Speaker 1: This is Take twenty with Mattie and Kenzie Ziggler, an
Speaker 1: I Heart radio podcast. Hey guys, okay, guys, it's Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: Well it's coming up, not today, it's coming up. I
Speaker 1: can't believe this. Like, do you like Thanksgiving? I do
Speaker 1: like Thanksgiving because of the food. Yeah, well guess what
Speaker 1: since I don't eat meat, it's not as fun for me.
Speaker 1: Oh no, last year, and like, can you have to
Speaker 1: fur dinner tofu toe furkey? Did you just make that up?
Speaker 1: That's a thing. Oh wow, I didn't know that, and
Speaker 1: I should know that. Um. Yeah, basically that's probably why
Speaker 1: I have an iron deficiency and I have a lot
Speaker 1: of problems because I can't find substitutes for meats. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe that's why. Um yeah, no, I I love the Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1: The food is great. I usually have friends Giving every year. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was just gonna say. That's like your biggest thing
Speaker 1: is friends Giving. Mom always gets so mad when she's like,
Speaker 1: are you coming to Thanksgiving? And I'm like, I'm actually
Speaker 1: going to friends Giving. I'm so sorry, which is so
Speaker 1: sad now that I think about it. But you're growing
Speaker 1: up and you're you won't have fun with your friends too.
Speaker 1: It's fine as long as you make the effort to
Speaker 1: like be like the family thanksgiving for a second, and
Speaker 1: then you can go to friends giving. That's usually what
Speaker 1: I do exactly, as long as you balance the two,
Speaker 1: it's fine, of course. How would you like define friends
Speaker 1: giving for anyone that doesn't know about it? I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean every year what my friends and I do.
Speaker 1: UM while we usually have one of our moms cooked
Speaker 1: the dinner for us, because obviously we don't cook. We
Speaker 1: don't cook, none of us do UM. But when we
Speaker 1: eat dinner, we usually go around talking about each person
Speaker 1: and saying why we're thankful for that person. That's so cute,
Speaker 1: and it turns into a really sappy moment, like I
Speaker 1: feel like we have all cried and point so it's
Speaker 1: very the very sweet thing. But I don't think that's
Speaker 1: happening this year. Oh my gosh, please, I don't think
Speaker 1: I've actually had a friend's giving. Have I at home?
Speaker 1: We had friends giving when we were younger kids that
Speaker 1: are dance I remember. Okay, yeah, I mean I definitely
Speaker 1: like love the idea. I think it's more just like
Speaker 1: I haven't had um enough group of friends to get
Speaker 1: by I like and usually like my two like like Cameron,
Speaker 1: who's my best friend. He doesn't live here, so most likely,
Speaker 1: Oh wait, he's gonna be here. He's going to be
Speaker 1: here for thanks Eddie's parents are cooking. Yes, Thanksgiving at
Speaker 1: our house. This is going to be the first Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: without Mom. She's going to be in Pittsburgh. I know
Speaker 1: we'll miss you, Mom, We're gonna but we're going to
Speaker 1: spend Christmas hardcore with her this year, so it's fine. Um,
Speaker 1: what would you say the best parts of friends giving are?
Speaker 1: I I feel like for me, friends giving is just
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just fun being around your friends and
Speaker 1: like actually you know, being thankful, eating food, like playing games.
Speaker 1: I just feel like it's such a fun time, like
Speaker 1: we bake, bake cookies and stuff. I feel like it's
Speaker 1: it's a time for everyone to kind of like settle
Speaker 1: down and be present with each other because everything is
Speaker 1: so fast paced. And that's why I love the holidays,
Speaker 1: because that's when things start to slow down. Everyone kind
Speaker 1: of comes together and everyone's present and we just kind
Speaker 1: of like reflect on a lot and it's a beautiful thing.
Speaker 1: Of course. Um, would you rather host a friends giving
Speaker 1: or would you rather like let your friends plan, I
Speaker 1: would say I'd rather I feel like you'd host it.
Speaker 1: I would love to host one, but the amount of
Speaker 1: stress that gives me just thinking about it, because I
Speaker 1: would just not be able to enjoy it. I would think, like,
Speaker 1: oh my gosh, everyone having a good time. I would
Speaker 1: be worried about that. So I'd rather just attend one. Um,
Speaker 1: all I can think about, Like right now, the only
Speaker 1: thing go through my head is Friends, my favorite show,
Speaker 1: and how like their Thanksgiving episode is like iconic And
Speaker 1: if anyone knows the meme where Monica has the turkey
Speaker 1: on her head or is it Monica? Yeah, it's like
Speaker 1: the iconic moment, and I'm gonna send it to you.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna send you a Jeff. We've talked about this
Speaker 1: on the podcast before. I've never seen it, No, but
Speaker 1: I'm gonna send Is it a gift or a Jeff?
