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And finally, I'm your other one, Mae Martin. Woo! Together again. Together again. In the time of love. Guess what's around the corner? Oh, V-Day? Yeah. Valentine's Day? And guess what? I want you both to be at my Valentine. Oh, my God. I don't know if this is the curveball Atlantis. Oh, your t-shirt. Yeah. Yeah, just to bring up bad memories. If you're trying to get me to be your Valentine, this is not the way by reminding me of the greatest injustice of my life this far.
Oh, the Atlantis saga. No, you look very, I like the hat. I like the look. Thank you. In school, did you used to have to give a Valentine to everyone in your class? Yeah. Yeah. I think in elementary, maybe early days. Those were the days. And then when I got to junior high, it was like you could have Valentine's bought for you. Like the student government would sell like a... candy bouquet or something oh my god and i and wait you buy your own
It's like for charity or something. You're supposed to buy them for whoever you have a crush on. Oh my God. So they'd be like delivered to the classroom. Let's just say somebody. Didn't have any candy. Did you buy them for other people? I think you would only buy them if you had a crush or you were actually boyfriend and girlfriend with someone.
Oh, my gosh. But did you have a crush on somebody? Probably, but I couldn't be sending it to old Angela or whoever. Old Angela, the most popular girl in school. Didn't you have crushes on boys at that age? I did. Yeah. That's for you. That's for you, Taylor. I can't stop thinking about you, Christopher. I would have sent them to my teachers. i did have crushes on teachers big time yeah uh quite uh especially in seventh grade she was so cute did you send her a bouquet
No, I think I asked her if she had a boyfriend and she's like, that's personal information. Did you send her boyfriend a wreath on Valentine's Day? Did you send her boyfriend a death threat? Yeah, I was like, stay away from my woman.
What are you guys going to do for Valentine's Day? Do you have big... Do you usually do a thing? Is it a thing in your house? It's not much of a thing in my house. What about you, Tig? Stephanie and I... had our first kiss on valentine's day oh my god so you recreate that we have so many um anniversaries we have our first kiss anniversary which is valentine's day And then when we got together.
And then when we got married. So we have three that we kind of celebrate. Well, at least one falls on a love holiday. Yeah, yeah. But we've had such weird luck. with spending Valentine's Day together. But this Christmas, we said, let's not get each other anything and let's have a special... experience. And so we're going to go away.
And maybe it'll be around Valentine's Day, but I'm not quite sure. I'm going to go to a horror escape room. That's right. We typically just go out to eat and there's probably flowers or something. But I think maybe this year we're going to go have a weekend together. That sounds really nice. Yeah. Jackson's birthday falls right before Valentine's. So it's kind of hard. It's like the week.
Yeah. Do something bigger for the birthday or for your Valentine's. When is her birthday? The second. Oh, okay. Have you guys ever done or been in a hotel that's done the, or is it a myth that anyone does this, the rose petals thing? I have been in that situation. I've done it twice. What? One was when I proposed.
and asked the hotel i paid the hotel to put rose petals around the room i talk about it in my good fortune special oh my god um we go into the room and the rose petals have been just strewn about in the most crazy frantic way like like like they got a leaf blower oh my god and just like all over the room and the and the rose petals were white a i didn't i always anticipated red right white
is insane white is like death it looks like the duvet burst like the comfort and they and a lot of the rose rose petals were dead oh my god no so it was a very jarring Did you laugh when you saw it or were you like... I was more in shock because the room was like weirdly lit. And I had asked for like... I was trying to do that bachelor type like, you know.
candles and a fireplace and chocolate covered strawberries and champagne and and rose petals and they whoever whoever did it just had never been romantically involved with anyone yeah i didn't know they couldn't use real candles because of fire hazards right totally understand uh but it was like a lot of the battery operated tea light and they were all half dead oh my god those were just like glow yeah so just had this weird dim light
They did start the fire, which was very nice, but they put the chocolate covered strawberries right in front of the fireplace. So they were just dripping, like chocolate was dripping onto the floor. And it was all meant to be a surprise. Like, were you going to propose in the room? Yeah, that's where I was proposing. While I was at dinner, I paid them to set the room up romantically.
