The Bobby Bones Show - Best Bits: Amy & Morgan Do Their Dating Wrapped Of 2024

Episode Date: December 21, 2024

Happy Weekend! Before leaving for Christmas, Morgan and Amy looked back on their 2024! Morgan had a dating wrapped presentation for the year and she got some dating updates and stories from Amy. They also share the full circle moments they’ve had this year, and things to come in 2025.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Behind the scenes with a member of the show. Merry almost Christmas, everybody. Welcome to The Best Bits. It's part one. I've got Amy joining me. Me this weekend, words are hard. I guess I'm doing. You're something this weekend.

Amy. Hey, hey, hey. It's almost Christmas. You know, the words are meshing together. The brain is mush. We've recorded a lot today. So I don't have the thought process happening. anymore. I got a warm out.

Again. What? Did you used to do the Doe? What? No, Do, Ray Do. Do. There was another one. There was another one. There was like a word. Like to sing. Oh, unique New York. Or how now brown cow. How now brown cow, I remember. Unique. Yeah, you're right. Unique New York. Unique New York. How now brown cow. How now brown cow. Yep. Yeah. I don't know any others. Those are the only ones I did. There used to be another one that I thought. I was like always my singing lessons. They would do these warm-ups. And now I can't remember any of them. Anyways, how's life, Amy? How are you doing going into the holidays? I am doing great, and I'm ready to go to Colorado and see my sister. Is that what you guys are doing?

Yep. And I cannot wait. And she's so sweet. She sent me a video yesterday of her fireplace. And, of course, it looks beautiful because she decorated it, like the garland and stockings. And I don't know how she does it. It looks like it's out of a magazine. And she got stockings made for me and Stashear and Stevenson. Like they're hanging just because they're matching. She has their red and green velvet for her whole family, and they've had them for years. And she had some maid that say BB, which is what her kids call me. And Stevenson is to Chera.

And so I was going to pack our stockings and take them, but now I don't have to. Oh, that's so sweet. I think she liked the cohesive vibe. Yeah. So it was sweet. And she did it to be thoughtful. And also I think she likes that it's going to look the same. She also asked me if my gifts had been wrapped yet and what I was planning on wrapping when I got there.

or what and what my paper would look like. Because I think she likes it to all. She has an aesthetic. Yeah. But she's like, no, I'd be fine with anything. But I'll go ahead and have some stuff here for you because I said, oh, well, when I get to town, I was just going to go to Walmart and pick up stuff. She's like, okay, yeah.

She's like, I already got things from there, so we're good. I'm like, perfect. I'm like the younger sister. There was some real I came across yesterday. I was talking about different siblings and how they react when it's holidays and the oldest is like, okay, yeah, I land at 4 p.m. If grandma could pick me up, da-da-da, very organized together. And then the youngest is like, shoot, I forgot to book my flight. Can anybody spot me some money? Because I need about $800. And I was like, that's, yeah. That's both of us. I'm always coming in

hot from, especially because I'll always drive back to Kansas. So I'm always coming in like so hot. I'm like, I don't know what time I'm actually leaving. You guys will see me at some point on this day. And all my stuff is in my car. And it looks like I'm bringing like my whole home. back with me and I'm just like pure chaos. Meanwhile my older sister has like wrapped all the presents for my parents that we do together because it all gets sent to her and it's all taken care of. She's like, okay, we're ready and I'm like thankful for you because I was not. So welcome to youngest siblings at Christmas time. How is it? So this year, you didn't have the kids last year for Christmas, right? So this is your year. Correct. And we're both going to be in Colorado.

Ben will be there too. So his family will be. in Pagosa and that's where my sister is. And is there any plans to see each other or is it more happenstance if it? I'm sure we will at some point because his family, they go to my sister's coffee shop and I'm sure we'll see each other. And then, you know, we're on a Friday to Friday rotation. So some people do Sunday to Sunday. Some people, you know, do two days on, three days off.

Like the rotation schedule is different for every co-parenting situation. Ours is Friday to Friday, and I love it. And we're able to stay on that because, yeah, they're going to come be with me this weekend. And then we'll fly out. And then next Friday, they'll go from my sister's house to his family's house. Stay on Friday to Friday. Oh, good. And then I'll come back.

And then I'm going to be here the rest of the break. So you'll be here for New Year's. Yes. Any big plans for New Year's? No. Okay. Is that, are you like happy about that? No, I'm fine being more low-key.

Which some people know. some people don't, but that's my wedding anniversary. We have talked about that on the show. That's okay, though. I don't, it's not like any weird, weird feelings around it, but I definitely will be low-key. I think we're just going to do like something at the house and celebrate for sure at New York midnight, not Nashville midnight. Because it's ahead of the time. Yes, it's an hour earlier.

