Girls Gotta Eat - A Year For the Girls, Not the Goals

Episode Date: December 23, 2024

In true GGE tradition, we're recapping the year – the life changes we made, lessons we learned, plans that got canceled, and 2024 goals we did and didn't achieve. We're also sharing our listeners' best accomplishments of the year, plus their hilarious dating stories, including a makeshift bondage situation and dirty talk that made a girl cry. And we recap the guy who brought Rayna an unconventional (unacceptable?) gift on a date. Enjoy! Follow us on Instagram @girlsgottaeatpodcast, Ashley @ashhess, and Rayna @rayna.greenberg. Visit girlsgottaeat.com for tour dates, merchandise, and more. Thank you to our partners this week: Fatty15: Get an additional 15% off the 90-day Starter Kit at https://fatty15.com/gge with code GGE. Hinge: Refresh your Hinge profile or download Hinge today. Rocket Money: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions at https://rocketmoney.com/gge. Babygirl: See Babygirl in theaters on December 25. Get tickets now. Bilt: Get points by paying rent at https://joinbilt.com/gge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I did send you a really hysterical crying voice note in February that I didn't send. February. Are you serious? Yes. Ten months ago, I almost voice-noted you. This podcast is a Dear Media production. Hi, guys. Hi, guys.

Welcome back to the last episode of the year. This is it. We're doing in New York. That's funny. Yeah. That feels nice, right? So full circle. Isn't it so funny that we did your, we don't live here.

We did your engagement episode here. We did the last episode of the year here. That's anything else. We did. We did it. We did. Another really important moment in our lives. Vinny?

Fannie. Canceled. No, I did think that. I thought that on the engagement episode. It's like some of these special ones feel so full circle to be here. It's so funny to be. I don't know. I was talking about this with Kelly. I had a breakfast with a friend this week who also used to live here and has since moved

back to Atlanta. And she's like, it's so weird to come back here after you've lived here and not live here. I mean, this is the year I've made. peace with not living here. Yeah. This is the month I've made peace with not living here. But we've been here a lot. Yeah. This year. We stay for like a week at a time and we like settle in and I live my best life, living in a hotel, having someone clean up after me. I'm here every six weeks. Yeah. I'm basically a lot. Yeah. So we're going to wrap up the year here. Obviously, thank you guys. Talk about goals and what we didn't accomplish. Goal. It's cute little list what we wrote up last year. Listen, the theme of this episode is throw your goals out. I've already decided to not make any for next year. No.

Like exercise. I will not. I hope. I know. I know. You're a big exercise person. All right. We'll thank our partners and we'll get into it.

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cancel your unwanted subscriptions at rocketbunny.com slash gge and baby girl see baby girl in theaters on December 25th get tickets now. So we're in New York. We did our shows. We're here for the rest of the week. And we normally end the year every year with holiday shows in New York City, but we're ending them in Boston. So the New York shows were great. We did two back to back and tons of special guests. And it was just wonderful. It really was. I mean, at this point, we've had them all. So thank you guys for coming out for the whole tour. The tour's over. And it was incredible. Yeah, right. Sorry. I was like, what is she saying? No crumbs were left. And it was so special to end here in New York and Boston. We just thank you guys for coming out. It like means the world. We had so much fun with you,

seeing you all in real life and partying with you and laughing with you all year long. But as we record, we're getting ready to head to Boston. But New York was so fun because it was so many special guests and people we've had in the podcast. Like we had Nico Daddy Academy who was on in the spring. It was February. It was right before I got my chin implant. Oh, okay. And I know that because there was something a little wrong with the audio and I couldn't

re-record it because I was fucked up. Oh, that's right. That's right. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, we had a video with him. We had an issue with that. And then we had John and Alex, a couple.

You guys know, John Booth, Alex Madison, who came on a few months back and you guys loved their episodes. So they came up on stage and we had some fun with them. And then Salt Hank came up. We did like a fun thing with him. Bobby Westside, emceed both shows. And while we're here, I just want to plug Bobby. We've plugged this before, but he has an app called Adonis and it is to find a personal trainer currently in New York City, but they're expanding, of course. And they'll be hopefully in your city soon if you don't live in New York. But it's just a genius way to find a personal trainer. I think personal trainer is very intimidating to a lot of people and it just does not have to be. So he has tons of the best trainers in the city on this app. You just sign up. Again, it's called Adonis and just find work. and they can come to you, you can meet them somewhere. I don't want to misspeak on the app.

Well, it's like glam squad for trainers. I love what he's done. And he's just been such a big part of our show. If you guys were in Vegas, he also was part of the show then. And he's just been a really wonderful part of our show. And you booked the New York Giants drumline again, the G line. And they're just like such a special opener for us every year. Yes.

And I will just speak ahead as we head to Boston. But we will have had the Celtics dancers and drumline. We got them both together. Couldn't believe it. They are the championship team still. That was the very first pro sports dancers we ever had were the Celtics dancers in 2020 right before the world shut down. Oh, my God. Yeah.

And so they were the ones that put us in touch with the other teams. So they really started this whole thing. They took a chance on us. Oh, she's alive. Celtics dancers in 2020. We've had so many pro sports. dancers, cheerleaders, drumlines since. But to have them both together, like when I went to the Celtics game, which was one of my favorite things of the year, I went to that playoff game

back in June and like saw them together and was like, we got to get them both. No matter where to cost, we're going to do it. And then we had our strippers, of course, they're from hunkomania, Philly. They came all around with us this this year. Yeah, it was really, really wonderful. They came to Maine. They came to New York. Obviously, they were in Philly, and we just did all this fun stuff with them. And they were just so wonderful. So we had these guys. that just traveled around with us and they're part of Hunkinca Mania. If you guys live in Philly,

you can see them out and about on the streets, taking their clothes off. Yeah, thanks to you guys for coming out to the whole tour. It means a lot to us. We know you could have spent your money on Taylor Swift, and you probably did, but we appreciate you being with us also.

And we don't know what next year we'll hold, but we've had seven years of touring and we're really proud of it. And yeah, just thank you for all the love and the support and everybody that's part of it. It really means everything to have you guys there and also walk off stage to all of our friends and family.