Because when you go in, if you see the red roses, the champagne, the thing, the candles, you know right away. And Jax is going, oh my God, what is happening? She's going, what is it? Yeah, you go in and go, what is happening? In hindsight, I probably should have just not proposed that night and just chalked it up to a weird night.
and saved it for another time but i i'm a i'm a type of person that once i have something in my head like we're doing this me too i've got to make it work yeah um obviously we were pumped and the next morning we woke up and we're so happy but like that night we were just like what is this that's a good story though that's a good it was fun in hindsight and then we went to a
Very nice hotel in Mexico, not for any anniversary or anything. And we got back from dinner one night and they took it upon themselves to put rose petals everywhere on our bed. made a bath for us and we were like laughing like what if we were just friends you guys have not done the rose petals
I don't think I've ever had a rose... I sort of thought it was just in movies. Yeah, so I'm glad to hear it's a real thing. Stephanie does rose petals for Max and Finn on Valentine's Day because they get... little candies and flowers and stuff and she does the rose petals down like leading from their bedrooms down the stairs to their little candies and stuff yeah um so i love how for
kids I mean and it should be like this anyway for adults but like for kids Valentine's Day is just about love as a thing love as a force in the world love for your pets and your family and that's how it should be to so that single people don't feel I know. Sad. Yeah. As they remember. Not getting a candy bouquet. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'll report back on my Valentine's Day. It's up in the air. But I'd like to do something weird.
Like Freaky Deaky or like Escape Room? Oh, yeah, maybe Freaky Deaky. Maybe. Yeah, I got a lot of love to give. So maybe I'll do that. Also like an orgy. I mean. It's been a while. Maybe it's time to resurrect the orgy era. Or if you don't want to go to that many people, because some people might be with their loved ones, it could be a...
Smaller. How big is too big for an orgy? I'm sorry, I can't make the orgy tonight. I'm taking my grandmother out to dinner. Yeah, or I'm going to be with my actual loved ones. I, uh, I've only had those types of experiences when it's spontaneous. And so I don't know, I've never like sent out an invite. Oh, you've never had an Evite one. An Evite. I'll do an Evite.
How many is too many? I don't think there's a limit. Have you ever been in an orgy where you looked around and you were like, oh my gosh. Kick someone out? You're like, I can't I do not want to touch this person or this person and I do not want them touching me. No, I have not. And because it's at a certain point, I mean. I mean, you find your faves within the group for sure. Sure, sure. But it's more about the overall experience than the individuals. It's like if you squint and it...
and blur your eyes. It's just like, I mean, I haven't had a ton of orgies. Okay, but let's say, okay, if you were in an orgy. You've had one more than me, which is none. Now, if you're having an orgy and then you notice there is one person that just.
is on your tail and you're just like okay yeah like like you thirsty it was fine but you're moving on but they're like i will say that there was there was one look i've only had three that's a lot and but there was one where this it was sort of like spontaneously happening and then this woman said we were like are you involved and and
it was like okay this is happening so anyone who doesn't want to be involved feel free to leave feel free to go into the kitchen exactly get a snack and uh but she was like time for a bathroom break yeah and she was like i don't think I'm going to participate, but I'll just be on the bed and I'll pass people water and lube and I'll be like, I'm just like,
That's a great position. It was honestly amazing. And cause she was like turned on by it and wanted to be, and, and I think she eventually did get involved, but it was, um, it was kind of amazing. It was like. At some point she plugged Cooter. Oh my God. Origin Marie. Origin Marie. We did not, we were not taking it that far. Okay. All right. Plugging a cooter. Are there any cooters unplugged right now? Like this.
Oh my God. I have a question. Yeah. Is one person in charge of the guest list or does some people go rogue? Like they're like, I invited my friend. Oh yeah, I ran into somebody at the grocery store. We don't know about Cindy. I've never had a planned one. It's only happened when spontaneously I instigated. Because I'm like, oh, this group is all attractive. You can feel the vibe. I can feel the vibe. Everyone's sort of. And then what happened was it happened once.
And then it was like in the air that it could happen again. So those people would sort of like, if I had a party, it was like, do that thing again. Yeah. I went to a party of yours wondering if that was going to happen. And I waited around for a long time and then I got tired. Oh my God. Wait, was Fortune the one you were waiting for her to leave so you could...
No, if anything, once fortune left, the orgy was off the table. No, nothing happened at that party. Yeah, I don't think anything did. See, may I just picture you. in that pile of people. And then you're like, get off of me. Just like trying to kick someone off of you. Like, get, get.
