WEBVTT - Love Stories: Mary and Romain Bonnet

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<v Speaker 1>This is Amy and TJ Love Stories.

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<v Speaker 2>Mary and Romayne join us now from Los Angeles. Welcome

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<v Speaker 2>and thank you all for being with us. How are

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<v Speaker 2>you doing. How're it to you today?

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<v Speaker 3>We're good, Yeah, we're good, loving kind of la.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me this is wedding bliss still a thing for

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<v Speaker 1>you guys? Is that a far fetched idea or wedding

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<v Speaker 1>bliss is real?

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<v Speaker 3>I will go first. Okay, So I think that we

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<v Speaker 3>both have found our way in our relationship. I think

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<v Speaker 3>it took a couple of years. We fought for a

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<v Speaker 3>couple of years, and then now we're just like go

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<v Speaker 3>to our own corners, like if we have that day,

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<v Speaker 3>if we have something. We kind of found our way

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<v Speaker 3>where we're like, Okay, I'm really tired, I gotta go

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<v Speaker 3>to bed, or I'm like maybe I've got so much work.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just gonna stay in the office and we just

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<v Speaker 3>go to our own separate corners and in the morning

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<v Speaker 3>we're better.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, how long have the two have you been married?

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<v Speaker 4>Now?

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<v Speaker 2>Officially, I know you met and got married within a year,

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<v Speaker 2>but how long have you been married?

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<v Speaker 3>Uh?

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<v Speaker 5>We used to it's been seven and halve.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I'm curious because we don't. We don't see that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot. Usually it's the woman given the guy a

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<v Speaker 1>hard time for not remembering. So, Mary, what are you

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<v Speaker 1>the one who just said he's better remembering.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like such a guy. I am the absolute worst.

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<v Speaker 3>I have those sense of time, my ADHD. I think

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<v Speaker 3>my play part.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm going to blame it on that.

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<v Speaker 6>If it isn't that, I'm still gonna blame it on it.

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<v Speaker 1>I never remember, no worries, just I was just curious. There,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get to the official list. Now, we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>go to our official list of the questions we asked

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<v Speaker 1>every couple, and we started with this. Both of you

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<v Speaker 1>know what. Romaine, I'll start with you on this one.

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<v Speaker 1>Five words or less describe your relationship today.

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<v Speaker 5>Uh?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I was still loving fun in.

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<v Speaker 1>That was fine.

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<v Speaker 5>That works.

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<v Speaker 2>Loving fun can be intense. We'll take it.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly fine.

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<v Speaker 3>Mary.

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<v Speaker 2>How about you?

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<v Speaker 3>I think.

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<v Speaker 6>Trusting also intense and.

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<v Speaker 5>Frustrating appreciate.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh what what makes it frustrating?

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<v Speaker 3>Life? I think just life. We actually get along very

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<v Speaker 3>very well. We always get along very well. We've learned

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<v Speaker 3>to manage I think our lifestyles. But we have difficult

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<v Speaker 3>lifestyles like I mean we are in the middle of, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>the public eye, where everyone's trying to tear us apart.

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<v Speaker 3>Even production is trying to like twist like scenarios, and

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<v Speaker 3>everyone has an opinion, and so we just get a

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<v Speaker 3>backlash of a lot of things. I'm much more emotional

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<v Speaker 3>than he is, and so I think everything very personally.

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<v Speaker 3>He doesn't care at all, and so that. But we

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<v Speaker 3>love each other so much. We actually have so much

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<v Speaker 3>fun together. We get along so well. We just have

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<v Speaker 3>like a weird.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's happed to me so too. When I see

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<v Speaker 4>her getting so afflicted by like stuff like that sometimes

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<v Speaker 4>and then I don't really know what to say because

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<v Speaker 4>I do not get affected by it.

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<v Speaker 5>So sometimes I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>Like, I don't want to look like, you know, you

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<v Speaker 4>don't care, like I don't care, because I do.

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<v Speaker 3>That's frustrating when it looks like it doesn't care. I'm like, really,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't care, like I.

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<v Speaker 4>Do, but by her being bothered by it than the

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<v Speaker 4>actual fact, you know, And so you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 4>know sometimes what to say. It's set in moments just

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<v Speaker 4>because I don't want to look like I don't care.

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<v Speaker 4>But I'm like, well, would you let those people want

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<v Speaker 4>what are you gonna do? Because no matter who you are,

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<v Speaker 4>what you say, always someone doesn't have something to say about.

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<v Speaker 3>It's the French, right, I logically know that, but mostly

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<v Speaker 3>it doesn't feel like that.

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<v Speaker 1>So we weren't supposed to be giving advice, but on

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<v Speaker 1>this one, just validate how she's feeling. You don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to agree with how she's feeling, but just validate that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, no, and we relate. We relate so much to

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<v Speaker 2>what you all just said. We totally get it. It's

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<v Speaker 2>you can we you can enjoy each other, you can

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<v Speaker 2>have your relationship. But when it's in the public eye

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<v Speaker 2>and it's constantly fodder and people are constantly scrutinizing everything,

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<v Speaker 2>that puts a lot of strain on a relationship, and

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<v Speaker 2>you would know and so, and you're you're being chronicled.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean you've got camera. How often are cameras with

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<v Speaker 2>you all basically in your relation relationship?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, it makes it difficult. So I am proud

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<v Speaker 3>of us for being able to just like actually be

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<v Speaker 3>as happy as we are and just maintain our relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, everybody has issues. Everybody, you know, just fights

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<v Speaker 3>and bickers and stuff like that. But I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>overall we're great. We get along very very well, we

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<v Speaker 3>have a lot of fun, and I think overall that's

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<v Speaker 3>where we are. But of course the public eye doesn't help.

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<v Speaker 2>What the public eye the public God help you know

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<v Speaker 2>least thing.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we get back to the list, you all have

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<v Speaker 1>brought up so many things we just want to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to you all about. But we got back to the questions.

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<v Speaker 1>But can I ask, if you take the cameras away,

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<v Speaker 1>if you take the public eye part of it away,

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<v Speaker 1>does your relationship improve? Is that really one of the

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<v Speaker 1>main things, if not the thing that is causing so

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<v Speaker 1>many problems?

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<v Speaker 5>I think when.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, well, he also puts so much stress on her,

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<v Speaker 4>especially Yeah, so I think in the every day life,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, if you took it off, she's probably would

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<v Speaker 4>be like so much less stressed.