So you'll be in bed when the actual ball drops probably. Probably. Got it. Okay. Yeah, what about you? going home for Christmas and then the day after Christmas I had to Europe. I know. I'm so jealous and excited. I will give you the full lowdown because I am going to Paris. It's one of the stops. We'll be in Barcelona for New Year's Eve. That's the plan. Don't know what we're doing. We're like kind of winging it right now. But I'm sure we will be doing something and probably staying up all night would be my anticipation. Because one never been to Europe and one never been to Europe for New Year's Eve. So lots of first happening. Yeah, I feel like you're going to come back really, really tired, but it's going to be worth it. It won't be. I'm proud of you for booking this and just making it happen.

You know, Amy, I was thinking about this, like, two different ways. And I haven't, like, really said this out loud to anybody. Two things. Like, one, I look at my breakup in this season and how much I love Christmas. Like, Christmas is my favorite time of year. And if I would have stayed in that relationship, I don't know that I would have been celebrating in the same. capacity because he was Jewish. She celebrates a different holiday, which is totally awesome and fine.

But because he wasn't open to how much I love Christmas, I don't know that it would have been the same experience for me. And I feel more thankful that that ended than I have at all this year. Like when it happened, I was so devastated and heartbroken. But now looking at it, I just seem like, okay, that was like the universe being like, do you really want to spend the rest of your life not being able to celebrate Christmas in the way that you love it so much and decorating your tree and being so joyful and excited around all of these Christmas activities when that's not something that that person would have wanted? And not in a bad way again. This is just a different version.

And I think about that a lot right now where I just feel thankful. And that's the first time I felt like thankful. You're able to have that gratitude. Yes. You couldn't see that back then because what was the month? It was in August. Yeah, so you weren't even anywhere near Christmas. You weren't able to see it.

Plus, it was so fresh. But that's the beauty of time and healing. And then certain life events showing you, oh, like kind of having those little aha moments. Yeah. Because when we were. That are helpful. Because when we were breaking up, I also didn't really say this on the show. But like a big conversation was coming up about holidays.

Because it was coming. He was about to move in. And it was like, okay, I go home for the holidays. and that was always okay. But then as we started to talk about the logistics of holidays and me being like, well, you know, this is what my family does. And we go to church and we go see all these lights and we do all these things. He was like, I don't think I can do that. And I just don't think, like in that moment so much of me cared for him that I didn't see it as a bigger picture.

I was just seen in that moment of like, why are you doing this? Why is this happening? And now I think about that conversation. and I'm like, I would not have been doing all of the things that I love to do this holiday season. Because I would have been trying to make something work, that wasn't meant to. Yeah, you'd be going through it now. You wouldn't be on the other side of it like you are. Yeah.

Because if you waited for the Thanksgiving, the Christmas, then you would be in it dimming your light. My little Christmas light. out of, you know, trying to be respectful to him and merge both of y'all. And I'm sure he would have been okay with you. Yeah, you're doing whatever. And then he goes and does his thing. And then I would imagine that you want someone that you can do things with. And so you, he saved you a lot of time. Yeah. By breaking up in August. Yeah. So you'd be going through it like literally right now. No, you'd probably still be with him. And then the new year would come and you'd be like, oh my gosh, that was probably, you know, one of my, I don't want to say like worse because he has other

qualities, but it's like that just wasn't like a great holiday. And not what I like pictured in my head for a holiday. And then the other side of that too was I had kind of been holding on to Europe and just overseas trips in general for like the day when I meet my person because I do so much stuff, right? I'm a super active person and I have so many adventures and so many memories that I think there was a part of me that was holding on to like an overseas trip to be like, well, this is the thing that I can share with them and have with them versus, you know, I have all these other things. I'm not going to have first memories with them because I've done so many things. And I just kind of like sat with myself and I was like, why are you doing this? Why are you

waiting? Because like realistically, like genuinely like I want to be like the most level headed here and saying like it could never happen and that's okay. I have to be okay with that. Is that probably likely no. I will probably meet somebody amazing. It's going to be awesome. But there is this chance that I don't find this perfect person and I spend the rest of my life waiting to take these trips because they never came. What am I doing? Why am I sitting here waiting for that to happen? Or it happens 10 years from now and I waited 10 years to not go overseas just because of this. Yeah, I would look at it more like you need to pursue things you want to do and not put things on hold for anybody else. But I would ditch the this is something that may not ever happen

for me. It's not even necessary. Like I would just not even say it out loud and not even give it, you know, I don't even want to affirm that, oh, okay, yeah, that could be it. But it could be that, you know what? I don't know what is in store. I'm excited about the future and what it holds, but I'm no longer going to put certain things on my bucket list on hold as I wait to figure out what the future is. Something like language like that. I know. And I know. And I'm, and I'm getting to there, I think I had to at least own that reality instead of like allowing it to own me. You know what I mean? Like I think I was allowing it to hold me back. And so now allowing myself to say that, I'll just accept just what is to come versus. It's almost like wait to worry. You don't know that

that's what's to come. And you need to wait to worry. I feel like you're already kind of worried that that might be the case and you're trying to convince yourself to accept it when you have no idea. It's like a, it's like just I saw something, it was this video, I want to say it was Mel Robbins. And she was just like, own every single part of the story. Even the things that you think could happen or whatever, because if you own it all, then it can't have power over you. So I'm like owning this version where this could happen. Okay. And try, so, because if you own it, then you can kind of let it go. Okay, gotcha. Does that make sense? I don't feel like I'm explaining that very well. No, I'm, I see where you're going. I think I just don't. Hearing you say, I'm sitting across from you and I'm watching you say,

I've had to accept that that may never happen for me. And I'm like, oh, we don't have to say that out loud. It doesn't mean you're living in la-la land or being in denial. But it's you can, I'm just saying you can use different language that might be helpful for you. Or maybe not. You can take this or leave it. I just think that I would love to hear you say, you know, I've had to accept that. I have no idea what the future holds.

