¶ Catching Up After Camp
I know you're old . I know you're old , that's what I said . Or be too Like you , you know you have a favorite oldies group . You don't , you don't just have one , I do have one . Five heartbeats .
That's not a real group . That's not . That's not a real group . That's just a movie . That's not a real group .
That's not the real group hey everybody and welcome back to your weekly dose of Life . After I Do podcast , You're going to be kicking it for the next 45 minutes to maybe an hour with me , Kynesha and my bestie slash husband . Bestie with the mesty , molito Bestie with the mesty .
Mo Get it Mesty , I'm messy . Oh gosh , I like the mess .
Hey Booskies , hi , how are you Great , how are you .
Tired . I'm all fun tired . We are back from camp . Camp was great . It was hot .
Very hot .
I'm happy that Airbnb had a pool Very great . But it's hot .
The kid loved it .
The people who stay out there and that I don't know how they do it .
They're probably used to it . I mean , it's just like the Vegas people , they're used to it .
It was weird because after last week's episode and then I saw all those half-naked women in the gym , I didn't know whether I could . I was trying to double tap .
Okay , okay , you're such a muddle . I was trying to double tap . You're such a muddle , how ?
was your week . A lot of double tapping in the gym , a lot of double tapping . I was air double tapping .
Oh God .
So that way , instagram one , I like that one , so special you're so I like that one special .
Don't want to switch on me . Oh my gosh , other than that , how was your week ? It was good , I'm on my new um .
Why ?
are you drinking right now like ? People don't want to hear you swallow and they're not .
They're not gonna hear that they do you do goodness gracious , I'm doing great . I started my new mesocycle , my training , so my training's a little different now . It's not , I'm getting used to it , it's not , it's not . I'm not on a what you would call traditional .
Now I'm more um , I'm more area focused , so I'm more I'm like officially in my um , my body recomp era . Try to get this chest poking out , get these quads a little bigger . It's been going , it's great .
A good transition .
I might have to add some cardio , though , because I've scaled back on my cardio since I got , ever since I hit the low 200s . I've scaled back on my cardio . I might increase it . I hit the low 200s . I've scaled back on my cardio . I might increase it because I I'm really feeling like I need to be like 190
¶ Fitness Goals and Body Transformation
195 to really get the look I'm looking for . Oh , you know , okay , I want to be thick , fit .
I don't think 190 is thick , fit yeah thick fit .
I want to be like like I got to get down to 190 .
Oh , you're talking about , so you can re-bolt .
So I can bolt back up . Oh okay , yeah . Yeah , I thought you meant like , just be 190 .
No , I got to get down to 190 . I was like that's slick .
I want to get down to 190 , like bolt back up to about 215 , and then cut .
Yeah , it's not too bad if you like , if you do a good , good bulk .
Oh , I'm doing it . I'm doing a dirty bulk .
Oh no , don't do a dirty bulk , I'm doing Oreos , no .
Okay , cheesecake .
I don't think that's what you want to do . Peach cobbler Fat cells are real .
Greens Smothered potatoes .
Smothered pork chops . I'll make them myself .
First of all . Look here . I'm happy you said that because this goes into what we're doing today . I know my wife can't make smothered pork chops .
I can make smothered pork chops . I'm just not going to buy a pack of pork chops . When have you ever seen me purchase a pack of pork chops ?
You can suffocate some pork chops that .
Are you really trying to play that game ? Because you remember what happened the last time you tried to play that game . You ain't never . You will be . You will be hungry for a week . I know how to smother a pork chop . I don't even . I don't even buy pork chops . I'm a buy them .
Remember I bought those pork chops in good and free , like a couple weeks ago . Yeah , and that was the , and we both agreed that was the first time we in how many decades I missed them . How long has it been since ?
we ate a pork chop .
You know the last time I remember eating pork chops was when I lived at home as a teenager .
Look here your boy , because I had really been on my no pork thing for so long and I would occasionally eat bacon .
That's no . You were not on a no pork . I was on a no pork . I would on a no pork . I was on a no pork . I would occasionally eat bacon because he was still eating pork .
I don't know where he got that from I was still eating bacon from time to time because the one thing I look I've tried . I've tried turkey bacon , beef bacon that's what we eat turkey bacon don't nothing tastes like bacon , but bacon , everybody knows that .
that's why my old boss used to say when I , when I used to tell her , oh I , I make turkey bacon . She was like that's turkey strips . I said it's turkey bacon . She said that's not bacon , that's turkey strips .
But you know , growing up you know I was raised by country folks we ate the pig .
That's what I'm saying , Like my mama used to make them pork chops with the mac and cheese and the homemade mashed potatoes . Lord , have mercy . I'm going to call her and ask her . I'm going to say you can go ahead and make that for me . You can make that for me because I literally could .
The last time I remember having pork chops was when I lived at home .
You know who probably made some fire ass pork chops , who Miss Annie Miss .