And it's just, it's been really nice. So thank you very much for your support and your time and money and everything. It has been the best holiday season, and I can't believe it's just now coming up on Christmas. It feels like it's been Christmas for months. I have been loving it, and it does feel like New York is extra Christmassy this year. I just feel like I don't remember. I lived here a long time.

Like, I feel like there's more Christmas stuff this year, just like there was more Halloween stuff this year. Like, I feel like we're doing more. I love it. Every restaurant, there's trees everywhere. I mean, I don't know what it is. It just, I'm living for it. I've gotten my Christmas hit to last for years. Well, you've been doing Christmas since November 1st.

100%. And the fact that it's even bigger and better and hornier this year. It's just, it's been the best Christmas season. So we're really excited. And Christmas Day, a movie comes out that we think you guys should see. You guys. I thought we were going to watch it at home with Ashley's family. But I'm really excited.

In theater is 824's Baby Girl starring Nicole Kidman. It is just Ashley. and I went to the premiere the night before we came to New York. We loved it. It really was a movie that is like sat with me for a lot of time. And I've really just thought about the characters. And Nicole Kidman is a high-powered executive at a company that's a robotics company. And she has an affair with an intern.

And it's all about power dynamics and kink and family and sex. And it's so horny. And it's just done so well. I love the characters. It's so intense. Like you just, you have to remind a breathe. You remember to breathe. Yeah. We talked about it last week on the snack, but we're talking about it again. And it was so fun to see it in the theater because so many parts of the movie were so unexpected. So you just would feel this collective like gasp or nervous giggle or just, I mean, pearl clutching, you know, from people in the audience. And I think it was perfect in every way. I was enthralled the whole time. Never once thought to check my phone, check the time, you know, check what I was doing.

afterwards and I just couldn't have loved it more. And we talked about last week, like, who to see it with and who not to see it with. But, you know, I think bring everybody, go with everybody. But I do think it's like, you know, I do think it would be a really fun girls night out, obviously, and then go get like drinks or dinner afterwards and, like, recap it. And you can get to know a lot about somebody by hearing their thoughts on that movie and, like, different parts of it. It was so spicy and suspenseful. I mean, it's an erotic thriller. And I just wanted to, like, unpack it for so long. And even the ending, like, Ashla and I both had like different takes on the ending. Yeah. I just thought it was really exciting to talk about after the fact. And we just know you guys will

love it. It's so horny. You know, I don't think we get a lot of like surprises left in life, you know, and especially in a movie that's like so well done and these incredible actors. I mean, Nicole Kimman's such a queen and everybody was really incredible. We mentioned this last week as well, but Antonio Bandaris, like, where's he been? And here he is, you know, in all his glory. He was great. And I just was turning to Raina and just being like, what? are like, I was like, are you seeing this? Like, the very first moment when the intern kind of makes his move, like, I, like, was, like, covering my face, like, died. Like, it's happening.

I love it. I loved it. And I loved it. Like, the theme of this year has been content about older women, younger men. I mean, this caps the year off. We didn't mention that last week, and that really was a theme of the year. We had various movies all throughout this year, and, like, we're ending with the bang. like I feel like baby girl saw all the others and was like hold my beer.

No, we're going to do it better than all of you. We're going to kinkier than all of you. You can take your little movie. Anne Hathaway. And Hathaway. She's just like, no, don't text me. And then she just shows up in that trench coat. Bring in Nicole.

Well, and the thing is, is like, I think she's the oldest of all of them, actually. I think she's the oldest actress of all of them. Hell yeah. She was a Zach Efron earlier in the year to like. I forgot about this. But it's just. You know, I think one of my issues with movies a lot is, like, feeling like there's not enough plot or character development, and they bounce around, and you're like, how did we get here?

Like, it feels like we missed a lot, and I didn't feel like that at all. I felt like just the way that it played out and the trajectory and the plot, everything was, like, absolutely perfect. I love the way it ended. I mean, we just walked out of there, and then I was in the bathroom afterwards just with, like, all the girlies, and everyone was just, like, ooing and awing over this movie. So, you know, we love it, and we recommend it. So, yeah, this Christmas, get exactly what you want.

See Baby Girl in theaters everywhere on December 25th. You can get tickets now. Did you get everything you wanted this year? Yeah, I would say, I mean, that's a great segue into like our goals. But yeah, I mean, the main thing this year was that I got engaged. So I feel like it was a great year personally. I think it was a year of ups and downs in a lot of ways. And, you know, politically, the state.

day to the country, obviously, that goes out saying. We've talked about that plenty. So yeah, so we'll talk about our goals and whether we like met them. But oh, I always say I was listening back to the episode of last year. The theme of the year was of 2023. It was like generosity and like kind of like I mentioned how our listeners are so generous with what they share with us and kind of in turn and like us like sharing back with them and just wanting to be more generous and like give back and all those things. I think that always remains a theme. I think like patience was. a theme this year. I was thinking of how much stuff got canceled, like, due to weather.

Like, a lot of things got, like, fucked up this year. We got our studio flooded. Like, our studio flooded. We had to rebuild that. That was a lot of pain points there. The Lovers and Friends Festival got canceled the night before. The thing I was looking forward to the most of the year, literally this festival, the night before 10 p.m., the concert is canceled.

We had friends come out with my friends, like, 40th birthday celebration. Our Miami show got canceled due to weather. And then by the time the show was supposed to start, it was sunny. That was super frustrating. I mean, Raina was locked out on the balcony and she almost got taken away by a hurricane, but she survived. Like, we had plans in Hawaii get ruined. Like, we got so seasick. My plans in Canada on my vacation with my fiance got messed up.