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<v Speaker 5>And then row you but like you know, or the

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<v Speaker 5>comments and stuff like that, and then you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm a perfectionist and I just I want to be

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<v Speaker 3>the best like version of me and stuff, and when

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<v Speaker 3>people say and do things, it just it bugs me

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<v Speaker 3>so much. I hate conflict, I hate like fighting, I

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<v Speaker 3>hate like drama, and so I'm in such the wrong industry.

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<v Speaker 2>Reality TV might not be for you.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I get super stressed and this poor guy,

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<v Speaker 3>but I love them.

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<v Speaker 5>Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get back, We'll get back to the list and

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<v Speaker 1>let's go. We're gonna go back down to the beginning here.

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<v Speaker 1>Question we ask everybody, who of the two of you

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<v Speaker 1>said I love you first?

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<v Speaker 6>Me?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, probably a.

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<v Speaker 2>Very cool And how long before after you said I

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<v Speaker 2>love you did you decide to get engaged?

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't very long. Well, we started dating a week

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<v Speaker 3>after we met, and then we moved in together three

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<v Speaker 3>months later, and then we got married six months later

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<v Speaker 3>and then had our wedding like a year, a year

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<v Speaker 3>and a half after die nice?

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<v Speaker 1>How long I love you? How long after you started

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<v Speaker 1>dating Romaine did you say I love you? And then

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<v Speaker 1>how long Mary did you before you said it back?

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<v Speaker 5>Christians? Was beginning?

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<v Speaker 4>I will say three months, four months, like three nice months?

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe right around moving time.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's get together. And by the way, I love you.

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<v Speaker 3>I think when you said it, I probably said it

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<v Speaker 3>right very quickly afterwards, I don't. Yeah, we have a

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<v Speaker 3>very fast relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, you know what what is I know we talked

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit about already the stress of the public

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<v Speaker 2>eye and the cameras. But do you all have like

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<v Speaker 2>a daily disagreement that just gets under your skin or

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<v Speaker 2>just an issue that you can't resolve that you've just

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<v Speaker 2>learned to live with. That's great.

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<v Speaker 5>Being And then.

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<v Speaker 3>Like severe ADHD and.

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<v Speaker 5>So very so.

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<v Speaker 4>I love when she leaves again a couple just because

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<v Speaker 4>the house is so perfect, but I missed her.

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<v Speaker 5>And then as soon as she comes to say she's.

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<v Speaker 2>Back, yes, teaching bud so I and I think I

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<v Speaker 2>have ADHD undiagnosed, both of us. We relate.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, so see it works somehow.

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<v Speaker 2>Have you all ever gotten to a place now at

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<v Speaker 2>this point in your relationship and in your marriage where

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<v Speaker 2>you've come close to or even considered breaking up and

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<v Speaker 2>calling it quits.

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<v Speaker 3>No, I think I've probably threatened. I'm like, you know what,

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<v Speaker 3>But then but I definitely don't mean it and make

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<v Speaker 3>up for it, like right after I say it, because

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, that was so dumb I.

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<v Speaker 6>Said that, But but no, I don't think so. I

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<v Speaker 6>don't think there's anything that's actually ever really tested us.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, let's talk about this.

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<v Speaker 7>Then.

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<v Speaker 1>How how often do you fight?

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<v Speaker 5>Not that often?

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<v Speaker 4>Because we also have like a little big different schedules really,

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<v Speaker 4>so I leave early on the morning.

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<v Speaker 5>She walks from home mostly, so I leave early on

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<v Speaker 5>the morning and I come back.

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<v Speaker 4>Pretty late, so we get to spend dinner and then

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<v Speaker 4>a little bit but usually be there.

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<v Speaker 3>Wait, but we we can long really well, like on

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<v Speaker 3>weekends when you are home.

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<v Speaker 5>I know, but that's something already.

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<v Speaker 4>Most like we have a different schedule, so we don't

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<v Speaker 4>get to see shows out that much, so you.

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<v Speaker 5>Know, you don't have opportunities to fight. Yeah, exactly, No,

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<v Speaker 5>over all we do, we do not.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I mean, we hear from a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>couples that absence makes the heart grow fonder, and that

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<v Speaker 2>is a part of the key to the success of

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<v Speaker 2>their relationship is that they're not all up in each

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<v Speaker 2>other's spaces all the time. But that actually is a

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<v Speaker 2>good thing. We don't know anything about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, do you.

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<v Speaker 5>Have Do you have rules when you fight?

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<v Speaker 1>I know, mayor you just said you you've said some

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<v Speaker 1>things you probably shouldn't have said in the heat of battle.

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<v Speaker 1>But we talked to some couples and said they absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>don't use profanity, they don't threaten to leave and kinds

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<v Speaker 1>of things. Do you'll have rules when you're getting heated.

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<v Speaker 8>I think for the most part, we both just like

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<v Speaker 8>go to our corners. Yeah, for the most part, I think,

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<v Speaker 8>like the worst case scenario is like where he ignores

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<v Speaker 8>me and I'm like, really, it's the worst Do.

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<v Speaker 3>Not ignore me, Like please acknowledge what I'm saying right now.

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<v Speaker 3>And he's like, I'm not gonna talk to you like this.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm like, that's not what I get no matter what

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<v Speaker 5>I say. Usually in those situations, no matter what I say,

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<v Speaker 5>I'm wrong. So I'm like, you're not wrong.

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<v Speaker 1>He's learning.

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<v Speaker 5>I can tell you you're doing great.

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<v Speaker 1>Brother. Let me ask, do you'll have this rule about it?

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<v Speaker 1>Sounds like you all don't have it, but some couple

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<v Speaker 1>say we refuse to go to bed angry. Some therapists

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<v Speaker 1>will tell you to do that. Others will tell you

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<v Speaker 1>not to do that. Yes, there, it is.

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<v Speaker 3>Just that think it through, sleep it up, like like

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<v Speaker 3>just in the morning. It's always different, like in the

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<v Speaker 3>moment you're really mad or frustrated or whatever. And I

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<v Speaker 3>think if you just like sleep on it, wake up

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<v Speaker 3>in the morning and you think it through again, it's like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not I'm still like frustrated, but it's not that

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<v Speaker 3>big of a deal, and so to me, I would

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<v Speaker 3>rather sleep on it. I don't want to talk right then.

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<v Speaker 3>Otherwise I would just keep going and going.

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<v Speaker 7>And then he gets what he and he's so stummern

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<v Speaker 7>he'll just like me, gets heels it and he'll just

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<v Speaker 7>like we would. We would be horrible if we have

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<v Speaker 7>that role, We would be absolutely horrible.

