Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew - 223 | get to know your spouse (and us)

Episode Date: July 24, 2024

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Ann, and, dab me up. Damn me up. Back, by shaking bake. Yeah, let's go. I'll punch you. Let's go. I'm gonna punch you. Guys, we're two days, three days away from leaving for Paris.

Keep talking. Why are you looking at me like that? I got my eyebrow thing going. I feel like if you were to ask us, are we stressed? We would say no. But I feel like we actually are. How do you think about that, Andrew? What do you think?

I'm not stressed. I think you are. I can't be if you want me to. I think as your wife, I can tell you are. What worrying? What worrying did that good ever do? what good did Worryian ever do There are so many logistics

To figure out But it's okay What you gotta do is just grab some stuff from your house Throw it in some suitcase That's... Go to the airport And we're good to go That makes me really mad

I'm kidding obviously You know how many times we've traveled somewhere And you're like Oh my gosh You actually remembered this Or like oh that was so clutch You're like oh wow Do you know why Andrew?

No you do a great job You do a great job Don't make it seem that small. It is a ginormous task. Push back to you. Don't make it feel that big either. It is what it is. It ain't too big.

It ain't too small. And we have both into the spectrum. Who ends up packing for the entire family, Andrew? Me. I definitely could do it if you let me. Really? Will you do a better job? Yes.

Will I get 90% of the necessity in there? Yes. You will forget majority of it. Will we all still be alive at the end of the day? Yes. You see what I'm saying? I'm just trying to index you a little closer. Will we enjoy our trip if I pack?

Yes. Will we be stressed out of our mind because we won't have diapers if you pack? Yes. Will you enjoy the trip if you pack? Yes. Let's tackle that. Don't.

Don't. Welcome to couple things. I'm Andrew. I'm Sean. If this is your first episode, listening to apologies in advance. That's a bunch of nonsense that maybe people have been with us for a while. I could remember. This is our fifth year of this podcast. Yeah. 200-something episodes in. Three kids in? Been on YouTube for eight years. A lot of nonsense has ensued since. Today is more

nonsense. We're doing a couples quiz. I don't know anything about this. I don't either. I just showed up and this is what I'm looking at. But after being married for eight years, I feel like sometimes I feel like we know just about everything about each other. But then we sit down to film a podcast like this. And we learn more about each other. That's right. So we actually did a couple's quiz last year, if you remember. And we encouraged all of you to ask your significant other the same questions to see how many you could get right.

And it seemed like y'all had a lot of fun. Y'all? Y'all. So we're going to bring it back. You think it's the same one? Is this the same quiz? I don't think so. Anyway, we're going to encourage you just like we did.

last time to do it with your partner let's have some fun see how much you really know about the other person and let us know in the comments or on our DMs how many you got right play along with us we're gonna win though so good luck to everybody else for second place no i think it's you versus me baby you think so i think so oh shoot well then i'm gonna win may the odds be in your favor anyway let's put some stakes on this too you want to put some stakes on yeah sure winner of this quiz gets to pack

no I'm not agreeing to that you better freaking show up then I'm not agreeing to this is called skin in the game no we have to agree on the stakes Andrew I am packing okay go ahead do you see my dilemma now you brag about packing and you won't let me

contribute even though I'm going to dominate you said you're going to pack a backpack I could totally we have like cocktail events to go to we're tech entrepreneurs okay we wear hoodies and no we don't no we don't we don't

what do you like the stakes to be I don't know I get a 15 minute back scratch and then if I win I get a 15 minute If I win I get a 15 minute back scratch I still need and then if I win

What do you want? Wow I get you got to work on that knot in my shoulder okay great for 45 minutes it's easier work than a back scratch it's easier work no it's not 45 minutes all right we agree no we agree shake it no put it right there these people are waiting for this episode okay all right 15 minutes okay call it even swap all right uh I'm gonna keep score don't look at the freaking questions, dude. You're cheating.

I'm not. Dude, it's just like annoying. Gosh, you're such a chalonser. I'm laughing because you're such a child. You're such a child. What's something I'm currently obsessed with? Mariachi music. That's super true.

It makes me feel like I'm a vacation. Me, go. And I understand some of the words, but not all of them. You're currently obsessed with the TV show Sprint. Yes. That's fair. You almost chalanced.

No. Yeah. Okay. Is that how we're playing? Because I'm down. I was about it when we finished it. How many people have you told about Sprint in the last 24 hours? A few.