Speaker 1: I don't don't mess with my head a gif? No,
Speaker 1: but people say, Jeff, Okay, whatever, I'm going to send
Speaker 1: you the turkey meme. It's very cute. Do you think
Speaker 1: you can make a turkey? I mean, with a lot
Speaker 1: of instruction and guidance, S see I really think I
Speaker 1: would be so bad at cooking because I don't like instructions.
Speaker 1: I don't read instructions. I don't I'm a role follower,
Speaker 1: so that's like the easiest thing for me to just
Speaker 1: follow what's being, like what I'm told to do. But
Speaker 1: also like, okay, because have you ever about this, I'm
Speaker 1: so fine with like dealing with me, even though I
Speaker 1: don't eat me anymore. Like a lot of people who
Speaker 1: don't eat meat can't touch chicken or whatever. But I'm
Speaker 1: like not weird with it. So I can make a turkey.
Speaker 1: Maybe you should make a turkey this year for me, Okay,
Speaker 1: I in griving me. I kind of want turkey. It's
Speaker 1: going to be sorry, No, I know. Okay, when you
Speaker 1: think of your closest friends, like who are they and
Speaker 1: what do they mean to, well, you're like, well, you
Speaker 1: see here, Maddie, I have one friend. Um no, I
Speaker 1: mean my best friend Dylan. She's been my best friend
Speaker 1: since I was like eleven years old. Really, yes, we
Speaker 1: we had like a rough patch for like a few months,
Speaker 1: but we're back and strong. Um. She just feels she
Speaker 1: just feels like a sister to me, and it's like
Speaker 1: it's so sweet because when we hang out, we don't
Speaker 1: have to do any thing. We don't have to get
Speaker 1: ready or take pictures or anything. It's just like casual
Speaker 1: sitting in my bed playing video games, and we tell
Speaker 1: each other over deep this secret. Oh my gosh, we
Speaker 1: have fights. I mean we watched Barbie movies together. So
Speaker 1: um but yeah, she she means the world. I feel
Speaker 1: like we will be there for each other for a
Speaker 1: very long time. And like you, obviously I was waiting
Speaker 1: for that. You are you are my partner in crime,
Speaker 1: my ride or die. We just first bumped and my
Speaker 1: rings just hit your rings and that made me feel comfortable. Um.
Speaker 1: I could name a bunch of other friends, but that's
Speaker 1: of course, you know. Am I so your friends giving
Speaker 1: this year? Oh? Wait? No, are we just having a Thanksgiving?
Speaker 1: Are you have a friends giving? I am having Thanksgiving
Speaker 1: at home and then I am going to dakotas family's
Speaker 1: helf out here he has family to anybody. Oh, I
Speaker 1: was like, wait, you're gonna be here in flying to
Speaker 1: Utah aunts Alibrantia there in the same day. Okay, honestly,
Speaker 1: more food, It's so true. Oh my god, stuffing is
Speaker 1: all I can think about. Stuffing is the most incoudible
Speaker 1: food ever. Can you eat it? Yeah? There's no meat
Speaker 1: and stuffing. Yeah. Well, the more the merrier for me.
Speaker 1: You take all the turkey, I'll take all the stuffing.
Speaker 1: And I love like cranberry sauce. Wow, Thanksgiving is great food.
Speaker 1: Gravy well, actually no, I don't even like gravy. I
Speaker 1: don't know why I just made that. Okay, we're so
Speaker 1: opposite when it comes to food. Usually, you know what
Speaker 1: makes me so mad recently this is off topic, but
Speaker 1: which this is a problem that I need to work on.
Speaker 1: But I'll be like, oh my gosh, this is such
Speaker 1: good food, Like, this is such a good thing I'm eating,
Speaker 1: and do you want to try it? He's like no,
Speaker 1: I'm okay. I'm like please try it. He's like no, no no, no,
Speaker 1: it's it's totally fine. And I'm like, please try it.
Speaker 1: And he tries it and he hates it, and then
Speaker 1: I get offended. I'm like, oh, so annoying it. And
Speaker 1: then he's like, if if I want something, I'll ask
Speaker 1: if I can eat it. So I need to get
Speaker 1: better at that because I'm like, I just noticed that
Speaker 1: we have different taste. But this is so off topic,
Speaker 1: but I just thought I would get it out there.
Speaker 1: How weird, like you like sushi and I don't I know,
Speaker 1: but we both love Thanksgiving and turkey. Well I used
Speaker 1: to do are you don't even get me started. We're
Speaker 1: not going to talk about that until it's Christmas time.