Annie From .
Sinners .
Bye , maurice , because she'll't use no stale grease . Bye , why are you so special ? Because she don't use no stale grease . You and that stale grease you a liar . She immediately shut that down . She was like you is a cold liar , I do not use no stale grease . How was your week , boosie ? It was a cold lie . Week was good . It was um .
You know , it was nice to get a change of scenery to be in a different , be in a different um a different state . You know that was really fun , uh . So yeah , I really can't complain .
Gym was good , yeah what was good about it ?
seeing different people , you know , seeing the , the , the different , the way gyms are set up . You know that was fun , you know so you make the looks and the stares that you get .
You want to show off for other men okay , no one .
That's what . No one's show , no one's going back to last week's episode .
Oh my gosh , you were trying to get people to double tap your pictures I don't try to get people to do anything you don't really post .
No , I don't this is I said I said that I was gonna get better , though I I mean , I am gonna get better , and thank you to those who have started following me , even without new content . You guys are great , awesome , um , but yeah , I am gonna get better about posting . I is you know what's crazy is ?
I have all of my content on top of me and do her business , Shut up , I have all my content in my phone . I just literally need to post it , Like I have finished videos and everything in there , and sometimes I'm just like , once I do the post , like for like TikTok and stuff like that , I'll be like , whew , that's a lot . That's the one thing .
I've been Right , I ain't got no more energy .
No , I understand , because you like trying to reply to like the podcast comments and posts . I ain't got time to do my own stuff . I got to go to work . People , I still work . Okay , look here , I still go to work . I can't say I work at the job , bye , but I still go to work . Goodbye , goodbye , and I'll be there , at least . I try to do 40 .
Most times I do like 44 , but there's months on weeks , I've done 26 , but it don't matter , don't judge me , I still have somewhere to be um and on top of that shit to do on top of that , you know .
But we love all the support and we love the engagement , guys a daughter it takes .
My daughter takes a big chunk of my time as well , which I love her , that's my , but we love she was , she told me the other day . She said , dad , are you happy that I look like you ?
I said I'm ecstatic for now ecstatic for now , but she's getting older and she's starting to look like me , so I told her .
I said phoenix , you know what you could look like , your mom , if you just had my personality ? Oh gosh , the problem is that you have your mom's personality .
No , she has
¶ Childhood Food Memories
your no she don't .
She too bubbly , she too friendly . I'm not friendly .
No , she has your personality .
Like my boys say . Like my boys say I ain't friendly , I'm polite .
Those are two different things .
My grandma told me to speak to everybody . I ain't trying to be friends with you , but yeah . So it was a good week . It was yeah .
You're not going to tell people how you went down on a whole dress size .
What , how you down on ?
a whole size . I've been down . No , come on , Would you put all of them , it's not just one .
Oh good , talk your shit . How many is it ? It's two . Oh shoot , thank you , sir , but I'm currently on a maintenance right now , which is like I'm like my brain is finally kind of like settling into , like just be comfortable with where we are right now .
Okay , we ain't losing , we ain't gaining , we're not doing none of that , we just going to be right here . Like I fluctuate between , you know , like three pounds up , three pounds down , three pounds up , three pounds down , but like I'm in a maintenance so I have to like I'm staying here , um , until about november . So you know , that's been some days .
I'm like , yeah , like this is like this is yeah I'm not .
I'm not this . Is it like I don't mind it ?
I don't mind it , and then other days I'm like damn , if I could just go ahead and drop this 20 pounds , I feel like life would be . Life would be a little bit , just a little bit better .
I mean if you drop it , it'd help me , because you know my goal is to be able to squat , bench and then lift your weight and I can do two of the three .
So you can't squat my weight I can't . Okay , which one can't you ? Oh , you can't bench my weight , not yet , not yet . Oh no , that's not good . Damn , I'm there already . I've never seen you bench my weight , I have .
I video . Okay , because you know I'm going to show you , you know , if it's not on video , then you know .
But yeah , like benching that you mentioned that I've been trying to manifest my benching and I know like when you say like you can't manifest something that's like physical , you got to work for it but it's part of it . So I've been manifesting it and working towards it . So doing my 225 holds , you know , like it , it it .
Once I started holding 225 on bench I feel like half of the anxiety of it kind of like went away , and then the longer I'm under the 225 , the more I'm just like I can't wait till I'm at that point where I'm like down and pushing it .
Let me tell you something , though , holding it here .
Oh , I know it's different .
I know .
Then when you're trying to control it coming down , I know but I'm saying like Then you gotta pause it here . But the intimidation of just unracking 225 , I was like , oh , I don't want to sit here and make a fool of myself . You know like I I'm .
I felt comfortable enough to know that I was strong enough to unrack and you know , I told you about the last uh , couple weeks ago .