Okay. Now, what's my current morning routine? Yours is wake up around 6.40. Come give me a kiss. you try to do it as quietly as you can and so you scare me you sneak up on me and scare me and then you make a coffee

usually before we wake up the kids and then we make the kids by we I mean you make the kids breakfast they all wake up at seven and then we've been going to work at like eight the last couple weeks yeah you get a point thank you your morning routine

you wake up around five you will sneak over to my side of the bed turn on brown noise on YouTube and turn off the monitor you go out into the gym you get a 30 minute tonal workout in then you go to the pool where you strip down and you jump in the pool for like

a five minute cool off and then you come back inside I'm usually up by then you're up by then Feeding ash, make bear a bottle. Yeah. Yeah, I'll give you a point. It's 45 minute workout. Don't shave my workout.

Why are you throwing a shade? Five minute workout? No, 45 minute workout. What? You got there for like five minutes, too? I'm kidding. Number three, what were the themes of all our kids' birthday parties? Okay.

Well. Oh, now we have to ride it down. Today, yeah. Today's actually Jets' birthday. It is. And it is. themed motorcycles and dinosaurs. Really excited.

I'm really excited. Gosh, I've been crying all day, to be honest. His previous birthday was green. I feel like he wore that. It was a green shirt. It was dinosaurs with the big balloons. Nice save. And there's a lot of green balloons.

Nice save. And his first birthday party was color. Generic. No? Race cars. Nope. What was it? Superheroes.

You're right. Brick. Drew's was a Halloween costume. Yeah. Her first, no, her first party. Her first party. I know it. I can see it.

The white cake. It was beautiful with the pink. Yeah, it was all based off of that hot pink pig that was in the book that she was obsessed with. Uh, her second was a costume at the trampoline park. Boo, Drew turns two. Yeah. Third was, what do we do? It was at our house.

It was princesses. She had the princess cake. Every princess is on her cake. Is that right? Yep. Okay. It's a hot pink cake. It had every princess on it.

everyone came to our house we did the bounce house um we played it inside yeah the bounce house is beautiful oh cutie there's her princess dress oh and then 2023 was when drew turned four yeah oh got it it was boss i can't think of it I'm all I'm saying is I definitely get a point for this and you're trampoline park urban air yeah so we did that twice yeah yeah you definitely get a point I'll give that to you yeah I mean I planned all of them gosh good memories uh next what is a project I'm passionate about right now I've got two for you you would be packing yeah I'm considering that a project

it is and the space launch the space shuttle launch you get to go to yes you're pumped about that you get a point of that you are passionate about getting your phd in psychology right now yeah and i had i had a second one if you don't include this you're not getting it right hold on i literally just blank give me a second i'm panicking because i had it oh you're our book okay great yeah yeah yeah we've spent the last week on calls with like eight or nine different publishers it's not going to come out for like another year we've been working on it for like 18 months already but i'm excited for when it comes out can i tell them what someone said yeah one of the publishers guys every single publisher so far has responded to the proposal and has been very excited but one particular publisher who's a very good publisher said this is the best proposal they've seen in 25 years and it is The Maserati of Proposals. I'm pretty excited. I hope the book lives up to that.

I'm so excited. Okay, four to three. You're up. How many times have I been to the Olympic Games as an athlete and spectator? 8, 12, 16, 20. We'll count this one, so 5.

96? 8. 10, 12. 14. We count a winner? Those are the Olympic Games, Andrew. fine okay it's recency bias okay we're the olympics are next week so that's why i'm thinking summer games only really been to seven yeah that's cool how many times have i been to the olympics as a spectator once atlanta yeah all right five four if we didn't live in

nashville where would i want to live i'm going to just say los angeles Indiana? Yeah. Wow. It's a second. It's the second place. What about me? Indiana.

Yeah. Yeah. Good job. Where does my workout routine look like these days? And by where I mean, what does my workout routine look like these days? 45 minute tonal workout every morning. Sean has been doing a bunch of body weight stuff. It is kind of non-existent.

it right now, which is rough. We have no schedule right now, and it's so frustrating. I actually have a YouTube video for us to watch, because my thoughts on exercises they're changing. Yeah. Because I always thought that that's the most important part, which it is. But I heard a quote that said,

exercise for your health, kitchen for your weight. Meaning, I think I need to focus a lot of my diet because that's, depending on exercise for weight and health, and the whole kitten and caboodle.