Like, we'd to cancel a boat trip when I was on that trip with Louisa. Like, it just kept happening. Like, you know, global warming hot take, but everything was like weather. those things feel so frustrating and there was just like things that happened and it just you had to roll with the punches like I that Vegas thing was so brutal and I still was like we got to make the best of this girl's trip you know we immediately pivoted to go to Magic Mike for an example but just like that just kept coming up for me was like plans getting fucked up you know and I get it it's just like you know a privilege to have plans like that in the first place and like shit

happens but wasn't that kind of funny I forgot about all these things like weather shit kept getting canceled. But it's nice to look back and feel like I forgot about them because, like, I've always prided myself on being the kind of person that, like, plan B can make me happy to. And I'm, like, sad that plan A didn't work out. But like, like you said, it's a privilege to be in Las Vegas with your friends. It's a privilege to be in Hawaii with your friends. Like, to be able to pivot, you know, it feels nice. And so I am proud of that. I think that's a good mindset to be in always. It's crazy that so much stuff happens. Yeah. And I think just gratitude. I mean, the theme of this year for me was like love and commitment. obviously getting engaged, but just that milestone, but friendship always, you know, and just the

people around me. And I feel so thankful for my family and friends always, my dog, just every day. But I just, I feel so much gratitude for finding this person who is just, you know, the love of my life, someone that is like so much more special than I ever could have imagined. And, you know, that is just so, like, kind and funny and thoughtful and supportive and hot. and like all the things and I just could not love him anymore and we want to marry each other. You know, I just feel really grateful for that and I've spoken about that. I don't need to harp on it. I talked about it on the engagement episode and, you know, all throughout the year.

But that was just like obviously a big theme of the year for me. And I'll wrap this up. But, you know, the election like took a toll on me and on so many people, you know, collectively, I think it really affected a lot of our mental health and in a lot of different ways and feeling so shocked. and so discouraged and so fearful of what's to come and the type of world that we may be living in very soon and that like our nephews are going to live in. And I just think that what we're seeing kind of happen right before our eyes. I mean, it's just I've had to work a lot on like my self-talk and my mental health to not let that take over my brain and my life. I found myself being way more distracted with even in conversations with people because like I'm thinking about other things.

Like I've had to really try to work it out to compartmentalize and keep up with what's going on but not let it like ruin my life, you know? So I just have had to really think about that. I think a lot since November I think a lot of people have and just focusing on like what makes me feel good, people who make me feel good, like finding your circle and doing things that make me feel happy while still, you know, doing what I can to make an impact and stay abreast of what's going on in the world. I think that's been a struggle for me for the past couple months and probably for some other people as well. And every year I just, you know, drink a little less.

And I think every year I realize alcohol serves me less and especially when it comes to mental health. And that's another thing. I just think, you know, one of these days, it's, you do keep threatening. I listen, I love social drinking. I love the taste of wine. I love margaritas, but I just, I just don't think it serves me. I'm still doing it. I love to have a beer with my man. You know, like I like the act of it. You know, I have a constant back and forth. And every year I just drink a little less. And that's just what it is. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think you'll ever be totally out again. I don't think, yeah. I don't think so either. I think that moderation is what most of us thrive for in the world. And, you know, Rain and I collectively just have. so much gratitude for you all and for supporting us and, you know, embracing the new episode and the tour and all of that. And we're just so thankful always. We couldn't do this without you. And we just, we love the relationship that we have with our audience and most of you. And that's really, you know, the themes of my year. What about you? You always write out these nice themes. Then I forget that we have to do things. But no, of course, this show is such a big theme in

my life and this audience and you guys have allowed us to launch a second weekly episode and you've been so supportive of that and came out to the tour and supportive vibes only and you know ashley and I always want to put our time and energy into something that you guys are really going to love that's going to benefit your life and make you laugh or give you orgasms and give you good advice and improve your relationships with other people and yourself and so I am just proud to spend another year on this earth doing that and making an impact in the world I hope positively obviously I bought a house for myself. It's been a big thing to work on and a huge project and I renovated it and I'm dying to go home and see it. All I want to do is fly back home right now. I'm so excited. But we have great

Christmas plans also with your family. So I'm really looking forward to that before I had a nephew. And I just feel so much closer even more than I ever did to my sister-in-law and my brother. And it's the first child in our family. And it's just been really special to share that with them. And of course, I traveled. And I rekindled this friendship in my life. that was really painful that I lost previously. And it reminded me that life is really long and it's okay that it go through painful things with people and times in your life. And you can get them back, make them better.

Relationships change. They have been flow. And that's been a really nice thing for me. And I've always said that. But I haven't truly lost a really, really serious close friend and gotten them back in my life. And so that's been really important to me. And just a reminder that it is okay to fight with people and share your truth. And you can come back together to them.

So that's been really, that was a great part of the year. Yeah. That was really like, obviously I've been along on that ride and I just, it makes me emotional too to see that. We didn't know. We didn't know. Also, it's okay to extricate people from your life and be like, I'm all good. You know, like, you don't have to.

Sometimes friendships run their course, but, you know, that was really great because it was a touch and go. And we're glad she's back. I got to plan your engagement and that was really fun and special. And I just, I think we've done. a lot professionally this year. And I've accepted L.A. as my home. And it took me two years. Tripled down. And well, I really have struggled a lot over these years. Just where do I want to be? What does this say about me? Who am I without New York? And people are like, yeah, we got to,

you talk about it a lot. But like, you know, choosing to like actually put roots down and be in L.A. And I wouldn't have spent a dime on a renovation if I didn't think I was going to stay in that house. And just making that my own is felt really special and exciting. And it's been something fun to talk about and do. And that's it. I just, I had a nice year I traveled. I have ending it with nice relationships with people in my life and a good business. And I'm happy. And we just appreciate you guys so much. Well, let's talk about if we hit our goals. Yeah. So I went back to listen to the first episode of 2024. Rainey, you did pretty good. Well, all right. I did some stuff. Okay. So we both wrote a resolution list. So one thing we mentioned we wanted to do was go to Hawaii.

we did that. We did do that. Okay. We said we wanted to explore California more. I did that. You did that. I feel like I did it sort of, you did it more. You went to Santa Barbara. Well, people were that we said it last year. I went to Ohio. Yeah, I had that like weird few weeks where I was having a breakdown in the California because no one was there. And I was like, I don't know what to do. And then I just did everything. Yeah. But I do want to continue to explore California. Okay. We're going to do what you did accomplish. You said you want to go to Taylor Swift. And I did do that. You did do that. You said you wanted to buy a house. I'm really good at spending money. If there is stuff on the list that is me spend money on a thing, I will do that thing. Okay, here's what you didn't do. You did not go to South America. That's okay. It's on my list this year.

We're going to get to me because I didn't do mine either. And then you didn't become a therapist. But I did spend money on it. I spent a lot of money on classes to become a sexual therapist. And I have paid for the classes. and I'll probably start them this year. Yeah. Listen, you know. You're on the journey.