Huh , I told you what the message a couple weeks ago well , what ? You just mumbled . I told you what my dumb ass did a couple weeks ago what did you drop the bar the ? Bar . I went over to the seated shoulder press and I said let me put these 45s on here .
This can't be that heavy On the seated shoulder press .
Yeah , you special . I said , this can't be that heavy .
Okay , so 135 overhead yes , when you've never done it . Yeah , okay .
I've never overhead You're so funny . I've never over here . You're so funny , I've never over here , you're hilarious . I said I can like bench 135 for like 50 reps . This is nothing . I got this , not shit . I went like this I brought it down and I pushed it back up and I racked it and I said , let me sit my stupid ass down .
That's just like . So my coach shout out to Joseph Patino body that's just like so my my coach shout out to joseph patino um , when , like when he was looking at my numbers and I had did the 105 uh overhead , I I have I haven't done it since the first time I did it and he was like what has happened ?
I said I can't tell you I think that was just a good day because I have not overhead pressed 105 since the day I overhead pressed 105 . Good thing I got it on video .
I will say this Now I got to try 105 .
But I do think Now I got to try 105 .
But I do think that standing is a lot easier than sitting .
You think it is because you think . Because I can use my legs you can , because you can use your legs , but I'm not using my legs . And that's the first thing the trainer , paul , at the gym , asked me when I was telling him how I don't like doing standing overhead press and he was like why ? I said because I don't like .
I don't like the movement , I don't like the like , the range of motion , I don't know . I was like I've tried to correct my form , I've done it many different ways and he was like the first thing he said was are you using your legs ? Like , do you use your legs for like a little bit of momentum or anything ?
And I was like no , I stand as still as possible and I'm just , it's like all shoulder , you know . And he was like oh , okay , and it's .
It's very much different when you're not using your bottom half , because even in seated , even in seated , when I've done it seated , you're using leg drive .
Yeah , seated . When I've done it seated , you can plant . You're using leg drive , but it's not the same . Yeah , it's not the same . You're using leg drive , yeah , so when ?
you're doing standing and you're just straight up and you're doing that motion , yeah , I said .
I said , yeah , I'd be like 85 is good for me . I said yeah , because if I don't , if I want to be able to rotate my arms in the morning , I'm gonna go ahead and put this I'm gonna go ahead and I had .
Immediately I thought right , I had to look at my shoulder and say stay strong , stay strong because , like right now , all this is like sore you , you worried everything gonna be okay . I think we'll be okay , just stay strong , stay strong because what is ?
this your front , right , yeah , like , yeah , well , we got the nail biscuits .
Uh , how well do you know me ? I don't know you at all . You change every week . This is true Every week .
But we're going to see .
Every week I got to prove my love .
Every week . You told Harpo to beat me . Shut up , maurice , you're so silly . How well , how well do you know me , how well do you know your partner ?
Do , do , do , do , do do .
This is whack , your mom's whack . You have like one blonde hair . That's like that's crazy . I think it was like a gray hair , that like turned or something , I don't know . But yeah , so we'll go back and forth , we'll take turns , all right , asking each other a series of questions to see how well we know each other right now .
All right , I see , okay , I see how this is going to go .
Okay , ready . Yeah , I'll start off with an easy one . Okay , sure , how do I make my coffee or tea ?
That's two different things . And then hold on .
First of all , how do I make my coffee or tea ?
What kind of coffee , what kind of tea , because it depends .
Maurice , how do I make my coffee If I'm drinking coffee ?
You like your tea . You like your tea , two tea bags , one honey . But you want your honey in the cup before the water , and then you want honey , then you want the water , then the tea bags , then a little lemon .
You missed a step , okay , but yes , that's generally . Yes , the honey , the Splenda .
Yeah , Splenda .
The tea bags , the water , the lemon , yeah , yes , and my coffee recently .
For this past year . How have I been drinking my coffee ? Oh , you just won't . Decaf shots in a protein drink with some caramel drizzle .
That's it . See , that was easy , babe . I gave you an easy one . I'm going to give you an easy one then , I think .
Do I prefer sweet snacks or salty ones ? Sweet .
Sweet Because last night you was jonesing , jonesing . He was jonesing . He said babe , he was scratching . He was like babe , I said what ?
You got some snacks , okay , first of all I don't even know how to react to that that every time he wants something sweet , instead of going like bring whatever he brought with him , or like if we're at home going downstairs and getting something out of the cabinet , he automatically assumes I mean , maybe rightfully so , but he automatically assumes that I got a
sweet treat in my nightstand or my closet somewhere . And if I keep telling him yes , then he so , but he automatically assumes that I got a sweet treat in my nightstand or my closet somewhere . And if I keep telling him yes , then he you know , then he knows I keeps a sweet treat . But no , I didn't have .
She knows that . I know that she hides snacks and I'll be trying to figure out if she hides them . That's what she knows .
Because between him and my daughter I could never keep anything . So listen , here there's these licorice that I like to eat . They're called Willie .
