
<v Speaker 1>you know, it can be cost pretty easily. But yeah,

0:46:04.680 --> 0:46:07.360
<v Speaker 1>I I don't know, crazy, but only kind of crazy.

0:46:07.640 --> 0:46:11.960
<v Speaker 1>Somebody said that they're significant others called them crazy because

0:46:12.160 --> 0:46:15.840
<v Speaker 1>she said that she thought it was weird that he

0:46:15.960 --> 0:46:21.479
<v Speaker 1>put his quote boys nights in his calendar. Listen, boys

0:46:21.600 --> 0:46:24.200
<v Speaker 1>nights are very important. We need that, Like sometimes I

0:46:24.239 --> 0:46:27.560
<v Speaker 1>just need like guy talk. I don't think that's crazy. Yeah,

0:46:27.600 --> 0:46:30.359
<v Speaker 1>I agree, It's like I think it would be nice

0:46:30.400 --> 0:46:32.160
<v Speaker 1>to be like if let's say the girlfriend was like

0:46:32.480 --> 0:46:34.600
<v Speaker 1>trying to play at dinner or something and he's like,

0:46:34.640 --> 0:46:36.440
<v Speaker 1>let me check my calendar quick. Oh wait, I have

0:46:36.480 --> 0:46:39.359
<v Speaker 1>boys knight schedule that night. I can't do it. Like

0:46:39.360 --> 0:46:41.319
<v Speaker 1>it kind of makes sense, like why wouldn't you put

0:46:41.320 --> 0:46:42.799
<v Speaker 1>it in your calendar if it's something that you're looking

0:46:42.800 --> 0:46:45.959
<v Speaker 1>forward to totally like your entire schedule, Like my entire

0:46:45.960 --> 0:46:48.920
<v Speaker 1>schedule revolves around Ashley. So if I want to have

0:46:49.000 --> 0:46:51.440
<v Speaker 1>a cool boys night and like play poker or something,

0:46:51.960 --> 0:46:53.920
<v Speaker 1>I have to write then my calendar and schedule it

0:46:54.000 --> 0:46:57.439
<v Speaker 1>out because I know that she's gonna like Ashley makes

0:46:57.480 --> 0:47:00.480
<v Speaker 1>my schedule pretty much. She's the one who's like we're

0:47:00.480 --> 0:47:03.040
<v Speaker 1>doing this that day, this that day, this that day.

0:47:03.120 --> 0:47:06.319
<v Speaker 1>So the only way I'm gonna be able to make

0:47:06.480 --> 0:47:09.719
<v Speaker 1>any plans with my friends is by scheduling ahead of

0:47:09.719 --> 0:47:11.759
<v Speaker 1>time and putting in the calendar like two months ahut

0:47:11.800 --> 0:47:14.080
<v Speaker 1>of time, right, And it kind of like lets you

0:47:14.120 --> 0:47:16.239
<v Speaker 1>off the hook. Like let's say you're like, oh, sorry,

0:47:16.239 --> 0:47:17.560
<v Speaker 1>I can't do that. I was gonna go hang out

0:47:17.560 --> 0:47:19.799
<v Speaker 1>with my friends, and then you could like she could

0:47:19.800 --> 0:47:21.960
<v Speaker 1>be like or he could be like whoever is like,

0:47:22.040 --> 0:47:23.799
<v Speaker 1>you know, trying to make the plans that the other

0:47:23.800 --> 0:47:27.399
<v Speaker 1>person could be like, I'm gonna get to the point.

0:47:28.040 --> 0:47:30.359
<v Speaker 1>Uh Like, oh, you're just saying that because you want

0:47:30.360 --> 0:47:31.480
<v Speaker 1>to get out of the plans and I'm trying to

0:47:31.480 --> 0:47:32.959
<v Speaker 1>make right now. And you could be like, no, look,

0:47:33.000 --> 0:47:35.200
<v Speaker 1>this has been in my calendar for a long time.