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I don't ask, don't tell, but like, I want like a primary partner, you know, where I'm like building something with that person, but I have a fluid definition of monogamy, but I don't need to know about it. And so if, so the person you are. monogamous or that you is your special person, your main squeeze, you don't ask, don't tell, like they can hook up, but you maybe don't want to hear about it. Yeah. Like I'm just like,
shit happens. And if, you know, I don't want someone on their deathbed to be like, God, I wish I slept with that. I think I've said this, that my example is always like a sailor in Portugal. Like if you're in Portugal and there's a sailor and you get that like burning feeling where you're like, I'm so turned on. I'm like, I don't want to just don't tell me like if it means nothing.
But it sounds like it's just sexual, not like a full-on other relationship. Well, I don't know. I mean, it's all up for, as long as I know I'm prioritizing, I feel safe. But that trust is built, right? I can't handle that emotional stuff. Yeah, it's tough. Yeah, yeah. So I don't know. I don't know. I'm very traditional. I think I'm old school. In what way? Just like you have one person, you get married, that kind of, yeah. Yeah, that's a beautiful thing as well.
I definitely, it's so situational. I could definitely end up, I mean, I have felt that before, so I'm sure I could again, but. Life is weird. Life is weird. Yeah. I mean, I've probably talked about it a million times, but I didn't imagine myself in a long term committed marriage or relationship, much less a marriage. Yeah. But it's turned out to be.
I mean, of course, there's so many great things, but also so many difficult things that have allowed me to get to know myself and allowed me to get to know Stephanie. Yeah. So much better. And and coming through the the hard stuff together is like, I remember our therapist. telling us at one point that like, you know, it can feel like your honeymoon all over again when you get through those really tough times. And it was so hard to comprehend that.
Oh my God. You build this rich, like the depth of feeling. And part, I've been listening to, have you heard about Let Them? Yes. I'm obsessed with Let Them right now. I just listened to her on Glennon Doyle's podcast. Yeah, I think what I liked about it is like so much of our stress and inner conflict comes from focusing on.
Yeah, things that we can't control because you can't control other people's behavior. So when you when you're so attached to the outcome of someone else's behavior and what they do, but it's yeah, you're setting yourself up to be feeling out of control and anxious, but you really can control your own.
actions and boundaries and behavior so you can like it's hard a lot of times oh my god so hard it's so hard i can imagine especially with kids i can imagine like letting them i mean on glennon's podcast they were talking about like yeah if your kid's struggling in school and or going through a hard time like how do you how do you let them it's like yeah yeah yeah and you and it it's like of course you want to
put up all the safety nets around your kids. But there are those moments that where you do have to, it's like even just Max and Finn get along really well, but they have those.
bursts of arguments and you cheated and this is mine and blah blah blah and and we let them you know if it escalates and somebody gets hurt which it you know it's not like they're beating each other but sometimes they'll start out wrestling and and then it gets a little too wrestling um but as long as they're okay and nobody's hurt and they're just arguing and dealing with whatever's in front of their faces we let them yeah because they're learning from that
And we'll be sitting on the couch talking and having coffee and we hear them in the background and we're like, well, yeah, we just let them. And if it crosses a boundary in some way that's not good or safe, we... intervene but um but yeah with kids with spouses with family members co-workers any of that it's it's it's such a delicate balance and like no one likes to feel
controlled and it always is so often coming from a place of care or fear or but like yeah it is kind of liberating to yeah I my friend had recommended that book and then I went on for New Year's to Mexico and uh, a woman in front of me had a tattoo that said, let them. And I was like, okay, I'll read the book. Yeah. Oh my God. I just went pee before this. And I went on Instagram and on the handsome thing. Someone's tagged us. Someone just got a tattoo that says, okay, Dyke.
What? Yes. What? Someone just got a tattoo on their thigh that says, okay. Can you send me that? I can't wait to show Stephanie. Your poetic words. Also, I'm like, so is. Are they saying that to themselves? Like when they read it, who? I just love it. Yeah, I'd be very curious. It is a form of acceptance, right? Yeah. Okay, Dyke.
oh yeah yeah because when stephanie rejected me that was let them that was a perfect example and that's what made her come running right to you because you were that was it was such A bummer, because I loved hanging out with her. We laughed so much. And after our makeout, when she's like, yeah, no. never dated a woman, not going to happen. I remember I sat back and I was like, God. Yeah. And the temptation, because it triggers your...