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<v Speaker 2>How much time, how much space you need after that

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<v Speaker 2>initial fight before you can actually come back together and

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<v Speaker 2>talk it through.

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<v Speaker 3>A couple of hours?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, that's good.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you all ever had to? Have you ever considered

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<v Speaker 1>and have you ever been to couples therapy counseling of

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<v Speaker 1>any kind?

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<v Speaker 4>We did once, but there was for something, even not

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<v Speaker 4>because it wasn't good.

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<v Speaker 5>But what do you don't give?

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<v Speaker 4>It's good sometime to talk out like you know stuff,

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<v Speaker 4>but like also how we.

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<v Speaker 3>We talked things through pretty well?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think about we've we've we've done some

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<v Speaker 2>stories on a couple of famous couples, even George Clooney

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<v Speaker 2>and the mall. I think Travis Kelsey and Taylor Swift.

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<v Speaker 2>They both said that they never have fought like they

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<v Speaker 2>do not fight. What do you think about couples who

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<v Speaker 2>don't fight. Do you think that's realistic?

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<v Speaker 5>What?

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<v Speaker 2>What are your thoughts on that? Because it makes the

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<v Speaker 2>rest of us feel like ship.

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<v Speaker 4>Well you're almost like, I mean, I know, well, it

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<v Speaker 4>means that that one of them is the people pleaser.

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<v Speaker 5>You know, I mean, like, do you have to oh

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<v Speaker 5>the was that thing? That one of them.

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<v Speaker 4>Isn't much opinion about anything, because it's impossible that the

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<v Speaker 4>person is like exactly the same seat it was in

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<v Speaker 4>the same way.

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<v Speaker 9>But you can just respect each other and each other's

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<v Speaker 9>differences and understand like where they're coming from.

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<v Speaker 3>You don't have to agree with it, but you can

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<v Speaker 3>understand it.

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<v Speaker 10>And then you have to buy Yeah, what did we say?

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<v Speaker 1>How many years of marriage?

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<v Speaker 4>Now?

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<v Speaker 1>With seven and seven and a half? Seven and a half,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, so you've been married that long? If you

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<v Speaker 1>my question is what's been the best year so far?

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<v Speaker 1>If you can't give me a specific year, then tell

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<v Speaker 1>me this the beginning, the middle, or the end where

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<v Speaker 1>you are right now? What was the best part of

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<v Speaker 1>your marriage so far?

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<v Speaker 5>But the beginning it's always like you know or like

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<v Speaker 5>bubbly and like that.

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<v Speaker 3>I think every time we're on vacation is the best

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<v Speaker 3>are like so in love. The minute we go away,

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<v Speaker 3>we're so in love. We have the best time. We

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<v Speaker 3>just like reconnect and it's just immediate, but we just

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<v Speaker 3>get so wrapped up in our lives and business and

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<v Speaker 3>us and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 4>You just you're just not disconnect but almost like you know,

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<v Speaker 4>go a little are separate way. Until that's what we

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<v Speaker 4>tried to do as much as possible likely get away.

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<v Speaker 5>Or or try to you know, leave to go somewhere

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<v Speaker 5>every time we can.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, we get to reconnect and spend time actially together

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<v Speaker 4>the property and so so that helps us.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, we've really made a point to at least

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<v Speaker 3>at least once a year go on a big vacation

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<v Speaker 3>and then a couple of times a year going like

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<v Speaker 3>little staycations so that we can just or if we

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<v Speaker 3>and I just told them the other day, I was like,

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<v Speaker 3>maybe I think we need to get away because even

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<v Speaker 3>like two days just going to Malibu or Santa Barbara

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<v Speaker 3>or something like that, just get out of our normal

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<v Speaker 3>routine or our normal like environment. It does wonders. It

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<v Speaker 3>really does, like and I don't know why, because we're

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<v Speaker 3>the same people and that shouldn't change anything, but it does.

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<v Speaker 2>I actually think that's a great, a great sign because

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<v Speaker 2>we love to people watch, and when you see a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of couples on vacation, you don't see happy people.

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<v Speaker 2>You see people separate, reading their books and not engaging

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<v Speaker 2>on their phones. So it's cool, Like I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>that's a really good sign that your favorite moments with

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<v Speaker 2>each other are when you're alone and distracted. Most people

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<v Speaker 2>choose the district.

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<v Speaker 3>I absolutely chairiship, because that's that's if we could live

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<v Speaker 3>our entire life like that, we would be probably the

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<v Speaker 3>happiest couple on earth.

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<v Speaker 11>But we don't have that life so like in our

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<v Speaker 11>own way, and so we have business schedules, different, different schedule,

0:18:22.320 --> 0:18:25.240
<v Speaker 11>and so it's true that it's not and we respect

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<v Speaker 11>that so much about each other or hard we work,

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<v Speaker 11>but so you know, eventually, with time, you know, we

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<v Speaker 11>go a little bit o ways.

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<v Speaker 4>And then so when we get to spend actually more

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<v Speaker 4>time together properly and you know, go to be together,

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<v Speaker 4>wake up together every day, and then so that's much

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<v Speaker 4>easier to reconnect.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me that, what do you all think about the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of date nights. A lot of couples have a

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<v Speaker 1>set day Thursday. We always do it Friday. What do

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<v Speaker 1>you all just think about the idea of it?

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<v Speaker 5>All the worse people?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, So I am such an introvert. I do not

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<v Speaker 3>like I have that I have to put on my

0:19:04.400 --> 0:19:09.080
<v Speaker 3>work hat and my my personal hat, and I can't

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<v Speaker 3>go on date nights because if people look at us

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<v Speaker 3>and listen and stuff like that, I feel so uncomfortable.

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<v Speaker 3>It was like, I have to have my workout on

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<v Speaker 3>to be able to go out and be And I

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<v Speaker 3>love meeting people. I love like being out doing stuff,

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<v Speaker 3>but I have to have I'm so private. I guess

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<v Speaker 3>I just I have to have boundaries. And when we

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<v Speaker 3>go out, like I need to go, I need to go,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I can't do it. So we don't really

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<v Speaker 3>go on date nights.

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<v Speaker 2>So if if if your love just blossoms and flourishes

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<v Speaker 2>on vacation when you're at home and the mundane life

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<v Speaker 2>just starts eating away at you, I'm curious how you

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<v Speaker 2>divvy up responsibilities in your house? Who does the cooking,

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<v Speaker 2>who does the cleaning, who does the laundry? How do

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<v Speaker 2>you figure that out?