Wilde , hold on hold on , hold on hold on that .
We like to eat oh see , now it's a we thing . It wasn't a family thing until a mommy started eating them and they're like this vegan licorice . We have to put this on . They're like a vegan and fat , but they're really good . And they come in different flavors . I don't have to pause .
They come in different flavors and I like the green apple flavor , the green apple , the watermelon and the regular , you know , traditional , whatever strawberry . And so I would get like a couple of packs . I would keep , you know , one pack on day . You know three , three pieces is one serving 90 calories .
If I'm feeling , you know , if I'm feeling spicy , I'll have two servings 180 . If I'm feeling , you know , if I'm feeling spicy , I'll have two servings 180 . You know what I mean . And it's , and there's only like three and a half servings in each pack . Why did I let these cats have a piece of licorice ?
monday the sprout because she's a modern servant .
I'm killing the pack and that's what I tell them . I'm like give me the pack . Why are you finishing the pack ? So instead of , instead of beginning like the big resealable pack , I go to the Dollar Tree and I buy like 12 to 15 packs at a time because they're the only place that I can find like that flavor that I really like .
But I go when they stock it because it goes so fast , like now . Everybody named Mama apparently likes licorice , so but I go and like last time .
I think they've only been selling licorice for hundreds of years , but now it's just they've only been selling licorice for hundreds of years .
But now it's like I went . Last time I went it was I bought 15 packs . I bought 15 packs , 50 . Listen to what I say . I bought 15 packs of licorice .
Well , you know , just like Audacity , they'll sell it in bulk . 15 packs . Don't judge us .
That bag of licorice that I purchased between myself , my husband and our seven-year-old Hold on .
No , and your mama and your sister no .
No , we all primarily ate it .
Don't come for me .
¶ How Well Do You Know Me Game
Lasted like a week .
Hold on and , primarily , ate it . Okay , for me Lasted like a week Hold on and then the cold part is now they make a sour version .
Oh yeah , now those , and they're small . Oh my gosh , they are so good . Oh , can we ?
sound so fat , go ahead and ask me a question . But they're really good . Okay , I promise y'all . We're still on our fitness journey . We just be .
let's see what color do I wear the most black what kind of ? Question is that black ? I don't wear black as much as I used to . No , okay , maybe that's not your experience I'm wearing gray to the gym today I wear black .
What color are your bottles right now ? Black , okay . Color your glasses what okay ? But I'm wearing gray , so whatever um how do I show love without using words ?
Touch , physical touch . All the time I'm on that ass , all the time I'm on that ass , I'm on that ass . Bye , let's see . I'm on that ass what is my most used phrase or thing .
I know you fucking lying or played yourself .
Played yourself , you played yourself . Look at you , you looked up . Or played yourself , played yourself , you played yourself . Look at you , you look dumb . You played yourself , you look dumb .
What is something that I'm surprisingly sentimental about .
Something that you're surprisingly sentimental about .
Yeah , I've been crying a lot lately too .
That you're sentimental about therapy makes me cry probably our time together . I would say that's a good answer probably our time together that's not what I would say .
My time alone , that's a good answer let's see what is .
Something small that instantly annoys me the way that you go gosh , that's not a small thing . What like ? Just like , sometimes , just you just you like , over the pack you masticating . Sometimes it's just in general . Okay , I just can't Like . I just don't understand why it has to be All right . Why should I hear you across the room ? Okay ?
yeah , we're done with this .
This is crazy .
This is going to be a short episode , guys . What's my ideal weekend with you ? What would my ideal weekend with you look like ?
Oh , somewhere away in a hotel or the balcony .
There has to be a balcony .
If y'all know me , that's pretty easy , as long as there's a balcony . It's high up . It's a private room . We can make do In late evening A little bit of wind , early morning yeah .
Yeah .
That's ideal for him .
Takes me back .
What's something I do when I'm mad but not saying it ?
You don't talk when you mad .
And what else ? I rage clean , yeah , yeah .
It's funny .
I need to make you more mad . You tried it .
You tried it , you tried it , you tried it . Who was my childhood hero or favorite athlete ? Kobe Kobe's my all-time favorite athlete .
Yeah , kobe , that's an easy one .
And all the Mamba slander . Oh gosh Needs to stop .
Y'all niggas couldn't stop Kobe . What scent or perfume Do I always reach for ?
I don't know what it's called , but it's the one I just recently purchased for you . You know , I don't know the name of this shit . That's cheating .
Donna and Rome .
Is that what it's called , donna , and Rome ? Is that the Versace one , or whatever ?
No , that's the Valentino . Whatever , I don't know , that's , my favorite Was that the Versace one or whatever ?
No , that's the .
Valentino . Oh , whatever , I don't know , that's my favorite , it do smell good , I can't lie . That's my favorite .
When was the last time I really surprised you , and how ?