Yeah. You know? Yeah. Not that I'm concerned about my weight at all, but if I'm, if I'm trying to go to the distance healthy, I feel like I should not be 230 pounds. Yeah. You know? I will say my self-reflection on exercise right now, I've been sleeping.

My body has needed more sleep lately. I don't know why. You think so? Yeah. Like if, yes. Yeah. There was a short stint there where we were waking up at 5 a.m. And felt great.

Now that's not happening, and I don't know what. 7-6, you. What's a go-to meal right now that I've been loving? Chicken salad. Yeah. And crackers. Yeah, me. That's a go-to-meal you've been loving?

Chachava. Mm, yes. Which is like a meal replacement shake that's so good and so healthy for you. This is my scoreboard, by the way. It's what I'm looking down at. Would I pick mountains, beach, or lake for a family trip? Oh, hi, buddy. Who's the best you are?

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Okay. What is the current pet peevo? of mine. Was it shoes on the table? Anything on the table that's not supposed to be on the table. Yeah. Yeah. Yours?

When I leave my cans upside down in the sink. I was literally thinking that one. I'm glad you said that. Yeah. Because you did it the other day. And it really bothered you. You know why? Because the trash can is no more than two feet away.

Now you know how I feel about paper towel. Paper towels I reuse You never drink that drink again I reuse my paper towel I do No it's nasty Do you love the earth Okay

All right What terrifies me the most About being a parent Well this got deep quick You in particular Because it's like Front of Mind Falls

Bad falls Scare you to death The last two days has been crazy. Drew got scorpioned. Sorry, folded in half. And Jet almost slipped off like a 10 foot. So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Terrifies you about being a parent. Well, batteries has been a recent thing specifically. I think that you'll like perpetuate whatever scars you have in regards to food or these things. Yeah.

I think those are fair. Those are terrifying. What terrifies me right now the most, a reoccurring dream about losing Jet in Paris. Really? Oh my gosh. I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen.

I've been having those dreams where you wake up and you can't breathe. Like you're crying so hard in your dream that you wake up like gasping for air. You've been doing that? Yes. Reoccurring. why are you just not telling me that

I've told you that before why do you think I'm talking about talking to security people in Paris next I got deep what do I currently do for fun or what hobbies am I into this is like a get-to-know-us

interview do you like this? I'm thinking Sean likes competition anything games she's into we just played scatigories the other day

pickleball how's that yeah I think what you're currently into for fun right now bike rides and then quality time with your friends

like going to lunches Joey Odom was here yesterday being able to like sit down for a good conversation with someone i think means a lot to you i do love a good combo next list three places i want to travel that we've never been oof whoever gets more right gets the point ander wants to go to india for the train ride yes you want to go to japan yes you want to go to uh the smoky mountains train yes that's fair But we've been to the Smokies, so we'll count that as it. We'll see how this pandemic.

You want to go to the giraffe? Yep. Hotel. Yep. You want to go to Japan? Yes. Shoot. What?

There's an obvious one? The place. The Ice Hotel? I mean. What place? Our 10 year anniversary, babe. Four. Where is it again?

Remind me. Remind me. Remind me. It's the number one place I told you I wanted to go, like, the day. Fiji. Yes. Who gets a point? Is it a wash? I think it's a wash, too, too.

Yeah. Dang. It's a color I absolutely hate wearing. Hmm. Interesting. Huh. You're not very big on brights. Yeah.

If it's, if it's, like, flauntie. Flontatious. Flontatious. I don't think you like it. I don't think you own anything yellow or pink. I do not like yellow. You also don't like wearing bright red. Yep, you're right.

I think we both get the point? Yeah. 13, 12. Yeah. Yes. Let's talk about this. What time would be my ideal bedtime? Ideal every single night, 830.

Yes. mine if not earlier i could probably go to sleep at eight Sean you'd probably like to stay up till i'm gonna say 10 that's fair what were you gonna say 930 yeah

yeah the point if we could double date with one couple famous or not who would it be I got it what are you going to say Blake lively and Ryan Reynolds yep

is that mine too are you answering for us collectively yeah that's some shady bays there for the point for the point but you know it's shady as you said it and I was like yeah

all right we'll mark it up as a wash next what's my favorite season of the year summer no that's that's not the one you're going to say fall obviously we're tied up here what's yours i was thinking our bike ride today i love all four seasons or i love experiencing the four seasons

i would say fall or spring yeah okay that's fair what is one of my favorite things about you I'm, uh, it's probably socially unaware is probably like the closest quality. But you said, I don't care what anybody thinks about me is what you describe it as, which is nice. Yeah. I think it's like, I do care what people think about me. I'm, I definitely have some people pleaser in me. But I, uh, I don't know what that is. I'm weird.