inner child. The temptation is to be like, I feel hurt. I feel this. I'm like, you're doing this to me. And that only ever makes, you know. Or to even try to pursue her more. It's like, I couldn't, I didn't, I couldn't, I had to just step back and say, okay, Dyke. But yeah, it is. That is a perfect response. That is a. funny full circle thing um in this conversation of okay dyke being let them yeah but it was hard and i didn't think in a million years that she was going to come back and say
I actually want to be with you. Yeah. So how long did it take her to respond to OK Die? Well, she didn't respond. And like when she wrote me her 10 million page email saying, you know, I've never been with a woman. I'm not gay. I can't be with you, but I care about you. Yeah. And then so I responded to that with, OK, Dyke, and that's all I wrote. And then she didn't write back to that. We just went about.
our lives and, you know, and we're friendly and kept in touch or whatever. And I just told her, you know, I think I need a bit of space to kind of see her differently and that I felt like I'd be able to in time. And then in that time, she told me when she read OK Dyke that she was like, oh, I really like her. But it was still just a growing thing between us. And then when we, I was in Montreal doing shows and she said, I'd like to see you when you come home. So.
Did your stomach get all butterfly-ish? Well, I was scared. I was with a friend of mine, and I said, wait, Stephanie just said she wants to see me when I get home. And he was like, oh, yeah, she probably wants to be with you. And I was like. No, I said, no, she already told me she didn't. And he was like,
So what you think she's like, I want to see you when you get home so I can confirm that I don't want to be with you. I don't know. Maybe I was so like, there's no world. She's wants to be with me. Yeah. And, uh, but. Yeah, she came over and I remember I was like, I had a loft in downtown. I was like.
getting my loft ready. And I was like, trying to pull myself together. And I was like, Oh, my God, I think I was on the phone with Kate McCoochie. I was like, Okay, she just called she's on her way. She's, she's coming up the elevator and Kate was like, let me know how it goes. And then, of course, I opened the door. I was like, hey, how's it going? And, you know, I had been in a complete spiral, complete spiral. And she did. She came and she just sat down next to me and so confidently.
Just said, I want to be with you. Oh, my God. I'm dead. Like a movie. Yeah, it is like a movie. And I was like, what? You want to be with me? Oh my God. I should, I should write a movie called. Okay. Dyke. yeah you should when i've posted it on instagram it won't let me because of okay because of dyke oh the words yeah these days it might with we're we're back anything goes now right yeah mark zuckerberg
Yeah. Right. Anyways. Anyway, so yeah, let them. Let them. Okay. Okay, Dyke, let them. Yeah. We should get Mel Robbins on here. I would love that. Yeah. I've never met her. I haven't either, but I mean. She's all over my TikTok. She's everywhere right now. Truly everywhere. Her book is, I think, pretty huge because it is empowering people in a way I think that people needed it.
When obviously two people have different needs or different ways of handling things, you feel so lost and like, I don't know what to do. I don't know how to handle this. There was something I could even see when you said it, May, like you felt kind of free from a burden. Oh, man. You know, when you say it. All of us have.
relationships whether it's your parents or your friends the relationships that you wish were different and you wish the person was different even though you love them and you're like they do this thing i wish and and yeah it that takes up so much mental energy also By the way, in case somebody is only hearing our podcast for the first time, what I didn't add in the story was.
Maybe I mentioned it, but then Stephanie and I had made out. Yes. Yeah. No, you did. Okay. Okay. Yeah. You had your make out. Yeah. We had our hot, passionate make out. And then she wrote me the long email. I just. If I didn't mention that, then me just calling her a dyke would seem a little odd. Anyway, just wanted to clarify that. Love is complicated. Relationships are complicated, but man. But it's so worth it. It's the best thing in the world. And you try and figure it out.
And hopefully you do, but if you don't, you let them. Yeah. Yeah. And speaking of romance and love and things of that nature, we have question askers today because this is. This is Valentine's week, right? Yeah. This is coming out. And I mean, I mean, our askers today, I mean, are both iconic. Grammy-winning musicians. They're also a married couple, and their names just happen to be Edie Burkell and Paul Simon.
And they're asking today's question. How lucky are we? How did we get them? Well, I have to say, I grew up a big fan of... Paul Simon and then Edie Burkell, of course, came along years after. I went through a really rough time in my childhood and Edie Burkell's album. Shooting rubber bands at the stars is, you know, when people come up to us now and say, gosh, your comedy got me through or your book got me through or your show or whatever.
