After involvement with the same man, Wifey, Shun and Baby Mama, Shannon have formed a unique bond to keep their children and family united in spite of society norms that tend to pit one against the other.
Shun (00:42.056)
Hey, I'm Shawn.
Shannon (00:43.438)
Hi and I'm Shannon.
Shun (00:45.382)
And we're the host of Wifey and Baby Mama. Happy Thursday, family, and happy Thursday, Baby Mama.
Shannon (00:50.862)
Happy Thursday! Glad to be here.
Shun (00:54.116)
Welcome family. Yes, we are glad to be here and we welcome you all here to our final episode of season four And for us, it's bittersweet Yeah, it's bittersweet better because we won't be back with you guys for a long while after tonight and sweet because we've had a wonderful successful Four seasons with a great group of listeners man from all walks of life every color So many countries and almost every state in the u.s. Shannon. I mean
Shannon (01:03.202)
And.
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (01:19.752)
Hehehehe.
Shun (01:23.07)
Well, Shannon, you'll give them the official numbers later on, but we can't thank you all enough for making Wife and Baby Mama so much fun,
Shannon (01:26.492)
yeah.
Shannon (01:30.738)
Yeah, we appreciate you all tuning in and giving feedback and telling us what you like and don't like. But mostly what you like because we wouldn't still be here if we were totally disliked.
Shun (01:37.672)
Don't like.
Absolutely If you didn't like it And you know what else Shannon given Thursday a whole new meaning girl You know Who would have thought like we'd be four seasons strong like this? I mean, I can't believe it blows my mind. I Mean you came up with this brilliant idea Shannon to share our success as a blended family You know with the world and just in hopes of showing people it can be done
Shannon (01:49.99)
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shannon (01:56.045)
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I know. I know.
Shannon (02:06.536)
Mm-hmm.
Shun (02:09.65)
And this turned into like this whole magnificent move it movement and I love you guys for it Thank you for the positive reception like really and again, we needed the negative feedback as well Shannon Shannon talks more Than season one and I'm learning to talk less not a lot but a little less I'm learning to talk less and you know, give a few breaks so she can jump in So we're we're learning as we grow but man in season four I can honestly say Shannon
Shannon (02:10.054)
Right.
Yeah. Yeah.
Shannon (02:23.976)
yeah, my god.
Yeah.
Shun (02:38.352)
Every season we get bigger, we get better. And that's the whole point of anything you do. And I'm so glad that you guys hung on with us and pushed us and here we are. And not only that our audience grows so rapidly, so did our request to pivot to other subjects besides just blended families. We wanted to oblige and expand for the people who didn't have kids or blended families or couldn't relate to our first couple of seasons because we had to build a foundation as you do with anything.
Shannon (02:43.824)
Right.
Shun (03:05.96)
But you you guys want us to expand to other areas in life and love. And this season, Shannon, I think we hit that pretty good.
What do you think?
Shannon (03:19.9)
I agree. I feel like we've accomplished a lot, but I'm still amazed at how many people are still amazed at our relationship. Even after four seasons, we still get the wow or the, what are you two girls doing? So I'm still amazed that we're able to continue sharing and enlightening people on
Shun (03:21.51)
Okay.
Shun (03:39.145)
Right.
Shannon (03:49.276)
you know how this is done, which is amazing.
Shun (03:51.486)
Well, you know, you mentioned that last week and the reason I think that we are able to do it because I talked with one of our guests after the show last week and a couple of days after. I think it's because of the audience that we do attract more positive than negative and also the amazing guests that we have that appreciate our dynamic. I think that's what keeps me going, you know, but we're not going to please everyone and you know what? So be it as long as we're helping anyone we can.
Shannon (04:06.792)
Mmm.
Shannon (04:12.338)
Yeah, yeah.
Shun (04:19.156)
That's the object of our show. That's the object of this podcast. So as long as we're doing that and we get the letters or the email saying, Hey, you know, I didn't talk to my friends or my boyfriend's baby mom in the three years we've been together because of your show. We now get along. Those are the letters and the emails that make it worthwhile for me to show up every Thursday. So I don't, don't harp on the ones who have the questions. You know what? Hopefully, you know, they can figure it out, but we're here to do what we do. So
Shannon (04:19.719)
Right.
