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Well, hello all you beautiful people.

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You know what time it is.

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Ladies and gents, guys and dolls and

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everyone in between.

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Gather around. Get you something real

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nice to sip on and comfy to slip on.

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Cuz it's time for Smite Club. Here's

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your hosts, Chelsea and Hannah.

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[Music]

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[Laughter]

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Hey everybody and welcome to Smut Club.

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I'm Chelsea. And I'm Hannah. And this is

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the podcast where we are two licensed

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mental health professionals who

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sometimes daydrink, sometimes don't, and

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review romance novels of varying

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caliber.

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What caliber is today's?

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Pretty mid.

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mid. Like when I text you yesterday and

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said, "I made some cookies. They taste

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fine, but they look mid."

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Yeah.

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You're like, "That's the energy of this

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book."

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I mean, it's fine to read, but it's

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pretty mid if you think about it too

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hard. So, we are reviewing

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The Billionaire's Obsession. That's

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right, ladies and gentlemen.

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Don't tell me. No, I'm so excited. Is

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this what I think it is?

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It is. It's Jan.

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[ __ ] yeah, Jan.

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It's Jan.

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JS Scott. We're back, baby.

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She's here. And here's the really fun

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part about Jan and a lot of her like

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deeper cuts, okay?

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Is that a lot of them were released in

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multiple parts and then she just

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re-released them as one book. Ah,

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and this is one of them. There's like

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five parts, but it's still somehow only

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250 pages or whatever.

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Was she like releasing it where you like

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pay So you'd pay for like 50 bucks? 50

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pages at a time? Not 50 bucks. 50 pages.

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Yeah, basically, I guess.

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Yeah. So, this is not

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like this is all of them together. And

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just question because obviously I

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haven't read this one. Um,

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is it clear that there's five different

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sections or is it like edited to like be

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a little more cohesive again?

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Part one, mine for a night and then it

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goes into

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[ __ ] it. We don't need chapters. We just

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need five parts.

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Part two, mine for now. Like

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it's very delineated.

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Um, and um, part of why this one was

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chosen is because Chelsea,

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this takes place in Tampa.

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I knew Jan wouldn't let me down. I knew

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she would give my hometown the

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representation it deserves.

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And let me tell you how that

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representation starts. Okay,

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so Simon

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has been obsessed

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with Carara, who works for his mom in

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one of her restaurants for like over a

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year, but he's never talked to her. He

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just can see her when she walks home

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because he lives between the restaurant

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and her apartment. And so he follows her

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home every night to make sure she gets

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home again for like a year. So on just

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to make sure she's safe. Nothing weird.

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Don't be Don't make it sketchy.

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Why are you being weird?

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Stop. It It didn't It was simple. It was

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beautiful. He was making sure she was

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safe. You [ __ ] twisted that beauty

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into something nefarious.

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You are perverting something

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sacred right now.

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So, we very quickly establish that um he

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doesn't do feelings. He's only here to

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[ __ ] Like, she's just super hot. He

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just wants to make sure she gets home.

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but not cuz he likes her, just cuz at

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some point the machine will want to [ __ ]

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her.

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Right. You get it? And so one of the

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first thoughts he has is, "I can't

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believe she walks home so late at night

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every night. Doesn't she realize this is

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Tampa?"

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I mean, depending on the part, that is a

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very valid statement,

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but like he's in a penthouse,

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like a building with a door man. [ __ ]

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what?

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probably not

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it's not that part. It's not the rough

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part of Tampa.

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You're like, "Good sir, you bought that

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million multi-million dollar penthouse

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for 201190

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or something." There's one particular

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zip code that's been in a lot of rap

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songs for out of Tampa and I can't

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remember it. It doesn't matter. Um but

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anyway,

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um so

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she walks by. He's waiting for her. She

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seems to be running late, but she

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finally walks by. Um and he is he has

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like cute aggression. She's so hot that

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he's mad about it.

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But he's like, "Damn it, she's so

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attractive." Like what?

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Why are you upset about it? What?

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Well, and I feel like damn,

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she's so attractive is really different

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than damn it,

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she's so attractive. Just the the one

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word it really makes a large contextual

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difference.

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Like, be less hot

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for [ __ ] sake. So, tonight he's like,

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"Tonight is the night. I'm going to talk

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to her. I've been silently following her

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and showing up at my mom's restaurant

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when I know she's working for a year.

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I've never spoken to her. Tonight's the

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night.

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Tonight's the night. So, Cara is having

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a bad day.

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she spilled coffee, I think, all over

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herself. And so she's wearing like one

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of the other servers clothes. It's like

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a mini skirt and like a a V-neck top or

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something. And she she hasn't eaten

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anything.

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school. She's 28. She's exhausted. She's

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just trying to get home.

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I don't know why my notes with no other

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context just say parents are dead. I'm

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pretty sure that that's how it happens

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in the book though where like she's

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having this internal monologue and

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you're like wow I'm learning a lot.

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dead. Like it's a lot that we're

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learning about her.

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So she starts to get laded because she

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hasn't eaten anything and she very

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nearly passes out when she hears someone

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start calling her name. And so some dude

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picks her up and carries her somewhere

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and she is just like along for the ride.

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That would be deeply unsettling.

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You've had a long day at work.

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You're not feeling great. You're about

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to pass out and suddenly a rando

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is carrying you somewhere.

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Put me down.

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Yeah. I don't mean to brag, but I have

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passed out in the street before.

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And I got to say, even when it was

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someone I knew, I was like, "What? No.

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Put me down."

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I once got drunk on the streets of I

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guess not Tampa. It was St. Pete.

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Pretty close. But it was my

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ex-boyfriend. And I was like, "You

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cannot." I I refused to go anywhere with

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him to the point that I then laid down

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and fell asleep in the street and he had

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to call another friend.

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It was not my best moment.

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Similar but different.

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I think I might have told you about

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this. I I almost passed out. did pass

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out fairly recently when I was with Matt

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and I just kept trying to lay down in

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the street in downtown Atlanta

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at Five Points, y'all. No, that's not

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where we lay down. That's not where we

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lay down. But I just really was trying a

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lot.

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Okay, so maybe we should give Simon more

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credit cuz I'm I'm out here being like,

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"What? No, do not let a rando pick you

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up off the street. But also, there are

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some streets.

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You might want to be picked up from.

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I'll give her that.

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Yeah, you This isn't where we lay down.

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No.

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Um, so she does she she is not panicking

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that some random stranger has picked her

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up, but she is shocked that it's so easy

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for him to lift her.

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And it is concerning how easy it is

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for him to convince her to stay with him

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for the night or

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Yeah. He's like, "Stay with me. You're

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clearly not well. Just stay here. It'll

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She has low blood sugar, not a chronic

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illness.

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Give her some Skittles and money for a

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cab. What? Hey, I bought you a muffin

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and called you an Uber. You should be

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all set,

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right? I put my number in your phone. If

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you're interested, hit me up.

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here." And she's like,

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"Okay,

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what else do I have going on?"

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Twisted my arm about it.

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I love Jan so much.

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And he sends his assistant to get her

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belongings from her apartment. Like

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takes her keys from her purse, gives

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them to his assistant, and is like,

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"Don't worry about it. I know where she

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lives.

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go get her stuff. What the [ __ ]

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What the [ __ ] He calls the doctor to

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check on her cuz he's that concerned. He

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feeds her.

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She's that rich.

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He makes sure she eats, she's resting,

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and then he's like,

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"You aren't going to work anymore. You

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don't need to do that. You don't need to

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do that."

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And she's like, "My notes say a couple

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of weak protests and immediately

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asleep." It's like, "No,

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asleep."

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She's like, "What?" Okay. So, there's

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some bigger conversations still to be

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had come morning.

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Yeah. Yeah. So, she wakes up, she

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showers, she puts on a robe that she

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finds. She's like, "Where am I? It looks

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like a nice place. Hopefully I'm not in

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mortal mortal danger or anything. You

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know what? She's just she's just waking

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up in a random. She's like, "It's cool.

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I'll just shower. I'm not getting naked

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in an apartment where I don't know where

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I am or how I got there. My first

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instinct is not to then disrobe,

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make myself more vulnerable,

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right?"

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No.

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No. I'm likely going to the kitchen and

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finding a knife. Yeah. Yeah. Like

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she does make her way to the kitchen

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after her shower

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for coffee.

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Yeah. And that's where she finds Simon

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and there's weird sexual tension of

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course already happening. And he's like,

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"Hey, just so you know, I did send my

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assistant to your apartment yesterday,

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but um you've been evicted."

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What?

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This feels like when we reviewed The

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Perfect Fit by Satie Concincaid

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and there wasn't actually a cockroach

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problem,

293
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right? No, this is real. So,

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she's actually been evicted.

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She's actually been evicted because her

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roommate that she's been living with um

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was just taking her money and not paying

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the rent.

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And so, all of her belongings are gone.

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like her entire apartment has been

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cleared out. She has nothing. Her

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roommate has absconded into the night

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and that's it for her.

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And so she has a total breakdown which

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is very understandable.

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Yeah. You know, that's a that's a

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justifiable breakdown. Jan really starts

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a book with a bang.

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She really does. And immediately Cara

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goes into, "Okay, well, I'm going to

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have to drop out of school. I'll have to

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see if I can find like a shelter to stay

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in or something because I don't have

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like we're paycheck to paycheck over

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here. Like there's no way that I'm going

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to be able to do this.

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Um, and one thing I forgot about Jan but

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did recall in reading this is that she

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uses the word elemental

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in a way where I have a princess bride

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moment every time I read it where I'm

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like, "You keep using that word. I don't

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think you know what that means.

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That means what you think it means.

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Yeah. I don't think I don't think that's

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it. But constantly the connection is

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elemental. And so he insists that she

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stay with him um until she can get back

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on her feet. And um there is one

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condition to her being allowed to stay

331
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there and that is that she quit her job

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and allow him to fully financially

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support her

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which doesn't feel like a condition to

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me. Feels like a perk.

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Those are strings Pinocchio. Like,

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yeah,

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I'm sorry.

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Just until she gets back on her feet,

340
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though. Right. And then

341
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Right. Right. Right. Right.

342
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But she does have to quit her job, so

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she has no means to make money to be

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able to get back on her feet.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Jan.

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Yeah.

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Jan.

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Matt and I were watching a movie

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recently where like the the

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spicy, messy bestie character was

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talking about how she's like dating this

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older man and she's like super into it

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and like they have an arrangement or

356
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whatever. And the friend is like, "So,

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so like a sugar daddy is what you have?"

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And she's like, "Um, I wouldn't say

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that. I would say that he's my

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sponsor. He sponsors me. He sponsors me.

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And I was like, you know, I dig it. I

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like the energy.

363
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Here's the thing. I think in a younger

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season of my life, I wanted to talk [ __ ]

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on people who looked for sponsors in

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that regard.

367
00:15:55,279 --> 00:15:58,240
No way, man.

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And now I realiz it was just my

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insecurity that I didn't think I was hot

370
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enough to find a sponsor.

371
00:16:01,759 --> 00:16:07,920
Sure. For sure. Mhm. If I believed I was

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hot enough to find a sponsor when I was

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in my early 20s,

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we probably wouldn't even have this

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podcast right now.

376
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I was going to say we'd be in different

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places doing different things. We

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really would.

379
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Yeah,

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man.

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Pretty privilege is

382
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:27,199
a real thing. We're not unattractive

383
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people. No, but I would not say that I

384
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am to the level where someone would pay

385
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me to be around so they could look at

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me. Like

387
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I don't think I'm that pretty.

388
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Not just my face at least.

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Yeah.

390
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I don't know. I I've had a kid. I don't

391
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even think my tits are that good. But

392
00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:50,240
like boobs are boobs, you know?

393
00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:53,040
Boobs are boobs. That's so true. Um,

394
00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:55,040
so we do I forgot to mention this is

395
00:16:53,040 --> 00:16:57,920
dual point of view. So we get like

396
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random sprinkles of like their thoughts

397
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and stuff.

398
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And so during this conversation, Simon

399
00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:09,360
is thinking like he is

400
00:17:05,919 --> 00:17:11,600
consistently hard like all the time when

401
00:17:09,360 --> 00:17:14,240
she's around. She is sobbing her

402
00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,480
eyeballs out about being evicted and is

403
00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:20,480
snotting all over him and he's like,

404
00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:23,039
"Yeah, I'd still hit it though." Like

405
00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,520
that's the energy the entire time. and

406
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she's really confused and she's like,

407
00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:30,640
"Wait a minute. So, like, what do you

408
00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:33,440
want? Like, I'm getting a pretty great

409
00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:35,280
deal here, right? Like, a place to stay.

410
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:38,480
You're paying all my bills. You're

411
00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:40,240
paying my tuition. So, what do you

412
00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:44,799
want?"

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00:17:40,240 --> 00:17:47,280
And he says that he wants one night of

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total surrender,

415
00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:55,120
hence the title, mine for a night. And

416
00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:59,880
so he finger bangs her to completion

417
00:17:55,120 --> 00:17:59,880
and then is like, think about it.

418
00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,160
Yeah.

419
00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,360
Like

420
00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:13,280
what?

421
00:18:09,360 --> 00:18:15,919
Yeah. But then he's like, but it's not a

422
00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:18,720
requirement though. So, if you're not

423
00:18:15,919 --> 00:18:20,559
into it,

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that's cool.

425
00:18:20,559 --> 00:18:23,520
But this is what I would like.

426
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I would like one night of total

427
00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:29,440
surrender in exchange for paying for

428
00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:32,000
everything for you. But if that's not

429
00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:33,520
something you're willing to offer, no

430
00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:36,559
problem at all. I'll still pay for

431
00:18:33,520 --> 00:18:41,520
everything. No skin off my teeth. Yeah.

432
00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:45,280
So, she's like, "Okay, well, I I can't I

433
00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:49,960
can't do that." So, I know. I'll cook

434
00:18:45,280 --> 00:18:49,960
for him. I'll be his cook.

435
00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,960
I won't give you a night of total

436
00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:57,039
surrender, but I will make you a pretty

437
00:18:54,960 --> 00:19:01,919
good grilled cheese and tomato Sammy.

438
00:18:57,039 --> 00:19:04,799
Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. And she is close friends

439
00:19:01,919 --> 00:19:07,280
with someone, a doctor who runs a free

440
00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:10,960
clinic named Maddie. And they're like

441
00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:12,799
best friends and they like volunteer

442
00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,760
together.

443
00:19:12,799 --> 00:19:19,039
very tight relationship. So, she calls

444
00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:21,760
her friend Maddie who's like, "You know,

445
00:19:19,039 --> 00:19:24,240
you can also stay with me. Like, you

446
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:24,880
don't we don't want to be doing all

447
00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,360
that.

448
00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:29,120
You don't actually have to have to stay

449
00:19:27,360 --> 00:19:29,840
with a stranger that you met last

450
00:19:29,120 --> 00:19:32,320
night."

451
00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:36,480
Yeah. Yeah. But of course, Cara's like,

452
00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:38,320
"I could never." Like, why not?

453
00:19:36,480 --> 00:19:39,679
But you could with this dude you've

454
00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,520
never met before,

455
00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:43,440
right?

