Champagne, Secrets, and a Whole Lotta Regret 🍾

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Oh my god, I just totally got catfished.

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He looks absolutely nothing like his picture.

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So I found out, the guy that I've been dating is married with kids.

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His wife just reached out to me.

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Welcome to the Meat Market.

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The single scene is a slaughterhouse and we are here to devour it.

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We are your hosts.

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I'm Lindsay, I'm Jess and today's sizzling single is Joe.

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Welcome Joe.

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Hi Jess, hi Lindsay, so you used to work at a strip club?

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uh, yeah, did you ever?

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date any strippers uh, I did not date uh any strippers no I love how politically correct he is, so tell us about your experience there working there um, I mean it was uh.

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I mean I mean it's more or less kind of what you think it is.

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It's a, it's a strip club, you know what I mean.

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It was uh sort of a devious, um sort of environment.

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There was a lot of uh, more or less unethical things I guess you could say that went on there, um a lot of partying behind the scenes and after the scenes.

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And you know, I was young when I did it and it was a good time.

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But I don't know that I'd do it again.

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Were you a bartender, were you security.

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I was a bar back, a bar back, okay.

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I would bartend occasionally and fill in when was necessary, but no, I was, I was the grunt work.

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I took out the trash and restocked the things and lifted all the things and cleaned up a lot of puke.

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Oh yeah, there was one instance where, uh, one of the girls was in the vip with a gentleman and she was right next to a trash can and, for whatever reason, um had a little bit too much to drink and decided to.

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Instead of going to the trash can, um, she tried to run to the locker room and just ensued on puking in about four different places um along the floor and you had to clean that up.

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She was probably worried that puking in the vip room, would you know, affect her tip from her gentleman friend that night.

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Probably I don't know that it helped when she ran away um, but hey, that's crazy.

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So do they offer additional services in the back room?

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Does that really happen?

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Um, I would say it happens without the knowledge or it's.

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It's an unspoken thing, but I mean you know it's a Vegas strip club.

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I mean things.

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Definitely I would say happen.

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I never personally witnessed anything.

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You hear the stories.

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Definitely I would say happen.

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I never personally witnessed anything.

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You hear the stories.

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Um, I know some girls would just work um to like pick up johns and do things outside of outside of the club.

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Yeah, we talk a lot, pick up jobs to do what johns like like clients we talk a lot about bachelor and bachelorette parties and the sort of debauchery that happens when you see bachelor parties, because we've spoken about the Thunder Down Under guys and they're like I will never trust a woman who goes out on her bachelorette party because of how many brides will sleep with the Thunder from Down Under guys.

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Is it the same for men?

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Do you see a lot of groups of guys that come in on bachelor parties?

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We saw tons of them and you know, just, you know, kind of being a gentleman myself, I could imagine that some unscrupulous things happen at bachelor parties.

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Yes, absolutely.

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But have I ever attended one where that happened?

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No, um, not personally, um, but I could imagine that that happens for sure.

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100 so you had good views at your work, because I hear the vegas strippers are beautiful when you're working.

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You had beautiful views.

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Yeah, oh yeah.

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I was definitely, definitely not complaining about the view for a few years, because aren't the Vegas?

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strippers supposed to be like the cream of the crop, Like I know a lot of women that live here, but they fly to Vegas for Thursday, Friday, Saturday just because they make way more money there.

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Yeah, certainly do.

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There's a lot of traveling women that do that for a living.

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But I mean I think Chicago, la, miami, things you know cities like that, I was gonna say I'm gonna attract in the same too.

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Like really, big um.

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I've heard atlanta's got a huge really I don't know why.

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I've just heard it is houston, atlanta and miami, I think are those are the three cities that I hear a lot of that have a really big club scene.

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Yeah but I hear like strip clubs have kind of gone down in the quality of women because only fans, because women can make more money just sitting in their bedroom, so a lot of them do that and they don't even go into the strip club.

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Like the strip clubs here I hear are just terrible uh I haven't been to have not been it's been a while since I've been to one here too.

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It's been a while for me too yeah, it's been a while are you gonna serenade us now so?

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um.

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You are not on the dating apps uh, no, I am not have you ever been on the dating?

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app.

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I am not because I am recently single at this point in time so you got ready to make you come to the right place.

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Yes, um how long were you married for?

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Uh 17 years oh wow, that's a long time.

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You look so young, I'm 38 got married at 21.

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how do you feel about you look so young?

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I'm 38.

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Got married at 21.

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Wow, how do you feel about getting married so young, if you had to do it all over again?

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How do I feel about it?

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I don't regret the decision by any means.

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Were you high school sweethearts.

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No, we met at a restaurant, Okay, so through a southern gay southern gentleman, Grant, who introduced us.

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But no, we just kind of like hit it off.

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Lifestyle at the time was very similar and if I were to do anything differently, I would probably just ask a lot more questions per se about long-term thought processes on lifestyle and things of that nature.

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But no, I had no apprehension about getting married.

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Do you have kids together?

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No, no, kids, and if you don't cats.

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If you don't mind me asking why did you separate?

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I mean there's like a lot of history there.

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I'm not going to get like too deep into the nitty gritty details, but I mean it started with essentially, you know, I sought some validation outside of the marriage at a certain point and that was because I was.

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I realized it over the last like three or four years.

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But I was kind of running from some stuff from my childhood and never really spoke about that because I was raised in a very traditional man mindset, I guess, if that makes any sense, where you don't talk about your feelings, you shove them down, you just kind of deal with them and and that sort of translated into some less than acceptable behavior.

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Even though I was taught to not do those things, I still did those things.

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But that was that.

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And then there's some other things over the years.

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You know where you know some other things had happened and that kind of led to it.

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And then when her father passed away was probably like the like the straw that broke the camel's back, because for her I mean like the blessing that I guess she hung around as long as she did with all the crap that she put up with from me per se.

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But when her father died.

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He was a very traditional man and so her whole mindset, through a lot of it, was like we're going to work on it, we're going to fix it, things of that nature.

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And so, and we did, we put in some effort here and there, but I definitely continued, you know, through some patterns of behavior and things of that nature, um.

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But when he passed away, um, she had a girlfriend while we were dating before we got married, um, who she continued to date through the first few years of our marriage, which I was totally fine with.

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So she was bisexual.

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Yes, okay, um, but then she's leaned more that way, or she kind of always leaned more that way, um, and so when her father passed away away, she kind of started going more that direction and the last sort of like three years, um, she kind of, you know, there was an obvious you know us going in opposite directions, aside from lifestyle choices too, and so, um, yeah, she dating women now, yeah, yeah.

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Did you guys ever consider bringing her girlfriend into your relationship, doing like the thing?

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no really, yeah, that was not tea uh, I mean even on my cup of tea, not, or, you know, my cup of tea maybe, but definitely not her she didn't want to share her, uh, more or less the girlfriend.

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The girlfriend did not want to um come in which is fine.

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Yeah, it's fine.

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Yeah, different horses, different courses, yeah so um, but that's more or less why the marriage ended do you feel like you've healed from your childhood traumas at this point?

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is it still a work in progress?

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Have you made some changes?

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um, yeah, it's definitely a work in progress.

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I think as human beings we're always a work in progress.

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I don't think you can ever be not working, I guess, per se, but that's just through my own experience at this point in time.

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You know changes I've made.

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Yeah, I've done a lot of, you know, introspective looking and you know and thinking about, you know, the decisions I made when I was younger and how they've translated and you know, translated into the decisions I've made throughout my life.