That's probably a much more elegant way of putting it in the way that I was. And I'm working on it. accepting whatever that is that it looks like. Whatever my future looks like, I know that I will be okay. And I've decided to start moving forward on some of my dreams and not waiting on them. Yeah, that's a much nicer way to put it out in the universe. I'm so like brass and I'm like, it's not even just what's putting out in the universe, but it's what's like could end up looping in your head. And I don't think it has looped in my head. It's just more that I'm like, I just need to, it was like the way that I had to translate in my brain to stop waiting.

You know what I mean? Like I just have to accept. You're surrendering. Yes. Instead of like holding on to this like control of something that I really don't have control over. I get it. So I think it was just how it was processing in my brain. But I like the way that you put it much better.

But those are the two kind of things that like in the past few weeks I've really like come to my brain is in my body's like understanding what's going on in my life right now. It's been a weird, weird time but also very exciting. at the same time. Very like, you know when you're about to do something and you're like, I'm so nervous and my whole body feels it, but also so excited for what's about to happen. Yeah. That's how I feel right now. Yeah, I can see it in your face. I'm excited for you. I think it's fun. I mean, parts of me are, you know, when I use the word jealous, it's not in a bad way. No. I'm pumped for you. But it's inspiring and encouraging to me and probably others listening of like, what are some things you wanted to do? Because I've wanted to go to Paris for a long time. And I'm not

waiting on anybody. I don't have, I don't have this thought in my mind of, oh, I want to share that with a special someone. But Ben actually, he took the kids to Paris. His sister was living in London, so they went to go visit her. And then they popped on over to Paris and like, well, shoot, my kids have already gone. And I haven't. I need to, I need to figure out a way to go. I just always put it off for some reason and end up going to Colorado. But I love seeing my sister. But you know what? Maybe I should see if my sister wants to go to Paris. Another place I've always wanted to go is Spain and my niece is studying abroad there this spring and my sister is going to go.

And she's invited me, but we don't have off that time frame. At any point in time while she's there? No. No. It always is the beginning of the year when we really don't have. Dang it. Yeah. I think she's going like in March.

But really, I mean, we have off winter and summer. That's true. And that's it. for a length of time that it would require to make that sort of trip worth it. Yeah. I'm not looking to fly around the world and get exhausted to be there for one day. But, you know, maybe if I get a wild hair. I just think that it's in, you're an encouragement because I'm like, I don't need to put

this stuff off. Like, why have I not gone? I'm a homebody. But it's so hard to do that, right? You're in that moment and you have it. you have every reason and every excuse and and the world is literally in that situation like fighting against you'd be like yeah here's all your excuses take them they're yours but it it really was like a genuine like surrender of just be like okay i just i have to do this i don't care every every ounce of me

is probably like this could all go wrong and everything could go and whatever but you're just going to do it you have to do it this is like has to be this first step and you know i i think about this also theory There's this saying that if a city has been calling to you for a long time, it's because your story has already been written there. Oh. And it means like there's a reason you're supposed to go. It could be small, it could be big. It could be all these things.

I hope it's good. And like for you. Oh, no, this is a good thing. I'm like, I travel. Okay. Well, it's not going that direction. You don't talk about putting bad things in the universe. Sorry.

I know, I know. Wrong direction. I can't help where my brain. win, I'm not going to give it power. I'm just saying like, okay, I mean, don't go that way. I'm not accepting it, Morgan. I'm not saying like I've had to accept that I might get taken. Well, I'm telling you this for Paris. Okay, okay. So there's a reason you need to go to Paris. Much like me, like Brussels has been calling to me since I was studying French in college. And it's always been this, it's such a random city to have like that's calling to you for some reason, too.

