Bachelor Happy Hour - Jared Freid on His New Relationship, Brand-New Book, and More – Part 1 | Golden Hour

Episode Date: June 2, 2026

Today on “Golden Hour,” Kathy and Susan are sitting down with comedian and Bachelor superfan Jared Freid! We’re catching up on everything happening in Jared’s world, from his new relationship to his upcoming book, "Walking Red Flag.” Jared opens up about the transition from thriving single life to blending worlds with a partner, sharing the realities, challenges, and surprises that come with it. Plus, he tells us all about his new book and how it’s already helping some of his single friends navigate dating. Tune in now and be sure to stay tuned for Part 2 next week!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome back to Golden Hour. Hi, I'm Susan. And I'm Kathy. How are you doing, Susan? I'm doing great. I'm jealous. You're still in Portugal and I'm not there yet. I still am in Portugal. And you know what? We have such a special guest this week. doesn't work out with him.

I'm hanging out at the Ferrari dealer. So let's introduce our special gap because, you know, I am a quarter of a mile from the Ferrari dealer. Okay, we have a really special guest this week. Comedian and Bachelor Live Screamer, a man who I adore. Jared, great. Hey, Jared, how are you? So good to be here with you guys.

Obrado, Kathy. Oh my God, he knows Obrugado. I mean, listen, you both look amazing. Kathy, you're glowing. You have your very much a... I'm single. Kathy got her groove back. European vacation vibe.

I can feel it. You're having spritzes in a piazza. This is just... And Susan, a little blonde in your hair going a long way. You look amazing. I love it. I love it. You're in Florida.

You're looking mighty happy. Thank you. I'm in Florida. Yes, Delray Beach. Oh, in Delray. in Miami last night. Oh, and last night, look at Susan just hopscotching across

this great nation of ours. Just Miami nights, New York days. You guys are really women of the world. It's really great to be here. Wait, do you live in Del Rey? I live in Del Rey, yeah. I don't think I knew that. Okay.

I forgot to call you. I should have called you and let you know. So can we just like jump ahead just for a second? Let's jump ahead. Because Kathy told me a little something about you. First of all, You look fabulous. Did you lose weight?

Like you're all cut now. Their faces look good. They have this new drug called ecstasy. And no. What for real name? I'm taking the boomer ecstasy, GLP1. Well, it shows you look really good. I don't live my life by the scale.

I live my life, you know, one cheeseburger at a time. Amen. And I, no, I think I lost 10 pounds. You know, when you live by the beach, it changes your old demeanor. You know, this, you get it. You're looking right now. You're out in Lisbon. You're looking at the sea.

We just saw you chase away a young Portuguese man to get out of your room. Before we taped, I just saw a guy. He was wearing speedo cut underwear, very European. Kathy, you get it. No, he ran because she pulled the suitcase up a mile hill. She's nuts. No, Jared, I'm just going to say. Yeah, don't wear your heels in Lisbon.

I've been. Jared, let me just tell you, in Lisbon, it's all hills. I know. I've been. Literally, I'm, Lisbon was beautiful. I loved it. Don't go to Comparta, horrible, not worth it. Okay. Not a great beach town.

Lisbon was awesome. The food was great. The people were wonderful. Very much a laid-back surfer vibe in Lisbon. Very laid-back. Kathy, you couldn't be more the opposite of the people. people of Lisbon. I'm just imagining a guy on one of,

I'm just imagining Kathy yelling at one of those people with one of those tiny, what are they called Shooks? What are the, what are the, the speedos? Tuck-Tuck. Tuck-Tuck. The tuck-tucks, the tuck-tucks are these little tiny cars and the guys who drive them, they're like, hey, you need

a ride. I'm just imagining, Kathy. I need a seatbelt back here. There's no seatbelts back here. Jared. Jared. I'm just, Susan is going to start this off because we want to talk to you about the single tax. I am, first of all, exceedingly single here in Lisbon,

exceedingly single. And I just want to say, even though I'm in Lisbon hunting for a Portuguese man who I don't speak a word of Portuguese except, A braggado. Abragado. I've learned that one. Here's the deal.