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And a lot of it was because I made a decision for the woman I was dating in high school and then decided to make a dramatic change and sort of leave the sports world for someone I thought I was in love with, and then that just, you know, I kind of ran from that per se and so I mean I've gotten back into a healthier lifestyle of living and working out and things of that nature.

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It's just always been a part of me and so, as I've gotten back into that, it's allowed me to think more clearly and and just realize a lot of what I did was because I was running from a person I wanted to be and I was just trying to like shove that away.

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You said you left the sports world, for her was were you playing sports?

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Were you an athlete?

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yeah, I was an athlete from the time I started playing sports, when I was five and what you chose her essentially over the sport yeah, and then it didn't work out.

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Um, and then, instead of going back, I just kind of was already in the in the restaurant scene in vegas, young, and just kind of like rode that wave and just kind of was like you know, I'm gonna party and have a good time and um, and yeah and so you felt regretful of that no, not regretful.

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Um, just was like, I'm just from it, I guess.

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You've made the interesting comment that therapy is very expensive.

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A lot of insurance companies don't cover it.

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So you made the interesting comment that you listen to a lot of podcasts to get therapy.

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Is that right?

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Yeah, a lot of the people very familiar with those names, the Chris Williamson's, the Jordan Peterson's, the Rich Rolls of the world, and they offer a lot of really good insight.

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And you know, you don't have to necessarily, I think, pay to.

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You know, do the whole therapy thing If you're willing to sit with yourself after taking in those things and those thoughts that they have.

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You know you can do a lot of the work yourself.

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But yeah, because I could not afford, I tried, I paid for a therapist.

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I did like four or five sessions, you know, but the rate at which she wanted me to keep coming back and she was wildly helpful in the you know from the four or five sessions I did, they were great but I just couldn't afford to keep going on.

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Isn't that sad.

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It makes me so sad.

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Yeah, but I think it's important too to keep in mind that you, you actually have to do the work because, it's.

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A lot of people will say, oh yeah, I go to therapy or I listen to so and so, or I listen to this and that's great, but then if you're not actually making changes to your actions and if you're not actually doing what you're listening to it's not, then nothing is going to change Exactly.

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You know, like, just like one of the big things I picked up was learning to listen to people without creating a response in my head and then not listening to the things that they were saying afterwards or, in essence, trying to constantly solve every single problem, you know what I mean.

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So, like that was one of the things I learned towards the latter part of my relationship was, instead of just trying to solve every issue that she brought up or anything that was going on, just listening to her, letting her talk through it, letting her know that you know she could talk, um, and just be vulnerable and be safe, um, and that's probably like the biggest thing that I've I still struggle with sometimes, but that I've broken through over the years is just being able to sit and listen and not, you know, oh, here's the solution to your problem, because you don't necessarily always need a solution you just want something to listen.

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That's the thing I think, one of the things I try to ask of people when it seems like they're going to dump on me, because I, as a, as a physical therapist, I work with developmentally disabled kids, so I get a lot of dumping on by parents and caregivers and all of these people because it's hard, right.

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And so one of the things I've learned to ask is do you want a solution or do you want a shoulder?

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Because if you want a solution, we can sit and have a conversation and we can try to come up with a solution.

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But if what you're looking for is a shoulder, like just dump, and I'll be here, because people sometimes just need to dump and they don't necessarily want a solution, you know what I mean.

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So I think it's important, like you said, to kind of figure out what someone actually needs as you're listening to them.

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And that's important because a lot of people, like you, said they will, they will.

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I had an ex who was this way he would ask how are you today?

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And then, as I would start to say how I was, I could see it in his eyes gone glass, like to ask the question but then to not care what the answer is.

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It's like why are you even asking me that question?

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So many people do that.

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They what the answer is.

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It's like why are you even asking me that question?

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People do that.

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They ask just because they feel like they have to ask, and then they glare yes, yes, yeah, I really care, yeah.

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I remember once we were on a trip we were on a road trip and we were with my parents and it, and he was sitting in the front seat with my dad and I was sitting in the back seat with my mom, and it was just in the beginning of COVID and my mom was trying to retire, but then the COVID happened and so the hospital she worked for wanted her on their COVID board, and so then they wouldn't let her, wouldn't let her retire.

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They so they sort of you know asked her to stay and this and that, and so she did the COVID thing.

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And so, because it was right at the beginning of the pandemic I will always remember this he was sitting in the front seat and he turns and he asks my mom how's everything going with the COVID stuff?

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And as literally as she's in the middle of responding to his question, he turns to my dad in the front seat and asks my dad a completely unrelated question.

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And I'm sitting there listening to my mom talk, because he asked my mom a question and I'm sitting right next to her and as she's, you know, talking and explaining something, I'm going.

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You just started this whole conversation, seemingly interested in what she had to say about what's going on in the world right now, and then, as soon as she starts talking, talking it's like you're not even listening to her response to your question so rude.

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Sounds like he needs therapy yeah, he's an ex, he does need therapy they couldn't have lasted too long at that point hearing you talk, I'm thinking, god, all my exes need the therapy really bad.

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They could really use that uh-huh.

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Everybody needs a little therapy, I think at this point in time.

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Yeah, he doesn't want to better themselves and right be the best that they can be.

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Yeah, for sure for sure so what are you looking for?

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Are you looking to get married again?

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Are you looking for just to have fun right now?

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um, I mean, yeah, marriage again is not off the table.

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Um, I'm not in any hurry to like jump into anything serious, um, but yes, I mean I'm, I'm obviously interested in in dating.

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Um, I'm not, you know, out at the clubs, you know, by any means, and you know heading out to bars trying to pick people up every week.

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Um, I'm, you know, kind of putting life back together a little bit at this moment in time.

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So have you dated much since your divorce?

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No, I've gone on a few dates and, um, I think you know, and they've gone well per se, but I just get right into the hard stuff real quick and I think that somewhat implies to them that maybe I'm trying to be real serious real fast and I'm not.

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I'm just, I'm just going to put this all out there and I'm going to let you know the past and some of the things.

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And if that's if that's a little much, I'd rather you just you know, be done with me from the get go Cause, like oh, these, he's done this, he's done that, like I'm not cool, that's fine.

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Like go on about your way.

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I don't want to get to date four, five, six, seven or have it be eight weeks in.

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And you know, everything was casual.

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And then it's like, okay, let's have a deeper conversation.

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And then now all of a sudden it's like, oh, you did all this stuff.

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It's like, yeah, we just wasted eight weeks.

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Like I'd rather I'd rather waste two hours.

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Yeah, what is that expression?

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You can't say the wrong thing to the right person and you can't say the right thing to the wrong person.

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It's so true.

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The person that you're meant to be with you can dump all of that on them, and they will embrace it and accept it and love it.

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Yeah, I mean, and I'm just and I'm not like trying to dump it on anybody, I'm just, I'm just letting you know what you're, what you're becoming right, and so I'm essentially approaching it from that stance of like you know, I'm might not be a hundred percent the person I want to be, but this is who I am now, this is where I'm going and if we jive, cool if not, like you know.

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But this is the past and I say that all the time too.

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You have to meet people where they are, because that's another huge problem, I see, is people romanticize this this is who he could be, or this is who she could be, and then it's like, when they never live up to that romanticized expectation, then what do you have?

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You have nothing really like to build a relationship on.

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Yeah, you can't, you know so I mean, I think you have to have you know some, some lifestyle things as well too.

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You know what I mean.

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Like there has to be some.

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You can be very different, but like there has to be some similarities, I think in lifestyle too.

