WEBVTT - ASK UNCUT - Not unless you've showered

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<v Speaker 1>Life Uncut podcast acknowledges the traditional custodians of country throughout

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<v Speaker 2>This episode is recorded on Gaddigal Land of the Aurora Nation.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi guys, and welcome back to another episode of Life

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<v Speaker 2>on Cut. This is our Ask Uncut episode where we

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<v Speaker 2>answer all of your deep you're duck and your burning questions.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Laura and I'm Brittany, and you threw me off there.

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<v Speaker 3>I could see your because you always start with I'm Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>I literally I changed the whole sentence and britt was

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<v Speaker 2>like what I do with my hand?

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<v Speaker 1>And it honestly goes to show you like when you're

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<v Speaker 1>in such a routine, in a habit, just you just

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<v Speaker 1>really throw a spanner in the works.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe we should start mixing up our intros because

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<v Speaker 2>you try and you used to cut me off at

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<v Speaker 2>the knees, because look at what happens when we try

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<v Speaker 2>and do it. There's a brawl almost breaks out in

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<v Speaker 2>the podcast studio. Here we are No, this.

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<v Speaker 1>Is our Thursday edition where yeah, you're run any questions

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<v Speaker 1>and we absolutely love them.

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<v Speaker 3>We have some bangers coming up.

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<v Speaker 2>We have one very juicy question, which the reason why

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<v Speaker 2>I picked it was because this was an argument that

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<v Speaker 2>I also had with Matt. Wasn't an argument, Look, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean it kind of was, but it was something that

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<v Speaker 2>we unpacked this week and then I brought it to

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<v Speaker 2>brit and spoke about it. Did you to do with sex?

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<v Speaker 2>And you agreed with him and.

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<v Speaker 3>Not with me. I don't even remember this.

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<v Speaker 2>You will, don't worry.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually like, what when did I talk about sex

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<v Speaker 1>with Matt this week? I like, I feel like that's

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<v Speaker 1>been a few four nights. No, I actually am am

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<v Speaker 1>intrigued to hear what this is even though I've had

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation, because right now it cannot pull it into

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<v Speaker 1>the front of mind.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, before we get into answering your questions, if you

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<v Speaker 2>guys do have one that you want to send in

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<v Speaker 2>for next week's episode, or even one that we put

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<v Speaker 2>on the radio show, you can write into our podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>which is at Life Uncut podcast, Slide on into the DMS,

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<v Speaker 2>just put Ask Uncut at the top, and then we

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<v Speaker 2>have an amazing admin person now named Taylor who goes

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<v Speaker 2>in and she gets all of your questions and she

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<v Speaker 2>puts him into a spreadsheet, so you are completely anonymous.

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<v Speaker 2>The only person who knows who sends in those questions now,

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<v Speaker 2>not even Britter I. It's just Taylor and she's a vault.

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<v Speaker 3>And she also doesn't look either.

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<v Speaker 1>She doesn't go deep diving into you, guys, just so

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<v Speaker 1>you know, you are completely anonymous.

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<v Speaker 2>So you can send them in as weird or as

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<v Speaker 2>wonderful as you want, but send them in for next weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>But we have a couple of doozies for you today.

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<v Speaker 2>But before we get into unpacking that, there is something

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<v Speaker 2>that we wanted to briefly talk about and the reason

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<v Speaker 2>for that is because you guys might remember a couple

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<v Speaker 2>of weeks ago we interviewed Moana Hope and her partner

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<v Speaker 2>Billa Carlstrom, who are having a baby. Moana is currently pregnant.

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<v Speaker 2>But the reason why Moana is so famous and many

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<v Speaker 2>of you would know of her and who she is

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<v Speaker 2>is because she is one of aflw's pioneering women in

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<v Speaker 2>the sport. And she spoke on that episode around the

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<v Speaker 2>pay discrepancy between female athletes and male athletes, and how

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<v Speaker 2>even though she when she was playing in AFLW, she

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<v Speaker 2>was at the absolute top of her game. She was

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<v Speaker 2>playing for Collingwood and she was one of the highest

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<v Speaker 2>paid women at the time in AFLW, and she was

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<v Speaker 2>still earning less than what is the pension within Australia.

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<v Speaker 2>That is how poorly paid she was paid when she

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<v Speaker 2>was playing in the sport. Well, at the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the day, she was expected.

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<v Speaker 1>To train and perform like a professional athlete, because well

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<v Speaker 1>she was a professional athlete. She was at the best

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<v Speaker 1>of a game, but she had to quit the game.

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<v Speaker 1>She had to give up afl because she couldn't afford

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<v Speaker 1>to She was better off. She's like, I was better

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<v Speaker 1>off to go and get another job and go on

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<v Speaker 1>the doll than I was to play professional sport. But

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<v Speaker 1>the demands were exactly the same as professional male athlete.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this is absolutely huge news.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it's still it is still laughable when we

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<v Speaker 3>tell you the actual numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>But the AFLW players did win a ninety four percent

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<v Speaker 1>pay increase this week, so this is a giant step forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Now ninety four percent sounds absolutely huge, right.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think Also, when you think about a percentage,

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<v Speaker 2>it just shows what that discrepancy was prior. So now

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<v Speaker 2>moving forward, players on Tier one contract clubs will now

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<v Speaker 2>get seventy one, nine hundred and thirty five a season,

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<v Speaker 2>which is up from thirty seven one hundred and fifty five.

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<v Speaker 2>Which when you think if that being somebody's entire job

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<v Speaker 2>and they have to sacrifice so much, sacrifice their other work,

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<v Speaker 2>sacrifice all of their time, they have to train their

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<v Speaker 2>asses off in order to be able to compete at

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<v Speaker 2>a level, that's entertaining that advertisers want to put their

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<v Speaker 2>money behind. It still isn't a huge amount of money,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a massive step in the right direction.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, more than forty players now are expected to earn

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<v Speaker 1>more than one hundred thousand dollars, which is it's incredible,

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<v Speaker 1>But if you still pull up the stats and the

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<v Speaker 1>numbers that the men are earning, it doesn't even touch

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<v Speaker 1>the side. It's because these guys are earning hundreds and

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds of thousands of dollars into the millions of dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>so the difference is absolutely ludicrous. We're applauding the pay

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<v Speaker 1>increase one hundred percent, but it is not comparable. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's such an interesting conversation though, and I

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<v Speaker 2>know that there's many debates that play out across how

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<v Speaker 2>much women in sport should be paid and whether it

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<v Speaker 2>should be reflective of the advertising dollars that advertisers are

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<v Speaker 2>spending now. Obviously, especially in sports like AFL, men's sport

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<v Speaker 2>has been around for so much longer, it is very

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<v Speaker 2>well established, and so advertisers pay incredible amounts of money

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<v Speaker 2>in order to advertise alongside their games, which then obviously

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<v Speaker 2>means that men are paid more from that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>There's this debate that like, the advertising dollars simply aren't

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<v Speaker 2>there for women's sport yet, and that's why women are

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<v Speaker 2>paid such a low percentage. But I think in these

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<v Speaker 2>sorts of situations, and the big thing to keep into

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<v Speaker 2>perspective is that it's a chicken before the egg scenario

