In this episode, we are thrilled to welcome Elvery Tinsley, therapist, relationship expert, and CEO of Love Minus Limits. Elvery shares his expertise in helping Black couples foster clarity, connection, communication, and commitment in their relationships. We dive deep into the core pillars of healthy relationships, explore practical strategies for conflict resolution, and discuss the importance of building a resilient foundation of love and trust. Tune in now to discover how to take your relationship to the next level—minus the limits!
[00:00:00] Hold on
[00:00:01] They did an update
[00:00:03] and so
[00:00:04] they hit it
[00:00:06] We
[00:00:10] are
[00:00:11] we have marked a few of those questions
[00:00:13] that I sent you
[00:00:16] we
[00:00:17] may get to them, we may not
[00:00:19] depends on how the conversation flows
[00:00:23] works for me
[00:00:24] we are excited
[00:00:27] I'm so excited
[00:00:29] I stalk y'all's website
[00:00:31] frequently
[00:00:33] we were
[00:00:34] who did we
[00:00:36] who were we talking with the other day
[00:00:38] and I was telling them
[00:00:40] I'm so ready to come visit
[00:00:42] Indianapolis
[00:00:44] you better come in the summer
[00:00:45] you won't come in the winter
[00:00:48] who did we interview
[00:00:49] or talk to recently
[00:00:52] and you don't have to tell me twice
[00:00:55] but
[00:00:55] you know
[00:00:56] we're from the south
[00:00:57] that's what I'm saying
[00:00:58] you ain't gonna like it past
[00:01:00] Michelle
[00:01:01] yeah
[00:01:02] um
[00:01:03] Regina has
[00:01:04] she has hooked us up
[00:01:05] with all these different people
[00:01:06] and y'all are all
[00:01:08] like
[00:01:09] to see the things
[00:01:10] that y'all are doing
[00:01:11] but then
[00:01:12] also the connections
[00:01:13] and when we're
[00:01:14] like
[00:01:14] everybody has been so
[00:01:16] helpful
[00:01:17] and so
[00:01:18] um
[00:01:19] supportive
[00:01:19] and I see y'all
[00:01:20] supporting each other
[00:01:21] and I'm like
[00:01:22] baby do we need to move
[00:01:26] who need to move there
[00:01:28] because
[00:01:28] um
[00:01:30] I love it though
[00:01:31] I love it
[00:01:32] and
[00:01:33] it has not always
[00:01:34] been this way
[00:01:35] I think the pandemic
[00:01:36] has really
[00:01:37] started bringing
[00:01:38] people
[00:01:39] together
[00:01:40] because
[00:01:40] pandemic
[00:01:41] people were kind of
[00:01:42] in silos
[00:01:43] over here
[00:01:44] over there
[00:01:45] now
[00:01:46] there's a few
[00:01:47] people
[00:01:48] here
[00:01:48] that's like
[00:01:49] in the city
[00:01:49] that's kind of
[00:01:50] bringing
[00:01:51] all the black
[00:01:52] business owners
[00:01:53] because
[00:01:53] it's really not
[00:01:55] a huge community
[00:01:55] of us
[00:01:56] like
[00:01:57] there's really
[00:01:57] not a lot
[00:01:58] of us
[00:01:58] and that's
[00:01:59] what
[00:01:59] because
[00:02:00] because
[00:02:00] I looked
[00:02:01] at the demographics
[00:02:02] because I'm like
[00:02:02] I gotta figure
[00:02:03] this out
[00:02:04] and I looked
[00:02:05] at the demographics
[00:02:06] and I was like
[00:02:06] that's really
[00:02:07] not far
[00:02:08] from
[00:02:08] where we are
[00:02:09] but
[00:02:10] where we are
[00:02:12] you have
[00:02:13] like you said
[00:02:14] you have these
[00:02:15] pockets
[00:02:16] and so
[00:02:17] in Augusta
[00:02:19] you have this
[00:02:20] um
[00:02:21] this group
[00:02:22] of
[00:02:23] of black
[00:02:23] Augustans
[00:02:24] who
[00:02:25] born
[00:02:25] raised
[00:02:26] very
[00:02:27] kind of like
[00:02:28] the
[00:02:29] the Jack and Jill
[00:02:30] debutante
[00:02:31] that type
[00:02:32] of crew
[00:02:33] yeah
[00:02:34] fit in there
[00:02:34] you got
[00:02:35] I understand
[00:02:37] you don't fit in there
[00:02:38] we were married
[00:02:40] so young
[00:02:40] so it's like
[00:02:41] you got
[00:02:41] the people
[00:02:42] who
[00:02:43] we came up
[00:02:44] with
[00:02:45] but
[00:02:45] they were still
[00:02:46] in the clubs
[00:02:47] while we were married
[00:02:49] you know what I'm saying
[00:02:50] so it's like
[00:02:51] we lost their connections
[00:02:52] yep
[00:02:53] so y'all understand
[00:02:54] because y'all
[00:02:55] y'all were younger
[00:02:56] than us
[00:02:57] to the point now
[00:02:58] where it's like
[00:03:00] well
[00:03:00] I don't have that
[00:03:01] connection
[00:03:02] with this person
[00:03:02] anymore
[00:03:03] so I feel
[00:03:03] kind of crazy
[00:03:04] reaching out
[00:03:04] to them
[00:03:05] you know what I'm saying
[00:03:05] like
[00:03:06] we used to party
[00:03:07] together
[00:03:07] but now
[00:03:08] the party
[00:03:09] has turned
[00:03:09] into businesses
[00:03:10] now
[00:03:10] it's like
[00:03:11] you know
[00:03:13] it's kind of weird
[00:03:14] a lot of them
[00:03:15] still have
[00:03:16] like they still
[00:03:16] had school age
[00:03:17] kids too
[00:03:18] they waited
[00:03:19] an appropriate
[00:03:20] amount of time
[00:03:21] instead of
[00:03:22] like
[00:03:23] yeah
[00:03:24] that's difficult
[00:03:25] too
[00:03:25] when you're like
[00:03:25] oh you gotta
[00:03:26] find a babysitter
[00:03:27] oh
[00:03:27] yeah
[00:03:29] oh that's so ghetto
[00:03:30] like
[00:03:31] you know
[00:03:31] ew
[00:03:33] can you
[00:03:34] we can't just go
[00:03:35] no
[00:03:36] it's all
[00:03:37] here
[00:03:38] it's weird
[00:03:38] you get it
[00:03:40] vacation
[00:03:40] vacation
[00:03:41] what the hell
[00:03:41] are you trying
[00:03:42] to go
[00:03:42] on my own
[00:03:43] right
[00:03:43] I'm telling
[00:03:44] myself in my head
[00:03:45] fix your face
[00:03:46] fix your face
[00:03:46] fix your face
[00:03:47] because I'm like
[00:03:48] ew
[00:03:49] no my baby
[00:03:50] is 22
[00:03:52] exactly
[00:03:53] especially
[00:03:53] when they be like
[00:03:54] especially
[00:03:55] when they be like
[00:03:55] you know how it is
[00:03:57] yeah
[00:03:59] 10 so years ago
[00:04:00] right
[00:04:01] well
[00:04:01] let me
[00:04:02] let me think
[00:04:03] um
[00:04:04] yes
[00:04:04] because I blocked
[00:04:05] all that out
[00:04:06] because my baby
[00:04:07] is 22
[00:04:08] my baby
[00:04:09] about to be 20
[00:04:09] so I'd be like
[00:04:10] and I'm ready
[00:04:11] for her to go
[00:04:12] back to school
[00:04:12] I'm like
[00:04:14] when's move-in
[00:04:15] day
[00:04:16] look
[00:04:20] me and my husband
[00:04:21] are like
[00:04:22] look
[00:04:23] we ready to be
[00:04:25] free-free
[00:04:29] well understood
[00:04:31] and you know
[00:04:32] it's that
[00:04:33] that
[00:04:33] fine line
[00:04:35] between
[00:04:35] you really want
[00:04:36] I want to put
[00:04:37] them out there
[00:04:37] before it's time
[00:04:38] exactly
[00:04:39] time's like
[00:04:40] I really want you
[00:04:41] to get your stuff
[00:04:42] together
[00:04:42] you're on
[00:04:44] yes
[00:04:45] yes
[00:04:47] yes
[00:04:47] yeah
[00:04:48] our oldest
[00:04:49] has moved out
[00:04:49] and moved back
[00:04:51] moved out
[00:04:52] and moved back
[00:04:53] and I said
[00:04:53] listen
[00:04:54] don't keep
[00:04:55] doing this
[00:04:56] let's make this
[00:04:57] this time
[00:04:58] let's really
[00:04:58] come up with a plan
[00:04:59] right
[00:05:00] right
[00:05:00] it don't have to be
[00:05:01] a revolving door
[00:05:02] I
[00:05:03] ideally
[00:05:04] I want to send them
[00:05:05] together
[00:05:06] and let them
[00:05:08] like at least
[00:05:09] y'all are together
[00:05:10] y'all can work
[00:05:11] through things
[00:05:11] and we
[00:05:12] when we support
[00:05:13] we only support
[00:05:14] one extra house
[00:05:15] do you hear me
[00:05:17] you hear me
[00:05:19] so
[00:05:20] I'm hoping
[00:05:21] that that's
[00:05:22] the route
[00:05:22] that they
[00:05:23] but
[00:05:24] that 22 year old
[00:05:26] is like
[00:05:26] her mom
[00:05:26] about an hour
[00:05:27] I'm deep
[00:05:28] into a damn
[00:05:29] engine
[00:05:30] while my son
[00:05:30] is on vacation
[00:05:31] in ma'am
[00:05:32] Gatlinburg
[00:05:32] chilling
[00:05:33] I'm like
[00:05:34] the hell
[00:05:35] how does this
[00:05:36] work
[00:05:38] because he needs
[00:05:39] that car
[00:05:40] exactly
[00:05:40] he needs that car
[00:05:42] so he can make
[00:05:42] his money
[00:05:44] he's bothering us
[00:05:45] I guess
[00:05:45] exactly
[00:05:46] exactly
[00:05:47] yeah
[00:05:47] we thought
[00:05:48] about that
[00:05:48] with our
[00:05:49] youngest
[00:05:49] too
[00:05:51] so my
[00:05:51] daughter's
[00:05:52] going to
[00:05:52] school in
[00:05:52] Bloomington
[00:05:53] in the fall
[00:05:54] and my
[00:05:55] middle boy
[00:05:56] already lives
[00:05:57] in Bloomington
[00:05:57] and so
[00:05:58] and he does
[00:05:59] like apartment
[00:06:00] leasing
[00:06:01] so I was like
[00:06:02] listen
[00:06:03] get a two bedroom
[00:06:04] because you
[00:06:04] already get a
[00:06:05] discount
[00:06:06] and then I
[00:06:07] thought about
[00:06:08] it
[00:06:09] I didn't even
[00:06:10] want to live
[00:06:10] with him
[00:06:10] and I'm
[00:06:11] his mama
[00:06:13] I said
[00:06:14] you know what
[00:06:15] for the sake
[00:06:16] of y'all
[00:06:16] relationship
[00:06:19] let's just
[00:06:20] the last thing
[00:06:21] you want to be
[00:06:21] doing is
[00:06:22] driving to
[00:06:22] Bloomington
[00:06:23] 3 o'clock
[00:06:23] in the morning
[00:06:24] trying to
[00:06:24] break up
[00:06:25] a fight
[00:06:26] exactly
[00:06:27] call the police
[00:06:28] on y'all
[00:06:28] that's all
[00:06:30] exactly
[00:06:31] I'm like
[00:06:31] get disturbing
[00:06:33] me
[00:06:34] I said
[00:06:35] for the sake
[00:06:35] of y'all
[00:06:35] relationship
[00:06:37] we just
[00:06:37] gonna keep
[00:06:38] this separate
[00:06:39] and my
[00:06:40] peace
[00:06:40] right
[00:06:41] right
[00:06:41] that makes
[00:06:42] sense
[00:06:42] I'm glad
[00:06:43] you said
[00:06:44] that
[00:06:44] because
[00:06:45] I was
[00:06:46] thinking
[00:06:46] me
[00:06:46] not them
[00:06:47] yeah
[00:06:48] I know
[00:06:48] my son
[00:06:50] my daughter
[00:06:50] would be
[00:06:50] easy
[00:06:51] to live
[00:06:51] with
[00:07:11] he loves
