Living with your boyfriend: beard shavings, toilet seats & eating in bed
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Must be present in certain states. Visit pricepicks.com for restrictions and details. Do you know that it hasn't even been a year since I told people I was pregnant? Oh my God, yes. If you set the precedent, you'll do the dishes year one. That's what's going to be happening year 20. And that's where all the fights happen. Yeah, so like five months ago, I accidentally dropped your toothbrush in the toilet. Did he put it back? Did you use it? Welcome back to another episode of Mean Girl Pod.

I think we should start every episode addressing what you're wearing. We're kind of twins today. I know, but I really like yours. Thank you. I got it from Aerie for Christmas. Love Aerie. If you're listening, it's like, what would you describe this style of shirt? Like a boys button-down style? I don't even know. I mean, it's a half. What do they call that? A half-

It's like a half zip, but it's button down edition. Yeah, it gives me like, it reminds me of like the boyfriend shirts from Hollister that they, like our brothers wore in high school. Yes. Yeah. Hollister, Abercrombie. Isn't Aerie a spinoff of Aeropostale? Isn't it there? No. In American Eagle. Yeah, it's American Eagle, Aeropostale, and Aerie are all owned by the same company.

Yeah, they have such good quality stuff. And I feel like Aerie just kills it with the comfy clothes. Like this is like to me like a very comfy shirt. It's like fuzzy on the inside. It's oversized. It's so comfy. Yeah, but they had like a comeback, didn't they? I feel like, well, yeah. You know like that lavender or like the lilac fuzzy thing I wear that I think you're like that's from Aerie as well. Really? Yeah. Yeah.

Good for them. I feel like you would love Aerie too because they have a lot of very cute and comfy clothing. And I feel like you and I just thrive in our sweatsuits. I'm so much happier in a sweatsuit. I was at a happy hour yesterday and one of the girls looked so cute. She like always looks cute. And.

And she was like, I just got up today and like I wanted to get dressed and get out of the house. And I was like, I wish like I wish I wanted to put on jeans, but I just don't. You look so cute, though. I loved your outfit. Thank you. I I put on my first pair of jeans, but then then people were telling me that whole jeans are out. So now I'm confused. I got to figure it out. Wait, whole jeans or all jeans? Hold jeans with the holes in them. Did yours have holes in them?

Yeah. Are we not wearing those? I didn't know that. I'm not up on the, I don't know what we're wearing, what we're not wearing. I don't know. I, I just wear jeans that are like the comfiest waistband. Well, you, you were, I need, I need to get a pair. I'm not ready for skinny jeans yet, but one day I will be. Wait, have you seen the sweat pant jeans? I've never like looked into them, but I see them on, always on TikTok. Girls being like, these are actually sweat pants. They look identical to jeans. And I'm like, maybe I should just get those.

I had a pair of those when I was pregnant and I like loved them, but I shrunk them the other day. So now they're too short, but they were cute. They were, they weren't, they were really cute actually, but they weren't, um, skinny jeans. They like, and I've, I've seen those. That's the kind of sweat pant jean I want is like a legging. Oh my God. Remember actually there's still a thing, but like, um, American Eagles jeggings that were almost like leggings, um,

Yes, they were so skin tight. Yes. Those are a little too tight for me, but those are kind of like leggings. Yeah, they are actually. And they were really comfy. Oh, yeah. And I know they sell them because I was looking for skinny jeans like a few months ago. And American Eagle literally only sells jeggings online because skinny jeans just aren't back enough for them to be in the stores. Oh, wow. Wow.

That's funny. You know where I want to get my jeans is Abercrombie. I want to go try a pair of those. So that's another place. So that's where I get my jeans from. They also don't sell skinny jeans in the stores.

Oh, really? Do you get the longs? Don't they have different lengths? Yes, I get. I try to get extra long because I like if you wear like heels or boots with them, they lift off the ground. But those are sometimes sold out. So I usually get long because mediums are capris and they'd be like that on you too. You need extra longs, I think.

I think I would too. I might go try some on sometime if they have a store around here. We'll see. Maybe not. I'm not, you know, tell us about your monster shopping. I can't do it yet. I know. I was going to say something though, that you don't need to shop for online is a monster.

What do we have today? So this one actually matches you. I got the Ultra Vice Guava flavor, and I haven't had this guy in a long time, so we're going to taste it together. But it reminds me of kind of what you're wearing today, like that minty green. I am very guava-ed out. So is the color behind me. Oh, that's good. That's really good. It's also similar to the Blue Hawaiian, where it gives you like a beachy feel because it's so fruity.

This is what I want to drink in the summer. This is good. Yeah, it's such a beautiful can too. They seriously nailed their colors. And this is also one of their newer flavors. I think this came out right before the Blue Hawaiian, so...

These two are their newest. This one's giving Miami Vice. Okay, that's so funny you said that because the back of it says Miami has it all. Mind-blowing racing in it. Like, I guess it has to do with the NASCAR Miami in Florida and stuff. So, it's for that. Oh, my gosh. So, that is a beautiful monster and I'm salivating looking at it. So, enjoy that while you record. Speaking of Miami. So...

Last night at this happy hour that have you heard of the Ray-Ban glasses that you can talk to? What are those called? Meta glasses that you can talk to. Okay. These are crazy. One of the girls last night had them. So you put them on. They just look like regular glasses.

she can say, Hey Meta, take a photo. And whatever you're looking at, Meta will take a photo and it pops up on your phone. Or you could say, Hey Meta, start recording and just like look around and they're cute glasses too. And then she can talk to them. So I had them on and I said, Hey,

Hey, Metta, I want to go on a fun vacation and go to fun dinners at night and be on the beach, but also have a city. What city should I go to? And it responds to you. So in the like lens part right here, not it's not the lens. What is that? The frame, their speakers and her voice is Kristen Bell. And so Kristen Bell responded and was like, you should check out Miami Beach, Florida. I think you would have a great time.

It talked to me. So she says she'll be like walking around Whole Foods and she'll be like, hey, Meta, can you give me a recipe for chili tonight? And they're like, yes, grab all these things and it'll list them to her. Or, hey, Meta, what's going on with Siete Foods? And it'll like tell her about it. It was wild. What? Yeah. Those just exist. So two questions. One, can you hear can everyone around you hear Meta speaking or do you wear headphones with it?

No, it was the craziest thing. Like, I wish I had a pair of glasses near me. It, it, the speakers are just in this part right here that sit on your ears. And the girl next to me was using them. I couldn't hear anything Meta was saying back, but when they're on you, it's clear as day. Did Mark Zucker, we know does Mark Zuckerberg on Meta? Yeah. Did he invent these? I don't know who invented them. They were like cute though. Like they were, they were adorable. Yeah.

The only thing is, which is a good thing, because like if you were at the bar talking to somebody, everyone was like, wait, what if they were recording me? When they're recording, it flashes a little light right here, like on like outward facing. So you can see if someone's recording, which I think is a really good thing safety wise. Yeah. But yeah, there's nothing more important than sleep. And you guys, when it comes to sleep, it starts with your mattress, which is why today we're talking about Helix mattress. J-Dub, how much do you love your mattress? I am a fan.

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sleep.com slash mean girl for 20% off your mattress. Good sleep starts here. I typed in meta sunglasses and obviously Ray-Ban popped up and it says shop Chris Hensworth, uh, sorry, Chris Hensworth, Chris Jenner, and Chris Pratt's frames. Of course, Chris Jenner is involved with this meta Ray-Ban.

