Off The Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe - Grape Therapy: Reasons to Live, Laugh, Love with Shannon Ford

Episode Date: August 3, 2023

Born entertainer and always honest (and hilarious) Shannon Ford is on the pod to talk about why cliches exist, because it’s 100% true that if he wanted to he would, and that we should live, laugh, AND love. You probably know her from her pod, Probably a Podcast, or from a little show called Very Cavallari, and today she’s catching her friend KB up on navigating a healthy breakup (yes, they do exist), finding love in unexpected places (and how it almost didn’t happen), and why it took her so long to find out she grew up in a trailer (AKA a lakefront beauty). She just bought a house and she’s sharing her plans to live with her long-distance boyfriend James in Nashville, the city she’s been in for nearly a decade. And of course, she’s giving you all the recs for NashVegas. Be sure to stay tuned for her confession where she shares a sweet comeback about the carpet matching the drapes and why she probably (definitely) embarrassed herself on a date. Thank you to our sponsors! Check out these deals for the Vinos: MASTERCLASS - As an Off The Vine listener, you can get 15% off when you go to MasterClass.com/VINE.  ANGI - Your home for everything home.  THRIVE CAUSEMETICS - You can get an exclusive 20% off your first order when you visit thrivecausemetics.com/VINE.   See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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for everything home and thrive cosmetics you can get an exclusive 20% off your first order when you visit thrive cosmetics.com slash vine i'm katelyn bristow your session is now starting Welcome to the... Thank you. Tell me why, is it stress of house? Just house. And then I have that live show this week, which I need to pick your brain about

because, like, I've never done one before. You had a live show? I have one on Friday, my first one ever. At City Winery. Oh my gosh. It's so fun doing shows there. Is it? Okay, great.

I'm just going to try to stay positive, but I've just never done one. So I keep just being like, am I going to get up there and be like a that's a raven moment where I'm just like no you no you you absolutely not no you were born for that because you're like me if you are in a room full of people you can just chat with the best of them in fact if you're like me I chat more yeah so you've never been in front of a crowd like that no no I've never done like a live show I've been on someone's live podcast before but I've never done are you going to be by yourself yeah so I wanted to just like prove I could do it by myself

yeah you can't crazy but you can't I'm just going to try. Okay, so City Winery this Friday, you're doing your first live show. Yeah. If you have the whole place set up, people have the audio and everything, the tickets are taking care of. Like, you just have to show up basically. I just like talk, right? You're fine. You're fine. And you have a couple drinks before. A couple. A couple. There is a time where I don't know what I was doing. Oh, I know. I had just gotten over COVID. But I still had like a scratchy throat. I was like, I'm fine. It's just like I tested myself. I was negative. Right. I went to do a show at Zanis. I always take a shot of tequila before I go out. Right. And I went to take the shot, and they were like,

Caitlin, Bresto, I took the shot, choked on it. Oh, no. Started gagging. No. And you know me with throw up. And I was like, eh, and they're like, Kaylan, here she comes. And I was just gagging. And I came out onto the stage, like, my eyes were watering. And I was just like, I'm so sorry, I will throw up from a tequila show.

But that's fine. I mean, like, you can, yeah, 100%. What's the actress that did that? An actress did that? Who's the actress that everyone's obsessed with Hunger Games? Jennifer Lawrence. Yeah. when she like wins every award

and she's like hi sorry I just had three shots and like everyone's like we love her she's so relatable yeah so you can just like you and I have the luxury of being able to literally be ourselves so you can just walk on stage and like sorry I was just gagging I was just almost throwing up we're not like sick sorry yeah had to like bring out my

negative COVID test and show everybody that's funny you had to oh I'm excited for you to do your show thanks yeah so there's a lot coming up for you first of all let's introduce you I always do just start the podcast and then I'm like Okay, we'll get there. I forget.

So Shannon Ford, people would know you from Instagram mostly, but you were on Very Cavalry. That's kind of where you started. For sure. That was like, 100%. Yeah, I mean, it was like you're a bachelorette. Yeah, it's like I'll never not give that all credit where credits do for just give me the platform to continue entertaining people online. Well, because you were born to entertain. Thanks.

I really believe that. And people who are born to do something, there's always some pivotal moment in your life where it happens. And where did you grow up again? South Carolina. South Carolina. What made you move to Nashville? On a whim, like one of my girlfriends lived here. I was 21 still in college.

I'd visited and I was like, oh my God, I have to move to Nashville. But it was nine years ago. So Nashville was not Bachelor at Capitol. Nine years ago? Oh, you've seen everything change here. Yeah, it wasn't Bachelor at Capitol. Like, when I moved to Nashville, everyone was like, my friends were so confused. They're like, what are you?

Hannah Montana, not telling us? Like, do you sing country music? You only came to Nashville to like, there was only like, Roberts and like you know like the stage like yeah it wasn't the Nashville that we know now and then within like three years it became that and then all my friends were like oh my god I have to come to Nashville when before I was like y'all should come to Nashville and they're like for why yeah that's so funny and my sister came to visit recently and the last time she had been here was 2006 and she was like whoa what happened what what what I'm here she had a field day with

Nashville my gosh she like never drinks and she had scrapes and bruises all down her like because she fell and like, oh my God. Petal taverning and doing all of the things. I am covered in bruises from head to toe from this past girl's trip that I went on. I would tell you exactly why. I went to Florida with my friends, all my, like, best friends from Nashville. We went to Jupiter. One of my girlfriends lives there.

And we did a boat day, and I was just wreaking havoc on everyone. I was like on a lily pad. I was like, fight me! Who's going to fight me? Like, I was unhinged. What were you on? Tequila. And just the good, I was just letting loose.

there is something about a beach drinks and a boat or like being on the water rosé yeah i get wild you know i just like love when you can act like you're like seven years old again yes and i was like a seven old that read havoc but the water does that to me it's nostalgic and i feel like a little kid in there and you just stop giving a fuck about what you look like to because you're like we're diving in the water and i don't care if i have makeup on or not yeah and it was all my girlfriends like seven girls no guys like all my friends are like married with babies and like have known me for the past nine years. So we were just, like I said, we were going absolutely feral. Oh, my gosh. I was like, we went to the club.

If there was a table, I was standing on it. There's a club in Jupiter? Yeah, this place called 1-2-3. There was like CO2 cannons. A guy playing saxophone. I was like, give me your sax. He was like, okay. No, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I have a video of me. Do you. I was don't know. I was unhinged. I came back and James was like,

are you okay? I was like, first of all, no. I'm not. No. That's so cute. I feel like he just truly lets you be your authentic, most genuine self. Like, let your freak fly. fly. Yeah, he's like, I cannot relate, but you do you, boo. That's amazing. Could you be with someone that was on your level? Um, I'm probably, I seem exhausting. Probably not. Probably not. I feel like I'm exhausting too. And I feel like you, you guys are such a good balance. Like, I got to witness

your sweet, sweet, sweet love, not like making love, but just sweet love. I got to witness your sweet, sweet love. I got to witness you guys making sweet sweet shit. Oh my God. Just a weirdo in the corner like, just kidding. But I saw. you guys at the Ed Shear in concert. Oh, yeah, yeah. And I was like, I looked at Cat at one point. I was like, they're like really in love. It's sweet.

