Holla At These Holidays! (Minisode)

we did not want you to be off. We don't want you to miss our voice. But you know we got a family too, and we got shopping to do and traveling to do. Yes, so we're just going to give you a little taste of Reasonably Shady, just a little something something to hold you over. Don't get mad at us, because like last time when we did this over thanksgiven, y'all got mad at us. Y'all send us notes like, hey, where's the whole damn episode? Why? Why

are you giving a short episode? What's wrong with y'all? Why you phone in it in? My sister called me and said, y'all just phoned it in. No, we didn't phone it in. We just wanted to enjoy the holiday exactly. Is there something wrong with that? Now? Y'all got off from school, we got all from work. Yes, we're supposed to work anyway. No, I mean, we're just joking. But this is a reasonably shady mini mini moments. Yes. Okay.

So first and foremost Christmas traditions. So every year I typically take my kids to New York on what day right after Christmas to do plays, to do shopping. Normally, they get gift cards from their grandparents of like these little stores that I can't stand to go in, and um, they want to use their gift cards. So for whatever reason, like Sophora is better in New York than it is in their mind than it is in Maryland. Same store, but in their mind that New York has better savors,

New York has better stores. I'm like, you know that's the same. Yeah, you're a really great mom. Yeah, so I'm not doing that, I know. Okay, So we we go and we do our New York run and it's it's like amazing and they really enjoy it. So that's kind of like my Christmas tradition Okay, I love it. That's awesome. Um you know, unfortunately my traditions are all over the place. We used to then that makes it

not a tradition. Yeah, they kind of like fizzled. They fizzled, yes, because he used to do like the Christmas Eve, you know, at one person's house. We've done you know, the Secret Santa's before or we do. You know. I think it's because my kids are a little bit older and they're not into Santa Claus, you know. Um so, but before it would be like, you know, oh, let's make the cookies and let's you know, my parents would come over and bring the gifts and all that type of stuff.

Um So now it's just a little like yeah, you know, you know what I'm just thinking of, I'm gonna cut you off. It wouldn't it be kind of cool if we did like an r HLP Secret Santa. That would be cool because there's some people that you want to give cold to right right and because they've been naughty and not naughty in a good way. Well you can't do that. I mean, I mean it would be kind

of fun. Would be kind of um like if you picked and you've got a person that you really don't want to give a nice gift to and and so you would be okay with that. Well I'm thinking that, like, or do I get a bad gift too? Really? And you're okay with that? I'm okay with that? Really? Yes? Do you know like gift giving is so hard for me? Right?

You know what I mean? It's like it's it's so hard to pick something that is not going to be junk for someone, you know, if you don't really know what they like, um, what they're into, you don't know what their size is. It's just like I just I'm like racked my brain on like what kind of gifts to give really, even not not for your kids. Well, my kids already wanted Nike's okay, I mean that's that's easy. Okay.

So are you when you were when you were younger, were you always like looking for whatever gift that you had in mind? Were you like, oh my god, that gift is not under the tree, I'm gonna lose it. I'm going eight ship up in his camp. I mean, okay, younger meaning like when I was a kid. Yeah, when your kids went in, like Santa Claus was coming to bring off to bring the gifts. Oh yeah, I knew all my stuff was gonna be there. Oh yeah, there

was some years my stuff wasn't there. I got a bunch of stuff, but like that thing that I wanted was not there. I was just kind of like, oh, this is it. We're where you know how you go back under the tree and you still look like a present? Like, ain't any more gifts? What's in the kidchen? Gifts in the kitchen? Everything? Like what happened? Did all Shirley drop her gifts off? But happened that gift I wanted? Oh my gosh, isn't that though? And now when you look

back as a parent, isn't that so horrible? Like don't you think like, oh my god, now you know how your parents busted their ass. They spent so much money to make you happy, and then you got this little kid that's like where's the rest? Well I didn't see that out loud. I said it in my mind. But I make sure I get my kids everything that they want, right, But sometimes you just can't. That's true, that's true. You know what I did one year? So a door wanted a dog. Oh no, let me, can I tell you

what I did? And she still mad at me. I bought her a book about dogs. See that's not funny that. I wasn't trying to be funny. I was trying to pacify her. I was trying to like, like kind of a dog. I know. It was bad. It was so bad. She's still mad at me about that. And then I took I took it a notch up the next year and I bought a hamster. Oh god, it was something that she had to take care of, right, I just didn't want the dogs. I take it back, you're not

a good mother. Oh yes, thank you, Robert Dixon. I mean, just tell you're not gonna get her a dog. I know. Okay, So we didn't get the dog, and she's actually okay with it, but it was traumatic for her and she still talks about it. Remember that time I went to her women and then she said she went to her room and cry for the rest of Christmas Day. Right, I was like, oh, that's why you were in that dinner. Okay,

now that explains it. I kidding. I'll tell you one thing, though, I'm so happy I don't have to play Santa Claus anymore. Oh yeah, because like really, especially when the kids were younger, like you really busted your butt to like go all over the place and get all these an Xbox and a bike like a yes and a Chalca trunk and you know the CARDI driving with the remote. You know what are those things called the hot wheels, the big things that they driving themselves. And they literally like, oh