Of course she is. But I just like don't know how we're not talking about these more. I had no idea they existed, which seems odd. You think that it would be all over TikTok. Yeah, they were incredible though. It was really fun. We passed them all around. It was like everyone was wearing them. I'm wondering how expensive they are because this says...

$375, but I think these are just the traditional glasses because there's no way. No, they are. I asked her. I was like, how much are these? I thought they were going to be like $2,000. She was like, they're $300 something. I know. This is how I was. I was shocked. I don't like this. This type of stuff freaks me out. I know. I know. We're already there in the world. I can't even imagine what...

will come when we have kids well you do have kids a kid but like when our kids grow up one day oh i know i'm like this is right now imagine when she gets there she's gonna be wearing like them to school yeah i'm sure and she'll just be talking to her glasses like oh yeah i don't like it i don't like it we're too far away from where we should be too far away so was that your rose

No, that was just a random thought off the Miami thing. Oh, okay. But it can be my rose. Well, my rose is happy hour. It was fun going to the happy hour with the girls. So yeah, that's my rose. That's part of it. Was it your first happy hour as a new mom? No, it was just like, it was like, yeah, I guess maybe it was my first happy hour with like girls, but I'm just like starting to talk to the same girls over and over again, which is like really fun. And so I like this phase more.

This is the first city I've moved to where making friends has been the easiest, I would say. I love that. Are these all girls that you just met? Or do you know them through mutuals? Or how have you made these girlfriends? Well, one's the neighbor. So that one was really easy. One I met through Instagram. And then the other I knew...

She lived in LA and then moved back here. And then everyone else was kind of like friends of friends. And so it was just kind of like a melting pot of people. But what I like about Austin is everybody is so good at just like showing up, meeting people, introducing themselves, talking. It seems so inclusive. Yeah.

It really is. It's so inclusive and the conversations are really interesting and the people are cool and I really like it. I love that. And I also saw that you went out on a Tuesday, which we've talked about. I feel like Tuesdays are the best days for going out, happy hour, all of it.

Well, I was like getting ready to go. And I was like, what was I thinking? Like, I can't go anywhere on a Tuesday night, like Monday through Wednesday or like reserved for nothing. Right. And then on my way there, I was like, wait, I'm really excited. And like, I had a blast. I was in bed at 10. It was so much fun. And I was like, I'm so glad I did that. And I'm so glad it was on a Tuesday. I'm so glad. It's so funny you say that because when I first moved to New York,

The days of the week didn't matter, but now that I feel like I'm growing up, I'm like, I would never do that on a Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday. Right? But then you do it and you're like, okay, that was so fun. I'm so glad I did it. So it was, it turned out to be really fun. Like really fun. I would do it again tonight. Same people. What was your drink of choice? It was an Aperol Spritz and it was, it was delicious. It was just a spritzy kind of night because it's hot here. Are you on your, are you still on your red wine kick or you, have you guys moved that aside? No.

Red wine and I are not meant to be together. Yeah, I love red wine, but let me tell you, every time I drink it... Okay, I should backtrack. Every time I drink it with white wine, I wake up with a scolding headache. So that's my new thing. No headaches are allowed. Yes. I am eliminating...

There will be no headaches. Like, nope, not for me. Whatever I got to do to get rid of that. So is that why you said red wine is out? Because it gives you headaches too? Yeah. And it kind of started giving me like a headache immediately. Yeah. Yeah.

You know, and like that's just not fun. So I don't know. But that that's my rose. What's your rose? I love that. OK, so speaking of wine, I went to this place called Toodles and French. It's this new wine bar in Astoria, which if you guys don't know, Astoria is in Queens. So it's like, I don't know, a 25 minute drive from the city, a 45 minute subway ride. It's right by LaGuardia.

Do you have a question? Yeah. You can subway there? Yeah. Oh, my God. You can take the subway straight to Astoria. Yeah. Astoria, Queens. Yes. That's the thing I see. Okay. Yes. But this place, Toodles and French, got named as one of the best restaurants in the United States, which is so incredible. Right? So when my mom and godmom... That sounds weird. Godmother? Godmom? My godmother and my mom were here a few weeks ago. She was like...

oh my god, I know you love wine. This place called Tootles in French just got listed as like the number one restaurant wine bar in, I think it is the United States. You should go because it's so close. And Pete and I were like, oh my god, yeah, for sure. Like Astoria is not that far away. A lot of Pete's friends live in Astoria. So we went last weekend and it was so cute. We got a flight of wine, which they allowed us to choose which wine we wanted in the flight, which most places it's like preset. And

And their pours for their flight was like actual glasses. Pete was like, these are not tasting flights. This is like a full blown, like regular pour wine. I was like, I love it. Wait, that's so... Okay, well, what else about it was awesome that makes it like the best? Sure.

So our waiter, and we went really early, obviously. So we got the head sommelier as our waiter, but he was so nice. He was so good at recommending wine. And we had a shakuri board, but we didn't have food, which I kind of regret because if they're listed as the best restaurant, I'm sure they have a great food. But the vibe was just so pretty. And I felt like

I don't know. Yeah, you should. It's Tootles and French. I wish it was in the city because I would go so many more times, but it's kind of a hike for us. But...

I really liked it. It was just... Oh, they also played really good music. It was all like throwback, like 60s, 80s music. See, I think that's what's so cool is when they give you the big pours and they let you pick. I'm like, that's of course why they're rated the number one restaurant because nobody wants small pours and they don't want to have like a set flight of wine that they don't want half of it. Right? I could not agree more. Like the more choices we have when it comes to wine and also like...

Get us a little tipsy and then we'll order some more. Like we had another full glass afterwards. And I mean, if it was, if it wasn't getting so late, we would have kept going. It was like six o'clock. Right. You would have kept ordering it. Yeah. Six 30. The sun like hasn't set yet. What, what did you get in your flights? Did you do like, um, so all, oh, sorry.

I didn't know all red, all white. What did you do? I did two whites and two red. So I did a Savion Blanc, obviously, a Gave de Gave, which if you like Savi B, great choice. And then for the reds, I did a Nebbiolo and then an Italian red, which starts with an S, but I cannot pronounce to save my life. But all four were so good and Pete liked all four. So it was a very like win-win situation.

Do you know what makes them like how did they get on the radar of being the number one restaurant? I always wondered how do people get that? I don't know. And like not to knock Astoria because Astoria is actually known for like having the best Greek and Mediterranean food. But it's like there's so many wine bars in Manhattan. But a wine bar in Astoria gets picked as like the best restaurant, which is so interesting to me.

Yeah, that seems off the beaten path, which like I'm glad it's not just like a restaurant in Chicago, you know, like I'm glad it's a little bit more outside of the city, which is nice. But I'm also glad you guys went. Yeah, it was a fun little Sunday or Sunday, Saturday fun day. And then we got home at like seven o'clock and it was perfect. Like that's just like my type of day. I love drinking during the day. So then when you go to bed, you're not drunk and then you don't wake up feeling like crap.