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<v Speaker 5>I wish that really likely.

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<v Speaker 4>When it's small, I would say, like, you know, it's small,

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<v Speaker 4>depending on our schedule, and then who has time. But

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<v Speaker 4>usually we're pretty good at you know, whoever has the

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<v Speaker 4>time to do the laundry.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm doing mother cleaning usually, but she.

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<v Speaker 4>Even though she's the one thing at home, but no,

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<v Speaker 4>the wors for laundry and then cooking and everything. She

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<v Speaker 4>happens a couple of times that I come home and

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<v Speaker 4>then she gets she sometimes she cooked something, but I order, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Order everything, and I have been delivered, to be fair.

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<v Speaker 4>Sometimes it's one times burn and egg, and so I'm like, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>safer for me.

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<v Speaker 5>We had a couple of things she does amazingly, but

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<v Speaker 5>you know, keep it sure.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And of course we asked every couple of this

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<v Speaker 1>as well. How do you divvy up finances in the house?

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<v Speaker 1>One account, two accounts, three accounts? How does it work

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<v Speaker 1>for you guys?

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<v Speaker 3>We have sparate account we have. My ex husband kind

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<v Speaker 3>of traumatized me from that, and so I found bankruptcy

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<v Speaker 3>and had to do all these things like he saw

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<v Speaker 3>all the money and stuff like that, and and wracked

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<v Speaker 3>up a bunch of stuff in my name, and so

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<v Speaker 3>I will not share an account with anybody ever again.

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<v Speaker 3>And I was like, maybe I love you. I trust you,

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<v Speaker 3>but just for peace of mind, I need my own

0:21:36.359 --> 0:21:40.800
<v Speaker 3>separate accounts. We can share like expenses, we can do

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<v Speaker 3>different things, but I cannot allow that to happen again

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<v Speaker 3>like it was, which.

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<v Speaker 5>I didn't account because for me, I mean like I

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<v Speaker 5>never thought it, you know. And then I was up

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<v Speaker 5>to you know, keeping like.

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<v Speaker 4>This because we had an account we opened and together

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<v Speaker 4>TAAs and then you know, if we received some extracuse,

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<v Speaker 4>but use it.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, you just have separate, separate expenses. We share certain expenses,

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<v Speaker 3>but we just have separate accounts.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yep, very modern way. And once you've been burned once,

0:22:13.920 --> 0:22:15.359
<v Speaker 2>that makes a lot of sense.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 2>When it comes to family, I know you all have

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<v Speaker 2>been very open about your fertility journey, but how important

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<v Speaker 2>is it for you right now to have kids together?

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<v Speaker 4>We've got you're for a baby.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, we tried, and unfortunately, I mean, I don't think

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<v Speaker 3>that's in the cards for us. I have a septum

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<v Speaker 3>in the middle of my uterus and I didn't know that.

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<v Speaker 3>I have no idea how I had my son because

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<v Speaker 3>it's basically your miracle. But they said I can't carry

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<v Speaker 3>a child, a child full term unless I have it removed. However,

0:22:56.320 --> 0:22:59.120
<v Speaker 3>it would take so like it would have scar tissue

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<v Speaker 3>and it takes along the heel. And I'm already forty five,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's not really going to happen unless we adopt

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<v Speaker 3>or something like that. But he's been very very understanding,

0:23:14.920 --> 0:23:19.200
<v Speaker 3>thank god. So yeah, that's where we're at.

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<v Speaker 1>But is that something at the beginning of your relationship

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<v Speaker 1>and your marriage was something that was very important and

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<v Speaker 1>you all talked about, we're gonna go for this, Well.

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<v Speaker 5>We uh did no, really, I mean she knew that

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<v Speaker 5>I wanted and then.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't really want to in the beginning. But if

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<v Speaker 3>I had my son when I was fifteen, and like

0:23:41.680 --> 0:23:44.960
<v Speaker 3>I've been there, done that, but then I was like, okay,

0:23:45.240 --> 0:23:47.080
<v Speaker 3>you know what, let's do it because I want to

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<v Speaker 3>make him happy. I wanted the family with him.

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<v Speaker 5>But now you know, yeah, and I didn't.

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<v Speaker 4>I never also wanted to press on her in a

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<v Speaker 4>way that she would be boy that I would leave,

0:23:59.320 --> 0:24:02.000
<v Speaker 4>for example, if you know, she would not be okay

0:24:02.040 --> 0:24:06.040
<v Speaker 4>to have babies or could not, so you know, it

0:24:06.119 --> 0:24:06.960
<v Speaker 4>was it was.

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<v Speaker 5>That which wired the Unfortunately we couldn't. And so if

0:24:10.040 --> 0:24:12.199
<v Speaker 5>this whole process, you know, we'll take sometimes and then

0:24:12.320 --> 0:24:15.439
<v Speaker 5>doesn't even mean that after that we still will be

0:24:15.480 --> 0:24:20.240
<v Speaker 5>able to, you know, get one so and but she

0:24:20.480 --> 0:24:23.240
<v Speaker 5>forgot this little boy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, And I know so many couples appreciate just you

0:24:26.400 --> 0:24:29.080
<v Speaker 2>being vulnerable and open about that because this it's people

0:24:29.280 --> 0:24:32.080
<v Speaker 2>think it's just an assumption that you can and it's

0:24:32.119 --> 0:24:34.600
<v Speaker 2>not always the case. So like, there are a million

0:24:34.600 --> 0:24:37.280
<v Speaker 2>things that happen, and and look, there's an age difference

0:24:37.640 --> 0:24:40.399
<v Speaker 2>between the twov there's an age difference between us as well.

0:24:41.080 --> 0:24:44.160
<v Speaker 2>I'm the older I'm the older woman, you're the older woman.

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<v Speaker 2>There's is it twelve years we are well, I say

0:24:49.040 --> 0:24:51.479
<v Speaker 2>four years, he says five. We're exactly four and I'm

0:24:51.480 --> 0:24:55.720
<v Speaker 2>four and a half years older than here. The age

0:24:55.720 --> 0:25:00.320
<v Speaker 2>difference between you all is twelve years thirteen thirteen. And

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<v Speaker 2>how has that impacted, if at all, your relationship or

0:25:04.440 --> 0:25:07.400
<v Speaker 2>at least even what people say about your relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, people always have something to say, so now not

0:25:14.480 --> 0:25:17.919
<v Speaker 3>why it much, But I don't think that we have.