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<v Speaker 2>unless money is poured into the sport and it is

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<v Speaker 2>made as entertaining as what the men's sports is. Unless

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<v Speaker 2>it's you know, they put them on the same sort

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<v Speaker 2>of platforms, unless they really hype up the games, put

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<v Speaker 2>them in the same stadiums, all the other fun stuff

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<v Speaker 2>that goes along with watching professional athletes play. Adding that

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<v Speaker 2>extra entertainment value goes so far in getting so many

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<v Speaker 2>other people to watch the game, not just people who

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<v Speaker 2>are interested in the sport, but people who watch it

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<v Speaker 2>because they want to have fun. I have a fun day,

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<v Speaker 2>be entertained. And I remember talking to mat about this

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<v Speaker 2>because I was like, I personally don't like football, but

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<v Speaker 2>I will happily go and watch a football game at

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<v Speaker 2>a big stadium because the atmosphere is so fun, the

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<v Speaker 2>environment is so engaging, and it's like female sport unless

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<v Speaker 2>they had the same amount of money being poured into it,

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<v Speaker 2>can't compete with that sort of entertainment factor.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And in another huge, huge landmark equal pay win

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<v Speaker 1>last well earlier this week women in America. So if

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<v Speaker 1>you play soccer now or football for the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>you will be paid an equal amount as the men,

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<v Speaker 1>which is absolutely huge. This has been going on for

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<v Speaker 1>three three years, this case for three years for them

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<v Speaker 1>fighting for equal pay, and this is really setting an

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<v Speaker 1>international standard here on in in the soccer world and

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully in the sporting world. We do hope that this

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<v Speaker 1>sets a precedent and it is a flow on effect. Well.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, it goes to kind of change that conversation, and

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<v Speaker 2>it shows that there is shifting perceptions around women in

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<v Speaker 2>sport and that women want to watch women in sport,

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<v Speaker 2>and not just that, but everybody wants to watch women

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<v Speaker 2>in sport. And I think that, you know, as this

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<v Speaker 2>new generation of kids come through, as a new generation

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<v Speaker 2>of incredible sporting stars come through, they're given the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to play to the same standard that

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<v Speaker 2>men are because for so long, women haven't really had

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<v Speaker 2>the option to go into professional sports because the money

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<v Speaker 2>just wasn't there and it wasn't worth their time or

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<v Speaker 2>their energy. Now, with that conversation out of the way,

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<v Speaker 2>there is something I wanted to ask you, Britt and

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<v Speaker 2>had a conversation I don't remember I had that the

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<v Speaker 2>conversation you don't remember you had, and it's very very intimate. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're dating someone and you guys have a healthy, active,

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<v Speaker 2>great sex life, I still don't like, how do I

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<v Speaker 2>word this? Okay, if you're dating someone you guys have

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<v Speaker 2>an active sex life, just say you have a shower

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<v Speaker 2>in the morning. You haven't done any X, Like you

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<v Speaker 2>haven't gone for a run, you haven't done anything. That's

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<v Speaker 2>like you've just been living. You've just been wearing clothes

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<v Speaker 2>throughout the day, You've just been living. If you then

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<v Speaker 2>have sex, it's say four o'clock in the afternoon, but

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<v Speaker 2>you had a shower in the morning, would you let

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<v Speaker 2>your partner go down on you or would you not

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<v Speaker 2>let your partner go down on you because you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>just showered. Well, this is so intimate, Like how many

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<v Speaker 2>hours closed shower until you would allow someone to go

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<v Speaker 2>down on you.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I don't think there's a set number. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think I put a timer on my phone. I'm like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>you pass them, you pass the hour. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the general rule is if you feel like you're

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<v Speaker 1>you're clean, and you haven't gone and run a marathon,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're not sweaty and gross, you haven't been worked

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<v Speaker 1>for eight hours, go for it. If I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I have been working all day and I have gone

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<v Speaker 1>to the gym, No, of course, I wouldn't want someone

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<v Speaker 1>to go down there. I wouldn't want them to go

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<v Speaker 1>down there, let alone want them to go down there.

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't want my partner to want to go down there,

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<v Speaker 1>because I would want to reciprocate that, like I would

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<v Speaker 1>not want to be going anywhere near something that had

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<v Speaker 1>been sweating around for eight hours.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, okay, I don't mean sweating around. I think let's

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<v Speaker 2>just take the gym element out of it. Let's take

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<v Speaker 2>exercise day to day living. But if you've just been

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<v Speaker 2>living your life, walking around, just being alive, wearing clothes

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, you wouldn't let your

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<v Speaker 2>partner go down on you?

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<v Speaker 3>Now, would not?

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<v Speaker 2>Would you go down on your partner?

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<v Speaker 1>Though?

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<v Speaker 2>No, because I have a shower, But would they have

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<v Speaker 2>a shower? What if you're like in the moment and

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<v Speaker 2>you've just like you've gotten home from work, you're having

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<v Speaker 2>a hot makeout session.

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<v Speaker 3>You pass it. I'd go straight to the end goal.

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<v Speaker 2>This is wild to me. So, I mean, I've had

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<v Speaker 2>this conversation with Matt because Matt is very staunchly against it,

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<v Speaker 2>And if I am not freshly out of the shower,

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<v Speaker 2>like I mean walking out of the shower, He's like, nah,

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<v Speaker 2>not for me, I'm.

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<v Speaker 3>Not going to do it. So it's going to be

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<v Speaker 3>like a ten minute limit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I reckon. The guy has a timer. But he's

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<v Speaker 2>always been like this. Whereas what's his reasoning? He just

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<v Speaker 2>he I guess I mean this is probably too much

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<v Speaker 2>of a measure. I don't think he probably likes doing

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<v Speaker 2>it very much, So it needs to be the perfect

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<v Speaker 2>needs all of the situations and all of the scenario

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<v Speaker 2>needs to be perfect for him to be encouraged to

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<v Speaker 2>do it.

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<v Speaker 1>I am literally now a picturreing you guys in a

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<v Speaker 1>fire where you've been like, just do it, like, just

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<v Speaker 1>go down there, and he's like, I don't want to,

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<v Speaker 1>don't make.

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<v Speaker 2>Me, and you're like, force his hand down.

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<v Speaker 3>This is where my mind has gone right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Never forcing he would just be like, just go and

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<v Speaker 2>have a shower, and I kind of.

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<v Speaker 3>You would be so stubborn that you'd be like, just

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<v Speaker 3>do it. You can't have it this morning.

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<v Speaker 2>If you can't have me at my worst, you don't

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<v Speaker 2>deserve me at my bed.

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<v Speaker 3>No half damn shower, Laura. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>My reason why I asked this is because I have

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<v Speaker 2>definitely dated guys in the past where it has been

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<v Speaker 2>an absolute non event. If anything, I'm the one that's like, no, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to go and have a shower after the

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<v Speaker 2>living the day, whereas they would never like it would

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<v Speaker 2>never have been an issue.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's just a personal preference.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't it.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course it does at the end of the day.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course it doesn't matter. Of course, it never matters. Like, actually,

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<v Speaker 1>I think this all the time. You know, my favorite show.