We really are. We just got to convince the U.S. government, but we really are. My gosh. Is that, yeah, that must be a nightmare. Well, you know, it's nice that I am, you know, so outwardly about everything that I post so much. We have it, like, very well documented that we are in love. That's true. We don't have to be like, I swear, we like each other. I'm like, check out episode one called Once Upon a Time in Barcelona on my podcast.

I go in detail from the day I met him. That's true. it's like nice. Wait, I want to know the story about how you met him because for those listening or watching, Shannon is my friend in Nashville who has been on reality TV who just has a podcast and just got the gift of Gab and you're very entertaining. And you have been this firecracker since the day I've known you. And like you were dating somebody that we knew, but you've always just been you. Yeah. And he let me be me too, by the way, which was always really nice. He was the catalyst. He was the person that showed me, you know, you should always be with someone that

let you be you, which is really nice. Like, couldn't compliment him enough on that. So I feel like you guys do, you had a very healthy. Totally. We had a healthy relationship, healthy breakup. Yeah. Sometimes you just do. Isn't that crazy? Yeah. It is crazy because like, you have like a reason, a season or a lifetime. And I'm like, people would be like, he was like a season of your life.

Like, no, I think he really, there was a reason there for sure because he did truly. I was used to do anything for men. Like I would like, like change myself, chameleon into whatever I thought they would like. Like, sporty girl, it's me. Like, well, I don't fucking know. like what and so you like show up with the baseball bag i'm like go cubs and they're like what from chicago um yeah he's just showed me like you know you could be with someone who fully let you be yourself and i i i you know this level of success i found in that period of my life was so much

greater because i was being myself so isn't that funny nice i always i feel like i beat a dead horse with that one where i'm always like you will find your passion as soon as you like align with being who you yeah i always feel that i love hearing people and i always feel that i love hearing people stories of doing that. Yeah. It's easier to send than done. Obviously, it took me a manutee to get there. Yeah, hot manutee. But so when you met your last boyfriend, you were like, oh, I can still be me and I'm loved for it. We were friends first, which was nice. Yeah. I mean, so I was already, like, the walls were down in that regard. And then we did the show together as well.

And so that was just, you know, nice because on the show, I was always trying to like, do this or do that. And he was like, just like, be yourself. And I'd be like, well, maybe I should say this. And he's like it's it is reality TV maybe you're just like huh be yourself and I was like okay crazy concepts what a novel idea yeah yeah be yourself on a reality TV show yeah yeah I mean it's hard to do when there's cameras and everything you're like yeah where to put my hands I think a lot of people always think when they like are in a breakup that it can't be healthy it has to be toxic for something to be wrong he has to be an asshole for you to leave them how do you people love to say what happened

And then you tell them. And then they're like, what really happened? And you're like, sometimes what happened is what really happened. Right. You know what I mean? And like, that's just like the truth. And sometimes you can say like, we grew apart. Sometimes this is, you know, I remember I posted on Instagram when we broke up and I was like

cringing because I was like I'm not Beyonce. Like I don't have to be like I release an official statement. But like, you know, I didn't want him to be out trying to meet someone or me to be out and then like the world be like. Cheater. Yeah, whatever. And then like me have to feel like I have to explain myself. so I basically just said like I have seen I have been guilty of this I have seen the breakup post I have seen this where I'm like oh we grew apart oh we're better as friends like I remember this yeah and I'm just remember being like I am guilty of being like but I can't wait to talk to her cousins brother's friend who knows exactly what happened yeah and then it's like sometimes you read like that really is what happened like they sometimes people really do just grow apart sometimes people are mature enough old enough and just like respect each other enough to break up before you start resenting this.

someone. Yeah, exactly. And there were things that I'm sure I did that he did that don't need to be brought to the public light. But I remember thinking, these are not huge things. But if I continue dating this person, I might find myself in a position where I resent him. He might resent me. And I, that's my forever is not resentment. I don't want to be in resentment forever. That's not what I picture myself doing for the rest of my life, resenting the person that I'm supposed to be with. So how do you go into your next relationship? Because I think resentment is really easy to have happened because sometimes you don't realize it's built. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's too late. It's a slow burn. It's a slow fucking burn resentment. So how do you go into your next relationship with like this open mind and

accept certain things and love certain things about him? Or is it just work when two people are? Well, obviously relationships always work and compromise. But I mean, I also and neither one of us, you nor I have anything bad to say about the guy that I dated before this, but he showed me to be to someone that I could be myself around, whatever. But there were also things, the things that I found myself possibly about to resent him for, that I, that I, thought to myself, I'll make sure that my next relationship, I'm not with someone that has those qualities. Yeah. You know, so like I said, not everything has to be like spoken publicly, but you can just, you know, think of things that they did that you don't like that. I'm like,

that's now a deal breaker in my next relationship. See, so how do you keep those negotiables and non-negotiables, like, strong in your brain? Because when you fall in love, it's euphoric. I know. They can't do anything wrong. I would never resent them. So how do you go into it? Let's say there was something your ex did that you're like, this is a. non-negotiable. This is a hard boundary for me. It's a deal-breaker. No. Right. If James had that, but everything else was the same. Well, I don't think I would

because, like, they were things that were, like, pretty big. Like, you know, just future related. Like, he wanted things for his future. So when I was getting to know James, I remember thinking, like, asking him normal questions, like, you know, what do you want to do with the rest of your life? Or where do you see yourself, like, in life? And, you know, my ex was so

comfortable and, like, a really, like, slow-paced life. And that is just not for me. And I, I'm like, that, you know, and so I met James and it was pretty apparent. So I was now seeking people who were not in the same mindset, you know? Because you both really like to travel. Yeah, we like to travel

and I just like, we both have really big aspirations for ourselves and we hold ourselves to like a high standard and all these things that just I was like, oh, clicks, clicks, clicks. Now there are things about James and I'm sure he would say the same about me that I'm like okay, in a perfect world. Of course. We would tweak that, but then that's where

compromise comes in. You know, like that's where you decide like I love this person so much. I'm so euphoric when I'm around him. I can compromise on something. You're never going to meet the perfect man. That's crazy. Imagine living in a perfect world. Sounds so fucking boring.

Imagine being like actually happy 24-7. It sounds exhausting. It's impossible. It just sounds like impossible. It is impossible. Come on. Also, if like our boyfriends and husbands didn't do a couple things to annoy us, what the fuck would we talk to our girlfriends about?