I know for myself, I'll be like, oh, thanks. Glad to hear it. And I don't fully take it in. When I really think about what her album did for me. Yeah. It saved my life. And when I got my podcast, Don't Ask Tig, the one, my old podcast, you know, it was... trying to help people. And of course, I'm a comedian. So a lot of it is silly advice. But other times I really tried to give them my best. And I thought, how great.
the producers had a small budget for music. And I thought, gosh, I don't know Edie Brickell. I didn't know Edie Brickell. And I thought how amazing if I could get her to sing my theme song. because she helped me so much. And then the producers call and they're like, she's on board. And the next thing I know, I was on a call with her and I was like,
I did not think this was going to happen in a million years. You don't get it if you don't ask, right? Yeah. And so she did it. And then we have remained in contact. so regularly. And I was telling her the other day, I said, you are like, I can't remember what I said, something like the best friend I've never even met because everything has been.
over email and that kind of communication hasn't been in in person but they've offered us you know their Yankees tickets or stay at their house and Austin checking on us in the fires and just really, really. Like old school pen pals where you get really close. We should make this meeting happen. That's really cool. Oh, yeah. I would love it. But yeah, so that's how this came about. So I was like, hey, guys.
I can't believe it. Throw me a bone. Let's hear their question. Yes. Hello. Hello. Hello, handsome. Come on. And our question is, what is something you always love about your partner? They're so cute. Oh, my gosh. I like that they seem to have a lot of joy around each other. Yeah. I mean, and that's kind of at the heart of it, right? To be laughing. I bet they've had their tough times, too.
Not how they met. No, just kidding. How'd they meet? How? She was the musical guest on SNL and he was the host. No way. And I remember reading an article that she said that their kids can go back and look at that. episode. And there is the moment that she said she glanced to the side of the stage and saw him standing there. And that was the first time they made eye contact. And they were both like,
Hello. And she said that their kids can see the moment that their parents had love at first sight. That's wild. Yeah. Yeah, that's incredible. I rewatched The Graduate the other day and I thought. It would be 30% less good as a movie without that soundtrack. For sure. It's like Harold and Maude without Cat Stevens. I mean, come on. Come on now. And I'm realizing. I, I, I don't want you to be single. Oh my God. Your face just filled with so much empathy for me.
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prefer to like really connect intellectually or to have like a thing that to me it's it's uh you gotta laugh and how perfect that edie and paul were laughing in their question i know it was so it was so nice yeah and i guess Well, I don't know. I guess when you're younger, you value chemistry above all things. And then as you get older, values become more important and what you want for your life and that kind of thing.
Yeah, that's a boring answer, but definitely laughter. I want to be cry laughing. Well, your priorities definitely shift, right? As you get older, what once was appealing to you as a younger person is not as appealing as you get older. Yeah, I want peace, you know. Yeah. Do you have a specific thing you're talking about, Fortune, that appealed to you younger? I may have just touched on it. When you're younger, you're willing to put up with a little more chaos. Right.
And I, you know, cause you're dating the people that are just meant to sort of be around temporarily or, you know, you're trying different things on for size. And so you're kind of willing to put up with that, like unknown stuff and the. these big passionate fights but that are like toxic you know right and and you're on edge at least that was my experience with not every not every one i had but some you know and
You're just, you just chalk it up to this is passion and this is, you know, I feel alive. And it doesn't feel good at. a certain point where you're like i don't want this feeling all the time yeah um peace is very important to me i may just mention that like i yeah my parents were are good friends now, but they divorced when I was 12 and they had, you know, just, they, I never saw them happy with each other. I never saw the love there. And so it created a very.
toxic environment like chaos and fighting and yeah like heaviness yeah so I made a very conscious decision as a kid even like I would say it and it was subconscious too where I was like I will have peace in my adult life, hopefully with someone. That's my goal. But if I have to be alone, that will be what it is. Because peace was so important to me. So yeah, as I got older, finding someone who aligned with that feeling.
was important to me. Yeah. Teg, what about you? Well, I mean, I feel like just a flat out copycat because gosh, peace and laughter. Yeah. I don't know what else you could possibly, I mean, sure. Throw an attractive head on the body, but yeah, all of that stuff is great. But, um, Like as far as being attractive. Yeah. I mean, luckily I do find my wife to be absolutely gorgeous and hilarious. You got to start there. You got to. Yeah. Yeah. But, you know, we didn't.