Santa Claus, it is so awesome. And you're like that fat white man did not buy all this stuff. Right, I'm so happy I don't have to do that anymore. Really, But and you're all trying to be secretive and sneaky. You know, my parents coming over in the middle of the night stuff off. Yeah, because you have to like hide it, you know what I mean. Yes, you have to wait for the kids to go to bed sneak the stuff in. You gotta. You know, they're so so

excited about Santa Claus. They're waking up and right, Okay, so did you do the tooth fairy? I did? Okay? Can I tell I got busted one year with the tooth heads? I didn't get busted, Okay. So I had the money like next to my dresser to put under and I fell asleep. Okay, that happened to you? So the next morning I was I saw the money there. I was like, oh ship. So I go running into the twins room and I tried to sneak it under that. It didn't really work. I said a lot the touthes

ferry got busted. I think mine saw the money on my on my nightstand, and they went to bed and then and then the next day they saw the money wasn't there, and they're like, yeah, we know really yeah, okay, well were you giving like twenty dollars? Were you that? Parents? I was, wait, do you still have their teeth? No? I do? Yeah. You want to see him? No, I don't. They're very they're readily accessible. I just saw them. Do not. I want to see your kids teeth. I love your kids,

but I don't want to see their baby teeth. But how do you like, how do I throw that away? It just it's trash, can throw it in. I can't throw away my kids teeth. I did. Really, what am I gonna do with that? It's just like, oh, what's a memory. Oh my god, you got three kids, you got a lot of teeth. Right, So I was giving the tooth fairy was bringing them like a quarter Oh yeah, like yeah, or maybe two quarters, maybe a dollar case that's my kid, that was a bad mother case. But

like twenty dollars, that's a lot for tooth. Okay, different teeth were cost more or less. Okay, so five hours for the for the what the um the bottom tea? Ten dollars for the top combo. I mean, how how did we break this thing? I don't remember. I just no, different ones had different values. Oh okay, long story, show people, This is a slippery, slippery slope. I'm gonna tell you why. If you start with twenty, where do you go from there? Very true? Yes, So if you start with a quarter,

you have a very long way to go on. So we're your kids excited about a quarter? They were just happy with something. They're at the time of the the final quarter in the couch. But okay, but rob at the time, they had no value. They didn't understand the value of money. This little fiery flew under my pillow, yes, and gave me something good, gracious. Okay. I hope no bout new children are listening, right, screwed? They better not listening anyway. Jeez,

the stuff we talk about, it's insane. Okay, So we have a couple of more things to talk about, all right, So I just want you to know that I tell my kids stuff to tell their day it right now? Does wine give you things from the kids? No one is a very like, I don't need anything you like, he really never asked for anything, okay, and and that just is frustrating. Do you ask stuff? I really don't either, like I have. I used to, but then I don't. I'm just in the mode of, like, I just don't

have anywhere to put anything else. Very true. But we can always find a spot for like a little nice bag, a little I know, a little shoe, very true, a little bracelet very true, very true. But I have I have not been asking forget like I don't there's nothing you know what it is. I've already shared that I have a shopping problem. That is true. So I kind of just buy it myself. And then when it comes time for me to think about, well what do I want somebody to buy from me? Um, I can't think,

oh one thing. And this is like one of my favorite Christmas gifts. Sound really domesticated. Um, I just really needed a pot. I mean, I'm sorry, A pay in a pain like a skillet you needed a skillet. I needed a big one. You need a big skalet, big one. Okay. Did you get like a nice like William Senoma exactly, William Sonoma, Okay, very nice. I used it all the time,

all the time. I used it to Okay. I saw a commercial for a Ninja ice cream maker and then it's like you do something with it and then you can put all your little blendings in it. You want that, Yeah, you gotta ask for stuff like that. Or I can ask for diamonds. I mean, yeah, I guess. So look, did you have enough? I do? I do? This is true, you had enough bags, enough diamonds, shoes. When you see

something you get it like, yes, it's very true. But it is nice when it's like wrapped up and then you open up and you're like, oh for me, for me. Speaking of what is your love language, Robin, we've never discussed this acts of service? So if if somebody what does that mean? They do it? Act for you? Yeah, they do something that is useful, like it's it's helpful and it's useful. It's like, oh, let me bring dinner home and just don't even ask, you know what I mean?

Just show up with dinner. Oh that's not I like that. Yeah, yeah, I wouldn't give two ships. Mine is gifts, Okay, gifts and tell me I look pretty. Okay, that's it, and you you will win. So gifts and words of affirmation, yes, gifts and words of affirmation, but they should go together. One should not be without the other. But I guess you can have two love languages. What is your love language that you give to people? That's a good question. I think I think. I don't think it's gifts or

words of affirmation. Damn, I was gonna say gifts. Yeah. I like to give a gift, Okay, yeah, I like to surprise somebody with something like right, you have definitely given me gifts like just you know, randomly because yes, yes, Robin Dixon Scrooge over here, right, No, I'm not, I'm sorry. I like to surprise people. I like for people to feel like they were thought of. Yes, yeah, and I'm not. I'll probably never tell you I like you, but I can't give you a kid, and then that that means

you like them. Yes, you're just being nice. I like them. I wouldn't like do it unless I like you? Okay, Yes, and I feel like the same with um with like, when you cuss people out, it's really because you like them, right, because you care? Let me care? Yeah, is that it? I mean when I cussed the guy out like that cut me off that. Yeah. I like when you call somebody a bit, it's because you really like them. No, it's the way you say bitch. If it's like bitch,

then you like that. That's different. Okay, it's like right, and like you don't like them though. Okay, this is true, this is true. All right, we we we have exhausted this. Okay, we are done. We are out of here. This is actually our last episode for the year. For one, y'all is a rap. It is done. So please start like thinking about what you want to do for yourself, because two is gonna be amazing. I don't know, I don't I don't know what you'all heard in the streets, but

it's gonna be amazing. For Reasonably Shady, okay, oh yes, we might see you in person once somewhere, so until then, live your life either reasonable or shady. By Reasonably Shady is a production of the Black Affect podcast Network. For more podcasts from I Heart Radio, this is the I heart radio, app, Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.