Oh, true. You know what I mean? We'd all just be like, what? I was just talking to one of my best friends on Marco Polo today. And we were like, a lot of men don't have this. Like, they don't have this friendship that they can just show up on Marco Pol and be, like, vent and talk about how your emotions and cry and then be like, so how is your Tuesday going? Right. You know, it's just, it's such a gift that women have to be so vulnerable.

It is true. I wish guys had that for themselves. So, so, true. So, so true. Yeah. I mean. What would I do without it? Without girlfriends?

I don't know. Somebody told me the other day, they said, such a red flag when a girl doesn't have girlfriends. Red flag. And I was like, who doesn't have girlfriends? and he was like, I know a few. I asked my current boyfriend. I was saying, I think I said, like, it's such a red. And I'm, I really am a girl's girl,

so I wasn't trying to get him to talk shit about any of his ex-girlfriends or anything. But I think I was saying, like, it is such a red flag when girls don't have girlfriends. And he said, one of my exes didn't. And I was like, really? And he was like, no, like, she was like, yeah, like one of the ones that's like, I just, yeah,

I just like girls and I just like, don't get along that well. I'm just like better friends with guys, which usually I'm like, oh, my best friends with what? And you're like, no. He, she's like, I just never really, like, made any long-lasting girl friendships. And I was like, one, I'm sad for her. I really genuinely am. Absolutely.

For all the reasons we just said. And two, that's a fucking right flag. That is. It really is. And it does make me sad for people like that because I really don't know where I would be in my life. Not only to have them now or if I'm going through a hard time or ups and downs, but they really built and shaped who I am as a person through my 20s. Like, I had the best group of girls who were like.

100%. They were all either entrepreneurs or go-getters or like. comfortable in who they were and they all had good hearts and they all like wanted to lift each other up right and i'm like that shaped me that was the group of girls that i was just with on my girls trip in florida they were all like i was 21 when i moved here they were all 26 to 27 and i told them on this trip i'm like you guys are the reason that i ended up the way i am now like i am so thankful that i had those girls that were sometimes brutally honest to me like you're being like freaking crazy you're being so annoying or like stop doing that

it's so immature right everyone knows what you're doing right now and I'm like do they they're like yes and I'm like really and they're like yes yeah I've had a couple girlfriends call me out where I'm at the time it hurt and then later I was like you only did that to better me yeah yeah like you weren't being a bitch you were just doing that to help me there was this one time

well first of all always like talking over people still working on it every day but me has a podcast me interrupts everyone I'm like I'll just do solos no I'm kidding you're great at the solo episodes God You're like, are you having a guess? It's when you're like, no. No, I got this. No, I can do it. I interrupt myself sometimes. My own train of thought I interrupted. But there was this one time, this is a really funny story because I'm actually, I think, are you friends with Ty Sam Hunt's guitar player?

No. Okay, I thought we all are friends with him. Anyways, this is funny now that I know all these guys. So Sam Hunt, obviously, very famous, very good looking country singer. When I first moved here, I was 21. He was single and in his like before. Did you have a Sam Hunt moment? No. No, no, no. It just, this is a moment where one of my friends called me out in like the best way. possible because I moved here. He had like a couple songs on the radio, but was not mega, mega famous yet, but has always been mega, mega attractive. He was still going out to bars. He wasn't so famous. He couldn't go to losers and winners in Nashville. And I was there and I was talking to my girlfriends and I had seen him there. He was like over to the left or something. And I remember my girlfriends were to the right of me. And if you're watching this, it'll make more sense. But my girlfriends were to right in me. He was to

left. My whole body was like turned towards him. Yeah. But I was like talking to my girlfriends like this. But I was like playing with my hair, whatever. Like, you know, And my friend looked to me and she goes, hey, hey, you look fucking crazy. I was like, I was like, what are you talking about? And she was like, it is so obvious what you're doing. I remember being upset. Like, that's so rude. Like, no, I'm not in my head.

I was like, yes, I am. You were called out and it's sometimes embarrassing, like you feel embarrassed, but you're like, that only means I believe what you said is true. Yeah. Just moments like that, those friends, I was like, you know, good looking out. Good, good looking out. Because I feel like you probably thought about the next time where you're like, wow, yeah cool shannon she's so obvious i see girls out doing it i'm like oh no i wish i was close to you

i will go tell you that you look crazy i've been told that a few times too you look crazy you look crazy oh yeah i have one girlfriend jess she's actually coming here to visit me in nashville finally and she is the one that through my 20s she would absolutely call me out if i was she was like i'm really sick of you showing up late she was like that's important to me and i feel like you're disrespecting me and i was like oh what yeah oh okay shout out to jess Yeah. And she a couple times did that for me and I was like, thank you. Thanks. Now looking back, that's a, that's a reason why I literally call her for everything now. Good friend move. Okay, did you guys hear me last week talk about the roasted egg plant I made last week? I'm still drooling over it. So if you didn't love me bragging about it, then this is me warning you that I'm going to brag about it again. This time, I poached a freaking egg. Okay, that is a new one for me. I always thought that was impossible. You could only do that fancy restaurants. But again, I'll admit it. I didn't learn on my own. The one and only Gordon Ramsey, again, taught me how to do it because I have Masterclass. So with Masterclass, you can learn from the best to become your best, anytime, anywhere, at your

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like a temper tantrum. When my friend Anna Grace, I was just like, I was like, I can't do it. And she was like, quit it. And I was like, I'm gonna. Like, nah. And so my, one of my girlfriends, we'd gone to the Soho House in Nashville and she was telling me, Marissa, Daniel, I don't know if you know her, she's an incredible hairstylist. Yes, of course I know. Yes. Okay. Does like all the most fabulous blondes and everything in Nashville. She's really good. And she's sweet as hell. It's so sweet, so hot. Oh, my God. She's beautiful.

Like, stunning. She was at Kittle Fest with us the other night. Yes. Just the best person ever. And she was talking about, she's one of those girls that always goes on a solo trip. Like, she just, which also, so cool, right? Like, get cooler. You know, me, I would be, like, going to Spain by myself.

Like, no. I'll go to the Barbie movie by myself. That's it. Yeah. We draw the line. And so she was telling me about, she'd gone on plenty of trips before by herself. And she was saying, she was going to Spain. I was like, oh, tell me what you're doing, where you're going.

and she was saying I'm going to go to Barcelona and then Seville and then I really obviously wish I could go to Abiza but like I don't think a solo gal should be going to Obiza by yourself and I was like no Marissa you obviously can't do that by yourself and also wait hold on should I go with you on this trip should I go to Spain and she's like um yes first of all please that would make me so happy but I do I you know I leave in eight days right and I was like yeah and I tell this story and I'll tell it again because if anyone's listening to this I need to be completely honest I was seeing this guy and by seeing I mean I mean I'd met him like twice and hung out with them and was enamored. And we would FaceTime a lot. Like it was one of those. We'd face time for like three hours. So I'm like, he's obsessed with me. Yeah. No, he probably was bored, Shannon.