You have broken my heart. Because you told me that you were into older women and I was going to be the one. So Susan, why don't we just start on this? single tax discussion since he is he looks younger to me too i mean seriously i've gotten younger i keep getting younger yeah i use skin cream now listen you get a girlfriend you start using her products gp1 what is it glp1 glp1 i call it chubby medication jared yeah we're just jumping ahead i'm going off script okay how long have you been dating her and when did you meet her what does she

look like what does she do i want all the so she's uh she's uh she's uh in wealth man She's a sugar mama. I got my mortgage taken care of now with this rich woman who wealth manages. And she's, we go way back actually. We actually dated and then I ended it. And then we got back together. And so it's one of those stories that I wouldn't tell someone can happen to them. Like, you know, the worst thing that people in relationships do is,

try to make their story somehow an inspiration for others. My story is probably not an inspiration for others. My story's a warning. My story isn't, you know, what people should be, you know, right. I mean, like, I feel lucky that you and I were in the same space to be able to want to give it a shot. And I feel lucky that it worked out the way it has. But also, like, to count on this being, you know, for other people, we were, we didn't talk for two and a half years. and then came back into each other's lives.

And she reached out. She texted me. She was braver than I was. I had been thinking about her and over the years. And then I got a text. I was going to Philly for a show. And I was like, should I do it? Should I not?

Should I text? Should I not? And then I got a text from her like, hey, your sponsored ads for your show, keep coming up, want to get coffee. Is she in Philly? Yeah, she was. Is she living with you now?

She's moving down here. Is that why I didn't get the call that you were in Philly? Like Kathy gets the call you're in Austin. I could have sat next to where we could have been friends. I know. Well, she didn't come to the show. I was like, I had the show. I was like, let's wait.

I'm not going to like, you know, we got coffee the night after, a day after my show and just caught up. And, you know, it was like, I just had like a body feeling where I was like, this is, you know, it was a little bit like this person's happy and just. a breath of fresh air and then also like you know don't you know don't fuck with this person you know you know it's kind of like

you know if you're gonna do this do this but don't mess with it you know so I think that's why I was so afraid to text because I was like I knew that you know you have there's a part with dating where you have the information you need

and it's like okay am I ready to do that next thing go over that next hump considering there's a point where it's like, what else do you need to know? You know, so, and I was, I'm definitely one of those people that puts off decisions with everything.

I don't want to hear the answer. Two years. Right, two years. Well, even before that, when we dated, you know, I was, we got to the point of like, hey, what's the next thing? And it's like, you either keep going, doing something that's below,

you know, makes everyone feel uncomfortable and not a real relationship, or you push through to the next thing. And I just didn't have the confidence then, you know? Okay. And I still don't. I got to interrupt you. Yeah.

We are of the same tribe. Last time we were talking about your mom and your mother, like, have you found a nice girl? First of all, is your mother happy? She's very happy. She's great. She liked her in the beginning. You know, it'd be more fun stories if she hated her than now she likes her. So she loves her.

So that's like a problem. You know, for me, I have nothing interesting to say about it. I wish, you know, my mom's a pain in the ass. At some point. Don't say that. That she's a pay in the ass. It's the truth. It doesn't mean he doesn't love her.

Right? Jared. You can be a pain in the ass and also love it. That's it. Right? I've gotten a finger in the butt during a blow job. Like that's, I love that and it's a pain in the ass. Literally.

So I'm the only person that will ever compare their mom to a finger in the butt during a blowjob. Susan, will you please? Because this is a perfect segue. I just come on here to make Susan laugh and Kathy Skull. God, I can't catch my breath. Wait, Jared, we are going to talk about something today, and it's called the single tax. What is the single tax? Okay.

Life costs more when you're single. Exactly. It's a higher cost of living and financial burdens that single adults face compared to couples or families. I mean, when you're in that, you split it, right? It refers to the lack of shared expenses for rent, utilities, and subscriptions rather than a literal government tax. I think the single tax is a wonderful discussion point for why people stay single too. You know, like I and why I was so afraid of moving into the next level of life. I and I think a lot of people who are single, once you get to a point where you can take care of the cost of your life. Yeah. Then you get

comfortable and you're like, I'm not going to bring in someone who could ruin this. So yeah. You You know, you're paying a premium for your freedom. Freedom, right. So you can look at it. I'm an economics major. Kathy, I know you're an economics person yourself. So the single tax speaks. I love the meshing of dating relationships and the economics of it because I do think that

matter. When I was single, the only thing that could ruin my life was a woman. You know, I had my life. I could afford my life. I had my comfortable couch. I was able to go out anytime I wanted. And the only thing that could be brought in to ruin me both emotionally and financially was a woman. So you become more precious because you're paying such a premium to be single. You become more precious at ruining that when you go into the next phase. So a lot of people were single. They're kind of like living with bronze handcuffs, not even golden handcuffs. They're going, I'm getting by. I like my life. I'm happy enough. Why would I risk happy enough for probably miserable?