[00:07:14] nice
[00:07:15] things
[00:07:17] but your
[00:07:17] budget
[00:07:18] can't
[00:07:19] afford
[00:07:19] that
[00:07:21] and so
[00:07:22] you think
[00:07:22] because
[00:07:22] you see
[00:07:23] me and
[00:07:23] your dad
[00:07:23] doing
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[00:07:24] that
[00:07:25] and the
[00:07:25] other
[00:07:25] we
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[00:07:28] the
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[00:07:29] to
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[00:07:30] that
[00:07:30] so
[00:07:31] when
[00:07:31] you
[00:07:31] see
[00:07:31] us
[00:07:31] doing
[00:07:32] stuff
[00:07:32] and
[00:07:32] traveling
[00:07:33] and
[00:07:33] going
[00:07:33] and
[00:07:34] eating
[00:07:34] out
[00:07:35] our bills
[00:07:36] are paid
[00:07:37] and that's
[00:07:39] what I
[00:07:39] think was
[00:07:40] jarring
[00:07:40] for them
[00:07:41] or for
[00:07:42] him
[00:07:42] is that
[00:07:43] he thought
[00:07:44] it was
[00:07:45] just gonna
[00:07:45] leave us
[00:07:46] and have
[00:07:47] that same
[00:07:48] lifestyle
[00:07:48] so sir
[00:07:50] we didn't
[00:07:51] start like
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[00:07:52] exactly
[00:07:54] but start
[00:07:55] somewhere
[00:07:55] so
[00:07:56] yeah
[00:07:57] these adult
[00:07:58] children
[00:07:59] whoo
[00:08:00] right
[00:08:02] right
[00:08:03] which I
[00:08:04] will say
[00:08:05] this though
[00:08:06] I'll take
[00:08:07] parenting
[00:08:08] an adult
[00:08:08] child
[00:08:09] versus
[00:08:10] parenting
[00:08:12] a younger
[00:08:12] child
[00:08:14] any day
[00:08:15] yeah
[00:08:15] school age
[00:08:16] I couldn't
[00:08:17] wait to
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[00:08:17] out of
[00:08:17] school
[00:08:18] all right
[00:08:21] we're gonna
[00:08:21] get started
[00:08:23] you gonna
[00:08:23] do
[00:08:24] you gonna
[00:08:24] start us
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[00:08:25] yep
[00:08:25] I think
[00:08:27] I got
[00:08:27] you think
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[00:08:28] it
[00:08:28] okay
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[00:08:38] all right
[00:08:40] we'd like
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[00:08:43] we have
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[00:08:45] a very
[00:08:46] very special
[00:08:47] guest
[00:08:47] by the name
[00:08:48] of
[00:08:49] Elvery
[00:08:49] Tinsley
[00:08:50] she is
[00:08:51] comes to
[00:08:51] us as
[00:08:52] a therapist
[00:08:52] relationship
[00:08:54] expert
[00:08:54] and CEO
[00:08:56] of love
[00:08:57] minus limits
[00:08:58] love
[00:08:59] minus limits
[00:09:00] is a
[00:09:01] relationship
[00:09:01] development
[00:09:02] organization
[00:09:03] that provides
[00:09:04] empowerment
[00:09:05] education
[00:09:05] and enriching
[00:09:07] events
[00:09:07] designed to
[00:09:08] support
[00:09:09] black couples
[00:09:09] on their
[00:09:10] journey towards
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[00:09:11] and happy
[00:09:12] relationship
[00:09:13] we'd like to
[00:09:14] welcome you
[00:09:15] Elvery
[00:09:15] thank you
[00:09:17] thank you so
[00:09:17] much for
[00:09:18] having me
[00:09:18] I'm so
[00:09:19] excited
[00:09:19] I'm super
[00:09:19] excited to
[00:09:20] be having
[00:09:21] this interview
[00:09:22] or this
[00:09:23] conversation
[00:09:23] I don't think
[00:09:24] it's interview
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[00:09:27] we and
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[00:09:29] we have
[00:09:30] our
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[00:09:33] and so
[00:09:34] we of
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[00:09:35] have spoken
[00:09:36] to you
[00:09:36] prior to
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[00:09:37] but
[00:09:39] beyond
[00:09:39] that
[00:09:40] I've
[00:09:41] reached
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[00:09:42] because
[00:09:43] you all
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[00:09:45] hope to
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[00:09:47] with
[00:09:48] supporting
[00:09:49] couples
[00:09:49] and so
[00:09:51] we can't
[00:09:52] wait to
[00:09:52] hear more
[00:09:53] about
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[00:09:56] limits
[00:09:56] but
[00:09:57] before we
[00:09:58] get to
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[00:09:58] if you
[00:09:59] could
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[00:10:00] yourself
[00:10:01] tell us
[00:10:02] a little
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[00:10:03] about
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[00:10:04] love
[00:10:04] story
[00:10:06] and
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[00:10:09] audience
[00:10:09] and the
[00:10:09] listeners
[00:10:10] about
[00:10:11] Miss
[00:10:11] Elvery
[00:10:12] so I
[00:10:14] think
[00:10:15] Byron
[00:10:15] did a
[00:10:15] very good
[00:10:16] job
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[00:10:17] my
[00:10:17] professional
[00:10:20] background
[00:10:21] but my
[00:10:22] husband and
[00:10:22] I married
[00:10:23] at the
[00:10:24] ages of
[00:10:25] I was
[00:10:25] 18
[00:10:25] and he
[00:10:26] was
[00:10:27] 20
[00:10:27] and so
[00:10:28] our
[00:10:30] journey
[00:10:31] we call
[00:10:32] it growing
[00:10:33] up together
[00:10:33] because
[00:10:34] honestly
[00:10:34] that's
[00:10:35] what we
[00:10:35] did
[00:10:36] and
[00:10:37] we have
[00:10:38] three
[00:10:39] children
[00:10:39] from this
[00:10:40] amazing
[00:10:41] journey
[00:10:45] love
[00:10:45] minus
[00:10:47] limits
[00:10:47] was
[00:10:48] my
[00:10:49] baby
[00:10:50] I
[00:10:51] started
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[00:16:25] toilet
[00:16:25] seat
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[00:16:45] our
[00:16:45] membership
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[00:16:47] communication
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[00:16:49] now
[00:16:49] that
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[00:16:49] know
[00:16:50] what
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[00:16:51] fighting
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[00:16:52] language
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[00:16:56] can
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[00:16:58] understood
[00:16:58] but
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[00:17:08] think
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[00:17:09] validate
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[00:17:15] it's
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[00:17:18] I
[00:17:18] see
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[00:17:21] right
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[00:17:23] I
[00:17:24] have
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[00:17:28] relationship
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[00:17:31] tangent
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[00:17:37] commitment
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[00:17:40] communication
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[00:17:44] not
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[00:17:45] clarity
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[00:17:46] back
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[00:17:49] things
[00:17:50] that
[00:17:50] we
[00:17:50] can
[00:17:50] do
[00:17:50] to
[00:17:51] continue
[00:17:52] building
[00:17:53] and
[00:17:53] strengthening
[00:17:54] our
[00:17:54] connection
[00:17:55] and so
[00:17:56] our
[00:17:57] membership
[00:17:57] is our
[00:17:58] main
[00:17:58] service
[00:17:59] where
[00:17:59] we do
[00:17:59] workshops
[00:18:00] we do
[00:18:01] virtual
[00:18:01] date
[00:18:02] nights
[00:18:02] because
[00:18:02] our
[00:18:02] membership
[00:18:03] is open
[00:18:05] like
[00:18:05] worldwide
[00:18:06] it's just
[00:18:07] not for
[00:18:07] local
[00:18:08] couples
[00:18:09] we also
[00:18:10] have a
[00:18:10] portal
[00:18:11] where
[00:18:11] there's
[00:18:11] tons
[00:18:12] of
[00:18:12] resources
[00:18:12] that
[00:18:13] digital
[00:18:13] resources
[00:18:14] that you
[00:18:14] can
[00:18:14] download
[00:18:16] I'm
[00:18:16] missing
[00:18:16] something
[00:18:17] I know
[00:18:17] I am
[00:18:18] but
[00:18:18] our
[00:18:20] membership
[00:18:20] is called
[00:18:20] marriage
[00:18:21] masters
[00:18:21] membership
[00:18:23] that's
[00:18:23] one of
[00:18:23] our
[00:18:23] main
[00:18:24] we do
[00:18:24] one-on-one
[00:18:25] coaching
[00:18:25] as well
[00:18:26] I
[00:18:27] typically
[00:18:27] save
[00:18:28] coaching
[00:18:28] for
[00:18:28] people
[00:18:29] that
[00:18:29] are
[00:18:29] either
[00:18:29] in the
[00:18:30] membership
[00:18:30] or people
[00:18:32] that's
[00:18:32] in my
[00:18:32] Facebook
[00:18:33] community
[00:18:33] because
[00:18:34] I want
[00:18:35] people
[00:18:37] that
[00:18:37] understand
[00:18:38] love
[00:18:38] minus
[00:18:38] limits
[00:18:39] and then
[00:18:40] kind of
[00:18:40] experience
[00:18:41] the things
[00:18:42] the free
[00:18:42] stuff
[00:18:42] before you
[00:18:43] just jump
[00:18:43] in and
[00:18:44] say like
[00:18:44] I need
[00:18:45] coaching
[00:18:45] because
[00:18:46] sometimes
[00:18:46] you may
[00:18:46] not need
[00:18:47] that one-on-one
[00:18:47] there's
[00:18:48] a nugget
[00:18:49] a blog
[00:18:50] a workshop
[00:18:51] or something
[00:18:51] that you
[00:18:52] can
[00:18:52] because I
[00:18:53] like to
[00:18:53] save
[00:18:53] the one-on-ones
[00:18:54] for like
[00:18:54] specific
[00:18:55] issues
[00:18:56] because it's
[00:18:57] coaching
[00:18:58] it's not
[00:18:59] therapy
[00:18:59] where we're
[00:19:00] going back
[00:19:00] right
[00:19:01] figuring out
[00:19:02] you know
[00:19:03] how your
[00:19:04] mama's
[00:19:04] relationship
[00:19:05] your dad
[00:19:05] like we're
[00:19:06] not doing