The last time you really surprised me ? Well , the most recent that I can think of was when you bought me a summer cup Unprovoked . That was a surprise , because for so long you were against .
No , I'm still against it .
It's funny because you say you're against it , but then when you're out and you see something you'd be like , oh , but I think she would really like this and he brought me home a Stanley unprovoked and I was like okay , I was like you really didn't have to . And he was like okay , I was like you really didn't have to .
And he was like well , she said it was the new one and she said it was gonna sell out . So I was like okay , I didn't want to give it up . I was like , well , just know , let the record show I wasn't gonna buy this cup ?
Look here let the record show I was not in the market for this cup , but I'm going to accept the gift , because that would be rude .
I don't know why I do this thing . Where I go against my own , you complain .
Yeah .
Yeah , it's just like when I bought you that Skoroski Crystal damn Starbucks cup , mm-hmm . I was like , well , that's a nice cup , I want that cup . I was like let me get that cup . And then when she told me the price , I said for what ?
For a cup . It's like one of a thousand and it has seroski crystals on it . Yeah , it does . That's actually one of my most priced , one of my most priced cups . Yeah , I'm part of the problem . So you know , if anything ever happened and we were really down hard , I could probably sell it . Okay , I probably wouldn't , but we couldn't .
Um , what's , uh , what's my favorite body part of yours ? My hands . Yes , I've loved his hands since , since I was a young girl .
Y'all know why .
That's not why I just oh my gosh , why , why do you have to make ?
What's , uh , what's my favorite part of your personality ?
What's my , what's your favorite part of my personality ? What's your favorite part of my personality ? Oh , that I can talk to almost anybody .
That's not my favorite . You always say that no , that's the part that irritates me the most .
Oh my gosh . You have always said I just love how you can just talk and relate to anybody .
No , that because you won't shut up .
Okay , lies , that's not what you said , but what is it ? It's that ass of my personality .
My ass is not personality when they see you okay you sound silly , you sound silly no , it's like you're a really loving and caring person . Okay , that's so generic , no , no , but but it's real , though to a fault like you , really , people be playing you , okay do ?
I prefer cuddling or my space in bed ?
space . It depends on the night , it depends on the night 90 of the time I prefer what space ?
yes space I need space . First of all , I need space because of how I , how I sleep . I require a lot of space . Okay , I sleep with about six pillows um . I sleep at an angle . I sleep with my heating pad , my she goes restrained .
She looks like my hair bonnet , my eye mask .
She looked like there there's a lot that happens when I sleep and I have to .
I have to get to her before the eye mask comes on .
Once my eye mask is on , it's a wrap I'm done if I got my right pillow under my right arm like this and I'm already sitting up while I'm asleep and then I pull it out , because what I do is I put it around the bonnet and then you might watch a little TV or something .
But when I do one of these numbers and I slowly pull it down over my eyes , that means she's done for the evening . But he sleeps with the damn fan straight in his face . So I always have to create a barrier between us because I can't sleep .
Don't come for me . I can't sleep with air blowing up my damn nose all night . My fellow fan sleepers will come to my defense , okay , and that's why y'all allergies are terrible , but we so , and that's why you got terrible allergies because you sit there and let the damn dust fly under your nose all night .
What I was saying is that I understand that I have . If it's just a bonnet , I still got a shot .
Yes , You'll tune it up , but if the eye mask comes out , it's over . And then , even if I'm not all the way to sleep , but my eye mask is down and I'm trying to sleep , I will snore Because you know the eye mask is down . And then she hits you with one of these . I peek from underneath it . I'm like what are you trying to do ? The eye mask is down .
My goodness . What's one thing that instantly turns me on One thing that what ?
Instantly turns me on Me .
Facts Me . Just look at you and be like come here Me , you know me . Facts me .
Just look at you like come here Me .
If I , if I touch your shoulder like this , hold on , we'll cut it short .
We'll cut it short .
Wait a minute . What did Ron's wife say when she was asking Tyrese ? She was like do you why ? Do you know why you never see like public affection and anything from us ? And he was like no , why .
And she said said because , if I just if I just like touch him like this he thinks it's an invitation . Okay , that's not an invitation let's get to it .
It's not an invitation , okay , um , what was I wearing on our first date ?
I don't know . Yeah , you do . You're wearing blue jeans and a white top . You were in a blue jeans , the blue cut up jeans , with the white top , and you had a blue beanie on .
No , the beanie was white because it matched my sweatshirt , my sweater . It was like these sky blue pants that had like whitewash in the front and we saw brown sugar . And I wore a white long sleeve sweater with , like my crochet little beanie and I thought I was the cutest thing ever . No , you was pretty hot and tempting .
thank you , thank you um what's my dream date night with you ? So you get two questions . Oh sorry , no , it's fine . I know it's what you do um your dream date night with you ? Some lobster bis sounds good by the water , probably . I'm up there and then you would do like the music outside if the temperature is right .