I also said I was going to read, I think, 30 books. And I did hit 31 books. Yeah. So also at the end of 23, I listened back to the last year's recap a year ago. We talked a lot about your reading journey and we also talked about crying a lot. So we said you cried a lot in 2023. You might have cried more in 2024. I actually don't think so.

I just had a very condensed. condensed amount of crying from like September 19th until mid-November. I cried a lot. You bought the house to make yourself feel good. Then I bought myself a humongous house to make myself honestly get over a boy. And it worked. It's therapeutic. This boy was mean to me and I bought myself a house.

So, 2023 was the year of the crying voice note. And we continued it a little into 2024, but maybe less crying voice notes, just more in-person, IRL. I did send you a really hysterical crying voice note in February that I didn't send. February. Are you serious? Yes. Ten months ago, I almost voiced ited you. I remember it because I woke up and I listened to it.

I was like, damn, she was sad last night. And I was really sad about something, but I didn't send it. I didn't cry as much this year. I really didn't. I cried less. I read more books. Okay. Uh-huh.

Okay. Read more cry less. Yes. I also said that I would stop saying as many mean things to myself about myself. I really feel that I've done that this year. I feel like I talk about how good I look continuously. I think we've glowed up. I've never felt better. You've never looked better. Thank you. Yes. Okay. So mine were, I didn't really accomplish much of my goals, but I did get engaged, which listen, I didn't say that in the episode, but I did know I was going to, we had talked about, I knew it was coming. I wasn't going to stay it on the episode. I just felt like this little weird.

Oh, cool. I don't, like, that makes sense. I think at the end of 2023, he and I knew that would be like what we would be doing in 2020. I mean, you never know for sure. It's implied. Yes. Okay. It was implied. I said I wanted to go to Italy. Didn't do that. I did. Raina did. Raina stole all my goals, actually, you guys.

I said I want to buy a house too. Raina stole that goal. Yeah. But we could have. We just, honestly, Rayna talked me out a little bit out of it. I could have gotten engaged. I just chose not to. Sorry.

You can do whatever you want. The world is your oyster. No, I just decided it was stressing me out to plan the trip. And we just pivoted to Canada and it was a great trip. And, you know, maybe we'll do Italy for a honeymoon. Like, I don't know. It just was like, Rain and I always do this test of if the thought of not doing it gives you a sense of relief, don't do it.

You can't always do that. But, you know, if it's something you committed to, you have to do. But he and I both were getting too stressed about planning the trip. So we didn't go to Italy. I said my main thing was I wanted to take vibes to the next level and potentially with an investment partner. And we did grow as a company, you know, without any of that, you know, vibes is still growing.

It's profitable. We increased our sales. You know, it's been a great year. We are on the up and up. And some of those things, those investment partners, whatever they may be, are super hard to get. People work on those deals for years and they fall through the last minute. No one knows that more than us. And, you know, it may or may not ever happen.

We're cruising. We're doing great. Also with investors come a lot of rules from other people. Yeah. So listen, we love other people's money. But today, as of right now, we make the rules. And that's also really nice. Yeah.

But listen, if you're listening, give us your money. Yeah. But the most popular toy, we launched that cock ring, sold out in a day. I mean, that was really exciting for us. Like we did some really amazing launches this year that we're so proud of the toys that we created and conceptualized and that sold so well. It was just really wonderful to see. So we love you guys supporting vibes only.

And we love that you are buying these products because you're enhancing your sex life. You're having orgasms. You may be having more pleasure, all those things. So we just really love that. That's the goal. Right. So thank you guys also. But I mean, you know, I was saying I want something big to happen in business, but kind of what

happened was this dear media thing. Like that was not my bingo card. You know, so obviously in June, we launched with Dear Media and we signed a great deal with them for us. And that was like a big change in terms of our two businesses. And so that was something that I feel like I envision this big thing. And like maybe that was it. It wasn't for vibes. And maybe that's coming down the line.

So those were my things. I did say I wanted to buy a house, but I say that every year. You have been saying that every year. Yeah. Who's to say? Listen, I could do it. There's houses. Yeah.

You can go buy a house right now. We can walk outside. You go buy a house if you want to. You just get engaged, okay? Just do one thing. One thing at a time. We were talking to one of our good friends. She made me laugh so hard because she was like, I'm like I did anything this year.

And we were like, you got engaged and bought a house. What we just say is our friend Taylor. She's so funny because she got engaged and bought a house this year. And she was like, both of you will beat me to those things. And we are. She goes, Raina will move into her house. And both of them. She goes, Ashley, you will get married before me.

And you'll move into your house before me. Like, she's just like, I'm chilling. They're about to move it. Well, she has a fiancé. She's, like, run all these ideas by. Every time she posts him, she's like, look at slab daddy, picking out tiles. Like, I didn't have to do that. Me and my contractor, just went and did all the things together.

And, like, it's done. Yeah. And I also. Cool. Kind of is your man. Also. The only man in my life. Yeah.

So, yeah, I didn't have any of me to run these ideas by. And also, you can't do one thing at a time, you know? One thing at a time. Yeah. They got to get in their house and order and deal with a fucking HOA. You don't have to deal with that, right? Obviously. I don't think so.

No. I should know. No. No, they live in a building. You're not like in a community. No, I'm not in a community. Maybe that one guy that lives attached to your house. We are not a community. You guys might have like some condo situation.

Me and him are not a community. We share a wall. I have met all of my neighbors and everybody is so nice. And the woman who lives directly next to me, she's like a girl. She's at a baby with her husband. And she came over right before we left. Brom me bottle of wine and a card and like gave me her cell phone. It was like, you know, welcome to the neighborhood.

It was so, so nice. I love that. And that is something that I did. year too was move to a different neighborhood and I really could not be happier. I wanted to be closer to Raina but also closer to the beach and living in Santa Monica and my neighborhood has made me so happy. So it's been really great for me and Azul. Yeah. Okay. Well, let's talk about a couple partners and then we will get back into it. I am so excited to tell you guys about Fatty 15. So this is an incredible scientific breakthrough to support your long term health and wellness. So if you

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It was really, really fun. And this year, I'm just so happy to see how they shook out. I mean, they're always really funny and sweet and meaningful and I'm always so impressed by our audience. But there was some really just sweet special ones this year that you guys submitted. So we wanted to hype you guys up and read some to you. Let's just kick it off with realizing that my greatest loves have been my girlfriends, aka decentering men or trying to. I mean, when you realize that, there's nothing better.