Shannon (04:35.425)
Exactly. Yeah.
Shun (04:45.884)
This is our farewell episode and we have had some amazing guests But we decided to run this one as we do every season for you new listeners that may be new to season four We always do our farewell episode solo because we get to say our good mushy. Goodbyes and see you laters And we get to be intimate with our audience, you know one-on-one. So we appreciate you guys and we think that you deserve that so Just a little pre warning though. We won't get to our
Other final two segments and that usually doesn't happen in farewell episodes, know either so just in case you look like hey Where's the fiction family? Where's the sweet little life? We won't have that tonight because we do have stats as I mentioned earlier and a few other things that we like to share with you guys So if you ready shannon, we're gonna put the haps on y'all later on and without further delay We're gonna get into episode 15 Which is it's titled don't let your love outgrow you
Shannon (05:29.933)
I'm ready.
Shannon (05:35.826)
Yes.
Shun (05:40.744)
Now we pick this title and this subject because it's the end of a new year I mean it's the end of a year and starting a new year So we want to make sure people try and keep things fresh and ready to go now most people Already know what that means, but for the ones that don't we're just briefly discuss it and break it down for you So Shannon, you ready girl? We ready we don't All right, so most people either meet around the same age, you know run in the same circle or maybe share the same interest
Shannon (05:58.554)
I'm ready, let's do it.
Shun (06:07.87)
But something about that person, Shannon, made you say, you know, I dig that. I want to get with them. Let's give it a shot. Or what they say these days, they're on my level. You know, so you decide as a couple or two people, you decide to do that thing, right? So one month may go by, six months a year, we made it. We're happy. We're still in love. It's still new. But what happens when the five, six, seven, 10-year mark hits, you know, and one person is constantly growing, you know, their social skills are getting better, parenting skills.
Shannon (06:14.76)
Okay.
Mm-hmm.
Shun (06:36.628)
Even their love language is improving, but the other person is staying stagnant. You're not either out of Okay, what's the word I'm looking for either unconsciously you don't know that you're not growing or you're just saying this is who I am Take me or leave me, know, whatever the case may be once going higher and once then staying in the same place This is when love this is what we're saying when love starts to outgrow you Shannon, you know Do you agree or have you seen that happen because I've had that happen to me in a few relationships?
Shannon (06:48.04)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (06:52.263)
right.
Shannon (06:57.106)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (07:03.557)
yeah.
yeah, yeah, yeah. And we've even touched on this a couple of times. A lot of times what you want when you're 20, or in my case, not yours, a lot of times what you want when you're 20, you don't necessarily want that same thing as you get older. Whether it's superficial or even if it is not superficial, you may have thought you want it to be...
Shun (07:15.038)
Yeah.
I'm
Shun (07:22.948)
Right.
Shannon (07:36.112)
Some people, want to be with a famous person. I want to be with an actor, a DJ, or whatever. And then you get in that and you realize, no, I want to be with a doctor, a lawyer, whatever the case may be. It could be whether it's their career or the looks. Like me, I was all caught up in the looks when I was in my 20s. you had to be light skin.
Shun (07:56.934)
Was too girl
Shannon (07:59.406)
If you were light skinned, curly hair, pretty eyes or whatever, something, you had to have something different, you know, and then as I matured, I'm like, wait a minute, I need you to be able to tell me who's on the Supreme Court.
Shun (08:03.06)
Okay.
Right.
Shun (08:13.267)
Put some gas in the car. Put some gas in my car instead of ram back in the passenger seat while I'm at the gas station,
Shannon (08:17.636)
or put something
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, or no. Who are Supreme Court justices? you know, tell me a little bit about the legislative branches of, you know, our government.
Shun (08:29.556)
Who is the mayor and I was the mayor in our own city? How about that because some people don't know that? So so yeah, those are the kind of things you learn as your older that's important, you know Not the looks not the eyes, you know or whatever the case may be but even not even to that point Shannon so much as parenting skills maybe at 25 I thought Jimmy look my oldest daughter girls in that case. She posted a meme on Facebook the other day that said
Shannon (08:33.368)
Exactly. You know that. That's true. So.
Mm-hmm, right, right.