Speaker 1: We're still going to have him on Christmas. You will,
Speaker 1: I'm going to have him or whatever you call it.
Speaker 1: I feel like that's still good, right, Yeah, definitely there's
Speaker 1: some great substitute. What are you um most grateful for
Speaker 1: about me? And you're close friends and family? I would
Speaker 1: say like, well, I'm just very grateful to have you
Speaker 1: and my friends and family in general, just because you
Speaker 1: guys are such a great support system and you have
Speaker 1: just been there for me so much, and we have
Speaker 1: such a good time together, Like we actually laugh so
Speaker 1: hard when we're together, and it's so amazing, and I
Speaker 1: don't know, I'm really lucky because are especially as sisters,
Speaker 1: like our relationship has just formed into such a beautiful
Speaker 1: thing and I'm so happy about that. Yeah, for sure,
Speaker 1: I am very happy about it too, are you? No,
Speaker 1: I'm insecure now I need reassuring. I mean, yes, obviously,
Speaker 1: Why do you think I call you seven times a
Speaker 1: day because you love and you don't pick up. We're
Speaker 1: not going to get into this again. Um, what do
Speaker 1: you think the like, what do you think the key
Speaker 1: is to maintaining a it and like healthy friendship? I
Speaker 1: don't know why I said that, like a question like
Speaker 1: that word. Honestly, that's a really hard question. I I
Speaker 1: just love yea being. I just love my friends so deeply,
Speaker 1: Like when I have a friend that you love that
Speaker 1: I love, I like show them that I love them,
Speaker 1: you know, totally. So I don't really know how that
Speaker 1: how I like because I don't try to like maintain
Speaker 1: a friendship really just works. I mean if you have
Speaker 1: to like try really hard for a friendship to work out,
Speaker 1: that's like an issue. But I would say, like what
Speaker 1: are a good Like what are the keys to having
Speaker 1: a good friendship? Being loyal, being trusting, being caring, being nice,
Speaker 1: just thoughtful, Like there's all these things that play into it,
Speaker 1: just like being a good listener totally. I feel like
Speaker 1: it's your your best friend is basically like you're built
Speaker 1: in therapist, like you you tell each other everything, and
Speaker 1: like just being a good listener. And I don't know,
Speaker 1: being nice I guess also, like you know how in
Speaker 1: a relationship, like a romantic relationship, it's like it has
Speaker 1: to be equal, like you meet each other halfway. That's
Speaker 1: how I think how I treat all of my friendships
Speaker 1: as well, Like it can't be like whatever you're giving
Speaker 1: has to be reciprocated exactly if that and see how
Speaker 1: I learned like if if I'm not getting that back,
Speaker 1: I just don't take it orly it. Yeah, it's just
Speaker 1: like okay, totally, I think we've learned. That's so much
Speaker 1: like I think as the years have gotten we've kept
Speaker 1: our like there's a few friends that we've kept in
Speaker 1: our circle, but a lot of them. Like you have
Speaker 1: to kind of like make sure that the relationship that
Speaker 1: you have with your friend is like equal or else
Speaker 1: it's not worth it because then it's like why are
Speaker 1: you putting unnecessary energy into that person? Have you ever well,
Speaker 1: I know I know you have, but like for everyone listening,
Speaker 1: have you experienced like a friendship breakup? And what did
Speaker 1: that teach you? Yes? I have. I feel like everyone happens.
Speaker 1: M I think everyone goes through that. Um, I mean
Speaker 1: friendship breakups I feel like are so hard, they're almost
Speaker 1: like as hard as a relationships what I'm saying, Like,
Speaker 1: I mean, think about it. You put all of your
Speaker 1: time and effort into this into a friend, and you
Speaker 1: get to know them so well, you spend it all
Speaker 1: the time with them, and then one day it's just
Speaker 1: like exactly it's I mean, when it's like a friend,
Speaker 1: it's not as big of a deal for me, But
Speaker 1: when it's like a best friend or like a close
Speaker 1: friend like that, really it's really hard. But I think
Speaker 1: I just I think that I open up too fast
Speaker 1: and I like put so much effort into my friend
Speaker 1: where I'm like I want to do everything for them,
Speaker 1: and and they don't do do it back, um, and
Speaker 1: it's hurtful and it's yeah, so that's why I think
Speaker 1: now I learned to um not do that anymore. You
Speaker 1: know what. The weirdest thing about it friendship breakup is
Speaker 1: like when, like you said, you spend every day getting
Speaker 1: to know them like you you know each other in
Speaker 1: and out whatever, and then when you stop being friends,
Speaker 1: it's like a little time he goes past and you
Speaker 1: feel like you don't know anything about them. Like some
Speaker 1: of my friends that I used to be friends with,
Speaker 1: I like see photos of them, and I'm just like, whoa,
Speaker 1: I feel like I know nothing about them, Like I
Speaker 1: feel like they're I've never met them before. Isn't that
Speaker 1: so weird how that happens? Oh? But I'm just so excited,
Speaker 1: like for all the food we're going to eat. I
Speaker 1: can't stop thinking about like stuffing right now. Iat that
Speaker 1: right now, hungry right now that you just need to stop.