But I mean, that would trick anybody. Yeah, I agree. Very easily trickable, me. And so I was just, you know, I was really into this guy. And he was an athlete, and he was in its off season in California. And I remember, you know, I told the story of my podcast too. Basically, I called Marissa.

I was like, I'm going. I'm going. I planned it. Started like getting my outfits together. And then like three days, four days before. I was like hey I'm gonna be completely honest with you and she was like what and she was like she was already like totally okay if you can't pull it together and come I understand and I was like no the only thing is I've been like talking to that guy you know and she's like yeah and I was like I was like I feel like

he might invite me to California in like the next couple weeks and so like if I'm not in America then he'll know I'm out of the country like listen to how insane I sound and then he won't invite me I was almost not going to go to Spain and meet the literal love of my life because I thought because I thought a guy might invite me to another like state. Did he? You know, spoiler alert, no, absolutely not. How did she convince you? She didn't.

She was like, listen, she's such a freaking girl's girl. She was just like, listen, I get it. I've been there. Like, I know how it feels to like want to like make a connection with someone and want to be available for someone if they should ask. I get it. I was already planning on the trip solo. It's okay if you can't come.

And then I think maybe he didn't talk to me for three or four days in a row, which was like classic, you know? And I was like, oh, you know what? What this? I was like, I'm going to Spain. And so I booked the trip on Air Miles and was like, see you there. And then I just showed up in Barcelona. We, um, literally the first day we were there. We were just walking the streets of Barcelona and, um, yeah, walking down the street to dinner, like 5 p.m. You're going to grab drinks and stuff before dinner. And we passed these two guys on the street. And I was like, I made eye contact with this one of them who was like, was so hot, James.

And I was like, it was James. It wasn't James. No, it was James. And, um, she was like, oh, my god that guy and i was like that guy is so hot i actually thought he was for sure spanish because he's so he doesn't look british no really and so i um and it was like the middle of summer so he was even more tan and i remember just like making eye contact with him in like a slow mo movie way but like it wasn't a movie in the sense that like we just kept walking you know what i mean we didn't like stop and like we were just two strangers across the street i was with a girl he was with a guy like guy friend i was with a girlfriend we just kept walking and then went to dinner i think maybe me and us were just like yeah they were hot and then kept walking and then we went to get a drink we went to

dinner we had more drinks after dinner and it was a tuesday and i was like listen let's not force the fun it's our first night right it's 11 p.m time of death let's call it let's go back to the hotel so we were in a at this point a totally different part of the city we were had already taken three different cabs the three different places you ran into him again yeah yeah so we we were walking back to the hotel and i was like oh my god there's those guys again and she was again at that point because we had, we had, like, looked at each other, which now sounds so silly, we looked at each other, but like, there was a moment. Yeah. Energetically, there was something there. Totally. He, he, like, looked at me. I looked at him and I was like, what do we do, where is that?

And she was like, wave. And I was like, smile. And we were like, smiled and wave. And then he was like, hey. And then we, like, walked over to where he was. Because he was still, again, he was across the street. So then we walked over to him. And he was like, we've seen you guys, haven't we? And I was like, where are you from? And I was like, where are you from? And he's like, where are you from? Did you just say y'all? And I was like, yeah, he's like, people really say that? I'm like, yeah, I say that. You like it? That's funny. Yeah, so anyways, that's how we met. You can't fight those stories because you go, first of all, I think you told me something or somebody said something to you about that guy who I didn't know who he was before that you were kind

of hanging out with twice. But didn't they say something like if he wanted to? Yeah, yeah. Oh my God. And then I date this guy. I'm dating this guy now that he is the coincidental. And you know, I hate to say cliches. Like you just said earlier, you're like, I'm editing this out because I always say. Yeah. But it's like, listen, they are cliches for a reason and people repeat them over and over and over for a reason. There is a reason that everyone has live, laugh, love somewhere in a home at some point in their lives. Because living and laughing is fun to do, okay? Like, there are reasons behind these things. So I am going to say, if you want to do, he would, because that is so fucking true. I want to like drill that into all of my listeners and watchers, like heads if they're going through

something where they're like, well, he just doesn't seem that into mirror. I'm like, going to wait for him or if he wants to he will. You guys, I almost didn't go on a trip where whether I'd met the love of my life or not, me and Marissa would have still had the time of my life. We had the best girl's trip ever, ever, ever. But still. The fact that you met the love of your life.

How long have you guys been together now? Year and a half. And you still, he's the love of your life even more now than he was then. I know. Wow. So he lives in London. You live here. You've had to do the long distance. But you just bought a house. Just bought a house in Franklin. And working on his...

get into it. Yeah, you get it. Yeah, it's a lot. It's just a lot. You just have to, you know, we have immigration lawyers and we're just trying to do it. We obviously want to do it all the right way. The way, because I've heard all the horror stories that if you know, you don't do it the right way, shit is hairy. So it's not worth it. It takes a lot of time. It takes a lot of effort. And it takes a lot of money, America. But, you know, it's worth it. It's worth it all. And we'll just keep, you know, doing it the right way. And then one day he'll be here. That's the plan, though, for him to be here and for us to live happily ever after. That's so cute. How does his family feel and friends feel about him coming? Because that's not just like a hop, skip and a jump. Right. Well, he's lived with his, not with his family. He has lived in London, his entire life. His family lives in London. His family has a luxury of being 15 minutes away from his family's entire life. Whereas, like, I moved away at 21 and I've been seven, you get it. Like, I've been seven hours away from my family. So I think his parents, one, are just so wonderfully happy for the both of us. Yeah, it's really sweet. And they're not like, he's taking a baby away from us. Marcia.

is just wonderful and you just like you said you just never know and she's the exact opposite of that she's just so happy for them everyone's so happy for them are all your friends they must be so happy for you too because they're all like married with kids and it's not like you're not shamed for not doing that it's just like exciting to get to the place where you totally are like okay now it's the next phase of my life yeah yeah it's cool but i also people ask me all the time because you know my best friend taylor has three children at under 30 and you know happily married for the past five years and she's like people are like how are you all so close when you're in total different of your life i'm like i don't know because we just be like fucking with each other like we're just

friends you don't have to be in the same you know phase of life you and cat like that's i was just gonna say that you don't have to be in the same phase of your life to be good friend that's a real friendship that is a real friendship you have the friends that are in your life for the same season as you you have your real friends yeah who like cat pregnant right now and has a one and a half year old and she's like one of my most favorite people to be around right all my friends aren't influencers and podcasters Like some of my best friends are nurses and teachers and like I like I relate to them so much. The only thing we don't relate on is our job. Yeah.

So like why would I? Yeah. You don't have to be. It's like dating someone. You don't date the exact same person as you. No. No. I always think that.