Shannon (08:49.461)
yeah, yeah.
Shannon (08:55.484)
Yeah.
Shun (08:59.528)
A guy was arrested for for beating his are given a chest ties and his not beating Chest ties in his 15 year old with the belt. He was arrested and Jamila goes well my mama been running free for about 10 plus years Like where's the justice? And nothing when I tell you it tickled me so bad because honey, I believed in serving it up Okay, but here's the thing what Frankie I told you this dude be jumping off like roofs and stairs and I'm like dude go sit down and they're like
Shannon (09:21.115)
Right, right, right.
Shun (09:29.222)
It's not that I don't want to it. I don't feel he needs it about growing that that parenting skill I now talk to him. I now realize that every child is different You know what Jamila? She will never let me live that one spanking I've spanked that girl with about one time and I never had to do it again. She learned She she was obedient. The kid has been on a straightener ever since but I learned I knew that this was she needed I gave it to her that 20 year old You could beat that nigga every night. She gonna go out do the same thing tomorrow
Shannon (09:54.696)
Yeah.
Lord, Lord.
Shun (09:59.54)
Put I got tired my hand would get tired from being there. So I just did you know girl go for it So I had to figure out that doesn't work. Everything doesn't work for every child So what I'm saying is sometimes Shannon you just got to find out as you grow what works and love and relationships and family is no different So I don't want people to just think that we're just harping on relationships. Don't let your love outgrow you Don't let anything outgrow you in 2024 we challenge you
Shannon (10:09.468)
That's true.
Shannon (10:15.048)
Yeah.
That's right.
Shun (10:28.712)
to sit down and think about what really matters. What is needed in this year and what can I leave behind? Because Shannon, I have did a lot of soul searching in this year. And guess what? A lot of people have gotten left behind and not by choice. Some got weeded out. Some I had to sit back and look and be like, they're not for me. You know? I think we touched on that a little bit last episode with the two guests that we had. You have to figure out, is this, you know? And matter of fact, I think we touched on that a lot this season. Is this serving me?
Shannon (10:33.734)
Yeah. Yeah.
Shannon (10:48.057)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (10:57.338)
Yes, we have. Yeah, yeah.
Shun (10:58.74)
And that's serving me to the point of I need to be served serving me to the point Are we giving and taking in this relationship or I'm just or am I just doing all the giving? You know, so we want your audience to reflect on that and not let things outgrow you and certainly don't overextend
Shannon (11:04.828)
Mm-hmm.
Right.
Shannon (11:15.314)
Yeah, whether it's a relationship or like, you know, Sean, you mentioned it could be anything, even your job. I remember years ago, you know, us as black people, when you get that quote unquote good job, know, everyone's like, you got that good job. And so I got the quote unquote good job at the gas company in Charlotte. And they're like, you got that good job. Four years into the.
Shun (11:18.195)
Mm-hmm.
Shun (11:27.572)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (11:42.242)
Good job. I said this ain't this is not for me.
Shun (11:43.7)
This ain't me. It good for me.
Shannon (11:49.746)
I don't want to do this anymore. And so of course I took a leap of faith and said, hey, I feel like I need to be in IT. I need to write code. need to do, people are like, girl, you don't know nothing about that. You better stick with that good job. But no, I said, nah, I'm going to do something that I feel like would be a better path for me and something I'm a little bit more passionate about.
Shun (12:16.019)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (12:16.048)
at the time, know, writing code and being a programmer, developer, whatever, that was my thing. Not so much today, but that was, you know, that was 20 some years ago. Yeah, at the time, I'm like, yeah, that's better than just being a gas company employee getting cussed out because people got their gas turned off. Exactly. That's why I was turned off. Exactly.
Shun (12:22.036)
Mm-hmm.
At the time
Shun (12:37.652)
And half of them didn't pay the bill and that's why they got cut off.
Shannon (12:43.292)
But bucking that whole stereotype of the good job, and a lot of people, whether it's that or a job that really is a good job, there are people that are in situations where the stability is great, but if they just challenge it a little bit, they can move somewhere. I have so many coworkers and friends and family that they would never do that. They're like, nah, I'm just gonna ride this out till I retire.
Shun (12:57.236)
Mm-hmm.