0:25:18.200 --> 0:25:20.640
<v Speaker 3>We don't see it just as a couple. We don't

0:25:20.680 --> 0:25:25.159
<v Speaker 3>see the age difference. Besides, when it comes to I

0:25:25.200 --> 0:25:30.080
<v Speaker 3>think the child thing and where I'm like, I'm forty five,

0:25:30.800 --> 0:25:36.080
<v Speaker 3>I mean it's it's just it's it really limits you.

0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:40.320
<v Speaker 3>And he's so young enough that that's where we see it.

0:25:40.640 --> 0:25:42.199
<v Speaker 3>Otherwise he's very mature.

0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:50.040
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and we have a first starting and everything, especially

0:25:50.119 --> 0:25:52.760
<v Speaker 5>when and then he's a.

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<v Speaker 3>Gold digger and like I'm an old tag and all

0:25:57.119 --> 0:26:00.239
<v Speaker 3>these things. Like everybody just has things to say. But

0:26:00.280 --> 0:26:02.560
<v Speaker 3>once they saw us get married, once they saw like

0:26:02.680 --> 0:26:05.040
<v Speaker 3>other things happened. Now they're nicer about it.

0:26:05.720 --> 0:26:07.800
<v Speaker 5>But so many people were saying, like, oh, I was

0:26:07.840 --> 0:26:08.439
<v Speaker 5>working for you.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, people are pretty but yeah.

0:26:11.600 --> 0:26:14.840
<v Speaker 4>So many people were thinking that it was just for

0:26:14.960 --> 0:26:16.160
<v Speaker 4>the money, for the fame.

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<v Speaker 5>That well he won't and so that she was getting mad.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not for what you say.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm like, I don't know mad about things they say.

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<v Speaker 3>I get mad when they say things about him. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>that's not true.

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<v Speaker 5>I mean they don't know us. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well and so and then how much of that

0:26:38.440 --> 0:26:41.080
<v Speaker 2>was Did your families have anything to say about it?

0:26:41.080 --> 0:26:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Did your friends have anything to say about it? Or

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<v Speaker 2>is it just negative attention from the public.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh? No, our families we both get along with each

0:26:49.800 --> 0:26:56.320
<v Speaker 3>other's families very very well. We're very close. Uh, and yeah, we.

0:26:56.359 --> 0:26:59.679
<v Speaker 9>Love each other's families. They love each other. We all

0:26:59.720 --> 0:27:02.400
<v Speaker 9>spend a lot of time together, all of our friends.

0:27:02.800 --> 0:27:07.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah they love him, like, yeah, we all that. That

0:27:07.160 --> 0:27:09.919
<v Speaker 3>was never a problem. It's just it's just the public.

0:27:10.119 --> 0:27:13.760
<v Speaker 1>And tell tell us now about the role of friendship

0:27:14.160 --> 0:27:17.160
<v Speaker 1>in your relationship. Robes and I were absolutely on hundred

0:27:17.400 --> 0:27:20.719
<v Speaker 1>best friends before we ever started dating, and a lot

0:27:20.800 --> 0:27:23.160
<v Speaker 1>of couples get together and then after a few years

0:27:23.240 --> 0:27:25.720
<v Speaker 1>or something said yeah, this is my best friend. Tell me, though,

0:27:25.720 --> 0:27:29.600
<v Speaker 1>what the role of friendship, what it plays in your relationship.

0:27:32.160 --> 0:27:34.040
<v Speaker 3>Well, I think it's really important.

0:27:34.880 --> 0:27:39.280
<v Speaker 4>You want to be able to be like to be

0:27:40.000 --> 0:27:42.240
<v Speaker 4>like confidence and then of like you know.

0:27:43.800 --> 0:27:48.240
<v Speaker 3>Comfortable and everything like that. I think it's like because

0:27:48.880 --> 0:27:52.879
<v Speaker 3>I feel like lost when you first meet somebody that

0:27:53.000 --> 0:27:55.600
<v Speaker 3>goes away, like like after a while, you want to

0:27:55.680 --> 0:27:58.199
<v Speaker 3>keep like the fire burning and do all these things.

0:27:58.320 --> 0:28:02.919
<v Speaker 3>But that initial just lust because a way you have

0:28:02.960 --> 0:28:07.760
<v Speaker 3>to have a foundation, a base, and and that like

0:28:07.920 --> 0:28:10.400
<v Speaker 3>best friend, you want to tell them everything. You want

0:28:10.440 --> 0:28:13.359
<v Speaker 3>to be with them all the time. That's who you

0:28:13.440 --> 0:28:18.879
<v Speaker 3>come home and you want by your side, and so

0:28:18.960 --> 0:28:22.879
<v Speaker 3>I think I think that has to be there really

0:28:23.080 --> 0:28:27.240
<v Speaker 3>for a sustainable relationship. I think you have to have

0:28:27.560 --> 0:28:31.159
<v Speaker 3>a friendship, like a very close friendship, otherwise.

0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:33.159
<v Speaker 5>You're not gonna want to I don't know.

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:35.080
<v Speaker 3>Maybe some people are like yeah.

0:28:35.400 --> 0:28:37.159
<v Speaker 4>But I feel like, yeah, you want to see the

0:28:37.160 --> 0:28:39.800
<v Speaker 4>person constantly that you're happy and we there to come

0:28:39.880 --> 0:28:42.280
<v Speaker 4>home like you just knowing that you're gonna see them,

0:28:42.400 --> 0:28:45.880
<v Speaker 4>and yeah that matters.

0:28:46.880 --> 0:28:48.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, I mean.

0:28:48.760 --> 0:28:51.600
<v Speaker 3>Like a good friendship. It's weird, like, is it still

0:28:51.640 --> 0:28:52.920
<v Speaker 3>the same as when you first met.

0:28:53.200 --> 0:28:55.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's weird for us that I actually say to

0:28:55.960 --> 0:28:59.360
<v Speaker 1>her sometimes, can we just be friends today? Like we

0:28:59.440 --> 0:29:01.960
<v Speaker 1>had so much time as a friendship that then the

0:29:02.040 --> 0:29:05.880
<v Speaker 1>romantic relationship is a bonus and it's nice. But I

0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:08.560
<v Speaker 1>like hanging out with my best friend and being strictly

0:29:08.560 --> 0:29:10.960
<v Speaker 1>a buddy. Yes, she was my best friend before we

0:29:11.000 --> 0:29:12.880
<v Speaker 1>ever started dating, so we were.