I know. I was like, why Brussels? So my, the reason was because my French professor told me, that if I really wanted to test my French, I needed to go to Belgium. Because if they would speak back to me in French, then I nailed the language. And if they didn't, then I had work to do. And so it was this kind of like seed that planted where I was like, okay, I need to go try this. So I don't know that it's like, you're going to be able to speak to them? No, no, it's all gone. My whole French is gone because that was in college. It was like 10 plus years ago and I have not used to my French in any way. I mean, I'm sure I'll pick up on words and there'll be phrases and things that I understand. But it's funny because it was a seed that's been planted for so long

and it's been over 10, almost 11 years since that, you know, but it's still there. And it was still like when we were looking at the places to go and what we could do, and I was like, I have to go to Brussels. I have to. And it's beyond that because I love chocolate and I love beer and that's what they're known for. And waffles, like all things I love. So of course I would love that city. So there was more than that, but it could just be something as small as that, right? Like, where it's just this a closing of a piece of your story that you needed to finish writing the chapter or whatever. Maybe that's where you're going to meet somebody. It could be that also. It could be a big part of the chapter. But that's what I'm saying, so you have to go to Paris because there's a

reason it's been calling to you. Okay. Whatever it may be, there's a reason it's calling. Okay. Okay. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. You can have opinions. You can have like a strong stance. And then there's your body having its own program. I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist and host of the podcast, a slight change of plans, a show about who we are and who we become when life makes other plans. We share stories and scientific insights to help us all better navigate these periods of turbulence and transformation. There is one finding that is consistent, and that is that our resilience rests on our relationships.

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Yes. Okay. Is that all? Is that where we're saying? Yeah, for now. Okay. But it's, we'll probably have more of an update soon. Yeah.

In the new year? It's just because it's not just my story. So, you know. And then I feel like certain things too Yeah, I don't know. I don't know how it's going to really roll out. I'm trying not to think about it too much. I feel like when I first started dating Ben

and I was on the show, I mean, we started talking and in the next day I was on air. And I was like, oh my gosh, there's this guy, and we called him Air Force guy. And then we were talking about it right away and it followed us the entire way to down the aisle and then all the things. and just being a little more cautious, I guess, this time around, especially because kids are involved.

I understand that. I'm pretty sure each relationship, because I've had now three significant relationships since I've been with the show, just a while. Like back on the fact that I've been with the show for almost eight years, and that's crazy. But each one, I learned something different about how I want to navigate, like, my relationship on air and how I talk about it and the different things. And you've seen, like, the evolution of it, right? Like the first one, everybody knew everything. I posted him all the time. Horrible relationship. And it was a horrible experience for me because that was out there.

Second one, I was like, nothing. You will know nothing. There's no nickname. There's no anything. I'm never going to post him. Whatever. And then the third one was like, okay, here's a nickname. Maybe you'll get a hand.

Here's like a little half and half. It's like I've had the different variations. So I think it makes sense that you're being cautious. I think you learn a lot from your experiences. And your experience with them was that. that you shared so much and it stayed with all of that for decades. Yeah. And he, well, and Ben was so he was gone a lot so he wasn't able to listen. So I was like, eh, plus we were dating. So it's not like I thought we were going to get married. And then all of a sudden things just escalated quickly.

And we did get married. And that became a whole thing. So I think it's just, yeah, the person would be fine with it. But there are kids for both of us. So are you happy? Yes. Are you happy? Yes. Yes. Very. And enjoying yourself in this like new phase of life? Yeah. It's easy. I like it. That's a good thing. Easy is a really good thing. I know that sometimes easy can be like, oh, but it's trust me, there are, it has its own challenges.

And one day that may be more known. But I think our whole, the whole thing has been with caution because of certain things. So, yeah You're like, I would start saying more and more But then I can't I'm trying to make sure I'm not pushing in different directions That's like I'm asking very baseline here Yeah

Okay So yeah, we'll see what happens over the break And then may have an update, I don't know Okay, all right Maybe one day I just get crazy and post Something I did see you post a little soft launch situation Yeah At one point

Yeah, like choosing Yeah Oh and then I saw all the calls comments. I was just giggling. I was like, I think this is a version of that, but I'm not quite sure. I guess it. Yeah. That's what it is. I just liked that picture. I liked that night. It was a impromptu, just little happy hour. Like, we just popped in this one place, had one drink and then left. So, okay. Oh, I'm going to take a quick pick of this. And that was just so, I guess it was what do they call it, a carousel. Yeah, you had a little photo dump. Some memories and that was in there.

and I'm scrolling through my phone right now. I have so many pictures. Anyway. Is there going to be a potential soft lunch over the holidays? I don't know. I mean, I'm not like trying. I don't know.

I feel like I don't know that there needs to be another soft. I'm not trying to be weird about it. I guess it's just parts of my life. Also, I want to remember. I mean, that's my Instagram is not just, it's public, yes. But looking back, I want to go through and be like, oh, yeah, I remember that. We were just driving along.

And then we were like, wait, pull. over let's pop in there and get a little cocktail um and then yeah that's all okay fun stuff on here so we'll see all right i'm not pushing anymore i'm allowing i know let's just really like okay shut up if you're not going to tell us a goodbye no i think they love hearing the the little happiness and joys in your voice i think you are very happy i can attest to that thank you okay i will tell you so i had had prepped this but it it didn't make it and it might you might see a version of it we'll see who knows. But I had prepped like a dating wrapped. Have you been seeing those online? No. What is that? So like you know how there's like all these different streaming platforms that are doing like sharing

their wrapped for people, their artists that they loved over the year or the podcast they were listening to? What word are you saying? W-R-A-P-E-D. W-P-E-D. Okay. Like W-R-A-P-E-D. Okay. You're wrapped for the year. It's like a summing up your year listening to music and a tiny bow or listening to podcasting. Okay. I did not know it was called that. But I get it now. Sorry. I was like, am I saying that weird? I could have been.