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Keep talking, Jared. Keep talking. Let's tell them. Is she paying half the rent? Are you going to give her any of the closet? How's it going to work here on this single? I've cleared out a closet for her. She's going to pay the whole rent, and I'm going to, you know, make love to her. In exchange for that, I'm going to give her everything she needs physically,

and she'll take care of us monetarily. No, I'm going to. I call you live. Those are discussions that, you know, it's funny. We did talk about the finance stuff and like it's the difference is so when you're afraid of entering in a relationship, you're like, I'm going to avoid that conversation completely. When you're like kind of when you're happy and ready to do it, that was like so easy.

Like to me it's. It doesn't matter. Right. It's right. To me it's like a negotiation. Let's figure it out. Like I bought a place here in Del Rey and I'm like, I want you to feel like it's your place. I want it to be our place. Like, I want you to, like, come here and, like, feel like,

we have a thing. And I'm saying that at 41. Like, I don't think at 23, these conversations are as easier as I'm, or I'd be as thoughtful. So, like, the beauty of waiting till you're 41 to get into a very serious relationship is that, you know, I've already had these arguments with other people. She shouldn't have to deal with these things, you know? So I, I don't know, there's things that we're going to have to deal with that I, that happened because I'm 41. And there's things that we, you know, I've already worked out. You know, like it's, there's pros and cons, everything, you know. So she could do the food shopping without asking for money.

Right. Well, that's the money thing. Right. It's funny because like when we were talking about like, how do we divvy up the expense or how we combine, it's more of like to me it's a fun, it's a fun decision. on how to do life. Like it's not, this isn't as stressful to me.

Like I actually, I was like, oh, you're paying that in rent and I'm paying this in a mortgage. Oh, we might have this money free to do this with it. Or maybe we can go into an aggressive stock account, you know, like, whatever.

Like, I don't know. Like, these are, and now I feel like, like these are like, you know, I wish it was more, I don't know, I'm very, what's it called? I'm very, that seems fun to me more than it feels stressful.

And because you're 41 and established and you can do it. Right, right. It's not worried about my, or not worried yet. We'll see. I would say to you, Jared, a couple of things here. Sure. Buy low, sell high. There's some financial advice for you.

Next question, has your mother purchased the glasses for you all to step on at the wedding? Not yet. We're a little bit far away from that. We'll get there. We look at glasses, you know, to step on. But we'll get there. some point. Do you talk about marriage or right now she's comfortable? Yeah, I think it's like a fact of life,

you know, like, again, like I have the information, you know, the toughest part for me was really like go and, well, being on a podcast and saying I have a girlfriend because I would be dating someone and I was dating. Like I wasn't, I wasn't like, you know, being casual with people. I was, I was going on dates and having, you know, conversations with people when I was dating. And then it would get to a point. we're like okay well i go on a podcast and talk about how i'm single with someone who i'm like kind of close to not being single with like it got uncomfortable it's like i either have to lie here or lie to them or lie to both or feel like i'm playing apart you know that once that kind of got out of the way which was tough for me yeah all that other stuff was kind of a little bit easier you know

so i have a question jared how i don't know how old she is do you are you willing to share she's 82 um no seriously we i told you i liked older women she's 82 i love she's a thanks a while she's 32 she's 32 okay so okay so here's my question she's she's a bit younger but you're 41 how does the app look different the sex it's different um we you know i have to find a way to show up so let's talk about people that aren't as fortunate as you. And don't worry about splitting the bills because a lot of people that are comfortable living together, do you think they stay together because financially they're not going to be

as comfortable? Of course. Well, this is the problem. You know, like, you know, I'm not doing well enough to get a divorce. You know, I'm doing well enough to get in a relationship. But I can't get, I don't have enough money to get out of a relationship. So like, you know, there. That's, I know a lot of people, I would say more people than would like to admit are financially not able to divorce.