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Um, if your lifestyles aren't somewhat similar, I don't know how two people truly make that work per se so, um, yeah, I mean we definitely over-romanticize who someone could be or what we want them to be.

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Right, Like you know, I have this vision of who I want my partner to be, but maybe that person isn't going to be that person.

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Yeah.

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What is your ideal partner?

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What do you want your partner to be?

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I mean, I guess, I mean, I would say probably someone who's, you know, ambitious.

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You know, I don't necessarily think I want to live the, I guess, the trad lifestyle right, where you know I'm the provider and she stays at home because, you know, I'm not against kids but I'm not necessarily like I have to have them or I don't have to have them.

00:19:04.390 --> 00:19:07.928
If I met someone that wanted to go that route again, we could have that discussion.

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But, um, you know someone who's, you know, just got a good work ethic and someone who, I would say, a lot of the things I got that I realized that I didn't realize that I had right, cause you don't really realize what you had until you lose it per se.

00:19:21.027 --> 00:19:44.286
Um, you know, but, uh, someone that's just going to, you know, want to be there for you through the struggles, and, um, you know someone who's going to sit with you and, uh, allow you to be vulnerable and, um, you know, and, and those types of things, um, but I haven't, I guess I haven't fully thought through all of it as of this moment per se.

00:19:44.968 --> 00:19:46.230
Do you get hit on a lot at work?

00:19:46.230 --> 00:19:47.553
I bet you have a lot of customers.

00:19:47.593 --> 00:20:01.511
That no, I I know I I fully try to put out the vibe that I do not want to be hit on at work, really, yeah, I I think it's the biggest, like I guess you'd call it x right like I can't.

00:20:01.792 --> 00:20:02.212
I don't.

00:20:02.212 --> 00:20:04.290
I'm not the bartender that's gonna want to pick you up or want to.

00:20:04.290 --> 00:20:06.932
You know, I mean like I'm gonna have a good time with you and we'll chat and all the things, but like I'm not the bartender that's going to want to pick you up or want to.

00:20:06.932 --> 00:20:10.526
You know what I mean Like I'm going to have a good time with you and we'll chat and all the things, but like I'm not flirting with you.

00:20:10.526 --> 00:20:11.644
I'm just doing my job.

00:20:11.779 --> 00:20:14.028
And that's why I picked him up while he was at work.

00:20:18.664 --> 00:20:21.691
Has a woman ever asked for your number or given you her number, or no?

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:29.585
not that I could really think of no, even back.

00:20:29.585 --> 00:20:29.865
Yeah, I just.

00:20:29.865 --> 00:20:32.292
I mean not really clear, I, yeah, I just.

00:20:32.292 --> 00:20:33.738
I don't put the vibe out like, yeah, I, I just I don't like it.

00:20:33.757 --> 00:20:40.242
Um, so like I'm not gonna pick up women and it's funny because that is so true, because, remember I asked you, I was like I was like, are you single?

00:20:40.242 --> 00:20:42.007
Like I didn't get a vibe.

00:20:42.007 --> 00:20:53.846
Like most of the time with bartenders and waiters and stuff, you can kind of get the vibe that they're single, they're flirting with you or they're very much not single because they're not flirting with you.

00:20:53.846 --> 00:21:05.083
And when we were sitting at the bar I was with a friend, a neighbor, and when we were sitting there I was like this guy like would be great for the podcast, but I can't tell if he's single or not, I just have to ask.

00:21:05.143 --> 00:21:06.547
him was very like.

00:21:06.547 --> 00:21:10.785
I'm not sure if you are, but I'm gonna ask you it was.

00:21:10.785 --> 00:21:15.534
She was a little bit um so, but yeah, but that's the vibe I give.

00:21:15.534 --> 00:21:16.161
I think it's.

00:21:16.320 --> 00:21:24.326
I just think it's icky, like I don't yeah, but what if, like a beautiful woman that is your cup of tea, comes in, sits at the bar and you still would not Wow.

00:21:24.426 --> 00:21:26.230
Look how professional you are.

00:21:26.230 --> 00:21:28.453
That might be the fine dining background in me.

00:21:28.453 --> 00:21:40.910
I did like white table or like white glove, like style fine dining bartending for a long time, and you don't in those environments, you just don't do that, yeah, and so that might just still be in me.

00:21:40.910 --> 00:21:43.363
But so I just yeah, I just I, it's like it's where I work too.

00:21:43.363 --> 00:21:43.623
Like I don.

00:21:43.623 --> 00:21:45.085
Yeah, I just it's like it's where I work too.

00:21:45.085 --> 00:21:45.865
Like I don't.

00:21:45.865 --> 00:21:50.109
You know, I don't if you're a regular or whatever, like I, just I don't.

00:21:50.109 --> 00:21:52.814
I don't want that person to be like you know, like no.

00:21:52.973 --> 00:21:55.215
Well, and because you run the risk of getting a reputation.

00:21:55.215 --> 00:21:59.500
That's true, you run the risk of getting the reputation of being that bartender you know.

00:21:59.500 --> 00:22:02.765
Well, that's the reason the industry has that reputation yes it is true.

00:22:02.765 --> 00:22:11.608
Are you interested in dating a woman who is also in the service industry, that's, a bartender or a server or something like that?

00:22:11.608 --> 00:22:15.266
They don't have to be service industry no, it would just be hard with schedules, wouldn't it?

00:22:15.406 --> 00:22:16.190
Yeah, my schedule.

00:22:16.190 --> 00:22:17.061
I mean I work at night.

00:22:17.061 --> 00:22:17.704
You know what I mean.

00:22:17.845 --> 00:22:19.549
Five nights a week and you work weekends, right?

00:22:20.101 --> 00:22:22.223
I work weekends, it depends.

00:22:22.424 --> 00:22:25.209
So it would be tough for you to date, let's say a teacher, right.

00:22:25.209 --> 00:22:27.574
Yeah, because they are off nights and weekends typically.

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:34.059
So yeah, I mean, you know, and service industry people were built a little differently as well.

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:36.669
But yeah, I mean, whether someone is or is not.

00:22:36.669 --> 00:22:48.703
I mean I have found through experience and just friends and things of that nature, when they are dating somebody outside the industry, that it is very difficult Just because schedules don't always align.

00:22:48.703 --> 00:22:49.507
You know what I mean.

00:22:49.507 --> 00:22:52.215
Like yeah, I work thursday, friday, saturday, sunday.

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I work nights.

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I got the middle of the week off, um, so yeah, I mean, but and I feel like it would be hard too, because people in the service industry do have a bad rap and it is a reputation thing and so dating someone not in that industry, they'd have to be very secure because they would have to be able to trust you working, the hours that you work and the environment that you work, and for those that have never worked in that environment before, it can be a really scary place in their head.

00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:25.730
And typically people in the industry are very good looking, personable.

00:23:25.730 --> 00:23:27.904
That's why they're working with the public, the public.

00:23:27.904 --> 00:23:32.606
So they're good looking, have great personalities, so I can imagine you would have to be very secure.

00:23:32.666 --> 00:23:34.114
Yeah, I have a friend that married.

00:23:34.114 --> 00:23:39.309
She actually she met her husband at the bar that he worked at and that was her number.

00:23:39.309 --> 00:23:51.861
One thing is she was like you will never work in another bar, ever again so now he's a barber hilarious, I mean if you have a backup plan cool, you know what I mean.

00:23:51.881 --> 00:23:55.991
Yeah um, you know I plan on being an industry person for the foreseeable future.

00:23:55.991 --> 00:23:57.303
May I be behind the bar forever?