456
00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:45,600
Quite frankly, Hannah, I'm willing to

457
00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,360
let you inconvenience yourself for me

458
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:49,280
way before I'm going to go live with a

459
00:19:47,360 --> 00:19:52,320
stranger.

460
00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:53,840
Someone who picked me up off the street,

461
00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:56,320
literally.

462
00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:59,600
Oh god. Yeah, like Matt might need some

463
00:19:56,320 --> 00:20:05,120
time to adjust, but like he'll figure it

464
00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:08,400
out. Um, so a week goes by and they've

465
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:11,120
just been awkwardly avoiding each other.

466
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:13,760
She's like preparing meals and leaving

467
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:16,480
them for him to find and like they're

468
00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:18,000
like not ever actually engaging with

469
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,919
each other, but then

470
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,039
exactly what Simon hoped this

471
00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:22,720
arrangement would be,

472
00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:26,160
right? He's getting everything he hoped

473
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:28,080
for, but then they wind up bonding over

474
00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,760
video games because she like goes to

475
00:20:28,080 --> 00:20:33,520
tell him that lunch is ready or

476
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:36,480
something and sees into his office. So

477
00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:39,600
again, because Jan

478
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:42,080
really separates her characters into

479
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,760
whole people, he's a tech billionaire,

480
00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:48,039
which is very different from her other

481
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:48,039
novels where they're tech billionaires.

482
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:56,159
No, no, no. This is the Florida cohort,

483
00:20:53,039 --> 00:20:58,400
right? It's Tampa. Um, so

484
00:20:56,159 --> 00:20:59,679
there may actually even be different

485
00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:02,080
Florida

486
00:20:59,679 --> 00:21:04,559
cohorts. There are there are Is the

487
00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:05,360
other one like West Palm? Is it South

488
00:21:04,559 --> 00:21:07,919
Florida?

489
00:21:05,360 --> 00:21:09,919
Yeah. Yeah, there's one in South

490
00:21:07,919 --> 00:21:11,039
Florida, but I can't remember exactly

491
00:21:09,919 --> 00:21:13,679
where.

492
00:21:11,039 --> 00:21:15,760
Um, so they have this cute little

493
00:21:13,679 --> 00:21:18,400
bonding moment and they kind of admit

494
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,559
like I actually kind of enjoy you. Like

495
00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:24,400
I would like to spend time with you.

496
00:21:20,559 --> 00:21:27,520
Um, and as they're bonding, as things

497
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:29,440
go, Cara reveals that her ex cheated on

498
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,720
her, which is why she's been single for

499
00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:35,440
a while.

500
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:40,159
Mhm. And Simon has never been in a

501
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:42,559
relationship before except,

502
00:21:40,159 --> 00:21:44,720
this is my notes, except that one time

503
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when he was 16, but we don't talk about

504
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:49,200
that.

505
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:54,320
What?

506
00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:57,280
Um, and so some of her um heirlooms and

507
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:59,840
things kind of disappeared when her

508
00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:01,760
apartment got cleared out. And so he

509
00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:03,440
reveals that he's been looking for some

510
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,280
of the things that Cara had mentioned

511
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:08,000
before were really important. And he

512
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,919
found her mother's ring in a pawn shop

513
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:12,559
and that's a really big deal for her.

514
00:22:09,919 --> 00:22:14,960
And so they immediately make out.

515
00:22:12,559 --> 00:22:16,480
Um and Cara is like,

516
00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:17,200
"You know what? That deserves a make out

517
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,640
session."

518
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:22,320
Yeah. She's like,

519
00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:23,679
"One night you say

520
00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:26,080
tonight is the night."

521
00:22:23,679 --> 00:22:28,320
Oh. And so

522
00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:30,159
she knows surrender involves more than

523
00:22:28,320 --> 00:22:32,559
just a little make out, right?

524
00:22:30,159 --> 00:22:36,520
She does because he immediately ties her

525
00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:36,520
up and blindfolds her.

526
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:43,120
And my notes say a man with a plan like

527
00:22:40,159 --> 00:22:47,760
because it happened so fast. It happened

528
00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:50,640
so fast. Um yeah. And so of course they

529
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:54,720
have like incredible sex, but he won't

530
00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:58,400
let her see him or touch him.

531
00:22:54,720 --> 00:23:00,720
But everybody's satisfied. And um he

532
00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,720
then immediately gets dressed and

533
00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:08,320
carries her back to her room and tucks

534
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:12,880
her into her own bed. And she's like,

535
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:16,600
"Oh my god, he's so tortured.

536
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,600
I can help him."

537
00:23:16,799 --> 00:23:20,880
And that's the end of part one. Part

538
00:23:19,039 --> 00:23:24,320
two,

539
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:26,559
mine for now. So, Simon wakes up and

540
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:28,799
Cara isn't in the condo and he starts to

541
00:23:26,559 --> 00:23:30,880
freak out and then she suddenly texts

542
00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:33,039
and says that she's fine. She's just at

543
00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:35,360
the police station

544
00:23:33,039 --> 00:23:35,840
and Simon is like the what the [ __ ] now?

545
00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:36,559
What?

546
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:41,039
Yeah.

547
00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:44,640
Um and so he marches his grumpy ass

548
00:23:41,039 --> 00:23:47,120
right down to the police station and the

549
00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:50,640
clinic where she volunteers with Maddie

550
00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:54,720
was robbed at gunpoint and she got shot

551
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:57,919
at. while like protecting a child in the

552
00:23:54,720 --> 00:24:01,280
the waiting room.

553
00:23:57,919 --> 00:24:02,720
So, the guys threatened her. They stuff

554
00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:06,559
like, you know, we're going to find you,

555
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:08,159
whatever. Um before they ran away. And

556
00:24:06,559 --> 00:24:12,080
um

557
00:24:08,159 --> 00:24:13,919
Simon immediately runs in and is like,

558
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:16,960
"Why aren't you doing more to protect

559
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:19,440
her?" or whatever [ __ ] [ __ ] And

560
00:24:16,960 --> 00:24:22,080
turns to Maddie and is like, "Don't

561
00:24:19,440 --> 00:24:24,480
worry. I'll protect her now. And it's

562
00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:26,480
like, what? And Maddiey's like, "Of

563
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,559
course you will." I was like, "I was

564
00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:31,520
rooting for you, Maddie. What the fuck?"

565
00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:33,760
Like, she's like, "This stranger seems

566
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:36,880
to get it."

567
00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:38,640
Yeah. No, Maddie, you should once again

568
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,039
remind her that she can come live with

569
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:42,240
you.

570
00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:44,000
Yeah, we should make a second offer.

571
00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,520
Um, but Simon,

572
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,799
just to be clear, that offer doesn't

573
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,400
have an expiration date.

574
00:24:46,799 --> 00:24:50,720
No, no, it stands.

575
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,799
Yes. standing offer. Whenever you need

576
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:56,240
it, I have the room for you.

577
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:58,720
Yep. We will make the room. And so Simon

578
00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,799
then takes Cara to dinner and they have

579
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,559
a really lovely time. He's like, "We're

580
00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:05,679
just getting you some space from all of

581
00:25:02,559 --> 00:25:08,240
this." And he asks if he can just hold

582
00:25:05,679 --> 00:25:10,320
her for a little while. Um because he

583
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:14,640
was really freaked out by the whole

584
00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:19,279
situation. And so um they wind up

585
00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:20,960
[ __ ] on the couch and he blinked. I

586
00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:22,720
took a sip of my drink. They were still

587
00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:25,679
at the restaurant.

588
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,440
Now they're banging. He gets all freaked

589
00:25:25,679 --> 00:25:31,039
out that he's not going to be able to do

590
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,679
it because she's not tied up.

591
00:25:31,039 --> 00:25:33,520
Um

592
00:25:31,679 --> 00:25:34,480
he can only get hard if he ties a woman

593
00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:38,400
up.

594
00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:42,159
Yeah. And so she coaxes him into

595
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:46,320
restraining her arms.

596
00:25:42,159 --> 00:25:48,480
Um and then they have a great time.

597
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:51,919
Here's

598
00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:53,120
the thing. I have some questions.

599
00:25:51,919 --> 00:25:53,600
Yeah.

600
00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,919
Mhm.

601
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,320
Will they get answered?

602
00:25:55,919 --> 00:25:59,279
No.

603
00:25:56,320 --> 00:26:01,279
Okay. I mean, maybe.

604
00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:05,279
I honestly

605
00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:07,360
it we'll see. We'll see. She's like, I

606
00:26:05,279 --> 00:26:09,760
know that he has some hang-ups, but

607
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:12,320
maybe I can help him get over some of

608
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:14,559
them. Maybe not all of them. Like, maybe

609
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,320
he won't ever be able to [ __ ] me

610
00:26:14,559 --> 00:26:21,520
unrestrained.

611
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:23,840
But it it's very bizarre. Um, and she

612
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:27,520
then also realizes that he's not ready

613
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:30,000
to share a bed with her. And so she's

614
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:32,720
just like, "I've enjoyed this time we've

615
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,960
had together." And goes to shower in her

616
00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:35,960
own room.

617
00:26:36,559 --> 00:26:40,799
I do actually kind of respect that

618
00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:42,720
though. It is nice that it's not like

619
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:45,120
we're immediately all up in each other's

620
00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:47,760
[ __ ] Even though that's kind of the

621
00:26:45,120 --> 00:26:51,600
premise of the book,

622
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:54,240
it's still it recognizes the increased

623
00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:55,840
intimacy of sharing a bed past just

624
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:59,039
having sex, you know.

625
00:26:55,840 --> 00:27:00,960
Yeah. Well, and I think more than that

626
00:26:59,039 --> 00:27:04,400
though, I was thinking more about the

627
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:07,679
like, oh, she recognized like a boundary

628
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:09,840
and a limit for him and like

629
00:27:07,679 --> 00:27:12,159
is figuring out when to push those

630
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,440
limits, when to respect them and is

631
00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:15,520
like, "Oh,

632
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,039
recognizing this is a thing. Okay, no

633
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,880
problem. Sure. This was great. I'm going

634
00:27:17,039 --> 00:27:21,120
to go back to my room now." Versus like

635
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,000
making it a larger ordeal than it needs

636
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:22,880
to be or like

637
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,159
personalizing it.

638
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:27,120
Yeah. like

639
00:27:24,159 --> 00:27:29,360
internalizing it, making your partner

640
00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:31,039
feel shame because of it, those sorts of

641
00:27:29,360 --> 00:27:32,640
things. So, like I do actually kind of

642
00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:32,960
appreciate that that's how she navigated

643
00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:36,720
that.

644
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,760
Mhm. Mhm. And then again, another week

645
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,720
flies by.

646
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:39,840
Another week.

647
00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:43,039
Another week.

648
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:46,240
There's something about Jan's chaos

649
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:47,679
writing that is just comforting.

650
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:48,320
Yeah, it's nice.

651
00:27:47,679 --> 00:27:49,840
It is.

652
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:51,279
Where you have to go back and read the

653
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,679
last paragraph to make sure you didn't

654
00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:55,039
miss a transition. It's nice

655
00:27:53,679 --> 00:27:56,720
like cuz you didn't

656
00:27:55,039 --> 00:27:57,679
you didn't

657
00:27:56,720 --> 00:28:00,000
you didn't at all

658
00:27:57,679 --> 00:28:00,399
and there's something nice about it.

659
00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,919
So

660
00:28:00,399 --> 00:28:05,399
you know this tech billionaire is too

661
00:28:01,919 --> 00:28:05,399
busy for transitions.

662
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:09,760
Sorry, what were you saying?

663
00:28:08,399 --> 00:28:13,279
So Cara

664
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:15,919
is having coffee with Simon's mom

665
00:28:13,279 --> 00:28:19,200
because lest we forget

666
00:28:15,919 --> 00:28:21,440
Carara worked for Simon's mom up until

667
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,799
that fateful night. Boy, I bet mom had

668
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,840
some questions.

669
00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:30,240
Um, she's actually super excited about

670
00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:32,640
how close Cara and Simon are getting and

671
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:35,600
is like, she's like, "Well, I've always

672
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,399
loved you. Like, you you you're such a

673
00:28:35,600 --> 00:28:38,960
great employee,

674
00:28:36,399 --> 00:28:41,360
right? You're so lovely."

675
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:43,279
And then weirdly hints at some kind of

676
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:45,440
trauma that happened to Simon when he

677
00:28:43,279 --> 00:28:47,120
was 16, but we don't get any additional

678
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:52,960
information.

679
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:56,799
And so Cara goes home um because Simon

680
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:59,600
cannot cook. That's like a a plot point.

681
00:28:56,799 --> 00:29:02,399
He struggles. And so Simon is like, "If

682
00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:04,240
you don't come home, I'm going to make a

683
00:29:02,399 --> 00:29:08,320
grilled cheese or something." And she's

684
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:10,399
like, "Oh no." And she decides that she

685
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,279
is going to be dessert first for the

686
00:29:10,399 --> 00:29:12,960
evening.

687
00:29:11,279 --> 00:29:16,960
Oh.

688
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:20,000
So, Simon is in his home gym because

689
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:22,480
every one of these guys has a home gym

690
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:25,600
and he is getting

691
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:28,080
Hannah, I have a home gym.

692
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:31,200
Well, but these tech billionaires in

693
00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,200
penthouse apartments with a gym, it hits

694
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,399
very differently.

695
00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:34,799
It doesn't for me

696
00:29:34,399 --> 00:29:36,559
really.

697
00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:37,120
The gyms don't like

698
00:29:36,559 --> 00:29:38,880
Okay.

699
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,159
Like

700
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:43,120
Vance and I were even watching a

701
00:29:40,159 --> 00:29:44,960
renovation show recently and

702
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,320
Uh, one of the people in their basement,

703
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:49,440
instead of putting in a gym, they put in

704
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:51,039
a pickle ball court,

705
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:54,600
which I don't think was regulation.

706
00:29:51,039 --> 00:29:54,600
That's not the point.

707
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,480
But Vance and I were like, "Okay, if we

708
00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:59,919
were in that house, yeah, okay, we would

709
00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,120
just like take out the pickable net.

710
00:29:59,919 --> 00:30:02,559
That's exactly where the gym would go.

711
00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,360
No problem." Like it really like

712
00:30:02,559 --> 00:30:05,120
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

713
00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:06,720
So, I do think when you're like, "Yeah,

714
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,640
you got to set up the weights and like

715
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,480
you got to make sure that like

716
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:12,720
you have whatever equipment you want

717
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:14,399
and that like it can hold that weight

718
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:16,240
and this that and the other, but I'm I'm

719
00:30:14,399 --> 00:30:19,039
like, "Oh, yeah. No, that that one

720
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,760
actually I have like no issue with."

721
00:30:19,039 --> 00:30:21,760
Fair enough.

722
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:24,399
Of all of the of all of the things I do

723
00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:26,640
find issue with in these books, that one

724
00:30:24,399 --> 00:30:28,559
not an issue for me.

725
00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,159
Understood. Appreciate different

726
00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:33,279
perspectives.

727
00:30:30,159 --> 00:30:34,880
So she came home and said, "Smack my ass

728
00:30:33,279 --> 00:30:35,840
and call me Tiramisu."