[00:19:06] all that
[00:19:07] in coaching
[00:19:07] right
[00:19:08] we're
[00:19:09] dealing
[00:19:09] with
[00:19:09] where you
[00:19:10] are now
[00:19:11] and how
[00:19:11] to get
[00:19:11] you up
[00:19:12] to baseline
[00:19:13] in your
[00:19:13] relationship
[00:19:14] right
[00:19:14] um
[00:19:15] and then
[00:19:16] lastly
[00:19:17] our events
[00:19:17] which is
[00:19:18] the part
[00:19:18] that my
[00:19:19] husband
[00:19:19] enjoys
[00:19:19] like that's
[00:19:20] his
[00:19:20] that's
[00:19:21] his
[00:19:21] thing
[00:19:21] he's
[00:19:22] always
[00:19:22] like
[00:19:22] when's
[00:19:22] our
[00:19:23] next
[00:19:23] event
[00:19:23] when's
[00:19:23] the
[00:19:23] next
[00:19:24] event
[00:19:24] um
[00:19:25] and so
[00:19:26] we
[00:19:26] typically
[00:19:27] try to
[00:19:27] do
[00:19:27] events
[00:19:28] quarterly
[00:19:28] so once
[00:19:29] a quarter
[00:19:30] we have
[00:19:30] an event
[00:19:30] um
[00:19:31] the people
[00:19:32] in our
[00:19:32] community
[00:19:32] recently
[00:19:33] just said
[00:19:33] they want
[00:19:33] more
[00:19:33] events
[00:19:34] i'm like
[00:19:34] y'all don't
[00:19:35] plan
[00:19:35] events
[00:19:35] y'all don't
[00:19:36] know this
[00:19:36] ain't no
[00:19:36] i know right
[00:19:38] it's good
[00:19:38] it's good
[00:19:39] when you're
[00:19:39] just showing
[00:19:40] up and
[00:19:40] things are
[00:19:41] happening
[00:19:41] right
[00:19:42] right
[00:19:43] you ain't
[00:19:44] sitting here
[00:19:44] when i'm
[00:19:45] sending out
[00:19:45] 15 emails
[00:19:46] to find
[00:19:47] a venue
[00:19:47] right
[00:19:48] and
[00:19:49] and
[00:19:49] we
[00:19:50] you know
[00:19:51] like i
[00:19:51] said i
[00:19:52] have
[00:19:52] i've
[00:19:52] stopped
[00:19:52] your
[00:19:53] website
[00:19:53] we're
[00:19:54] in your
[00:19:54] facebook
[00:19:55] group
[00:19:55] so even
[00:19:56] though
[00:19:56] we're
[00:19:56] not
[00:19:56] there
[00:19:57] with
[00:19:57] you
[00:19:57] we
[00:19:58] see
[00:19:58] what
[00:19:59] goes
[00:20:00] into
[00:20:00] it
[00:20:00] oh
[00:20:00] yeah
[00:20:01] on
[00:20:01] the
[00:20:02] the
[00:20:02] out
[00:20:02] the
[00:20:03] after
[00:20:04] part
[00:20:05] so i
[00:20:05] can only
[00:20:06] imagine
[00:20:06] before
[00:20:07] to get
[00:20:08] to that
[00:20:08] after
[00:20:09] you gotta
[00:20:10] talk to
[00:20:11] the event
[00:20:12] space
[00:20:12] you gotta
[00:20:12] talk to
[00:20:13] these people
[00:20:13] then you
[00:20:14] still gotta
[00:20:14] put a post
[00:20:15] up
[00:20:15] you gotta
[00:20:16] plan the
[00:20:17] event
[00:20:17] you gotta
[00:20:17] promote
[00:20:17] the event
[00:20:18] follow up
[00:20:19] after the
[00:20:20] event
[00:20:21] and then
[00:20:22] you have
[00:20:23] to attend
[00:20:23] the event
[00:20:24] and you
[00:20:24] have to
[00:20:25] be fully
[00:20:25] engaged
[00:20:25] engaged
[00:20:26] yes
[00:20:28] about
[00:20:29] another
[00:20:30] event
[00:20:30] you tell
[00:20:31] them hey
[00:20:31] when you
[00:20:31] gonna help
[00:20:32] right
[00:20:32] i'm about
[00:20:34] to get
[00:20:34] a committee
[00:20:36] exactly
[00:20:37] exactly
[00:20:38] committee
[00:20:40] it's
[00:20:41] i enjoy
[00:20:42] them
[00:20:42] once
[00:20:43] they
[00:20:43] once i
[00:20:44] see
[00:20:44] them
[00:20:44] come
[00:20:45] you know
[00:20:45] to life
[00:20:46] and i'm
[00:20:46] like okay
[00:20:47] this is
[00:20:47] this was
[00:20:48] my vision
[00:20:48] but then
[00:20:49] it's
[00:20:49] like okay
[00:20:49] now i'm
[00:20:49] tired
[00:20:52] but um
[00:20:53] i would
[00:20:54] imagine
[00:20:54] like the
[00:20:55] the build
[00:20:56] up kind
[00:20:56] of like
[00:20:56] with planning
[00:20:57] a wedding
[00:20:58] or planning
[00:20:58] a big
[00:20:59] party
[00:21:00] or whatnot
[00:21:00] you have
[00:21:01] this
[00:21:02] excitement
[00:21:03] and whatnot
[00:21:04] you're
[00:21:04] you're
[00:21:05] planning
[00:21:05] you're
[00:21:06] doing it
[00:21:06] you're
[00:21:06] constantly
[00:21:07] on the
[00:21:07] go
[00:21:07] you get
[00:21:08] there
[00:21:09] you have
[00:21:09] to be
[00:21:10] on
[00:21:10] you have
[00:21:10] to be
[00:21:11] participating
[00:21:11] in it
[00:21:12] but you're
[00:21:12] also making
[00:21:13] sure all
[00:21:13] these little
[00:21:13] things are
[00:21:14] in place
[00:21:15] and then
[00:21:16] next day
[00:21:17] it's like
[00:21:17] crash and
[00:21:18] burn
[00:21:18] ma'am
[00:21:19] i'm
[00:21:20] like for
[00:21:20] a week
[00:21:21] like
[00:21:21] yeah
[00:21:24] exactly
[00:21:27] exactly
[00:21:28] go home
[00:21:28] and do
[00:21:29] something
[00:21:29] that i've
[00:21:29] been
[00:21:29] neglecting
[00:21:30] since i've
[00:21:30] been
[00:21:30] planning
[00:21:31] this
[00:21:31] event
[00:21:32] well
[00:21:32] i'm
[00:21:33] telling
[00:21:33] you now
[00:21:34] one of
[00:21:34] our
[00:21:37] because
[00:21:38] looking at
[00:21:39] the
[00:21:40] pictures
[00:21:40] looking
[00:21:41] at
[00:21:41] the
[00:21:42] you can
[00:21:43] you can
[00:21:44] see the
[00:21:44] joy and
[00:21:45] excitement
[00:21:46] of the
[00:21:47] participants
[00:21:48] we do
[00:21:48] we
[00:21:49] that is
[00:21:49] one of
[00:21:50] our
[00:21:50] biggest
[00:21:50] things
[00:21:51] and the
[00:21:52] reason we
[00:21:52] started doing
[00:21:52] events was
[00:21:53] because
[00:21:56] it's hard
[00:21:57] to
[00:21:57] connect with
[00:21:59] other couples
[00:22:00] for one
[00:22:01] and fun
[00:22:02] is one
[00:22:03] of our
[00:22:04] values
[00:22:04] like we
[00:22:05] strongly believe
[00:22:06] like if
[00:22:07] you are
[00:22:07] not
[00:22:07] enjoying
[00:22:08] your
[00:22:08] marriage
[00:22:08] you
[00:22:09] ain't
[00:22:09] doing
[00:22:09] something
[00:22:10] right
[00:22:13] because
[00:22:14] and so
[00:22:15] we bring
[00:22:16] that into
[00:22:16] our
[00:22:16] events
[00:22:17] the people
[00:22:18] that you
[00:22:18] see us
[00:22:19] on the
[00:22:19] internet
[00:22:19] in our
[00:22:20] events
[00:22:21] that's
[00:22:21] who we
[00:22:22] are
[00:22:22] because
[00:22:22] you don't
[00:22:23] know how
[00:22:23] to be
[00:22:24] anybody
[00:22:24] else
[00:22:25] i don't
[00:22:26] have the
[00:22:26] energy
[00:22:26] to like
[00:22:27] put on
[00:22:27] a fake
[00:22:28] facade
[00:22:28] like i
[00:22:29] just
[00:22:29] i don't
[00:22:30] have that
[00:22:30] energy
[00:22:30] right
[00:22:31] so when
[00:22:32] you meet
[00:22:32] me
[00:22:34] these are
[00:22:34] the people
[00:22:35] we are
[00:22:35] and so
[00:22:36] we bring
[00:22:36] that same
[00:22:37] energy
[00:22:37] to our
[00:22:37] events
[00:22:38] when we're
[00:22:38] planning
[00:22:38] our
[00:22:39] events
[00:22:39] we're
[00:22:39] thinking
[00:22:39] about
[00:22:40] if i was
[00:22:41] sitting in
[00:22:41] that seat
[00:22:42] what would
[00:22:42] i want
[00:22:43] to see
[00:22:43] what would
[00:22:44] i want
[00:22:44] to do
[00:22:45] and so
[00:22:46] people don't
[00:22:46] like to be
[00:22:47] talked to
[00:22:47] all the time
[00:22:48] so you don't
[00:22:49] see a lot
[00:22:49] of talking
[00:22:50] at our
[00:22:51] events
[00:22:51] we do more
[00:22:52] with interacting
[00:22:53] for couples
[00:22:53] things that
[00:22:54] you know y'all
[00:22:55] ain't gonna do
[00:22:55] that at home
[00:22:56] so when you
[00:22:57] come in this
[00:22:57] room we don't
[00:22:58] have you connect
[00:22:59] we're gonna
[00:22:59] have you know
[00:22:59] get on one
[00:23:00] accord
[00:23:00] with each other
[00:23:01] maybe have a
[00:23:01] conversation
[00:23:02] that you've
[00:23:03] been putting
[00:23:03] off but in
[00:23:05] a safe space
[00:23:06] where you
[00:23:07] have guidance
[00:23:08] and there are
[00:23:09] some guidelines
[00:23:09] and we're giving
[00:23:10] you the tools
[00:23:11] on how to do
[00:23:11] it whereas
[00:23:12] when you go
[00:23:12] home it won't
[00:23:12] just be a
[00:23:13] screaming match
[00:23:14] right now
[00:23:14] you can hear
[00:23:15] each other
[00:23:16] and so we
[00:23:17] make sure we
[00:23:17] always build
[00:23:18] that fun
[00:23:19] that connection
[00:23:20] but also that
[00:23:21] authenticity
[00:23:21] because we want
[00:23:22] people to come
[00:23:23] in be yourself
[00:23:24] right
[00:23:25] you're trying
[00:23:26] to fake
[00:23:26] and act like
[00:23:27] you're not
[00:23:27] somebody
[00:23:28] no be
[00:23:29] yourself
[00:23:30] because that's
[00:23:31] how you're
[00:23:31] going to enjoy
[00:23:32] and attract
[00:23:33] people to
[00:23:33] you
[00:23:34] it's not
[00:23:34] just about
[00:23:34] the people
[00:23:35] coming to
[00:23:35] this event
[00:23:36] it's about
[00:23:37] you building
[00:23:37] your married
[00:23:38] circle of
[00:23:39] friends too
[00:23:39] we're not
[00:23:39] trying to
[00:23:40] keep these
[00:23:40] people for
[00:23:41] us
[00:23:41] right
[00:23:42] so that
[00:23:43] you can
[00:23:43] meet other
[00:23:44] couples
[00:23:44] and go
[00:23:44] out on
[00:23:45] date nights
[00:23:45] with them
[00:23:46] right
[00:23:46] right
[00:23:48] so what
[00:23:49] how does
[00:23:50] it um
[00:23:51] how did
[00:23:52] how important
[00:23:52] do you think
[00:23:53] that sense
[00:23:54] of community
[00:23:54] is with
[00:23:55] your events
[00:23:56] and do
[00:23:57] the couples
[00:23:58] connect with
[00:23:58] each other
[00:23:59] outside of
[00:24:00] those events
[00:24:01] so um
[00:24:03] community
[00:24:04] is huge
[00:24:05] because that's
[00:24:06] something i feel
[00:24:07] like early on
[00:24:07] my husband
[00:24:08] and i lacked
[00:24:09] because when
[00:24:10] you're not
[00:24:10] in community
[00:24:11] you feel like
[00:24:12] i'm the only
[00:24:13] one going
[00:24:13] through this
[00:24:14] nobody can
[00:24:15] understand my
[00:24:16] struggle
[00:24:16] and then i'm
[00:24:18] ashamed
[00:24:18] so i'm not
[00:24:19] going to share
[00:24:20] that because
[00:24:20] i think
[00:24:21] we're the only
[00:24:22] one that argue
[00:24:23] over toilet
[00:24:24] tissue
[00:24:24] we're the only
[00:24:25] one that argue
[00:24:25] over