0:47:35.239 --> 0:47:38.359
<v Speaker 1>I'm going to boys name. Oh totally all right, We'll

0:47:38.360 --> 0:47:42.319
<v Speaker 1>have one more crazy, uh and listen, but we're not

0:47:42.360 --> 0:47:45.200
<v Speaker 1>calling these people crazy. Uh, Soccer Army. Just want to

0:47:45.200 --> 0:47:47.240
<v Speaker 1>make sure that you don't think we're like shaming these people.

0:47:47.680 --> 0:47:50.120
<v Speaker 1>It's it's it's all for a parody. Come on now,

0:47:50.719 --> 0:47:54.600
<v Speaker 1>but one more crazy or not question, answer whatever you

0:47:54.600 --> 0:47:57.640
<v Speaker 1>want to call it. Asking my person to always back

0:47:57.719 --> 0:48:02.080
<v Speaker 1>me up and be on my side. I mean, I

0:48:02.080 --> 0:48:05.440
<v Speaker 1>don't think that's crazy at all. Like I'm pretty sure

0:48:05.480 --> 0:48:07.600
<v Speaker 1>I'm told actually like, oh yeah, if you killed someone,

0:48:07.640 --> 0:48:11.560
<v Speaker 1>I'd still be I'd still have your back. Yeah that's crazy.

0:48:11.920 --> 0:48:13.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean that's a little crazy, I guess. I mean,

0:48:13.520 --> 0:48:17.480
<v Speaker 1>obviously it would depend on what the scenario was. She

0:48:17.640 --> 0:48:20.120
<v Speaker 1>just like, straight up, I don't think I can I

0:48:20.160 --> 0:48:21.600
<v Speaker 1>can't let you have the hook on that one. There's

0:48:21.640 --> 0:48:23.319
<v Speaker 1>definitely things that Caitlin could do that, I'd be like,

0:48:23.320 --> 0:48:25.040
<v Speaker 1>what the hell did you do that for? Like, I's

0:48:25.160 --> 0:48:26.960
<v Speaker 1>kind of messed up. In fact, I think I've done

0:48:26.960 --> 0:48:28.640
<v Speaker 1>that before where I'm like, that's kind of silly of

0:48:28.680 --> 0:48:31.319
<v Speaker 1>you to do, and I don't support that. But that's

0:48:31.360 --> 0:48:33.319
<v Speaker 1>also because I'm crazy. But I think it's kind of

0:48:33.320 --> 0:48:37.960
<v Speaker 1>crazy to like blindly support someone or something that's like

0:48:38.000 --> 0:48:41.279
<v Speaker 1>out of your control entirely. Yeah. It's a tough one though,

0:48:41.280 --> 0:48:44.080
<v Speaker 1>because like love makes you do crazy things. So like

0:48:44.120 --> 0:48:46.360
<v Speaker 1>sometimes you back up people when you know they're in

0:48:46.360 --> 0:48:48.080
<v Speaker 1>the wrong because you love them and you care about

0:48:48.160 --> 0:48:50.520
<v Speaker 1>them and you want to support them. I don't know.

0:48:50.719 --> 0:48:53.320
<v Speaker 1>That's like saying I love America regardless of what happens. No,

0:48:53.440 --> 0:48:57.439
<v Speaker 1>that's not true at all. America could bad. I don't

0:48:57.440 --> 0:49:00.239
<v Speaker 1>love America like that, but I love like I love

0:49:00.320 --> 0:49:02.400
<v Speaker 1>Ashley like that. I'd say love I love my parents

0:49:02.440 --> 0:49:05.120
<v Speaker 1>like that. Like God forbid, something that wasn't doing went

0:49:05.120 --> 0:49:08.160
<v Speaker 1>out and murdered someone, I would be like, WHOA, I'm sorry,

0:49:08.320 --> 0:49:13.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm getting the heck out of here. I don't I

0:49:13.040 --> 0:49:16.799
<v Speaker 1>don't need an explanation, like unless it was an accident, Yeah, fine,

0:49:16.880 --> 0:49:18.560
<v Speaker 1>I guess I could like see past that but if

0:49:18.600 --> 0:49:22.799
<v Speaker 1>she like, uh, straight up turned into sichel Myers, Yeah,

0:49:22.800 --> 0:49:27.280
<v Speaker 1>I'd be like, nope, sorry, I'm out. Um Yeah, that's crazy.