But also, you could think I was saying like wrapped. Like I'm rapping a. Yeah, like a song. Yes. A rhyme. Well, I put together my dating wrapped. And I'm just going to give you, like, look at my key little presentation I made. It's adorable.

It was like pink and orange and bright and fun. You went all out. Okay. I did. But I'm going to give it to you because we didn't do it on the show, at least for now, at the point of this recording. So basically the case subject is myself. I'm 31 years old. I live in Nashville and I am a independent, stubborn, and massive animal lover. Those are some qualities about me. And I went on 10 first dates in 2024.

Okay. Good for you. And we, four of them, I met on Hinch. Three were met in person, which is wild. Ir.L. Two were setups from people and one came from Instagram. So this is how I met all these first dates. The dates. One resulted in a relationship. man in uniform. Three did not live in Nashville. Five resulted in a second date. And I had five first kisses. So you kissed half of them.

Yeah. Yeah. And some of them transpired further than like a second day. Some were like a couple dates for a while. So yeah, there was some in there. Okay. Location of first dates. One was on a walk.

Four were dinner. four were at a bar and then one has a question mark by it but it was a CMA after party that's kind of where we met and it transpired into a date it was the whole thing okay I'm curious how that turns into a date

but it was like a version yeah we're putting in that category because it was a long night what did they do for a living what do you think they did for a living what do you think we'll be on here one was in a uniform we do know that about

one of them? I haven't. Were any of them in the industry? No. Surprisingly. Not even record label type stuff. No? Because you said CMA after party. Yeah, no. Okay, no, I don't know. Veterinarian? No, but that'd be cool. I would love to date a veterinarian. Two were in the military. Four were in business. So like that coming all over the board. One was in social media. And three, I forgot.

what they did. No. So who knows? All bets her off. So a guy in social media, is he an influencer? He worked at branding. Influencer. Oh, really?

A guy influencer? Yeah, but not a influencer that you would... Not like what you're probably picturing. Did he have a niche? Yeah. What was it? Jokes. Okay.

I'll show you off. But like not like a... You're picturing probably like Kristen Cavalari's ex, the young one, right? He's like an influencer. Oh, the TikTok guy? Yeah. Not like that. I mean, I don't, he's an influencer.

I just feel like he's a TikTok famous. I mean, that's an influencer. Oh, okay. So not like that. Okay. Different variation. Reasons we stopped dating. Okay.

One, religion differences. One, he ghosted. We heard about that one. Literally ghosting and Halloween. Ironic. One, he didn't want to celebrate my birthday. We also heard about that one in a variation. Two, we didn't live in the same city.

equally we're just like this probably isn't going to work two there was just no connection and three he was three of them were emotionally unavailable oh you could tell that that quickly yes really really strongly emotionally unavailable i think the the older i get the more quicker i can pick up on things especially the experiences i've had so those were those and then some lessons i've learned from dating this is my last slide you'll be okay after being blindsided by a breakup Men are still emotionally unavailable past the age of 30. Really wasn't prepared for that one. Oh, yeah.

I've, yeah, I know someone in their 50s that is unavailable emotionally. So past the age of 30. But it's tricky because he seemed secure and then he's avoidant because he doesn't want to get too vulnerable. But oftentimes avoidance will come across as secure. Yeah, in the very beginning. Tricky. Mm-hmm. It is tricky.

You have to stop waiting for a partner to arrive to live your life. Mm-hmm. We're just talking about that. Meeting in real life is more romantic. I had dated like so many people from dating apps, but this experience is you. I've met more people in real life. And it's just been more fun, more like, okay, I like dating. Not I'm dating for an app kind of version.

Mm-hmm. So it's been more fun. If you're on dating apps, prepare to be a raccoon. What does that mean? Like you're going to have to sift through some trash. You're going to have to go through some names. You've got to be prepared. So be a raccoon if you're on the dating apps.

Never go somebody. Never. I, you know, having that experience again as I'm like 31, I'm like, are we really still this emotionally immature? We don't know how to communicate? Let's not. And I made sure to communicate with all of mine when they were ending that. I was like, this is not, even though it was awkward and I hated it.

And the text, sending the text was, you know, gives you a little Jeepers, creeper situation. But you do it. You have to do it. there was this one guy. I only met up with them once for like a quick drink at like 4 p.m. And I had an out, like I had a work thing. I had to go. And he asked me out again. And I sent a note so they didn't want to ghost. And then he didn't reply. Because I was just kindly saying this is not going to work. And he just didn't reply. And then three months later, Kat and I talked about this on the fifth thing, my podcast. And I randomly got a reply from him. Like three months later, that was like, okay, thank you.

And I'm like, what? Are you trying to like touch base again? I don't know. I just assumed he was ignoring me, but I don't know. It's so weird, huh? I don't even have that same number anymore, but. Yeah, that one's not normal in any capacity. No, it was weird.