Exactly. Yeah, that's I think that's really nice. I'm glad I think people always say like, let's do this, but they don't ever actually go and do it. But I will say I did have a scalding headache because I mixed the red and the white. Like I woke up and I was like, oh, today is not my day. No, I bet you had like this a little head throb. I'm like thinking like it's like this headache too. That's so different than any other headache you get. But like anyone who drinks wine just knows it's it's like debilitating. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. But yeah, so that was my rose. That's a fun rose. What's your thorn of the week? I'm changing my thorn. My new thorn is Tate's teething and I get really sad for her because like

She can't, she doesn't know she's teething. She just like knows she's in pain and you can't really do it. Like there's things we're obviously doing to help, but it still hurts her. And it's just this like, it's very sad. It's much more sad than I thought it would be. How long do babies teeth for? You guys know we love Cozy Earth and Cozy Earth's products are designed to transform your five to nine year old.

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It's just a lot of unknowns, though. I don't know a ton about it. You know what I mean? I kind of take it as they come. So one day we were over here and she just started howling and I rubbed her gums and I felt one. And I was like, okay, a tooth is popping through. And so then we were rubbing ice on it and stuff. And then it's like... So I just looked it up right then. I was like, how long is this going to last for? It doesn't last for long, but then another one comes and then it happens again. And so...

It just causes her pain. Is there anything that you can give babies for teething or just ice?

No, you can do like there's children, baby, there's newborn baby, whatever the correct term is, Tylenol. And then there's these things I got off Amazon called, I don't know what they are, but you just rub it on the tooth and it kind of numbs it a little bit. And that I think is really nice. It's so wild to think that back when our parents were kids, they would just rub like whiskey on the kids gums or like other things to make them not feel it.

Okay, so I've always heard that, but what would rubbing whiskey on it do? Is it because they swallow a little bit of it or does it numb it? I thought numbing. I also am, okay, totally correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they used to like rub some type of drug a little bit or something? I don't know. Maybe not. I've always heard whiskey, but you know what's crazy too? It's crazy to me that like if you rubbed whiskey on gums, it would numb it.

Additionally, somebody would swallow that. Yeah. Maybe it is them swallowing it. It's just like a small enough dose that just like knocks them out. I don't know. Well, so Jules is telling me that it numbs the gum. But I heard a mom on an airplane one time. She told me like way back in the day. She was like, well, my kids used to fly. I'd just give them a little whiskey to knock them out. Just a little. And I'm like, back in the day.

Just back in the day. I'm sure it did. I'm sure it knocked him out. Things that our grandparents did to their kids actually kills me. It's so funny.

I know. I wonder like what our thing will be like, you know, Tate will be saying my mom used to do X, Y, Z. Like that's so bad. It's so funny. What it's going to be. I know. It's so wild. I like something that I like when you think about it, I knew it was true, but it was hard for me to wrap my head around was I forgot that like as humans, we lose all of our baby teeth. I don't know why. I just thought it was like the front, the front row. Yeah.

I know. And then I was wondering, I'm like, does it hurt again when she gets her other teeth? And then like, we're going to have to pull teeth. We're going to have to do the tooth fairy. Yeah. Did you ever have to get teeth pulled as a kid? No, I never had to get teeth pulled, but I remember they'd get loose and they would fall out. I had to get teeth pulled. It was so to my brother. It was braces, that whole thing. Never want to go through that again. Yeah.

Me either and like we're gonna have to do yeah that's another thing I didn't think about I gotta pay for braces. I forgot did you have braces as a kid? Yeah I did I had braces. You did too obviously. Yeah twice. What grade did you have them? I had braces in middle school and then I had to get them again in high school so I had braces my 10th and 11th grade year which really sucked. Oh that that does suck. Remember I had the missing teeth? Oh my god yes.

I forgot. Well, your teeth are beautiful now, so it was worth it. Thank you. But I bet that was tough. I bet that was tough. What did you have yours? I had them 7...

End of 7th, all of 8th, and then half of 9th. But I remember the day I got my braces off. I mean, you could not touch me. The world. I was like, oh, ready to go. I remember, too, when I first got my braces on, it was kind of like the cool thing. So I was excited to get the colored rubber bands and all that stuff. But yeah, the day I got mine off, you feel like you're on top of the world. Yeah.

It's like not fair when people have to have them for so long. And I know now they did the braces on the back of the teeth, which like just like hurts my tongue. And they also do Invisalign. Like I did Invisalign and it just doesn't, those braces are so strong. There's a reason that they're,

They're the OG. Yeah, I mean, I'm so grateful that I got it all over with because my dad, he had adult braces and like, I think his was, I think he only had them for like eight months or a year, but like, you don't want to, like no adult wants to have braces. No, and I, but I've always wondered this. Can we not straighten the teeth in about three months? Do we really need to go three years? Yeah, I mean, you would think it would be faster, but they probably just want our money.

Yeah, but I do think also, like, you are moving, like, bone, I guess. Ew. I know, I know. I didn't even talk about it. Okay, what's your thorn besides that I just brought that up? So, mine has to do with my apartment. Okay, I swear to God, it's like, like, it's just a joke at this point. Like, we, the universe is just telling us to get out of New York City because of all the bad luck we're having. So...

What day was this? Sunday. So on Sunday, Pete and I are just sitting in the living room. It's like 7 o'clock at night. All of a sudden, I'm not kidding you, it sounds like...

The building next to us is falling to the ground. It sounds like there's an earthquake. It's like we both were like, is the world ending? It was such a terrifying sound. Like it's literally sounded like a building next to you was crumbling to the ground. It was, it happened for like five seconds. It was so terrifying. We come to find out like everyone, everyone in the building is like freaking out. Like, what was that? We come to find out that.

a piece of like a massive piece of ice fell off the roof and it must have like hit it must have hit multiple things when it fell to the ground but it made such a terrifying noise but um the funny thing about that is that out of everything it hit we were the only ac unit to get smashed and destroyed so our ac unit that we don't own because we live in a furnished apartment

It totally got like smashed in half, ripped out of our wall. Like, and it is like full blown, like concrete in, but I'm like out of all the, out of all of the apartments, ours is the one to have damage. It hit your AC unit? Yes. And like, I should, I wish I could take pictures. It's really hard to like see, but it is like squished.

Does it work? We're too afraid to try because it's like half hanging out the window. Like we don't want to like fall out the window. But yeah, that could hurt someone. Right. But like now I know why they like have all these rules about how AC should be installed. Like you need to like put the thing on the bottom and everything. But it is like a boulder came and crushed it. Oh, I bet that was scary.

so loud and honestly like you just never know and so it's really scary like that's really scary the funniest part about is like it's actually very warm in New York today and Pete was like man today would be a great day to turn our AC on at night but that's fine no no not you guys

Wouldn't be a good day for you guys to do it. Not for us. But I'm just like, out of literally every single unit, ours gets hit. We're not even the top floor. We're on the bottom. So it's like, how? It's like, that's like so... So what? Is the person going to come replace it? I mean, they're supposed to. We've reached out and obviously they have not responded. They honestly...

I'm just like, whatever. It's Wednesday. Right? I'm like, you're lucky it's winter. But I need to email them. I'm just going to keep pestering them. But it's hard because we can't really ask our super because they don't own the apartment. And it's like the AC is owned by the place that owns the apartment. So we have to go through them. And I'm sure we're the last thing they want to deal with.

Oh my god, this is a mess. This is like, this is a mess. Pete and I are just like, we get it. Like, you don't want us in New York.