0:29:13.120 --> 0:29:14.960
<v Speaker 2>He was the person I was like, if I could

0:29:15.000 --> 0:29:17.440
<v Speaker 2>do anything with like go to a movie, go to

0:29:17.480 --> 0:29:19.800
<v Speaker 2>a concert, go and do anything, sit at a school

0:29:19.800 --> 0:29:22.320
<v Speaker 2>board meeting, He'd be the person who I wanted to

0:29:22.360 --> 0:29:24.600
<v Speaker 2>sit next to me regardless, just as a friend. Because

0:29:24.600 --> 0:29:26.560
<v Speaker 2>we cut up together. We have the same sense of

0:29:26.640 --> 0:29:29.080
<v Speaker 2>dark humor. I think that has been one of the

0:29:29.120 --> 0:29:32.080
<v Speaker 2>connective days for us. But yeah, so even like maybe

0:29:32.120 --> 0:29:34.920
<v Speaker 2>when we are fighting or we're not great romantically, it's like,

0:29:34.920 --> 0:29:38.280
<v Speaker 2>can we just be friends today, go back to the

0:29:38.320 --> 0:29:43.640
<v Speaker 2>friendship thing right because the romance thing is complicating things

0:29:43.680 --> 0:29:45.880
<v Speaker 2>right now, and we just be friends right now.

0:29:46.320 --> 0:29:51.280
<v Speaker 3>But that's where we're solid.

0:29:52.440 --> 0:29:54.760
<v Speaker 2>It's true, though, it's awesome.

0:29:54.840 --> 0:29:55.400
<v Speaker 3>I love that.

0:29:55.680 --> 0:29:59.200
<v Speaker 2>It's comforting. I think in those moments when it comes

0:29:59.240 --> 0:30:01.440
<v Speaker 2>to romance though, because that still is obviously a very

0:30:01.440 --> 0:30:06.160
<v Speaker 2>important part of being in a relationship. How what do

0:30:06.240 --> 0:30:09.440
<v Speaker 2>you do? Do you do anything to actively try to

0:30:09.560 --> 0:30:11.160
<v Speaker 2>keep the spark alive?

0:30:13.240 --> 0:30:15.200
<v Speaker 4>But as I feel like what we say, like we said,

0:30:15.240 --> 0:30:18.080
<v Speaker 4>it's like one we travel and everything we became, we

0:30:18.400 --> 0:30:21.320
<v Speaker 4>always like come back and be much closer with each

0:30:21.320 --> 0:30:26.160
<v Speaker 4>other and like fun even more, you know, like you

0:30:26.240 --> 0:30:28.120
<v Speaker 4>get back like a you know, attraction and then you

0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:30.040
<v Speaker 4>know when I see that person more and you know,

0:30:30.120 --> 0:30:32.960
<v Speaker 4>you might team together, you know, just to be able

0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:35.800
<v Speaker 4>to spend time and go eat together, experience new stuff

0:30:36.280 --> 0:30:38.640
<v Speaker 4>so you know, and discover a new places, you know

0:30:38.640 --> 0:30:40.040
<v Speaker 4>if you travel, you know oversea.

0:30:40.360 --> 0:30:43.440
<v Speaker 5>So I think that's what you know gets us like

0:30:43.600 --> 0:30:44.200
<v Speaker 5>much closer.

0:30:44.280 --> 0:30:47.520
<v Speaker 3>And yeah, and there's part of it is all on

0:30:47.640 --> 0:30:51.000
<v Speaker 3>me because I have like trauma from something that happened before.

0:30:51.480 --> 0:30:53.320
<v Speaker 3>So I have to go back to therapy and do

0:30:53.400 --> 0:30:57.920
<v Speaker 3>different things sometimes because of something that happened. So when

0:30:57.960 --> 0:31:01.640
<v Speaker 3>I start feeling I'm like, yeah, yeah, that Thomas kicking back,

0:31:01.640 --> 0:31:05.840
<v Speaker 3>and I'm like, I gotta.

0:31:04.600 --> 0:31:07.680
<v Speaker 1>Something happens with you that you know is impacting your

0:31:07.680 --> 0:31:10.760
<v Speaker 1>relationship with Romaine. So you go get it checked out.

0:31:10.800 --> 0:31:11.560
<v Speaker 1>What is that thing?

0:31:15.040 --> 0:31:15.600
<v Speaker 5>Well, I was.

0:31:15.600 --> 0:31:21.000
<v Speaker 3>Raped and so that how does that impact your relationship now?

0:31:22.840 --> 0:31:26.040
<v Speaker 1>Yeah with Romayne, even though you've been married seven plus years.

0:31:27.120 --> 0:31:31.560
<v Speaker 7>Yeah, yeah, but it's it's not anything And then E

0:31:31.680 --> 0:31:34.120
<v Speaker 7>M D R and stuff like that, because it's not anything.

0:31:34.240 --> 0:31:40.080
<v Speaker 3>I it's it's just like a physical reaction. It's not

0:31:40.160 --> 0:31:43.200
<v Speaker 3>anything that has anything to do with him. He's the

0:31:43.240 --> 0:31:45.600
<v Speaker 3>best guy ever and so patient and so like. But

0:31:46.240 --> 0:31:49.080
<v Speaker 3>it's just a physical response that your body just holds

0:31:49.120 --> 0:31:54.360
<v Speaker 3>on to trauma and you just have to, like I

0:31:53.760 --> 0:31:57.560
<v Speaker 3>do I realize sometimes I'm like, oh, I if he

0:31:57.640 --> 0:32:01.360
<v Speaker 3>comes up and just like and I just like jump,

0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:05.600
<v Speaker 3>and I'm like, wait, that makes him feel bad and

0:32:05.600 --> 0:32:08.760
<v Speaker 3>and I don't mean to like, it's just a response

0:32:09.200 --> 0:32:13.200
<v Speaker 3>from something that happened. And so I you know, when

0:32:13.240 --> 0:32:17.160
<v Speaker 3>I feel it starting to like increase more. Sometimes it's

0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:20.480
<v Speaker 3>totally fine, and then I think after my book, like

0:32:20.560 --> 0:32:23.560
<v Speaker 3>it got much worse because I hadn't just keep talking

0:32:23.560 --> 0:32:26.240
<v Speaker 3>about it and reliving it, reliving it over and over.