I'm like, I could never date a Caitlin. Yeah. Dating to Shannon seems fun. Fun. For a good time, but not a long time. That's funny. So you visit London a lot. I mean, I was in London when you were there and we got to hang out.

Yeah, yeah. Obviously, you know, we got to go back and forth. I love London. London reminds me a lot of New York. So I'd never been to London one time before. So basically James and I met in Barcelona, had a one-night stand and then wouldn't leave each other alone for five days. And then I came back to America, was like, oh, I'm just going to think about, like, I literally thinking I'll never see this man again for the rest of my life. But I'll be married with three kids thinking about him for the rest of my life. I'll be like, that old lady with the cane that's like, let me tell you something. Don't tell you, grandpa, but that was this boy. You know what I mean? I was like, that'll be my life.

And then, yeah, we just kept in touch. We kept FaceTiming, and he was immediately like, when can I see you? When can I fly you out? Like I, and I was like, oh, my God. And so I went to London like two weeks later and met his family. He was like, I'd love for you to meet my parents. I was like, oh, shit, might be a serial killer. This is so weird.

He either really likes me or he's a serial killer. And then it's just if he wanted to be with. So, anyways, we just started seeing each other. And I had never been to London. I remember. I didn't tell him that because I think I thought he would think that was really weird. And then he got there. He's like, so have you been to London before?

I was like, never. And he's like, you had never been? No. Cute. Yeah, it was sweet. So I get to see. I feel like you, like, fit perfectly in London with your style and like, I just. We don't get in London. Yeah, it was so fun. It was so fun. I love London. We had a really fun day. We got to come back. It doesn't feel like New York kind of to you, but like more proper and clean. Yes. It feels exactly like that. Yeah. It's just like buzz in and like awesome. But he's like, it's great. It's so jazz to be in Franklin. He's like quiet. Because imagine living up or living and growing up in London slash New York your whole life. It's loud. It's really great that he wants to. It's. It's really great that he wants to. to do that with you too, because some people would be like, I'm not moving out of London. Like, this is right from. This is where I live. And this is my, like, and they might like that hustle and bustle of everything and the buzz. And then so it's great that he's like, Franklin. Right. We had to have like a lot of more serious conversations a lot sooner than most people. Like Taylor always says like, you know, y'all happened really quick, really fast. And anyone that, because of course, you know, you got the naysairs that are like, y'all are moving pretty fast. And Taylor's like, you didn't meet him at the bar in

Germantown. You guys don't get to go on. You don't have the luxury of going on 13 dates before you say you're in the talking phase and then meeting all of his friends and family and then the bachelor it's speed dating yeah you have more serious conversations quicker and you get to where you need to be quicker and there's no games involved it's yeah why do people care when people are happy like if that makes you happy i don't get it it's the craziest thing when people are like couldn't be me i'm like good thing it's not or even when they're like you have a platform you have a podcast you have instagram following so you are meant to be the certain people other people expect you to be But you're following us 100%.

You're following us because we're not following the status quo, but you want us to follow the status quo and you don't like when we don't. But you do follow us because you like when we don't do it. I'm like, live, laugh, love. I'm exhausted. No. Toaster bath. Literally.

Toaster bath. I love it. Okay, well, every step you're going in is the right direction. Move to Franklin. Yep. With the love of your life. Facts. You're a homeowner now.

That's crazy. isn't that the best yeah but let me just prep you for being a homeowner please do be okay with being stressed for the rest of time because well no if you have a new build i got to get rid of these sweaters there's always something sweating already to be done yes and that i noticed it is like i have rented for the past nine years of my life and it's you know my garage door the other day was like sticking and i picked up my phone to text my landlord and i was like oh wait this is my problem I am the landlord. I am the landlady.

I was like, oh no. So then I'm Googling like, why is my garage door sticking, you know. Did you figure it out? Yeah. I know how to help with that. Was it the sensors? Nope. Oh. It was me.

Doing it wrong. I just wasn't pressing the button. Didn't grow up with the garage. Grew up in a trailer. We didn't have garages. I do love that you grew up in a trailer. Love it. That says a lot.

I feel like that builds some character. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Also, it was like fabulous. My mom is like so, such a like, interior queen. And, like, I also didn't know we lived in a trailer for the longest time. I think I'd maybe even told us on my podcast with you. I just, like, didn't know.

I came home when I was, like, seven or eight. And also, they've added, like, a really nice greenened and porch to it. So it's like, the bank still does not consider it a home. It's still a mobile home. But it's nicer than that. Okay, like, guys, it's nice. I can't totally live. No, it's fabulous.

In a trailer home. I could. Our washer and dryers in our kitchen is fine. And so I, my whole life, I love it. Like, when I go in for Christmas. I didn't have a washer and dryer in my apartment. For like 10 years. See, there you go.

Yeah. But I, yeah, I came home when I was like nine or 10, I don't know, old enough for bitches to be mean to you in middle school or something. And I came home and like the blind confidence and then just like pure happy childhood that I had. Like my parents like gave us the world. And, you know, I obviously knew when we go to them all, like I ain't going to limited two.

Like my mom's like, that's cute. Look around. Payless. We'll find something like it somewhere else. Cute. Bye. And so, yeah, I knew things, but, like, I remember I came home and I was like, I was like, mom, get a load of this. And we did, we grew up on the lake, which is a really nice luxury.

Like, the mobile home was on the lake, beautiful lakefront property. And I was like, I think on a raft with my mom in the lake. And I was like, ha, get a load of this. The girl Rachel from school, she said we live in a trailer. And my mom was like, well, that's not very nice. And I'm, we're in the lake, so we're staring at our home. And I'm like, and my mom's like, well, that's not very nice because it seems like, Rachel might have been saying that in a nice way.

Right. But we do, honey, we do live in a trailer. And I was like, what? We live in a trailer? And she was like, yes. She was like that lattice sighting your father put up. There's wheels technically under there. And I was like, you're kidding me.

I was like, oh my God. She's just losing her goddamn mind. And then what did you do to Rachel in your next day at school? Were you like, actually, bitch, we do live in a trailer. I don't know. I probably rubber glue, bounce off me sticks to you. Now, you live in a trailer, Rachel. Ha-ha.

She's like, night on. I'm in limited two, and I have a frog above my garage. We have a playroom. I'm like a playroom. That doesn't build character. Yeah. Well, whatever. Jokes on you because, and now you're like,

you probably appreciate all the stuff you did now because you worked hard and you are where you're at and you just bought a fucking house. Yeah, you buy a house. And also it's just like, I don't know, like, I don't. Like, I don't. I love that about him.