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<v Speaker 1>One of my favorite show's Outlander, which is set in

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen hundreds in Scottish Highlands.

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<v Speaker 3>It's such a sex field show, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I always think this to myself when they're doing these

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<v Speaker 1>scenes because it's very sex driven.

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<v Speaker 3>But they're camping and they don't have showers. It's back

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<v Speaker 3>in the day.

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<v Speaker 1>They're not even camping. They just sleep on the ground,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's so much sex and I'm like, when was

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<v Speaker 1>the last time.

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<v Speaker 3>You got shower?

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<v Speaker 1>It? I always think that, I'm like, what, isn't this

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<v Speaker 1>very e high genie? But I think it's just a

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<v Speaker 1>personal preference. There's no right or wrong answer here, and

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter. You could go days without it and

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<v Speaker 1>your partner might be into it. I would prefer my

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<v Speaker 1>partner to be somewhat clean, and I would prefer.

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<v Speaker 2>To be showered and clean. I mean, you're totally right.

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<v Speaker 2>There is no right and wrong. There's no right or

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<v Speaker 2>wrong in any of these situations. And I know that

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<v Speaker 2>there are going to be a lot of people who

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<v Speaker 2>are like, oh, yeah, my partner doesn't care, And then

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<v Speaker 2>there's gonna be some people who, like you say, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't like it, Like I wouldn't want my partner to

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<v Speaker 2>go down there unless I've you know, had a little

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<v Speaker 2>bird bath or something in between.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's not a strong No, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 1>like karate kick him in the head to keep him away.

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<v Speaker 3>But like, yeah, I guess it depends.

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<v Speaker 1>On the moment and the person and the situation. And

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<v Speaker 1>have you run a marathon or do you just sit

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<v Speaker 1>at your office desk?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, but how many times have you like gone on

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<v Speaker 2>to go down on a guy and then be like

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<v Speaker 2>you have not washed this very recently, and I need

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<v Speaker 2>this to stop right now, And then you have to

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of like go straight back up like that

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<v Speaker 2>never happened.

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<v Speaker 3>That's why you just shower that this brings back.

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<v Speaker 1>You've just proven you literally just came full circle and

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<v Speaker 1>proved Matt's point.

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<v Speaker 3>That's what you see. You are not good at this debating.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not I don't think that Matt doesn't have a point.

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<v Speaker 2>I just think that it shouldn't have to be the

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<v Speaker 2>second you get out of a shower.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's that is extreme, Like there has.

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<v Speaker 2>To be some like an hour two hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Well comes into the shower fully clothed, like let's just

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<v Speaker 1>do this now. Well the water's running, I haven't even

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<v Speaker 1>towled off, and he's like, all right, time's a dicken anyway, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd like to know how everyone else feels about the situation.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you need to be like very very freshly showered

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<v Speaker 2>or is there is there some level of just acceptance

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<v Speaker 2>that you will have with your partner if you want

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<v Speaker 2>to get down to frisky oral town. There's a lot

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<v Speaker 2>their time.

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<v Speaker 3>You bring the weirdst questions.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, the reason why this came up is because somebody

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<v Speaker 2>actually wrote this in as a question, and the question was,

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<v Speaker 2>my boyfriend won't go down on me if I haven't

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<v Speaker 2>just freshly showered, and it makes me feel really self conscious.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was like, girlfriend, I feel you. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>you to my call. So it is good.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the thing people are running the questions in.

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<v Speaker 1>There are lots of women in your situation too, Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>So what was your feedback and advice there? Brittany Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>for her, for anyone, I.

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<v Speaker 3>Think you have to just respect your partner. I think

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<v Speaker 3>you can't make if someone says I don't want.

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<v Speaker 1>To go down on you, you can't just say fucking

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<v Speaker 1>get it, son, like you've you've got to respect your

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<v Speaker 1>partner's wishes. And like we just said, everyone's different. If

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<v Speaker 1>somebody doesn't want to do something, unfortunately, that's not on

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<v Speaker 1>you to be like, well I'm overruling you.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, No, And I totally agree with that, But I

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<v Speaker 2>think in this situation, for example, that whole conversation of

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<v Speaker 2>like I will only go down on you if you're

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<v Speaker 2>freshly out of a shower, it's like, well, then obviously

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<v Speaker 2>you just don't like evolver or a vagina at all,

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<v Speaker 2>like you know, on your face near it. Because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't agree with that you don't because I kind of think, well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like if you're only wanting to go there when it's

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<v Speaker 2>like completely.

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<v Speaker 3>Mean, that's okay.

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<v Speaker 2>If someone wants that.

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<v Speaker 1>If someone only wants to go near genitalia when that

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<v Speaker 1>is clean, that is okay, Like that's one hundred percent fine.

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<v Speaker 1>That doesn't mean they don't like vaginas or volvers or

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<v Speaker 1>giving oral sex. It just means they're particular about when

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<v Speaker 1>they do it. And I think that there's nothing to

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<v Speaker 1>be self conscious about It's just your partner's opinion, and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you can talk Tom about it and tell him

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<v Speaker 1>why it makes you feel like that, But then you

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<v Speaker 1>have to also respect why it makes him feel like that.

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<v Speaker 1>This is like a very much I'm meet in the

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<v Speaker 1>middle and respect each other's opinion.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, Let's get into other questions that have come in. Hey, girls,

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<v Speaker 2>I have a predicament. I've been friends with this guy

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<v Speaker 2>at UNI for around two years now. We spend so

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<v Speaker 2>much time together, get on like a house on fire,

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<v Speaker 2>and it's safe to say I've developed feelings. The issue

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<v Speaker 2>is he has a long term girlfriend. He's been with

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<v Speaker 2>his girlfriend for a couple of years, and I have

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<v Speaker 2>met her at parties on many occasions. Although she's always

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<v Speaker 2>been lovely to me and it's not my place to

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<v Speaker 2>say it, although she's gonna say it anyway, I genuinely

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<v Speaker 2>just don't think that they're good for each other. It

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<v Speaker 2>frustrates me so much. I have found myself getting rather

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<v Speaker 2>down about this lately, as I can't remember the last

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<v Speaker 2>time but I clicked with someone like this, and it's

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<v Speaker 2>stopping me from exploring other connections. I've been on other dates,

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<v Speaker 2>but constantly find myself comparing everyone to him. I one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent don't want to be a home wrecker, so

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<v Speaker 2>need to find a way to figure this out and

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<v Speaker 2>move on for the good of us. All would really

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate some advice. I also should add people constantly ask

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<v Speaker 2>us how long we've been together or dating, so I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's safe to say that there is definitely a

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<v Speaker 2>vibe or a connection there that other people can see.

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<v Speaker 2>Help girl, cut and run baby this okay?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel I need to break it down into a

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<v Speaker 3>few segments.

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<v Speaker 1>Firstly, you are one hundreds percent biased when you say

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<v Speaker 1>it might be just me, but I don't think they're

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<v Speaker 1>right for each other.

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<v Speaker 2>You've been looking for reasons as to why they're.

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<v Speaker 1>Not right for each other and their long term like

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<v Speaker 1>there are a long term relationships. Something is working in

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<v Speaker 1>that relationship for them to be long term. And yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am a really big believer that you can be

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<v Speaker 1>friends with people from the opposite sex. You guys are at UNI,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're spending a lot of time. You obviously have

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<v Speaker 1>things in common because you're studying the same thing at university.