[00:24:26] couples don't
[00:24:28] argue over
[00:24:28] that right
[00:24:29] but when we
[00:24:30] become in
[00:24:31] community
[00:24:31] you're like
[00:24:32] oh so
[00:24:34] this is
[00:24:35] normal
[00:24:37] other couples
[00:24:38] have petty
[00:24:38] arguments
[00:24:39] other couples
[00:24:40] talk to each
[00:24:41] other sometimes
[00:24:41] like are y'all
[00:24:43] really married
[00:24:43] right
[00:24:46] yeah
[00:24:46] but it helps
[00:24:47] to normalize
[00:24:48] our struggles
[00:24:48] and it gives
[00:24:49] us strength
[00:24:49] to see
[00:24:50] other couples
[00:24:51] if they can
[00:24:52] get through
[00:24:53] this then
[00:24:53] why should
[00:24:54] we give up
[00:24:54] why should
[00:24:55] we quit
[00:24:56] when there's
[00:24:56] so many other
[00:24:57] couples for
[00:24:58] one that's
[00:24:58] rooting for
[00:24:58] us that's
[00:24:59] supporting us
[00:25:00] because we
[00:25:01] have this
[00:25:02] community
[00:25:02] now as far
[00:25:04] as the
[00:25:04] couples getting
[00:25:04] together outside
[00:25:06] of the community
[00:25:07] they do like
[00:25:08] on social media
[00:25:09] i haven't seen
[00:25:11] anybody like
[00:25:11] really connect
[00:25:13] um like
[00:25:15] outside of the
[00:25:15] events but at
[00:25:16] the events they
[00:25:17] do that's good
[00:25:18] what's very
[00:25:19] surprising to me
[00:25:20] is it's the
[00:25:22] men that's
[00:25:23] doing more
[00:25:23] connecting
[00:25:24] than the
[00:25:24] women
[00:25:25] really
[00:25:26] oh really
[00:25:26] okay
[00:25:27] yes
[00:25:27] that is
[00:25:28] very surprising
[00:25:29] to me
[00:25:29] right
[00:25:30] but i also
[00:25:31] think too
[00:25:32] my husband
[00:25:33] has a huge
[00:25:35] part in that
[00:25:36] as well as
[00:25:36] one of our
[00:25:37] ambassadors
[00:25:38] um
[00:25:40] our ambassador
[00:25:41] is in a
[00:25:42] very he's
[00:25:43] very vulnerable
[00:25:44] with like what
[00:25:45] he's been
[00:25:45] through and
[00:25:46] the struggles
[00:25:46] he's faced
[00:25:47] like being
[00:25:48] divorced
[00:25:48] in another
[00:25:50] marriage
[00:25:50] having a
[00:25:51] blended family
[00:25:52] and so he
[00:25:53] shares that a
[00:25:54] lot
[00:25:54] and he
[00:25:55] normalizes that
[00:25:56] a lot for
[00:25:57] people and
[00:25:57] so because
[00:25:59] men don't
[00:26:00] typically see
[00:26:01] that
[00:26:01] right
[00:26:02] they're like
[00:26:04] oh this is a
[00:26:05] safe space
[00:26:06] for me to
[00:26:06] share
[00:26:07] right
[00:26:08] and i just
[00:26:10] sit back and
[00:26:10] i'm like
[00:26:11] wow
[00:26:11] and and
[00:26:13] they're all
[00:26:13] vulnerable
[00:26:14] and they're
[00:26:15] asking questions
[00:26:15] like if my
[00:26:16] wife is this
[00:26:17] how do i
[00:26:18] meet that
[00:26:18] need and
[00:26:19] i'm like
[00:26:19] beautiful
[00:26:20] i know
[00:26:21] and so i
[00:26:22] that has
[00:26:24] been very
[00:26:24] shocking
[00:26:25] at the
[00:26:25] events that
[00:26:26] the men
[00:26:26] connect and
[00:26:27] so i've
[00:26:27] been trying
[00:26:28] to find a
[00:26:28] way for
[00:26:29] them
[00:26:30] to connect
[00:26:31] outside of
[00:26:32] the community
[00:26:33] because
[00:26:35] women i mean
[00:26:36] we'll meet
[00:26:36] somebody and
[00:26:37] we'll just
[00:26:37] chat it up
[00:26:38] and we'll
[00:26:38] move on
[00:26:39] yeah
[00:26:41] but guys
[00:26:42] like they'll
[00:26:43] just pass
[00:26:43] each other
[00:26:44] and be like
[00:26:44] hey what's
[00:26:45] talking about
[00:26:45] football and
[00:26:46] basketball
[00:26:48] relationships
[00:26:49] it's like
[00:26:50] exactly
[00:26:51] and it's
[00:26:52] almost like
[00:26:53] you feel
[00:26:53] like you
[00:26:53] don't want
[00:26:54] to bother
[00:26:54] anybody with
[00:26:55] your issues
[00:26:55] so in a
[00:26:57] safe space
[00:26:58] you know
[00:26:59] okay well i
[00:27:00] can open up
[00:27:01] now
[00:27:02] they may
[00:27:02] not say
[00:27:03] anything
[00:27:03] the first
[00:27:03] time
[00:27:04] exactly
[00:27:05] second time
[00:27:06] especially if
[00:27:07] you do if
[00:27:07] you do like
[00:27:08] a men's
[00:27:08] gathering
[00:27:10] about
[00:27:10] itself
[00:27:12] exactly
[00:27:13] yeah we've
[00:27:14] been talking
[00:27:14] about having
[00:27:15] like a
[00:27:15] tailgating
[00:27:16] where just
[00:27:17] the guys
[00:27:17] can go
[00:27:18] and you
[00:27:18] know meet
[00:27:19] up and
[00:27:19] have a good
[00:27:20] time because
[00:27:21] um like
[00:27:23] like we have
[00:27:23] our girlfriends
[00:27:24] we got our
[00:27:24] texts our
[00:27:25] texting groups
[00:27:26] and
[00:27:28] get our
[00:27:29] our frustrations
[00:27:30] you know we
[00:27:31] gonna talk to
[00:27:31] our friends
[00:27:32] but for guys
[00:27:33] it's just they
[00:27:34] don't have that
[00:27:35] safe space
[00:27:35] because that's
[00:27:36] the way we've
[00:27:37] been they've
[00:27:37] been socialized
[00:27:38] and the way
[00:27:38] that men
[00:27:39] have been
[00:27:40] taught to
[00:27:40] you know
[00:27:41] you're strong
[00:27:41] bear it
[00:27:43] and all of
[00:27:44] that which
[00:27:44] we have to
[00:27:45] normally like
[00:27:46] we have to
[00:27:47] like kick that
[00:27:48] stigma
[00:27:48] right
[00:27:49] because men
[00:27:50] have challenges
[00:27:50] just like women
[00:27:51] too and when
[00:27:52] they say men
[00:27:53] are emotional
[00:27:53] men have
[00:27:54] emotions too
[00:27:55] exactly
[00:27:56] so what is
[00:27:58] one of the
[00:27:59] most impactful
[00:28:00] success stories
[00:28:01] that love
[00:28:02] with no limits
[00:28:03] has produced
[00:28:05] love minus
[00:28:06] limits
[00:28:06] we get it
[00:28:08] all the time
[00:28:10] um I would
[00:28:11] say so our
[00:28:12] very first
[00:28:13] retreat that's
[00:28:13] something I
[00:28:14] even mentioned
[00:28:14] we do
[00:28:15] retreats as
[00:28:15] well um
[00:28:18] we had a
[00:28:19] couple that
[00:28:20] had just so
[00:28:21] they had been
[00:28:22] together through
[00:28:23] high school um
[00:28:26] until their
[00:28:27] adult years
[00:28:28] kind of
[00:28:29] disconnect
[00:28:29] like um
[00:28:30] broke up
[00:28:32] or whatever
[00:28:32] and they've
[00:28:33] gotten back
[00:28:34] together in
[00:28:34] their adult
[00:28:35] years
[00:28:35] and so
[00:28:37] they decided
[00:28:37] to come
[00:28:38] to our
[00:28:39] retreat
[00:28:41] and before
[00:28:42] coming to
[00:28:43] our retreat
[00:28:43] the um
[00:28:45] the guy
[00:28:46] was kind
[00:28:47] of like
[00:28:48] yeah I'm
[00:28:48] not interested
[00:28:49] in marriage
[00:28:49] I just you
[00:28:50] know we
[00:28:52] can be a
[00:28:52] couple like
[00:28:53] what what's
[00:28:54] the importance
[00:28:55] of marriage
[00:28:56] like why do
[00:28:56] we need to
[00:28:57] be married
[00:28:57] right
[00:28:58] and so um
[00:29:00] like and we
[00:29:01] talked obviously
[00:29:02] we talked a lot
[00:29:03] about marriage
[00:29:04] and so in
[00:29:05] our retreats
[00:29:06] strategically we
[00:29:07] take the
[00:29:08] women and
[00:29:09] we have a
[00:29:09] powwow night
[00:29:10] and the guys
[00:29:11] have a powwow
[00:29:11] night at the
[00:29:12] retreat and
[00:29:14] then we come
[00:29:14] back together
[00:29:15] to just share
[00:29:16] what we've
[00:29:17] learned about
[00:29:17] each other
[00:29:19] and like how
[00:29:20] we connect
[00:29:21] and you know
[00:29:22] the overlaps
[00:29:23] between men
[00:29:24] and women
[00:29:25] and we talk
[00:29:25] about sex
[00:29:26] communication
[00:29:27] parenting
[00:29:28] household
[00:29:29] gender roles
[00:29:30] like we talk
[00:29:31] about it all
[00:29:33] and after
[00:29:34] the retreat
[00:29:36] he proposed
[00:29:40] so he went
[00:29:42] from like
[00:29:42] I don't know
[00:29:44] about marriage
[00:29:44] to like
[00:29:45] he said
[00:29:46] what I didn't
[00:29:47] know was
[00:29:47] healthy marriages
[00:29:48] exist so that
[00:29:49] was the fear
[00:29:50] of marriage
[00:29:51] yes
[00:29:52] yes
[00:29:53] you know I
[00:29:54] think that's
[00:29:54] a lot of
[00:29:56] people like that
[00:29:56] you know they
[00:29:57] choose not to
[00:29:58] because they
[00:29:59] don't see
[00:29:59] healthy marriages
[00:30:00] right
[00:30:01] and they know
[00:30:02] that they exist
[00:30:03] and they know
[00:30:04] that they're out
[00:30:04] there they
[00:30:05] probably would
[00:30:05] want to
[00:30:06] you know
[00:30:07] because they
[00:30:10] haven't seen it
[00:30:11] so it's like
[00:30:11] taboo when you
[00:30:12] haven't seen
[00:30:13] something and
[00:30:13] it's not
[00:30:14] normal for you
[00:30:16] you're used to
[00:30:16] people breaking
[00:30:17] up or having
[00:30:18] toxic relationships
[00:30:19] you're like I
[00:30:20] won't know
[00:30:20] parts of that
[00:30:23] wow and
[00:30:24] with social
[00:30:25] media and
[00:30:26] what
[00:30:27] celebrities
[00:30:28] I can see
[00:30:29] where if
[00:30:30] you don't
[00:30:31] have those
[00:30:31] personal
[00:30:32] examples I
[00:30:33] can see where
[00:30:33] that would
[00:30:34] be the case
[00:30:34] absolutely
[00:30:35] absolutely
[00:30:36] see where
[00:30:36] that would
[00:30:37] be the
[00:30:37] case
[00:30:37] absolutely
[00:30:38] yeah social
[00:30:39] media will
[00:30:40] have you
[00:30:40] believe in
[00:30:42] any and
[00:30:42] everything
[00:30:44] and that's
[00:30:45] one of the
[00:30:46] things that
[00:30:47] we like from
[00:30:48] our experience
[00:30:48] like I
[00:30:50] didn't want
[00:30:50] to do it
[00:30:50] how my mom
[00:30:51] did it
[00:30:51] I didn't
[00:30:52] want to do
[00:30:52] it how my
[00:30:53] daddy did it
[00:30:53] I didn't
[00:30:54] want to do
[00:30:55] it how I
[00:30:55] see my
[00:30:56] auntie them
[00:30:56] do it
[00:30:57] I wanted
[00:30:57] to do it
[00:30:57] our way
[00:30:59] like what
[00:30:59] works for us
[00:31:00] like we
[00:31:01] don't have
[00:31:01] gender roles
[00:31:02] because we
[00:31:03] both work
[00:31:04] we both
[00:31:04] like this