Shun (13:12.51)
Comfortable.
Shannon (13:13.69)
I don't want to write nothing out till I retire. I really don't. Simply because most people who write it out till they retire, they live about what? What's the average? I think what? 10 years? four to seven and they're dead. Okay. I was giving them a bigger break, 10. But yeah.
Shun (13:25.928)
Fortis like four to seven years in the dead
Shun (13:32.57)
Now i'm telling you I haven't I haven't really I haven't known a lot of people shan I'm gonna be honest with you that live 10 years past retirement In or not even that are miserable because they work too long and now they can't have fun. So I'm with you on that girl. I'm with you on that
Shannon (13:38.408)
Mm-hmm. Wow. Wow. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And not saying, you know, to put everything at risk, but sometimes the risk is worth the reward. And you know, there you go.
Shun (13:57.012)
My father used to tell me that my pops used to tell me that even with love and I'm gonna tell you you saying that well I'm sorry finish your point. That's crazy that that just something to mine Sometimes that's the point This is worth the reward and the reason it said that is when Jimmy and I were having our difficulties before my father passed He passed in 21 and Jimmy and I got back together in 15 even though nobody knew we snuck around for a year. So officially 16 I had to be sure girl. He went on that stuff again
Shannon (14:06.32)
No, no, that's it. That's the point. Yeah. What you're doing. Yeah.
Shun (14:27.026)
Playing them games again. I went with that. But anyways, and 16, you know, and then by 18 19, we're not remarried I told my dad I said look i'm out not with it. He's like baby listen Exactly your words. Sometimes the risk is worth the reward He said you sold your house you put all your furniture, you know, you've did all this you uprooted the kids You can't run you need to figure it out and i'm like that if he's not hitting on you if he's working helping with the bills da-da-da, you know
Shannon (14:29.348)
Right, right.
Shannon (14:50.652)
Yeah.
Shun (14:55.444)
All the things a man would say, if he's being a man, the rest of it you can work on. So I had to really take, know, step back and take, and when he passed, I said, man, you know, it like literally opened my eyes. He was really the foundation, and Jimmy's father, I think I've told you before he even passed, that said, Jimmy will walk into who he needs to be. Jimmy will become the man. He said, I know because he's my son, and it came very late for me. He said, so if he's worth it, I ask that you give him a shot.
Shannon (14:55.503)
hmm.
Shannon (14:59.942)
Yeah.
Shun (15:23.676)
And those two men who are no longer on this earth is the reason that I'm still married, you know? But let me tell you what had to happen between Jimmy and I who are still here. Our interests changed. Jimmy still wants to be at the motorcycle club, Shannon, at three, four, five in the morning. I was no longer interested in that. I had gotten into writing and then publishing the book and now the movie, which we'll tell you about later on. And I said, I said, listen, brother, you are free to do those things.
Shannon (15:24.081)
Mm.
Yeah. Yeah.
Shannon (15:44.73)
yes.
Shun (15:51.152)
I can't force you to outgrow those. I can't force you to change your interest. I can tell you that I'm no longer there. So either you have to meet me up here where I am, or I gotta leave you where you are. And we're both okay with that. Neither one of us are wrong. And Shannon, he chose to meet me up here where I had come. And now we have two businesses, two businesses later and have produced our first movie together. You understand what I'm saying?
Shannon (16:09.564)
Mm-hmm.
Shannon (16:14.672)
Yes, yes.
Shun (16:15.774)
Cause staying out in them streets and the motorcycle clubs and chillin' until four, five in the morning wasn't putting no money in our pockets. And you know what else Shannon? That leads me a farther away from the gas company. That good job at the DA's office that I love. I absolutely love what I do. I am good at what I do. I'm the best at what I do. And when they need me, they come get me and they tell me, listen, this is your kid, I need you. That makes me feel so proud, but it no longer serves me. You understand? So.
Shannon (16:35.336)
Yeah.
Shannon (16:42.554)
Right, exactly.
Shun (16:44.82)
With this new level in life Shannon, I will be moving on. I will share with our guests and you. I got a call from New York State Retirement, February 28, 2025. I am free to retire from 25 years with the government.
Shannon (16:57.266)
That's all right. That is all right. For how many years? How many years? Yes. Absolutely.