0:32:27.920 --> 0:32:32.840
<v Speaker 3>But but he's very patient and and I try to

0:32:32.840 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 3>be very very aware of when I do it, because

0:32:36.040 --> 0:32:38.480
<v Speaker 3>I was not aware that I was doing it before.

0:32:39.800 --> 0:32:43.360
<v Speaker 2>So they're basically, thank you so much for that answer.

0:32:43.480 --> 0:32:44.880
<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, I wasn't trying to.

0:32:44.840 --> 0:32:46.080
<v Speaker 5>Get us nothing.

0:32:47.120 --> 0:32:48.880
<v Speaker 1>Thank you for being honest about it.

0:32:49.640 --> 0:32:54.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm just like honest about about and once again, obviously

0:32:54.240 --> 0:32:58.800
<v Speaker 2>that is super helpful to so many people who are

0:32:58.920 --> 0:33:03.960
<v Speaker 2>survivors and drivers despite that, and it does seep into

0:33:04.000 --> 0:33:06.840
<v Speaker 2>your relationship. Anything you've been through you bring with you,

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:08.880
<v Speaker 2>You bring that trauma with you, and so that's I

0:33:08.880 --> 0:33:11.120
<v Speaker 2>think that's amazing. You talk about it, You're getting therapy

0:33:11.240 --> 0:33:15.600
<v Speaker 2>constantly for it. I'm always in therapy as well. I'm

0:33:15.600 --> 0:33:18.600
<v Speaker 2>a work in progress, I'm always always I'm the same way.

0:33:18.680 --> 0:33:21.160
<v Speaker 2>So it's I think it's important to let people know

0:33:21.200 --> 0:33:24.480
<v Speaker 2>that it's okay, Like we all have and it's different

0:33:24.560 --> 0:33:27.800
<v Speaker 2>layers and different versions of it. But I appreciate the

0:33:27.840 --> 0:33:30.080
<v Speaker 2>fact that you're so open about it. I think that's incredible.

0:33:31.000 --> 0:33:34.080
<v Speaker 2>What do you think? Could you? Guys? Even I don't

0:33:34.120 --> 0:33:35.720
<v Speaker 2>know if there's a way to sum it up, because

0:33:35.760 --> 0:33:38.560
<v Speaker 2>everyone wants to look at a couple like you and

0:33:38.680 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 2>say I want to be like them, I want their relationship.

0:33:41.280 --> 0:33:43.479
<v Speaker 2>I want to be as successful and as happy and

0:33:43.520 --> 0:33:45.840
<v Speaker 2>as in love as they are. What would you say

0:33:45.880 --> 0:33:50.800
<v Speaker 2>the key to your relationship success is what advice would

0:33:50.840 --> 0:33:53.640
<v Speaker 2>you give other couples?

0:33:54.680 --> 0:34:00.760
<v Speaker 3>I think probably in my opinion, it's like appreciate and

0:34:00.840 --> 0:34:04.600
<v Speaker 3>respect the person for who they are, Like you can't change,

0:34:04.680 --> 0:34:06.360
<v Speaker 3>you don't want to change, and you don't want to

0:34:06.440 --> 0:34:09.280
<v Speaker 3>like you have to love and respect them and accept

0:34:10.160 --> 0:34:15.359
<v Speaker 3>your partner for who they are. Because then it's like

0:34:15.760 --> 0:34:18.720
<v Speaker 3>compromises all and stuff that that's all like small things

0:34:18.760 --> 0:34:19.759
<v Speaker 3>that come along with it.

0:34:19.920 --> 0:34:22.359
<v Speaker 4>But when I evolve, you know, together as you are

0:34:22.400 --> 0:34:25.800
<v Speaker 4>in the relationships, you learn or to how to walk together,

0:34:26.040 --> 0:34:28.600
<v Speaker 4>or to live together and stuff like that. So these

0:34:28.640 --> 0:34:30.400
<v Speaker 4>things that you're going to be able to manage and

0:34:30.400 --> 0:34:32.839
<v Speaker 4>and you know, evolve a little bit about the relationship.

0:34:33.120 --> 0:34:36.759
<v Speaker 4>But I'm patient, Yeah, ultimately, like you know, you're not

0:34:36.920 --> 0:34:40.560
<v Speaker 4>going with someone like thinking, Okay, I'm gonna compare to

0:34:40.640 --> 0:34:42.640
<v Speaker 4>change that person and I want her to do this

0:34:42.680 --> 0:34:43.439
<v Speaker 4>and that and that.

0:34:43.840 --> 0:34:46.160
<v Speaker 5>So you have to be okay with who they are

0:34:46.200 --> 0:34:48.319
<v Speaker 5>at first, and you know.

0:34:49.480 --> 0:34:51.040
<v Speaker 1>Let me try it on the flip side of the

0:34:51.040 --> 0:34:52.520
<v Speaker 1>way she asked it. That was the key to you

0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:54.839
<v Speaker 1>all success. That's working for you all as you all

0:34:54.840 --> 0:34:58.360
<v Speaker 1>look at other couples and you see them, what do

0:34:58.480 --> 0:35:02.920
<v Speaker 1>you see other couples the mistakes that they are making,

0:35:03.000 --> 0:35:05.920
<v Speaker 1>and you're like, oh my god, come on, even maybe

0:35:05.920 --> 0:35:07.960
<v Speaker 1>some couples that are out there in the public eye,

0:35:07.960 --> 0:35:09.880
<v Speaker 1>maybe friends around you. But if you had a chance

0:35:09.960 --> 0:35:11.879
<v Speaker 1>to talk to every couple in the country right now,

0:35:12.320 --> 0:35:15.520
<v Speaker 1>you will don't make this mistake? What would you tell

0:35:15.560 --> 0:35:16.719
<v Speaker 1>them to stop doing?

0:35:20.480 --> 0:35:23.000
<v Speaker 3>Don't? I don't know if I have an opinion. Everybody

0:35:23.080 --> 0:35:26.920
<v Speaker 3>is different. You don't have an opinion. I'm sure.

0:35:26.920 --> 0:35:29.880
<v Speaker 4>I'm trying to think about it's who I'm like, I

0:35:29.920 --> 0:35:33.719
<v Speaker 4>don't really, I don't care, but like, you know, what

0:35:33.840 --> 0:35:34.240
<v Speaker 4>you want.

0:35:34.520 --> 0:35:35.600
<v Speaker 5>Like everyone's business.