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<v Speaker 1>I have male friends, and I think that is one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent okay, to have. If there aren't feelings there,

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<v Speaker 1>that's when it crosses a bit of a boundary. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're in a relationship and you were friends with someone

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<v Speaker 1>in the opposite sex and there's feelings, that's not cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I do love that you haven't acted on it, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're not saying anything because I don't think you can.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an, you know, what, seems like a loving

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<v Speaker 1>and long term relationship. If the relationship isn't right, it

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<v Speaker 1>will end, it will run its course, and maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>guys can keep just being friends. And if that time

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<v Speaker 1>comes and he feels the same way, or if he

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<v Speaker 1>did feel the same way, maybe he wouldn't be with

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<v Speaker 1>his partner.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe he would end that relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>But right now, he thinks that he has a really

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<v Speaker 1>good friendship with you, which you do have, but he

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<v Speaker 1>obviously thinks that's all it is. He's in a loving relationship.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you can say anything. I think what

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<v Speaker 1>you need to do is maintain a friendship with him

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<v Speaker 1>and that's it. But I think you need to start

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<v Speaker 1>dating other people. I think you need to start looking

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<v Speaker 1>for your own connections. It is also easy to and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying you're doing this, but I have done

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<v Speaker 1>with people in the past where you do form a

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<v Speaker 1>friendship with them and you start to imagine and fantasize what.

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<v Speaker 3>That would be.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got a really good connection as a friend, and

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<v Speaker 1>you think that, oh, because we have this connection as

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<v Speaker 1>a friend, we are one hundred percent going to have

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<v Speaker 1>ten times better of a connection if we were together.

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<v Speaker 1>But that doesn't always translate into a romantic relationship from

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<v Speaker 1>a friendship. So it is easy to sit back and

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<v Speaker 1>imagine this amazing life that you would have together. People

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<v Speaker 1>are looking at you and probably saying or how long

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<v Speaker 1>you've been together, But that's probably just because you spend

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<v Speaker 1>so much time together as well. If you're always seen

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<v Speaker 1>around UNI campus together and hanging out, people are going

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<v Speaker 1>to make that assumption. That doesn't mean that the universe

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<v Speaker 1>is saying, look, everyone else thinks we should be together.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>It's really tough, and I feel for you because it's

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<v Speaker 1>I guess a level of love that is not unrequired,

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm sure he loves you as a friend. You're

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<v Speaker 1>in a situation where you really want to be with

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<v Speaker 1>someone and you can't, and that sucks so much. But

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<v Speaker 1>it's tricky it's too tricky when he's with someone else

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<v Speaker 1>that I just don't think you can.

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<v Speaker 3>Even dabble in that.

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<v Speaker 2>Well. I think it is the definition of unrequired love, like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, because he doesn't love you. That's the thing,

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<v Speaker 2>Like he's your friend.

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<v Speaker 3>Not romantically anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I guess like the big part of this is,

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<v Speaker 2>like you said, Britt, and I totally agree, you can

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<v Speaker 2>be friends with the opposite sex, but you're not actually

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<v Speaker 2>friends now, Like once your feelings have gone past a

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<v Speaker 2>certain point, and you're thinking about what your relationship could

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<v Speaker 2>be like if you were together, if you're thinking about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, how you navigate the situation, it's not really

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<v Speaker 2>a true friendship. There's so many other things loaded into that.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think the only way for you to be

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<v Speaker 2>able to move past it and to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>actually find somebody else that you're interested in, have a

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<v Speaker 2>connection with someone else where you're not comparing, is to

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<v Speaker 2>get some space away from him. Because every time that

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<v Speaker 2>you spend more and more time together as quote unquote friends,

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<v Speaker 2>you're sitting there not really just being friends. You're sitting

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<v Speaker 2>there thinking like, oh gosh, you know, I've a these feelings,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I hope that he thinks the same way.

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<v Speaker 2>Is he looking at me in a certain way? Is

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<v Speaker 2>his hand getting closer to mine? Is he sitting closer

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<v Speaker 2>to me? Like you start to unpick and unpack little

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<v Speaker 2>things that he does in his mannerisms to try and

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<v Speaker 2>find hope that maybe that is being reciprocated, And maybe

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<v Speaker 2>it is being reciprocated, who knows. But also you're getting

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<v Speaker 2>yourself into a really fucking dangerous situation. So I think

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<v Speaker 2>the best way to deal with this is to just

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<v Speaker 2>put distance between the friendship. Do you think, Britt, though,

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<v Speaker 2>and this is my question, do you think it's okay

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<v Speaker 2>to say to someone who you are really good friends

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<v Speaker 2>with who's in a long term relationship? Do you think

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<v Speaker 2>it's fine to be honest and say, Hey, I need

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<v Speaker 2>to be honest with you. I don't think that we

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<v Speaker 2>can continue to be friends because I've developed feelings for you,

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<v Speaker 2>and I think that it's just going to cause problems

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<v Speaker 2>down the track. So that way, it's a really clear

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<v Speaker 2>line in the sand, and he knows why you're pulling

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<v Speaker 2>away from the friendship a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>That's a really tricky one because it's part of me

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<v Speaker 1>that wants to say you know, yes, live your life,

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<v Speaker 1>live your truth.

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<v Speaker 3>If you have feelings for someone, tell them.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's another part of me that's saying, essentially, all

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing is going to him and saying, hey, do

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<v Speaker 1>I have a chance I have feelings for you? So

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<v Speaker 1>it's a really backhanded not sneaky, that's not the right word.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a way of putting your feelers out there to

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<v Speaker 1>see if he feels anything back without directly asking him.

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<v Speaker 1>You're planting a seed in that relationship, and it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent going to cause a problem of some level.

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<v Speaker 1>It's either going to cause a problem with you and

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<v Speaker 1>him and completely and the friendship because he's going to

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<v Speaker 1>say I don't feel that back, this is awkward, now goodbye,

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<v Speaker 1>so you've lost that, or it's going to plant a

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<v Speaker 1>seed of doubt and cause a problem in his relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>But I do think that you can't just keep on

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<v Speaker 2>continuing with things the way that they are and hoping

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<v Speaker 2>that you're going to fall in love with someone else,

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<v Speaker 2>because when you're mentally and emotionally invested in someone and

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<v Speaker 2>it's not being reciprocated, you almost fall in love with

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<v Speaker 2>exactly what you said. The potential of what that relationship

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<v Speaker 2>could be, and so you're so you're hanging on to

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<v Speaker 2>it so much that you can't invest yourself in somebody

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<v Speaker 2>else because you are comparing you're comparing them to a

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<v Speaker 2>friendship that you've had for X amount of years. You

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<v Speaker 2>go on one date with someone.

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<v Speaker 3>There is no.

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<v Speaker 2>Way that that one date or that small amount of

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<v Speaker 2>time that you've spent with a new person can compete

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<v Speaker 2>with someone who you have the history with, the depth

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<v Speaker 2>of conversation with the connection with that you have with

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<v Speaker 2>your friend, who you've fallen.