Shun (17:00.404)
25 years.
Shun (17:08.404)
And thank you Thank you. Thank you, but that all came from Shannon what we're talking about taking a leap not letting our love out growing Thankfully my thankfully my husband's taking this right with me. He said go ahead girl Do you think I got a few more years because you know, he's on vacation for about 15 years So he got a little more time to go But he's allowing me to go live my dream and that comes from growth
Shannon (17:16.85)
Right.
Shun (17:35.568)
The the jimmy years ago, you know chanel, ain't paying no bit. No, you aren't you're going to do what no You gotta have a job, baby. So Just seeing this growth in our marriage and our relationship I know that we can talk this talk if we talk shannon because we live through it There's no way you and I could do these episodes every thursday We couldn't show up for four seasons if we didn't know if we hadn't been through what we're telling you about And it works or it doesn't work. Trust me. We can tell you both
Shannon (17:38.659)
yeah. Right. Yes. Yes.
Shannon (17:51.73)
That's right. That's right.
Shannon (17:59.975)
Yeah.
That's right. Yep. Yep. Exactly. Even, you know, you've had your experience, you know, from a young age with Jimmy. I didn't have that with Will. However, I remember when we first got together, I was contacted by one of his exes. And she wanted to, my God, she just wanted to.
Shun (18:12.926)
Mm-hmm.
Shun (18:22.024)
Really?
Shun (18:25.566)
She wants to get you to low down.
Shannon (18:27.144)
Yeah, warn me and he's like, is your motive? You're really not looking out for me. I'm not that dumb You're not you don't know me. So for you to come to me with all of this I'm telling you what you're gonna encounter and who he is. It's like, okay Initially, I was thrown off, you know, but after a while I got to see wait a minute That was someone you knew 30 some years ago. This ain't the same person
Shun (18:29.662)
Mm-hmm.
Absolutely.
Shun (18:47.014)
Mhm, of course.
Shun (18:53.684)
Mm-hmm. That's right
Shannon (18:55.418)
You know, we're still flawed individuals, but he's not who you were with 30 years ago, you know, so People grow For or you hope people grow but now I definitely have to say my husband has grown It's just like jimmy has grown just like you know But even even with their growth in our growth, we still go through stuff day to day We're not trying to put anything out in the universe like everything's you know, all rosy, know skipping through the
Shun (18:58.758)
Absolutely, that's right. That's right Shannon
Shun (19:06.429)
Absolutely.
Shannon (19:25.16)
fill the daisies or whatever, but we're able to handle things a lot easier. We navigate life a lot more smoothly than we did 20, 30 years ago. So that's what we're trying to put out there. But for those who don't, yeah, when the growth is no longer there, you're going in two different directions, recognize it and say, okay, I need to go here.
Shun (19:41.32)
Absolutely.
Shannon (19:55.442)
just like I need to leave that good job. Just like I needed to leave. Yeah, just like I, even with Jimmy, Jimmy wasn't for me. Jimmy was for you. You know, that wasn't my person. That was your person. And recognize it.
Shun (19:58.544)
Right?
Shun (20:04.286)
That's right. That's right.
Shun (20:09.512)
That wasn't that wasn't your good man
Shannon (20:14.362)
No!
Shun (20:15.464)
Well, I'm happy you like him, girl. Thank you.
Shannon (20:18.184)
But no, seriously recognizing that and a lot of people you know Just trying to do something just because someone's in your ear, you know telling you you better not leave that you better not do this or you know listen to yourself Listen to your instinct listen to your gut. Listen to God who speaks to you to tell you Yes,
Shun (20:27.636)
That's right. That's right.
Shun (20:39.986)
Listen to that still small voice, baby It has led me my entire life that still small voice and you know people go I don't believe me god you don't have to and we're not here for we're not here to force you to But I can only tell you we can only tell you what works for us Because there's no other explanation for how I turned out. It's as successful as I did. There's no other explanation
Shannon (20:50.63)
You don't have to, right?
Shannon (20:57.224)
That's right.
Shannon (21:03.782)
Yeah.
