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Speaker 1: The Jewel Show on demand. Hello, Hey, what's up? This

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Speaker 1: is the Jewil Show And you texted us at four

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Speaker 1: one oh six one and said that you had their

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Speaker 1: little secrets, and now we're calling you back to ask

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Speaker 1: what it is. What's up? Hi? Hello, good morning? Oh wow,

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Speaker 1: I didn't actually I hear from you guys. Yeah, can

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Speaker 1: you tell us right now what your dirty little secret is? Uh? Sure? So,

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Speaker 1: So my son just turned fourteen, and so you know,

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Speaker 1: we're celebrating, you know, the first thing, excited for that

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Speaker 1: and everything, you know, just like normal stuff. And I've

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Speaker 1: been kind of rapped with this because okay, well, in truth,

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Speaker 1: I'm not his biological father. I'm not his real father.

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Speaker 1: He doesn't know this. He doesn't know that you're not

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Speaker 1: his biological dad. Yeah, he had no idea. So so

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Speaker 1: his mom and I, you know, fell in love, got together.

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Speaker 1: We've been friends for a long time. I knew, you know,

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Speaker 1: she had a son with a previous relationship, and we

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Speaker 1: ended up actually getting married when he was five, because

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Speaker 1: like nine years ago. But really doesn't have any memory

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Speaker 1: about this. And why it's like been on my mind

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Speaker 1: lately is because I've been hearing him talk about his

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Speaker 1: childhood and things that, you know, all I did with

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Speaker 1: my dad and things like that, and I'm pretty torn

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Speaker 1: up because well he's not talking about me, right, so

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Speaker 1: it's a memory that's like incorrect, and so I don't know. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to do. I just feel I

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Speaker 1: feel bad, but I also love him. I've never you know,

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Speaker 1: he's my son the way I do. He's my son, right,

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Speaker 1: And that's kind of where I'm at. It's been kind

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Speaker 1: of a weird little stretch me because I don't really know.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, I don't know how to feel about

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Speaker 1: it or if I'm doing him wrong or if he

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Speaker 1: needs to know. You know, it's it's kind of tearing

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Speaker 1: me up. Okay, it's been it. By the way, where

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Speaker 1: is his biolog cool father? You know, I don't really know.

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Speaker 1: I don't think, you know, obviously in that relationship there,

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Speaker 1: they don't really have much relationship either, the mom and dad.

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Speaker 1: They separated before we were really a thing. You know. Again,

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Speaker 1: I knew of him, I knew of the kid m

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Speaker 1: I just don't think that there's really any interest on

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Speaker 1: either of their part to keep him involved. That's why

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Speaker 1: I kind of stepped into those shoes. Okay, Okay, Well,

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Speaker 1: you obviously are his father, regardless of you know, regardless

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Speaker 1: of the situation, like you should continue to be the

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Speaker 1: greatest father figure to him because that's needed. Right. I've

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Speaker 1: wondered about that because I'm a stepfather and I feel

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Speaker 1: like my connection with my step children is really strong.

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Speaker 1: Like I never I grew up never wanting kids, never

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Speaker 1: wanting to be around kids, and then at some point

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Speaker 1: I realized, oh it's cool. I understood why kids scared

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Speaker 1: me because I didn't have a good childhood. But being

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Speaker 1: in that position is great. Right. Also, I've heard this

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Speaker 1: a bunch. I have no idea that connection between a

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Speaker 1: real parent and a child, and I believe it one

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Speaker 1: hundred percent because there's a biological connection there that I'll

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Speaker 1: never know. I feel like I have that. Also, I

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Speaker 1: don't know how intense it is for people who have

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Speaker 1: a kid, but I have to feel like you are

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Speaker 1: in the same position. Yeah, I mean, I think what's

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Speaker 1: really getting to me is that it's not a it's

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Speaker 1: for me, it's not a question at all that yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm his dad. I mean, like he said, like I Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's the way I view it, and that's how I

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Speaker 1: think about it, and that's how I think I'm always

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Speaker 1: going to see it, is that I am his dad.

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Speaker 1: I just wonder if it's going to change our relationship

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Speaker 1: or if he knows that I kept this from him,

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Speaker 1: you know, for a lot longer than maybe he wished.

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Speaker 1: Does he feel like I lied to him or right,

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Speaker 1: That's where I started to kind of struggle with it

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Speaker 1: because you know, my instinct, because then, yeah, probably I should,

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Speaker 1: but I just was I'm worried about tarnishing the relationship

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Speaker 1: by him knowing too. You know, like I feel like

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Speaker 1: there's no way for me to know how that reaction

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Speaker 1: is going to be taken or what he's going to

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Speaker 1: feel in a situation like that. So well, hopefully it

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Speaker 1: works out, man, And I think you should tell him, yeah,

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Speaker 1: just yeah, it's a difficult conversation, difficult thing to navigate,

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Speaker 1: but it's reality, and as long as you, you know,

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Speaker 1: face it with love, I feel like your family will

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Speaker 1: definitely get through that. I also think it's a good

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Speaker 1: opportunity to show him a good role model of somebody

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Speaker 1: having a tough conversation, right, being able to go sit

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Speaker 1: him down and go here's what it is. You know,

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Speaker 1: I still love you. I still think you're my son.

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Speaker 1: You know, go clean your room because I'm sure he's

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Speaker 1: got chores after that. So well, thank you and good luck. Okay.

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