Like I said to you recently, I think the love of my mom's life is my dad, obviously. You know, they've been together, been married 40 plus years. But I think her soulmate is Kathy. And this is my aunt. She's my godmother. And, you know, she's not related by blood. But, you know, she grew up as my aunt Kathy. And then her daughter is like my cousin, Lindsay.

I just, the more I see them, I mean, they've been best friends forever. And they're just still like a couple. You know, it's just really so sweet to see. Like, she's got my dad and, you know, she's got the like best friend of her life. And I just love to see that. And I think that's something we all should have, you know? I think so too. I mean, the older I get, the more important my friends get to me. And I don't know that I felt like that in like high school as much. But as I've gotten older, certainly. And I always say one of the greatest gifts of our tour is that we get to. We connect with everybody from high school and college and long distance, and that's always so special. So, yeah. Mm-hmm. Finally, finding away from my long-term, long-distance partner and I to live and work in the same place.

Must be nice. Took six months away from my company to travel the world and everything waited for me. I love that. She's like, I got back on the English. Your job can wait. You guys were still doing what you were doing. Yeah. Survived a narcissist and dumped his immature ass.

bought my first place alone at 24. What was I doing at 24? I can't even imagine. 34. I've been known how to buy out. 44. That is correct. 24?

Yeah. I can't believe you accomplished that. Okay. Recovered from my four-year eating disorder and I'm finally getting a rescue dog. Any dog ones right up our alley. We finished construction of our first home that we designed ourselves. That's got to feel good. I can't imagine building a house.

Maybe I'll do that. You know, I'm so picky. I have a problem with everything. Like, maybe I'll just build my house, so that's just exactly how I want it. I just don't know if I have the strength. That's so many. It's like years. And then I'd be over there every day, like, buzz, buzz.

What are you guys doing? I've been so chill about this. Do you think that my renovation's been so easy because I'm so amazing? Well, I don't think it's that. Nothing seems that extreme. No, it's all cosmetic. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know.

Completely gutting a house would be really tough. So just build it from the ground up. Getting back to running after a surprising diagnosis that impacted. my breathing. I mean, when something is so integral to your day-to-day life, like exercising and it gets taken away from you, to be able to get to do that again is so special. Finally had a man make me orgasm for the first time instead of doing it myself. That is a breakthrough. You don't need it. You'll be fine without that. But that is nice to know that they can do it. But like, I don't want to run a marathon and not cross the finish line. I'll enjoy knowing that accomplished it, I guess. That is true.

Yeah. If you are going to have sex with men, it is nice to know they can make you come. 70 plus percent of women can't orgasm from sex. It's tough to do. Yeah, that's true. Good for you, sis. Okay. I planned a wedding without losing any friends. Listen, that is tough.

I hear so many people say that, like, that ended their friendships with somebody. It was somebody being a crazy bride. Oh, my God. Am I going to lose any friends? No, I think that you've crossed the line of the age at which that happens. I don't think you're going to have a bunch of bridesmaids and you're asking people to spend a bunch of money they don't have at this age, and then you're going to be a brat about it when they can't, you know? I mean, yeah, I'm thinking when you lose friends planning a wedding, it's like bridal party related, bachelorette, you know, that kind of thing. I'm not doing any of that. I mean, I'm doing a bachelorette, but it's just like, come or don't, you know. Kept my baby alive all year. I don't know if I could do it.

It's like, it's not for me. Good for you. I don't know how you do that. I don't know if you keep a baby alive. I literally don't know how. Like, how do you do that? Being a Paralympian at Paris 2024. We also had somebody sneak into the Olympic Village. without getting caught. Wait, really? Okay. Weasling my way into the Olympic Village last summer. Thanks, Paraguay. Okay. Did the Paraguay guards let her in?

Fixing my anxious attachment style by moving in with my boyfriend. She's like, I never let him out of myself. I don't know if you fixed it. She's like, I didn't fix it. I found a workaround, though. She's like, I don't let him leave the house. I know where he is at all times. I have cameras in and around the house.

And she's like, I'm fixed. No, good for you, though, girl. Okay, a few short ones. Letting go of toxic family. Persisting at a job, I hate. Okay. Honestly, I really like that because I think that the advice is leave something you hate. And I think so many people are like, I quit my job as a huge accomplishment.

But like, not everybody could just quit their job. You and I can't quit our jobs. Yeah, if you just have accepted. Maybe we could. We're going to just start doing home rentos. Broke up with someone for the first time. I wonder what that felt like. I think you laugh.

Yeah. Do you think that she meant like she was the person I got broke up with always? Probably. Oh, I see. And she's like, this is how it feels on the other end. Yeah. Now she's addicted. It feels nice.

She's like, I'm going to start dating just so I can break up people to feel that rush. It feels nice to be the one that does it. I mean, to write that that was her greatest accomplishment of the year. Yeah, she's going to start doing that more. She's trying to feel that. I forgot this is her greatest accomplishment. Everyone's someone's life. Promoted, had a baby.

Had a baby sold? That has to be a typo. She didn't sell her baby. Build a house. Where do you see that? Promoted, had a baby sold, build a house. We might have to turn this one in. No, this on time you would know the comma's in the wrong place.

What? She means promoted, had a baby, and then she either sold her build a house. Okay. She sold and built a house. Okay, good. Because we'd have to turn that one in. You're not allowed to do that. Okay.

I beat breast cancer and got a free boob job out of it, which we love any. We always have someone in these comments that is like beat cancer or going through chemo. And so we appreciate you guys like sharing that with us. And, you know, we love to see it. This girl said she climbed half dome. What's that mean? No idea. Well, if you climbed anything, congratulations.

Booked a boudoir photo shoot. Love it. Love to see you get all sexy, paid off your student loans. I got bangs and I only hate them some of the time. Okay. I had my first three summit 36, applied for a permanent residency in Australia, started my own private practice as a licensed marriage and family therapist. Saved enough money to move to NYC and get out of Mississippi.

We love it. Finally fucked my former director and it's so good. Oh, and a raise. Are those correlated? Yeah. She said, I'm finally fucking my way to the top. Oh, and you know what? Now, while we're here, I wanted to bring this up, but the boudoir shoe jogged my memory, that I did this incredible thing that Raina did before, and I copied her.