Shun (21:05.384)
For us being two black women, Shannon, damaged black women, single mothers, there's no other reason. We are here putting it all on the line. I know I've been on the crap table a few times, baby, with my life. I know I was wrong, but yet here I am and God kept me. So it's nothing you can tell me. It's nothing I wanna force on you. I simply wanna tell you that it's there. It's that direction. What do they call the Bible? Basic instructions before leaving earth.
Shannon (21:08.316)
Right, right.
Shannon (21:20.742)
Yes he did.
Shun (21:33.736)
Honey, I believe that fool and wholeheartedly. also can say without shame and I'll probably get criticized for that Anything that man has touched over time It's probably not you know, Gonna be believable to everyone and I get that and I'm not here to argue whether it's right or wrong I'm just here to tell you that I follow it and my life Always falls in place. Everything always works out the way it should so, you know, I'm not here to debate it. But again
Shannon (21:36.538)
Yeah.
Shannon (21:54.632)
Mm-hmm.
and look at it.
Right.
Shun (22:03.07)
to each his own, but we just want you to understand that you have to keep growing in order to keep going. You have to continue to grow.
Shannon (22:11.568)
That's right, you have to.
Shun (22:15.732)
And Shannon, is there anything else you want to say before we give them a few stats and updates?
Shannon (22:22.024)
nope. I think I said it all.
Shun (22:26.42)
Okay. Well, we'll just leave you guys with this, you know, try staying on one accord, you know avoiding conflict when you can But when you come to a crossroad Try to find some common ground, you know, try to find out like my husband and I did Do you want to stay down there? You know, do you want to leave me up here? Do we want to meet in the middle because sometimes shannon it's it's over It's just like we talked about last week with the family. Sometimes you got to cut it. Sometimes you got to call it but oftentimes things are not
Shannon (22:48.269)
yeah, yeah, yeah. Right, right.
Shun (22:55.496)
Therapy separation or divorce worthy is simply staying on the same page Staying in tune with your partners or families or children is very necessary people So again, if you want to go where you're going you have to continue to grow when the other person is growing
Shannon (23:16.386)
Mm-hmm, I totally agree, perfectly said.
Shun (23:18.768)
Alright.
Thank you. So with that we have some more of disheartening news We know we used to take a couple of months off and get back to you guys but season 5 Will look a little different we'll get back into that at the beginning of season season 5 But that'll you know, I make a few announcements on on our social media sites before season 5 begin But it will not be beginning to at least may of next year now I know that is so heartbreaking to our faithful fans, but
Shannon (23:47.112)
Yeah.
Shun (23:50.12)
You know, it's something that we have to do because we are growing ourselves in business and lives and partnerships. And as I mentioned, my husband and I started two new businesses this year and they're growing. And one of those was a production family. So guys look out for Gaines Family Production. And we have released our first production. I'm sorry, we have produced it. We'll be premiering it starting in February of 2025.
Shannon (23:55.637)
Yeah.
Shun (24:19.444)
It's based on my novel a love the world should know My sweet homie my girl from my baby mama Shannon took time out of her busy tech life To write us a pilot episode which we read we loved and we took the time to get another writer Mr. Phil Davis and we expanded upon that and we now have a freaking miniseries
Shannon (24:26.386)
Mm-mm.
Shannon (24:37.467)
Yeah.
Shannon (24:42.248)
That's all right, I gotta give it up for, I mean, this is wild, phenomenal. I mean, look at God.
Shun (24:54.324)
So again, it is titled broken love guys, so we're gonna premiere in Buffalo Of course, we're gonna head down to Charlotte where my baby mama's from cuz again without her We don't have this because she gave me the basis of foundation. She's like look nigga I ain't writing a whole series but I can get you started. I'm like boo. That's good enough for me So thank you Shannon so much for your contribution to this project and your foundation because
Shannon (25:07.89)
Yeah!
Shannon (25:14.28)
hahahahah
Shun (25:23.282)
Guys, I learned that book writing and screenwriting is a whole new baby a whole different ballgame And she has some other screenplay. So you guys you know, we'll be announcing and be on the lookout for for our stuff So with that, we'll be in buffalo february 15th. We'll be in charlotte, north calina march 15th We'll be in atlanta georgia march 22nd. We will be in st louis missouri april 19th So look out for broken love in the city near you and if you hear this song Just know
Shannon (25:26.898)
Yeah.