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<v Speaker 3>In love with.

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<v Speaker 2>They're never going to stack up. And I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>an unfair comparison that you're drawing. You're not giving yourself

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<v Speaker 2>the opportunity to form any other relationships because you're so

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<v Speaker 2>invested elsewhere, which is a dead end.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you ever developed feelings for a friend?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes? And how at UNI?

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<v Speaker 3>So, okay, this is you, What did you do?

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<v Speaker 2>I think mine was a tricky one because I developed

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<v Speaker 2>feelings for him. I was in a long distance relationship

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<v Speaker 2>and he developed feelings for me. But then when I

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<v Speaker 2>found out that his feelings were reciprocated, it kind of

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<v Speaker 2>made me not really have feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>Standard you like, why, oh you want me now you're knives.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I liked him until he liked me, and then

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't like him.

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<v Speaker 3>Back, and you're like, ill, don't like me bad?

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<v Speaker 1>You know what?

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<v Speaker 2>It fucked our friendship, Like, we were genuinely best friends

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<v Speaker 2>throughout UNI and he's the fucking best guy. And I

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<v Speaker 2>still see him on social media and thank god, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>so happy that he's so happy in his life and

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<v Speaker 2>we were so so close. But it fucked our friendship

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<v Speaker 2>and we've never ever had the same friendship since, so

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<v Speaker 2>I think, And that's a good point.

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<v Speaker 3>It does change things. I think what you need to

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<v Speaker 3>do now, is what I would do, is just put

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<v Speaker 3>some distance between you. Guys.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't have to, Like, you don't have to spend

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<v Speaker 1>every second together. You don't have to go to every

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<v Speaker 1>party together. You don't have to do that catch up

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<v Speaker 1>coffee before or after your class as well.

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<v Speaker 3>Like, there's definitely ways you can limit it. For sure.

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<v Speaker 3>You can start to go on other dates and meet

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<v Speaker 3>other people.

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<v Speaker 1>Tell him you're going on another dates, Say I can't

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<v Speaker 1>grab coffee today, I've got a got a date. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's in a relationship. If you guys, are friends,

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<v Speaker 1>you would talk about that stuff.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I think the big, big thing as well

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<v Speaker 2>to start to break down that sort of attachment is

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<v Speaker 2>also to start prioritizing other people. I think when we

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<v Speaker 2>are in love with someone especially, I mean when we're

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<v Speaker 2>in love, regardless of whether it's being reciprocated or not,

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<v Speaker 2>we prioritize them. We put them first. If he's saying, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let's get a cough, I bet you you were there,

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<v Speaker 2>like you're canceling other things. You're making that like your

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<v Speaker 2>priority because you want to see him, because that kind

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<v Speaker 2>of you know, that fills you with so much excitement, hope,

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<v Speaker 2>all those different wonderful, positive emotions. But you have to

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<v Speaker 2>start prioritizing other things over him, because he is not

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<v Speaker 2>your person right now, and maybe maybe something might happen

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<v Speaker 2>in the future, who knows. But while he has a

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<v Speaker 2>long term girlfriend, and while he's happy in his relationship,

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<v Speaker 2>regardless of whether you think that he's in the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>relationship or not, he doesn't think that because he's in

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<v Speaker 2>a relationship.

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<v Speaker 3>All right.

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<v Speaker 1>Question number three was the question number why I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like you went rogue with there going down on me questions.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just like put that as a question question

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<v Speaker 2>number one point five.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I got broken up with about a year and

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<v Speaker 1>a half ago, and I still haven't had sex since.

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<v Speaker 3>Or even been on a date or spoken.

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<v Speaker 2>To a guy.

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<v Speaker 1>For a bit of background, my ex was quite emotionally

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<v Speaker 1>manipulative and would always gaslight me into thinking that I

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<v Speaker 1>was the problem, making me believe I could never find

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<v Speaker 1>a better man than him.

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<v Speaker 3>Because I wasn't good enough. Oh gross.

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<v Speaker 1>Now I feel like I have definitely moved on from him,

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<v Speaker 1>as I've seen him around on nights out. I have

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely no feelings towards him or whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 3>However, I still have not been able to have sex

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<v Speaker 3>with anyone. I've definitely had opportunities to go home with people,

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<v Speaker 3>but I'd honestly rather go and eat some maccas.

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<v Speaker 1>I honestly rather go and eat some macis and go

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep. Even though I same girl say it feels

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<v Speaker 1>even though I do think I want to have sex,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what's wrong with me. I honestly feel

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<v Speaker 1>like I'm asexual even though I actually want to have sex.

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<v Speaker 3>It's all very confusing. Please give me some advice.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not okay, I mean one, if you are a

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<v Speaker 2>sexual there's nothing wrong with it, but like, you're not asexual.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that we just live in a hyper sexualized

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<v Speaker 2>society where we think that you have to be happy,

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<v Speaker 2>Like if you're single, if you're dating, you have to

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<v Speaker 2>be having sex. You have to be out there and

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<v Speaker 2>putting yourself forward, which is fine if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>do that, but it's also so fine if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to do that. And also depending on how you

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<v Speaker 2>feel about sex, Like a lot of people need to

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<v Speaker 2>have an emotional connection or be invested in someone or

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<v Speaker 2>like have some sort of some connection before they feel

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<v Speaker 2>comfortable with having sex. It's not about having one night stands.

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<v Speaker 2>And I either really think if you've been through this

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<v Speaker 2>traumatic relationship or you've come out the other side of it,

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<v Speaker 2>healing is not. It's not it doesn't have a time

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<v Speaker 2>limit on it. You know, it's been a year and

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<v Speaker 2>a half, and that's okay. If it's taken you a

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<v Speaker 2>year and a half to get over this relationship and

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<v Speaker 2>you're in a really great place and you don't want

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<v Speaker 2>to bring anything in that could necessarily fuck with that,

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<v Speaker 2>I think, like, be a little bit kind to yourself

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<v Speaker 2>and don't think that there's something wrong with you just

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<v Speaker 2>because you don't want to have sex.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you literally.

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<v Speaker 1>Said, I don't know what's wrong with me because you'd

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<v Speaker 1>rather have Macus. Nothing, girl, Maccus is great, but.

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<v Speaker 3>No, nothing is wrong with you. And I think there's

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<v Speaker 3>another thing.

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<v Speaker 1>We did an episode not long ago, if you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>listen to an intentional celibacy, and it was a really

0:25:54.560 --> 0:25:57.080
<v Speaker 1>really interesting episode. It was one of our life is

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<v Speaker 1>that we actually spoke to and she decided to be

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<v Speaker 1>She know she was in a bad relationship and she's like,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna spend some time on myself. And I think

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<v Speaker 1>she started from memory with six months, but she just

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<v Speaker 1>felt so good not having sex that she kept going

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<v Speaker 1>and going and going. She lasted two years. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>a really interesting episode. If you haven't listened to it,

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<v Speaker 1>so go and give that a listen.

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<v Speaker 2>It's called intentional celibacy.