[00:31:05] ain't the
[00:31:06] 1950s anymore
[00:31:07] if you didn't
[00:31:08] just speak
[00:31:09] directly to
[00:31:09] my soul
[00:31:10] to your heart
[00:31:11] yes
[00:31:13] oh my gosh
[00:31:14] because I
[00:31:14] had the perfect
[00:31:15] example of
[00:31:16] what I did
[00:31:16] not want
[00:31:18] and I'm so
[00:31:19] thankful to have
[00:31:20] the I don't
[00:31:21] know I just
[00:31:22] knew what I
[00:31:22] didn't want
[00:31:23] but I was
[00:31:24] turned off
[00:31:25] to marriage
[00:31:25] completely
[00:31:26] yeah
[00:31:27] so that
[00:31:28] that's
[00:31:29] and like
[00:31:29] you said
[00:31:30] one of the
[00:31:31] things that
[00:31:31] he says
[00:31:32] is keep
[00:31:32] people out
[00:31:33] your business
[00:31:34] oh my gosh
[00:31:35] yes
[00:31:36] you know
[00:31:39] I like to
[00:31:40] tell couples
[00:31:40] like when
[00:31:41] we're building
[00:31:41] this fence
[00:31:42] we're building
[00:31:42] it around
[00:31:43] us
[00:31:43] people cannot
[00:31:45] get in this
[00:31:45] fence unless
[00:31:45] we open the
[00:31:46] door and let
[00:31:47] them in
[00:31:47] right
[00:31:48] people in
[00:31:49] my marriage
[00:31:49] just because
[00:31:49] we've let
[00:31:50] them in
[00:31:50] right
[00:31:52] people don't
[00:31:53] need to be
[00:31:53] in your
[00:31:54] marriage
[00:31:55] right
[00:31:55] what happens
[00:31:57] is
[00:31:59] you're listening
[00:32:00] to these
[00:32:00] opinions
[00:32:00] these opinions
[00:32:01] and these
[00:32:02] people have
[00:32:02] not even
[00:32:03] had any
[00:32:03] type of
[00:32:04] healthy
[00:32:04] relationships
[00:32:06] positive
[00:32:07] relationship
[00:32:08] experiences
[00:32:09] and they're
[00:32:11] trying to tell
[00:32:11] you what to
[00:32:12] do because
[00:32:13] they're miserable
[00:32:14] and so they
[00:32:16] want you to
[00:32:16] be miserable
[00:32:17] with them
[00:32:18] right
[00:32:18] exactly
[00:32:19] I'm not
[00:32:19] joining that
[00:32:20] club
[00:32:20] absolutely
[00:32:21] subscribe me
[00:32:22] any day
[00:32:23] right
[00:32:23] I don't even
[00:32:24] want to know
[00:32:25] what's going
[00:32:25] on
[00:32:26] and one
[00:32:28] thing that we
[00:32:29] learned was
[00:32:29] that sometimes
[00:32:30] those individuals
[00:32:32] who have a
[00:32:33] healthy
[00:32:34] relationship
[00:32:35] you still
[00:32:36] don't have to
[00:32:37] necessarily
[00:32:37] follow that
[00:32:38] advice
[00:32:39] right
[00:32:39] you do what
[00:32:40] works
[00:32:41] what
[00:32:41] for you
[00:32:42] exactly
[00:32:43] and that's
[00:32:44] what you
[00:32:45] know we had
[00:32:45] to being
[00:32:46] young
[00:32:46] you lean
[00:32:48] on those
[00:32:48] role models
[00:32:50] and things
[00:32:51] we come
[00:32:52] together
[00:32:52] and I'm
[00:32:53] like look
[00:32:53] that was
[00:32:54] beautiful
[00:32:54] advice
[00:32:55] exactly
[00:32:57] that ain't
[00:32:58] gonna work
[00:32:58] up in here
[00:32:59] I mean
[00:33:01] that was a
[00:33:01] good
[00:33:02] sound
[00:33:03] right
[00:33:05] and you
[00:33:06] know if
[00:33:06] we make
[00:33:07] a bad
[00:33:08] choice
[00:33:08] and the
[00:33:08] consequence
[00:33:09] is not
[00:33:09] what we
[00:33:10] expected
[00:33:10] well it's
[00:33:11] on us
[00:33:14] so um
[00:33:15] that that
[00:33:16] was a lesson
[00:33:16] that we
[00:33:17] learned
[00:33:17] early on
[00:33:18] the same
[00:33:19] lesson
[00:33:19] like we
[00:33:20] originally we
[00:33:21] came in
[00:33:22] thinking like
[00:33:22] okay this
[00:33:23] is what the
[00:33:23] woman do
[00:33:24] this is what
[00:33:24] the man
[00:33:25] supposed to
[00:33:25] do and
[00:33:26] I was like
[00:33:27] this ain't
[00:33:28] working for
[00:33:28] me because
[00:33:29] this laundry
[00:33:30] this ain't
[00:33:31] it
[00:33:34] we got
[00:33:34] three kids
[00:33:35] I can't
[00:33:36] keep up
[00:33:36] with this
[00:33:38] you had
[00:33:40] us making
[00:33:40] some really
[00:33:41] silly deals
[00:33:42] once it
[00:33:43] was in
[00:33:43] execution
[00:33:44] time
[00:33:44] yeah
[00:33:45] it was
[00:33:46] what um
[00:33:47] the laundry
[00:33:48] I would do
[00:33:49] it and you
[00:33:50] would fold
[00:33:50] it and put
[00:33:51] it up
[00:33:52] and
[00:33:56] that didn't
[00:33:57] work
[00:33:57] well
[00:33:57] the other
[00:33:59] day we were
[00:33:59] talking about
[00:34:00] when our
[00:34:00] son was a
[00:34:01] baby
[00:34:02] um
[00:34:04] I would
[00:34:04] get up
[00:34:05] during the
[00:34:05] week
[00:34:06] he would
[00:34:07] get up
[00:34:07] on weekends
[00:34:09] you're like
[00:34:09] this math
[00:34:10] ain't math
[00:34:11] my thursday
[00:34:16] i was
[00:34:17] mad at
[00:34:18] him
[00:34:18] the baby
[00:34:19] the name
[00:34:20] everybody
[00:34:24] like what
[00:34:25] have i
[00:34:25] agreed to
[00:34:26] and i'm
[00:34:27] sitting there
[00:34:28] holding the
[00:34:28] baby feeding
[00:34:29] him and
[00:34:29] he is just
[00:34:30] getting it
[00:34:31] in
[00:34:31] oh
[00:34:32] i understand
[00:34:33] i remember
[00:34:34] when our
[00:34:36] kids were
[00:34:36] babies and
[00:34:37] because we
[00:34:38] had them
[00:34:38] kind of like
[00:34:39] back to
[00:34:39] back
[00:34:41] i'm
[00:34:41] sitting i
[00:34:41] would tell
[00:34:42] my husband
[00:34:42] go get
[00:34:42] the baby
[00:34:43] like you
[00:34:44] hear the
[00:34:44] baby crying
[00:34:45] like go
[00:34:45] get the
[00:34:46] baby
[00:34:47] he go get
[00:34:48] the baby
[00:34:48] and bring
[00:34:48] it to me
[00:34:49] that's
[00:34:49] that's
[00:34:49] not what
[00:34:50] i mean
[00:34:50] right
[00:34:54] feed the
[00:34:55] baby
[00:34:55] change the
[00:34:55] baby
[00:34:55] right
[00:34:56] yeah
[00:34:57] yeah
[00:34:57] don't look
[00:34:58] don't bring
[00:34:59] that baby
[00:34:59] in here
[00:35:00] uh-uh
[00:35:01] i don't want
[00:35:02] it right now
[00:35:03] hey look
[00:35:04] i tell you
[00:35:05] what's funny
[00:35:06] though
[00:35:06] we be sitting
[00:35:08] in the dog
[00:35:08] on bed
[00:35:09] both of
[00:35:10] us sleep
[00:35:11] we both
[00:35:11] know we
[00:35:12] hear the
[00:35:12] baby
[00:35:13] but we
[00:35:13] try to
[00:35:14] see who
[00:35:14] gonna get
[00:35:15] up
[00:35:15] first
[00:35:16] look
[00:35:16] i can
[00:35:17] hear the
[00:35:17] dog on
[00:35:18] baby
[00:35:18] cry
[00:35:18] but i'm
[00:35:19] like
[00:35:20] trying to
[00:35:20] play sleep
[00:35:22] can she
[00:35:23] move yet
[00:35:24] oh
[00:35:26] and
[00:35:26] and that
[00:35:27] was
[00:35:27] and that's
[00:35:28] one of
[00:35:28] the things
[00:35:29] that you
[00:35:30] know
[00:35:30] we
[00:35:31] we worked
[00:35:32] through it
[00:35:32] and then
[00:35:33] of course
[00:35:33] with the
[00:35:34] next one
[00:35:34] it was a
[00:35:35] little bit
[00:35:35] better
[00:35:36] but
[00:35:36] yeah
[00:35:36] those are
[00:35:37] the times
[00:35:38] that you
[00:35:39] have to
[00:35:39] be able
[00:35:40] to come
[00:35:40] together
[00:35:41] and realize
[00:35:42] okay i'm
[00:35:42] angry right
[00:35:43] now because
[00:35:44] i'm gonna
[00:35:44] get up
[00:35:45] i'm gonna
[00:35:45] let you
[00:35:45] slide
[00:35:46] but we're
[00:35:47] gonna talk
[00:35:48] about this
[00:35:48] and see
[00:35:49] how we can
[00:35:50] work through
[00:35:50] these things
[00:35:51] and that's
[00:35:52] when the
[00:35:52] friendship
[00:35:52] is so
[00:35:53] important
[00:35:54] yes
[00:35:54] because
[00:35:56] that helps
[00:35:57] pull you
[00:35:57] through
[00:35:57] because
[00:35:58] sometimes
[00:35:59] that i'm
[00:35:59] really feeling
[00:36:00] you or i
[00:36:00] don't really
[00:36:01] like you
[00:36:01] because we
[00:36:02] have this
[00:36:02] strong bond
[00:36:03] this strong
[00:36:03] connection
[00:36:04] that's our
[00:36:05] friendship
[00:36:06] yes
[00:36:08] we can work
[00:36:09] through it
[00:36:09] but if we
[00:36:10] don't have
[00:36:10] that bond
[00:36:11] right
[00:36:13] that's
[00:36:14] you may
[00:36:14] not make
[00:36:15] it
[00:36:15] that's one
[00:36:16] of the
[00:36:16] things that
[00:36:17] we say
[00:36:17] over and
[00:36:18] over again
[00:36:18] is that
[00:36:19] friendship
[00:36:19] and also
[00:36:20] the
[00:36:22] love is
[00:36:23] relatively
[00:36:24] easy
[00:36:24] but it's
[00:36:25] that like
[00:36:26] and that
[00:36:27] like
[00:36:28] i need
[00:36:28] to like
[00:36:29] you
[00:36:29] which means
[00:36:30] we treat
[00:36:30] each other
[00:36:31] as friends
[00:36:31] exactly
[00:36:32] cultivate
[00:36:33] a natural
[00:36:33] friendship
[00:36:34] so
[00:36:35] it's the
[00:36:36] funny part
[00:36:37] about it
[00:36:37] like you
[00:36:38] know
[00:36:39] what's up
[00:36:39] where i
[00:36:40] work at
[00:36:40] it's a lot
[00:36:41] of men
[00:36:43] we have
[00:36:44] conversations
[00:36:44] you know
[00:36:46] of course
[00:36:46] i don't
[00:36:47] talk about
[00:36:48] their wives
[00:36:48] and they're
[00:36:49] something
[00:36:49] like
[00:36:50] yeah i
[00:36:51] see why
[00:36:51] you ain't
[00:36:52] getting
[00:36:52] none
[00:36:52] because
[00:36:55] when you
[00:36:56] just talked
[00:36:56] to her
[00:36:56] about some
[00:36:57] salad
[00:36:58] exactly
[00:37:00] i had
[00:37:01] one joke
[00:37:01] he was
[00:37:02] complaining
[00:37:02] about some
[00:37:03] salad dressing
[00:37:04] or something
[00:37:04] and his
[00:37:06] wife took
[00:37:07] the last
[00:37:07] salad dressing
[00:37:08] i'm like
[00:37:09] that's the
[00:37:10] big deal
[00:37:11] right how
[00:37:12] many stories
[00:37:12] did you pass
[00:37:13] to get
[00:37:13] you right
[00:37:14] battles
[00:37:16] exactly
[00:37:17] that's the
[00:37:18] key
[00:37:18] choosing
[00:37:19] your battles
[00:37:19] like
[00:37:19] no
[00:37:20] it's
[00:37:21] worth
[00:37:21] the
[00:37:21] fight
[00:37:21] right
[00:37:22] attention
[00:37:23] and what
[00:37:23] is not
[00:37:24] what is
[00:37:25] what is
[00:37:26] not
[00:37:27] right
[00:37:28] and not
[00:37:29] acting on
[00:37:29] everything
[00:37:30] that i feel
[00:37:31] because
[00:37:31] them feelings
[00:37:33] boil