Shannon (25:47.162)
Yes, all right.
Shun (25:54.612)
Shannon, won't you play a for him a little bit? him a little bit of it. It's coming. this is the same song.
Shannon (25:55.74)
That is coming. Yes. Here we go.
Shannon (27:35.862)
Yeeeeaaaah!
Shun (27:36.572)
Yeah I love this song Guys, it took us months to come up with a good theme song that would carry the whole series of shannon I think they nailed it girl based on what you wrote. I think they nailed it So that is mrs. Darcy walker. She's out of atlanta georgia girls and Yeah, the the song is the sound engineers are right here in buffalo. all it radio. They have a radio station so
Shannon (27:48.006)
Yes, they did. That is beautiful
Shun (28:02.664)
You guys can catch us on there. I'll be actually on their podcast Shannon on February. I'm sorry December 27th. I'll be a guest on their show Yes, I will be I Sure will it's I think it is all it radio So if you if you just tune in guys to all it radio February 27th, I will be on I'll be on
Shannon (28:11.249)
All right, then you got to share that share that link with our audience
Shun (28:25.492)
A few radio stations, but we'll be offline So you guys have to follow us on social media to get it while we're on break You guys have to make sure to keep up with the social media pages and shannon again Thank you sweetheart for allowing me to take our time to share this story and You're gonna give us the stats and we can get out of here. But again sweetheart I can't thank you enough for your contribution to this. Thank you so much for being there for me as always
Shannon (28:44.742)
Yes.
yeah, thank you for everything. mean, thank you for our friendship. Thank you for our smooth blended family. Jay has the best stepmom in the world. So we love you. All right.
Shun (28:58.757)
Absolutely.
Thank you. And so does my babies. And we love you. And we'll talk. We'll talk Frankie how to play ping pong, whatever that was, handball, whatever they was doing. We just get along. We just get along. We just get along. All right. So give us your stats, girl.
Shannon (29:14.728)
yes. my gosh. Yes That's my boy, that's my boy right there All right Let's okay. So, you know, we've come a long way since season one. We are now in 47 countries 747 47 across the globe. I mean can't even name them all we still
Shun (29:33.787)
I know.
Shun (29:41.428)
Too many now.
Shannon (29:42.12)
Our top two have remained steady though. It's still been, of course, the US and France. I don't know what it is about y'all French people, but we love you.
Shun (29:49.204)
I mean France is not given up. They're not giving up. I'm here for it Four seasons or seasons honey. I'm here for it
Shannon (29:54.748)
They're not giving up their spot. They're not giving up this.
They say we don't care how many other countries come on. We love you all. And I don't know if it's expats over there or if it's just the French people. It doesn't even matter. We just we appreciate the fact that you tune in. Yes, we thank you all. And then in the United States, we're in 31 states and D.C. So that's great. Would love to be in all 50 at some point, but to have 31 and D.C.
Shun (30:10.558)
We just love you and we thank you. Absolutely.
Shun (30:20.296)
How?
Shannon (30:28.264)
We appreciate you all. We'll yeah, we'll take it. We'll take it and and You know, these are for the the people that we can track now we know that on YouTube We cannot track The the states or countries that let's tune in from YouTube. So if we missed anyone from there we apologize or we we welcome you or you know Just know that we're appreciative to everyone that tunes in
Shun (30:28.456)
We'll take it.
Shannon (30:58.42)
And that there are certain avenues that we can't get stats from and YouTube is one of them.
Shun (31:02.588)
And our American saying, charge it to our heads, not our hearts. It's not intentional.
Shannon (31:06.184)
Exactly, It's not at all. you know, once we get a little bit more sophisticated, maybe we can, you know, pull everything in. But we do recognize what we recognize. And like I said, we appreciate the love. We appreciate you all for tuning in on Thursday nights.
We do this because we love to do it, but we also do it because you give us, you know, that, that, you know, to be here, you give us that energy and, and, and we love it. So until May. my gosh.
Shun (31:43.623)
Absolutely.
Shun (31:49.682)
We love it and we love you all until May. Take it easy. Enjoy your new years. Take care of yourselves and each other. And we'll see you in May.
Shannon (31:59.165)
Yes.
Love you.