729
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,039
That was the plan.

730
00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,799
That was the plan.

731
00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:43,760
But he was he is getting out of the

732
00:30:40,799 --> 00:30:44,559
shower that's attached to the gym.

733
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:49,440
Mhm.

734
00:30:44,559 --> 00:30:54,240
And he forgot that um he forgot his

735
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:57,120
clothes in his room. So he is naked with

736
00:30:54,240 --> 00:31:00,320
a towel or whatever. And Cara comes in

737
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:03,919
and sees he has

738
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:06,159
scars, like scarred up real bad all

739
00:31:03,919 --> 00:31:09,279
over.

740
00:31:06,159 --> 00:31:11,840
Um, and

741
00:31:09,279 --> 00:31:14,559
Simon starts to panic that like she's

742
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,919
seeing him and like all his scars and

743
00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:17,360
everything and he's like, "Oh my god,

744
00:31:15,919 --> 00:31:20,559
I'm hideous."

745
00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:23,520
And Cara is like, "Oh my god, that's the

746
00:31:20,559 --> 00:31:26,000
hottest thing I've ever seen in my life.

747
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,919
He's dessert first." And gives him his

748
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,960
first [ __ ]

749
00:31:27,919 --> 00:31:30,080
Oh.

750
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:33,520
ever.

751
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:36,000
Yeah, cuz he's never let a woman see him

752
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:38,960
before or interact with her

753
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,640
unrestrained.

754
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:42,480
So,

755
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:45,600
hope you liked it.

756
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,559
Well, my next note is his heart is full.

757
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,440
So, yes, he did.

758
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:48,320
His heart is full.

759
00:31:47,440 --> 00:31:50,000
His heart is full.

760
00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:52,799
His heart is full and his penis is

761
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:56,039
empty.

762
00:31:52,799 --> 00:31:56,039
Oh, no.

763
00:31:57,679 --> 00:32:03,360
empty penis and empty Would you have

764
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:05,919
preferred his balls are empty? I didn't

765
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,279
like any of it. But like, no, Chelsea,

766
00:32:05,919 --> 00:32:09,360
that really wasn't the part I took issue

767
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:12,559
with, actually. But I do think balls

768
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:14,240
empty is better. But anyway, it's

769
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:18,399
Simon's birthday

770
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:22,399
the next day and she is

771
00:32:18,399 --> 00:32:24,480
looking hot and they start making out in

772
00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:26,559
the elevator.

773
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,279
Um,

774
00:32:26,559 --> 00:32:32,559
and then there's more sex and it's more

775
00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:34,720
of like he has to turn her around at a

776
00:32:32,559 --> 00:32:38,080
certain angle and hold her hands and

777
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:41,679
[ __ ] like that to restrain her. It seems

778
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:44,000
like a lot like a big production.

779
00:32:41,679 --> 00:32:46,080
Um,

780
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:49,039
and this whole time she's trying to

781
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:52,159
remind herself like

782
00:32:49,039 --> 00:32:55,360
we're still casual like there's not

783
00:32:52,159 --> 00:32:57,200
Mhm. We've not discussed past this.

784
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:59,360
Like, I can't be catching feelings for

785
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:02,799
him. I'm like a convenient [ __ ] because

786
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:04,640
I live in his apartment. Like, this is

787
00:33:02,799 --> 00:33:05,919
not I don't need to be making it bigger

788
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:10,480
than it is.

789
00:33:05,919 --> 00:33:13,039
Um, and so they go to his birthday party

790
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:13,440
that his mom is throwing. Um cuz

791
00:33:13,039 --> 00:33:16,000
obviously

792
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:18,240
I know his mom was chill about there.

793
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:20,559
But I'm also like you just lost an

794
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:23,200
employee because she moved in with your

795
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:24,640
son that she hasn't known this whole

796
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,640
time and you don't have concerns about

797
00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,240
that. You're like, "Oh, I'm so glad he

798
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,919
found such a nice girl after that trauma

799
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:32,240
he went through when he was 16 that we

800
00:33:29,919 --> 00:33:34,399
don't talk about." Like what?

801
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:37,360
Yeah. Well, and it also had this weird

802
00:33:34,399 --> 00:33:39,200
energy that like the mom knew that Simon

803
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:41,120
would come by the restaurant to check

804
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:42,880
her out, like to check Cara out

805
00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:46,799
specifically.

806
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:49,279
It's just a very convoluted situation.

807
00:33:46,799 --> 00:33:50,960
And at the birthday party, Cara gets a

808
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:54,720
little bit overwhelmed. And so she goes

809
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:57,440
outside and she sees Simon with this

810
00:33:54,720 --> 00:34:02,480
blonde woman kind of all over him.

811
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:05,840
Um, and basically making a deal to trade

812
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:07,600
jewelry for sex. The the girl is like,

813
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:09,919
"Oh, you know,

814
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:11,919
it's been a while since you called me.

815
00:34:09,919 --> 00:34:14,320
there's this tennis bracelet I've really

816
00:34:11,919 --> 00:34:16,480
been wanting. Like we should definitely

817
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:18,879
schedule a time to get together.

818
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:23,280
Um and she's definitely like feeling him

819
00:34:18,879 --> 00:34:25,359
up as well. And so Cara panics and takes

820
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:27,679
off down towards the dock. There's

821
00:34:25,359 --> 00:34:29,359
always a dock. She takes off toward the

822
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:32,079
dock

823
00:34:29,359 --> 00:34:34,320
um to kind of process and remind herself

824
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:36,159
that like, hey,

825
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,240
this I don't really have a right to be

826
00:34:36,159 --> 00:34:40,800
upset about this. Like he didn't make me

827
00:34:38,240 --> 00:34:42,800
any promises. And don't we basically

828
00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,079
have the same arrangement? Like

829
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,839
Yeah. You're like, "It's not a diamond

830
00:34:44,079 --> 00:34:46,720
tennis bracelet, but it is nursing

831
00:34:45,839 --> 00:34:50,240
school tuition."

832
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:53,040
My whole education and rent and board.

833
00:34:50,240 --> 00:34:58,320
Mhm.

834
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:58,720
So, um Simon's brother Sam,

835
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,040
okay,

836
00:34:58,720 --> 00:35:05,839
startles her

837
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:09,839
down at the dock and um he is very

838
00:35:05,839 --> 00:35:12,560
obviously drunk and he says that um he's

839
00:35:09,839 --> 00:35:14,160
like, "Hey, so just so you know,

840
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:17,520
whenever this whole arrangement between

841
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:18,720
you and Simon is done,

842
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:21,599
I would like to pick up that

843
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:24,880
arrangement. Give me a call." and it's

844
00:35:21,599 --> 00:35:29,200
super gross.

845
00:35:24,880 --> 00:35:31,119
And she smacks him full in the face and

846
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:35,680
takes off

847
00:35:31,119 --> 00:35:36,960
and um she finds Simon's driver that had

848
00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,720
brought them to the party and is like,

849
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,200
"Take me home. Like, I don't want to be

850
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:39,839
here."

851
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:44,560
Mhm.

852
00:35:39,839 --> 00:35:47,119
I I can't be here anymore. So, um Cara

853
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:52,640
is gone when Simon gets back to the

854
00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:55,839
condo. So, it's empty and there is a

855
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:58,800
check and a note and a birthday gift on

856
00:35:55,839 --> 00:36:02,560
the counter when he gets home.

857
00:35:58,800 --> 00:36:07,680
And um it's her dad's lucky penny or

858
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:10,880
whatever um is the birthday gift. Um and

859
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:13,119
uh she basically wrote him a check for

860
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,640
whatever he would have spent

861
00:36:13,119 --> 00:36:18,320
or whatever.

862
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:20,960
Um, and he checks in with the security

863
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:25,200
who apparently has been trailing Cara

864
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:27,359
this whole time. Um, and they're like,

865
00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:29,760
"Oh, yeah, she's at Maddiey's house.

866
00:36:27,359 --> 00:36:33,359
She's safe."

867
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:35,680
So, Simon thinks that she left because

868
00:36:33,359 --> 00:36:38,800
his brother is a douchebag

869
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:41,200
and he's pretty livid about it. And he's

870
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:44,400
like, "I get that she's upset. I'll give

871
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:47,200
it a little time, but like she's coming

872
00:36:44,400 --> 00:36:47,599
back here. Like obviously, you know.

873
00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:48,880
Yeah.

874
00:36:47,599 --> 00:36:53,040
I'm not gonna be punished for my

875
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:55,119
brother's [ __ ] Um, so

876
00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,839
you'll just be accountable for your own

877
00:36:55,119 --> 00:36:56,800
actions.

878
00:36:55,839 --> 00:36:58,640
Correct.

879
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,200
Not even punished, just accountable.

880
00:36:58,640 --> 00:36:59,520
Yep.

881
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,680
Yeah.

882
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,400
The natural consequences of our own

883
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,760
actions.

884
00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:04,880
It's a real [ __ ]

885
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:07,280
Woo. Hate them.

886
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:09,280
Yeah. Yeah.

887
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:11,359
Unless they're the good ones. We don't

888
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:12,240
talk about that enough. Sometimes,

889
00:37:11,359 --> 00:37:14,160
you know, touche.

890
00:37:12,240 --> 00:37:17,280
The consequences of our own actions are

891
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:20,240
pretty clutch, but we don't we don't

892
00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:21,680
usually uh acknowledge those. So, it's

893
00:37:20,240 --> 00:37:22,560
10 days later.

894
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,079
Oh, 10.

895
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,720
It's 10 days later. Okay.

896
00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:29,359
And Cara is trying to find a job and

897
00:37:26,720 --> 00:37:31,440
having no success. Like, she's applying

898
00:37:29,359 --> 00:37:34,160
at tons of different restaurants in the

899
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:37,599
area. Like, anything really.

900
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:40,400
Let me guess, Simon's blocking any

901
00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:44,079
Yeah. any potential positions for her.

902
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:48,560
Yeah. But Sam shows up, the brother

903
00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:51,680
shows up and um basically begs her to go

904
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:53,280
to coffee with him and he is trying to

905
00:37:51,680 --> 00:37:55,040
make amends with her and he's like,

906
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:57,760
"Listen, I was drunk.

907
00:37:55,040 --> 00:38:01,200
I shouldn't have done that. It it was

908
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:05,520
gross and rude and I'm sorry. Like that

909
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:08,560
never should have happened." and um also

910
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:10,160
explains that Simon was not making an

911
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:12,160
arrangement with that other woman

912
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,680
because Sam had seen the whole thing.

913
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:16,320
Like it wasn't that

914
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:19,680
he stumbled down to the dock. He watched

915
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:23,440
Cara watch Simon with this other woman

916
00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:25,520
and then run away and followed her.

917
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,920
And so he's like, "That's not what that

918
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:30,480
was. They'd had an arrangement in the

919
00:38:27,920 --> 00:38:33,040
past." Like, you miss him telling her

920
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:36,079
essentially to [ __ ] off. like you missed

921
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:40,000
that part. Um, Simon really cares about

922
00:38:36,079 --> 00:38:41,839
you and Cara is like, "Listen, thank you

923
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,320
so much for your apology. I really

924
00:38:41,839 --> 00:38:47,440
appreciate you being honest with me. Um,

925
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:49,520
but I'm not I'm not going back to Simon.

926
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:53,520
Like, it's just not a good idea for me."

927
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:57,119
Yeah. Um, but then

928
00:38:53,520 --> 00:39:00,720
Cara gets jumped on her way home and she

929
00:38:57,119 --> 00:39:04,480
takes several hits to the head before

930
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:08,240
Sam hears her scream like from down the

931
00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:10,800
street and um

932
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:11,680
runs the guys off. It's the robbers from

933
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:13,040
the clinic.

934
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:16,079
The same robbers.

935
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:17,680
Uh-huh. Cuz they know that she saw their

936
00:39:16,079 --> 00:39:20,160
face

937
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:22,720
and she went to the cops. Oh.

938
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:26,480
So, um,

939
00:39:22,720 --> 00:39:30,079
she is in a bad way. Like, she's pretty

940
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:33,599
hurt. And so, she tries to ask Sam to

941
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:36,560
tell Simon that she loves him. And then

942
00:39:33,599 --> 00:39:37,760
she's like losing consciousness. It's

943
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,640
like,

944
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:41,440
Hannah,

945
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:43,280
Jan,

946
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:45,760
you're like, don't don't bring my name

947
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:49,480
into this.

948
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:49,480
And part three.

949
00:39:49,599 --> 00:39:52,560
I keep forgetting there's parts.

950
00:39:51,839 --> 00:39:53,200
Part three.

951
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:56,079
Part three.

952
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,480
Mine forever.

953
00:39:56,079 --> 00:39:58,560
Okay,

954
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:01,359
so we had mine for tonight, mine for

955
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:02,079
now, mine forever, which is an

956
00:40:01,359 --> 00:40:05,200
escalation.

957
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:06,079
How can you escalate beyond forever for

958
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:07,760
part four?

959
00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:11,599
I genuinely don't remember, but we'll

960
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:13,119
get it. We'll get it. Um, so I don't I

961
00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:13,920
remember the story. I don't remember the

962
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:18,320
title of the part.

963
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:20,320
No, I I I figured. Okay, good. So, okay.

964
00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:23,680
um mine forever. Cara wakes up in the

965
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:26,400
hospital and Simon is asleep in her room

966
00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:30,640
and she starts getting flashes of memory

967
00:40:26,400 --> 00:40:33,280
of like her being pretty hurt and then

968
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:35,680
she throws up on him and starts telling

969
00:40:33,280 --> 00:40:37,839
him that she loves him and she's like

970
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:38,400
all of this is coming back to her in the

971
00:40:37,839 --> 00:40:39,680
hospital.

972
00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:41,520
Literally throws up on him or like

973
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:43,760
emotionally like word vomits on him.

974
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:46,560
Literally just check. Yeah, literally

975
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,920
vomit. Um because clearly she has a

976
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:51,440
concussion.

977
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:53,760
So, um, Simon wakes up and he's like,

978
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:57,119
"Hey, yeah, so you're never leaving

979
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:58,960
again. You're coming home with me. Um,

980
00:40:57,119 --> 00:41:01,280
I'm going to protect you. This is

981
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:04,160
[ __ ] We're never doing this again."

982
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:07,280
And this is when he reveals that he's

983
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:11,520
been protecting her for a year. That

984
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:14,319
he's been following her unsolicited

985
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:18,240
for a year.

986
00:41:14,319 --> 00:41:18,880
How would you respond to that news,

987
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:23,760
Hannah?

988
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:26,560
I got to say I don't think Well,

989
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:28,480
I'm also like you don't love this man.

990
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:31,119
You don't know this man.

991
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:35,839
Like, who even are you? Connecting on

992
00:41:31,119 --> 00:41:40,000
video games and good sex is not enough

993
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:43,640
for me to be like, "Yes, I would die for

994
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:43,640
you." What?

995
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:48,160
What?

996
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:50,480
Yeah, Fortnite

997
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:54,359
is really

998
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:54,359
not enough. Fortnite.

999
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:59,520
Mhm. Yeah. I was thinking more Zelda.

1000
00:41:59,119 --> 00:42:00,720
Um,

1001
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,720
also a great choice.