No, but I worked with this artist while I've been here in New York. Her name is Camille Hunt. And Raina did this. You talked about the podcast, probably. You talked about it, and you posted on your Instagram as well. And she's this incredible artist. Also, like, have you ever seen her other art? I mean, she's like an artist artist.

Like she used to paint like portraits and like dogs and she's like an incredible artist. No, I am not. You went to her actual studio. I went in Venice where she like rented studio. Did a pop up there. So what she does now primarily is these nude paintings. But let me explain. So she paints your body and then you lay on this canvas essentially like on the ground.

Like it's laid down. And then you kind of get the shape of your body. You know, you pick a pose, and one of the most popular ones is going to be kind of like your back and your butt. And the way she like, she places you and lays you down and then she fills in the rest. And we'll show Raina's on the screen if you guys are watching on YouTube. Well, you post you don't have yours. I don't have mine yet. Okay.

So just so you guys can see a finished product. It's just so funny. You're like, I did this and we'll show Raina's news. Mine aren't done yet. I did post mine on Instagram. So they're pretty popular. They're out there in the world. Yeah.

And it was just such a wonderful experience. I mean, she's so wonderful. And I love talking with her. I was there for like three hours. hours, you know, like fully naked and, you know, had like a coffee and a pastry and just had a nice time and just felt so comfortable. And I'd love to see her doing this. I mean, she started in 2020 and you guys can book with her and get these paintings. And I did two. So one will be for me and one will be for my fiance. But, you know, like when we eventually live together,

they'll be like hanging somewhere together maybe. I mean, I don't know. It's just like, which also if you want to have nudes of yourself hanging your house, that's fine too. It's very Samantha Jones, but it's like just, it's not like a, oh, here I am naked. They're very artsy looking, you know. They're really special. I love them. And I have four. And if you guys want to scroll back, it's my post. It's from October 20th, 20, 23. But it's just to meet somebody and be naked in front of them right away and to have them have the presence that makes you feel comfortable and good about your body and at home. And she's just so wonderful to do this with. And we've heard from so many listeners that they've done this. And as not just a gift for their partners, but a gift for

themselves has been really nice to see. And she said that she works a lot of people that struggle with body image and that they come to her and they have this like beautiful experience with their body and being painted. And I just, I love it so much. Yeah. I mean, that's what it, it really comes down to this empowerment that you feel and like this confidence in your body too. And, you know, of course, you get this really cool, unique, beautiful piece of art out of it. But I just think like the experience is kind of like, she was like, you can bring somebody, you know, if you want to just like hang out. She texted me and she was like, you should come with Ashley.

She should come just see Ashley's pussy if you haven't seen it yet. I was like I see it all the time, honestly. But she does do some in L.A., like you said, you got it done in L.A., but her studio is in Brooklyn and it's just such an experience. I can't recommend her enough, Raina too, and I just want to talk about it because it's like a great experience that I had while I've been here in New York and you guys can check her out at Camillehuntart.com. Or you know, go to Rain's Instagram.

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Yes. And Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted. So while the holidays can be crazy, take a moment to pause and reflect on your dating journey over the past year. What do you want to do in 2025 and what we do differently in your dating journey next year? Before the new year, take the time now to refresh your Hinge profile to better represent who you've grown into this past year. So prior to Ashley meeting her fiancé, she used Hinge. Of course, I've always used Hinge. It is the best dating app.

We've had so many success stories from friends from Hinge. They really facilitate you being able to start conversations with people. upload great photos of yourself. And when I kind of reflect on my dating life this year, you know, I always say it's not so heavy. Not everybody's going to be a match, but Hinge really facilitates a way for you to meet really great people, get out there, grab a drink with somebody for 90 minutes, talk about the year. And this is a great time to go on dates too because everybody wants to talk about reflections of last year and what you want to do next year and get those new holiday picks onto the app.

And it's just a really amazing time to do it because I feel like everybody's resolutions, in January is find a partner. Get out there. Date. Get more exploratory. So it's a good time of year to do that. Refresh your Hinge profile early or download Hinge today and set your 2025 dating intentions now. Okay. And we have some stories from you guys from the year. And Hinge came up in a lot of these. We picked through them and we kind of chose the best ones to read. But I do have to say, like I was going through them and so much was like Hinge, Hinge, Hinge, and not bad stuff. You know, like I met this guy in Hinge. You met this girl in Hinge. So we just love it. I didn't see any other dating apps come up. So it is the premier dating app of our audience as well. But we did ask on

Instagram to send us your craziest stories or even, you know, biggest accomplishments when it comes to sex and dating this year. So we're just going to read through a few and talk about them. We have a really sweet one if you want to kick it off with this one. It's just nice to hear a really positive one. You want to kick it off? Yeah. Go for it. Okay. In regard to the biggest accomplishment of the year, I've had a complicated history with sex due to both assault and purity culture growing up and this year I've truly healed and enjoying pleasure for the first time in my 30 years with no shame

and regret. Sex has become fun again thanks to all the vibes only products, especially the second blow gel. I credit a lot of being able to enjoy and have fun with sex to you girls. Your sex positive attitude and keeping your encouraging voices in my ears week after week. Of course, I've also been in therapy for years to process the emotions as well

but your girl has doubled her body count in 2024 and hopefully get respectfully dick down a new partner in 2025. I also got my pussy eight on my birthday for 45 minutes and had three consecutive orgasms. Oh, my God. The man was trash, but the tongue was to die for. Not the tongue.

Good for her. I mean, it's really an honor that you'd say we had anything to do with it, but it sounds like you have gone to therapy, you have processed this, this is a win all on your own, and it's just a beautiful thing to hear. Like Raina said, it is like an honor and a privilege to help anyone on that journey, and not to get too deep with it, and this isn't like a plug for our company, but when people have kind of any sort of sexual trauma, like masturbation and toys and things like that are a way to kind of get back into your body. I mean, a lot of people feel like they don't want to be sexual in any way, even with themselves, after dealing with whatever they may have gone through. So the fact that she could get back, get back on the vibes, get back on the horse, get back on guys and really heal has, and we could play.

a part of that is, you know, I really appreciate her writing in. And we hope all you guys are getting dick down with whoever in 2025 or not. Three consecutive orgasms. I don't have three consecutive orgasms. I mean, two in a day. It's probably my max. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe three in a day once, but like, I'm doing them. And it's only if I'm like playing the hits. Right. Getting her pussy gave for 45 minutes on her birthday. I mean, happy birthday to you. She was singing the happy birthday song. Do you think they have breaks? We can ask. We can write back can ask. Okay. So speaking of kinky shit, which we were talking about earlier, this email, which I do want to read the beginning of it, I just thought I really love that she opened it.