She didn't stick out to me when we played love interests in a movie. And I certainly didn't stick out to her because she hadn't dated a woman. So it wasn't instantaneous for us. It was instantaneous in that we really enjoyed.
working together and had such a nice time on set but I didn't walk away thinking well that's my wife right um I would have been so confused if somebody told me that was my wife I would have been baffled yeah the laughter thing kind of comes back to friendship as well like it's so easy to forget that this is
you have to be friends with your partner and we give so much more grace to our friends sometimes than our partners and we let our friends make mistakes and evolve and because we're not as attached to their choices don't affect our life as much and they don't trigger that like panic you know and and yeah so i think remembering and sometimes thinking how would i treat my friend if they were yeah yeah that's That's definitely an interesting thing to think about. And I know I've had to...
In my nearly 12 years with Stephanie, we've had very hard, uncomfortable situations and conversations and things that, you know. where we had to acknowledge things have changed or things are evolving and people are getting older and hitting different places in their lives and wanting different things. you know in relationships before stephanie i probably would have been like yeah well
I'm not into that or that, you know, peace out. Whereas, you know, with her, it's like, okay, I'm listening. And yeah, I see how I fell short there. I see how. I was maybe not considering you, not even maybe like, yeah, I didn't consider you. And that's because I wasn't used to being in a marriage or a relationship. And so I miss that. And, and it's hard. And then not just, yeah, I miss that, but I need to change. Right. I need to change and I'm going to change.
And I'm sorry, you know? Yeah, and I mean, I loved what you said ages ago about how sometimes when you're fighting, you... one of you will start singing the fight yeah we'll start singing a improv duet i think what if you have air out our problems in the in the words good like because if you have an understanding between you like we're in this
you know yeah of course there's no guarantees and that doesn't mean like someone can treat you like shit forever and you're like well i said i was in it but like if you're like we are we have each other's backs and then then hopefully you can take the like intensity out of those arguments because you're like well at some point we will have to resolve this you know yeah if you know you're working towards the same goal yeah
And maybe you're getting there at different times or you have a little different path to get there and you can give yourself and each other the space to meet up at that. you know, destination that you hoped you'd get to. Yeah. You know, it's, it's being. Public figures, people can project things onto your lives and onto your relationships. And, you know, I can only speak for myself. And the reality is.
Stephanie and I have, I think, a tremendous relationship and are very happy, but we have almost not made it before. And we've really struggled in so many different ways. But I know we're both so devoted. And I don't mean it like we're just, you know. We're going to push through no matter what. You both want it to work. We both want it to work. And we're both making ourselves very uncomfortable in those hard times.
Yeah. To get the darkness into the light, you know, so that we can move forward if there's a path for us and there continues to be a path. And I hope there is. Yeah. And I think like.
If you truly know in yourself that even though it feels like the world would end, if it didn't work out, if you know that you will be okay and that you love yourself, then it takes the... terror out of when those fights happen and the thought of it ending like the the like hysteria of like oh my god I'm you know like if you
Because you will survive. Everyone will, you'll be okay. Like it'll be hell, but everyone will be okay. It does seem impossible though. It does seem impossible. It seems absolutely impossible. It goes back to that when that peace is taken. in a way yeah yeah yeah discombobulated the rug is pulled and you're like what the my whole reality is shifted but yeah yeah yeah yeah i think um liking the person
You know, that's the thing about when I met Jax, like she never felt like a stranger. Yeah. And just did feel like home. yeah from day one there was no games there was no pretenses you like me i like you and then we just kind of were in it i know because don't you know so many couples that don't like each other it's crazy
That actually are like, you hate each other. I know. Yeah. And you know what I always loved about Jax is I just genuinely was always so happy to be around her and come home and tell her things.
ask her opinion. I really value her opinion and just wanted to be around her. And I remember, especially in the pandemic, um when we got to be you know i wasn't traveling and i finally got to be home for a long time it felt every night felt like a like a fun sleepover with my best friend yeah and i just remember thinking like god i get to marry like my best friend who I'm also in love with and like, what a treat. Yeah.
And, you know, the fact that she's beautiful and smart and funny is, like you said, a cherry on top. Yeah. But I just really love her and being with her. Yeah, it's it's I was just talking to one of my co-stars on set. He hasn't been in like a serious long term relationship. There's a lot, you know, it's the the show is about the the young cadets. at the academy. So there's a lot of younger cast members. And I was just talking to him about how, I mean, look, people have been together for...