1002
00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:03,720
Yeah.

1003
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,400
There's so many video game options.

1004
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,440
really could be

1005
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:11,359
so many

1006
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:12,000
any of the series.

1007
00:42:11,359 --> 00:42:14,400
But she

1008
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:16,079
maybe it's just Animal Crossing.

1009
00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,760
Oh my god.

1010
00:42:16,079 --> 00:42:21,880
This was all about Animal Crossing.

1011
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:21,880
I was like, could it be Frogger?

1012
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:31,440
Okay, as an aside, I had downloaded

1013
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:34,800
probably like this time last year

1014
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:36,160
um like a random just like city

1015
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:38,400
building. sure

1016
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:41,040
mindn numbing game that you have on your

1017
00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,839
cell phone, right?

1018
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:45,280
And okay, once you like build your city

1019
00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:47,680
to a certain level, you can join

1020
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:49,440
alliances and and when you share like

1021
00:42:47,680 --> 00:42:50,720
join alliance, you can share resources.

1022
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,400
And I'm like, yeah, I'm just here to

1023
00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:54,720
share some resources. I just want to

1024
00:42:52,400 --> 00:42:57,119
build my city faster. Like this is not

1025
00:42:54,720 --> 00:43:00,960
that deep.

1026
00:42:57,119 --> 00:43:03,520
There was a whole mutiny in my alliance.

1027
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:05,680
like

1028
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:08,319
half of them left and joined another

1029
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:10,560
alliance and the other half like went to

1030
00:43:08,319 --> 00:43:14,160
I'm like I guess I I guess I have to

1031
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:14,560
find a new alliance now cuz I I'm not

1032
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:15,839
invested.

1033
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:17,760
I'm not a part of this.

1034
00:43:15,839 --> 00:43:19,920
But I'm like oh this is a level of

1035
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,920
intensity to this game that I was not

1036
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:24,319
prepared for. So I joined a new alliance

1037
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,720
and I'm like my numbers are like okay in

1038
00:43:24,319 --> 00:43:28,800
the like I don't have bad numbers. It's

1039
00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:30,400
a 100 person alliance. There are 100

1040
00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:34,079
people like all of the slots are taken

1041
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:37,760
in it. I'm ranked number 90 when it

1042
00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:40,640
comes to power and I like re I'm like

1043
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,880
do y'all have jobs? What do you do all

1044
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:44,640
like y'all are planning these like

1045
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:47,760
attacks and these events and you are

1046
00:43:44,640 --> 00:43:48,160
coordinating and it is noon.

1047
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,240
Yeah.

1048
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,640
And y'all don't live overseas.

1049
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:53,760
Yeah.

1050
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:54,400
Like what is hap like the intensity

1051
00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:56,720
Mhm.

1052
00:43:54,400 --> 00:44:00,000
of like they keep wanting me to get on

1053
00:43:56,720 --> 00:44:04,000
Discord. I'm like, "No, I don't need to

1054
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:07,760
join Discord for this. I just wanted to

1055
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:12,680
gather some coal and wood and meat and

1056
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:12,680
iron and build my little city."

1057
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:18,720
So, my husband is one of those people

1058
00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:19,359
that's in the Discord and active.

1059
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:22,960
Yes.

1060
00:44:19,359 --> 00:44:24,480
For a a a space game.

1061
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,280
Does he Oh, space. Okay.

1062
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:28,800
Space. Yeah, it's space. So, what is

1063
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:33,040
hilarious

1064
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:36,160
is he we follow this one particular band

1065
00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:38,319
that has a a fiddler named Lightning

1066
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:42,000
Luke, right?

1067
00:44:38,319 --> 00:44:45,920
And years ago, Matt was like, "Honey,

1068
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:49,040
honey, I I think Lightning Luke

1069
00:44:45,920 --> 00:44:52,240
is in my alliance on this game."

1070
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:55,839
He's like, "Holy shit." And so he like

1071
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:57,200
DM'd him through Discord and it was him.

1072
00:44:55,839 --> 00:44:58,160
It was him.

1073
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,880
Incredible.

1074
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:03,839
And we met him cuz we went to see this

1075
00:45:00,880 --> 00:45:06,400
band and we met him and Matt was so he

1076
00:45:03,839 --> 00:45:10,560
was like, "Bro, do you remember playing

1077
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:13,920
Star Trek online in 2022?

1078
00:45:10,560 --> 00:45:16,920
I was in that alliance and they were so

1079
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,920
cute."

1080
00:45:18,319 --> 00:45:22,079
That's such a pure moment. the joy that

1081
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:24,560
that brought your husband.

1082
00:45:22,079 --> 00:45:27,920
I know. He was so excited about it. He

1083
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:30,400
was so excited about it. Anyway,

1084
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:32,079
meanwhile, I was in my lines for 6

1085
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,720
months before I learned that there was a

1086
00:45:32,079 --> 00:45:36,640
translate button cuz I was like, I I

1087
00:45:34,720 --> 00:45:37,760
can't read a single thing that anyone in

1088
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,160
this group is saying.

1089
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,560
Yeah.

1090
00:45:38,160 --> 00:45:43,200
Shucks.

1091
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:44,800
I was like, "Oh, I probably should have

1092
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,920
been paying better attention this whole

1093
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:49,280
time." Yeah, but I'm like if they kick

1094
00:45:47,920 --> 00:45:52,640
me out of the alliance because I don't

1095
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:53,200
take it seriously enough.

1096
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:54,960
All right.

1097
00:45:53,200 --> 00:45:56,319
I'm gonna laugh really hard.

1098
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:57,280
Like I get it. Like

1099
00:45:56,319 --> 00:46:00,160
Yeah.

1100
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:01,520
Yeah. Y'all are

1101
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:02,480
always play like

1102
00:46:01,520 --> 00:46:04,640
different.

1103
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:08,480
Well, and also

1104
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:11,839
in the alliance there's like, oh, your

1105
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:14,480
alliance member bought a pack of like

1106
00:46:11,839 --> 00:46:17,680
whatever. And so whenever anyone spends

1107
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:19,599
real money on resources in the game, you

1108
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:23,920
get something like as an alliance member

1109
00:46:19,599 --> 00:46:26,640
for it. And so I'm like, how much money

1110
00:46:23,920 --> 00:46:29,200
are are you dropping on this? Like this

1111
00:46:26,640 --> 00:46:31,599
is why we hold

1112
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:33,200
Matt does not spend money on it.

1113
00:46:31,599 --> 00:46:35,599
I'm not going to lie, there have been a

1114
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:37,280
couple times where I've been like pretty

1115
00:46:35,599 --> 00:46:39,839
toasted and I'm like, "This feels like a

1116
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,960
great use of $5." And then I'm like,

1117
00:46:39,839 --> 00:46:43,440
it's not. No.

1118
00:46:40,960 --> 00:46:46,400
At no point is this a good use of $5.

1119
00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:49,119
But the funniest part is the Apple like

1120
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:50,400
bill won't come through.

1121
00:46:49,119 --> 00:46:53,680
And for like a couple of days I was

1122
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:56,800
like, what did I spend $469

1123
00:46:53,680 --> 00:47:00,839
on? Oh,

1124
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,839
wood hero shards.

1125
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:10,240
Incredible. And I was like, yeah, that's

1126
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:11,599
my limit. I got a little drunk once and

1127
00:47:10,240 --> 00:47:14,480
spent five dollars on the game. I was

1128
00:47:11,599 --> 00:47:17,040
like, and I can't ever spend real money

1129
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:19,599
on these games. I'm like, what? What are

1130
00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:21,599
y'all doing?

1131
00:47:19,599 --> 00:47:22,960
And like one person commented and

1132
00:47:21,599 --> 00:47:24,240
they're like, hey guys, I got to quit.

1133
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:26,000
Got to spend more time in the real

1134
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:28,079
world.

1135
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:29,359
Great insight to have. Also, did you

1136
00:47:28,079 --> 00:47:30,960
have to talk to a therapist to come to

1137
00:47:29,359 --> 00:47:32,720
that realization? Like what happened in

1138
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,880
your life that you were like, I need to

1139
00:47:32,720 --> 00:47:36,240
make an announcement to quit that like

1140
00:47:34,880 --> 00:47:38,160
at that level,

1141
00:47:36,240 --> 00:47:39,920
right? And I was like, I really thought

1142
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:43,839
that this was just like a silly little

1143
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:45,440
worldbuing game and was not

1144
00:47:43,839 --> 00:47:46,880
prepared.

1145
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,839
People take that [ __ ] seriously.

1146
00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:50,560
They really do.

1147
00:47:47,839 --> 00:47:52,000
Yeah. It's a little concerning.

1148
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:55,520
Well, and it's interesting, right? Like

1149
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,960
we all want to be seen and feel known in

1150
00:47:55,520 --> 00:47:58,079
community and like be a part of

1151
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,960
something

1152
00:47:58,079 --> 00:48:04,400
and it's I'm like I never really

1153
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:07,359
considered that like a game like that

1154
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:10,720
could be that outlet. Sure.

1155
00:48:07,359 --> 00:48:12,960
And then watching my entire alliance

1156
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:16,000
fall apart over I'm like, "Oh, y'all

1157
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,880
really take this so seriously."

1158
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:19,200
Yeah.

1159
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,960
Yeah. I'm like, "This is

1160
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:24,000
it's a lot

1161
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:25,200
wild to like." But it does make sense

1162
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,160
though when you're like, "Oh, people

1163
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:27,680
want to be engaged. They want to be a

1164
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,680
part of a community." And also when you

1165
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:31,520
take a step back, you're like, "I just

1166
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:34,240
didn't think I realized there was a

1167
00:48:31,520 --> 00:48:34,880
community around this to be a part of."

1168
00:48:34,240 --> 00:48:36,079
Yes.

1169
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,839
Mhm. Mhm.

1170
00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:40,079
Anyway,

1171
00:48:37,839 --> 00:48:41,760
communities come in many places

1172
00:48:40,079 --> 00:48:42,559
and Simon doesn't really have one.

1173
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:44,880
He doesn't.

1174
00:48:42,559 --> 00:48:47,839
No. Outside of Cara.

1175
00:48:44,880 --> 00:48:51,040
So, um

1176
00:48:47,839 --> 00:48:53,040
she So, after this big reveal

1177
00:48:51,040 --> 00:48:55,760
of like that he's been following her all

1178
00:48:53,040 --> 00:48:59,119
this time and he wants her to come home.

1179
00:48:55,760 --> 00:49:02,319
Um she passes out again

1180
00:48:59,119 --> 00:49:05,520
and then upon waking is like, "Oh my

1181
00:49:02,319 --> 00:49:07,599
god, Simon looks terrible.

1182
00:49:05,520 --> 00:49:09,520
Okay, I'll come home with you because

1183
00:49:07,599 --> 00:49:11,520
obviously

1184
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:14,079
you are so worried about me that you're

1185
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:15,040
causing harm to yourself and so I have

1186
00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:17,520
no choice.

1187
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:19,359
I love you. I have no choice but to care

1188
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:22,640
about you in this way.

1189
00:49:19,359 --> 00:49:24,559
And so then a few days later, they're

1190
00:49:22,640 --> 00:49:25,920
they've been back at home. He's been

1191
00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:27,440
taking care of her.

1192
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:29,839
Cara wakes up screaming from a

1193
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:32,400
nightmare. They're still not sharing a

1194
00:49:29,839 --> 00:49:34,079
bed. So Simon comes in and like picks

1195
00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:38,160
her up and takes her back to his bed,

1196
00:49:34,079 --> 00:49:40,160
which is a big deal. Um, and she is

1197
00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:42,960
like,

1198
00:49:40,160 --> 00:49:44,640
"Help me forget." And so of course they

1199
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:47,359
[ __ ]

1200
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:48,559
The help me forget.

1201
00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:49,040
I don't like that trope.

1202
00:49:48,559 --> 00:49:52,240
No.

1203
00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:53,200
It's not a good one for me.

1204
00:49:52,240 --> 00:49:57,359
No.

1205
00:49:53,200 --> 00:50:00,000
No. I always feel a little

1206
00:49:57,359 --> 00:50:01,280
gross when there's been like a a sexual

1207
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,800
thing and they're like, I don't want

1208
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:05,760
them to be

1209
00:50:02,800 --> 00:50:08,480
Yeah. It's like erase them with you.

1210
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:10,400
Like it's just a I'm like that's not how

1211
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:12,079
that works with coping.

1212
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:14,319
Right. Right.

1213
00:50:12,079 --> 00:50:16,800
Like like I understand taking your

1214
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:17,760
agency back and like making your own

1215
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:21,119
choices for yourself.

1216
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:24,960
A great way to word that. And it does

1217
00:50:21,119 --> 00:50:27,359
feel different when it's like this

1218
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:31,520
impulsive.

1219
00:50:27,359 --> 00:50:32,079
Um, but this is their solidifying [ __ ]

1220
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,680
Okay.

1221
00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:40,240
And Simon starts to freak out when she's

1222
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:44,240
on top. And so, um,

1223
00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:47,440
she's like, I will someday learn

1224
00:50:44,240 --> 00:50:50,079
why he has all these hang-ups, but not

1225
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:53,480
now.

1226
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:53,480
And so,

1227
00:50:54,319 --> 00:50:58,800
sorry, I forgot about this part. I

1228
00:50:55,920 --> 00:51:00,480
forgot about this part. So, she decides

1229
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:02,960
that she's going to get to the bottom of

1230
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:06,520
this situation by withholding sex until

1231
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:06,520
he tells her.

1232
00:51:06,559 --> 00:51:10,440
And it's been three days.

1233
00:51:11,359 --> 00:51:17,680
Sorry. I'm so sorry.

1234
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:20,680
It's been three days.

1235
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:20,680
I

1236
00:51:20,960 --> 00:51:24,960
I don't do a lot of couples counseling.

1237
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:27,119
Me either. I don't like it.

1238
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:29,440
I don't I It's really not my bread and

1239
00:51:27,119 --> 00:51:32,319
butter.

1240
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:36,480
But I I do feel like navigating it like

1241
00:51:32,319 --> 00:51:38,880
anyone who like wants to weaponize sex

1242
00:51:36,480 --> 00:51:39,839
in their relationship and like

1243
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,400
immediately no.

1244
00:51:39,839 --> 00:51:44,240
This will not yield any of the results

1245
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,880
that you are looking for.

1246
00:51:44,240 --> 00:51:47,680
Immediately no.

1247
00:51:46,880 --> 00:51:49,839
Mm-m.

1248
00:51:47,680 --> 00:51:51,599
I'm like, "No, that's not how we

1249
00:51:49,839 --> 00:51:53,040
navigate those things. That's not how we

1250
00:51:51,599 --> 00:51:55,040
get what we want."

1251
00:51:53,040 --> 00:51:57,920
Mm- Mm-

1252
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:59,599
No. I'm like, and I

1253
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:01,200
It's been 3 days.

1254
00:51:59,599 --> 00:52:02,880
It's been 3 days.