[00:37:33] and get
[00:37:33] you in
[00:37:34] some stuff
[00:37:34] yes
[00:37:35] yes
[00:37:36] right
[00:37:38] right
[00:37:40] but
[00:37:41] then
[00:37:42] okay
[00:37:42] yelling
[00:37:43] is not
[00:37:43] going to
[00:37:43] solve
[00:37:44] anything
[00:37:44] yelling
[00:37:44] is not
[00:37:45] going to
[00:37:45] do
[00:37:45] anything
[00:37:46] so let
[00:37:46] me
[00:37:47] respond
[00:37:47] in a
[00:37:48] calmly
[00:37:48] manner
[00:37:49] right
[00:37:49] or let
[00:37:51] me stop
[00:37:51] and really
[00:37:52] replay
[00:37:52] what just
[00:37:53] happened
[00:37:54] to make
[00:37:55] sure
[00:37:55] that
[00:37:55] that i'm
[00:37:56] even
[00:37:57] hearing
[00:37:57] correctly
[00:37:58] what's
[00:37:58] going on
[00:37:59] or understanding
[00:38:00] it correctly
[00:38:00] because sometimes
[00:38:01] in the heat
[00:38:03] of the moment
[00:38:04] things get
[00:38:05] twisted
[00:38:06] yes
[00:38:06] i've learned
[00:38:08] that that's
[00:38:09] not the time
[00:38:09] for me
[00:38:10] to say
[00:38:11] what comes
[00:38:11] to mind
[00:38:13] i have to
[00:38:14] stop and pause
[00:38:14] yeah that i call
[00:38:16] it that sacred
[00:38:17] pause i'm like
[00:38:17] take that sacred
[00:38:19] pause
[00:38:19] pause
[00:38:20] don't do
[00:38:21] not use
[00:38:22] your knee
[00:38:23] jerk reaction
[00:38:23] that is what
[00:38:25] typically sends
[00:38:26] us down
[00:38:27] the spiral
[00:38:27] into these
[00:38:28] negative cycles
[00:38:29] and a lot
[00:38:30] of we get
[00:38:31] stuck there
[00:38:31] sometimes
[00:38:32] because we're
[00:38:33] using the same
[00:38:34] like
[00:38:36] response
[00:38:36] we're using
[00:38:37] that knee
[00:38:37] jerk reaction
[00:38:38] i feel it
[00:38:39] i gotta say
[00:38:40] it i think
[00:38:41] it it must
[00:38:42] be true
[00:38:42] wait
[00:38:43] sometimes
[00:38:43] i have to
[00:38:44] question
[00:38:45] why is this
[00:38:46] an issue
[00:38:46] for me
[00:38:47] why is this
[00:38:47] a big deal
[00:38:48] for me
[00:38:49] before i even
[00:38:50] talk to my
[00:38:50] husband about
[00:38:51] it like
[00:38:52] check on me
[00:38:53] let me see
[00:38:53] what this is
[00:38:54] bringing up
[00:38:55] for me
[00:38:55] maybe it's
[00:38:56] something from
[00:38:56] my past
[00:38:57] that i
[00:38:57] haven't
[00:38:57] resolved
[00:38:58] that i'm
[00:38:59] a big issue
[00:39:00] of and it's
[00:39:01] really not
[00:39:01] that big
[00:39:02] of a deal
[00:39:03] and that's
[00:39:03] why self
[00:39:04] awareness
[00:39:05] yes
[00:39:06] so important
[00:39:07] like i have
[00:39:08] to check in
[00:39:08] with myself
[00:39:09] and be like
[00:39:12] what's going
[00:39:13] on with me
[00:39:14] once again
[00:39:15] before i start
[00:39:16] projecting on
[00:39:17] him
[00:39:17] yes
[00:39:18] yes
[00:39:18] and and then
[00:39:20] let me be
[00:39:21] humble enough
[00:39:22] to admit
[00:39:23] okay i just
[00:39:25] took that out
[00:39:25] of context
[00:39:26] um for me
[00:39:29] i'm really
[00:39:30] bad about
[00:39:30] i'm i'm
[00:39:32] playing and
[00:39:32] i'm over
[00:39:33] analyzing and
[00:39:34] i'm looking
[00:39:35] at him and
[00:39:36] he has moved
[00:39:37] on like i'm
[00:39:39] sitting up here
[00:39:41] still thinking
[00:39:42] about it and
[00:39:43] in my thoughts
[00:39:44] i'm thinking
[00:39:45] what he
[00:39:45] thinking
[00:39:46] exactly
[00:39:46] he probably
[00:39:47] think he
[00:39:48] probably
[00:39:48] and then you
[00:39:49] know i look
[00:39:50] over at him
[00:39:51] and say well
[00:39:51] you know well
[00:39:52] this is what
[00:39:53] i thought you
[00:39:53] meant
[00:39:53] talking about
[00:39:57] two different
[00:39:57] languages
[00:39:58] there you go
[00:39:59] i love that
[00:39:59] movie game
[00:40:00] where the couple
[00:40:01] was laying
[00:40:01] in bed
[00:40:02] and the woman
[00:40:03] is like i bet
[00:40:03] you're sitting
[00:40:04] up there thinking
[00:40:05] about some
[00:40:06] woman he
[00:40:06] talking to at
[00:40:07] the job or
[00:40:08] something and
[00:40:09] the cloud shows
[00:40:10] him he's like
[00:40:11] i wonder if
[00:40:11] megatron
[00:40:14] you know
[00:40:15] optimus prime
[00:40:16] if they fight
[00:40:17] if they were
[00:40:18] you know
[00:40:18] what i'm saying
[00:40:18] like
[00:40:20] exactly
[00:40:21] in a whole
[00:40:22] other
[00:40:22] cop in a
[00:40:23] whole nother
[00:40:24] world
[00:40:25] i'm thinking
[00:40:25] about how
[00:40:26] i'm gonna
[00:40:26] get this
[00:40:27] transmission
[00:40:28] fix
[00:40:28] exactly
[00:40:29] exactly
[00:40:30] it's always
[00:40:31] and that's
[00:40:32] the thing
[00:40:33] though like
[00:40:33] we create
[00:40:35] these stories
[00:40:36] in our
[00:40:36] heads
[00:40:37] right
[00:40:37] we create
[00:40:38] the narratives
[00:40:39] and we
[00:40:39] run with
[00:40:40] them like
[00:40:41] they are
[00:40:41] true
[00:40:42] yes
[00:40:43] never stop
[00:40:44] to question
[00:40:45] like
[00:40:45] where did
[00:40:47] i get
[00:40:47] that from
[00:40:48] right
[00:40:48] make this
[00:40:50] up
[00:40:50] right
[00:40:51] it's me
[00:40:53] i've put
[00:40:54] it through
[00:40:55] my filter
[00:40:55] and now
[00:40:56] right
[00:40:57] to be
[00:40:57] true
[00:40:58] look
[00:40:59] i had a
[00:40:59] conversation
[00:41:00] with you
[00:41:00] about it
[00:41:01] but i already
[00:41:01] know it's
[00:41:02] true so i didn't
[00:41:03] want your opinion
[00:41:03] now
[00:41:04] because i had the
[00:41:06] whole conversation
[00:41:07] with you in my
[00:41:07] head
[00:41:08] exactly
[00:41:09] and now i'm
[00:41:09] punishing you
[00:41:10] for a conversation
[00:41:17] because i didn't
[00:41:18] say what you
[00:41:18] thought i was
[00:41:19] gonna say
[00:41:21] and i need to
[00:41:22] give you an
[00:41:22] opportunity to
[00:41:23] say anything
[00:41:23] that's not as
[00:41:25] bad as i
[00:41:25] woke up one
[00:41:26] morning
[00:41:27] mad
[00:41:28] you know
[00:41:28] over a
[00:41:29] dream
[00:41:30] yep
[00:41:30] i was
[00:41:31] i mean i
[00:41:32] was mad
[00:41:33] mad
[00:41:33] over a
[00:41:35] dream
[00:41:35] now
[00:41:36] the flip
[00:41:37] side of
[00:41:37] that is
[00:41:39] he recently
[00:41:40] did that
[00:41:41] with me
[00:41:41] so you
[00:41:42] understand
[00:41:42] now
[00:41:44] so real
[00:41:45] it feels
[00:41:47] real
[00:41:47] yes
[00:41:49] so
[00:41:49] and we're
[00:41:50] as we
[00:41:51] start to
[00:41:51] wrap up
[00:41:52] because
[00:41:53] we could
[00:41:53] keep going
[00:41:54] but we're
[00:41:55] gonna
[00:41:55] we're gonna
[00:41:55] rein it in
[00:41:56] what
[00:41:57] what
[00:41:58] advice
[00:41:59] would you
[00:41:59] give our
[00:42:00] listeners
[00:42:00] who are in
[00:42:02] relationships
[00:42:02] and they
[00:42:03] want to
[00:42:04] make sure
[00:42:04] that they're
[00:42:05] on the
[00:42:05] correct
[00:42:06] trajectory
[00:42:07] to to
[00:42:08] being
[00:42:08] resilient
[00:42:09] happy
[00:42:10] healthy
[00:42:10] couples
[00:42:11] what's
[00:42:11] the one
[00:42:12] thing that
[00:42:12] you can
[00:42:13] say to
[00:42:13] them
[00:42:14] that can
[00:42:15] give them
[00:42:16] that that
[00:42:17] push in
[00:42:17] the correct
[00:42:18] direction
[00:42:18] so that
[00:42:19] they're building
[00:42:20] something that's
[00:42:20] solid
[00:42:22] one thing
[00:42:23] that i
[00:42:25] cannot
[00:42:26] preach
[00:42:27] enough
[00:42:28] to couples
[00:42:29] is the
[00:42:29] importance
[00:42:30] of
[00:42:31] truly
[00:42:34] understanding
[00:42:35] the person
[00:42:36] that you're
[00:42:37] with
[00:42:37] yes
[00:42:39] because
[00:42:39] sometimes
[00:42:40] we have
[00:42:41] expectations
[00:42:42] for each
[00:42:43] other
[00:42:43] yes
[00:42:44] that are
[00:42:46] not
[00:42:46] realistic
[00:42:47] right
[00:42:48] and
[00:42:49] we don't
[00:42:51] understand
[00:42:52] because
[00:42:52] i married
[00:42:53] you
[00:42:54] this way
[00:42:56] you were
[00:42:57] this way
[00:42:58] when i
[00:42:58] married
[00:42:58] you
[00:43:00] now
[00:43:00] we're
[00:43:00] three
[00:43:01] four
[00:43:01] five
[00:43:01] years
[00:43:02] in
[00:43:02] now
[00:43:02] i'm
[00:43:02] expecting
[00:43:03] you
[00:43:03] to be
[00:43:04] somebody
[00:43:04] completely
[00:43:05] different
[00:43:07] i'm trying
[00:43:08] to fundamentally
[00:43:09] change your
[00:43:10] character
[00:43:10] because
[00:43:11] this is
[00:43:12] how i
[00:43:12] want you
[00:43:13] to be
[00:43:14] but when
[00:43:15] i married
[00:43:16] you
[00:43:16] right
[00:43:17] you told
[00:43:17] me all
[00:43:18] these
[00:43:18] things
[00:43:20] and so
[00:43:21] understanding
[00:43:22] the person
[00:43:22] that i
[00:43:23] married
[00:43:23] you didn't
[00:43:24] have the
[00:43:24] capacity
[00:43:25] for this
[00:43:26] in the
[00:43:27] beginning
[00:43:27] right
[00:43:28] so now
[00:43:29] would i
[00:43:29] expect you
[00:43:30] to have
[00:43:30] this
[00:43:31] capacity
[00:43:31] when we've
[00:43:32] done no
[00:43:32] work on
[00:43:33] it
[00:43:33] we've
[00:43:34] not had
[00:43:34] many
[00:43:34] healthy
[00:43:35] or positive
[00:43:36] conversations
[00:43:37] about it
[00:43:37] so truly
[00:43:38] understanding
[00:43:39] the person
[00:43:40] that you
[00:43:40] married
[00:43:41] and really
[00:43:42] thinking
[00:43:42] about the
[00:43:43] expectations
[00:43:44] that you
[00:43:45] have
[00:43:45] from your
[00:43:46] spouse
[00:43:46] in
[00:43:47] relationships
[00:43:47] because
[00:43:49] expectations
[00:43:50] will lead
[00:43:52] us
[00:43:52] to
[00:43:53] divorce
[00:43:54] court
[00:43:54] so quick
[00:43:55] we could
[00:43:56] have just
[00:43:57] had so
[00:43:57] many
[00:43:58] conversations
[00:43:58] understanding
[00:44:00] empathy
[00:44:01] all these
[00:44:01] things go
[00:44:02] out the
[00:44:02] window
[00:44:02] when we
[00:44:03] get married
[00:44:04] because we
[00:44:04] expect
[00:44:05] something
[00:44:05] magical
[00:44:06] to appear
[00:44:07] marriage
[00:44:09] is not
[00:44:10] the finish
[00:44:10] line
[00:44:11] that's the
[00:44:11] start line