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<v Speaker 3>But I guess the thing that we forget too is

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<v Speaker 3>that we sex.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't have to have sex to have this fulfilling life.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you don't have sex in your life, nothing

0:26:29.280 --> 0:26:31.960
<v Speaker 1>is wrong with you. Like that's my first point. My

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<v Speaker 1>second point is I think that all you're doing is

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<v Speaker 1>listening to your body because you said you've been out,

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<v Speaker 1>you've literally had the opportunity to, but you have made

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<v Speaker 1>like you have had the opportunity to go home with someone,

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<v Speaker 1>but you've made the choice not to. And that's just because,

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<v Speaker 1>in that moment and in that situation, for whatever reason,

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<v Speaker 1>you don't want to.

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<v Speaker 3>So all you're doing is listening to what you and

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<v Speaker 3>your body wants.

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<v Speaker 1>I think for you, what's going to happen is you

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<v Speaker 1>will meet someone, and maybe it is when you're dating

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<v Speaker 1>them as opposed to a night out. Maybe you are

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<v Speaker 1>just not ready for whatever reason. I think the time

0:27:03.680 --> 0:27:05.320
<v Speaker 1>is gonna come. But I reckon for you it's not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be a one night stand, and you don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to go out and say, oh I'm just gonna get

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<v Speaker 1>it done.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just gonna go and meet someone.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to your body, start dating again, and it's okay

0:27:12.720 --> 0:27:14.040
<v Speaker 1>if you date for a while and you still don't

0:27:14.040 --> 0:27:15.600
<v Speaker 1>want to have sex. But I think the time will

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<v Speaker 1>come where you'll meet someone, you'll have a connection, and

0:27:17.960 --> 0:27:20.960
<v Speaker 1>you will want it again. There is nothing your sex

0:27:21.040 --> 0:27:23.560
<v Speaker 1>drive is not laying dormant like it is still there.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe you can try and bring it back a bit

0:27:25.680 --> 0:27:27.399
<v Speaker 3>if you want, Maybe you can masturbate some more. I

0:27:27.400 --> 0:27:28.600
<v Speaker 3>don't know what you're doing at home.

0:27:28.720 --> 0:27:31.480
<v Speaker 1>If it's if you feel like your brain is saying

0:27:31.480 --> 0:27:34.359
<v Speaker 1>you want sex but your body is not, maybe you

0:27:34.359 --> 0:27:36.920
<v Speaker 1>can start doing things like masturbation. But it's I think

0:27:36.960 --> 0:27:39.360
<v Speaker 1>it's just gonna come naturally. And sometimes we go through

0:27:39.359 --> 0:27:41.480
<v Speaker 1>these ebbs and flows and highs and lowers. I've gone

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<v Speaker 1>through really long periods of not having sex before, not intentionally,

0:27:45.560 --> 0:27:47.520
<v Speaker 1>but I exactly like you, I was like, I don't

0:27:47.560 --> 0:27:49.600
<v Speaker 1>feel it. I don't want to have a one night stand.

0:27:49.680 --> 0:27:52.280
<v Speaker 1>I wasn't connecting with anyone, So life just put me

0:27:52.320 --> 0:27:54.200
<v Speaker 1>in that situation where I didn't do it for a while.

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<v Speaker 2>And I also think on that britt like, when you

0:27:56.400 --> 0:27:59.520
<v Speaker 2>haven't had sex for a while, you also continue to

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<v Speaker 2>not want to have I think like the more you

0:28:01.200 --> 0:28:03.040
<v Speaker 2>have it, the more you want it, the less you

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<v Speaker 2>have it, the less you really think about it, like

0:28:04.920 --> 0:28:07.400
<v Speaker 2>it's deef drunk. Yeah, but it's funny, isn't it. How

0:28:07.440 --> 0:28:09.160
<v Speaker 2>Like you know, if you get into a routine where

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<v Speaker 2>it's not front and center, you often find that like

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<v Speaker 2>it mentally, physically it really falls down the priority list

0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:17.280
<v Speaker 2>because your body's like, ah, yeah, we've gone a while

0:28:17.280 --> 0:28:19.359
<v Speaker 2>without that thing, we don't really need it anymore. So

0:28:19.400 --> 0:28:21.119
<v Speaker 2>I do think like if you're not having sex, that

0:28:21.200 --> 0:28:23.359
<v Speaker 2>also adds to the reasons why you're not kind of

0:28:23.400 --> 0:28:27.240
<v Speaker 2>like your libido. I almost think your libido is lying dormant,

0:28:27.280 --> 0:28:29.600
<v Speaker 2>like your libido's gone, Okay, well, I'm gonna switch off

0:28:29.600 --> 0:28:31.720
<v Speaker 2>for a while and have a nap. I'm gonna have

0:28:31.760 --> 0:28:33.000
<v Speaker 2>a nap. I'm gonna have a year and a half

0:28:33.040 --> 0:28:36.160
<v Speaker 2>fliber nation, like it's been a long winter. And that's

0:28:36.480 --> 0:28:40.480
<v Speaker 2>absolutely fine. And people forget or what people don't talk about,

0:28:40.760 --> 0:28:42.400
<v Speaker 2>and I don't think anyone forgets it. When you're in

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<v Speaker 2>the throes of it. It's like, it's a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>fucking effort to go out on a night out to

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<v Speaker 2>pick up, to go back to some guy's house or

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<v Speaker 2>have them come back to your house, to mitigate having

0:28:51.600 --> 0:28:54.959
<v Speaker 2>another human in your space, and like hooking up and

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<v Speaker 2>picking up, there is a certain amount of effort that

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<v Speaker 2>goes into doing that. Oh, it's exhausting, it's and you

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<v Speaker 2>have to be in the right mental space. And I

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<v Speaker 2>think after going through what you've been through, getting yourself

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<v Speaker 2>back to a place where you feel empowered, you feel strong,

0:29:08.760 --> 0:29:10.600
<v Speaker 2>you feel like, you have your sense of self, you

0:29:10.640 --> 0:29:13.280
<v Speaker 2>have your own sense of self worth. All of those

0:29:13.320 --> 0:29:15.720
<v Speaker 2>things are so important before you get back out into

0:29:15.760 --> 0:29:17.680
<v Speaker 2>the dating game, because I think you can really get

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<v Speaker 2>yourself into a situation where your validation comes from other people,

0:29:21.680 --> 0:29:24.320
<v Speaker 2>and your validation comes from how other people view you.

0:29:24.480 --> 0:29:26.240
<v Speaker 2>And I really think like this is your time to

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<v Speaker 2>focus on yourself and sex doesn't have to be a

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<v Speaker 2>big part of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and just lastly before we leave this one, the

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<v Speaker 1>other thing I really wanted to hone in on here

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<v Speaker 1>is it is one thing to say listen to your body.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't feel it, that's okay. But you made

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<v Speaker 1>a point here of saying he made you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you weren't good enough.

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<v Speaker 3>If that is still something that you think, and if

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<v Speaker 3>that you think.

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<v Speaker 1>Is still a big part of the reason you're not

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<v Speaker 1>getting back out there, because he has made you believe

0:29:52.720 --> 0:29:55.440
<v Speaker 1>you're not good enough, then like that is absolutely incorrect.

0:29:55.520 --> 0:29:57.640
<v Speaker 1>You will are one hundred percent good enough. But that

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<v Speaker 1>is something that we've all felt.