0:49:27.360 --> 0:49:30.640
<v Speaker 1>That's crazy, I'm saying. I'm I'll shame people too, including

0:49:30.640 --> 0:49:33.839
<v Speaker 1>any that's crazy and I think that you should be shamed. Well,

0:49:33.880 --> 0:49:36.840
<v Speaker 1>let's get to an email before we Before we, Uh,

0:49:37.040 --> 0:49:39.479
<v Speaker 1>you have too much flak to any of our suck army.

0:49:39.560 --> 0:49:42.080
<v Speaker 1>So Mark, you want to read an email for us? Well,

0:49:42.120 --> 0:49:45.480
<v Speaker 1>Mark actually dipped out, but we have the wonderful, amazing

0:49:46.440 --> 0:49:50.360
<v Speaker 1>voice of an angel Easton here to read our wonderful emails.

0:49:51.440 --> 0:49:53.200
<v Speaker 1>You know, I agree to do this stuff just because

0:49:53.200 --> 0:49:56.520
<v Speaker 1>you guys seem to levy huge compliments on me every time,

0:49:56.760 --> 0:50:01.080
<v Speaker 1>so I appreciate that. Hey, anytime, that's what we're here for. Eastern.

0:50:01.160 --> 0:50:02.800
<v Speaker 1>Before you read this email, I have a feeling that

0:50:02.840 --> 0:50:04.080
<v Speaker 1>you and I are about to say the same thing.

0:50:04.640 --> 0:50:06.200
<v Speaker 1>I would just like to paint a picture for our

0:50:06.239 --> 0:50:10.240
<v Speaker 1>listening audience. Easton is looking very dashing and a nice

0:50:10.320 --> 0:50:13.880
<v Speaker 1>green crew neck sweatshirt. Green. I don't think I've ever

0:50:13.920 --> 0:50:16.360
<v Speaker 1>seen you wear that color before, Eastern, but boy, oh boy,

0:50:16.640 --> 0:50:18.759
<v Speaker 1>it looks very good on you. Thank you very much, Tana.

0:50:18.880 --> 0:50:20.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't own a lot of green. This is a

0:50:20.800 --> 0:50:23.680
<v Speaker 1>this is a California Adventure sweatshirt from two thous one

0:50:23.680 --> 0:50:26.840
<v Speaker 1>that I bought on eBay and east And I was

0:50:26.880 --> 0:50:29.200
<v Speaker 1>just gonna say, I watched the finale of One Division

0:50:29.200 --> 0:50:31.359
<v Speaker 1>and I need to talk to you about it off air,

0:50:31.400 --> 0:50:33.879
<v Speaker 1>obviously no spoilers. Is that you good? Because I asked

0:50:33.880 --> 0:50:36.320
<v Speaker 1>the first episode and I was like, this show sucks.

0:50:36.560 --> 0:50:38.959
<v Speaker 1>It's good, It's a great show. It's so good. It's good.

0:50:39.440 --> 0:50:41.480
<v Speaker 1>It is good. But I think Easton and I are

0:50:41.520 --> 0:50:45.080
<v Speaker 1>going to be I have some disagreements about how good

0:50:45.120 --> 0:50:48.080
<v Speaker 1>it is for a non like for a non comic

0:50:48.120 --> 0:50:49.680
<v Speaker 1>book fan. Is it a good show you think? Or

0:50:49.760 --> 0:50:50.799
<v Speaker 1>is it kind of like you have to like kind

0:50:50.840 --> 0:50:52.440
<v Speaker 1>of be interrenched in the universe a little bit. I

0:50:52.440 --> 0:50:54.960
<v Speaker 1>think it's great if you're an oncommon. My wife does

0:50:55.000 --> 0:50:57.200
<v Speaker 1>not give a rat's ass about these things, and she

0:50:57.280 --> 0:50:59.800
<v Speaker 1>loved it. It was her favorite thing. Marvel's done nice.

