{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fly and a Butterfly podcast with Vishnu Vaka and Mahitha Vaka","title":"She Wants to Tattoo Me?! 😂 | Marriage, Kids & Indian Parents | Fly & Butterfly Ep. 14","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/bbdbba01\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4187,"description":"What starts as a funny argument about rings, tattoos, and proving you’re married turns into a much deeper conversation about relationships, parenting, trust, and how childhood shapes the way we behave as adults.\nIn this episode of Fly & Butterfly, Vishnu and Mahitha talk about everything from why Vishnu refuses to wear a ring, whether tattooing your spouse’s name is too much, bathroom privacy, and personal space — to pursuers and withdrawers, Indian parenting, raising kids with trust instead of fear, and why awareness matters more than age.\nWe also get into how different children need different parenting, why strict parenting can sometimes make kids hide important things, and why parents should be the safest people their children can come to when something goes wrong.\nAnd of course, it wouldn’t be Fly & Butterfly without plenty of arguments, teasing, Telugu-English confusion, and Vishnu promoting his stand-up show.\nIn this episode:\n• Marriage, rings, tattoos & commitment\n• Pursuers vs. withdrawers\n• Personal space in relationships\n• Parenting different personalities\n• Indian vs. Western parenting\n• Raising kids with trust\n• Childhood patterns and adult behavior\n• Emotional awareness in relationships\nChapters\n00:00 Playful opening and the “I love you” bit\n03:44 Introducing the show and episode number confusion\n05:00 Rings, marriage, and why Vishnu hates wearing them\n07:00 Tattoos as proof of love and commitment\n09:10 Visible signs of marriage\n11:00 Bathroom time, privacy, and needing space\n13:28 Grandparents, tobacco, and old family habits\n16:03 Ramayana, Sita, Rama, and Lakshman\n19:44 The lesson from the Ramayana argument\n21:11 Trust, tracking, and checking on each other\n24:21 Tracking the kids to school\n27:39 How the second child changes your parenting\n31:58 Pursuers and withdrawers\n35:09 How childhood shapes adult behavior\n36:12 Parenting by age vs. awareness\n41:41 Pressure, studying, and why kids resist\n44:13 Respecting parents while still correcting them...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/J5lkWfd_kMCVwf_HuY-mYUooVuHnsQi_iG7h-b1VCIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85YWU2/OGY1Y2VhOWIwMWFh/MmI1ZDBkYjEyZjg3/MzdhZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}