00:23:57.303 --> 00:24:01.592
Not necessarily, but you know restaurants, they're great places to work.

00:24:01.592 --> 00:24:04.946
Man, I mean people that do office jobs and do nine to fives.

00:24:04.946 --> 00:24:06.510
Man, I mean good for you.

00:24:06.510 --> 00:24:08.462
I give you all all the credit in the world.

00:24:08.723 --> 00:24:16.194
Um, I can't stand it, it's funny because I used to bartend when I was in college and then I went to corporate america working for a financial institution.

00:24:16.194 --> 00:24:21.901
I made more money bartending than I a lot more than I did working for corporate america monday through friday, nine to five.

00:24:22.362 --> 00:24:25.808
I was a waitress in college too, and I actually loved working in the service industry.

00:24:25.848 --> 00:24:26.250
I loved it.

00:24:26.411 --> 00:24:37.354
But the town or the college that I went to was in a fairly small town and it was wild to me how incestuous the staff was within this restaurant.

00:24:37.354 --> 00:24:39.665
It was like the owner and all of his.

00:24:39.665 --> 00:24:52.968
He had three sons, I think, and all three of them worked in the restaurant with him, and all of them were dating someone that was either the hostess or a waitress, or you know like they were all it was.

00:24:53.008 --> 00:24:56.963
It was so scandalous that is a lot of restaurants in a lot of cities.

00:24:56.963 --> 00:25:04.527
Man, I mean, you spend as much time as you do with the people that we do and kind of like the environment, yeah, um yeah, it does.

00:25:04.527 --> 00:25:06.108
It does just kind of happen.

00:25:06.108 --> 00:25:15.112
I've I've seen, uh, you know, you know I'm now a product of it per se, but I've seen other marriages go down for that yeah uh, same reason.

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:34.502
Well, yeah, and it creates drama too, because it's like from the back the chef can see in the front his girl flirting with the table of guys in this section and then pretty soon you know it's chaos in the back in the kitchen and you go back there and it's like all this tension it's just, oh my god, it's yeah what are your deal breakers?

00:25:35.525 --> 00:25:36.707
what are my deal breakers?

00:25:36.707 --> 00:25:42.282
Um, probably someone who doesn't prioritize their health in some manner.

00:25:42.282 --> 00:25:46.931
Um, like, I exercise probably way too much.

00:25:46.931 --> 00:26:02.541
That's probably a toxic trait of mine, because I spend a lot of time in the gym, um, but, uh, if someone's you know, you don't have to be a gym rat by any means, but, like, if you're not prioritizing your health in some way, um, like, that's probably going to be a deal breaker.

00:26:02.922 --> 00:26:13.430
Um, because my ex-father-in-law, like, like, he was a wonderful, wonderful human being and that man should still be alive um, he did not take care of himself at all.

00:26:13.430 --> 00:26:17.651
He lived every day like it was his last and it's fantastic, but he should not have died at 60.

00:26:17.651 --> 00:26:23.871
And that just kind of like flipped the light switch for me a few years ago, where it's like I'm gonna get back on this train of health.

00:26:23.871 --> 00:26:36.853
So, like, you know, if you like to party, cool, that fine, but if you're not doing something to take care of yourself, health wise, um, you know, and and be active in that route, that's probably a solid deal breaker for me.

00:26:37.621 --> 00:26:39.262
Yeah, um are you a big drinker?

00:26:39.262 --> 00:26:41.385
No no, it would be hard.

00:26:41.385 --> 00:26:42.367
I think it would I.

00:26:42.367 --> 00:27:02.226
So my ex was an alcoholic and it totally changed my relationship with alcohol and I think being a bartender, I think it would be so hard to sit behind the bar and watch people just drink their lives away and then outside of work, want to go have a drink, like I think that would be really hard.

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:04.207
I mean I did that through my early 20s too.

00:27:04.207 --> 00:27:14.470
Like I drank heavily, probably close to like even in the early 30s, and it's like it's just not a good way to live.

00:27:14.470 --> 00:27:16.907
So you know, that's another thing.

00:27:16.907 --> 00:27:22.553
Like if you're a heavy, heavy drinker, like that's again, no judgment, do your thing.

00:27:22.553 --> 00:27:26.088
But that's probably a solid deal breaker as well, too.

00:27:26.088 --> 00:27:27.031
Like I like to go out.

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:36.852
I went out last night, had a couple cocktails, but like I have two and I go home you know, what I mean, and that's the first time, not the first time, it's like once every week or two, like I'll go out.

00:27:36.852 --> 00:27:43.060
I have a couple drinks like um, because I enjoy it, like I drink cocktails and whiskey and things of that nature because I enjoy it.

00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:48.652
If you just want to party and get blasted, like you're it's not like you're out doing shots of fireball.

00:27:48.692 --> 00:27:56.409
No, come on, absolutely nope been there, done that, don't want to go back, so again, that's your jam, go for it, no judgment whatsoever.

00:27:56.409 --> 00:28:16.907
Um, and on that note, it's like if you're a judgmental gossipy person like I don't, like I work in a restaurant, but like I'm like one of the few people, like I don't care about the restaurantee, I don't care about gossiping, like I see no benefit in like talking about people behind their backs and like, oh, she did this or she was wearing that or he this or whatever.

00:28:16.907 --> 00:28:32.672
Like I'm good, like you know, like I'm good with that mundane, you know, not even surface level, just kind of, I would say, immature conversation about gossiping like I'm good like if you're that kind of person, no, like hard pass speaking of gossiping, are you ready for it?

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00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:48.484
If I can grab my iPad, we have a listener question, all right.

00:28:48.484 --> 00:28:54.988
So it says my girlfriend wants a threesome, but not with me.

00:28:54.988 --> 00:29:01.711
She says she's exploring her sexuality and wants to experiment with other women without me.

00:29:01.711 --> 00:29:05.913
Is this a breakup in disguise or just a bold phase?

00:29:05.913 --> 00:29:09.795
I don't want to open Pandora's box if I can't close it again.

00:29:10.174 --> 00:29:13.237
How fitting because we were just walking.

00:29:13.237 --> 00:29:14.116
That's crazy.

00:29:14.336 --> 00:29:16.298
I'm sorry, so let me clarify this.

00:29:16.298 --> 00:29:18.878
She wants a threesome with other women.

00:29:18.878 --> 00:29:21.267
Women, yeah, a threesome with two other women?

00:29:21.627 --> 00:29:27.113
Yes, but it seems like he didn't know this about her before they got into the relationship.

00:29:27.113 --> 00:29:28.546
Proceed with caution my good sir.

00:29:29.540 --> 00:29:33.211
So she wants to sleep around without her boyfriend but with other women.

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:34.545
But with women, not with men.

00:29:34.945 --> 00:29:39.208
Oh, yeah, I think that's I still think that's cheating if you're not including him.

00:29:39.208 --> 00:29:41.364
Uh-huh, I mean I wouldn't call it cheating.

00:29:41.384 --> 00:29:42.186
You're letting him know.

00:29:42.247 --> 00:29:42.868
That's true.

00:29:43.160 --> 00:29:47.592
Yeah, but at the same time, like that's he kind of like you said, you're opening Pandora's box.

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:49.185
And why doesn't she want him there?

00:29:49.185 --> 00:29:52.230
That to me is kind of like why wouldn't she want to include him?

00:29:52.441 --> 00:29:53.519
Yeah, that's the weird one.

00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:59.548
Well, I feel a little heartbroken, Like you don't want to cuck him and just put him in the corner and let baby play inside.