0:51:00.040 --> 0:51:02.799
<v Speaker 1>I agree. I think there's there's a lot of good

0:51:02.800 --> 0:51:04.200
<v Speaker 1>in it. And I don't think you need to be

0:51:04.280 --> 0:51:06.680
<v Speaker 1>a super fans to know what's happening. I think you

0:51:06.719 --> 0:51:09.560
<v Speaker 1>need to be a superman to like, really really appreciate

0:51:09.640 --> 0:51:11.960
<v Speaker 1>everything that's happening in the show. But no, you could

0:51:11.960 --> 0:51:13.560
<v Speaker 1>totally casually watch so and be like, oh, that was

0:51:13.600 --> 0:51:17.880
<v Speaker 1>really good. Anyway, enough about one of it. All right,

0:51:17.960 --> 0:51:20.239
<v Speaker 1>let's do an email here. This is from anonymous. Those

0:51:20.280 --> 0:51:25.200
<v Speaker 1>are our favorite, so Nick Vile, imagine your emailsking this question.

0:51:25.920 --> 0:51:27.960
<v Speaker 1>I have always been told that men have a higher

0:51:28.000 --> 0:51:31.280
<v Speaker 1>sex dribe than women, especially my age. I'm a female

0:51:31.320 --> 0:51:34.359
<v Speaker 1>at twenty one years of age. My boyfriend's twenty two.

0:51:34.760 --> 0:51:36.879
<v Speaker 1>We've been dating for four years, and our sex life

0:51:36.880 --> 0:51:40.000
<v Speaker 1>has always been on his timeline. When we started dating,

0:51:40.040 --> 0:51:42.000
<v Speaker 1>we're really young and we were on the same page.

0:51:42.040 --> 0:51:44.799
<v Speaker 1>But recently it's been short and infrequent. There are other

0:51:44.800 --> 0:51:47.640
<v Speaker 1>red flags in the relationship, but they're all related to drinking.

0:51:48.160 --> 0:51:50.279
<v Speaker 1>We hang out one on one mostly and he is

0:51:50.320 --> 0:51:52.960
<v Speaker 1>always drinking. Is this normal in your opinion? Is this

0:51:53.040 --> 0:51:55.960
<v Speaker 1>normal for young people? Is this a reasonable Is this

0:51:56.000 --> 0:51:58.759
<v Speaker 1>a reasonable grounds to end a relationship. It's starting to

0:51:58.760 --> 0:52:00.520
<v Speaker 1>feel like we don't line up, but I'm not sure

0:52:00.560 --> 0:52:06.280
<v Speaker 1>how much of a red flag that is for our future. Um,

0:52:06.440 --> 0:52:09.080
<v Speaker 1>that's tough. And the O reason I said when she

0:52:09.160 --> 0:52:10.920
<v Speaker 1>said twenty one female because I was going to try

0:52:10.920 --> 0:52:13.440
<v Speaker 1>to make a joke about Nick being twenty one year

0:52:13.480 --> 0:52:17.600
<v Speaker 1>old female, but really just fell flat. Um. Yeah, this

0:52:17.640 --> 0:52:20.080
<v Speaker 1>one's tough because I don't know enough about the situation.

0:52:20.280 --> 0:52:22.399
<v Speaker 1>Like normally, of course you're like, oh, twenty two year

0:52:22.400 --> 0:52:25.200
<v Speaker 1>old guy, like he wants to have sex every five minutes,

0:52:25.280 --> 0:52:28.840
<v Speaker 1>But it obviously depends on the individual, depends on the scenario.