1255
00:52:01,200 --> 00:52:04,480
And he looks even worse than when she

1256
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:07,760
got mugged on the street,

1257
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:11,280
basically. So, he gets a pep talk from

1258
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:13,680
his brother, from Sam. And Sam is

1259
00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:17,280
basically like, you know, don't [ __ ]

1260
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:21,040
this up. Like if you really like her, if

1261
00:52:17,280 --> 00:52:24,240
she is really genuinely worth it, then

1262
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:27,119
start acting like it basically. Um,

1263
00:52:24,240 --> 00:52:29,440
so look at Sam kind of being cool and

1264
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:31,119
chill after the initial

1265
00:52:29,440 --> 00:52:33,760
douchebaggeriness.

1266
00:52:31,119 --> 00:52:35,599
So, what I have left out and what

1267
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:39,119
doesn't matter and I don't think it

1268
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:44,000
comes up again really is that apparently

1269
00:52:39,119 --> 00:52:46,240
Maddie the bestie knows Sam very well

1270
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:50,160
and it's been alluded to multiple times

1271
00:52:46,240 --> 00:52:53,119
that like he let somebody get away

1272
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:55,040
and Maddie hates him

1273
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:55,599
because

1274
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:58,800
Yes.

1275
00:52:55,599 --> 00:53:00,880
Okay. Um, so that's all this setup going

1276
00:52:58,800 --> 00:53:03,920
on and that's part of this pep talk is

1277
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:07,599
Sam like berating himself yet again for

1278
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:10,319
whatever he did to Maddie. Um, and then

1279
00:53:07,599 --> 00:53:14,079
um, Simon realizes it's Valentine's Day.

1280
00:53:10,319 --> 00:53:16,079
Whoopsie. Oops. Daisy. And so then

1281
00:53:14,079 --> 00:53:17,359
the abruptness of everything in this

1282
00:53:16,079 --> 00:53:20,720
book is unmatched.

1283
00:53:17,359 --> 00:53:23,040
I know. And so then he like storms over

1284
00:53:20,720 --> 00:53:25,200
to his assistants because he has two and

1285
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:28,240
one of them is like an older woman and

1286
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:30,079
one of them is a younger woman and he's

1287
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:33,119
like

1288
00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:36,319
tell me what to do for Valentine's Day

1289
00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:41,920
and he gets all kinds of tips from them.

1290
00:53:36,319 --> 00:53:46,400
And so uh Cara is at home. She's taking

1291
00:53:41,920 --> 00:53:49,280
a bath, contemplating her continued lack

1292
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:54,079
of connection with Simon on a deeper

1293
00:53:49,280 --> 00:53:56,480
level, and how she doesn't understand

1294
00:53:54,079 --> 00:53:58,880
why he won't open up to her, which

1295
00:53:56,480 --> 00:54:02,000
obviously leads to her masturbating in

1296
00:53:58,880 --> 00:54:04,640
the tub. Um, and that's how Simon finds

1297
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:06,880
her.

1298
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:07,920
How How else would he find her? Right.

1299
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:13,680
That feels accurate,

1300
00:54:07,920 --> 00:54:15,599
right? Right. Right. So, um, she

1301
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:19,280
they get off together, like while he's

1302
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:22,160
watching her, he also rubs one out and

1303
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:24,640
she declares her love for him. And then

1304
00:54:22,160 --> 00:54:27,359
is like, "I'm really sorry that I pushed

1305
00:54:24,640 --> 00:54:30,800
you. I shouldn't have done that. I

1306
00:54:27,359 --> 00:54:33,119
shouldn't be withholding sex. I'm sorry.

1307
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:34,400
I just really care about you." Whatever.

1308
00:54:33,119 --> 00:54:35,520
And wanted you to tell me. And you

1309
00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:37,200
wouldn't tell me cuz you didn't feel

1310
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:38,800
safe enough yet. And I just thought

1311
00:54:37,200 --> 00:54:40,240
maybe withholding sex would make you

1312
00:54:38,800 --> 00:54:43,359
feel safe enough to tell me.

1313
00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:45,359
Sure, you get it. We're fostering a

1314
00:54:43,359 --> 00:54:46,319
sense of safe safety and trust.

1315
00:54:45,359 --> 00:54:47,599
Obviously,

1316
00:54:46,319 --> 00:54:49,040
yeah, that's like one of those moments

1317
00:54:47,599 --> 00:54:50,319
that like a couple would come in and

1318
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:51,520
tell you that the situation is split out

1319
00:54:50,319 --> 00:54:52,720
and you're like, you look at Cara and be

1320
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:53,440
like, "How did you think that was going

1321
00:54:52,720 --> 00:54:54,720
to go?"

1322
00:54:53,440 --> 00:54:55,200
Yep.

1323
00:54:54,720 --> 00:54:55,920
Yep.

1324
00:54:55,200 --> 00:54:56,319
Cara.

1325
00:54:55,920 --> 00:54:57,839
Yep.

1326
00:54:56,319 --> 00:54:58,640
That is not how that works.

1327
00:54:57,839 --> 00:55:02,800
Nigh nigh.

1328
00:54:58,640 --> 00:55:06,160
No. Okay. and he very obviously does not

1329
00:55:02,800 --> 00:55:09,760
reciprocate her declaration of love.

1330
00:55:06,160 --> 00:55:10,960
Like she's now told him she loves him.

1331
00:55:09,760 --> 00:55:12,880
Well, I was going to say that wasn't the

1332
00:55:10,960 --> 00:55:14,000
first one time cuz it was in the

1333
00:55:12,880 --> 00:55:17,839
hospital too, right?

1334
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:21,440
Mhm. Um, but he does say that he is

1335
00:55:17,839 --> 00:55:23,920
never letting her go and he does decide

1336
00:55:21,440 --> 00:55:28,000
to open up to her about the past and

1337
00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:32,800
gets into the bathtub with her

1338
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:35,839
and he reveals that the girl he had a

1339
00:55:32,800 --> 00:55:39,280
crush on when he was younger

1340
00:55:35,839 --> 00:55:40,880
um, stabbed him while they were having

1341
00:55:39,280 --> 00:55:46,240
sex

1342
00:55:40,880 --> 00:55:50,640
um, as a revenge kill because his dad

1343
00:55:46,240 --> 00:55:54,559
owed some gang money. But then the dad

1344
00:55:50,640 --> 00:55:59,680
died before he could pay what he owed.

1345
00:55:54,559 --> 00:56:01,760
So this girl decided to stab Simon

1346
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:05,040
midbone

1347
00:56:01,760 --> 00:56:07,200
as a revenge killing.

1348
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:10,520
And that's why he needs people to be

1349
00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:10,520
tied up

1350
00:56:12,319 --> 00:56:15,599
of all of the places that could have

1351
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,520
gone.

1352
00:56:15,599 --> 00:56:18,400
Yeah.

1353
00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:21,760
Yeah.

1354
00:56:18,400 --> 00:56:26,240
I as a 16-year-old like this was another

1355
00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:29,040
16-year-old who stabbed him.

1356
00:56:26,240 --> 00:56:31,920
She'd seen some [ __ ]

1357
00:56:29,040 --> 00:56:33,920
She's on what was that? Uh thin man [ __ ]

1358
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:35,680
like

1359
00:56:33,920 --> 00:56:37,359
like Like what?

1360
00:56:35,680 --> 00:56:39,440
What?

1361
00:56:37,359 --> 00:56:40,000
What?

1362
00:56:39,440 --> 00:56:42,079
So,

1363
00:56:40,000 --> 00:56:44,319
you know, to Simon's credit, that would

1364
00:56:42,079 --> 00:56:46,559
[ __ ] up your view of sex.

1365
00:56:44,319 --> 00:56:47,119
Yes, it would definitely have an impact.

1366
00:56:46,559 --> 00:56:51,359
Mhm.

1367
00:56:47,119 --> 00:56:53,920
And so, um, they are getting out of the

1368
00:56:51,359 --> 00:56:56,640
bath. They've really connected on all of

1369
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:58,960
this. Cara is really grateful for

1370
00:56:56,640 --> 00:57:00,640
everything. And then she's like, "Oh, I

1371
00:56:58,960 --> 00:57:02,880
am thirsty though. I should get

1372
00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:05,920
something to drink." And Simon is like,

1373
00:57:02,880 --> 00:57:08,319
"Oh my god, I'm not taking care of you

1374
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:10,160
and has like a full meltdown about her

1375
00:57:08,319 --> 00:57:12,880
being thirsty,

1376
00:57:10,160 --> 00:57:16,559
which feels like so much energy. It's

1377
00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:19,040
really cool. I can go get some water.

1378
00:57:16,559 --> 00:57:21,280
I have the technology.

1379
00:57:19,040 --> 00:57:23,200
Are they still in the tub?" They are

1380
00:57:21,280 --> 00:57:26,079
like getting out of the tub and she just

1381
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:29,280
mentions, "I'm thirsty." And he's like,

1382
00:57:26,079 --> 00:57:32,640
"Unfucking acceptable." There are

1383
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:37,640
without a doubt at least four sources of

1384
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:37,640
water in that bathroom alone.

1385
00:57:38,319 --> 00:57:42,160
Like,

1386
00:57:40,319 --> 00:57:45,680
oh, okay. Sure.

1387
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:47,280
Yep. Yep. So, they are walking into the

1388
00:57:45,680 --> 00:57:48,880
kitchen and carrot

1389
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:50,640
she passes out again.

1390
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:53,599
No,

1391
00:57:50,640 --> 00:57:56,160
he has set up an entire like Valentine's

1392
00:57:53,599 --> 00:57:59,920
Day wonderland.

1393
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:02,160
There's like flower petals everywhere

1394
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:03,839
and teddy bears. And

1395
00:58:02,160 --> 00:58:05,280
was he actually having a meltdown or was

1396
00:58:03,839 --> 00:58:06,799
that just to get her into the kitchen

1397
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:09,040
for her surprise?

1398
00:58:06,799 --> 00:58:11,280
I It felt like it really was happening

1399
00:58:09,040 --> 00:58:13,920
and he like forgot that the gifts were

1400
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:17,839
there. Was the energy because he was so

1401
00:58:13,920 --> 00:58:22,480
focused on her thirst.

1402
00:58:17,839 --> 00:58:23,520
So she also had gotten him um some silk

1403
00:58:22,480 --> 00:58:27,359
boxers.

1404
00:58:23,520 --> 00:58:30,880
Okay. And she oh I

1405
00:58:27,359 --> 00:58:33,920
she felt bad that he had gotten her so

1406
00:58:30,880 --> 00:58:36,880
many things and so she was like also

1407
00:58:33,920 --> 00:58:40,799
five wishes

1408
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:43,520
and he immediately is like

1409
00:58:40,799 --> 00:58:45,599
oh I I forgot he also had put like

1410
00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:49,920
$100,000 in her bank account and was

1411
00:58:45,599 --> 00:58:51,839
like just in case rainy day fund lol

1412
00:58:49,920 --> 00:58:53,839
and she's like trying been trying to

1413
00:58:51,839 --> 00:58:56,319
give it back this whole time and so He's

1414
00:58:53,839 --> 00:58:59,799
immediately like, "I wish for you to

1415
00:58:56,319 --> 00:58:59,799
keep all the money."

1416
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:06,720
Okay, touche, Simon. Well played.

1417
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:11,520
And I wish for you to keep your security

1418
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:13,599
detail. And she's like, "Okay,

1419
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:15,200
all right."

1420
00:59:13,599 --> 00:59:16,720
And then they have sex

1421
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:21,200
and they get you two wishes.

1422
00:59:16,720 --> 00:59:22,160
Yeah. He's saving the rest of them.

1423
00:59:21,200 --> 00:59:25,839
Of course he is.

1424
00:59:22,160 --> 00:59:27,440
Yeah. So they bang and she's on top and

1425
00:59:25,839 --> 00:59:29,440
it's all very emotional because he

1426
00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:31,359
didn't tie her up or restrain her or

1427
00:59:29,440 --> 00:59:34,000
anything. It's like a big big deal for

1428
00:59:31,359 --> 00:59:36,480
them in this moment.

1429
00:59:34,000 --> 00:59:38,640
And then

1430
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:43,119
like

1431
00:59:38,640 --> 00:59:45,119
a couple of weeks later, I guess

1432
00:59:43,119 --> 00:59:47,280
they go to Disney cuz she had mentioned

1433
00:59:45,119 --> 00:59:49,359
she always wanted to go. So like for her

1434
00:59:47,280 --> 00:59:51,200
spring break, he takes her to Disney.

1435
00:59:49,359 --> 00:59:53,440
It's only about an hour away. I was

1436
00:59:51,200 --> 00:59:55,440
going to say, feels like you could have

1437
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:57,599
done that at any time.

1438
00:59:55,440 --> 00:59:58,400
Well, he waited until she got a break

1439
00:59:57,599 --> 01:00:00,319
from school, Hannah.

1440
00:59:58,400 --> 01:00:02,000
No, I mean, she could have gone because

1441
01:00:00,319 --> 01:00:02,240
she's like she really wanted to go. I

1442
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:04,240
was like,

1443
01:00:02,240 --> 01:00:05,440
girl, the cost of Disney. You think she

1444
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:07,200
could afford that?

1445
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:09,520
Well, I was thinking they have like

1446
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:11,920
local discounts and they have like ways

1447
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:14,640
to do it for not super

1448
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:16,799
res It's a lot easier.

1449
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:19,520
Yeah. And who doesn't know somebody who

1450
01:00:16,799 --> 01:00:21,760
works at Disney nearby

1451
01:00:19,520 --> 01:00:24,000
Tampa? Yeah.

1452
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:25,440
And like hospitality industry

1453
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:26,880
for sure.

1454
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:29,359
I never worked in those and I knew

1455
01:00:26,880 --> 01:00:29,680
people who worked at Disney.

1456
01:00:29,359 --> 01:00:31,200
Yeah.

1457
01:00:29,680 --> 01:00:33,200
One of the funniest conversations was

1458
01:00:31,200 --> 01:00:34,319
one of the dudes who played Aladdin and

1459
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,319
he was like,

1460
01:00:34,319 --> 01:00:38,799
"Yeah, we had an Aladdin meeting and

1461
01:00:36,319 --> 01:00:40,559
that was pretty trippy."

1462
01:00:38,799 --> 01:00:42,160
I was like, I've never conceptualized

1463
01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:44,480
that before that there's just like a

1464
01:00:42,160 --> 01:00:48,079
group of dudes who all have we're all

1465
01:00:44,480 --> 01:00:52,079
Aladdin similar enough aesthetic. Oh

1466
01:00:48,079 --> 01:00:55,599
god. Right. Right. I was like, "Oh,

1467
01:00:52,079 --> 01:01:01,200
touche." Similar but different would be

1468
01:00:55,599 --> 01:01:04,799
the time that I led a process group for

1469
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:06,880
a group of severe and persistently ill,

1470
01:01:04,799 --> 01:01:07,440
mentally ill young men.

1471
01:01:06,880 --> 01:01:10,720
Mhm.

1472
01:01:07,440 --> 01:01:14,160
They were all actively psychotic.