Like, I guess I get it as like a week later because maybe he had some crazy work trip or whatever. But like, no, no, no, three months. It was weird. So also there's that. If someone is put together a thoughtful reply that's going to maturely end things, the least you could do is double tap it, thumbs up, double tap heart. Yeah, just like acknowledge that you received it. But then three months later, I wonder if he was like, oh, shoot, I never replied to that.

I better send it now. But you would think you'd be like, it's been three months. That is insane. I cannot believe he responded then. It's weird. I'm just going to choose to believe that he, like, dropped off the map and, like, his phone got thrown into an ocean or something. But then you would say, hey, sorry I'm just now replying.

My phone fell in the ocean. It's the only way that I can process that in my brain. Yeah. But see, this is crazy things that you're experiencing dating. And wow, I really don't have the words for that one. The last thing that I have on here that I learned is you can't say the wrong thing to the right person. So if you're healing and you're growing and you're sharing your experiences, is if it's the right person that you're supposed to be with, they're not going to scare away easy.

You're going to be able to communicate with them. You're going to be able to share your feelings. And obviously, like, if you're being a straight up jerk, yeah, that's probably going to turn some people off. But meaning it. And the flip side of that, too, sometimes you feel like you can't do or say anything right. Like maybe you can't. That's not your person. Say the, you can't say the right thing.

Right thing to the wrong person or something. How would we say that? Give me the original quote. You can't say the wrong thing to the right person. Okay. And then you can't say the right thing to the wrong person. Mm-hmm. There you go.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you know, I was. I remember one of these dates that I was sitting on. And it was the guy who wasn't going to celebrate a birthday. And before that had happened, I said, you know, I feel like I'm too much. And I remember having that feeling. And I was like, I think this is it.

This is the moment. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. Like, I'm recognizing you're making me feel like I'm too much and I'm not. well to be fair he can't make you feel like you're you're the one that feels it yeah because of what he's doing his actions were making me feel that way yeah so you that's those are my lessons learned that's my dating raft of 2024 and that's fun I might do a little video of it or something we'll see but

yeah a little pink presentation yeah I'm like okay I think I went on how many did you make that as like an outline and then people fill it in for themselves there three people three first In 2024? Okay. That's not bad. How many turned into a second date? Two. Okay.

How many first kisses? Oh. Not, but not on the first date. It's okay. It's like your first kisses. Oh, two. Okay. We had two.

What were the other ones at? Oh, where did you meet them? One on hinge. Oh, two on hinge, even one that, the one that didn't reply for three months. And then another through a friend. Okay. Ooh, a little setup. What do they do for a living? You don't have to share the one that's current. You can share the other two. Business. I don't know. And one you forgot? No, I know them all, actually. I mean, because it's only three. It's not that hard to keep up. But one, like, arc, landscape design. Okay. Stuff. Another, like, water. Just water.

Is he like a water one? Water sports? Water sports. Water recreation. Like the variety here, I mean. Business is the next one. So businessy that sometimes our conversations, I'm like, we live very different lives. Those are always weird. Yeah. When you have that realization, too. His work day compared to mine, it's just almost comicable. It's almost comical. Where were your guys' first dates? One was just down close to the office

at the top of the Thompson. What is that called? Yeah. Are you talking about... The Jackson. Yeah. L.A. Jackson. That was the 4 p.m. whatever. Gosh, where was it? Oh, oh, oh. The cute greenhouse thing in Greenhills. Oh, the greenhouse bar. Oh, this was called.

Yeah. Greenhouse. and Audrey. Okay. Nice. So we got lots of them. Okay. There's our dating wrap,

me and Amy. I just had a little bit more variation in there. But Amy, Amy, I'm really happy for you. Thank you. Well, we'll hear more in 2025. I'm sure of it. Okay, we're going to take one more quick break.

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I got my pretty face shaved, did the whole thing. Dermaplaining? Yes. But I have a question for you. When you go and get like a facial done, they put you in like, you're in this cute little room and they like give you a robe.

and stuff. Do you completely undress or like, what do you do in those scenarios? Because I did and I put the robe on because I had to go under the blankets and it felt weird keeping my pants on, like being under this like heated. Oh yeah. I would say, I mean I keep my underwear on, but. Yeah, but like you, okay, so you address too. I guess it just depends on how cold I am or if I have on sweatpants or jeans, like how comfortable do I want to be. Because if I had on sweats, I'd probably keep them on because it's a facial. And they're probably just going to be working with my neck and chest and face. Okay. Yeah, I did it. Do you have sweats on? No, I have leggings on. Oh. But the bed was heated and I was like, am I going to be like sweating in my leg? Yeah, I think you're fine.