And she said, hi, ladies, I've been listening since 2020. So thankful for your podcast. I'm also a Boston girlie. And then she said me and my friends will be at the Friday 10 p.m. show. And I have to share, we were there the night Ashley met her fiance, so which is just really so special that someone was there in October 2021. Like I first met him at a show. And so she says, Okay, so I've been seeing this guy since March, and he was so polite sexually at first. The first time he came in my mouth, he said afterwards that he felt so bad about it. It's so funny, which was funny considering I didn't think twice. Ever since then, we have been more explorative, and he is like a kid in a candy store.

He told me I am the most sexually open person he's been with, and I'm really not even doing anything crazy. One day, a few months ago, we were talking about tying me up, but we didn't have handcuffs. His solution that he shared over text was to cut the handles off a reusable grocery store. bag. Sustainability. Literally cry and laughing when he sent that text and the screenshot is attached for your reference. Oh, I didn't even see the screenshot. She sent a text message to it. She's like, I approve. Okay. He said, I might have something in store for you. And she said, what's you thinking? wink, wink. He said, I think I have a way of tying you down by your hands at least. If you're into doing it, of course. We love the consent, a consensual king. She said, he he, what's the way? He said, I have a few spare reusable bags that never get used. I can cut the

handles off. They should be long enough. LMAO. I know it's not the sexiest. She said, ha, ha, ha, I'm dead. We are sending them our kinklings, by the way. I'm going to send them, or maybe I can get it at this point, I'll bring him to the show for her. Okay. When I first read this email, this is not what I digested this as. I thought he used the bags to, like, tie her hands. He took the handles off the bags. Yeah. But like, he could have tied her hands with the bags. Like, you know, like, you can make, like, a tube out of the bag and then tie your hand to the headboard? I think you're thinking of like a plastic bag. I'm thinking of a grocery store bag. Reusable grocery store bag. That's like a bad. Trader Joe's bag. I mean, it could be a

number of things. But I'm thinking it's more like the handles a little nylon. It's a reusable bag. The nylon handles. You can't tie a reusable bag around anything. Yeah, that'd be hard. Okay. So she said at first I was laughing too hard for us to do it, but then I was like, whatever, I'd like to be tied up. So he did. And honestly, it was fine. I couldn't even tell. Anyway, after hooking up for nine months, we just made official last week. He's now my boyfriend after not being in a relationship for eight years. Hopefully there's more weird sexually exploratory stuff to come. I love this.

I just, I love a guy that is so impressed by how sexually advanced you are. She's like, I wasn't even doing anything. Wasn't even doing anything crazy. She's like, that's how you get a boyfriend after eight years. Yeah. Next email. The company I worked for the past five years has been eliminating roles to cut costs, maximize profits.

Oh, my gosh, so much business talk. And unfortunately, my role was recently eliminated. I was going through a wave of emotions and should have gotten my emotions out in therapy, but I struggle crying in therapy, which something I'm working on. Anyways, I was having sex with my partner later that evening and doing our standard dirty talk. I said, are you going to give me your come? And instead of saying, yeah, per usual, he said, we'll see. It caught me off guard, and I thought it was absolutely hilarious.

And such a plot twist that I started cracking up and couldn't stop laughing, I also happened to be a crier when I'm historically laughing. So then I started... Hysterically? She wrote historically. I think she was like historically. Historically, I'm a crier. Historically, when I laugh, I cry.

But also hysterically? I've got to know. If it's hysterically or historically. She's like, historically about me. So then I started laughing, crying, and since I had such a buildup of emotion, it quickly turned into actual crying. At this point, my partner has pulled out.

I'm just full on crying. I was unhinged and quite the range of emotions within an approximately... one minute of span of time. Fortunately, I have an amazing partner who gets me and did not make me feel a judge. It was embarrassing, but also felt great to have their emotional release, to be honest. I later asked him what the Willsey

was about. He was trying a different talk track. I think I scared him from going off script again. Willsey is so funny. We'll see his fuck around and find out. It is. Who's to say? It is who's to say. Yeah. We'll see.

You're going to give me your crumb? I don't know. That would stop me dead in my tracks. Oh, I'm not doing good enough. We'll see. If you step it up, maybe. Would you rather hear that from a new partner or a long-time partner? Well, they're so different.

Like, we'll see with my current partner would stop me dead in my tracks because I'm like, what? What? Because I know what you say. We'll see with a new partner. I'd be like, I guess we'll see. I guess that's his dirty talk. You would take it more chill with a new partner. Yeah, because I'm like, I don't know what he's about.

Oh, I feel like with a new person, I'd be like, what did you just say to me? no, I'd be like maybe he's being coy. He's going to fill me up. Like, I'd be like he's just trying to, you know, be funny or be second. He's just, he just thinks this is hot. I'll tell him later. It's not. But with my current partner, I'd be like, sir, what was that? Could you have picked a less sexy line? He's probably going to do it now. You're going to come for me? I don't know. He's definitely going to do this this Saturday now on our little getaway in La Jolla. He's going to hit me with the will see. We'll say. That is so funny. All right, well, you never think you're going to hear that in bed, but sometimes you do. Sometimes you do. It's the who's to say of dirty talk.

Okay. Well, thank you guys for submitting your dating stories of 2024. Maybe we end it with one of our own. I was like, Ashley's not going to have any. This is on me. Yeah, can you imagine. I was like, want twist. I know. I've been on Hinge this year. I was like maybe, I was trying to like think do you have any like crazy like a waiter was like really crazy or the restaurant was crazy. You got food poison. Well, I tell everything on the podcast. I mean, a lot of it was flight attendant related. I know. I've had stories all year, but I just share them with you guys.

I've had a lot of dates this year. They've been a mixed bag of some weirdness. Yeah. You know, I had a guy that I was, I was telling him about my childhood and just like how nice it was to have a dad that took us to a lot of activities. And so we went to like the zoo and the library. And he was like, the library. And I was like, yeah, like the library.