Yeah , because if I'm distracted by me being too hot or too cold , count me out . Count me out , it's got to be .
But it'd be like something like that and something where we can it's like real intimate one-on-one and we can have a good , decent conversation uh-huh , okay , I like that , that is me yeah , I know , um , um . What's my go-to excuse when I want to get out of something ? Let me ask my wife no with you what I tell you when you ask me something .
What's my go to excuse when I want to get out of something ? Let me ask my wife no with you what I tell you .
When you ask me something , what's my excuse I give you when you want to get out of something ? Yeah , I don't know . You never really give me too many excuses .
Like when you're like , babe , let's go to my mom's this weekend , I'd be like what , what'd I say ?
what I say , what I say , no , I don't know , I can't think of it well , you know I gotta work , so even on a day that he don't have to work , like when we went to my cousin's .
Well , I had to work the next day , later that day I had to be home by a certain time because the gym let's see if I could travel anywhere certain time because I had to go to the gym .
Let's see If I could travel anywhere tomorrow . Where ?
would I want to go ? You would want to go back to Europe yes , or Thailand Yep , or Japan Yep .
Yep Got to make that happen , Captain . I'm just debating whether or not I want to take the little . I think I do , though I think she's old enough . No , she's not .
What's a hobby or a skill ? I've always wanted to try , but haven't yet .
A hobby or a skill . Oh , but you haven't , because I mean , you did try it , you got into it a little bit . You're woodworking .
And I quickly got out of it . You know why and I quickly your wood making .
But I mean , I quickly got out of it , you know why . And I quickly got , you know . He put his toe in and then he , you know I got out of it . Why , when people start asking me to make shit for him , I mean , all you have to do is say no , that's why it's called a hobby .
I do it because I want to do it , not because I don't want to feel obligated .
I'm not , although you could have made bank off those benches .
He one of his first projects . He made a bench for our front porch and like , created it , painted it , did the whole thing , and I had took pictures of it and everybody was like , oh my gosh , where did you guys get that bench from ? And I was like my husband made it . Oh , he makes benches , how much does he charge ?
And then that was the day he stopped that making things . He was like this is not going to turn into , this is what I'm doing on my weekends .
I was like they're not for sale , Upon our making Macy's a doghouse .
Okay , well , you're for sure going to make a water sprinkler cover .
Oh , yeah , for sure , I got stuff for that right here .
Yeah , because she already tore that up .
She messed up my sprinklers one more time . That dog be hanging from her hind legs from a tree . Bye .
Bye , that's not nice . No , she wouldn't . That's not very nice , let's see , let's do two more . Okay , what's my go-to order at a restaurant or fast food spot ? Your ?
go-to order .
Mm-hmm .
Again , it's depending on the mood Okay beef , uh fatty fatty brisket and um , well done , steak uh-huh .
And then how do I ? How do I like it fixed up ?
oh , you should extra onion and whatever I don't know whatever I got the dish right , that's enough extra , extra .
It's a brisket with uh fatty flank it's complicated what it is it's not . With extra white onion , extra cilantro , hoisin sriracha , it's not difficult at all .
I'm gonna ask you this one . This one has many answers what is my favorite Type of music or artist ?
Hip hop , kendrick Lamar that's .
That's one of them . You like R&B , you like gospel , my favorite type of music .
You listen to all genres .
You know oldies is my favorite . You know I'm old on the inside .
I know you're old . I said R&B too .
What's my favorite oldies group ? You don't just have one , I do have one .
Five Heartbeats .
That's not a real group . That's not a real group . That's not a real group , that's just a movie . That's not a real group . One of the singers of my favorite group actually , oh my gosh , one of the singers of my that's the first thing that came to my mind .
One of the singers of my favorite group actually passed a couple weeks ago oh , I don't know who passed it's still the whispers , the whispers , okay , the whispers slap . They make all they all they oh man , that got me .
That really got me . Uh , let's see . Well , this should be an easy one for you . What's a show or movie that I could re-watch over and over ?
and over Charmed . What's Love has To Do With it ? Law Order , svu , golden Girls , golden Girls , madlock In the Heat of the Night .
Why is it only you describing a 70-year-old ?
This is just proof that we were raised by our grandparents .
Why was I watching ? In the Heat of the Night , laying in bed crocheting . Put a cup of tea on my nightstand . Because you're old , but I was so comfortable and relaxed , I said this is what I like to do . I was crocheting , I had my tea and I was watching In the Heat of the Night . It was a good evening for me .
What's my ultimate dream ? Car or toy ?
A toy Motorcycle Car , right now A Tundra .
That's what I want . No , my dream car , what's ? Your dream car . It's not the same , it was one thing . But now I do want a Tundra . Okay that I'm never going to get , as long as she doing the master .
Not . If you want to be responsible , right you can get anything , it's about being responsible .