Speaker 1: Me and Kenzie literally right before this, we were starving
Speaker 1: and we got salads and we were like, wow, this
Speaker 1: was like the worst moment to get a salad, like
Speaker 1: we wish we got something like a lot heavier, like
Speaker 1: which like maybe stuffing. Oh my gosh. Random. I was
Speaker 1: talking to someone and they were like, oh, you live
Speaker 1: in like Pittsburgh. Is there like a little accent. I
Speaker 1: was like, oh, my gosh, of course there is. And
Speaker 1: then I started showing people the Pittsburgh accent. And then
Speaker 1: I started looking at old videos of me when I
Speaker 1: was a baby and we had we fully have. I know,
Speaker 1: when I go home for like a long period of time,
Speaker 1: I start to get it. You don't yes, I do
Speaker 1: what do you say tomorrow? Tomorrow? Like you don't say no,
Speaker 1: Like yeah, no, it's like, I don't know how to
Speaker 1: explain a Pittsburgh accent, but it's like your annunciation change. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't know, Like if you're saying like rail, it's
Speaker 1: like rayal. Guys, Pittsburgh accents are the ugliest. God what
Speaker 1: we're from there with, everyone's gonna be so mean. Oh sorry,
Speaker 1: I don't know what to say. It's so funny. I
Speaker 1: saw this person on TikTok and I literally said to Dakota,
Speaker 1: was like, he's a percent from Pittsburgh. I know it
Speaker 1: for a fact. Two days later he says he's from Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: I was like, I know that accent. They're proud Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: And what are What are three things that you're thankful for?
Speaker 1: I am. Besides, I am thankful for my family, including you.
Speaker 1: I am thankful for my friends, of course, And I
Speaker 1: feel like that's so cliche, but it's true, Like I'm
Speaker 1: I'm thankful for my friends and my family, and I
Speaker 1: don't know, I'm just I'm thankful to be doing what
Speaker 1: I'm doing. I guess, just everything very very fortunate. Definitely,
Speaker 1: what about you, I would say, obviously, I'm thankful for
Speaker 1: my friends and family, and I'm really thankful for my
Speaker 1: health and your health. Like of course, I always try
Speaker 1: and put that into perspective, like even when I'm going
Speaker 1: through something or I'm complaining, and I'm just like, why
Speaker 1: am I complaining? Like, literally, we're so healthy, we have
Speaker 1: working legs, working arms, Like, we have so much to
Speaker 1: be grateful for. And I know it's like we're allowed
Speaker 1: to feel what we're feeling and we don't have to
Speaker 1: always just think positively, but like, there are so many
Speaker 1: times where I have to just step back and be like, wow,
Speaker 1: we're so healthy and we have to be grateful for that.
Speaker 1: Of course, Yeah, I want to do a friends giving
Speaker 1: this here. Now, Well why don't we Actually we're basically
Speaker 1: basically doing that because we're not going to be with
Speaker 1: our full family. Okay, so that's exciting. I'm this is fun.
Speaker 1: This is really fun. I wonder we better have some
Speaker 1: good desserts, like an apple pie. You know Eddie's parents
Speaker 1: always come. Maybe I should make an apple pie. I'm
Speaker 1: good at doing that. I want to make something that
Speaker 1: we should make something this year. May make the mashed
Speaker 1: potatoes because that is so easy and I can do that. Okay,
Speaker 1: so you make mashed potatoes and I will make apple
Speaker 1: pie and oh my gosh, you know those like cinnamon.
Speaker 1: What's the dessert that's like, I don't know if it's
Speaker 1: like a pumpkin loaf for like a cinnamon something. I
Speaker 1: don't know, but we need that whatever that is. I'm
Speaker 1: going to find a picture of it. Okayes mom what
Speaker 1: it is, and then we'll do that as well. Perfect Well.
Speaker 1: I am so excited for Thanksgiving. I'm so excited for
Speaker 1: the food. I'm so excited for friends Giving that we're
Speaker 1: going to have, which is basically Thanksgiving. And I am
Speaker 1: very thankful for you and for everyone. I'm so thankful
Speaker 1: for you, and we're thankful that you guys have still
Speaker 1: been listening to this podcast. If you have been, have
Speaker 1: a great Thanksgiving guys, and Merry Christmas. I just wanted
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