0:52:29.040 --> 0:52:33.600
<v Speaker 1>Like I'll be very transparent when I first started, you know,

0:52:33.760 --> 0:52:37.440
<v Speaker 1>getting into that aspect of life in my late teens

0:52:37.440 --> 0:52:40.759
<v Speaker 1>early twenties, Like, I had struggles sometimes because it's just

0:52:41.120 --> 0:52:44.920
<v Speaker 1>it's a learning curve, and sometimes I didn't know why

0:52:45.760 --> 0:52:48.479
<v Speaker 1>I was having difficulties that it just sometimes would happen

0:52:48.520 --> 0:52:51.120
<v Speaker 1>that way. The human body is a curious thing. Curious

0:52:51.120 --> 0:52:53.800
<v Speaker 1>seems to be the word of the podcast. So, um,

0:52:55.600 --> 0:52:59.520
<v Speaker 1>it could be his own insecurities coming out because he

0:52:59.560 --> 0:53:04.239
<v Speaker 1>feels like maybe, um, he's underwhelming in that department. I

0:53:04.239 --> 0:53:07.200
<v Speaker 1>don't really know, um, or he it could be a

0:53:07.280 --> 0:53:10.239
<v Speaker 1>major red flag and he's not sexually attracted to you.

0:53:11.040 --> 0:53:14.239
<v Speaker 1>The only thing I didn't like was when she said, um,

0:53:14.239 --> 0:53:17.600
<v Speaker 1>our sex life has always been on his timeline. I

0:53:17.600 --> 0:53:20.480
<v Speaker 1>don't really know what that means, Like, you guys only

0:53:20.480 --> 0:53:23.120
<v Speaker 1>have sex when he wants to that's not that's not fair.

0:53:24.040 --> 0:53:27.080
<v Speaker 1>Sounds like that, and it's probably whenever he finishes, it's

0:53:27.160 --> 0:53:28.759
<v Speaker 1>over kind of thing, you know what I mean. I

0:53:28.800 --> 0:53:31.880
<v Speaker 1>got that vibe too. Let's know what I interpreted as.

0:53:31.920 --> 0:53:33.440
<v Speaker 1>I think it's I think what's important to do with

0:53:33.480 --> 0:53:36.719
<v Speaker 1>this one is uh is start from the back and

0:53:36.800 --> 0:53:38.719
<v Speaker 1>work our way forward. So she at the very end,

0:53:38.760 --> 0:53:41.440
<v Speaker 1>she says, is this grounds this is another reason to

0:53:41.960 --> 0:53:43.919
<v Speaker 1>end the relationship. And I just want to go ahead

0:53:43.920 --> 0:53:47.319
<v Speaker 1>and say absolutely, yes, it totally is. And I don't

0:53:47.360 --> 0:53:49.280
<v Speaker 1>think you should even feel bad for ending a relationship

0:53:49.320 --> 0:53:51.560
<v Speaker 1>because your partner is drinking so much. Like, have the

0:53:51.600 --> 0:53:54.000
<v Speaker 1>conversation with him, see if he wants to change, If

0:53:54.000 --> 0:53:57.360
<v Speaker 1>he doesn't a thousand percent, that's your that's your decision

0:53:57.400 --> 0:53:59.000
<v Speaker 1>to make, and I would support it if you decided

0:53:59.000 --> 0:54:02.120
<v Speaker 1>to leave the relationship. Um, four years also is a

0:54:02.120 --> 0:54:04.200
<v Speaker 1>long time. I don't know you. I mean, you guys

0:54:04.239 --> 0:54:06.600
<v Speaker 1>have obviously been a long term relationships. I'm not gonna

0:54:06.600 --> 0:54:08.600
<v Speaker 1>go ahead and speak on behalf of your sex lives.

0:54:08.840 --> 0:54:10.759
<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna go ahead and say on average, I

0:54:10.800 --> 0:54:15.080
<v Speaker 1>would suspect it's like a normal downward trending line in

0:54:15.160 --> 0:54:18.120
<v Speaker 1>terms of frequency, at least in my own experience, I

0:54:18.120 --> 0:54:21.680
<v Speaker 1>can speak in terms of that. That's definitely how it's gone. Um.