Like Edie and Paul, they've been together for decades, you know, and I'm like, they've been together 12 years. But I was just saying that I always think about writing a script, how when you have no structure. Your story goes off the rails and you think there's going to be all this freedom because like, oh, I'm not going to follow a structure to writing. I'm just going to go nuts. And, you know, sometimes that works out.
But when you're off and not following the structure, you can just you can kind of find yourself in a weird corner where you're like, how did I get like, I can't even write myself out of this. And then when you follow a structure in writing, you can go anywhere. And that's how I feel in my relationship with Stephanie is I'm in this. relationship that has rules and boundaries and but with her I feel like I can I'm planning my life with her we're going on trips we're having our holidays we have
I'm getting to do things I've never done. I've dated interesting, successful, hot people. Like I've been down those roads. I've done all of those things a million times. And this is the road that is. The most exciting to me so far. I will say also not to devalue like single people and that, that what, as now that I'm single, cause I'm a, I'm, I'm a relationship person. I've been in love, you know, I've had.
long-term serious relationships and I do I think I thrive in that in that container a little bit but it's forced me to like being being single this these past six months or whatever is I'm like
You can give yourself that structure and relearn yourself and grow in huge ways as well and feel so much stronger and more in love with yourself and invest in your friendship. So if you're listening and you're like... bummed out on valentine's you know like yeah and that's a really great point because i i certainly marriage isn't for everyone um at all and it wasn't for me and i don't think it would ever be again right but yeah and i i didn't mean to make it sound like if you're not married
No, no. Then there's, then you're just off in the wild. I just found for myself, I was surprised because people think, oh, you get married, you're locked in, you're locked down. You know, you have no choices. And it's like. No, I actually, my life expanded. Yeah. That's just my experience. But it is interesting. Like I, this is my first, we're going on 10 years.
Before that, I think maybe a year was the longest, so I've had to learn a lot. It is work at times, like Tig said. You reach points where you have to kind of check in.
make sure you're what you want is lining up because that does change yeah you're different people and as individuals you sometimes want different things you have to make sure you guys are both going towards that same thing and so Communication has been an interesting thing to try to figure out because you're kind of coming as two people with your own individual wounds and childhood wounds and idiosyncrasies.
You're having to align those in a home and a marriage and make sure they keep aligning as you go and change. And it's definitely an interesting journey. I think people should voice note each other because sometimes when you're in it and you're talking something they say triggers you or you're just thinking about the next thing you want to say and so you're not really but like if you leave a four minute voice note of your feelings and
And they can't respond for a couple hours. But they can delete it. They can delete it without reading. Before listening. Yeah. Yeah. Communicating, checking in. I would also say. that I didn't think about and nobody mentioned, like before you get into a relationship or marriage, really ask each other. How do you feel about kids? Really ask, how do you feel about money? How do you handle those? Like, how do you live? How do you live? You know?
How do you deal with your family? You know, that's why it's always good to kind of be together for a beat to see how the holidays play out, how the making more money, making less money feels in a relationship. how you raise kids. There's so many conversations that I would... have done differently. But those were the fun surprises. Yeah, the curveballs. Yeah, there were curveballs and I was part of them. But I like that all three of us are like, laughter and peace are pretty big.
Yeah, throw a whoopee cushion under the sofa cushion in the couples therapist office. You want to enjoy your life, right? You want you and your partner to be happy at the end of the day. So it's like... If you don't have peace or I don't have peace or we don't have peace together, what are we doing here? But maybe we don't have peace right now. Let's see if we can work through that. Like, again, it's just aligning what you want and being on the same page.
Because it is easy to be like, oh, this is hard. I don't have peace right now. Bye. Yes. I don't think that's the way. Yeah, that's not the way. You want to dig in and see what's on the other side of this. Yeah, because you could have that second honeymoon feeling. Yeah. Where you go, oh my God, we've just been so brutally honest with each other that everything's on the table and there's this huge relief of like, yeah.
It's really something. Yeah. Wow. Well, that's what we like. Yeah. Yeah. We like peace and laughter. Should we see what Edie and Paul like? I love the sound of his voice. I will always love the tone, the beauty, and the soulful nature of that voice. Thank you. And I love Edie's smile and the way it breaks into her laugh. Lights up my day. Oh, my God. Thank you, handsome. Thank you, handsome. Thank you, handsome. Goodbye, handsome.