I also just like don't want, I don't want to deal with the garage clickers so like shouts out to trailers for not having them yeah smart great plan yeah in fact why don't i move into one you know what i feel like it sounds when i do simple things like when i just go home to like le duc and just like have a night in of just like you know grilling with my dad and sitting down it i'm like it's the simple things that like really yeah happy my parents are the happy people in the world and my parents are not poverty stricken i don't want to like make that my stick i just mean like they're just genuinely the happiest most fulfilled humans ever you know why because they're live laugh loving they're live

laugh loving i don't think my mom has that anywhere in the house she's other things that are like family is everything yeah yeah or like home is where the heart is it's our mess it might be a mess but it's our mess long just like kitchen shit out of here yeah thank god hey i got to have one on my fridge i have a magnet that says if we're not meant to have snacks at night why is there a light in the fridge great point great point live laugh love that's the name of the episode live laugh love but shan unfortunately or live laugh toaster bath with the show for her last year i just wondered why do people say slept like a baby because a lot of babies don't sleep well so i slept like a baby last night and not in a good way not my best sleep that's okay because i woke up applied the brilliant eye brightener i

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premieres wednesday august 9th on cbs and streaming on paramount plus so what are the main questions i always get asked i'm sure you do too from living in nashville is what to do when you come to the city yeah yeah do you have like a list that you have to send to people like i have a whole spreadsheet i oh my god that's so nice i used to and i updated it's great i fall in it off a little but because there's something new in Nashville every week. And I feel like, have you been to a place called layer cake? Everyone's always like, I got lit at layer cake. I'm like, oh my God, is that like the she's cake factory?

And they're like, not at all. It's like a club where people are like on their shoulders and thongs. And I'm like, oh, my God. Yeah, yeah. It's like a club. I think it started somewhere else too. Like we have a bottled blonde coming. Like it's getting like clurby.

Oh. Yeah. Oh, I don't want that. Well, I, yeah, it's coming. I guess I don't have to go. You don't have to go. But I'm not adding it to the list. I'm trying to think of something that I just like love to do.

I have a list-ish, but it's more so about like food. I love food. Okay, we'll ask you specific questions. Do you have a favorite rooftop bar? You know what? I think it's something I tell people all the time. I really love one. I just recently went to the one hotel, but that's newish.

And I love the one. I really like their, I love any one hotel. They have the espresso martinis and sushi. Yes. And we, James and I went the other day, it was fabulous. And then I will always tell anyone and don't care how quote unquote basic it is. I think the Hampton Social has a. fabulous rooftop bar. It's really beautiful. You can order shots. They come in a guitar that's lit on fire.

It's just fucking cool. What? It's got sparklers on fire, but like that's cool. Kind of is. Okay. I just really like that one. You can see the tourists would love that spot too. Yeah, you see the view. And it's like it's always, it's never too too busy like it. And there's water right there too. Yeah. It's beautiful to look at. It's beautiful. Okay. What is your favorite sushi place? Favorite sushi place 100% oh, Sunday. What? Sunday. I love Sunday. I love Sunday. You know what I wish sunda would do. I have garlic noodles. I can't do sushi when they have crab garlic noodles. You don't, they don't put it on the sushi. What? Crab garlic noodles?

No, that's all I want when I go there. Oh, I'm like, they don't put it on top. Oh, yeah. No, it's true. That way, it's hard. And then you're eating the crab garlic noodles and then you still want the sushi. I get it. So good.

I'm actually shocked by that answer, though, because I thought you're going to say Oku and I wanted to say at the same time. You like Send us to. What? Never been. Should we go? Yes. Okay.

Oh my God. I'm taking you. Okay. I'm taking you on a date to Oku is the best I would love that I've ever been to actually last time I went some girl at the table across she was like Caitlin and I was like yeah she was like I only come here because you know way she was like I'm in from out of town you always talk about Oku and I was like is it not the best she was like it really is what a full circle moment I love that so okay I happens to me when I'm at tin roof love the sushi there I'm just kidding don't they do not have sushi I wish they did God no I wish it did I wish airplanes serve sushi no someone Someone message me one time. I was at a New York Rangers game and I was eating the sushi at the at a hockey game. Did sushi at the New York Rangers game?

Yeah. And someone wrote to me and said, the locations in which you eat sushi give me severe anxiety. Yes, because I have a fear of throwing up. I feel that. I get so scared about bad sushi. Yeah. A hockey game? It was cold.

Was it fish in there? Was it vegetarian? Because then I would eat it. Fish? Ew, rink fish. you know that someone's nickname on the hockey team rankfish that does sound like something someone who's 100%

yeah okay best hot chicken in town I'm not a hot chicken girly I just like why would I want to have diarrhea for three days I love spice I had burning diarrhea like my buttholes on 100% I've never had that before I eat spicy shit all the time I ate one spicy

a chicken sandwich and I was like I'll never do this again Asian spice does not bother me Hispanic spice does not bother me. It's that American down-home southern spice that just really f***s with me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. My mom's born and raised in Louisiana. So like

Cajun spice, which is like really like French influence, doesn't bother me that much, but it's that like southern hot chicken. I'm just like, you're right. I have too many hemorrhoids for this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It does hurt my butt a whole lot. Yeah. Fair. Okay. Favorite place for

like a fancy, really good cocktail. I'm a stuff. for L.A. Jackson, which is the rooftop. Another great rooftop. It's a rooftop on the top of L.A. Thompson Hotel. Love that one. That is a good one. Okay. Favorite spot for live music. So I would have normally said

something more local, but Claudia Oshry, girl with no job, she, anytime she comes to Nashville, she's like, we're going to the stage. And I'm like, I'm so not interested in this. The stage is amazing. But I'm like, I love you. Looking at the joy within your face to go here, it's fun. I'm like, now I'm like, this stage. We got to go to the

It's just... They do great live music. You're just going to have a fun time. Yeah. It's just you're guaranteed going to have a good time. And guaranteed great music. I mean, if you're singing on Broadway, you are incredible. That's true.

Yeah. That's very true. Okay. Best place for a bachelor's party to go. Nashville, but I mean, I think as a group, you want to try to find places that can accommodate big groups because that's tough sometimes. So, again, Hampton Social is great for big groups. But I think if I was thinking like a group, you want to try to find places.

group of like seven or eight i don't is is san an is san an aho still a thing i love san anahoe oh i do too i was there not long ago i think it's great nata it's great i don't know why i'm like on a mexican restaurant kick but i just think it's like really cute really instagramable great food great cocktails and really accommodating for large groups okay i love that okay for your podcast probably a podcast do you do a lot of in person recordings in Nashville i only do in person you only do in person i have only ever done a zoom one time and it was with anna grace is my best friends so it's fine but i don't know why like i need to do more zooms because i could probably have better guests on not that my guests aren't rich i mean like i could have a more

guests more often but i just love in person i do too i feel that your audience probably loves your solo ones too because they're tuning in to hear you well that's nice yeah i mean i feel like i i feel like someone mentioned that it feels like a face time and i'm like oh i love that like yeah i love just like feeling like i'm on face time with someone that's cool that's what i love too if people say it feels like you're just hanging out giggling with your girlfriend I'm like, that's amazing. Why did you start a podcast? I started a podcast originally with my really good friend, Mary Carly, who I was just

in Florida with. And it was like, during quarantine and she was like, I feel like we should do this. Yeah, yeah. And I remember at the time being like, oh my God, Mary Carlo, but like we can't have a podcast. Everyone has a fucking podcast. And that was three years ago. And now it's like, it's that internal battle of being like, I want to be different and cool. Newsflash, nobody is that fucking different or cool.