[00:44:12] right
[00:44:13] right
[00:44:14] and so
[00:44:15] that's
[00:44:16] where we
[00:44:16] start
[00:44:17] blending
[00:44:17] our lives
[00:44:18] together
[00:44:18] and that
[00:44:19] gets messy
[00:44:20] yes
[00:44:21] because we
[00:44:22] are two
[00:44:22] individuals
[00:44:23] with two
[00:44:25] separate
[00:44:25] upbringings
[00:44:26] two different
[00:44:27] experiences
[00:44:27] of relationships
[00:44:28] and now
[00:44:30] we have to
[00:44:30] start a new
[00:44:31] slate
[00:44:32] with the
[00:44:32] both of
[00:44:33] us
[00:44:34] because we
[00:44:35] go into
[00:44:35] marriage
[00:44:36] with these
[00:44:36] high
[00:44:37] expectations
[00:44:38] sometimes
[00:44:39] no
[00:44:40] preparation
[00:44:40] or low
[00:44:41] preparation
[00:44:42] right
[00:44:43] right
[00:44:43] and so
[00:44:44] really
[00:44:44] invest
[00:44:45] in your
[00:44:45] marriage
[00:44:46] to
[00:44:47] understand
[00:44:47] each
[00:44:48] other
[00:44:48] and
[00:44:49] invest
[00:44:50] in
[00:44:50] your
[00:44:50] marriage
[00:44:50] I
[00:44:50] don't
[00:44:50] mean
[00:44:51] going
[00:44:51] on
[00:44:51] one
[00:44:52] week
[00:44:52] vacations
[00:44:52] that's
[00:44:53] nice
[00:44:53] and all
[00:44:54] right
[00:44:54] yeah
[00:44:55] but you
[00:44:56] really have
[00:44:56] to understand
[00:44:57] the dynamics
[00:44:58] that are at
[00:44:59] play in
[00:44:59] your relationship
[00:45:00] and how
[00:45:01] do we
[00:45:01] work together
[00:45:02] as a
[00:45:02] team
[00:45:03] teamwork
[00:45:05] well
[00:45:05] and I
[00:45:06] it's so
[00:45:06] cliche
[00:45:07] teamwork
[00:45:07] makes
[00:45:08] the
[00:45:08] dream
[00:45:08] work
[00:45:08] but teamwork
[00:45:09] is so
[00:45:10] key
[00:45:10] in marriage
[00:45:11] it will
[00:45:13] definitely
[00:45:13] help you
[00:45:14] with
[00:45:14] understanding
[00:45:15] this is
[00:45:17] the person
[00:45:17] I married
[00:45:18] he was lazy
[00:45:19] she was lazy
[00:45:21] when I married her
[00:45:21] right
[00:45:22] right
[00:45:22] her mama
[00:45:24] was still
[00:45:25] doing her
[00:45:25] lines
[00:45:25] I mean
[00:45:26] like
[00:45:26] right
[00:45:26] so why
[00:45:27] would you
[00:45:28] right
[00:45:29] and we
[00:45:30] have to
[00:45:30] teach each
[00:45:31] other
[00:45:32] right
[00:45:32] how to
[00:45:33] treat
[00:45:33] how to
[00:45:34] be
[00:45:34] in a
[00:45:35] relationship
[00:45:37] yes
[00:45:37] and men
[00:45:38] need to
[00:45:39] understand
[00:45:39] that
[00:45:41] mama
[00:45:41] and
[00:45:41] grandmama
[00:45:42] while they
[00:45:44] were some
[00:45:44] great
[00:45:44] women
[00:45:45] and they
[00:45:46] did
[00:45:46] wonderful
[00:45:46] things
[00:45:47] but you
[00:45:48] can't expect
[00:45:49] your wife
[00:45:49] to be like
[00:45:50] mama
[00:45:50] and grandma
[00:45:51] and they
[00:45:54] have that
[00:45:54] expectation
[00:45:56] exactly
[00:45:57] exactly
[00:45:58] and if you
[00:45:59] listen to
[00:45:59] social media
[00:46:00] that's what
[00:46:00] they'll tell
[00:46:01] you
[00:46:01] right
[00:46:01] yeah
[00:46:02] exactly
[00:46:02] that's what
[00:46:03] I see it
[00:46:04] all the times
[00:46:06] grandma used
[00:46:07] to do it
[00:46:07] and mama
[00:46:08] used to do
[00:46:08] it
[00:46:08] look at
[00:46:11] mama's
[00:46:11] relationship
[00:46:13] right
[00:46:13] think about
[00:46:14] the attitude
[00:46:15] they had
[00:46:15] while they
[00:46:16] did it
[00:46:16] were they
[00:46:16] happy
[00:46:17] doing it
[00:46:17] nah
[00:46:18] you know
[00:46:20] and I'm not
[00:46:21] sure how
[00:46:21] you're doing
[00:46:23] look
[00:46:24] right
[00:46:24] right
[00:46:25] my role
[00:46:25] is completely
[00:46:26] different
[00:46:27] maybe
[00:46:27] maybe it's
[00:46:29] because
[00:46:29] mama made
[00:46:30] her do
[00:46:31] it
[00:46:31] then
[00:46:32] and she
[00:46:33] said
[00:46:33] but when I
[00:46:34] get married
[00:46:34] I ain't
[00:46:34] doing all
[00:46:35] that
[00:46:37] exactly
[00:46:38] exactly
[00:46:39] exactly
[00:46:39] and one last
[00:46:41] thing I want to
[00:46:41] say is we
[00:46:41] have to work
[00:46:42] on ourselves
[00:46:43] yes
[00:46:44] we have to
[00:46:45] work on
[00:46:46] ourselves
[00:46:46] because
[00:46:47] we all
[00:46:48] have things
[00:46:49] that's in
[00:46:50] our backpack
[00:46:50] that we are
[00:46:52] packing each
[00:46:53] and every
[00:46:53] day
[00:46:53] and we
[00:46:54] just want
[00:46:55] to drop
[00:46:55] that bag
[00:46:56] at our
[00:46:56] partner
[00:46:57] our
[00:46:57] spouse's
[00:46:58] feet
[00:46:58] and expect
[00:46:59] them to help
[00:47:00] us unpack
[00:47:00] that
[00:47:01] that's not
[00:47:01] theirs to
[00:47:02] carry
[00:47:02] that's yours
[00:47:03] you have to
[00:47:04] deal with
[00:47:04] your past
[00:47:05] trauma
[00:47:05] your past
[00:47:06] relationship
[00:47:06] your mama
[00:47:07] your daddy
[00:47:08] issues
[00:47:08] whatever those
[00:47:09] things that's
[00:47:10] in your
[00:47:10] backpack
[00:47:10] you have to
[00:47:11] deal with
[00:47:12] that so that
[00:47:13] it's not
[00:47:13] shadowing
[00:47:14] over
[00:47:15] relationship
[00:47:16] right
[00:47:17] right
[00:47:17] I love it
[00:47:18] that's so
[00:47:18] true
[00:47:19] I love it
[00:47:19] and so
[00:47:21] for the
[00:47:22] listeners who
[00:47:23] want to learn
[00:47:24] more about
[00:47:25] you and
[00:47:26] love minus
[00:47:27] limits
[00:47:27] where can
[00:47:29] they find
[00:47:29] you
[00:47:29] so we
[00:47:31] are on
[00:47:31] facebook
[00:47:32] and instagram
[00:47:33] at love
[00:47:34] minus limits
[00:47:35] llc
[00:47:36] our website
[00:47:38] is love
[00:47:39] minus limits
[00:47:39] dot org
[00:47:40] and we also
[00:47:41] have a free
[00:47:43] private community
[00:47:44] for couples
[00:47:44] it is called
[00:47:45] maximize your
[00:47:46] relationship
[00:47:47] connection
[00:47:48] so any of
[00:47:49] those feel
[00:47:49] free to follow
[00:47:50] us join the
[00:47:51] community or
[00:47:52] if you go to
[00:47:53] our website
[00:47:53] you can join
[00:47:54] our email
[00:47:55] list
[00:47:55] very good
[00:47:56] well thank
[00:47:57] you thank
[00:47:58] you thank
[00:47:58] you
[00:47:59] before we
[00:47:59] go
[00:47:59] can you give
[00:48:00] us a peek
[00:48:00] into some
[00:48:01] of the upcoming
[00:48:02] events that
[00:48:03] you may be
[00:48:03] having
[00:48:03] oh awesome
[00:48:05] yes thank
[00:48:06] you for even
[00:48:06] allowing me to
[00:48:07] do that
[00:48:08] um so this
[00:48:09] saturday
[00:48:10] well it sold
[00:48:11] out but
[00:48:12] it sold out
[00:48:14] this morning
[00:48:14] um and the
[00:48:16] deadline was
[00:48:16] yesterday
[00:48:17] that's fantastic
[00:48:18] i know right
[00:48:19] yes we
[00:48:20] we're having a
[00:48:21] couples night
[00:48:22] out and so
[00:48:22] this is just
[00:48:23] kind of like a
[00:48:24] couples kickback
[00:48:24] we're going to
[00:48:25] get together
[00:48:26] um we're going
[00:48:27] to play some
[00:48:27] games we're also
[00:48:28] going to be some
[00:48:28] connection time
[00:48:29] for couples
[00:48:30] um but something
[00:48:31] that everybody
[00:48:32] could if you're
[00:48:33] interested we have
[00:48:34] a retreat coming
[00:48:35] up in october
[00:48:37] we're going to
[00:48:38] gatlinburg tennessee
[00:48:39] we have a
[00:48:40] cabin um and
[00:48:42] there we do
[00:48:42] empowerment
[00:48:43] sessions and
[00:48:44] just for couples
[00:48:44] to strengthen
[00:48:45] um their
[00:48:46] connection and
[00:48:46] build their
[00:48:47] bond
[00:48:48] awesome
[00:48:48] that's fantastic
[00:48:49] how often do
[00:48:50] you have
[00:48:51] retreats like
[00:48:52] the one
[00:48:52] in gatlinburg
[00:48:53] so we do
[00:48:54] that once a
[00:48:55] year our
[00:48:56] goal is to
[00:48:57] move it up to
[00:48:57] twice a year
[00:48:58] because everybody
[00:48:58] can't do the
[00:48:59] fall so we
[00:49:00] thought about
[00:49:00] doing maybe
[00:49:00] a spring and
[00:49:01] fall retreat
[00:49:02] um but right
[00:49:03] now we're
[00:49:03] just doing the
[00:49:04] fall retreats
[00:49:05] okay so once
[00:49:08] again we just
[00:49:09] want to thank
[00:49:10] you so much
[00:49:11] thank you for
[00:49:12] sharing your
[00:49:12] knowledge thank
[00:49:14] you for sharing
[00:49:15] your journey with
[00:49:16] our listeners and
[00:49:17] with us and i i
[00:49:20] want everybody to
[00:49:21] go and follow
[00:49:22] because it is a
[00:49:23] beautiful thing to
[00:49:24] see the community
[00:49:25] that is that that
[00:49:26] is love minus
[00:49:27] living inspiring
[00:49:28] inspiring thank
[00:49:30] you thank you so
[00:49:30] much thank you
[00:49:32] love love and
[00:49:33] that's what we're
[00:49:34] all about
[00:49:35] we love love
[00:49:36] we want to see
[00:49:36] people love
[00:49:37] each other
[00:49:38] we don't want
[00:49:39] to see people
[00:49:39] miserable and
[00:49:40] something mad
[00:49:42] all the time
[00:49:42] exactly
[00:49:43] nobody gets
[00:49:44] married to be
[00:49:45] miserable
[00:49:45] right
[00:49:46] exactly
[00:49:47] he goes into
[00:49:48] it thinking
[00:49:49] well here we
[00:49:50] go
[00:49:51] all in chain
[00:49:52] right
[00:49:53] right
[00:49:54] one of the
[00:49:58] things that i
[00:49:59] hate is when
[00:50:00] people you
[00:50:01] ask people about
[00:50:02] being married and
[00:50:03] the first thing
[00:50:04] that comes out
[00:50:04] their mouth as
[00:50:05] well we have
[00:50:06] our ups and
[00:50:07] downs that's
[00:50:08] where you lead
[00:50:08] you gotta lead
[00:50:10] with that i mean
[00:50:10] of course you
[00:50:11] want to be
[00:50:11] authentic you
[00:50:12] want to be
[00:50:12] honest but can
[00:50:13] you lead with
[00:50:14] some positives
[00:50:16] at least
[00:50:17] exactly look like
[00:50:18] i said if you're
[00:50:19] not enjoying your
[00:50:20] marriage right
[00:50:21] something right
[00:50:22] you are doing
[00:50:23] something right
[00:50:24] that's why you
[00:50:25] need to be in
[00:50:25] part listening to