And he was like, why the fuck? I think that was just you guys. And I was like, I think a lot. lot of kids go to the library. And he was like, I think that's like just your, like, weird family. And I was like, I think people take their kids to the library. I live right by library. There's kids in there all the time with their parents.

The Pittsburgh Carnegie Library is a beautiful, like, architectural, like, it's just, it's wonderful. And also, I was like, what is your problem? Yeah. And I was like, I was like, six. And he was like, oh, I thought you were like, you know, 14, 15. And I was like, no, you didn't. But even so, maybe I like to read.

Why are we library shaming? My mom was a librarian. I fucked with a library. I also forgot about that. Yeah. I should have been like, also my business partner's mom's the library. Yeah, and I read a lot. This is librarian shaming.

And then I met him for a date with some friends, and we asked what his hobbies were, and he told us he likes to rap. He likes to make up his own lyrics and rap. Average white guy. Yeah. It's weird that I read. It's weird that I read on the side. Yeah.

Yeah, but you're weird for going to the library. Yeah. He talked about how he likes to walk to work and make up raps, which I wouldn't have made fun of if he didn't make fun of my dad for taking us to the library. But, like, weren't you, you were with friends who were, like, super funny and, like, didn't they ask him to, did they ask him to rap? They did ask him to rap. And he didn't rap. And he didn't rap. He didn't rap. He had a lot of interesting quirks. Nice enough guy. But then you're not a rapper. If you can't just spit it out. Yeah. If you can't just, like, spit some bars right now. Like, if you were like, hey, Ashley, I know you like to do yoga. I'll show you a flow right now. I don't need an instructor. I'll start flowing right away. Like, I know my hobbies. What if I said, tell me a joke. If you used to tell me a joke to me Yeah

Well, it's annoying But I'd be like I've been telling jokes You haven't been picking up That is the one thing The one thing that you're like We're a comedian It's like yeah

I've been funny all day Yeah like if someone was like Tell me a joke I'd be like I've been doing that You've been laughing I forgot Ashley That guy brought me that plant That same guy

Yeah I want to get to the plan But yes If someone was like It's annoying To be like Do it right now But yeah I could

Fucking do it You know Yes I guess it's It's similar. But like, I just feel like if you're a rapper, like, when you say like I'm not going to do it, it makes me just saying you can't. Well, you don't have any rhymes in the bank.

Just like asking a surgeon and like perform it right now. It's like there's prep that needs to go into this. There's jokes have like setups. I don't need to prep. It's just a little awkward to just start telling a joke. But I don't say you're a rapper. I don't think it's awkward to start rapping at any time. Oh, I don't think so either.

Rime me a couple bars. Also, he wasn't trying to impress. you, it wouldn't have impressed me. So that was good. That he didn't do that. He was a nice person. We went on three days. They were progressively worse. The second. The first one was really good. I was really excited about it. The second one, he asked me what kind of flowers I like. And we were like, oh my gosh, so giddy that he was going to bring me flowers. And they brought me a plant that I had to carry with me all night. He did not carry for me. When you showed me that plant and you guys went to the proper in Santa Monica, I was like, that plant looks like the decor of the hotel. It was a succulent. They probably

thought you were stealing decor. I dare you to bring me something I have to carry around all night. That is unhinged. I don't even want to carry an umbrella when it's raining. I have to carry a succulent now. First of all, we went to a restaurant that he, I thought, made a reservation for, and I said to him, it's busy. And so I pulled up and he's like, here, gosh, this plant. And then I realized that he doesn't have a reservation, which I don't care. I'm solo. I'm so low-mainant. I don't really need to go out to dinner. We could have gone to a bar, but you said reservation to the restaurant. And so we had to get in the car and go somewhere else so I had to carry my succulent to another hotel and then it just sat on the table with us like it's part of the decor. It's such so wild to bring that to somebody. It's crazy to

bring somebody something in a pot. I know. So it just had to sit there. It did look like it was part of the decor at the proper hotel. It really did. Yeah. I would have just left it. Like, oh, that's so weird. I don't know. I put it down and they must have cleared it. I kept it out. The server must have cleared it. Do you ever like just want to talk to the server so bad? You're like, I need to to go to the bathroom so that somebody can talk to me about this. He, yeah, he did some weird stuff. So that wasn't going to work out. Yeah. We had high hopes. I really had high hopes about that one. I had my first fight with somebody on a date this year. Yeah. He was also really rude to the server. She, I did go back in and apologize to her and gave her an extra tip. Yeah. But they didn't

just teach me to, you know, just be light about this stuff and easy. So I've just been asked a question, why didn't he carry the plant for me? I don't know. It's crazy. Like, guys are supposed to carry stuff for you. I've been carried something in like a year and a half and neither of you when my fiance is around. He is like a pack mule when he is around who carries our stuff. Same with any guy. Like we're in Denver, Brian carries all our stuff. Like you're not really supposed to, I mean, call me old school. But it's just like, why wouldn't he carry that? He's like, I brought her this thing and now she's got to hoof it around. And it was in a box. It was like a plant in a box. And yeah, I mean, that should have been like a huge red flag. But I kept it outside my house. But I kept it outside my house.

I let it slowly die outside the house. I threw that away and I threw a house where we gave from somebody that also gave me a plant. Because I threw away some plants when I moved out of the house. So we're hoping for some better dates. Yeah, new house. If you build it, they will come. Literally. Yes.

So that's what we're doing. Come all over the house. Come all over the house. Okay. Well, thanks for sharing to Raina and to everybody. We're going to have a strong 2025 and we will have an episode early January, the first episode of the year. and we will share our goals at that time that we may or may not fulfill. I'm going to be a little more chill about them.

Yeah. But thank you guys again, as always. This was, it was a great year, you know, in terms of the podcast and some changes and moving over to a network and the cover art change and the tour and the new episode. And you guys have been along in the ride. And it's been, we're coming up on seven years of doing this in February. And it's still going strong. And we still love doing it.

We're going to keep doing it and just keep it rolling. And, you know, we love you guys. Yeah. So happy holidays. If you're going home or not, just we hope you have a great holiday and a wonderful, beautiful new year. And we'll see you in 2025. Yeah. Girls Gotta Eat.com, of course.

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