Divorce is for the poor and the very rich. Hold on here. You just entered into this relationship. I'm just telling you the truth. No, no, no, no. We're going to change the narration here. I want to know, and I'm being serious here, which I always always. How do you think your life, you know, you've been single and you told me once not too

long ago that with all you're traveling and your, you know, your stand-up, you do a lot of traveling, that you weren't really ready to enter into a relationship. So now I know on top of everything else, you're a liar. But here's the thing. How is life, and I'm being serious, Jared, how is life going to change for you? Because you do travel on the road a lot. How is it going to, your friends, I'm guessing, I don't know, are most of your friends, single, couples? How is that good, that sphere going to change for you? It's a lot less masturbation. You know, it's, It's really that's a huge change for me. You know, I don't have to buy as much lotion.

And I. And when you go out, you're bringing somebody with you. Right. And so that's different. Kathy set me up. I mean, first of all, my friend, you know, male friendship is a little easier, I think. Because male friendship's not as depthy. Like the way my life went wasn't, yeah, like, female.

friendship you got susan you're going to lisbon to go hang out i'm going to italy actually she's in lincoln you're going to italy you know like but like women go on trips together and then they stay in the hotel room and then they talk about you know their lives together there's just a different relationship i my friends oh what are you doing where you

who cares you know how many people when i moved to delray beach were like women every woman would ask me the same question do you have any friends there and i'd be like friends who the fuck cares what am I 8th I'm going I'm moving to a beach town I'll figure it out and I think that a lot of men feel that way where it's like you know you know when I was single

it didn't fucking matter to my friends and when it when I got a relationship oh bring her in you know like men welcome you know what I was their wives they'd be like oh we you know I you know because when I did Emily before my good friend you know his wife was like I really liked you know would always bring her up and I'm like how they could be buddies again. Right.

Well, she was so happy when we got back together. She was like, I can, you know, I really liked her. And I was like, boy, no one else really was affected. You know, my friend was like, whatever you do, you do. That's how men are. What did she say, please tell me she said these words. I took you long enough. Well, I actually, here's the crazy part.

I wrote a book. So I, you know, you could be like, well, Jared, you're just saying these things because it's easy to say. now that you were thinking of her. Well, I actually have a book that comes out that you can pre-order now. It's called Walking Red Flag. It is a dating advice book. Excuse me. Can you send us sign copies?

I'm not paying for the book. I'm not paying for the book. I'll send you guys a copy. I'll send you a copy. It's called Walking Red Flag. I need to read it. And it's a dating advice book. And it's really just personal stories about dating and how

I felt throughout the whole process. It takes you from getting dumped to getting dumped again because that's all I knew was I only knew how to do like a year in a relationship and this is all this is about. So you get dumped and what do you do? How do you figure it out? I'll send it out today. I'll send you both copies. So tell me one key word, please.

What was that trigger that made you change all this? Well, the opening page is like a story about growing up. The opening page of the book is about I was 13 years old, and I remember I was like, I'm going to call this girl to be my girlfriend because I was like, everyone's got a girlfriend. I got to have a girlfriend. I remember going in the phone book and finding her number and then going on the second line. Like this is like, I'm literally like all these are words that people wouldn't understand. I go on the second line

and I pick up the phone quietly I'm like not even allowed to use the phone in my house and I'm sneaking and I'm sneaking and I call the girl and all of a sudden my mom picks up the second line and it's like hello! Jared why are you on the phone? What are you doing on the phone? And I'm like shaking and I take the phone and I throw it across the room

and I run away and I end up not calling her to be my girlfriend It's such a butterfly effect moment. Like, what if I had asked her to be my girlfriend? She said yes, and now I'm like, cool guy with a girlfriend. I wouldn't even be a comedian. I wouldn't be the sad loser who goes on the stage and talks about his body issues. Maybe I'd be a cool guy and a lawyer, like have a family already.

Like, this is a huge moment of my life. And my mom kept going, why are you on the phone? What are you doing on the phone? And I literally was like playing video games acting like nothing had happened. And this is the opening page of the book. I love it. I always tell people from this, you know, what are you learned? It's that you should always try.

And. Okay. I have a question. Are you the dumpy in your life, Jared? I'm the dumper. I would dump people before the next step because I wasn't confident enough to go through the next step. What was that here? What was that?

It wasn't confidence. Obviously, you got the girls. It's confidence. But you had the girls. You just dumped them. Yeah, but confidence comes in different forms in different ways, you know, like, you know, Some people are confident enough to go on a first date and then not confident enough to have a family and kids. Like I think that takes a different type of confidence or delusion.