I've never been . I was never like a Ferrari guy . I've never a Lamborghini guy . No , I've always said that if I ever got money , I would buy a Jaguar F-Type . I don't know why .
That is new to me , you've never said that to me .
Jaguar F-Type .
You literally never said that to me .
The Jaguar F-Type is literally the first car I buy in every car game I get oh .
That's new news to me , but knowing what I know now , my ass would never sit in there because it's too goddamn low to the ground yeah because I might have to go get forklift me out , not because these knees ain't what they used to be not , forklift you out yes nobody wants to be forklifted out .
I mean maybe , but nobody wants to be forklifted out . Um yeah , I think you did pretty well .
Let me ask you one more question , okay do I like to resolve conflict right away , or do or , or walk it out or wait it out .
Oh , walk it out . Wow , um , do you like to resolve it right away , or what ?
Or wait it out .
It really just depends , but I would say overall , you would rather try to work it out . Um but it really depends on the situation , cause it depends on , like , how hot headed you are at the time . So that's what I would say . So let's go ahead and hop on . In . All right ,
¶ Am I The Asshole: Co-Parenting Boundaries
here we go . Am I the asshole ?
for refusing to give my ex full access to my life just because we co-parent .
Okay , I'm a 25 year old female and have a six month old baby with my ex , who's 24 . And we've been trying to co-parent since we split a few months ago . But now he's saying that I'm being an asshole for not telling him everything that I do when the baby isn't with me . We were together from high school from 2015 up until recently .
Our breakup happened shortly after I gave birth , when I found out that he had been cheating with multiple women . His excuse that I wasn't being sexual enough postpartum and he had a high libido . Yeah that was enough for me to walk away . Since then , I've been rebuilding my life .
I got more involved in my church , formed new friendships and started feeling like myself again for the first time in a while . I've also done everything I can to keep things calm and respectful for the sake of our child . But now he's making it an issue that I don't share details about my personal life with him .
He says that I should be more transparent and that it's important for co-parenting . He wants to know who I'm hanging out with , what I'm doing , who my new friends are , even if it's me just hanging out while he has the baby His reasoning he tells me about what he's doing . So I should do the same .
But here's the thing I've never asked him for any of that information . He voluntarily tells me I'm about to hang out with this new girl or I've been seeing someone new , even when our child is not in his care at the time . It's his personal time and I've told him that I don't need to know or want to know those updates .
Yet now he's acting like because he shares that info with me . I owe him the same level of openness , even though I've never requested it and it's unrelated to our child . He's also been following some of my new friends on social media and asking me questions about them . My account is private so I don't know how he's even finding them .
I suspect he's using a burner account or he's viewing my church's page , who posts pictures of me and the people I hang out with . Sometimes I had asked them to stop posting me .
We have a photographer that takes pictures during service or after service and post them online for media purposes For a while , because I had asked him to stop posting me for a while because I believe he was using those posts to find my friends and follow them .
He's never reached out to any of them , but the whole thing makes me feel really creepy and it's invasive . It's crossing a boundary for me . I've talked to some friends about this and their opinions are mixed . Some say he has a point that we should be transparent with each other since we share a child .
Other people think he's overstepping and that this isn't part of co-parenting , especially since our child hasn't met any of these people and I'm not dating anyone in particular right now . Even my mom is siding with him . She's liked him since we were together in high school and anytime we argued she'd tend to take his side and ask what I did wrong .
Now she's saying that I should be open about who I'm hanging out with to better co-parent . That makes me question myself even more . I'm not trying to be an asshole or be difficult . I believe in healthy boundaries . If someone's going to be around my child , I will share that .
But just living my life and seeing my friends with my baby when my baby isn't with me , I don't think I owe him a play by play of my life . So now I'm wondering am I the asshole for keeping parts of my life private from my child's father when it doesn't involve our child ? He want you back . That's what it is . He know he messed up .
He just want you back . That's why he want to know who you with .
And that's why he kind of bothered when he tell you that he hanging out with a you jealous , and it ain't working .
He just wants you back .
Look here , you're not the asshole .
You ain't gotta tell him nothing . You ain't gotta mention nothing to him until you get with somebody who's gonna be around the child , like she said . And until that point . Look here .
First of all , he the asshole , because to tell a woman that I cheated on you postpartum Because you weren't sexual enough , postpartum that's wild and you know that I have a high libido . That's wild .
After I just gave birth to your child .
That's wild .
Men are wild .
I always say , look here , because I had a friend and when I said this to him he stopped talking to me about shit like this and I said , look here , you cannot fault your partner for not engaging in sexual activities with you when they have a medical condition that literally changes the way their brain function . They're not thinking that .
Right and postpartum definitely does that how empathetic , can you be ?
You're being an asshole .
Because it's something that can't be controlled .
Because you're being selfish . In that moment You're thinking about you . You're not thinking about what they're going through . Yeah , but all you focus is on is what is .