I mean, no, but really? Oh, of all the units, that's crazy. I'm sorry. I'm glad, though, that you don't need your AC. Like, imagine if it was June or August. Yeah, no, it's literally, it's just like, it's laughable at this point. Him and I are both just like, whatever. Like, what are you going to do? Yeah, like, okay. Right. I'm glad you guys have a good sense of humor about it. Yeah, now we do. After the 20th thing that we've gone through.

Um, also before we move on to other things, I have a rose for you. What is it? You're a, you and you and Tate's content is blowing up and you need to talk about it. Oh, it's, um, I'm, I'm literally like crying at how cute it is. It's so funny because I guess like I'm just doing to her what I've done to her in my belly, which is like talk to her, you know, and like,

I didn't realize how many people didn't talk to their, they only talked to their baby and baby voices. But like I talked to her in a normal voice. Wait, that's so true because I mean, think about not to compare her to a dog, which would be the second time today, but like with dogs, I feel so bad about that earlier. I was like, Alex, you have a dog? And she's like, no, that was Tate. But like when you talk to your dog, you're like, oh my God, you're so cute. How are you? Not just like, oh, hello dog. How are you today? Yeah.

Right. It's like, I don't know. Maybe my mom never talked to me in much of a baby voice, but I guess there's something to it where like the speech pathologist was talking about it and she was like, you're not supposed to, they develop their language skills based on how you talk. And so it's not normal. Like you're, you're inherently, you want to talk to them in like a baby voice, but inherently I don't want to talk to her in a baby voice. I just want to talk to her like this.

But to me, that was just normal because that's what I've always done. And so I guess there's like something about that, which to me, I didn't even realize was like a thing. I just, it was just my life. Wait. So if you were to only talk to your baby in a baby voice, like they would start to like, that would affect the way that they speak. I guess maybe like apparently I don't, I don't know. I do get how you, you want to talk to them like a sweet voice. Yeah. You know, not, I don't use like, I never, I never would.

have like a super serious tone with her obviously um but yeah i guess there's something about the way that you talk that they mimic but it's so interesting because when you watch the videos so if you not to explain for you but you explain what you're doing in the videos well you're talking to her

I'm just narrating her day to her. I'm just saying like, hey, you're going to the nanny share right now. We're walking across the street. I'm going to bring you milk. But she like, the way her, if you watch her face during these videos, it's like she's truly registering what you're saying. Her eyes change. Her face changes. It's so crazy.

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That's rocketmoney.com slash mean girl. rocketmoney.com slash mean girl. I know it is. It is what it's not. To me, it's not as wild because I've always done it. So I've always watched her react and I've always narrated her days to her because I, I like don't think it's fair. She doesn't know. So I tell her I'm like, she needs to know what's going on, even if she can't make total sense of it. But I do see that.

I like sometimes I like think she knows what I'm saying. OK, I'll be like she knows exactly what I just said. And then she'll get hungry and like start crying. And I'm like, no, we like had a whole thing going on. Like you and I, we were on the same page. And now like now we're not on the same page. But in my head, she knows what I'm saying. I agree. I mean, she has to to some degree, especially with names. Like if you were to be like, OK, dad is doing this like you have like you would think she probably knows keywords. Yeah.

Yes, I think she knows dad. And then she's starting now to know. We used to walk in the room and like she wouldn't really change. Like she wouldn't know that it was us.

But she's starting now to smile and things and know that we're her caregivers. We're her parents. Yeah. Yeah, so that's been cute. I was dead at the one where she's grabbing your hair and you're just like, no, no, babe, stop. No, no, no. Get that out. Yeah, that girl. I don't know if you've ever had a baby grip your hand. She's strong.

They're strong. Like, if I need – if I'm ever falling off a mountain and somebody says, like, okay, you get one hand, I'd say, I want a baby's grip. Right? They're not letting go. It's something about – it's some reflex they're developing. I think it's called palmer grasp or something. And they just, like, yeah, grip on. But it's so fun to watch. And I feel like Tay is at the age where she's – like, her personality is growing so much. Like, a video of you and her popped up on my feed, and it was –

I want to say it was maybe like month two, but she looks so different than she does now. I was like, is this the same baby? Maria today, the nanny, she was like, she's already bigger than when I started. And I was like, yeah, she's developing. Like, I guess maybe now...

The first three months I To me she looked like The same baby Yeah And now I'm like Whoa They say it happens fast And it's like really starting to She's so cute I just want to squish her Oh

I know. Thank you. I know I miss her, but I'll go hold her after this. I know. When we were talking about me coming to Austin or you coming to New York, I was like, oh, either way I get to see Tate. I'm like, I want to see her. She's coming. Because she's so cute. She's coming. But New York's hard with her, though, I will say. Like, the more I think about it, I'm like...

Like, I don't know that it's fun for her because she's now used to be, she would just kind of go around and sleep, but now she likes to see things and play. She loves to play. So in New York, when I'm running around, like she doesn't get to play. I know. I always see these kids like,

In strollers in New York City. And I'm just like, you guys are built different. It's like 30 degrees out. These kids are hanging off the stroller with no jacket on. But I know it's not the parents fault. I know the kids are throwing a tantrum. And they just don't care. Or there's the kids with these massive headphones on to prevent them from the noise. I'm like, these kids are just built different.

Oh, that's crazy. They have headphones on to prevent the noise? I saw this kid, and granted, he was a toddler, and he had the lawnmower headphones. Yeah. He just had them on, and I was like, this is so bizarre. The mom and dad were probably like, you just don't need to have to hear every screaming noise possible.

Oh my gosh. I do think like, I would love to know a study on somebody that was born and raised in New York city. Like the sensory experiences like this morning I got up and I was journaling and I was just like hearing the birds chirp. And I was like, Oh, like the peace and quiet that I used to like crave. And,

And I think if you never had that, I wonder like what it would do to your brain. I mean, in a good way, but just or a bad. I have no idea, but just a different way. Oh, yeah. It'd be so interesting to see like a kid who grew up in New York, who grew up in just like a normal town and then a kid who grew up in the country. Yeah. To see like how different that is.

Also dogs. I remember like my mom and I used to walk around and she would be like, oh, these dogs hips because they're always on cement. Like here our dogs are, they have grass, which has a little more sponge to them. What'd you call it? She was always grass for that. Cement. Yeah. Do you think it's, you think it's cement, right? I've always said semen. I thought you said semen at first. I was like, wait, what are your dogs walk?

I say cement, but I know, I think it actually is cement. I think you're right. Do you, and like, do you say, um, like blacktop for like, uh, concrete? Asphalt. It's so interesting. That kills me. I used to always be like, what is that dad need to make asphalt, Alex? And I'm like, ah, ah, ah.

He's an ass. I'm dead. That's so funny. So silly. But yeah, so quick thing. Congrats on all the success you're seeing and you need to have Harrison take you out to celebrate 500K on TikTok. That's really sweet of you. Thank you. I...

Yeah, he, I'll ask him to do that. He has it. It's funny because he has a unrelated, but tomorrow it reminds me of tomorrow night. He like sent me a calendar invite for a date. Oh, I know. But I'm curious if he, if he remembered childcare, I I'm curious if he remembers, we have to have like

I wonder if we're going to like get ready to go that he's going to be like, somebody has to watch the baby. Or if he like, remember to get a babysitter. Cause we'll do that sometimes. Like we will be like, he's like, I'm going to hang out somewhere. I'll be like me too. And then we'll be like, baby, literally, what do we do with her? Who's taking, wait, did you think about the baby? And so I'm just, I, yes, I don't know what we're doing tomorrow. We'll see. But does he have some date night? So there's no like, like special date coming up or anything. Like, does he usually just send you a calendar invite or is this like out of the ordinary? Yeah.