0:54:21.800 --> 0:54:24.000
<v Speaker 1>And I would like to point out to Jared kind

0:54:24.000 --> 0:54:25.879
<v Speaker 1>of said it, like, you know, you're twenty two years old.

0:54:25.960 --> 0:54:27.640
<v Speaker 1>You what like you? I mean, I drank a lot

0:54:27.640 --> 0:54:29.919
<v Speaker 1>when I was twenty two years old. I'm twenty nine.

0:54:29.960 --> 0:54:31.880
<v Speaker 1>Now I drink a little bit, but not nearly as

0:54:31.960 --> 0:54:33.120
<v Speaker 1>much as I did back then. I think that's like

0:54:33.160 --> 0:54:36.319
<v Speaker 1>a perfectly normal thing to do. Um. But I do

0:54:36.440 --> 0:54:39.200
<v Speaker 1>want to point out an emphasize you shouldn't feel guilty

0:54:39.239 --> 0:54:42.360
<v Speaker 1>for leaving a relationship because of alcohol. Like if you

0:54:42.440 --> 0:54:44.719
<v Speaker 1>think he's drinking too much, get other relationship. Yeah, I

0:54:44.760 --> 0:54:47.200
<v Speaker 1>mean I keep thinking about like they've been a relationship

0:54:47.200 --> 0:54:51.200
<v Speaker 1>for four years, he's they're like what in their early twenties, Like, yeah,

0:54:51.239 --> 0:54:52.839
<v Speaker 1>he's gonna drink a lot. And also when you've been

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<v Speaker 1>when you've been dating someone for that's a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you know, that's longer than I have been married.

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<v Speaker 1>That's that's a long time. If you've beending someone for

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<v Speaker 1>that long, it's gonna go down. But I think what

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<v Speaker 1>you need to do is just talk to him about like, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>these are things that are troubling me. And I'm sure

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<v Speaker 1>he's very supportive and engaging partner, and he's willing to

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<v Speaker 1>hear if you have a problem. I know I would

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<v Speaker 1>want to know. My biggest fear is that I'm doing

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<v Speaker 1>something that's making my partner unhappy and I have no

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<v Speaker 1>idea because men are clueless and they think everything we

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<v Speaker 1>do is perfect. Uh so it's not, yeah, exactly, So

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<v Speaker 1>she you know, she just needs to talk to him

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<v Speaker 1>about it. But also, like Dean said, you know, these

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<v Speaker 1>are things that are important to you in a relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>and you shouldn't feel guilty if you want to end

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<v Speaker 1>it for those reasons. Four years is a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>But Anonymous, this is what I think you should do.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you should go to Happy partners Project dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Picked yourself up a Happy Partner's project check in deck okay,

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<v Speaker 1>because I think you need to check into your relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>You said you want to play this game with him,

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<v Speaker 1>and then you make sure that the card on top

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<v Speaker 1>is about set and be like, oh, look at this.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, like how many times a week to you

0:56:03.760 --> 0:56:05.439
<v Speaker 1>want to have sex? And then it can just get

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation the ball rolling, so you can be like, hey, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>these are some of my insecurities. It feels like we're

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<v Speaker 1>not as intimate anymore. You've been drinking a lot. I

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<v Speaker 1>would definitely not come about it in an accusatory way.