like even lady gaga's kind of doing what madonna did like you know you know what i mean like madonna's doing what someone else did i take it as like i probably inspired people to do a podcast i was inspired to do a podcast i said this in my podcast episode i had with you on it i said anyone who did a podcast is copy and caitland bristow because you're the only you were the first person other that wasn't an educational when i thought a podcast i thought of like lecture based things like educational based things you were the first that i know of um and i know everything so you were the first like entertainment-based podcast and I remember when you did one I was like so what did she do she does this once a week so like she has for people it's so interesting it's like a talk show but in her living

room like I just remember me like what's a podcast like and you you were one of like the you're on the forefront of it and I you're very inspiring obviously very successful and very good at what you do and I remember at the time thinking like I can't do this everyone's going to be like oh another influencer doing another podcast and think I think to myself I says to myself think if you didn't do that like think if you let that stop you and it's true it's crazy yeah It's the same way as if you didn't go to freaking Barcelona. You got to do what's pulling you to do.

If that sounds like a fun idea to you and it sounds like something that you feel like you'd love doing like do it for you. Yeah. It doesn't work out. It's fine. Me and me and Carl ended up stopping doing our podcast. Stoping doing.

We ended up stopping doing our podcast. We're still best friends. Nothing dramatic there. She just was like, I'm moving to Florida. And like I said, we really like in-person stuff. She was started a family. And she was on a different journey. But I remember thinking like that to me

for a brief moment in time felt like a, like a fail, a fail, right? Like, oh, like I fail, whatever. And then even so, like, if you decided to start a podcast and then it didn't work out, like it doesn't not mean it's a failure. Look at me. And now I still do my podcast three years later. Like, I'm doing a laugh show on Friday. Like, it wasn't a failure.

It was just the, you know, door that closed for the window to open. Okay. I have one more game for you before. Okay. I get a confession out of you. Okay. And then I'll wrap up. But this is kind of like a dating, like, for you and James.

kind of thing but you get to he's not here so you can say whatever you want okay but it's called probably Shannon or probably James okay so it's either one of those so since you and James are really hot and heavy right now which you I think you always will be I hope so I think so he's also just hot it's really humbling to have a hot boyfriend also such a doll I know I'm like you're that hot and you don't cheat on me that is crazy I mean you read about it but it should read about it it's true okay so you guys are living your best life I thought we'd play a little game of probably Shannon because your Instagram is probably Shannon

your podcast is probably a podcast now we're playing a game probably Shannon the branding is just really sticking so I like it I like also the abbreviation for my podcast that sometimes I get with Dear Media or like random like ad based you know like back in stuff they'll be like hi just regarding pap and I'm like ooh

not the pap me I'm hiding my panties underneath my shirt why do we hide them why do we do it she's about to be wrist deep in my ovaries Yet I'm turning over my sunny side up in panties. I know. It's so weird. I do it every time, too.

Same thing with like a spray tan. Like, you're in my vagina. Just want them to think I'm clean. I just want them to think that's nice. She folded those. Right. I don't know. I feel like a slob if I just leave them like, um, you know, it was a gross noise to make of that.

Okay. So who is most likely to get lost while driving? Me. Oh, probably Shannon. Okay. Probably Shannon. My friends make fun of me all the time. Yeah.

Like living in Nashville for nine years and I'll still put in my GPS how to get to the airport and Taylor will look at me my best and she'll be like, you need to be a part of a clinical study. This is crazy. Well, and there's like signs everywhere that says like with that little airport, we're playing on it. I'm like, but what if? But I put on my GPS all the time too because I go, what if they give me a faster route? Yeah, no, I just don't know where I'm going. Root or route? I would say, whenever I text you today, I said in route. Oh, yeah, you did. Plan a romantic date. James. Oh, he's so sweet. He's a cancer. Oh, I love a cancer crab. Cancel crowds. We love them. Okay. Who is more likely to forget an anniversary?

Probably James. Okay. Actually, it would be a toss-up. Probably James just because he's doing a million things and you might like. Probably James because he's a boy. You know, but like probably Shannon because she doesn't put anything in her calendar. Producer Courtney, my producer for my podcast, text me today and said, just so you remember you're going to Caitlin's podcast today, right? And I was like, duh. Of course I knew that. And I obviously know that. Four o'clock. I was like, God bless Maggie

over here because she runs my schedule and I, God bless him. She said to me this morning, she goes, what is this? You have a calendar invite, but it's an invite for 9am, but it's between two days.

I don't get what day this. And I was like, I can't work. You said, don't ask me. Do not ask me. Ask you, who's more likely to initiate sex? Probably James. That man is in the gym,

24-7, and he like talks about it often in his little like educational things about health and fitness that's what he does for living yeah and he always talks about how like when you go to the gym as a man like you are like the testosterone is just absolutely like skyrocketing yeah he's just always just helicoptering that thing around and i'm like ah take you need a bonertown yes it's great that's cute it's exhausting it is exhausting it's not so i love it uh who's were likely to come home with a puppy probably neither of us because we both want a dog so

so bad and we talk about it like I want to say three times a week thrice a week and we're just like we travel too much and we love dogs too much to not like be able to take care of them I get that you know I get that but I have Maggie or a house sitter when they come here I the person that comes to watches the dogs

loves them almost as much yeah and but and you also you didn't get your dogs as puppies I feel like if you have a puppy you really got to just well you had to train your dogs too actually I did with the circumstances I get that but you're like actually maybe more than a puppy but pinot shit everywhere when we first got him and golden retrieves are usually so easy to train and pinot is like he cannot figure out to go to the bathroom outside now he'll hold it for bless him he will to the point where he'll like look at me and he'll be like and he won't bark he just goes oh no and then I like let him honey look at me and he was like oh bless okay last one most likely to pull a prank on the other one me oh my god I have this whole for my live show I have a whole segment where I just he gonna be there yeah yeah I have a whole second where I just talk about all the pranks I like to pull on people. I'm obsessed with pulling pranks on people.

Yeah, it's really weird. What's the best prank you've ever pulled? You need to do one with Adley on Instagram. Oh, yeah. There was a time during quarantine where, oh, my God. I just realized this where she was like, we should do something together. Gosh, that just, like, unlocked my memory box. I just had her on my podcast.

She's amazing. She's hilarious. She was talking about all the pranks they do, and I'm like, oh, my God. No, I love pranks. I don't know. I love any prank. I'm not, I'm non-discriminating towards prank. I mean, I feel that.