1473
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:17,920
Four of them believed they were Jesus

1474
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:21,359
and one believed he was Satan. And I was

1475
01:01:17,920 --> 01:01:24,480
a baby therapist at the time, like fresh

1476
01:01:21,359 --> 01:01:26,400
out of school. And so I was kind of in a

1477
01:01:24,480 --> 01:01:29,760
panic about like how they were all going

1478
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:31,599
to interact. I was like, are the Jesuses

1479
01:01:29,760 --> 01:01:33,920
going to fight?

1480
01:01:31,599 --> 01:01:35,920
Are they going to like form a coalition

1481
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:39,440
against Satan? Like what's going to h

1482
01:01:35,920 --> 01:01:41,440
like I genuinely don't know.

1483
01:01:39,440 --> 01:01:43,440
But they all worked it out so they could

1484
01:01:41,440 --> 01:01:46,559
all be Jesus. They were like, "Oh, no,

1485
01:01:43,440 --> 01:01:50,640
no, no, no, no. You're the son of God.

1486
01:01:46,559 --> 01:01:52,799
I am the second coming. He is Jesus

1487
01:01:50,640 --> 01:01:54,400
reincarnated. And they had like a whole

1488
01:01:52,799 --> 01:01:56,720
thing where they were each a different

1489
01:01:54,400 --> 01:01:57,599
like aspect of Jesus.

1490
01:01:56,720 --> 01:01:59,760
Fascinating.

1491
01:01:57,599 --> 01:02:03,119
It was incredible.

1492
01:01:59,760 --> 01:02:04,960
And then the poor poor kid who believed

1493
01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:06,960
that he was Satan.

1494
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:09,040
He was actually probably one of the most

1495
01:02:06,960 --> 01:02:10,640
precious individuals ever because he

1496
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:12,480
really believed that if he made eye

1497
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:14,960
contact with people that they would be

1498
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:17,040
possessed. And so he refused to make eye

1499
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:19,680
contact. And that was like

1500
01:02:17,040 --> 01:02:22,240
like a treatment goal that we had was

1501
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:24,799
for him to be able to make eye contact.

1502
01:02:22,240 --> 01:02:28,000
But he was so quiet and so reserved cuz

1503
01:02:24,799 --> 01:02:32,520
he didn't want to hurt anybody that that

1504
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:32,520
the Jesus's all left him alone.

1505
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:38,640
And I think the biggest takeaway about

1506
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:41,119
you being a baby therapist in that

1507
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:43,119
situation is that as a baby therapist,

1508
01:02:41,119 --> 01:02:45,200
you really try to prepare yourself for

1509
01:02:43,119 --> 01:02:47,119
how to navigate that. You're like

1510
01:02:45,200 --> 01:02:48,480
researching techniques and you're like,

1511
01:02:47,119 --> 01:02:50,400
"Okay, we're going to all get through

1512
01:02:48,480 --> 01:02:52,160
this smooth." And then as a seasoned

1513
01:02:50,400 --> 01:02:54,400
therapist, you're like,

1514
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:56,160
"There's not a single thing I can do to

1515
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:56,799
prepare me for the other side of that

1516
01:02:56,160 --> 01:02:58,880
door.

1517
01:02:56,799 --> 01:02:59,520
We will navigate it as it comes."

1518
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:00,640
Yep.

1519
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,240
It will all be okay.

1520
01:03:00,640 --> 01:03:04,079
We are going to buckle the [ __ ] up and

1521
01:03:02,240 --> 01:03:06,640
we are going to figure it out.

1522
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:10,000
Um, but

1523
01:03:06,640 --> 01:03:13,760
they're still at Disney. And this is

1524
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:15,359
where he uses his last Valentine wish

1525
01:03:13,760 --> 01:03:19,520
cuz he had used the other two for other

1526
01:03:15,359 --> 01:03:22,079
things. He uses his last one um to ask

1527
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:26,640
her to marry him.

1528
01:03:22,079 --> 01:03:28,079
So they are now engaged. Part four.

1529
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:28,559
That was still part three.

1530
01:03:28,079 --> 01:03:29,359
Yep.

1531
01:03:28,559 --> 01:03:32,720
God damn.

1532
01:03:29,359 --> 01:03:33,839
Mine completely. That's the next one.

1533
01:03:32,720 --> 01:03:36,160
Well, okay.

1534
01:03:33,839 --> 01:03:39,359
A year has passed.

1535
01:03:36,160 --> 01:03:42,240
We're jumping ahead. Okay. And Carara

1536
01:03:39,359 --> 01:03:48,400
comes to Simon and says that they really

1537
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:50,880
need to talk and she wants a prenup

1538
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:51,920
and cuz they're still not married.

1539
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:53,280
They're planning the wedding and

1540
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:55,680
everything and they get into a huge

1541
01:03:53,280 --> 01:03:58,799
fight about it and I still don't

1542
01:03:55,680 --> 01:04:01,839
understand why. That's in my notes. It

1543
01:03:58,799 --> 01:04:03,039
says I don't understand why

1544
01:04:01,839 --> 01:04:03,760
why they're getting into a fight about a

1545
01:04:03,039 --> 01:04:05,599
prenup.

1546
01:04:03,760 --> 01:04:10,319
Yeah. because Simon doesn't want to sign

1547
01:04:05,599 --> 01:04:12,720
it. And Cara winds up sobbing and

1548
01:04:10,319 --> 01:04:16,720
running out of the room.

1549
01:04:12,720 --> 01:04:21,680
And then his brother shows up and his

1550
01:04:16,720 --> 01:04:23,359
brother is like, "Hey, maybe cool it.

1551
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:26,240
Like, maybe leave her alone for a

1552
01:04:23,359 --> 01:04:28,480
minute. She seems really upset."

1553
01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:31,200
And it's like, what? What are we

1554
01:04:28,480 --> 01:04:34,640
fighting about?

1555
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:36,000
I and mind you, I don't have a prenup,

1556
01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:37,760
nor have I been in a situation where

1557
01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,319
I've needed one. I'm not a tech

1558
01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:39,119
billionaire,

1559
01:04:38,319 --> 01:04:42,559
right?

1560
01:04:39,119 --> 01:04:45,839
But I do feel like from people I know

1561
01:04:42,559 --> 01:04:48,000
who have prenups and the general lay of

1562
01:04:45,839 --> 01:04:48,480
the lay of the land of a prenup.

1563
01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:53,599
Sure.

1564
01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:56,400
Um the person who would get upset is the

1565
01:04:53,599 --> 01:04:57,599
one who has assets

1566
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:59,359
to protect.

1567
01:04:57,599 --> 01:05:00,640
Right.

1568
01:04:59,359 --> 01:05:03,520
Right.

1569
01:05:00,640 --> 01:05:05,119
And he he's saying, "I don't want to

1570
01:05:03,520 --> 01:05:07,440
protect my assets." Correct.

1571
01:05:05,119 --> 01:05:08,799
My assets are your assets. They're our

1572
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,920
assets now.

1573
01:05:08,799 --> 01:05:11,599
Yeah.

1574
01:05:09,920 --> 01:05:16,200
Arrest development when Buster's like,

1575
01:05:11,599 --> 01:05:16,200
"I did refer to it as our nausea."

1576
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:23,680
Lucille, too. Who has the vertigo?

1577
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:24,880
Yeah. Yeah. So good. Um but yeah, why is

1578
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:27,920
she upset?

1579
01:05:24,880 --> 01:05:30,319
Um well, it's because she's pregnant. uh

1580
01:05:27,920 --> 01:05:32,400
just had some

1581
01:05:30,319 --> 01:05:33,200
irrational hormonal

1582
01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:35,280
moment

1583
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:38,079
because she is also really terrified

1584
01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:39,680
that Simon is going to be upset that

1585
01:05:38,079 --> 01:05:42,880
she's pregnant

1586
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:45,599
and like think that she entrapped him or

1587
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:48,319
something. And so that's why it was so

1588
01:05:45,599 --> 01:05:52,640
important to her to have the prenup in

1589
01:05:48,319 --> 01:05:54,400
place so that but I'm like that doesn't

1590
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:55,839
change the fact that you're having his

1591
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:58,079
child

1592
01:05:55,839 --> 01:05:59,520
and you've also been together for a year

1593
01:05:58,079 --> 01:06:02,000
at this point. I don't think it's

1594
01:05:59,520 --> 01:06:02,720
entrament when you've been engaged for a

1595
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:07,839
year.

1596
01:06:02,720 --> 01:06:09,520
Right. Right. Um so she connects with

1597
01:06:07,839 --> 01:06:11,440
her best friend and kind of processes

1598
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:13,280
about it a little bit more. It's

1599
01:06:11,440 --> 01:06:13,839
Valentine's Day cuz it's been a year.

1600
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:18,799
Mhm.

1601
01:06:13,839 --> 01:06:21,359
And um she tells him that she's pregnant

1602
01:06:18,799 --> 01:06:26,480
at like their Valentine's Day dinner or

1603
01:06:21,359 --> 01:06:29,359
whatever. And Simon is so stoked. He is

1604
01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:31,839
so excited. This is the best news ever.

1605
01:06:29,359 --> 01:06:33,119
I've never been so happy. Has he said he

1606
01:06:31,839 --> 01:06:34,319
loves her at this point or just

1607
01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:36,960
proposed?

1608
01:06:34,319 --> 01:06:38,000
So I don't recall. That's not in my

1609
01:06:36,960 --> 01:06:38,799
notes anywhere.

1610
01:06:38,000 --> 01:06:40,160
Uhhuh.

1611
01:06:38,799 --> 01:06:41,440
Um

1612
01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:43,680
maybe within the last year.

1613
01:06:41,440 --> 01:06:48,640
Yeah, potentially. Maybe he said it

1614
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:51,839
while they were getting engaged. Um, but

1615
01:06:48,640 --> 01:06:54,160
his primary focus is like Carara's

1616
01:06:51,839 --> 01:06:55,920
health. So, he's like, "I'm so excited

1617
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:58,799
you're having a baby, but like, oh my

1618
01:06:55,920 --> 01:07:02,559
god, you're going to be in pain. Like,

1619
01:06:58,799 --> 01:07:05,200
labor hurts. I've heard I read about it.

1620
01:07:02,559 --> 01:07:08,319
I don't want you to be in pain." And

1621
01:07:05,200 --> 01:07:12,079
that's what he's like stuck on. I have a

1622
01:07:08,319 --> 01:07:13,760
coworker and when I was about to go into

1623
01:07:12,079 --> 01:07:14,960
labor with Ford, I was like, "Yeah, I

1624
01:07:13,760 --> 01:07:16,799
feel like everyone just wants to tell

1625
01:07:14,960 --> 01:07:18,480
you their like traumatic birthing

1626
01:07:16,799 --> 01:07:20,640
journeys and stories." And she goes, "I

1627
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:23,520
wish my labor upon you." And I said,

1628
01:07:20,640 --> 01:07:25,039
"Tell me more about that."

1629
01:07:23,520 --> 01:07:26,079
This feels like the opposite of the

1630
01:07:25,039 --> 01:07:29,280
usual story.

1631
01:07:26,079 --> 01:07:32,000
She goes, "I went for my weekly check-in

1632
01:07:29,280 --> 01:07:33,839
with my OB. They told me it's time." So,

1633
01:07:32,000 --> 01:07:36,799
I drove home. I got my husband and our

1634
01:07:33,839 --> 01:07:38,640
bag. We drove back to the hospital. An

1635
01:07:36,799 --> 01:07:43,520
hour later, I had my C-section and had

1636
01:07:38,640 --> 01:07:44,240
my daughter. Lots of pain meds. Like,

1637
01:07:43,520 --> 01:07:46,799
incredible.

1638
01:07:44,240 --> 01:07:49,920
Yeah. She's like, "End of the story."

1639
01:07:46,799 --> 01:07:52,400
No, it's always like it was an emergency

1640
01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:54,079
C-section and then it's that the

1641
01:07:52,400 --> 01:07:56,559
C-section incision got

1642
01:07:54,079 --> 01:07:57,680
I pushed for 2 hours and then we had to

1643
01:07:56,559 --> 01:08:00,559
do a C-section,

1644
01:07:57,680 --> 01:08:02,000
crowned, so I had to do both recoveries.

1645
01:08:00,559 --> 01:08:04,240
Like, I've heard

1646
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:06,480
Yes. horror.

1647
01:08:04,240 --> 01:08:08,480
Yeah. I'm like having someone to say, "I

1648
01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:08,960
wish my labor journey upon you." I'm

1649
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:09,440
like,

1650
01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:12,160
"Oh,

1651
01:08:09,440 --> 01:08:13,839
right. Is that a threat?"

1652
01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:14,960
Right. I'm like be knowing the person it

1653
01:08:13,839 --> 01:08:16,719
was, I was like, "I need to hear this,

1654
01:08:14,960 --> 01:08:17,920
but it feels like a promise and less of

1655
01:08:16,719 --> 01:08:18,719
a threat from you."

1656
01:08:17,920 --> 01:08:19,839
I can take that.

1657
01:08:18,719 --> 01:08:21,679
Feels warm and comforting.

1658
01:08:19,839 --> 01:08:22,880
But I'm also like even if you ask me my

1659
01:08:21,679 --> 01:08:26,319
journey, I'm gonna make Yeah, I had an

1660
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:28,239
epidural. My day was [ __ ] fantastic.

1661
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:30,960
I laid on my side with that little

1662
01:08:28,239 --> 01:08:34,239
peanut ball between my legs watching

1663
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:35,759
Brooklyn 999 and then they'd just turn

1664
01:08:34,239 --> 01:08:38,799
me over like a [ __ ] rotisserie

1665
01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:41,520
chicken and I'd be on the other side.

1666
01:08:38,799 --> 01:08:44,560
And that was great. What wasn't great

1667
01:08:41,520 --> 01:08:46,799
was when my epidural wore off and then

1668
01:08:44,560 --> 01:08:48,480
they were like, "You should probably try

1669
01:08:46,799 --> 01:08:50,960
pushing because you are fully ready to

1670
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:53,600
push. If it doesn't work, I guess we can

1671
01:08:50,960 --> 01:08:56,560
call anesthesiology to come back." So,

1672
01:08:53,600 --> 01:09:00,319
my whole day was fully medicated and the

1673
01:08:56,560 --> 01:09:02,400
actual pushing was unmedicated.

1674
01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:05,679
I don't think you've ever told me that.

1675
01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:10,199
Yes. My epidural was not in effect by

1676
01:09:05,679 --> 01:09:10,199
the time I was actually pushing.

1677
01:09:10,400 --> 01:09:14,159
Feels like a gross oversight by

1678
01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:17,520
somebody.

1679
01:09:14,159 --> 01:09:19,520
To their credit, our the nurse our nurse

1680
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:21,120
was a is a good friend of ours

1681
01:09:19,520 --> 01:09:22,719
and she told our midwife, she's like,

1682
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:24,400
"Yeah, I'm going to call anesthesiology

1683
01:09:22,719 --> 01:09:27,920
in." And that's when our midwife looked

1684
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:29,600
at me and she's like, "So, I also had

1685
01:09:27,920 --> 01:09:30,960
Ford when there was like that polar

1686
01:09:29,600 --> 01:09:33,520
vortex

1687
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:35,839
and apparently the weather change pushed

1688
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:37,600
a [ __ ] ton of people into labor.