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<v Speaker 1>I would try to come about it from an understanding,

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<v Speaker 1>in a place of care and say I love you,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to be with you, but these are things

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<v Speaker 1>that are concerned me because it's tough. It's tough having

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<v Speaker 1>serious conversations when you're earning your early twenties, because like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you're just having fun. You're twenty one and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two, and you have your whole life ahead of you.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I would try to have a serious conversation,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not going to say it's gonna be easy,

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<v Speaker 1>But that would be my advice. It's funny how quick

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<v Speaker 1>we are to talk about sex with our friends, but

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<v Speaker 1>then when it comes to the actual people that we're

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<v Speaker 1>having it with, we're like kinda, you know, tiptoe around

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<v Speaker 1>the subject a lot. Like I think I've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>this on the podcast before. I didn't really start asking

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<v Speaker 1>girls what they preferred romantically until I was like twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six seven years old, and I'm like, why did I

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<v Speaker 1>wait so long to start asking these questions that seemed

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<v Speaker 1>like I should have been asking them since the very beginning.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard, though, because I think it's hard because I

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<v Speaker 1>was just gonna say, like, as a guy, you're like

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<v Speaker 1>expected to know. I'd say that's the one thing that

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<v Speaker 1>sucks about being a dude, even though I'm very grateful

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<v Speaker 1>to be a guy, especially while seeing actually trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get pregnant, Like there's a lot that goes into the

0:57:18.200 --> 0:57:22.200
<v Speaker 1>human body. Um, but uh, it's just like, as a guy,

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<v Speaker 1>at least in my twenties, I like I was always

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<v Speaker 1>operating under the fear that like it would be unsexy

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<v Speaker 1>if I asked them what they liked, you know, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's just as a guy, you're like, oh, I'm supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to know these things. I'm supposed to take control and

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, be the one who who pleasures here,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. Yeah. I remember building up the courage to

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<v Speaker 1>ask that the girl was having sex with, like in

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<v Speaker 1>high school, like what what am I doing wrong? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you like? And she's like, I don't know, I

0:57:49.880 --> 0:57:53.600
<v Speaker 1>don't know what I like, you know, and she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>just do whatever you want. And I remember feeling like

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<v Speaker 1>let's let's let's mess up. It's not it's not about Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel grateful just to be having sex with you, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree, though it's silly. It's like, yeah, we're expected

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<v Speaker 1>to know, but then do we also think that they're

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<v Speaker 1>expected to know what we like because not to get

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<v Speaker 1>to like graphic or anything. But like, I feel like

0:58:15.000 --> 0:58:18.120
<v Speaker 1>women are conditioned to think that guys don't like hand jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>I fully enjoy that. I think that's probably one of

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<v Speaker 1>my top two favorite things. But like girls, I think

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, they assume because the guys always talk

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<v Speaker 1>so nigly about them. I don't know, but you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I think radical transparency, as Jocelyn put it, is the

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<v Speaker 1>most important thing. Uh. And and to our anonymous emailer,

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<v Speaker 1>try yeah, like Jared said, go on that website and

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<v Speaker 1>shy and see if you can spark some conversations because

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<v Speaker 1>it does sound like that could be pretty beneficial. And

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<v Speaker 1>try and practice some radical transparency. But uh, that that

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<v Speaker 1>was good. That's that seems helpful in my opinion. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>that's gonna do it. For this week's episode of Help

0:58:51.720 --> 0:58:55.520
<v Speaker 1>I suck a dating Jared from his closet in California

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<v Speaker 1>and me from my van in Rollins, Wyoming. We would

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<v Speaker 1>like to thank you guys for listening to this week's

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Help I Suck At Dating. Thank you to

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<v Speaker 1>Easton for for reading the email for us and for

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<v Speaker 1>sharing his story about him being able to do whatever

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted with his high school sexual partner. UM that's always.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you to Jocelyn as well, Jared. Where could our

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<v Speaker 1>listeners find Jocelyn's resources? You got a Happy Partners Project

0:59:26.320 --> 0:59:29.320
<v Speaker 1>dot com dot com. That's where you can learn more

0:59:29.320 --> 0:59:33.040
<v Speaker 1>about Jocelyn. Learn more about the Happy Partner's Project check

0:59:33.160 --> 0:59:36.480
<v Speaker 1>in deck, which is just a fantastic name. Yeah there

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<v Speaker 1>you go check it out, uh, and be sure to

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<v Speaker 1>tune in next week because it's gonna be a great

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