It's not. Well, we're trying to prioritize it more because we would try to go on dates and then we would just be like, oh, we'll just take Tate with us, which we love taking her. But then him and I aren't talking at all at the restaurant. One of us is holding her. One of us is passing her back and forth. So one thing we were like, we really need to prioritize is you and I. So this isn't totally random. I think it's just him doing it. So I am going on a date tomorrow and I have a calendar invite and I don't know where I'm going, but I do know.

somebody has to watch the baby or the baby's coming but I don't think she's coming so I'll keep you posted no idea that I feel like like we forget how important it is to make sure we're still dating our partner like no matter what phase of life we're in which we'll talk more about later today when we get into our topic but I love that you're doing that yeah it's hard with a kid to like

It's hard in general, right? You have to like always keep dating because you do. It's so easy just to like put that on the wayside. But going out to dinner, just the two of you sitting and like talking is so important. Dinner, like I think it needs to be like and leave the house and sit and talk to each other. Yes. No, I could not agree more. But before we get into the topic, I do want to give you a deodorant update.

Please. So it's been officially one week of me being on aluminum-free deodorant, and I'm not kidding you. I am starting to get a pit. Really? No way. The puff is literally less puffy, and I'm not just saying that. Are you serious? I wish I could show you to take my shirt off. Yeah, there's no way to like... Okay, and how does it smell? So the smell isn't great. I do have to apply the deodorant.

Maybe like double that I would before. So if I was applying deodorant like twice a day before with regular deodorant, I do it like every or I do like three or four times a day. But but like I know my body will get used to it just because it's transitioning from aluminum to aluminum free.

Right, right, okay But it doesn't smell bad No, no, no, no I mean if I like put deodorant on in the morning And then I went the whole day It will smell bad But if I But if I like reapply it goes away Okay, okay That's good though That's at least That's I would call that a win For an aluminum free deodorant Like most of them I don't think work So like that's working Right, and I So I have this like bacteria spray That I spray on my face It's just like

Tower 28 spray or it's like a dupe of that from Amazon, but it just gets rid of like you're just right on your face like after you wash your face, get rid of all the bacteria. But I've been spraying it on my armpit after I shower too just to get rid of like more bacteria. And I think that's been helping too because I like I'm not kidding. Like it's not puffy. My armpits starting to go in.

I like cannot believe that it was puffy and it's just one week of aluminum free deodorant. Ew. But I think the, I think mainly, I don't think all aluminum deodorants are bad for you. I think the one that I transitioned to. So remember how I told you I was having like a BO issue once I got back on birth control?

So the deodorant I used pre birth control was a deodorant I've used for years, like since high school. And it was a gel and I loved it. Never noticed any issues with it. But then after I got on birth control, I switched because I felt like my body was getting used to it. And I started using this other kind. It was like a men's deodorant. And ever since using that, that's when I started to notice like the more of the puff.

So maybe you're, I do agree. I don't think all are bad. I do think it depends on the type. I also think your body can start to,

Not metabolize one But get used to one And they stop working Right Like some people Have to switch Their deodorants Every six months Because their body Just like gets used to it And it doesn't work anymore So I do think Just switching up Your deodorant in general Is good But I think people Should try the aluminum free one Yeah and Salt and Stone Feel free to sponsor Mean Girl Pod But they They have a great one It smells very good I have another one Coming in the mail It's like a Le Labo dupe So I'll keep you posted But So

Salt and Stone just have, like, really great products. Their body wash is so great. Their lotions are great. Like, they're a good brand. I don't think I've ever tried any. I'll have to look at the branding to know. You should try them. They also are very – they have, like, very pretty branding. It kind of reminds me of, like, a Le Labo. It's just, like, simple, darker colors. Yeah. Okay. I love Le Labos. Right? I really want a candle from Le Labo. Yeah.

Yeah. I got a candle as a wedding gift back in the day, like the big ones, right? Oh, yeah. And it was really cool. And then once we burned it all because it smelled so good, then you use it as a flower pot. Wait, that's a really good idea. Isn't that a good idea? Yeah. I love that. It was like – because they're cool, but it was the best smelling candle on the planet. Honestly, if you don't know what to get someone for any type of gift, just get them a nice candle, like Le Lava or Anthropologie. Okay.

Yeah. It's genius, honestly. I used to think, I used to think, candles are the worst gift ever. Candles are the best gift. Did you ever jump on that mahogany teakwood train for Bath & Body Works back in the day? No. What is that, a spray? You know what Bath & Body Works is, right? Yes. Oh, I'm sorry. Or Bath & Beyond? No, Bath & Body Works. I was...

Bath and body. They have a very popular candle called mahogany teakwood. That was like huge when I was in high school and college. It was just like the candle to get. It kind of smells like Hollister like that. Oh, like I guess teakwood, but like a sandal-y smell. Wood smell. Yes. I just bought one the other day because I don't know why, but I was just like craving a really good smell and it smells so good.

Oh my god, that is such a pastime Right? Yes, if I walked in somewhere I would not be able to pin Like this smells like Hollister But I would be like, this is nostalgic for me But I wouldn't know where it was Oh wow, that's so crazy And it just smells so good It's one of those smells that really takes over a room But in the best way possible Yeah, oh my gosh Are bed baths, I don't know which one you said Bath and body works, they're not still around, are they? Are they still around? Yeah, there's a couple in New York

Really? Yeah. I walked in and like you walk in, you're like, oh my God, there's so many smells, but they're thriving. They have every smell under the sun. Good for them. Yeah. And they have great smelling, like they have some great products. They used to be in the malls, right? Yeah. And they have like the red and white kind of picnic branding, like faded. Yeah. It's like pink and blue. Yeah. Yeah. Wow. Wow.

Yeah. I did not know about that. Okay. I would love to try that candle. Did you end up looking into the Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni update that I sent you? Yes. Do you want to quick talk about that? I would love to. You go first. So you'll have to, since you read it, you'll have to explain it because I didn't actually read it. All I saw was the cover and that Blake is very angry. Yeah.

Oh, I didn't read the whole thing, but that's why I texted you and said whose side is this for? Because it was recounting both sides objectively, which I think is probably why she's mad. Yeah, and I know she's mad because she hates how the cover portrays her. Like, I think she is suing the Hollywood Reporter. If you guys don't know, Google the cover because it's like her. They're kind of mimicking her and her dragons, right? Like she's. Yeah, she's Khaleesi, isn't she? Yeah.

Which is hilarious. And like she's her slingshot is like a

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The public... The court of public opinion is important and it's not in your favor. Right? I just think, like, that's journalism. That's a really brilliant... Like, if you think about it objectively, like...

This is a really incredible lawsuit because we have so much information and they've released so much of it. Like it's all at our disposal. Okay. That's. And, and then for a journalism, their duty is to like take that and report on it. And that's what that cover is. And for her to be mad about it, it's just like, it's a bad look, such a bad look. And didn't they like throw or try to do another gag order or something?

I think so. They also, they like amended their, is that what it's called? They amended their lawsuit, but they put in a bunch of like alleged claims. And I think Bethany Frankel said at first, like I'm going to, and I'm going to quote her here. Okay. This is not my words, but she said, I'm going to need some real abuse. Like if you're going to say somebody sexually harassed, like where, where did that happen? This right here is just like, well, he did this. Okay. You've got no evidence.