I think the words I use, you are unapologetically yourself. Mm, thank you. thank you thank you which i love something you love about me is my smile and my giggle i love it i love it i love it so much you know what's interesting what i we've been going to counseling we told you that which i adore my counselor therapist and we've been talking about like nightmares and fears and like how to overcome them and you know all these things i have i don't know if i ever told you this I have a reoccurring dream outside of jet right now. I have a reoccurring dream of my teeth falling out.

What's going on with your dreams, dude? I've always had them. So much so that, like, they literally, I can't talk because my mouth is, like, so swollen and stuff. My teeth are falling out. And what's interesting. Please stop. No, let's cut this short. I'm done.

Want no more of this. No, what's interesting is she actually pulled it from one of our very first or second meetings. we had we were talking about this our favorite qualities about each other and something that you have always loved is my smile and she said she thinks like it's part of me feeling like it's one of my greatest attributes and i have a fear of like losing that for you no i'd still love you you got to have more mellow dreams though dude no wonder you don't like sleep good you get these crazy things going on in your brain so i mean yeah all right what i choose sweet or savory?

Sweet. Yes. Would I choose sweet or savory? Savory. Yes. What's the last argument we got in?

Do we get an argument? I forget. Oh, freak. What was it? It was about 36 hours ago. That was 12 hours ago. Sorry, it was four hours ago.

Those are... Wait, it was? Yeah, we had some beef this morning. What was it? This morning. Here's generally, from a high level, this is how our arguments go down. I feel like Sean stresses out about situations that don't deserve stress.

And then I bring that up to her, probably at the worst times. And then obviously, arguments ensue. So that's what happened this morning. I said, I feel like you kind of huffed and puffed there with the whole situation. And then I felt guilty, and then I was like, are you mad? You know. Does that kind of an argument?

I don't know. Moving on. Before that, the other one is... You're just going to go down the laundry list now? No, we can move on. Okay. That's one of the books I've been reading. reading lately i have literally no clue what book you're reading right now you read like a book

a night as you sleep it doesn't make sense i'll take that point uh you've been reading the bible with your girls group that doesn't care that counts okay you've been reading the bible i got the answer right you did not you can't just ride on my coat tails for my answer 17 16 i got the I'm packing, baby. That is trash. I'm packing. We got about six more questions. You better put on a show.

What's one good and one bad habit I have? For Sean, you would say you're very organized and tidy. Bad habit. Nothing comes to mind. Really? Hit pause on whatever you're listening to and hit play on your next adventure. This fall get double points on every qualified stay. Life's the trip.

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like first of all you're too hard on yourself that's it that's it that's it that's a bad habit sure i don't even know how to give points to that a good habit you are so digitally organized in your digital life is so perfectly organized, it's amazing. I'll do proud myself on that. Yeah. Thank you. Bad habit?

Time management. Spot on. Yeah. Am I getting any better? I don't think so. I don't think so. But we're freaking still kicking, baby. We're still.

What would be my last meal on earth if I could have anything? this has changed over the years which is interesting yours would be sushi yes probably from L.A. Sugarfish yeah yeah

I'm torn I think I had two answers for you I think yours has changed I think it would be carbone do I get it eat at the restaurant? Yeah Great Yeah that experience there in New York We had

It brings me a smile I've never experienced hospitality It was so good The server was just like a comedian almost It felt hilarious And they have chicken parm there So yeah I think that's a good answer

I was gonna say chicken parmesan or carbone And then I was like well it's there So Boom 1718 What's my favorite holiday of all time and why? You're going to say Thanksgiving. Why?

Fall, family time. I feel so cozy. What is that? You would say Christmas. Why? Most recently, because it reminds you the most of your dad. and we always get together as family sometimes we've had to miss Thanksgiving

because football seasons in the past never miss Christmas 1819 what's my least favorite holiday and why I'll speak for you first I think this is evolving I think it's changing with kids

but it has always been Halloween because you don't like how dark Halloween gets. Not like nighttime, like how creepy and evil it gets. Yeah. Honestly, one of the biggest

conundrums or perplexities of life for me is like people that are interested in skulls and stuff. It just comes off as to it. I'm not saying I'm like scared of them. Yeah. I'm just saying like... Why? I think I like life better.