1689
01:09:35,839 --> 01:09:39,040
I think mine was actually cuz my doctor

1690
01:09:37,600 --> 01:09:41,440
accidentally swept my membranes, but

1691
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:45,040
that's another situation."

1692
01:09:41,440 --> 01:09:47,839
Uh so they were like anesthesiology is

1693
01:09:45,040 --> 01:09:49,839
so backed up right now that like you're

1694
01:09:47,839 --> 01:09:52,880
ready to Yeah. They're like

1695
01:09:49,839 --> 01:09:55,679
cuz I started pushing at like 8:00 and

1696
01:09:52,880 --> 01:09:57,120
he was born at 8:48.

1697
01:09:55,679 --> 01:09:59,199
Yes. And they were like if

1698
01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:01,440
anesthesiology needs to come back they

1699
01:09:59,199 --> 01:10:04,320
won't be here until after midnight.

1700
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:06,640
So they were essentially like

1701
01:10:04,320 --> 01:10:09,360
you can try pushing if you want to and

1702
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:11,280
if it doesn't go well we can we can call

1703
01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:13,120
them but like

1704
01:10:11,280 --> 01:10:15,199
At best

1705
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:16,719
it'll be midnight when they get here. So

1706
01:10:15,199 --> 01:10:17,920
I was like, well,

1707
01:10:16,719 --> 01:10:18,239
let's try it.

1708
01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:19,120
Yeah.

1709
01:10:18,239 --> 01:10:20,000
And here we are.

1710
01:10:19,120 --> 01:10:20,880
And here we are.

1711
01:10:20,000 --> 01:10:23,120
Yeah.

1712
01:10:20,880 --> 01:10:25,600
But yeah, I'm like I wouldn't wish my

1713
01:10:23,120 --> 01:10:28,159
like and it wasn't even a bad situation.

1714
01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:29,199
But like everyone's story has the weird

1715
01:10:28,159 --> 01:10:30,800
that one weird moment.

1716
01:10:29,199 --> 01:10:31,280
Oh no, they're in pain.

1717
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:32,239
Right.

1718
01:10:31,280 --> 01:10:34,800
Yeah. Right.

1719
01:10:32,239 --> 01:10:38,280
It's uncomfy to share your body with

1720
01:10:34,800 --> 01:10:38,280
another human.

1721
01:10:40,159 --> 01:10:46,280
even when you love him, it's just still

1722
01:10:42,800 --> 01:10:46,280
a weird thing.

1723
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:52,400
And quite frankly, I birthed him. I did

1724
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:55,120
not have that moment where I looked my

1725
01:10:52,400 --> 01:10:56,480
son in the eyes and was like, "You are

1726
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,600
the sun, the moon, and the stars and

1727
01:10:56,480 --> 01:10:58,400
everything."

1728
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:00,320
Yes.

1729
01:10:58,400 --> 01:11:05,239
I looked at him and legitimately I

1730
01:11:00,320 --> 01:11:05,239
remember thinking, "I don't know you."

1731
01:11:06,159 --> 01:11:13,719
And I'm like, I will, but like right now

1732
01:11:08,880 --> 01:11:13,719
I'm more obligated to you than anything.

1733
01:11:14,159 --> 01:11:18,080
Like, you might be super cool and I look

1734
01:11:16,640 --> 01:11:18,560
forward to finding that out.

1735
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:19,040
Yeah.

1736
01:11:18,560 --> 01:11:21,840
Yeah.

1737
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:23,520
And thank God he is super cool. He is

1738
01:11:21,840 --> 01:11:25,280
the sun, the moon, and the stars. And I

1739
01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:27,679
adore him with every fiber of my being,

1740
01:11:25,280 --> 01:11:29,679
and I'm obsessed with my son. And the in

1741
01:11:27,679 --> 01:11:31,760
the hospital, I was like,

1742
01:11:29,679 --> 01:11:35,440
"You got stuck on the dismount. It was

1743
01:11:31,760 --> 01:11:37,440
unmedicated. And you are a little alien.

1744
01:11:35,440 --> 01:11:39,600
I want a full night's sleep that I'm not

1745
01:11:37,440 --> 01:11:41,280
gonna get for [ __ ] months. Like, that

1746
01:11:39,600 --> 01:11:42,719
was my thought in the hospital, if I'm

1747
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:43,440
being fully transparent.

1748
01:11:42,719 --> 01:11:45,360
Yeah.

1749
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:47,440
Not. It was not beautiful. It was not

1750
01:11:45,360 --> 01:11:49,040
angelic.

1751
01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:50,480
The best part was that I'd washed my

1752
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:51,520
hair the night before.

1753
01:11:50,480 --> 01:11:53,760
Oh, that is nice.

1754
01:11:51,520 --> 01:11:56,880
Yes. So, I had like nice hair. I put on

1755
01:11:53,760 --> 01:11:59,679
mascara. I felt like a real human.

1756
01:11:56,880 --> 01:12:01,360
H um when my when I was throwing my

1757
01:11:59,679 --> 01:12:04,080
sister's baby shower years and years

1758
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:06,320
ago, I wanted to play a game called Porn

1759
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:08,239
or Labor, which just had closeup

1760
01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:08,880
screenshots of women's faces.

1761
01:12:08,239 --> 01:12:10,880
Very good.

1762
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:14,760
Yes. And my sister said, "That's easy.

1763
01:12:10,880 --> 01:12:14,760
Just look for the fake eyelashes."

1764
01:12:15,520 --> 01:12:19,480
So, we didn't play the game.

1765
01:12:19,520 --> 01:12:24,719
Oh my god.

1766
01:12:22,159 --> 01:12:26,480
Your sister might be a genius. She is

1767
01:12:24,719 --> 01:12:29,360
also a makeup artist and hair stylist,

1768
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:30,960
so like locked in on that for sure. And

1769
01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:32,159
I'm like, you know, that's not a detail

1770
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:33,280
I would have looked for.

1771
01:12:32,159 --> 01:12:34,560
Me either.

1772
01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,679
But it does make sense though.

1773
01:12:34,560 --> 01:12:37,440
I did have that thought though when I

1774
01:12:35,679 --> 01:12:39,199
put on mascara before going to the

1775
01:12:37,440 --> 01:12:41,440
hospital.

1776
01:12:39,199 --> 01:12:42,000
Oh, I'm really going to throw them off.

1777
01:12:41,440 --> 01:12:43,040
And

1778
01:12:42,000 --> 01:12:43,679
they're definitely going to think this

1779
01:12:43,040 --> 01:12:47,159
is porn.

1780
01:12:43,679 --> 01:12:47,159
They'll never know.

1781
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,120
So Simon's terrified of the pain that

1782
01:12:49,840 --> 01:12:54,400
shall be caused.

1783
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:58,640
Yeah. But um of course they then have

1784
01:12:54,400 --> 01:13:02,719
sexy times. So he ties himself up for

1785
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:04,640
her to like prove that he trusts her.

1786
01:13:02,719 --> 01:13:07,440
We don't need a prenup. I'll tie myself

1787
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:07,679
up for you during sex. Because his whole

1788
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:10,000
thing

1789
01:13:07,679 --> 01:13:14,280
I read that in a Kanye song once. I

1790
01:13:10,000 --> 01:13:14,280
didn't. We won't prenup.

1791
01:13:17,440 --> 01:13:22,000
Sorry. Keep going.

1792
01:13:20,159 --> 01:13:24,480
It's going to be stuck in my head now.

1793
01:13:22,000 --> 01:13:25,440
It's been in my head for a while. I had

1794
01:13:24,480 --> 01:13:27,440
to share it.

1795
01:13:25,440 --> 01:13:30,480
So,

1796
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:32,960
um, he says that basically when she

1797
01:13:30,480 --> 01:13:34,960
asked for the prenup, like it actually

1798
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:39,440
hurt his feelings because it felt like

1799
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:41,840
she was preparing for them to not work

1800
01:13:39,440 --> 01:13:45,040
out and she was more thinking she didn't

1801
01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:48,080
want him to think she was using him for

1802
01:13:45,040 --> 01:13:48,640
money. And I'm like, that ship

1803
01:13:48,080 --> 01:13:50,000
sailed

1804
01:13:48,640 --> 01:13:52,159
sailed so long ago.

1805
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:53,199
Like, it's in Fiji by now, babe. Like,

1806
01:13:52,159 --> 01:13:55,600
it's gone.

1807
01:13:53,199 --> 01:13:57,120
Quite frankly, I wish that there had

1808
01:13:55,600 --> 01:13:57,760
just been like a month.

1809
01:13:57,120 --> 01:13:59,040
Yeah.

1810
01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:03,520
Not a year.

1811
01:13:59,040 --> 01:14:05,440
A year. Yeah. Well,

1812
01:14:03,520 --> 01:14:08,320
part five is a month.

1813
01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:09,120
Part five is Christmas. So, we're

1814
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:09,440
jumping

1815
01:14:09,120 --> 01:14:10,320
Okay.

1816
01:14:09,440 --> 01:14:11,840
to Christmas.

1817
01:14:10,320 --> 01:14:13,199
So, we're jumping 10 months.

1818
01:14:11,840 --> 01:14:15,440
Yeah.

1819
01:14:13,199 --> 01:14:17,440
So,

1820
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:18,960
or maybe even more than that actually

1821
01:14:17,440 --> 01:14:23,120
because

1822
01:14:18,960 --> 01:14:25,840
this one is mine for Christmas and Cara

1823
01:14:23,120 --> 01:14:27,840
and Simon are adjusting to having a

1824
01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:31,040
toddler. So, I think it's like actually

1825
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:35,520
18 months later or like closer to 2

1826
01:14:31,040 --> 01:14:38,800
years later. Um, and Cara is feeling

1827
01:14:35,520 --> 01:14:41,520
very insecure and in her head because

1828
01:14:38,800 --> 01:14:44,080
um, the sexy times are less passionate

1829
01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:47,360
and he doesn't seem to be as into it as

1830
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:51,199
he was pre-baby.

1831
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:52,880
And um, she's self-conscious about her

1832
01:14:51,199 --> 01:14:54,080
physical appearance after having a kid

1833
01:14:52,880 --> 01:14:56,560
and stuff, which is totally

1834
01:14:54,080 --> 01:14:58,800
understandable. Um, and

1835
01:14:56,560 --> 01:14:59,920
as is your sexual dynamic changing after

1836
01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:03,440
you have a kid.

1837
01:14:59,920 --> 01:15:05,760
Yeah. Yeah. And they wind up arguing

1838
01:15:03,440 --> 01:15:07,280
about having another baby. Like she's

1839
01:15:05,760 --> 01:15:09,920
talking about like maybe I want to have

1840
01:15:07,280 --> 01:15:12,640
another one. And Simon is like I can't

1841
01:15:09,920 --> 01:15:16,080
watch you be in pain like that again.

1842
01:15:12,640 --> 01:15:18,960
And he's like angry at the idea of her

1843
01:15:16,080 --> 01:15:20,960
giving birth again.

1844
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:23,199
And then

1845
01:15:20,960 --> 01:15:23,760
they have sex in the elevator and he's

1846
01:15:23,199 --> 01:15:27,120
like,

1847
01:15:23,760 --> 01:15:28,320
"Do do they have any conflict resolution

1848
01:15:27,120 --> 01:15:30,480
skills at all?"

1849
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:33,120
They really don't. Because basically

1850
01:15:30,480 --> 01:15:35,040
he's like, "See, I still find you sexy.

1851
01:15:33,120 --> 01:15:37,120
I've been like trying to be gentle

1852
01:15:35,040 --> 01:15:39,199
because you know, you've been giving

1853
01:15:37,120 --> 01:15:42,480
attention to our daughter or whatever,

1854
01:15:39,199 --> 01:15:44,880
but like if you're ready to get it, I'm

1855
01:15:42,480 --> 01:15:46,480
ready to give it." And

1856
01:15:44,880 --> 01:15:48,320
18 months in, one would hope you're

1857
01:15:46,480 --> 01:15:51,120
ready to both get it and give it,

1858
01:15:48,320 --> 01:15:53,360
right? And he's like, "I will prove to

1859
01:15:51,120 --> 01:15:55,840
you that this body is still just as

1860
01:15:53,360 --> 01:15:58,400
attractive as it has always been." And

1861
01:15:55,840 --> 01:16:01,760
so he bangs her in the elevator.

1862
01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:06,239
And then

1863
01:16:01,760 --> 01:16:09,360
there is a kid at the free clinic where

1864
01:16:06,239 --> 01:16:10,080
Cara still volunteers.

1865
01:16:09,360 --> 01:16:11,600
Um

1866
01:16:10,080 --> 01:16:12,239
did she finish her degree?

1867
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:12,880
She did.

1868
01:16:12,239 --> 01:16:17,280
Yay.

1869
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:20,400
And um the kid has diabetes and has been

1870
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:24,640
in and out of the um free clinic quite

1871
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:27,760
often. and his mom is an addict of some

1872
01:16:24,640 --> 01:16:30,800
kind. And so Cara has been really

1873
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:34,560
worried about this kid. And she gets a

1874
01:16:30,800 --> 01:16:37,199
call that that kid's mother has

1875
01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:38,719
overdosed and the kid is in the hospital

1876
01:16:37,199 --> 01:16:41,920
because he essentially went into a

1877
01:16:38,719 --> 01:16:43,760
diabetic coma because his mom had passed

1878
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:46,320
away. It's all very sad.

1879
01:16:43,760 --> 01:16:47,840
Yeah. And so Cara feels terrible for

1880
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:50,080
interrupting their date night or

1881
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:52,000
whatever to go to the hospital, but

1882
01:16:50,080 --> 01:16:54,560
Simon is like, "Of course."

1883
01:16:52,000 --> 01:16:56,080
I think that's a legitimate reason to

1884
01:16:54,560 --> 01:16:58,960
interrupt your date night.

1885
01:16:56,080 --> 01:17:01,679
Yeah, cuz this kid has nobody. Like no

1886
01:16:58,960 --> 01:17:06,000
other family. They didn't the hospital

1887
01:17:01,679 --> 01:17:07,520
didn't know who to call. And so um they

1888
01:17:06,000 --> 01:17:09,199
go hang out with this kid in the

1889
01:17:07,520 --> 01:17:13,440
hospital and like that's how they spend

1890
01:17:09,199 --> 01:17:16,080
their date night. Um, and then like

1891
01:17:13,440 --> 01:17:17,760
there's more. I'm not going to go into

1892
01:17:16,080 --> 01:17:19,280
every single one because there's more

1893
01:17:17,760 --> 01:17:21,360
just randomly. And then they have sex in

1894
01:17:19,280 --> 01:17:23,920
the shower and then they have sex here

1895
01:17:21,360 --> 01:17:25,679
and then and it's like so I'm just we're

1896
01:17:23,920 --> 01:17:28,320
just skating past some of this

1897
01:17:25,679 --> 01:17:31,360
but essentially it's a week later. Timmy

1898
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:33,600
is the kid who is in the hospital.

1899
01:17:31,360 --> 01:17:35,679
Simon has been spending time with him

1900
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:36,640
kind of like every day after work. He

1901
01:17:35,679 --> 01:17:37,920
goes and checks on him.

1902
01:17:36,640 --> 01:17:39,360
They're going to legally adopt him.