She made a TikTok about it and she was like, sorry, but like this isn't holding up for me. This is just like careless, like slander back and forth of like, no. What went on on set? Like was there sex? No. What happened? Yeah, that's actually something that we don't have a lot of detail of, of like what actually happened out of everything that they've given us.

The only thing we actually have receipts for are from him. And it's just him like responding back to the text messages or releasing footage. But everyone else is just like, he was inappropriate. How? Where? What happened? Right? When? When was he? Give me something. Like, give us some information.

Well, yeah, like some hard, you have to give us like some evidence, but you can't just sit there and be like, he just was creepy. What does that mean? Like define that. Right. I just saw the trailer for Simple Favor 2. I think it like just the trailer just came out and it's just so weird to see her like on the big screen just because she's

that's going on, like seeing a new project of hers, which I know they made this a long time ago, but it's still like my brain is like, wait, you're going through all these lawsuits, but you're coming off a new movie. It was just a weird feeling to see. But are her and Anna Kendrick at like, there's actually nothing wrong there, right? Didn't that, didn't they, something just popped up before we recorded of like, oh really? They are fine. Oh, I thought, I can't remember. I didn't watch it. I thought so too. I think everything's fine. Oh, I mean, from what I've seen. Yeah.

I guess I thought that she disliked her because they didn't want to go on a press tour together. But it definitely could be a rumor because this is just things I hear on TikTok. Yeah, I think, I don't know. Whatever I saw, everything was fine. But I don't know. Unclear. I just hate it for everyone involved. I just think it's bad for everyone's names. And it's messy. And there's so many lawsuits. And it's just like, chill. I wish it could have been handled so different. So different. But...

We'll see. We'll see what's next. Every week there. Like, this is probably one of the longest ongoing pop culture topics that's staying relevant that we've had in so long. Yeah, and, like, the trial's not until, what, next March? Jeez. I mean. Do you think she'll get cast in another movie until then? I don't know. It's so hard because I can see someone casting her from the standpoint that she'll bring a lot of publicity, but I also could see no one wanting to work with her because they'd be terrified.

yeah I see both sides too I I don't I'm curious to see what happens it's something that I thought about though like and maybe she wants to lay low for a bit yeah maybe not I don't know because if I was a celebrity I would be like why would I want to work with Blake so she could ruin my career too like does it matter if it's a guy or a girl like I would be afraid that she would try something if she didn't get her way I know it would have to be somebody I would think that already had worked with her yeah

that was familiar and had like a good experience, but it's very interesting. Yeah. So we'll see. We will see what happens. Yeah. It's juicy. Nonetheless, what was the other thing you want you had to talk about? I was curious about, Oh, the bad breath. Oh,

Yeah. I was going to ask you if you ever have like bad breath or smell bad or anything like this Harrison straight up tell you. I mean, he hasn't before because I saw there's like there's this trend on TikTok that was like.

Things that my girlfriend says to me, but I could never say to her. And it was like, ew, you look ugly in that outfit. Ew, you have bad breath. Ew, your fart smells so bad. And I was laughing because it's so true. And then the other night, Pete was like, oh, your breath smells bad. And I was like, oh my gosh, you can't say that to me. He's like, you tell me that all the time. And I'm like, that is so true. Like we say everything so brutal to them. But if they say anything to us, we're just like, you cannot speak to us that way.

I will literally be like, I don't love that outfit on you. If he said that to me, I'd be like, what? Like, you think I'm fat? Yeah, I'd be like, excuse me? But there's so many times where I'm like, that just doesn't really match. And he's like, okay, and he just walks off and changes. If he said that to me, I'd be like, we can't go. Literally, Pete was like, Jordan, I was just letting you know. He's like, you tell me I have bad breath all the time. And I'm like, that is so true. I mean, like the double standard. That's a really funny video because it's...

So true. I saw the husband and wife version of that and they were like 65 and the dad was doing, he was talking about it and it was really funny. I can't remember any of them, but I remember thinking like true. So true. Um, which kind of leads us into our topic today of living with your significant other. Yes. So living with your significant other, what a, what a joyous, funny topic. How long have you and Harrison lived together now? Um, do you know that it hasn't even been a year since like I told people I was pregnant?

Oh my God, yes, because I remember we were all like, so when are you going to tell people? It was like April, wasn't it? Yeah, it was April. It's not even March yet. Isn't that wild to think about? She's now here, but it's just like a funny timeline thing. Okay, so how long have we lived together? I don't know. She is a year and a half. How long have you guys lived together? It was a year in November. A year and three months, around the same time, I think, as you guys.

Yeah, why? I, like, cannot do this, Matt. Well, because you and Harrison lived in New York first, which I always forget about. And then you moved to Austin in, was it April? Or did you move after you announced that you were pregnant? After, but, like, we were, I would say we moved here in July, but we were, like, on the road trying to figure out where to live. Okay, so we've at least both lived with our significant others for over a year.

Exactly. So now I think this is a good time to do this. Yeah. So before we get into like the discussion stuff, do you have any funny stories or like anything from like past people you've lived with or Harrison? No, my only my number one like.

thing I bring to the table with this is like, um, well, no, I do have, okay. I did think of two actually. So one is my mom always told me what you do at the beginning. Actually, it wasn't my mom. I know who it was. It was my friend nuggets mom. I think she's the one that told me this. What you do at the beginning is what you will do. Like what you say you'll do at the beginning. So for example, if you like set the precedent, you'll do the dishes year one. Um,

that's what's going to be happening year 20. So you can't like year 19 be like, I need you to do the dishes. It's like, well, you've always done the dishes. So like, that's kind of like crazy. You want me to do it now? So something really good to think about. Um, and then one thing that's funny that Harrison and I go through is like, we have different types of clean, like, you know how there's messy and then there's like dirt. So like all, all of like his stuff will be folded. Right. But he won't think about like wiping the surface.

Whereas I'm more likely to have stuff laying around, but like I will wipe down the surface. We have different definitions of like what clean and tidy is. And then that's all basically. That's it. What about you? Yeah, I feel like we have had a very good living experience. We got really lucky because he works in an office every day and I work from home because I feel like whenever I think of like,

crazy or annoying or horror stories involving living with a significant other. I always think about like shared bathroom experiences and it always goes back to my past relationship because we both had to go into the office every single day. And that's where all the fights happen when you both are in each other's way in the morning, in my opinion. I think I remember you saying this once, like that that was... And like we...

I like don't I can't even think of a time we were both in the bathroom at the same time. Right. Like Pete and I like so grateful we have different morning routines like I don't even see him in the morning. I wake up I go to the gym when I get back from the gym he's already in the office. But when I lived with my boyfriend of five years I remember I would get up.

very early I would go to the gym right when I would get home and to jump into the shower he would decide to get up and I'm like I've already been up like two hours three hours I have to go to work but you like you have to be at work in 30 minutes and you're now just choosing like we would always fight about the bathroom situation oh yeah that that would be so tough especially if you were like getting ready yes

It's like that's your time. That's your area. And back then before COVID, before like desks were a thing in our rooms, that's where I would get ready. I would get ready in the bathroom. Now like my vanity is in my bedroom, but I would always get ready in the bathroom. And he was someone who I feel like, I don't know how Harrison is, but like whenever Pete's in the bathroom, I always love being in there with him. I'll just like go in there and talk to him. But then, and he's always like, why are you in here? I'm in the bathroom. So like, I don't mind when he's in there with me, but when I go in there, he's like,

my time leave. Yeah. Please go, go, go, go. Yeah. I, I get it. It's the bathroom is like the dream obviously is to have, you know, like a big bathroom with like two sides. I, cause I just like love to sit in there and do the face routine, do all of it. And it's just like a spa journey, but I do see how that could cause like so many, um,

Is that your, so many fives, is that your what's your biggest pet peeve? So when I was thinking about what's your biggest pet peeve for your partner and what's theirs of you, I would say no. For me, Pete is obsessed with vacuuming, which would sound like an incredible problem to have.