Than death? Yeah. And sometimes Halloween skews towards that. Yeah. Well, remember when we went to that freaking costume store with the kids? We were scarred. Dude.

No, what do they have nightmares? He was like, oh, this is the best costume store in Nashville. Not for kids. Yeah. Anyway. Yours. You can get protein at home or a protein latte at Tim's. No powders, no blenders, no shakers.

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Yeah, yeah What else came to mind? I don't know Valentine's Day maybe But I don't know Okay, we'll call it 1919 tied up why did we what did we each cry about last

dang Andrew cried this morning a lot for Jett's birthday because he was grateful we've had a lot of friends going through a lot of hardship with their babies recently

and it has made us just so thankful you know what I was thinking about that kind of made me cry. One, looking at my son, it's like he's three years old.

And the father-son relationship feels like a thing now, you know? I feel like he actually does look up to me. He does. And it makes me think of my dad, and that makes me sentimental. But then I was thinking, and I want to do this more.

These kids, we prayed for him and hoped for him for him for so long. And then you find out you get pregnant and then you go through all that and the highs and lows and the aches and the pain. and then the baby comes and you go through the sleepless nights and all this and then you get caught up in like the day to day of I got to make the bottle and oh my gosh they're crying and I can't figure out how to do this situation and like just stepping outside of that situation and circling back to why did we like that before you had kids just that feeling of this is what we wanted you know and zooming out a little bit and just seeing how great how much we have to be grateful for how great our life is. It's like, dude, this is freaking it.

We are living the best days of our life. Can I go a little tangent as well? Please. I saw this on Instagram. I ended up sending it to you, but there's this dad who will always post, you know, funny things. But I saw in one of his most recent posts

how he reiterated, he's like, you guys know every single night when I put my kids to sleep, I ask him the same thing, right? Like after we say our prayers, after we all this, I say, is there anything you want to talk about? And he's got a four-year-old and all these different ages.

But I was thinking as I was watching it, like how our kids would respond to it. He said it really gives them a moment to think back to the whole day. And if there's something weighing on them, they'll bring it up. And last night we were putting the kids to bed, and I was putting Drew to sleep. And she seemed tired, like she wanted to go to bed. But I thought I would test it out for the first time. and I mean, babe, I couldn't get the words out before she started talking. And she's like, actually, yeah, I just, I was really frustrated this morning.

And I was like, oh my gosh, frustrated about what? And she's like, I just wanted mommy to be home because like I had to work yesterday and we're coming back of a trip. And so we sat there and talked through this for probably 10 or 15 minutes about how she felt sad and frustrated and why does mommy work and why does daddy work and like all these things but it was so special and sweet and it's exactly what you're saying i feel like we get so caught up in the day-to-day things of like we have to do dinner we have to do this we have to clean up we have to play we have to get them outside we have to make sure they're potty training we're like we

remove all of these thoughts of zooming out and saying why don't we just talk to our kids just sit down and chit-chat and then that's why I went back into Jett's room afterwards he Jett has been having a hard time winding down for bedtime so like by the time you shut the door to his bedroom he'll just lay there and this sounds strange but he just like it's almost like he's trying to get his words out for the day so he just starts yelling words

it's weird it's odd he just has pent up energy Goofball. So I went in there and laid down with him and we were just chit-chatting. And he just was so chatty. And it's like by the time we stopped talking, it's like he was ready.

He was like, okay, mom. No night. And I just want to do, I want to do that more. I want to work on doing that more. I mean, it's not good to always be in the sentimental mode. And it's impossible to do

and it's like probably not natural. But it's important to do sometimes. You know? Anyway, you last cried about Did you cry about Lily Ann? Yeah, probably. Yeah.

All right. We're tied up. 2020. Who knows who better? That's a tough question. We died. 2020. All these questions are listed down below.

So again, if you want to play this with your partner later, you can look at that link, check it out this is an interesting episode what do you mean it's interesting you like that

it's different it's not as much philosophical debate as it is just like huh get to know us guys now go now go to get to know your spouse

yeah all right thanks for listening let us know in the comments if you answered these questions with your spouse and if so who got the most right we love you guys

super thankful um yeah Just good life. Life is good. You think otherwise you're missing something. What I think. You have any last words?

I love you, too. I love you, too. All right. See you next time. I'm Andrew. I'm Sean. Peace.