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:10.780
Yeah, yeah, it, yeah.

00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:18.551
it seems like she wants to play once, yes, and it seems like she might not be totally straight, like she might you know what I mean like she wants to explore that on her own, which maybe she should break up and explore that, but maybe it's contact.

00:30:18.612 --> 00:30:22.041
I mean, has she ever been with a woman, has she not?

00:30:22.061 --> 00:30:23.403
yeah, there's I think there's.

00:30:23.403 --> 00:30:27.991
Maybe she just there's more to that that I want to know like yeah, she wants to have her cake and eat it too.

00:30:28.011 --> 00:30:36.007
Yeah, um uh, yeah, that's a proceed with caution a hundred percent yellow flag there.

00:30:36.086 --> 00:30:37.670
Yeah, I wouldn't say yeah, I would.

00:30:37.891 --> 00:30:42.928
I would be careful with that one so now we're going to discuss single statistics in 2025.

00:30:42.928 --> 00:30:53.271
So dating preferences are evolving, with a focus on sober dates, outdoor activities and group dates, while also embracing loud looking for transparency in relationships.

00:30:53.271 --> 00:30:54.123
Have you heard of loud looking?

00:30:54.123 --> 00:30:55.451
It's basically what you do.

00:30:55.451 --> 00:30:59.507
You just put everything out there what you're looking, sorry like.

00:30:59.507 --> 00:31:01.673
You just put out there what you're looking for.

00:31:01.673 --> 00:31:05.945
You're very upfront, yeah, um, people just aren't playing games anymore, I guess.

00:31:05.945 --> 00:31:16.007
So here's a more detailed look at single statistics in 2025 national trends nationally, married and never married adults are nearly equal, but this very significantly by cities.

00:31:16.007 --> 00:31:21.262
In some cities, only 23 percent of the population is married, while others see 56 percent.

00:31:21.502 --> 00:31:40.180
So, scottsdale, 49 are unmarried, but in omaha, only 18 are unmarried it's funny that they used omaha use party town and you gotta use small town different sides of the spectrum age and gender.

00:31:40.701 --> 00:31:45.508
This is shocking to me 86 of adults aged 18 to 24 are single.

00:31:45.508 --> 00:31:49.373
That's a high percentage 80%, 86% 86?

00:31:49.393 --> 00:31:49.953
Isn't that high?

00:31:49.953 --> 00:31:51.016
18 to 24.

00:31:51.016 --> 00:31:57.215
No, I think that kids aren't getting married early anymore.

00:31:57.276 --> 00:31:57.636
That's true.

00:31:57.700 --> 00:32:02.154
Because it's been proven that the divorce rate is so high.

00:32:02.435 --> 00:32:02.636
It's true.

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:09.965
I think that kids you know, when we were young it was like right out of high school you get married, you have kids.

00:32:09.965 --> 00:32:12.992
You know, at 20, you get married at 21, 22, 23, 24.

00:32:12.992 --> 00:32:18.992
But then you look at all of those marriages and it's like a lot of them didn't last.

00:32:18.992 --> 00:32:22.490
And so I think the next generation coming up they're learning yeah.

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:44.707
Oh, but I think that if you're like from my experience as well, it's like I think that if you're just not asking all those questions, like I think a lot of people just kind of willy nilly and I don't know if social media plays into this or not but like you watch, you know the highlight reels of people, marriages and life, and maybe they're traveling and doing this and doing that and it's like, but there's, there's a lot more to your relationship than just doing the highlight reels.

00:32:44.747 --> 00:32:45.607
You know what I mean.

00:32:45.667 --> 00:32:59.589
There's, you know the mundane aspects of life getting up every morning and you know whatever chores or whatever's going on around the house or wherever you're living like that's an aspect of a relationship that maybe they're not thinking about.

00:32:59.589 --> 00:33:06.990
And then maybe, when they maybe get involved in that, or maybe they just see the divorce rate or they see a statistic and they're like, oh well, it's not worth it.

00:33:06.990 --> 00:33:14.761
Yeah, like the highlight reels with which we watch Well, and that brings up.

00:33:14.821 --> 00:33:21.626
another thought is I think also people are living with partners unmarried.

00:33:21.626 --> 00:33:26.906
That's true, and 20 years ago that was not acceptable.

00:33:26.906 --> 00:33:29.133
Yeah, you weren't like, you were not to.

00:33:29.133 --> 00:33:34.291
I remember the first guy that I lived with and it was like my mom was like you better.

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:42.362
You better hide that from your grandma, and that's a great point.

00:33:42.362 --> 00:33:45.334
I've had, as you say, that it's like I've had, I think, probably a half a dozen couples in the last three or four weeks.

00:33:45.334 --> 00:33:46.258
Um, it's like, oh, we just got married.

00:33:46.258 --> 00:33:47.240
It's like, oh, how long are we together?

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.528
Nine years, eight years, ten years.

00:33:49.528 --> 00:33:53.040
And I'm like, oh wow, y'all been together for a hot minute.

00:33:53.040 --> 00:34:02.067
And it's like, so there's probably, yeah, yeah, there's that aspect of it too 42 are single, age 25 to 39, so about half in that age range.

00:34:02.728 --> 00:34:09.608
Education income 44 of adults without a high school diploma are single, while 30 of those with a bachelor's degree are.

00:34:09.608 --> 00:34:14.072
So it pays to be educated isn't that crazy, yeah, I wonder what the reasoning behind that is.

00:34:14.635 --> 00:34:25.155
Unpartnered adults tend to have lower incomes than their partnered peers, which makes sense if you you know dual income households, of course you're gonna have more money right than the single dating trends.

00:34:25.155 --> 00:34:28.869
Sober dates are becoming more popular, with 39 of singles prioritizing them.

00:34:28.869 --> 00:34:33.862
Outdoor activities, hiking, picnics, are also very popular first date choices.

00:34:33.862 --> 00:34:35.485
Love me to hike, love some.

00:34:35.485 --> 00:34:39.592
Hiking Group dates are becoming extremely popular as well with the younger generation.

00:34:39.793 --> 00:34:40.273
Group dates.

00:34:40.273 --> 00:34:41.527
What do group dates look like?

00:34:42.882 --> 00:34:52.106
One of my neighbors bamboozled, so how I met Joe is my neighbor bamboozled me into going on a date, and the first so not once, but twice he did this.

00:34:52.106 --> 00:34:55.295
The first time he did it he asked me to to.

00:34:55.295 --> 00:35:00.246
He's like a bunch of us are going to go see a movie, and so he's like, do you want to come?

00:35:00.246 --> 00:35:16.092
And I said, yeah, sure, and there was supposed to, I think, be six people there and it was supposed to just be a group thing, but then it ended up being just him and I and another couple, and so it was like very much, very much a double date it tricked me into it, but I think it's.

00:35:16.271 --> 00:35:28.266
It's something like that, where it's a group, yeah, like multiple couples all doing something, makes sense um loud, looking, being honest and upfront about what you are looking for.

00:35:28.347 --> 00:35:36.652
A trend towards radical transparency in dating profiles and early interactions is emerging, with 70 of singles seeking serious relationships and embracing this approach.

00:35:36.652 --> 00:35:38.809
I think that's like when I was dating.

00:35:38.809 --> 00:35:39.976
I was on the first date.

00:35:39.976 --> 00:35:40.559
I want to get married.

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:50.063
I want to have kids, because if they don't want to get married and have kids, like what I don't want to waste my time exactly, you know eight months down the road and they're like no, I just I really don't want kids yeah, transparency over honesty, I think, is better.