But I swear, he will just vacuum all the time. And I'm like, if I hear this vacuum one more time, I'm going to lose my mind. Yeah.

That is like such a blessing in disguise, but I can see how it would get, I could get really annoying. And then his for me is like, so he probably has a lot for me because I am definitely more OCD than he is. Like I, I have my quirks when it comes to how I live, but like if he has messes, I'll be like,

oh, what's that? What's that over there? And he's like, just tell me my clothes are piled up in the corner and to put them away. And he's like, stop. He's like, just tell me. Or he'll be like, I'm going to put it away. Just give me more than five seconds. Right. Like, hold on one second and I'll do it. Yeah. Those are... What are your guys's? Those are good ones. Harrison's number one pet peeve of me is these boxes that come...

And like, and I, and they, I don't know what happened. Like we'll walk outside and I'll be like, there's no way that there's five right there. Like, I don't know how those got there. I did not order anything, but you know how it is. Like PR is popping up. And then I think, I think like one, some of these brands, I'm like, when did you get my address? Right.

Like who gave it to you? And like, why is the box this big? But like the product is this big, which is fine. But then like, I'll know, I'll just kind of let him pile. That's he's like these boxes. And I'm like, when you get PR, you're someone who lets the boxes pile up. Yeah, of course. What do you think? I'm like opening them as they come. No, I like, I'll let them collect on the porch for a second. Sometimes I'll just be like one day, one day. And so that's for him. And I like get it. Um,

I think my thing for, Oh, I know my pet pee for him. His beard shavings look like spiders. And so they'll be in the trash. And I just have these hard attacks. I'm like all the time. And it's like props to him because he got them in the trash can. That's great. But they, it's dark and it looks like a spider and it freaks me out. And I'm always just like,

Can you do something about that? And he's like, not really. The grossest thing a boy can do is shave their beard. Because I swear, even if they like put it in the trash, somehow it scatters everywhere and they're so gross. I saw somebody though talking about a beer shaver that they shave and it catches it. Yeah, it's like a bib thing that pops out like this. Genius. I got to get one of those. Does Harrison have a hard time shutting the toilet seat?

No, but I'm not like a big, I don't like need the toilet seat down. Oh. Oh, wait. Do you mean like the, like which part? The top lid. No, I don't, I don't like that. That doesn't bother me. Okay. Well, the only reason why it bothers me, because in New York, you know how the toilet seat is so close to the sink and you drop things. Yes. So. Oh my God. I forgot about that. I don't know if I ever told you, did I ever tell you the toothbrush incident? No. So Pete decided to one day come clean about everything.

this random story. I don't know why he got the urge to tell me, but he told me, he was like, yeah, so like five months ago, I accidentally dropped your toothbrush in the toilet. I was like, what? Did he put it back? Did you use it? So at first it was clean water. He just dropped it in the toilet, but it's one of those where you like take the head off and you put a new head on.

Okay. Okay. Did he put a new head on? But I was like, what? And he was like, don't worry. He's like, I took the head off and put a new one on and I washed the base of it. And I was like, still. That is so... No, still. Disgusting. No, still. I was like, I'm going to murder you. And two...

From then on, I'm like, if you don't shut this toilet seat, I'm going to strangle you. And like, he'll leave it open every once in a while. And I'm like, Peter, you know the rules. You drop my toilet, my literal toothbrush into the toilet. He took him like five months to tell me. Well, yeah. Yeah. I bet. Oh, my God. That is so funny. So I have like a rule now. The toilet seat always gets shut.

And when things like that happen, you're allowed to then make that rule. And they have to like, okay, sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, yes, exactly. Sometimes you like the bad, like the really badass to happen because then you always have like that reasoning of being like, I'm not nagging you. I'm saying it's rule.

Right. And the reason it's a rule is because toothbrushes can drop in it. Oh, my God. Yeah, that toilet seat. I've also almost like fallen in the toilet before because like not from people like my brother, like when we would share a bathroom growing up, he would leave it at like the hit the boy part up. And I would go. So that's a problem. I would go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and I would like sit down and I would like fall in. And I'm like, I don't want it. I don't want that to happen.

That's the problem. It's always the middle of the night. Like that, it's got to come down. He's really good about that. Well, especially with a baby. I'm like, you probably should shut the toilet. Well, she can't walk, but still. Yeah. When she can though, you're going to have, we're going to have to shut all of them. Yeah. But yeah, that's funny. That's very funny. Did your expectations meet reality of living with Harrison? I guess you didn't have much room to think about it.

Yeah I didn't have like a lot of I didn't have like what I would think it would It's like exactly what I thought it would be like Yeah Like he's a good roommate Yeah It's actually Oh he's a great roommate He's the most fun roommate I've ever had Every day is an adventure though Like I love that We're supposed to We're supposed to organize tonight And I have a feeling we'll do something He'll make it fun or like

He always likes to make some kind of a cuisine or go on some kind of a walk. And so he makes every day pretty fun. What about you? Did your expectations meet reality? Yeah. I'll say, yeah, Harrison. He is definitely the best roommate I've lived with. He is, like I said, I'm pretty OCD when it comes to certain things and how things need to be. And he is the cleanest person, the most respectful person. He's so tidy. Sometimes I think he's cleaner than I am, which...

is saying a lot so like living with him has been a literal breeze and he's just he's never there because he goes in the office which I think works well for us so yeah I mean that's so that's so nice because you guys aren't you don't have like a lot of rooms to go to exactly like when we live in a house one day I'm not gonna be worried about if we both work from home but since we live in a one bedroom apartment it is nice having your partner like have to leave during the day

Yeah, you get some use space. Yeah. How do you and Harrison share a closet? Like, first, how did you guys share it living in a New York apartment? And then how do you share it living in a house? Where I got to give it to him is, like, okay, because he lived in Hong Kong and, like, would backpack around. So, like, he can pack for a 20-day trip in one backpack. So, like, his stuff's just, like, folded in an area and he can just, like, grab, like...