0:35:35.719 --> 0:35:38.440
<v Speaker 4>So I'm like, you know, if someone asks me what

0:35:38.719 --> 0:35:40.200
<v Speaker 4>we do and stuff like that, you know, I can

0:35:40.280 --> 0:35:44.480
<v Speaker 4>straighten my pinion. But I usually don't like try to

0:35:44.560 --> 0:35:47.600
<v Speaker 4>get into people's business, you know what I mean, unless

0:35:47.600 --> 0:35:49.320
<v Speaker 4>they ask me their opinion, but something.

0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:52.360
<v Speaker 5>But otherwise, just like you know, you do you do me.

0:35:53.840 --> 0:35:55.840
<v Speaker 3>I guess the only thing I can think of off the

0:35:55.840 --> 0:35:58.319
<v Speaker 3>top of my head is like when you try to

0:35:58.400 --> 0:36:03.040
<v Speaker 3>control the couples try to control each other. I think

0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:07.440
<v Speaker 3>that's just a recipe for disaster. Like you have to

0:36:07.440 --> 0:36:10.600
<v Speaker 3>give each other space. You have to let each other

0:36:10.680 --> 0:36:15.279
<v Speaker 3>be who who you are and and respect that and

0:36:15.400 --> 0:36:17.759
<v Speaker 3>don't respect each other's time away. Like I just went

0:36:17.840 --> 0:36:18.520
<v Speaker 3>with my sister.

0:36:18.880 --> 0:36:20.520
<v Speaker 12>I was like, mabe, I'm gonna go with my sister

0:36:20.560 --> 0:36:27.439
<v Speaker 12>to the mountains and he's like when I was like tomorrow, okay,

0:36:27.480 --> 0:36:30.360
<v Speaker 12>but it works, like and it's really real first and

0:36:30.440 --> 0:36:33.120
<v Speaker 12>he goes skiing with the boys and stuff like that too.

0:36:33.480 --> 0:36:36.759
<v Speaker 3>You just need that time. You just have to give

0:36:36.800 --> 0:36:45.000
<v Speaker 3>each other, I think, freedom to just beat yourselves to

0:36:45.000 --> 0:36:48.719
<v Speaker 3>to have fun. You can't control the other person otherwise

0:36:48.800 --> 0:36:52.560
<v Speaker 3>it just I think it backfires. The more you try

0:36:52.600 --> 0:36:54.640
<v Speaker 3>to control, the more like you lose.

0:36:55.800 --> 0:36:59.359
<v Speaker 5>You have to have respect, especially me as a guy.

0:37:00.280 --> 0:37:03.400
<v Speaker 5>You know, for girls like this, stuff like that that will.

0:37:03.280 --> 0:37:05.839
<v Speaker 4>Never agree with, like you know what people do, will

0:37:05.880 --> 0:37:09.239
<v Speaker 4>say or do that, it's just because you should respect it.

0:37:09.400 --> 0:37:13.000
<v Speaker 5>You know a girl then so I think this is

0:37:13.000 --> 0:37:13.640
<v Speaker 5>really important.

0:37:15.840 --> 0:37:20.160
<v Speaker 2>We have absolutely loved talking to the two of you.

0:37:20.400 --> 0:37:23.880
<v Speaker 2>It's been so fun just to hear how you navigate

0:37:23.960 --> 0:37:28.760
<v Speaker 2>life and the spotlight and all the pressure, the age difference.

0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.600
<v Speaker 2>But I think this is all. But it's it's inspiring

0:37:31.719 --> 0:37:34.920
<v Speaker 2>to see two people come together and figure from two

0:37:34.960 --> 0:37:38.760
<v Speaker 2>different parts of the world, two different cultures. It's inspiring

0:37:38.880 --> 0:37:40.200
<v Speaker 2>to see how you all make it work.

0:37:41.440 --> 0:37:43.880
<v Speaker 1>What are the couple goals for twenty twenty six?

0:37:47.080 --> 0:37:50.000
<v Speaker 3>A couple of goals for twenty twenty six as a couple.

0:37:49.800 --> 0:37:51.279
<v Speaker 1>What are your goals for twenty twenty six?

0:37:56.440 --> 0:38:01.960
<v Speaker 3>That's what our goal always is. And Safari, Yeah, that's

0:38:01.960 --> 0:38:06.239
<v Speaker 3>a really big one that we want to do. It's

0:38:06.239 --> 0:38:07.759
<v Speaker 3>always traveled because we just.

0:38:08.360 --> 0:38:10.200
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, we have making times to get it.

0:38:10.719 --> 0:38:14.960
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you and but it opens our eyes to.

0:38:15.600 --> 0:38:19.120
<v Speaker 5>We love traveling like new things, new places, new food,

0:38:19.200 --> 0:38:19.680
<v Speaker 5>new people.

0:38:20.160 --> 0:38:24.720
<v Speaker 1>So it's so yeah, So because that's fantastic. You will

0:38:24.760 --> 0:38:28.279
<v Speaker 1>you will in you work this hard, but fun is

0:38:28.320 --> 0:38:31.560
<v Speaker 1>a priority and being together away from all this is

0:38:31.600 --> 0:38:34.239
<v Speaker 1>a priority and that we absolutely respect. And you all

0:38:34.280 --> 0:38:37.120
<v Speaker 1>have set a couple goal for us for twenty twenty six.

0:38:37.160 --> 0:38:38.879
<v Speaker 1>We look up to you all for that reason we're

0:38:38.880 --> 0:38:41.640
<v Speaker 1>trying to do more of that ourselves. So congrats on

0:38:41.800 --> 0:38:45.480
<v Speaker 1>everything that's and that continues to come your way.

0:38:45.480 --> 0:38:46.840
<v Speaker 5>It is an absolute treat to.

0:38:46.840 --> 0:38:51.360
<v Speaker 2>Talk to you too, you too, Are you all really quickly?

0:38:51.400 --> 0:38:52.040
<v Speaker 5>Are you all doing?

0:38:52.200 --> 0:38:54.400
<v Speaker 2>Is it season ten of Selling Sunset?

0:38:55.800 --> 0:38:59.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it's happening next month in March.

0:39:00.160 --> 0:39:03.520
<v Speaker 2>All right, well, good luck with all that work life balance.

0:39:05.040 --> 0:39:07.239
<v Speaker 1>We're gonna be watching closer now that we know you

0:39:07.280 --> 0:39:09.200
<v Speaker 1>guys looking for little things in the show

0:39:09.280 --> 0:39:15.399
<v Speaker 3>Now much loved you both, Thank you, thank you.