It's a mix of the do. Or they miss birth control. One or the other. And then they rationalize, well, we can do a kid. And you go, okay. You know, like, so I don't know. I just think I didn't even take my own advice, you know, like I didn't even try. You know, she took the advice without even reading the book.

And then so I wrote this book over the two years that we hadn't seen each other. I wrote this book and I ended up writing all these stories out with regrets and how I would have done things differently. And a couple of them had her in mind, you know. And I proof you were thinking about her. Right. And then so when she texted. Did you dedicate it to her? No, because when she texted it was already published and she texted and she was like, let's get coffee.

And then we got coffee. And then we like started going on, you know, getting back together. And I was like, by the way, there's a book. and I wrote about you and she's like, let me read and she reads it and she's like three stories. You did three stories. And I was like, you're right.

All three, she remembered these specific moments that I was like hashing out because really it's a snapshot, this book of like the two years in between and the dating I was doing. And like, and then so it is kind of interesting the way it kind of like, I don't know. I don't know.

If someone just has, had a relationship end and they think the person could come back. Like, just have that person write a book, you know? That's all there is. That's all you have to do. Well, can I ask you a personal question? Were you really falling in love with her to the years before? And you left because you were afraid?

Yeah. Or you weren't ready, if you will. I don't think I was ready. Wait, wait, before you answer was, did your family, had you met her family? No. Had she met, had she met your family? She met my brother and his wife. wife before in the first time we dated and I didn't handle that as well as I would have liked to.

I didn't take it as seriously as I would like to. How long did you date her the first time? How long? A few months. Oh. Oh. Yeah. Wow. Wow. Yeah. But the, you know, so. Well, you know, she's the one now because it's on our podcast. Right. Emily, I'm right. Well, you could read about it in the book so that I can afford, you know, the house that we have. I know that Walking Red Flag, if you can pre-order it, and I do the voice, I do the audio book so you can hear my beautiful voice. Can I ask you a question, Jared? You're on a podcast. You can ask me anything? Ask what? My question is, have you written a book lately? And if you have, what is the title and how can I

pre-order? I have. Thank you, Kathy. Walking Red Flag. And just go on Amazon. You can just go, you can just go order it now. You can pre-order it. Actually, I'm going to beg the listeners. Pre-order it because it gets me on the New York Times best sell list. And I told my dad, I was like, there's a chance I get on the New York Times best seller list. And my dad went, how are you going to do that, son?

He scoffed louder than I've ever heard someone scoff at my supposed success. I just want to give the PSA for today. If you are struggling out there and you've dated someone and it just didn't work out, here's what you need to do. Write a book about it. Wait for her or him to reach back out to you and life will be fabulous. Well, here's the thing, Kathy. I'm sorry to interrupt, but like, you know, the reality is life is messy.

You know, like it's not going to work out the way you thought it would. It's not going to be, you know, and I've always, you know, I'm consistent. I've been doing dating podcasts and dating advice for 15, 16 years. years, as weird as that sounds, because I've been getting questions and doing podcast, advice podcast for that long. And the consistent part was always that every situation is its own situation. And, you know, if it's raining out, bring an umbrella. Be a better buyer.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Jared, here's the thing back when you had a podcast. Susan and I talk about this. As a single man, which you were up until 10 minutes ago and you broke my heart, when you were single, and people wrote questions, did you live by the advice you gave? I always said that it is way easier to be honest on a podcast than it is in real life. Oh my God, you're so right.

Right? Like, you know, advice, easy to give, tough to take. You know, like, that's the fun of a podcast, is we can... Diss it out. And I think what happens is on podcasts, I wouldn't listen to a podcast that wasn't as vulnerable as I was being with the podcast I'm listening to. You know, there's a lot of people selling, you know, snake oil. If you're not going to reveal things about your life, then why would I come to you for advice on mine? I need to judge where you're coming from

and how in your life experiences. You know, I, that was what made dating so hard for me is that I was so open, you know, with how I dated and how I am. I'd have to answer to myself. You know, if someone was dating me and heard my advice, they go, well, you said. I'd be like, don't listen to that piece of shit.

He's a chubby loser. He doesn't, he's never committed in his life. And then he'd be like, well, you said on this podcast that, you know, after the, you know, so it's like, I had to be held to my own words. You know, if I, like, hid, you know, big facts about myself, we had this, you know, so I'm not going to get it. But that helped you. That's, that was your therapy in your own way.