I really, one time I got a scratch-off ticket for a friend, but I didn't really know she was in like a financial hardship in her life. And it was like a fake scratch-off that said she won $40,000. And I thought she was going to be like, yeah, let's order champagne. Let's go to Prada. Like, we're in New York. And she was like, just listing off all the bills she was going to pay off. And like, I was like, oh, no. Oh, no. Yeah. You got to do market research before you crank. You really have to read the audience. Okay, then last but not least, I feel like you're going to have a good confession for this podcast. Okay. Confession.

Do you want, do you get the option? Okay. Do you want poop or pubs? Pubes. Okay. Mine? Yeah. Red.

Yeah. Okay. So, yeah, yeah. So, carpet matches. So it matches. Oh my God, when I was younger, I used to be like, I used to think I was so, so funny. Like, you, like, you live this life. It's a redhead, and you have to, like, come up with.

with all these, like, responses to all these annoying things. And when I was in, like, I dare I say middle school, I was a bus rider, so I just was learning things way too fast. And I remember, I don't even think I had pubes yet. And, like, someone was like, this is a kind of match to drapes. I remember, I thought I was so smart. I was like, hardwood

floors. Like, what? I was like, yeah, no, only am I great response. Thanks. But I was like, not only am I funny, I'm also sexy. Like, what? Like, bitch, you were in eighth grade. What? In eighth grade, I thought like a bush was cool. Yeah, I'm sure. I also

was like such a late bloomer. I was like pretending to get my period. Like now I'm like, why are you doing that? I would like bring tampons to school and like let them fall out of my bag. I'd be like hoops, I dropped my tampon. I did that too. I thought I was a woman because the girl who, I didn't grow boobs to like, well I still have been waiting, but

I, the girl, uh, I didn't grow boobs to like after high school. And this girl in junior, whatever you guys call it, middle school. But this girl grew boobs in the sixth grade and all the guys were like, ugh. So Then I was like, there's always one. And so I was like, oh, yeah.

Madison Lundy was ours. God, I was so jealous of her. Oh, I just remember her. I'm like, oh, man. She was like, I have to wear two sports bras to hold them down. I was like, me, yeah, me, yeah, I wore two sports bras. Two sports bras. I wore two sports bras just so that it worked.

Get extra padding. No, just so it wasn't a little poke of a beast thing. When you have like buds. Yeah. It was just like puffy nips from like hormones. And I just like, that's why I literally wore two sports bras. Okay, so you had pubs. So you didn't have pubs.

Oh, yeah, sorry. So I really off track here. um okay so i'm much older at this point i'm in college i think yeah i think i might be in college a little bit after college i don't know and uh i had like gone home with this guy um who had roommates at the time because we were all like 20-21 and i did not know i was going to go home with him was like a go home after the bar kind of thing yeah and i was like oh no i've got to maintenance some things down here and so i went to the bathroom in a panic and i was like okay okay this is probably not the move oh no did you dry shave but no no I was just like I've got to use his razor like I've got to find a razor in here that's his and use it because I got to yeah even though I'm sure he puts it on his face but I was like don't care so found a razor thank God used it thought like like remember thinking to myself I am going to like I was like hitting it on the thing with all the water like making sure and then I um yeah we you know hung out and read the Bible that night and then I woke up the next

morning and his roommate, we were, like, sitting on the couch, and his roommate came in and was like, hmm, and I was like, hi. And he was like, makes sense. He was like, checks out. And I just was like, I was like, immediately defensive, like checks out. Like, what is he always bringing? Like, like, you know, I just remember thinking, like, he didn't say anything about hair. I was like, checks out. Like, he always has a fucking girl home. Like, like, like, what? Or like, I don't know, like, checks out. Like, I don't know what? I was like, so me. I was like, really, what checks out? He's like, oh, that you're a redhead because I found a red pubes in my razor to And I was like, oh, my God.

And the guy, and they got his friend, the guy that I went home with, was like, what? And I was like, what? Huh? Imagine trying to deny that. You know what I mean? I was just like, I'm, I'm, the service is really bad. He's like, I'm right here. I was like, I'm, he's like, we're in person.

Like, sorry, Zoom call ended. He's like, it's 2016. He just run out. Oh, just so mortified. Like, honestly, I've got to give it to him. they were like he he ha ha i mean i can't imagine what they said after i left and i can't imagine that they still probably talk about it to this day i don't know but like he like actually is on a podcast talking yeah he's on a podcast somewhere gotta look into that got to look into that um yeah

that's my confession last i know and it was like so much worse that it was imagine if he found it and it was his like i originally thought he would have probably just been like oh well you know that's cute of her but like but like because they were like you know 20 year old dudes but like the fact that it was his roommates I was like I'll never I'll never forget the first time like just shaving off a massive bush being like I think this is what people do we shave gotta be right and then you don't know that all the hair is gonna stick around the tub no and so I was like dude to do and my mom like pulled me aside like later that day she's like gonna rinse it off yeah she was like if you're gonna be shaving like that you gotta rinse the tub after I was like there's nothing worse than a mom being such a sweet angel mother and but she's telling you something like like like Like, I don't know, like, just know, like, when, and she always uses some word, like, you're privates, and you're like, yeah, your privates. Oh, my God. Thanks.

I walked out of the shower one time. I don't remember. I was, like, probably 19. And I walked out of the shower and I had a towel around me. And she was like, oh, honey, your little nipples hanging out. And I was like, oh, my God. Yeah, no, it's the worst. You're just so embarrassed.

They literally burst you. You literally came out of them. And you're like, how dare you? Okay, tell everybody where they can find you. your podcast and what they can expect if they listen to your podcast. The PAP. The PAP. The PAP for sure.

Probably a podcast on Instagram. I'm probably Shannon. And really anything regarding the word probably, you could probably find something about me there. Yeah. Podcast is basically just, you know, really similar to yours. Just living life, live and laugh and loving, talking about dating and embarrassing stories.

And, you know, you guys will grow with me in the podcast. It's just everything I share my life. You and unhinged, but also like being an adult. and, like, doing all the things. Yeah, I remember, like, talked about recently. I'm like, oh, my gosh, I am buying a house. I don't have any money. Everyone know this right now.

Stop spinning your money. You just got to be, it's a very transparent podcast. Honesty is forever there. I love that. I love it. It's fun. I was a guest on it once, and I had a great time. Well, congrats with everything in the new frigging house.

I can't wait to come. All the wine. I will bring you. That is my housewarming gift. I'm going to bring you all of the wine. Please, this is delicious, by the way. Isn't it good? Yes.

I fucking love it and a little chilled, too. I love. I put ice in my red one. I'm trashy like that. I'm classy like that. Ooh. Cheers. I'm Caitlin Bristow. Your session is now ending. And if I'm being honest, I wouldn't mind a rating in a review.