00:35:50.103 --> 00:35:52.804
It's like just put it out there, because if you wait for them to ask.

00:35:52.804 --> 00:35:58.110
If you wait, and it's four, five, six weeks in, it's like Ain't nobody got time for that.

00:35:58.130 --> 00:36:06.237
No, you just wasted six weeks of your life in somebody else's it's funny, though, because a lot of people would tell me like, don't say that, Don't say that you want to get married and have kids, because it's going to scare the men away.

00:36:08.221 --> 00:36:09.202
It's going to scare them away.

00:36:09.202 --> 00:36:11.182
I'm like, well, the ones that are going.

00:36:11.463 --> 00:36:15.306
My husband stuck around Micromance.

00:36:15.306 --> 00:36:23.653
Smaller, heartfelt actions like curating a playlist or sharing a meme are becoming the preferred way to express affection, moving away from grand gestures.

00:36:23.653 --> 00:36:27.717
Micro what Micromance oh micromance.

00:36:27.717 --> 00:36:36.692
But it makes sense because, like the younger generation, like everyone's so broke because rent's so expensive, they don't have the money to do these grandiose gestures like taking them to Vegas, you know.

00:36:36.692 --> 00:36:38.164
So it's like the thoughtful little.

00:36:38.164 --> 00:36:38.827
I love that.

00:36:38.827 --> 00:36:40.960
I think the thoughtful things are more meaningful anyway.

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:48.150
When did the thoughtful little things, though, ever go out, like when, like, at what point is that part of the problem?

00:36:48.150 --> 00:36:49.967
Like, did people stop doing that?

00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:54.208
Maybe people are just getting more creative now because people don't have the money.

00:36:54.208 --> 00:36:55.844
Yeah, I don't have the money.

00:36:55.844 --> 00:36:56.210
Yeah, I don't know.

00:36:56.230 --> 00:37:04.190
I think if you do thoughtful little things, it means you're paying attention right, like if you're only doing grandiose things and you're only doing these large gestures.

00:37:04.391 --> 00:37:27.525
To me it's like I've maybe I haven't been paying attention and I have to do something, whereas if you're paying attention to their starbucks order that maybe you just talked about but they never mentioned and you're going to pick them up and you bring their favorite starbucks or, you know, you grab their favorite snack when you're out or whatever you know, I mean just little things like that that show that you're just paying attention to the things they say.

00:37:27.585 --> 00:37:37.114
I think that shows that you care more than oh look at this I did this over overly romantic date for your birthday and I haven't done anything in six months.

00:37:37.460 --> 00:37:39.278
And then I filmed it all, and then I posted it online.

00:37:39.278 --> 00:37:41.869
That was the end of all of these strangers.

00:37:41.869 --> 00:37:43.824
So people know what a great boyfriend I am.

00:37:45.809 --> 00:37:46.411
Staying single.

00:37:46.411 --> 00:37:52.387
Studies suggest that one in four adults may stay single for their entire lives, highlighting the growing significance of singlehood.

00:37:52.387 --> 00:37:57.726
I know a lot of women that are done with dating, done with men, and they just love their life so much being single.

00:37:57.766 --> 00:38:10.514
They don't know if they ever want to get into a relationship ever again yeah, I mean, you know it's, it's great to see, you know, obviously, women succeeding and and being more in that light and you know, if that's the, that's the route they choose to go.

00:38:10.514 --> 00:38:12.501
Great man like, own it live it, love it.

00:38:12.661 --> 00:38:18.878
As we get older we kind of get in our ways, set our ways, so it's hard to introduce someone that changes shit around.

00:38:18.878 --> 00:38:19.699
You know and you're like what?

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.125
I have to modify my life now.

00:38:21.125 --> 00:38:21.648
What's going on?

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:43.583
That's one of those things where it's like as you get older, it's like if you don't want to change, but you are as a human being, but there are compromises that have to be made if you want to be in a relationship compromise always compromise relationships.

00:38:43.583 --> 00:38:47.820
It's you can't just like I'm this way and you can take it or leave it.

00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:50.768
It's like well then, you're probably going to get left a lot.

00:38:50.907 --> 00:38:56.050
You know what I mean, and so it's like I hate camping but my husband loves it, so I do it for him.

00:38:56.090 --> 00:39:02.463
I use the restroom in the woods for him yes, you can get one of those uh pop-up, you know restroom things that you bring with you and it's nice and private.

00:39:02.463 --> 00:39:04.188
You know I also have a bunch.

00:39:04.188 --> 00:39:06.523
You're still using a bucket, but hey, have you ever?

00:39:06.523 --> 00:39:09.510
Used the funnel no, oh, I have, I'll bring you.

00:39:09.590 --> 00:39:12.384
I'll bring you on the next one there's women in the funnel so it doesn't go everywhere.

00:39:12.463 --> 00:39:15.409
Yeah, they're like're like little silicone like lady helpers.

00:39:15.409 --> 00:39:16.351
That Cause.

00:39:16.371 --> 00:39:18.856
That is annoying when the pee like sprays everyone.

00:39:18.876 --> 00:39:22.927
That's what I'm saying I have a, I have a bunch of my camping stuff Unused.

00:39:22.927 --> 00:39:23.590
They're not used.

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.905
Other random stats.

00:39:27.905 --> 00:39:30.346
Women desire romantic men According to a poll.

00:39:30.346 --> 00:39:31.208
No shit, sherlock.

00:39:31.208 --> 00:39:34.463
According to the poll, 30% of women believe in true love.

00:39:34.463 --> 00:39:35.547
Do you guys believe in true love?

00:39:35.547 --> 00:39:41.199
No I don't, I don't know if I do either like true love like yeah what does that even mean?

00:39:41.681 --> 00:39:42.804
what does that even mean?

00:39:42.884 --> 00:39:51.831
yeah, yeah I think, if you want to say true love, it's two people that are truly making an effort to just make you know good, bad, everything.

00:39:51.831 --> 00:39:56.884
Otherwise, like, we're gonna figure it out and we're gonna make it, make it work, but like true love no.

00:39:57.204 --> 00:40:03.251
Well, and now it's soul ties Like everyone, that's like the buzzword instead of true love.

00:40:03.251 --> 00:40:07.896
I feel like Disney sold true love the princess fairy tales.

00:40:08.559 --> 00:40:08.780
Yes.

00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:11.307
And now it's evolved into soul ties.

00:40:11.327 --> 00:40:11.989
Soul ties.

00:40:11.989 --> 00:40:15.769
Only 28% of women believe in love at first sight.

00:40:15.769 --> 00:40:19.706
Do you guys believe in love at first sight?

00:40:19.706 --> 00:40:21.371
Do you guys believe in love at first sight have?

00:40:21.391 --> 00:40:21.833
you ever felt that?

00:40:21.833 --> 00:40:25.963
I don't know if I believe, maybe lost it for a sigh like oh yeah, I want to bang him but can you really fall in love at first sight?

00:40:25.963 --> 00:40:28.509
No, um, I don't think so.

00:40:28.509 --> 00:40:34.443
No, I mean, yeah, I go with your lusted first sight and just sort of take it from there.

00:40:34.483 --> 00:40:43.081
But yeah, it's impossible to know somebody just by looking at them right yeah, 93 percent of women prefer to be asked out on a date.

00:40:43.081 --> 00:40:47.820
Only 18 percent of women were the first to declare their love in a relationship, according to a survey.

00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:49.525
Have you ever said I love you first?

00:40:49.525 --> 00:40:53.072
Oh, have you ever had a girl say I love you first?