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<v Speaker 3>In the post.

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<v Speaker 1>We've all been made to feel a little bit smaller

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<v Speaker 1>at times, or like especially after a breakup, there's so

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<v Speaker 1>much negative talk that you can say to yourself, like

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just trying to think of an example of things

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<v Speaker 1>that I would have said in the past, like I'm

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<v Speaker 1>never gonna be good enough, no one's gonna love me. Well,

0:30:14.000 --> 0:30:16.120
<v Speaker 1>you know, I couldn't keep that relationship. There's all these

0:30:16.120 --> 0:30:18.320
<v Speaker 1>things like that. You've got to make sure you're a

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<v Speaker 1>year and a half out now. If you're still struggling

0:30:20.600 --> 0:30:24.040
<v Speaker 1>with that, then I one hundred percent recommend speaking to

0:30:24.120 --> 0:30:26.520
<v Speaker 1>somebody because that is a cycle that only you can

0:30:26.560 --> 0:30:29.560
<v Speaker 1>break within yourself, and there could be a big part

0:30:29.560 --> 0:30:32.400
<v Speaker 1>of that that is holding you back subconsciously. So maybe

0:30:32.400 --> 0:30:34.719
<v Speaker 1>you saying I don't know why I'm not getting back

0:30:34.760 --> 0:30:36.480
<v Speaker 1>out there. I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe

0:30:36.480 --> 0:30:39.000
<v Speaker 1>there are some subconscious things that you haven't dealt with

0:30:39.080 --> 0:30:42.200
<v Speaker 1>yet from that relationship. That's a byproduct of that relationship,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is also very very common when you get

0:30:44.560 --> 0:30:45.920
<v Speaker 1>out of a toxic relationship.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, well, I think we can get into the last question.

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<v Speaker 2>I was swiping on Bumble and stumbled across one of

0:30:51.600 --> 0:30:56.640
<v Speaker 2>my girlfriend's boyfriends on Bumble with a new account. Should

0:30:56.640 --> 0:30:59.720
<v Speaker 2>I a tell her and show her screenshot evidence or

0:30:59.760 --> 0:31:02.440
<v Speaker 2>be just not get involved in this as it's going

0:31:02.480 --> 0:31:05.760
<v Speaker 2>to cause huge issues in their relationship. Of course it will.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, yes, that's that's generally what happened.

0:31:07.720 --> 0:31:12.240
<v Speaker 2>Point for context, for context. She is so lovely, but

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<v Speaker 2>she's been really badly hurt by guys in the past.

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<v Speaker 2>I know she loves him so much, and I know

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<v Speaker 2>he loves her too. Ladies, please help.

0:31:20.600 --> 0:31:22.640
<v Speaker 1>I mean that is debatable that he loves her so

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<v Speaker 1>much too if he has just gone and created another

0:31:25.240 --> 0:31:26.000
<v Speaker 1>bumble account.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I am like, I feel like this is

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<v Speaker 2>cut and dry. If you find your friend's boyfriend on

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<v Speaker 2>a dating app, you tell them, you tell them.

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<v Speaker 3>If I saw.

0:31:33.840 --> 0:31:38.080
<v Speaker 1>Matt one of my multitude of dating apps, you I

0:31:38.200 --> 0:31:40.760
<v Speaker 1>one hundred percent wouldn't be like, oh, Laura loves him.

0:31:41.000 --> 0:31:43.080
<v Speaker 3>I will just I'll let that one slide and I'll

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:44.080
<v Speaker 3>protect that relationship.

0:31:44.160 --> 0:31:46.040
<v Speaker 2>And I think the big thing in all of these situations,

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<v Speaker 2>we get so many people who write in and ask,

0:31:47.960 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, like that they've found out about someone cheating

0:31:50.880 --> 0:31:53.560
<v Speaker 2>whatever the situation is behind her, But finding out that

0:31:53.640 --> 0:31:56.600
<v Speaker 2>somebody in your close friendship circle is cheating on their partner.

0:31:57.360 --> 0:31:59.440
<v Speaker 2>If it was the other way round and you found

0:31:59.440 --> 0:32:02.000
<v Speaker 2>your friend there and they were cheating on their boyfriend.

0:32:02.040 --> 0:32:03.720
<v Speaker 2>I would say, go to your friend first and have

0:32:03.800 --> 0:32:06.280
<v Speaker 2>the conversation of what the hell's going on. But in

0:32:06.320 --> 0:32:10.400
<v Speaker 2>this instance where it's your friend, yes, she's your friend,

0:32:10.480 --> 0:32:13.040
<v Speaker 2>you need to protect her. And also, like as much

0:32:13.080 --> 0:32:15.360
<v Speaker 2>as you don't want to cause issues in their relationship,

0:32:15.680 --> 0:32:17.720
<v Speaker 2>you also want better for your friend, and you want

0:32:17.720 --> 0:32:19.680
<v Speaker 2>your friend to know what's going on behind her back.

0:32:19.720 --> 0:32:22.000
<v Speaker 2>And I think the big thing to ask yourself in

0:32:22.040 --> 0:32:24.400
<v Speaker 2>any of these situations is would I want to know?

0:32:25.000 --> 0:32:26.680
<v Speaker 2>Would I want to know that this is what was

0:32:26.720 --> 0:32:29.200
<v Speaker 2>being done to me? And my answer is yes, I

0:32:29.240 --> 0:32:29.960
<v Speaker 2>would want to know that.

0:32:30.160 --> 0:32:33.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, for me, this one's really there's no fence sitting

0:32:33.160 --> 0:32:35.360
<v Speaker 1>here for me. This is really cut and dry. You

0:32:35.440 --> 0:32:40.520
<v Speaker 1>have literally seen her boyfriend on bumble. You one hundred

0:32:40.560 --> 0:32:43.440
<v Speaker 1>percent need to tell her, and you have to be

0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:46.320
<v Speaker 1>ready for I mean, we've I feel like we had

0:32:46.320 --> 0:32:48.600
<v Speaker 1>something similar to this, like maybe a year ago now,

0:32:48.640 --> 0:32:50.120
<v Speaker 1>But you have to be ready for the fact that

0:32:50.920 --> 0:32:52.920
<v Speaker 1>she might approach him and he will end up coming

0:32:52.960 --> 0:32:55.040
<v Speaker 1>back and saying it's not me, like someone's catfishing me.

0:32:55.120 --> 0:32:56.760
<v Speaker 1>There's going to be all of these things that'll come

0:32:56.800 --> 0:32:59.120
<v Speaker 1>from it. All you're doing is deliver in information. You

0:32:59.160 --> 0:33:01.360
<v Speaker 1>don't have to go to her and say you end this,

0:33:01.480 --> 0:33:03.400
<v Speaker 1>now break up with him, he's a liar. Like you

0:33:03.480 --> 0:33:06.040
<v Speaker 1>just have to say, hey, just so you know, this

0:33:06.120 --> 0:33:08.520
<v Speaker 1>is what I've seen and I don't know what it

0:33:08.560 --> 0:33:11.600
<v Speaker 1>is or what it means or what's going on, but like, yeah,

0:33:11.640 --> 0:33:13.840
<v Speaker 1>it's this is the hard truth about it. Here's here's

0:33:13.880 --> 0:33:16.840
<v Speaker 1>the photo, and yeah, I'm here if you need anything

0:33:16.920 --> 0:33:17.600
<v Speaker 1>or what do you.