I like your energy together. God, yeah. Also, yeah, if you're married to Paul Simon, yeah, the tone of his voice is going to be pretty remarkable. And oh my God, and he sort of said laughter like that. Yeah. That joy breaking through. Biggie, what is Biggie loving a partner? This is my son, Biggie, that wanted to weigh in on love. Oh, Biggie. Give me a kiss. Biggie, that is a sweet little pup. Yeah, he's a simple fellow. He is a simple fellow.
I guess that's a nicer way of saying dead eyes. I swear to God. I posted a video of him. People kept commenting, no dead eyes there. I love you, Biggie. He's my other Valentine. Oh, my God. He is really cute.
I'm definitely going to foster a dog soon when I move into – my house and oh good which i'm renovating right now it's crazy and exciting but that's very exciting you should foster a little pup that was lost in the fire i was thinking about it yeah or even i feel like like an older dog that somebody might not foster that's yeah that was a really nice episode I know I felt like we were like really shared feelings yeah I know well I think we all have
a lot of love feelings. And it is, I would say it's the week or the month of love, but you know, it's. The lifetime of love. It goes on and on and on. And loving yourself, as Mae said. Yes. Yes. That is at the core of all of this. You can't. What's the RuPaul thing? If you don't love yourself, how are you going to love somebody? Yeah, it's true. And no one is going to fill that. Wait, did he? I feel like. He didn't coin that, but he says it. I feel like that's saying. If you can't love yourself.
How are you going to love somebody else or something like that? Yeah, or something like that. But yeah, truly, like no relationship will ultimately fill the void if you don't love yourself. So that's step one. I am not there yet. None of us are. We're getting there. I feel I cut that out. That was quite too raw for the end of the podcast. I don't love myself. I don't love myself. Anyway. Next week on Handsome. Come to my shows. That'll help. Oh.
Nah, leave it in. Leave it in. Leave it in. Well, I love you guys. Love you guys. Love you. And love you, Mr. Thomas. Yeah, man. And love you. Love you. Kisses. Even if that was forced. Love you. So, yeah, you guys have anything coming up that we want to share? I've got these music shows that I'm pushing where I'm playing stuff from my album, which is called I'm a TV, that I'm very embarrassed to promote, but I'm doing it. February 26th, I'm going to...
Play a big music show in LA, March 1st in Toronto, March 4th in New York, March 9th in London, and tickets for that. If you go on my Instagram, I've got... in the bio. And, you know, I was just thinking like Edie and Paul didn't promote anything. But if you haven't heard of Paul Simon or Simon and Garfunkel or Edie Raquel.
I'm going to check out also Shooting Rubber Bands at the Stars because I've never heard that album. Well, it is a masterpiece, but also her sophomore album, Ghost of a Dog. These are great titles. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Ghost of a dog. Like right when I thought shooting rubber bands at the stars was top, top, top. Then she pulls that out. I'm going to get out.
Yeah. What do you got coming up? I'm just now finishing Starfleet Academy with the incredible Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti. So many amazing actors on this series. And I'll be headed back to Los Angeles probably. Largo and Dynasty typewriter. And then the handsome shows, we're going to be in Nashville live on April 6th. And then Austin. April 12th. Handsome will be together there as well. And then I'm going to be doing stand-up in Eureka Springs, Arkansas in June.
Fortune, are you working on a new hour? Is that what you're doing? Yeah, I am working on my new hour. Next weekend, I'll be at the Oxnard Improv in California out there in Ventura. Then I've got Irvine, California, their improv and Huntsville, Alabama. That's in March. And then I start my theater tour, Savannah, Georgia, Charleston. Phoenix, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Columbus, Greensboro, Roanoke, Baltimore, all those places. People are very upset that I'm in Roanoke.
Virginia the same night as Melissa Etheridge. I apologize to all of the lesbians. Lesbian explosion. I have gotten some stern emails and I did not know this. It was planned. outside of my knowledge. Knowing you're going to turn up on stage at the Melissa show, you're going to sing Come to My Window. So yeah, I've really worked the lesbians up in Roanoke. Sometimes it happens, you guys. Sometimes you can't avoid it. Yeah. But be proud of yourself when you sell it out.
Well, we'll see. I don't know how many lesbians are in Roanoke. So yeah, well, they'll head straight people. You got to come through. Well, this has been delightful. Absolutely. And I hope that everyone has a great Valentine's week and day and life. And until next time. Keep it handsome.
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