What your need is what your little brain is telling you . Yep , that's crazy work crazy work um , am I the asshole for refusing to help my boyfriend's dying mother while planning a trip to europe
¶ Am I The Asshole: Suspicious Cancer Claims
? Damn crazy work . Um , I'm a 25 year old female and I live with my boyfriend , liam , who's 24 . About a month ago , his mom , tanya , began claiming she was dying of cancer , but no diagnosis has been confirmed . Every hospital visit ends with her being sent home . A nurse even told Liam that she might be faking it .
It started when she stayed out one night at our bedroom at our one bedroom apartment . That turned into a week of chaos . She refused AC and fans , but blue dried her hair daily . The apartment smelled awful , everything had to be dark and silent and she constantly demanded help . She even stormed into our bedroom at 3 am asking Liam for massages .
She criticized our Buddhist souvenirs , insisted we hang across and complained nonstop . She suggested we move in with her , an hour from our job and school . I'm a full-time student with two jobs and a 4.0 GPA and I was falling behind Liam , who worked full-time , switched to remote work to care for Tanya , his mom .
Her health updates were always shifting MRI , canceled surgery , then chemo , postponed due to infection , then E coli , always a new reason , but no clear diagnosis and no paperwork . When her husband , david , was away , she made us go to her house to get her jewelry because she thinks he'll steal it when she dies .
We were supposed to take her to the ER right after , but we ended up staying 16 hours doing chores . I folded 420 clothing items , cleaned the entire house and felt like her unpaid maid . Not a single please or thank you . She was stalling to go to the ER and when we finally got there at 5 AM she said she'd check herself in and she sent us home .
Three hours later she called again sobbing for help . She had been rejected by the ER , I suspect for faking it . Liam and I both skipped meals , are skipping meals , losing sleep and falling behind at work just to help her . He once said that he's waiting for her to pass away so we can just move to Europe .
He's been forced to manage her divorce , lawyer meetings and funeral prep . Meanwhile David , who's paying the hospital bills and had been kept in the dark all about this , sent Liam aggressive text messages like I call bullshit and don't show up at my house anymore . Then later apologized .
Tanya called again begging for help help , but this time she wanted me because David is jealous of Liam . I had clearly told Liam I needed the weekend to study for final exams , and going to that house alone seemed sketchy . Now I'm planning a two to three week Europe trip to see my mom , who I haven't seen in over a year .
Liam says he supports it , but called it a little selfish . He asked if I were dying , would you quit your job to be with me ? And if you're , if it were your mom , would you help her ? I felt pressured to say yes , but truth is my family wouldn't lie to me or use me the way his mother does .
I love Liam and I want to be there for him , but I don't trust his mom , and this is starting to affect our relationship . So am I the asshole for refusing to help Tanya and going on my European trip ? Nah , not at all . First of all , you say there's no paperwork , there's no confirmed diagnosis , she's not on chemo , she's not taking no medication .
So at this point she has like self-diagnosed herself with cancer and is just rolling with it , and I would suspect that it's something to the effect of she feels like Liam is giving you a little bit too much attention , and then this is her way of keeping Liam's attention and love for herself .
Let me tell you what it is I bet money that Liam is the only child .
Probably that's what it sounds like .
Because I think she would have mentioned , like why aren't your other ?
siblings over here , folding 420 clothing items now , since Liam's father is leaving . Yeah , the divorce she's trying to hold on to something and Liam has her and she's using this as a way to keep Liam in her pocket because , if and when Liam finds out the truth and it ain't what she's been saying she's going to lose him forever .
She's going to lose everything .
But she's probably thinking her husband left her . Liam is probably closer to marrying his girlfriend .
And then once that happens .
You know what it is . Once that happens , I'm going to be alone , because , when boys marry , they leave home .
Yeah , I'm going to be alone . They're going to start .
And she's gonna get all his attention . Even though I was there his whole life , I raised him like everything , and now here she comes look here , go see your family , enjoy .
Tell your mama I said hi , enjoy enjoy .
Europe have a great time um . I know the food is trash . You get some comfortable shoes . Oh , that is not true .
I know the food is trash , so the food is trash ?
The food is not trash . You've never even had European food and where's she going ?
Is she going to Europe ?
She's in Europe . She didn't say England , she just said Europe . Oh , okay , well , I can't .
You know , but you're not the asshole .
You're not the asshole , definitely not the asshole Go visit your mom .
Enjoy your time with your mom you know what you know .
I'm right there with you . I'm right there with you I ain't never met a Tanya I can trust , and the last Tanya I encountered that's a whole different .
I ain't never met .
Yeah , I never . Yeah , I'm with you , babe . I don't think I've ever met one that I can trust either , or one that was honest , facts , facts , facts , facts . Enjoy your mom . Enjoy your mom and your family . This has been another episode of life after I do podcast .
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