0:33:17.520 --> 0:33:18.240
<v Speaker 3>What do you want to do about it?

0:33:18.280 --> 0:33:19.800
<v Speaker 2>And the big one with this as well is is

0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:23.000
<v Speaker 2>like how I always think this. If you are on

0:33:23.200 --> 0:33:25.600
<v Speaker 2>a dating app and you see someone who you know

0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:28.040
<v Speaker 2>who shouldn't be on a fucking dating app because they're

0:33:28.040 --> 0:33:31.880
<v Speaker 2>in a committed relationship, screenshot it like just keep the

0:33:32.160 --> 0:33:33.720
<v Speaker 2>keep those receipts girlfriends.

0:33:33.800 --> 0:33:36.160
<v Speaker 3>But now Raya because you get kicked off the screenshot.

0:33:36.400 --> 0:33:38.480
<v Speaker 2>Do you really get kicked off of screenshotting on Raya?

0:33:38.600 --> 0:33:42.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeap screen it's the most private little community. You can't screenshot,

0:33:42.640 --> 0:33:42.880
<v Speaker 1>that's it.

0:33:42.960 --> 0:33:45.320
<v Speaker 2>So if you screenshot, will they know that you've screenshot?

0:33:45.480 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 1>Yes, they get you get you get one strike, You

0:33:47.120 --> 0:33:49.120
<v Speaker 1>get a message into you saying that's your only strike.

0:33:49.240 --> 0:33:52.240
<v Speaker 2>Okay, So if you have screenshot one person finds I forgot.

0:33:52.560 --> 0:33:54.280
<v Speaker 2>If you have RAYA, I've got a whole other tip

0:33:54.320 --> 0:33:56.320
<v Speaker 2>for you. You keep it on that screen. You go

0:33:56.360 --> 0:33:58.720
<v Speaker 2>and find somebody else's phone, and you take a photo

0:33:58.800 --> 0:34:01.000
<v Speaker 2>of the phone of the screen, because I think like

0:34:01.080 --> 0:34:03.720
<v Speaker 2>in these situations, it's so you need to have evidence.

0:34:04.040 --> 0:34:05.800
<v Speaker 2>You really have to be able to say, look, this

0:34:05.840 --> 0:34:08.680
<v Speaker 2>is what i've seen and this is what I've experienced,

0:34:09.000 --> 0:34:11.840
<v Speaker 2>because it's so easy as the messenger to be the

0:34:11.840 --> 0:34:13.600
<v Speaker 2>one that cops the full brunt of this, the whole

0:34:13.640 --> 0:34:15.000
<v Speaker 2>like you know they're going to end up shooting the

0:34:15.000 --> 0:34:18.839
<v Speaker 2>messenger situation. So I think, like, have the information, have

0:34:19.200 --> 0:34:23.160
<v Speaker 2>the receipts, have the screenshots, and then you have to

0:34:23.200 --> 0:34:25.480
<v Speaker 2>approach your friend in a really loving way of like

0:34:25.640 --> 0:34:27.839
<v Speaker 2>I saw this, and I don't know how you're going

0:34:27.880 --> 0:34:29.480
<v Speaker 2>to react to this, because I don't know what's going

0:34:29.520 --> 0:34:32.279
<v Speaker 2>on in your relationship at the moment, but I think

0:34:32.320 --> 0:34:34.360
<v Speaker 2>you need to know this and then leave it to

0:34:34.400 --> 0:34:36.360
<v Speaker 2>them to kind of figure out how they want to respond.

0:34:36.520 --> 0:34:39.759
<v Speaker 1>You can also, I'm just like really thinking ahead here.

0:34:39.760 --> 0:34:43.399
<v Speaker 1>I'm putting my detective hat on. If there is any

0:34:43.480 --> 0:34:45.719
<v Speaker 1>chance that they're going to come back and say that's

0:34:45.760 --> 0:34:47.160
<v Speaker 1>not me that's a fake account.

0:34:47.840 --> 0:34:48.680
<v Speaker 3>Test the waters.

0:34:48.719 --> 0:34:50.399
<v Speaker 1>Why don't you match with them? Like them and see

0:34:50.400 --> 0:34:51.840
<v Speaker 1>if it's a match. If it's a match and you

0:34:51.880 --> 0:34:54.239
<v Speaker 1>start talking, it's one hundred percent of fake account because

0:34:54.239 --> 0:34:57.680
<v Speaker 1>he's not going to go and talk to his girlfriend's friends.

0:34:57.680 --> 0:35:00.480
<v Speaker 1>So if it's just a random spicey I've written, if

0:35:00.480 --> 0:35:02.960
<v Speaker 1>it's a random that's stolen photos and like this guy's hot,

0:35:02.960 --> 0:35:03.920
<v Speaker 1>I'll use his account.

0:35:03.960 --> 0:35:06.080
<v Speaker 3>He's going to not know you, so you can chat away.

0:35:06.120 --> 0:35:07.960
<v Speaker 3>So maybe you could do a little test first and.

0:35:07.920 --> 0:35:10.400
<v Speaker 1>Then take that extra I mean, like I'm thinking ahead,

0:35:10.440 --> 0:35:11.360
<v Speaker 1>but that's probably what I would do.

0:35:11.400 --> 0:35:12.720
<v Speaker 3>I'd be like, let's see if it's a match.

0:35:13.320 --> 0:35:15.879
<v Speaker 2>I actually love this, But then what if okay, here's

0:35:15.880 --> 0:35:19.480
<v Speaker 2>another snow what if it is the friend's boyfriend and

0:35:19.480 --> 0:35:22.000
<v Speaker 2>then he's just swiped right on her because he's like

0:35:23.000 --> 0:35:25.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, but you know, tou his life.

0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:27.400
<v Speaker 3>You would start you would just be like, hey, what

0:35:27.160 --> 0:35:28.560
<v Speaker 3>what do you do? Nice to meet you.

0:35:28.560 --> 0:35:30.799
<v Speaker 1>You'd start fresh. You'd pretend you are strangers and play

0:35:30.800 --> 0:35:32.759
<v Speaker 1>it from there. You would you were one hundred percent

0:35:32.880 --> 0:35:33.719
<v Speaker 1>know the person you've made.

0:35:33.760 --> 0:35:36.920
<v Speaker 2>It's so sneaky, brite. I love this is like this

0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:39.479
<v Speaker 2>is like another ten years this ship.

0:35:39.640 --> 0:35:42.160
<v Speaker 3>I have had every circumstance thrown at me.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you guys, that is it. If I was in

0:35:44.800 --> 0:35:46.600
<v Speaker 2>a situation, I would want to know. If you guys

0:35:46.600 --> 0:35:50.040
<v Speaker 2>see Matt on a dating app somewhere, please screenshot it

0:35:50.080 --> 0:35:52.440
<v Speaker 2>and send it to me because I want the want

0:35:52.440 --> 0:35:54.640
<v Speaker 2>the cold hard evidence. Put it that way.

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