It just felt weird because like they were just doing work on my face, but I was like, you know, I have this robot and I'm like naked and it feels a little weird. No, I think it's okay. You're probably seen it all. It's probably true, but still, you know what I mean? I think it's normal to want to be cozy. Yeah. And leggings sometimes can be uncomfortable under sheets and blankets. Sweatpants different, but leggings and then sometimes the fuzz gets all over on. Yeah. Okay, so you're good. I shouldn't be weird about it? No. Okay. Well, another thing that happened recently, I went to the Little Big Town in Sugar Land concert. Oh, Ben was at that? Was he really?

I did not see him. No. I did see a little big town though and they were amazing. Sugarland though. Amy, I had like a, I want to know if you've had a full circle moment. Maybe it's similar like this or something to happen. But I used to, you know, back when I wanted to be a little singer, I used to sing the baby girl song from Sugarland, which is like, dear mom and dad, please send money. I'm so broke and it ain't funny.

Yeah. And so I heard this song live for the first time. because obviously Sugarland hadn't meant to, like, they had taken some time. And so this was like their first time back on tour. And I got to hear that song live for the first time since, like, I was young and singing that to my parents. And I'm like living in Nashville and I have this life here now. And that was always the thing.

Jennifer Nettle said that that song was a self-fulfilling prophecy for her. Really? Like where she sang it and it came true. Oh. See, that was like mine. I was like singing it to my parents. I was like, I'm going to move to Nashville one day. And it was specifically Nashville.

Now different career paths, but it was Nashville always. And just like staying there and I'm like, I have this whole life and this career here and I'm living here. And I was like standing there crying. I'm like, oh my gosh, this is so full circle in this moment. Oh, yeah. That's a goosebumps moment for sure. I mean, I have them right now for you. Yeah, it was a cool moment.

Have you had one of those where you're like, this is, this is it? This is this full circle moment. Hmm. Not that I can think of off the top of my head right now. And that one's pretty special. I mean, you just had it. Yeah, so it's top of mind for me too. So.

And I'm like throwing you out there because I didn't give you time to prepare this one. Yeah, no, but even if you did, I mean, I feel like those are sometimes like maybe I haven't had it yet or it's not the moment. I do think I've had times where I get it. Like, it all makes sense now. Okay. What's one of those moments? I can't say them. Not.

I mean, only because I would. It's just not my story. but so much makes sense. Now, okay, this one I can say, because we already talked about it on the air, but when we got tested for the dyslexia, and we talked about this even recently on the show. But that was a moment where I got goosebumps

and cried and had this full circle moment where it all made sense now. I know it's a little bit different than like I'm not sitting there listening to someone seeing back my dream that I'm living out, but it was sort of closure on something. It's also probably, it was probably a clear, for you for a long time because you didn't feel understood.

Yeah. I was like, oh, this all makes sense now. And yeah, there's a couple of other. There's very personal and maybe one day I can. If there's a story too about, I'll call it lunch with, I'll just say lunch with Leslie because like nobody's ever going to know. But I don't think I'll ever write a book. but if I do one day I have the title and it's called Lunch with Leslie.

Wait, why lunch with Leslie? Can you say? I don't even know Leslie. But it changed my life. Okay. Okay, this Leslie's story. Yeah, it's. So in the similar, I guess since we were talking about the dating stuff, sometimes you don't know why something is happening to you. You don't understand because we don't have the full picture. But then if you back up or once you've got some time, like you said with, you know, your ex-boyfriend in August when you broke up with you, you're devastated. And now that it's Christmas time, you're like, oh, this all makes sense now. Mm-hmm. So for me, I was going on a date

with somebody and then I got a call from a friend. I was like, hey, are you still dating so-and-so? I was like, yeah, he's like, about to pick me up. And she's like, well, I'm with someone that's going to lunch with them tomorrow. And I was like, what? So I was just very confused. So speaking of open and honest communication and mature communication, I said something to him. And then that led to us continuing to date other people because we weren't exclusive. I just was shocked.

I just wasn't used to adult dating. And I would talk to my therapist about it, not even about him, but just this whole idea. have adult dating and going on dates and getting to know yourself and what do you want, what do you don't want? I don't think I really had a good handle of that anyway, but I didn't want to have to date multiple people to figure it out. It just didn't seem fun to me. She's like, look, they don't have to be long dates. They don't have to be intense. Like, you can literally go to get a drink or have dinner with somebody or a hike for a first day. It seems a little weird, but you said you did that. We did a walk. It wasn't like a hike where we were out and you did have cell service.

It was like a walk at a golf course. Kind of. A McCabe. Yeah. Yeah. Good. Lots of people there. Got to make sure you're staying safe.

And Remy was with me. So I wasn't alone. So anyway, I confronted it. I feel like I'm telling this really slow because I'm like trying to be like, am I really telling this right now? And not that it even matters. Again, it's just like not only my story. But it's also a moment that impacted your life.