He is a minimalist when it comes to these clothes. I've never seen somebody organize their clothes like this. And I think it's because of the Hong Kong stuff. I love that. And he just, he just had to like live in small spaces and grab like, and wear staples. And so he has that figured out. Um, my clothes are everywhere. I mean, I have a hanging rack, a closet in here, a closet in there. I'm a nightmare to share a closet with. Like I am the problem. Um,

So it's relatively easy because I kind of get to spread out and he's got like his area. What about you guys? That is perfect. Like, it's nice. Um, so in New, living in New York, um, I, so like, you know how small the apartment, the closets are in New York. So we have a closet in the bedroom and then we have a closet in the living room. I get the closet in the bedroom and he's the living room. But the reason why is because they're the exact same size. He, um,

He gets – or it was something about like the way our morning routines are. Oh, like if I didn't want to go to the gym in the morning, he would have to wake me up. And this way he can just get up and like all his clothes and stuff are already like not in the bedroom. So – That's nice. But he has way more clothes than I do. Like way more clothes. I'm more like Harrison and he's more like you where clothes everywhere. That's so funny. But like I just don't have clothes because I –

gets stressed with clutter he just can't throw anything away so it just like he has so much he just like keeps it from all phases of life oh my god one time we went through his closet when he lived in connecticut and he had a shirt from like easter 2008 i was like what are you doing and does he like not want to part with it well what if i need it one day and i'm like you're never gonna wear this rainbow colored easter plaid shirt that you wore when you were 16.

Right it's never going to happen again I always I saw this thing where it's like if you're going through your closet And you say I'm going to wear this again You put like a red tag on it And if you don't wear it within the next year Then you put the date right And then if you haven't worn it in one year It has to go I love that I always say if I haven't worn it in a year I donate it

Yeah, I got a pile right now that's coming up. Do you want to do listener submissions now? Yes. So these are, we had our listeners submit like funny stories living with their significant others. So these are all like very hilarious little listener submissions. I'll do one, you do two, I'll do three. Okay. Listener submission one. Not something he did so much as said. I was in the bathroom when he had propped up and he had propped my foot up on the tub to put in a tampon.

I'm sorry. Let me start that over. Not some, not something he did at so much as said, I was in the bathroom and had propped my foot up on the tub to put in a tampon. I had just finished putting it in and was taking out the bright, glossy purple applicator. When he came in the bathroom, he got this horrified look on his face and I just figured it was some dumb. Oh my God. Ooh, gross, gross period man stuff. But then he blurts out, are you putting lipstick in your vagina? I slowly finished pulling out the applicator with the perp, with the perp,

I'm sorry to say perplexed, but I don't know what that. No, I think I think perturbed is right. Right. A new word. I have no idea what the perturbed look on my face. I will grant you and tossed it in the trash. He just said, oh, and walked out. That's really funny. I thought he was going to think it was a vibe. That actually is funny because when it comes to tampons, boys have no idea. Yeah.

No. And that pulling out the other one also. Yes. Okay. Story number two. My husband is not supposed to eat in our bed on a night that I had gone to bed before him. I was facing one way and he came in and got into bed and was facing the other. So we were back to back. I guess he thought I was asleep because he was eating chicken wings.

I felt and heard a light thump and felt him slowly and quietly roll over to see if he had woken me up. This man literally dropped a chicken wing in our bed and his life flashed before his eyes. So he rolled over to see if I knew. I debated on whether or not I should roll over and be fussed, but it was so funny. I just let him think I was still sleeping. That is so funny. Oh, that is so cute though. Like that's so real. He's like, oh no, he knows he's in trouble. Are you allowed to eat in bed? What?

So never was I ever, but then when I was pregnant, I like did it. And now sometimes I'll be like feeding Tate and I'm just like, I don't have any other hands. So like I will sometimes. So like I look forward to the day where it is not allowed again. What about you? Pete hates eating in bed and he doesn't let me eat in bed. So when he goes on trips, I eat in bed. Oh, okay.

It like surprises me that at a hotel I'll do room service. Like I know the sheets are getting changed the next day if I'm like leaving that day. But yeah, yeah, it's I don't love the idea. I mean, it grosses me out. And like, I guess the idea of him eating in bed grosses me out. But when it's me, I'm like, yeah, I can. I sleep here. I can eat here. Oh, yeah. I'm always like, I got this. This is just me. Right. But then the second it's somebody else. I'm like, are you kidding me? Yeah. No. No.

Okay.

One of the first nights we were living together, she went to the bathroom and let out a huge fart. I happened to be in the kitchen right outside the door and yelled, I heard that. And she yelled, God damn it. And we both died an uncomfortable laughter. We farted comfortably in front of each other ever since. I love it. That's a great way to break the awkward, like, when are we going to fart in front of each other?

It's the number one stressor. I love it. I always think of new couples. It's like, when is the time? Okay. Should we quick do our recs and then wrap up? Yeah, let's do it. What is your rec of the week?

My Wreck of the Week is Landman. I have a Wreck of the Week, which is Landman. I'm absolutely loving it. I love Billy Bob Thornton. He's phenomenal in it. It's so good. And then I recommended Martha Beck's book, Something of Anxiety. And I wanted to circle back on this because I started reading it

And I just want to say, I, I, it's tough to say this. I don't love it. It's not for me, but I did recommend it. So I did just kind of want to make good on that. I am going to try another book, um, in the, in the category. So I'll let you know what I think of it, but I would like to remove that. Is it not like, do you have a reason why it's not for you?

It's just a lot of data and it's not, it's, it's actually, I'm finding it anxiety inducing to read about anxiety data. That's not fun for me. Ooh. Yeah. I'm more of a, tell me a story versus data. When I listened to self-help, I agree. Tell me a story or tell me how we could work through the anxiety or something like that. But, and maybe it would get better, but I'm not going to be able to power through. So at this time,

I'm going to move on to a new book and I'll keep you posted. Okay. Love that. So for my recs, I have two. So one is I didn't know this, but Spotify premium. If you have it, you can listen to most audio books, which is awesome.

Not all audio books, but most. But with a caveat, you only have 15 hours a month, which I did not know until I posted like how excited I was. And everyone was like, you only get 15 hours a month, which I mean, that's like two free audio books a month. But then what do you do? You got to pay. You either can pay for more hours or you just wait. And then the next month you get your 15 back.

So two hours is, or so 15 hours is two books? It depends. Like most audio books I listen to are around like nine to 10 hours. So I usually can do, I did two this month. Okay. I think that's a fine amount. Yeah. Plus I have Audible, which you get one a month. So three audio books a month. It's pretty good in my opinion.

I'm very pleased with that number. Yeah. But with that being said, since I was able to listen to... In my mind, I pay for a Spotify premium, but in my mind, it was like a free book. I just started getting into the genre. Oh, I saw you do this. The genre, like dark romance. And...

The two books that I read, which I really loved, one was Lights Out, which is more of like a comedy dark romance. But the other one that I finished today that I gave five stars, it's called Still Beating. Definitely check your trigger warnings because it has very intense topics. It's about this girl and the girl's sister's fiance get taken by this guy and essentially tortured in his basement. And...

it but i like that's all i'll say because i don't want to give anything away but it was so good i think i listened to that book in three days wow it was that it was captivating yeah it's very dark it deals with a ton of like like suicidal ideation um uh depression all of that stuff um but oh my god it was such a good book will you spell it beating us still beating

but beating like a beating like a beating heart okay it's by okay wow jennifer hartman i believe is the author okay okay those are good wrecks and the spotify premium for the 15 hours is also good yeah so i'm in like a dark romance era right now and i'm i'm really loving it because it gives a little bit of a different touch than like that fluffy everything's perfect yeah good for you okay those are really good yeah same with you i'm excited to see what your next book is

Yeah, me too. I'll probably order it straight tomorrow. Okay. Well, we love you guys. We will see you next week. And next week, I'll be in Orange County when we record and we're going to talk about our past lives. Oh, yeah. I'm so excited. Okay. And I can't wait. Bye. Love you. Bye.

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