[00:50:26] y'all podcast
[00:50:27] being in love
[00:50:28] minus limits
[00:50:29] that's a part of
[00:50:29] investing in
[00:50:31] your relationship
[00:50:31] and getting
[00:50:32] their turn on
[00:50:33] your investment
[00:50:34] with all these
[00:50:35] free resources
[00:50:36] available that
[00:50:37] people are not
[00:50:38] using them to
[00:50:39] the right to
[00:50:40] invest
[00:50:41] i started out
[00:50:42] as a child
[00:50:43] a long time
[00:50:44] ago
[00:50:45] now being
[00:50:46] the bathroom
[00:50:48] mama had all
[00:50:49] the magazines
[00:50:49] you know in a
[00:50:50] little magazine
[00:50:51] right
[00:50:52] i be reading
[00:50:54] a little
[00:50:55] women's health
[00:50:56] magazine let
[00:50:57] me see what
[00:50:57] these women
[00:50:58] want
[00:51:00] so i started
[00:51:01] out a long
[00:51:01] time ago
[00:51:02] so invest
[00:51:03] in yourself
[00:51:03] you know i
[00:51:07] started in the
[00:51:07] was it the jet
[00:51:08] magazine where
[00:51:09] they had the
[00:51:10] couple section
[00:51:10] in there
[00:51:11] i would always
[00:51:12] go to read
[00:51:13] about the
[00:51:13] couples and
[00:51:14] like i've
[00:51:15] always loved
[00:51:16] love even as
[00:51:16] like a young
[00:51:17] person like i
[00:51:18] loved being around
[00:51:19] married people
[00:51:21] and it's probably
[00:51:22] the reason i end
[00:51:23] up marrying young
[00:51:24] because something i
[00:51:26] don't share
[00:51:27] a lot is that i
[00:51:28] actually prayed for
[00:51:29] my spouse when i
[00:51:31] was 15 and
[00:51:33] um and when i
[00:51:36] say this is how
[00:51:37] i know god
[00:51:38] answered prayers
[00:51:38] because i was
[00:51:39] like scared
[00:51:40] i prayed like
[00:51:41] now i wish i
[00:51:43] had a little
[00:51:43] more wisdom
[00:51:44] with this
[00:51:57] but i pray you
[00:51:59] know like the
[00:52:00] things a 15
[00:52:01] year old would
[00:52:01] think of what
[00:52:02] he would look
[00:52:03] like and all
[00:52:03] of this and
[00:52:04] when i tell you
[00:52:06] i met my
[00:52:06] husband on my
[00:52:07] 16th birthday
[00:52:09] wow like and
[00:52:12] then like early
[00:52:12] on he was
[00:52:14] talking about
[00:52:14] marriage i was
[00:52:15] like hmm he
[00:52:18] playing he running
[00:52:18] a game
[00:52:22] but it was like
[00:52:23] i prayed for my
[00:52:24] and that's exactly
[00:52:26] who got ushered
[00:52:27] into my life and
[00:52:29] he's he wasn't
[00:52:30] even going to
[00:52:31] church when i
[00:52:31] met him because
[00:52:32] i was raised a
[00:52:33] church girl and
[00:52:34] he joined my
[00:52:35] church and
[00:52:36] started going to
[00:52:36] church with me
[00:52:37] i was like
[00:52:40] no like what
[00:52:42] you want
[00:52:43] that's no that's
[00:52:44] a heck of a
[00:52:45] commitment just
[00:52:46] to get some
[00:52:48] just to get
[00:52:49] like he told
[00:52:50] me it says
[00:52:51] something to
[00:52:52] him a few
[00:52:53] months ago we
[00:52:54] laying there
[00:52:54] talking and i
[00:52:55] said something
[00:52:55] and he said
[00:52:56] so you mean
[00:52:56] to tell me
[00:52:57] for 26 years
[00:52:58] i've been
[00:52:58] acting
[00:53:00] yeah
[00:53:01] he said
[00:53:01] for 26 years
[00:53:03] i've been
[00:53:04] pretending so
[00:53:07] but you know
[00:53:08] it's just like
[00:53:09] you in the
[00:53:09] exact same
[00:53:10] way we
[00:53:11] was well
[00:53:11] i was 16
[00:53:13] and i you
[00:53:14] know thinking
[00:53:15] about her one
[00:53:15] day just in
[00:53:16] my room and
[00:53:16] i said you
[00:53:17] know i'm
[00:53:18] gonna make
[00:53:18] that woman
[00:53:19] happy one
[00:53:19] day i
[00:53:20] don't know
[00:53:20] how i'm
[00:53:20] gonna do
[00:53:21] it i
[00:53:21] don't know
[00:53:21] when i'm
[00:53:22] gonna do
[00:53:22] it i
[00:53:23] don't
[00:53:23] make her
[00:53:23] happy one
[00:53:24] day
[00:53:25] that's
[00:53:25] awesome i
[00:53:26] remember the
[00:53:26] day my
[00:53:27] husband told
[00:53:27] me i'm
[00:53:28] gonna you
[00:53:28] what do you
[00:53:29] say i'm
[00:53:29] gonna make
[00:53:30] you marry
[00:53:30] me are
[00:53:30] you gonna
[00:53:31] be my
[00:53:31] wife and
[00:53:32] i was
[00:53:32] like
[00:53:34] i need to
[00:53:35] make nobody
[00:53:35] else
[00:53:36] why
[00:53:39] i didn't know
[00:53:40] marriage means
[00:53:41] you need some
[00:53:41] money and we
[00:53:42] ain't got
[00:53:42] neither
[00:53:45] sweet we
[00:53:46] got love
[00:53:47] we got love
[00:53:48] it's all we
[00:53:49] had when we
[00:53:50] started loving
[00:53:50] exactly but i
[00:53:52] did tell him i
[00:53:52] was like i'm
[00:53:53] not moving in
[00:53:54] with you unless
[00:53:54] i'm your wife
[00:53:55] so do know
[00:53:56] that
[00:53:59] well it
[00:54:00] had and
[00:54:02] that's another
[00:54:03] thing you you
[00:54:03] just celebrated
[00:54:04] an anniversary
[00:54:05] recently
[00:54:06] 26 years
[00:54:07] yes and
[00:54:09] to see that
[00:54:10] and to know
[00:54:11] how young
[00:54:11] you all
[00:54:12] were because
[00:54:12] that's another
[00:54:13] thing yeah i'm
[00:54:14] sure the people
[00:54:15] in your life
[00:54:15] were like
[00:54:17] waiting
[00:54:17] to wait
[00:54:18] you need
[00:54:19] to wait
[00:54:20] right
[00:54:21] right
[00:54:21] plenty of
[00:54:22] naysayers we
[00:54:23] even had a lady
[00:54:24] at the church
[00:54:24] that we went
[00:54:25] to when we
[00:54:25] were engaged
[00:54:27] told us
[00:54:28] god told me
[00:54:29] that y'all too
[00:54:30] young to be
[00:54:30] married
[00:54:33] i don't want
[00:54:34] to serve the
[00:54:34] god that you
[00:54:35] serve because
[00:54:36] that god
[00:54:38] don't tell you
[00:54:39] my business
[00:54:39] right
[00:54:41] why can't
[00:54:42] tell me
[00:54:43] why can't
[00:54:44] tell me
[00:54:48] once a week
[00:54:49] little do you
[00:54:51] know you
[00:54:52] don't even
[00:54:53] know the
[00:54:53] prayer that
[00:54:53] i prayed
[00:54:54] right
[00:54:55] why would
[00:54:56] i see this
[00:54:57] man in my
[00:54:58] life to fit
[00:54:59] exactly what
[00:54:59] i prayed for
[00:55:01] for him to
[00:55:02] tell you
[00:55:02] something different
[00:55:03] right yeah
[00:55:04] and ma'am
[00:55:05] who are you
[00:55:07] see that's
[00:55:08] yeah a little
[00:55:09] feisty would have
[00:55:10] kicked in
[00:55:10] yes and every
[00:55:12] year when she
[00:55:12] tells us happy
[00:55:13] anniversary i
[00:55:14] show my husband
[00:55:15] my phone i'm
[00:55:16] like look who
[00:55:16] told us happy
[00:55:17] anniversary
[00:55:24] we have
[00:55:24] plenty of
[00:55:25] naysayers i
[00:55:25] even had
[00:55:26] people because
[00:55:26] i was in
[00:55:26] high school
[00:55:27] my husband
[00:55:27] graduated two
[00:55:28] years before
[00:55:29] i did and
[00:55:29] people in
[00:55:29] high school
[00:55:30] would be
[00:55:30] like you
[00:55:31] want to be
[00:55:32] with the
[00:55:32] same man
[00:55:33] for the rest
[00:55:33] of your
[00:55:33] life and
[00:55:35] now they
[00:55:36] are like
[00:55:37] there ain't
[00:55:38] nothing but
[00:55:38] pee in this
[00:55:39] in the dating
[00:55:40] pool
[00:55:41] right
[00:55:42] right
[00:55:44] exactly
[00:55:45] i wanted to
[00:55:45] be with the
[00:55:46] same
[00:55:46] some of
[00:55:47] the non-along
[00:55:48] people that
[00:55:49] you know
[00:55:49] we same age
[00:55:51] group or
[00:55:52] whatever
[00:55:52] they still
[00:55:53] out there
[00:55:53] in the club
[00:55:55] we booed
[00:55:56] up
[00:55:56] they out
[00:55:56] in the club
[00:55:58] still out
[00:55:58] there in the
[00:55:59] club
[00:55:59] exactly
[00:56:00] you know
[00:56:00] they posting
[00:56:02] how lonely
[00:56:03] they are
[00:56:03] and it's like
[00:56:03] well i mean
[00:56:04] you know
[00:56:04] exactly
[00:56:05] that's a decision
[00:56:06] you made
[00:56:07] that's a decision
[00:56:08] you made
[00:56:09] exactly
[00:56:10] and i'm not
[00:56:11] saying this
[00:56:11] was you know
[00:56:12] an easy roll
[00:56:13] by any means
[00:56:14] i'd rather
[00:56:15] take this
[00:56:16] journey than
[00:56:16] what i know
[00:56:18] now than
[00:56:18] not
[00:56:19] right
[00:56:20] so every
[00:56:20] now and
[00:56:21] then we'll
[00:56:21] go to like
[00:56:22] a little
[00:56:22] i'm gonna say
[00:56:23] a little club
[00:56:23] or a little
[00:56:24] bar or something
[00:56:25] like that
[00:56:25] where they have
[00:56:26] musical devil
[00:56:27] and you just
[00:56:28] see the people
[00:56:29] that are
[00:56:30] single
[00:56:31] and they just
[00:56:32] searching
[00:56:33] yeah
[00:56:34] and thirsty
[00:56:35] right
[00:56:36] yeah
[00:56:36] and and
[00:56:37] like like
[00:56:38] your friends
[00:56:39] have said
[00:56:39] though
[00:56:40] yeah
[00:56:41] pool
[00:56:42] exactly
[00:56:43] i feel
[00:56:43] for them
[00:56:44] i do too
[00:56:46] i do too
[00:56:47] but look
[00:56:48] see we started
[00:56:49] up
[00:56:50] yeah we
[00:56:50] started up
[00:56:50] another
[00:56:51] we definitely
[00:56:51] have
[00:56:52] i took
[00:56:53] look
[00:56:54] we're gonna
[00:56:55] make plans
[00:56:55] we're coming
[00:56:56] to see y'all
[00:56:57] face to face
[00:56:58] because
[00:56:59] the pictures
[00:57:00] have
[00:57:00] they've
[00:57:01] they've made
[00:57:02] it so enticing
[00:57:03] speaking to
[00:57:03] you is enticing
[00:57:05] so we want
[00:57:06] some of that
[00:57:06] energy too
[00:57:07] yes
[00:57:08] i cannot wait
[00:57:10] cannot wait
[00:57:12] i think
[00:57:13] that's it
[00:57:14] okay
[00:57:14] so i can
[00:57:15] wrap again
[00:57:15] yeah
[00:57:19] so once
[00:57:20] again
[00:57:21] elvery
[00:57:21] thank you
[00:57:22] so much
[00:57:23] thank you
[00:57:23] for sharing
[00:57:24] um thank
[00:57:25] you for
[00:57:25] taking the
[00:57:26] time
[00:57:26] thank you
[00:57:27] for the
[00:57:27] knowledge
[00:57:28] the wisdom
[00:57:29] we appreciate
[00:57:29] it
[00:57:30] and until
[00:57:32] next time
[00:57:33] we will
[00:57:35] holla at y'all
[00:57:36] thank you
[00:57:37] thank you
[00:57:37] Thank you.