A little bit. I, you know, I don't think the people on Reddit would believe that. But, you know, so. Hey, Jared, I'm serious. As somebody who was a very chubby girl as you look amazing. I'm actually, oh, you're sweet. Off the script here again, how, because I will tell you, I had no confidence in my younger years because I was incredibly overweight.

How has it changed your confidence level? Not much has changed. You know what's changed? It's the ability to leave the house. It's like, you know, I think when you don't feel good about your body, it is tough to, like, go on that date, go feel good. You skip things. You skip, you know, hangs. You make rationalizations when you don't feel good about your body.

When you don't feel good in your clothing, you go, well, I can't make it. tonight. You know, like, I think that's a big thing. You know, I think people can relate to that, especially if you're single. Because when you're single, to go on a first date, you have to really, like, set aside a lot of reasonable, you know, thoughts. Like, hey, you're 41. It's never worked out until, what makes you think?

You're going to meet someone you like today? You haven't met anyone you like in 41 years. You don't like anybody. You know, you have to set that. You have to be delusional. And, you know, nothing feels less, you know, it's tough to delude yourself into thinking the pants fit when they won't button, you know, so. Okay, but I got to say, I got to say the one of the reasons I brought this up was I grew up in a, we called it the twiggy culture, skinny, skinny, skinny. I'm glad to see that now all sizes, all shapes are welcome.

People are much, are welcome. I love seeing models of all different size and shapes. I think that that is a more real. What is this? Someone needs to. No, but you get full-figured women and they look stunning. Sure, but they, I don't think that is ever easy. You know, like, I don't, I think there's maybe a space for it and there's a place online for it.

But as you guys know, the online world doesn't represent the real world every now and again. You know, that's a, I mean, I'm a comedian who goes on stage and tells jokes and people would think I'm the most confident person in the world. I don't care how someone, I don't care how loudly someone screams on the internet about how confident they are. They're not, you know. You fake it until you make it, babe. Right. And that doesn't mean the world treats you in the way that you should be treated. Sometimes the world isn't fair to you.

And, you know, I, it's just I, I'm happy there are spaces for people, but I don't think that makes it easy for people. When it comes down to you in the mirror and the date that's in a half hour and you're sweating because you just got out of the shower and the pants that you thought you were going to wear, don't fit.

I just want to scream and say, fuck the world and sorry, I can't make it. Good luck with everything. I'm just going to die alone in this coffin. Because that was your way out was saying, I'm not going to go. You ran from that all that time.

And now 41, you're feeling yourself, baby, and good for you. I'm feeling myself. I got a book, but I'm going to beg people to buy. Susan, he's been feeling himself for years. He's been feeling himself for long.

I just did shows in Jacksonville for 15 people. These two people brought Stanley water jugs with alcohol in them. Like I was performing at a campground. You know, I'm still a loser. You know, like. You're not a loser. I performed in a Ramada behind a steak and shake last. weekend, okay? Things aren't that great.

I like it. So wait, I have a question before Emily, because we're getting out of that. There's no there's nothing before Emily. There's only Emily. No, no, seriously. What was the longest what was the longest time you ever dated someone? Seriously. Two and a half years I was like, you know,

but that was young. I was very young. And then, you know, I was two and a half years. I lived with a woman and then we broke up. And that was like, pandemic. kind of, you know how pandemic, everyone, you went one way or the other. You'd have people that like fast engage or they got out.

I was the opposite. My brother met a girl, this day I moved in with my ex. They ended up moving in when I moved out. You know, like. So that was a serious relationship. And then I was single for, you know, 2021 until 2026. So, but, you know,

a series of three-monthers to five months, you know, over the course of that time. I have a question. Does she have a career and is she walking away from something? She's in wealth management. She's doing great. She's got her own. So she works at home.

She does a lot over Zoom and stuff like that. You know, like that's the way of the world. It was, but, you know, that discussion of like, you know, move down here, figured out. you know, I kind of was like, I can go, I can do whatever, if it's important you to be, let's figure this out. Again, it was a negotiation. Let's talk.

Yeah. You know, there's no wrong answers. You know, I, I communicate. Yes. Right. Well, as much as you can with, you know, not to say it won't come up again. You know, listen, I got back from Jacksonville. I said, maybe I got to move back to New York.

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