It totally impacted my life. Because in that moment, I said, okay. I believe his response to me was. sort of, well, that doesn't mean that I don't think that there's not a future us. I'm just trying to figure it out. And I said, okay, yeah, I have no idea if there's a future us. And we can continue dating and I am going to date because that is what I do. I adult date now. And I sort of said it like that. And he said to me something like, you're a really good communicator. And I said, well, thank you. I'm trying. Because I think I could have gone the entire day and not brought it up and held some

resentment and then confusion or just huffed and puffed and fine I'm going to go out with other people. But I just decided in that moment, okay, we're going to adult date. This is what adult dating looks like. And so I did that. And that is what led me to figuring out through another friend that had wanted me to set, I had wanted to set me up with this one guy. And I would have never gone out with him because I was very much liking this other person. and I think I would have just settled. It's not the right word because, again, we hadn't even had the exclusive talk,

but we'd been out enough to where that was happening, or at least in my mind, I was definitely shocked to hear that there was a lunch for Leslie. But it made me think about all the moments in life that are sort of that. It's that one thing that happens that just changes everything. And in that case, for me, it was, I'm like, hey, Thank you. Lunch with Leslie because it got me out there. And I now have, you know, something that I'm really happy about. And that's weird. And that I never. And the thing about this person is, now I'm saying more than I thought I was ever going to say. Hey, I'm not pushing it. I'm allowed you the space here. Anyway, I just had not, I had for months avoided this person. Well, I think not because they're not a good person. I just was like, this would never work.

Yeah. So it's not going to happen. And thank you, but I'm busy. I never spoke to him directly, by the way. It was through our friend. I'm really proud of you, though, because it's hard. Like, it is hard navigating dating, especially coming out of being married for years. Yeah.

And you're thrown into this new world and you're trying to understand. And people are complicated. Like, I don't think people realize on the scope of dating. that you're dating someone as another human and you think about your life and your life is complicated, right? And you're going to date this other person and their life is complicated too. But you can't understand it because you're just meeting each other for the first time. So it's not like you can sit there and be like, I have your whole story and this is why you are the way that you are. You have to figure it out.

I made a lot of assumptions based on paper. Like you know how you could see someone's good on paper? Yeah. I decided we were bad on paper. You know? But that was also, it was a version of. of you looking out for yourself. And it's also a testament to timing too because had I accepted the connection way before, I wouldn't have been ready. I had to go through more things and healing

and growth. And honestly, even in going out, I wasn't trying to go out with the intent of, oh, this is going to be something. I was going out just to learn more about myself. I'm like, okay, fine. Since I know this is a person that's no on paper for me, at least, I mean, it could be a good practice. And I've even said that to him now, so it's not like hurtful. He totally gets it. And I'm like, look, I just kind of was like, oh, yeah, well, I have people that want to date me too, you know? Yeah. When you've got lunch tomorrow, don't worry, people are been asking me out for a while. You're having, you're experiencing a lot of like first for the first time in that whole moment too of like the feeling of a version of rejection but not in a direct

rejection right of like this is how he's setting this up and you're also experiencing like okay well I like this person but also there's no communication here what is happening then you're experiencing like all these other influences where you're supposed to be casually dating and you're not exclusive like you're experiencing in that moment so many first that you had it had so like naturally the experiences that you were having makes a lot of sense, like when you're looking at it now from a bird's eye view. You know what I mean? And there's just different variations of things you have experienced in life, but a completely different setting people subject. Well, since I already said too much, I'm going to go ahead and say, since people are listening to this and it's best bits

and if they're still listening at this point, I think that they're loyal fans of the show. So let's just keep it all between us here. Okay, thanks. We will. No voicemails to the big show. Leave it here. and it's just a fun girl chat that we just had with microphones. Is that good? Yeah, no. It's fine. I didn't even reveal anything like crazy. I know.

It's not, I mean, people, I don't want anybody to be like, what? What's the big deal? Who cares? But it's just stuff that. You also have to remember, like, yes, I love your respect for other people of like, it's not just my story. But also, you do have a story. And you have a role in it. And it's your prerogative to do what you want with your story.

Right. So, you're not saying anything bad. I think down the line there will be some room for some of that because I do think it could be helpful for other people. Some of it, some of the stuff that has come full circle that makes sense now. When I was in the thick of it, it was so hard. But now it's like, oh my gosh, that all makes sense now. And look where we are at this moment. And it's a place I never thought we could be.

But, I mean, we all had to put in the work. And sometimes you have to dig in. and do the hard thing because I could have easily not done some of the hard things through several of these examples that I'm thinking of and it could have gone a different direction which wouldn't have been as healing and felt as full circle and probably wouldn't have made sense. I probably would still be living in chaos. I was going to say I don't feel like you would be where you are with who you are and what you're doing now. I don't. Just based on that. You know what I mean? So that's just some encouragement sometimes to like dig in and do the hard thing

because, yeah, you got to forge ahead. Look at us having full circle moments before we head into the new year. 2024 has been a year. Yeah, it has. But I mean, not, I mean, it's so weird. Years are so different. I'm like, yeah, it has. But then when I think about it, I'm like, it's also been one of the best years I've had in a long time.

Like for me, 2020, 2020, 2021, 22, 23. It's like horrible. We're on the up and up. Onward and upward. That's right. I love it. Okay, we're getting out of here. Merry Christmas, everybody.

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