00:40:54.061 --> 00:41:01.487
I mean, I've technically been with the same person for 17 years and I said it first Typically it's the man right it is.

00:41:03.344 --> 00:41:11.532
The last couple guys I've dated have said it first, I think 50% of women and 51% of men think their current relationship will stay intact.

00:41:11.532 --> 00:41:14.527
Why would you stay with someone if you don't think it's going to last?

00:41:14.527 --> 00:41:15.389
What's the point?

00:41:15.389 --> 00:41:16.552
I guess people get comfortable.

00:41:16.552 --> 00:41:17.375
It's cheaper to keep her?

00:41:17.375 --> 00:41:19.219
I don't know, I don't get that.

00:41:19.882 --> 00:41:22.030
Maybe they think they have a lack of options outside.

00:41:22.030 --> 00:41:40.130
I mean again, if you live in the world of social media, internet, like we all do nowadays, it seems very tough to find somebody once you part ways with, whoever it is you may be with at the time, if you're in Omaha, nebraska only 18% of adults are single.

00:41:41.682 --> 00:41:44.951
Those are the opposite sex of the sex that you're looking for.

00:41:45.621 --> 00:41:50.927
So you've got a 9% pool to see 52% of women want men to have good manners.

00:41:50.927 --> 00:41:54.960
That's so low Like I would have thought all women want men to have good manners, wait.

00:41:54.981 --> 00:41:57.380
48% of women, 52 percent of women.

00:41:57.661 --> 00:42:01.072
I think 100 manners exactly like what the hell.

00:42:01.092 --> 00:42:09.461
I think 100 of both sides should want both people to have good manners like, for sure, if you don't have good manners, we're not dating the bar is so low nowadays

00:42:09.481 --> 00:42:16.476
the bar is so low 26 desire males to pay for their meal, which I thought was low, too okay.

00:42:16.476 --> 00:42:28.871
Um 65 percent of women think kissing is acceptable on a first date, while 56 percent feel cuddling is okay, because cuddling are like a like code word for where are you cuddling?

00:42:28.931 --> 00:42:34.108
like cuddling right at the booth, at the restaurant and I'm sorry people that do that.

00:42:34.148 --> 00:42:35.150
I find that really weird.

00:42:35.150 --> 00:42:41.648
Like you know, like you don't need to be cuddling in the restaurant while you're like, just have dinner, talk, flirt, a little touch it's fine.

00:42:41.688 --> 00:42:42.230
A little touchy.

00:42:42.230 --> 00:42:44.407
Touchy A hand on the leg is okay, it's fine.

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:50.007
But like, if you're like haven't added in a booth in the middle of a restaurant, like, just pay your check and go.

00:42:50.599 --> 00:42:53.967
Get a room women are more likely to date a man who lives alone.

00:42:53.967 --> 00:42:59.400
25 percent of females want to go out with a bachelor, compared to nine percent who want to go out with someone who lives with their roommates.

00:42:59.400 --> 00:43:06.335
I feel like the younger general don't a lot of the younger generation have roommates because it's so expensive, rent's so expensive, housing prices are so expensive.

00:43:06.335 --> 00:43:07.961
Like who can afford their own place?

00:43:07.961 --> 00:43:11.431
I feel you know it's expensive I.

00:43:11.891 --> 00:43:27.070
I, though, can see this because I live by myself, and I want, if I'm dating someone, I want them to also live by myself, and I want, if I'm dating someone, I want them to also live by themselves, because I don't want it to turn into always being at my place, because I'm the only one that doesn't have a like a workaround.

00:43:27.530 --> 00:43:28.192
You know what I mean.

00:43:28.192 --> 00:43:33.730
Last, one half of the females are willing or extremely willing to live with their partners to save money.

00:43:33.730 --> 00:43:33.990
Yeah, why not?

00:43:33.990 --> 00:43:36.639
That makes total sense Like save a lot of money by are willing or extremely willing to live with their partners to save money.

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:39.947
Yeah, why not makes that makes total sense like save a lot of money by living together.

00:43:39.987 --> 00:43:50.532
I feel I'm gonna let you do the celebrity cut where we marinate in the juices of the celebrities, because you sent me this article are we talking about conor mcgregor, the irish boxer have?

00:43:50.934 --> 00:43:51.576
have you heard?

00:43:51.576 --> 00:43:54.766
I have not heard okay, so he sent dick pics.

00:43:54.766 --> 00:43:55.306
Do you know, know who?

00:43:55.367 --> 00:43:56.391
Azealia Banks is.

00:43:56.391 --> 00:43:58.067
I do not know who Azealia Banks is.

00:43:58.842 --> 00:44:00.809
I'm not really sure either why she's famous.

00:44:01.219 --> 00:44:02.103
Is she an actress or a?

00:44:02.123 --> 00:44:02.565
singer?

00:44:02.565 --> 00:44:12.074
I'm not sure, but she's notorious for like blasting people on Twitter or X or whatever it is.

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:13.764
He picked the wrong person to fuck with.

00:44:13.764 --> 00:44:15.128
He did pick the wrong person.

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:30.094
So he sent her dick pics and she posted them on the internet well, and he even said to her, even texted her and said don't be a rat, because all rats get caught and she, like, posted that, so why would you do that?

00:44:30.135 --> 00:44:33.402
and he's engaged, so he's been with his fiance.

00:44:33.402 --> 00:44:35.246
They've been engaged for years.

00:44:35.387 --> 00:44:37.130
For years and they have four kids together.

00:44:37.130 --> 00:44:41.909
Yeah, jeez, yeah, and it wasn't one of the pictures of his member lifting weights.

00:44:42.601 --> 00:44:47.369
I mean, I'm no better, I think, at this point, but it's like I can see why women have lost faith in men, exactly.

00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:53.791
I haven't helped the cause either, but you know what's sad about this guy is he's been caught cheating on his fiance multiple times.

00:44:53.791 --> 00:44:55.731
He's been accused of harassment.

00:44:55.731 --> 00:45:02.865
He's always in scandals and, like right before this happened, he was seen in a cabana I think it was in vegas with some woman that was not his fiance was.

00:45:02.905 --> 00:45:04.289
It wasn't that right after it happened.

00:45:04.329 --> 00:45:06.585
It was right at the same time what the hell.00:45:06.605 --> 00:45:15.469


But then, a couple years ago, remember, he recorded and posted on social media himself on a yacht with his fiance giving him head.00:45:15.829 --> 00:45:19.197


Oh, my god, classy, classy, class act.00:45:19.300 --> 00:45:20.389


I feel bad for her.00:45:20.630 --> 00:45:25.193


Well, I mean obviously they must have some sort of agreement you would think.00:45:25.193 --> 00:45:26.242


I mean he's got a lot of money.00:45:26.242 --> 00:45:31.025


If they have four kids together, there's a benefit to tolerating it.00:45:31.860 --> 00:45:34.943


And it's been multiple times, so they've got to have an understanding.00:45:34.943 --> 00:45:39.746


Maybe she does her own thing on the side too, but she's not famous, so it's not in the tabloids.00:45:40.688 --> 00:45:43.746


I don't know, did you look for the pictures, did you?00:45:43.766 --> 00:45:43.985


see them.00:45:44.005 --> 00:45:47.393


I didn't see the pictures Did you, I did see them, but you know what's funny?00:45:47.780 --> 00:45:48.664


That was all the news.00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:04.527


I bet Conor McGregor is so thankful for Coldplay, because, as soon as I was just gonna read it, we're all talking about him.00:46:04.527 --> 00:46:05.952