1903
01:17:37,920 --> 01:17:42,080
They're going to legally adopt him. Yes,

1904
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:44,320
you're totally right. Because um they

1905
01:17:42,080 --> 01:17:45,520
can't find placement for him. So they're

1906
01:17:44,320 --> 01:17:47,840
like, "Well, he's going to have to go to

1907
01:17:45,520 --> 01:17:50,480
a group home." And Simon is like,

1908
01:17:47,840 --> 01:17:51,760
"Absolutely not. We could never. This is

1909
01:17:50,480 --> 01:17:56,880
my son."

1910
01:17:51,760 --> 01:17:58,320
And so they decide to foster to adopt

1911
01:17:56,880 --> 01:18:02,640
him.

1912
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:06,800
And um there's this whole situation

1913
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:08,320
where they're like, "It's Christmas.

1914
01:18:06,800 --> 01:18:11,920
We're gonna get like a Santa

1915
01:18:08,320 --> 01:18:13,679
impersonator to come leave gifts in like

1916
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:16,480
the pool house or whatever they have.

1917
01:18:13,679 --> 01:18:19,280
They're staying somewhere else. And so,

1918
01:18:16,480 --> 01:18:21,520
you know, the kids like a year old.

1919
01:18:19,280 --> 01:18:25,239
Well, no, the the other kid is seven.

1920
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:25,239
The one they're adopting

1921
01:18:25,440 --> 01:18:30,640
that they got 2 days after.

1922
01:18:29,360 --> 01:18:31,840
Literally

1923
01:18:30,640 --> 01:18:34,080
2 days after.

1924
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:36,000
Literally. Literally. They were like,

1925
01:18:34,080 --> 01:18:39,360
"You're coming home with us." And it's

1926
01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:42,400
like, okay, who needs a home visit when

1927
01:18:39,360 --> 01:18:44,640
you're a billionaire?

1928
01:18:42,400 --> 01:18:46,560
Probably. Probably the billionaire.

1929
01:18:44,640 --> 01:18:48,159
Yeah, you probably need it.

1930
01:18:46,560 --> 01:18:50,880
Need two home visits.

1931
01:18:48,159 --> 01:18:54,080
Ironically, I do still have a lot of

1932
01:18:50,880 --> 01:18:57,120
friends back in the Tampa Bay area that

1933
01:18:54,080 --> 01:18:59,760
uh are that are involved with foster

1934
01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:02,320
care that are advocates, like great

1935
01:18:59,760 --> 01:19:04,159
organizations in Tampa Bay. have several

1936
01:19:02,320 --> 01:19:06,480
friends that have adopted out of foster

1937
01:19:04,159 --> 01:19:08,400
care in Tampa as well. Like a really

1938
01:19:06,480 --> 01:19:09,679
cool foster community in Tampa that I

1939
01:19:08,400 --> 01:19:10,640
had not

1940
01:19:09,679 --> 01:19:11,120
anticipated.

1941
01:19:10,640 --> 01:19:11,440
Yeah.

1942
01:19:11,120 --> 01:19:12,480
Yeah.

1943
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:13,520
That's pretty awesome.

1944
01:19:12,480 --> 01:19:15,120
Yeah.

1945
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:16,239
They're they're going to become a part

1946
01:19:15,120 --> 01:19:18,400
of this community.

1947
01:19:16,239 --> 01:19:24,280
Well, I they I and I love that for them.

1948
01:19:18,400 --> 01:19:24,280
I think really it's more of the the

1949
01:19:24,560 --> 01:19:30,400
logistically how is Timmy going to see

1950
01:19:26,320 --> 01:19:33,760
Santa drop the gifts? Like that's

1951
01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:36,560
so there's like a whole ass sleigh and

1952
01:19:33,760 --> 01:19:38,640
reindeer in the yard because this is

1953
01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:40,159
Florida and so there's not like a

1954
01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:41,199
fireplace for him to come down the

1955
01:19:40,159 --> 01:19:42,880
chimney or whatever.

1956
01:19:41,199 --> 01:19:43,920
Also, he lives in a penthouse apartment.

1957
01:19:42,880 --> 01:19:45,679
Where's the [ __ ] yard?

1958
01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:48,320
Well, that's what I'm saying. I'm like I

1959
01:19:45,679 --> 01:19:50,159
think they're at Sam's house.

1960
01:19:48,320 --> 01:19:52,400
Like I think they're staying with Sam in

1961
01:19:50,159 --> 01:19:55,920
his actual house that has a pool house

1962
01:19:52,400 --> 01:20:00,320
or something. But regardless,

1963
01:19:55,920 --> 01:20:02,159
like she Cara and Maddie who is now with

1964
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:04,239
Sam in this

1965
01:20:02,159 --> 01:20:07,280
Cara and Maddie had like set up this

1966
01:20:04,239 --> 01:20:09,280
whole Christmas thing or whatever.

1967
01:20:07,280 --> 01:20:12,000
And so each of them thought the other

1968
01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:15,040
one hired a Santa impersonator and

1969
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:18,719
neither one did. We find out. So they're

1970
01:20:15,040 --> 01:20:20,960
like, "Oh my god, it's really Santa. He

1971
01:20:18,719 --> 01:20:23,120
brought us gifts we wanted when we were

1972
01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:26,239
also children."

1973
01:20:23,120 --> 01:20:29,440
So incredible.

1974
01:20:26,239 --> 01:20:31,199
And then it cuts to the epilogue and

1975
01:20:29,440 --> 01:20:34,800
you're like, "Wait a minute."

1976
01:20:31,199 --> 01:20:36,960
They go, "Oh, Santa is real." Is that

1977
01:20:34,800 --> 01:20:38,239
was not the takeaway I anticipated from

1978
01:20:36,960 --> 01:20:41,040
this whole series.

1979
01:20:38,239 --> 01:20:43,840
Right? Like, excuse the [ __ ] out of me.

1980
01:20:41,040 --> 01:20:45,760
Where did Santa come from?

1981
01:20:43,840 --> 01:20:48,800
What?

1982
01:20:45,760 --> 01:20:51,840
So then it's the epilogue.

1983
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:52,800
The adoption has been finalized. Timmy

1984
01:20:51,840 --> 01:20:54,640
is very happy.

1985
01:20:52,800 --> 01:20:55,280
Probably only took 14 days with how

1986
01:20:54,640 --> 01:20:57,840
they're going.

1987
01:20:55,280 --> 01:21:00,960
He's already a great big brother

1988
01:20:57,840 --> 01:21:03,440
to his little toddler sister.

1989
01:21:00,960 --> 01:21:05,199
And it's a happily ever after. We

1990
01:21:03,440 --> 01:21:08,880
finally

1991
01:21:05,199 --> 01:21:13,920
we've we're we're finally settled now.

1992
01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:14,560
It's Sam or not Sam, Simon and Cara.

1993
01:21:13,920 --> 01:21:16,880
Solid.

1994
01:21:14,560 --> 01:21:18,480
And Timmy and their other little one.

1995
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:20,239
Yeah. Whose name I didn't write down.

1996
01:21:18,480 --> 01:21:22,080
And I remember

1997
01:21:20,239 --> 01:21:25,360
the great news about adopting Timmy is

1998
01:21:22,080 --> 01:21:28,000
Simon never has to see Cara go through

1999
01:21:25,360 --> 01:21:32,239
physical pain with labor again.

2000
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:34,719
Correct. Yeah. Mhm.

2001
01:21:32,239 --> 01:21:39,239
That's the dumbest reason.

2002
01:21:34,719 --> 01:21:39,239
Scratches her itch for another kid.

2003
01:21:39,360 --> 01:21:44,080
And hear me, Timmy needed a good home.

2004
01:21:41,840 --> 01:21:46,640
No one's no one's upset about them

2005
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:49,360
adopting Timmy. I'm just like

2006
01:21:46,640 --> 01:21:50,640
that that's not a reason to adopt.

2007
01:21:49,360 --> 01:21:53,520
No.

2008
01:21:50,640 --> 01:21:56,320
No. I feel like much of what Simon does

2009
01:21:53,520 --> 01:21:58,880
is like that's not a reason to do that.

2010
01:21:56,320 --> 01:22:02,000
Like I'm worried about her walking home

2011
01:21:58,880 --> 01:22:06,920
every night in the dark on the Tampa

2012
01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:06,920
streets. I should follow her.

2013
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:15,280
Some might call that stalking, my dude.

2014
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:18,159
Yeah.

2015
01:22:15,280 --> 01:22:19,199
But she seemed to find it endearing when

2016
01:22:18,159 --> 01:22:20,960
she found out about it.

2017
01:22:19,199 --> 01:22:23,679
She did. Yeah.

2018
01:22:20,960 --> 01:22:26,880
And isn't that really

2019
01:22:23,679 --> 01:22:27,679
the crux of it? If they're hot, it's

2020
01:22:26,880 --> 01:22:28,159
sweet.

2021
01:22:27,679 --> 01:22:30,639
Yeah.

2022
01:22:28,159 --> 01:22:30,960
If they're not hot.

2023
01:22:30,639 --> 01:22:33,520
Nope.

2024
01:22:30,960 --> 01:22:35,520
They're stalkers.

2025
01:22:33,520 --> 01:22:37,360
I almost just made a true crime

2026
01:22:35,520 --> 01:22:39,440
reference.

2027
01:22:37,360 --> 01:22:42,560
Wasn't necessary.

2028
01:22:39,440 --> 01:22:44,639
Well, now you've left me intrigued.

2029
01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:48,560
What's our rating system?

2030
01:22:44,639 --> 01:22:53,040
Um, oh gosh.

2031
01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:55,280
Wishes. No, that's nothing. Video games,

2032
01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:57,120
joysticks,

2033
01:22:55,280 --> 01:23:01,639
that's

2034
01:22:57,120 --> 01:23:01,639
wishes. No, that's nothing.

2035
01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:09,360
We could do joysticks.

2036
01:23:06,639 --> 01:23:10,560
We could do their shared love of gaming.

2037
01:23:09,360 --> 01:23:14,080
Sure. Um,

2038
01:23:10,560 --> 01:23:15,600
their shared love of Super Smash Bros.

2039
01:23:14,080 --> 01:23:17,199
We'll go out of five because there were

2040
01:23:15,600 --> 01:23:23,560
five parts.

2041
01:23:17,199 --> 01:23:23,560
Feels apppropo. Um, I'm going to do

2042
01:23:24,159 --> 01:23:30,800
probs a two.

2043
01:23:27,199 --> 01:23:34,800
Yeah. And maybe the button on top like

2044
01:23:30,800 --> 01:23:37,199
And one button that's popped off. That's

2045
01:23:34,800 --> 01:23:39,360
popped off. Right. Well, I was thinking

2046
01:23:37,199 --> 01:23:42,239
cuz it separated from,

2047
01:23:39,360 --> 01:23:43,440
you know, the joystick.

2048
01:23:42,239 --> 01:23:44,000
I think two

2049
01:23:43,440 --> 01:23:45,360
Yeah.

2050
01:23:44,000 --> 01:23:46,960
is appropriate.

2051
01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:48,239
Yeah,

2052
01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:51,840
there was plot.

2053
01:23:48,239 --> 01:23:54,239
There was plot. It was very messy.

2054
01:23:51,840 --> 01:23:54,560
It was everything I always need Jan to

2055
01:23:54,239 --> 01:23:57,280
be.

2056
01:23:54,560 --> 01:23:59,679
Oh, I forgot. They did catch the robbers

2057
01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:01,600
eventually. I totally forgot about that.

2058
01:23:59,679 --> 01:24:04,639
They did get caught.

2059
01:24:01,600 --> 01:24:06,320
So, we love that they're officially safe

2060
01:24:04,639 --> 01:24:07,679
again. Yeah, there's that.

2061
01:24:06,320 --> 01:24:09,920
Especially if they have kids now.

2062
01:24:07,679 --> 01:24:11,120
You need to make sure you're safe.

2063
01:24:09,920 --> 01:24:12,320
Yeah, two feels right.

2064
01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:14,480
Yeah.

2065
01:24:12,320 --> 01:24:17,880
Two wishes.

2066
01:24:14,480 --> 01:24:17,880
That's nothing.

2067
01:24:18,719 --> 01:24:23,120
Two me workshopping with myself.

2068
01:24:21,199 --> 01:24:24,639
Two joysticks and a button.

2069
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:26,480
That's it. That's the one.

2070
01:24:24,639 --> 01:24:28,400
It's okay. I think our last episode I

2071
01:24:26,480 --> 01:24:31,440
said four and a half bears. You got to

2072
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:34,480
guess which half. Uh so

2073
01:24:31,440 --> 01:24:37,360
we did not workshop that.

2074
01:24:34,480 --> 01:24:39,679
Oh, we never workshop any of this, which

2075
01:24:37,360 --> 01:24:41,440
is why you're just part of the process.

2076
01:24:39,679 --> 01:24:42,719
So, welcome to that.

2077
01:24:41,440 --> 01:24:44,719
Yeah. It's like you're sitting in our

2078
01:24:42,719 --> 01:24:47,440
living room with us having this

2079
01:24:44,719 --> 01:24:50,719
conversation about books.

2080
01:24:47,440 --> 01:24:54,800
It's like a It's like a smut club.

2081
01:24:50,719 --> 01:24:58,159
Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ]

2082
01:24:54,800 --> 01:25:02,920
And on that note, please engage with us,

2083
01:24:58,159 --> 01:25:02,920
fellow smut club engagers.

2084
01:25:03,120 --> 01:25:07,600
That's also nothing.

2085
01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:10,800
That's also nothing. Don't forget to

2086
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:13,760
like, subscribe, rate, comment. Let us

2087
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:16,000
know what what you would like us to

2088
01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:17,920
review next. Let us know how you feel

2089
01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:19,440
about our girl Jan.

2090
01:25:17,920 --> 01:25:20,639
Uh, we love her.

2091
01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:21,520
We do. We really do.

2092
01:25:20,639 --> 01:25:21,840
She's the best.

2093
01:25:21,520 --> 01:25:23,679
Mhm.

2094
01:25:21,840 --> 01:25:24,560
And we can't wait to see you next time.

2095
01:25:23,679 --> 01:25:26,320
Bye, smut [ __ ]

2096
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:28,159
Bye.

2097
01:25:26,320 --> 01:25:31,360
Well, that's it for this week, Smut

2098
01:25:28,159 --> 01:25:34,480
[ __ ] We hope it was good for you cuz

2099
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:36,560
it sure was great for us. If you're

2100
01:25:34,480 --> 01:25:38,560
digging what we're doing, it would mean

2101
01:25:36,560 --> 01:25:40,320
a lot if you'd take a minute to rate and

2102
01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:43,199
review the show wherever you're

2103
01:25:40,320 --> 01:25:46,560
listening right now. Maybe tell that

2104
01:25:43,199 --> 01:25:50,000
sexy someone to lend us an ear. We love

2105
01:25:46,560 --> 01:25:53,240
you. We appreciate you. And we'll see

2106
01:25:50,000 --> 01:25:54,140
you next week. Stay smiley.

2107
01:25:53,240 --> 01:26:01,819
[Applause]

2108
01:25:54,140 --> 01:26:01,819
[Music]