He's probably not the human resources department, which is even better.00:46:05.952 --> 00:46:07.235


Well, and also, though, there was nothing like the picture.00:46:07.235 --> 00:46:10.563


There's nothing about it that is like it's not, like oh my god, where is it?00:46:10.563 --> 00:46:13.590


Or oh my god, he's so out of shape.00:46:13.590 --> 00:46:26.085


Or oh my God, why would you send or like remember that screenshot you sent me where the guy was like in a pink bedroom and everything was like pink and fluffy and stuff, and he was standing in the mirror.00:46:26.085 --> 00:46:31.545


So it's like nothing in the picture was really embarrassing for him.00:46:31.545 --> 00:46:36.213


It it literally was just a full frontal in the mirror picture.00:46:36.213 --> 00:46:43.510


It, it literally was just a full frontal in the mirror picture, and so there wasn't really anything to yeah, hound him for, except that he sent a dick pic.00:46:43.530 --> 00:46:46.947


So question about the call play thing though what dumb asses had they just waved?00:46:46.947 --> 00:46:49.115


We wouldn't be talking about them, right?00:46:49.115 --> 00:46:54.170


Now it's their dodgy reaction like oh shit, like that got them caught like why didn't they just wave?00:46:54.471 --> 00:46:56.103


no, you could have waved, you could have done whatever.00:46:56.103 --> 00:46:57.208


You were caught regardless.00:46:58.382 --> 00:47:00.047


But nobody would have known who they were.00:47:00.047 --> 00:47:01.050


Yeah, do you?00:47:01.070 --> 00:47:03.967


know what I'm saying, like because of their reaction.00:47:03.967 --> 00:47:09.293


Chris Martin was like oh, they're either cheating or they're shy, which is what gained the attention, right?00:47:09.293 --> 00:47:11.228


If they had have just waved, he wouldn't have said anything.00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:25.869


I don't think anyone would have paid attention, because neither of them are really public figures like that to where the average person at the concert would have been like oh, that's the ceo of whatever, whatever company it was it's not like it was elon musk up there.00:47:25.777 --> 00:47:26.052


You know what I mean.00:47:26.052 --> 00:47:27.713


Nobody would have really recognized.00:47:27.713 --> 00:47:31.315


He's got nine women with kids.00:47:31.815 --> 00:47:32.697


I love all of the.00:47:32.697 --> 00:47:45.150


Have you seen some like the d-backs just did one with baxter, where Baxter's up in a suite and he's standing behind a girl in like a Phillies jersey or something and like they're canoodling, and then the camera goes to them and they do.00:47:45.150 --> 00:47:53.074


So all these different like people are making real joke reels and memes.00:47:53.253 --> 00:47:57.447


Yeah, it's funny how he's on leave now, like they put him on leave the memes.00:47:57.447 --> 00:47:58.795


Yeah, it's funny how he's on leave now, like they put him on.00:47:58.795 --> 00:47:59.096


Leave the CEO.00:47:59.096 --> 00:47:59.418


Yeah, well, well.00:47:59.438 --> 00:47:59.840


You make your own.00:48:00.121 --> 00:48:00.822


But isn't that?00:48:00.822 --> 00:48:01.384


I don't know.00:48:01.384 --> 00:48:03.849


You did that in your private life, right?00:48:03.849 --> 00:48:04.672


You didn't do that at work.00:48:04.672 --> 00:48:05.851


Well, maybe he was doing it at work.00:48:05.893 --> 00:48:07.826


Maybe that's the thing, well, but she works with him.00:48:11.043 --> 00:48:11.885


That's true, maybe they sources.00:48:11.885 --> 00:48:13.447


Yeah, right, they're both married.00:48:13.507 --> 00:48:18.972


That's not even just him, yeah well, and then in his statement he blamed coldplay.00:48:18.972 --> 00:48:20.394


I saw that he was like.00:48:20.394 --> 00:48:21.175


He was like.00:48:21.175 --> 00:48:30.027


I'm just really disappointed in the fact that they took what was supposed to be a private moment and turned it into a public of course he's blaming someone else.00:48:30.047 --> 00:48:33.018


Maybe you shouldn't be cheating on your wife that's textbook narcissism.00:48:33.018 --> 00:48:45.313


Right it is now it's time for zoyo intel, sponsored by zoyo, your neighborhood yogurt, rapid fire questions to get to know you ready the best or worst pickup line you've heard or you've used the best or worst pickup line.00:48:45.554 --> 00:48:47.300


I mean, I haven't used any pickup lines.00:48:47.300 --> 00:48:51.141


The worst one is probably like is that a mirror in your pocket, because I see myself in your pants?00:48:51.141 --> 00:48:56.492


Oh god, that's probably the worst one or another one would be uh, that I heard.00:48:56.492 --> 00:49:03.068


I don't know if it's great, but it's like what's this material?00:49:03.088 --> 00:49:03.168


what?00:49:03.188 --> 00:49:03.449


cotton.00:49:05.711 --> 00:49:21.432


Oh, it feels like boyfriend material, oh god that's a good one right favorite body part on a partner favorite body part on a partner Favorite body part on a partner Legs.00:49:21.432 --> 00:49:22.373


Legs, really.00:49:22.733 --> 00:49:24.936


Yeah, that was my nickname in college.00:49:25.036 --> 00:49:29.369


By the way, you have one, what gives you the ick?00:49:31.581 --> 00:49:34.668


What gives me the ick People that talk with their mouth full of food?00:49:34.688 --> 00:49:40.644


Yeah, yeah Is watching porn considered cheating.00:49:40.664 --> 00:49:43.871


I think that's contextual, but I would say yes and no, it just depends.00:49:48.139 --> 00:49:48.581


Before your intimate.00:49:48.601 --> 00:49:50.523


Is it appropriate to ask your date how many people they've been with?00:49:50.523 --> 00:49:50.682


Uh sure.00:49:50.702 --> 00:49:53.266


Yeah, is it acceptable to have sex on a first date?00:49:53.885 --> 00:49:54.507


I think so yeah.00:49:55.188 --> 00:49:58.371


And should you disclose mental health issues early on in a relationship?00:49:58.530 --> 00:49:59.291


100% yeah.00:49:59.652 --> 00:50:02.715


And the last question favorite sexual position and why?00:50:09.885 --> 00:50:11.447


Favorite sexual position and why?00:50:11.447 --> 00:50:15.974


Wow, okay, I was not expecting that I'm just going to go kind of boring and I would say missionary.00:50:15.974 --> 00:50:22.467


I mean, I'm a bit more of an emotional human being, so I like the eye-to-eye contact and I like the intimacy of being able to look you in the face.00:50:22.789 --> 00:50:23.269


You know what's funny?00:50:23.269 --> 00:50:24.887


I think every single person has said that.00:50:25.179 --> 00:50:26.385


A lot of people say that.00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:30.885


They're just like they're looking into each other's eyes traditional, so you're not alone.00:50:30.885 --> 00:50:35.842


It's a very common answer, common answer.00:50:35.842 --> 00:50:36.384


It is a very common answer.00:50:36.384 --> 00:50:38.434


Well, thank you so much for joining us this week at the meat market and thank you so much, joe.00:50:38.434 --> 00:50:42.170


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Oh, my god, I just totally got catfished.00:50:55.632 --> 00:50:57.655


He looks absolutely nothing like his picture.00:50:58.139 --> 00:51:02.782


So I found out, the guy that I've been dating is married with kids.00:51:02.782 --> 00:51:04.923


His wife just reached out to me.