The Bobby Bones Show - FEELING THINGS - Stop Adding More Hobbies. Do This Instead.

Episode Date: July 25, 2026

Amy is feeling happy (her testosterone pellet finally kicked in and she is feeling like a whole new person!) and Kat is feeling grateful but conflicted after having to tow cars from her therapy office parking lot. She felt disrespected but knew it had to be done. They get into how many unanswered texts is too many before a guy should give up, why you do not need more hobbies but just the right mix, and whether LinkedIn is the new dating app (a new survey found 1 in 8 people have started a romantic relationship through the platform). Plus, the viral fast food TikTok trend where your order is chosen for you, a rude neighbor email from Amy's past, and Amy finds old emails between her and her ex that have her laughing until she is crying. Get some Feeling Things merch by clicking HERE! (FeelingThingsPodcast.com) Sign up for the Feeling Things newsletter HERE! Watch us on Youtube HERE! Call and leave a voicemail: 877-207-2077 Email: [e-mail] HOSTS: Amy Brown // RadioAmy.com // @RadioAmy Kat Van Buren // threecordstherapy.com // @KatVanburenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I'm Amy. And I'm Kat. And my feeling the day is, thankful, happy, joyful. So much gratitude for whoever invented the yam pellet for testosterone. My feeling of the day is grateful because you were in a fabulous mood. And that isn't to say that you're usually in a bad mood, but like it's elevated. Well, let's be honest, I have been feeling a little bit meh lately. And I, with that me, I was bummed because I've done the hormone replacement therapy stuff. And they said I was going to feel fabulous. But when I first got my

testosterone pellet. I also had low iron and low vitamin D. So there were other things to fix with that. And now I got my blood work done last week. My vitamin D is good. My iron is good. And those iron treatments, they wore me out. And that was during that first pellet. So, and then by the time I got situated with my vitamin D and my iron, that first pellet was dissolving in my body. And so then that was lowering because I just went in and got my new pellet earlier. I guess it. I guess it It was last week, early last week, I got my new pillet. So it's had time to dispense some testosterone in my body. And that's got to be it because I just feel better.

I just. You're glowing. Thank you. So question about the pellet. I know we talked about this last time, but you showed a video on your Instagram. One to 10. How bad does that hurt? Well, they do numb you.

So she gives me a shot of light. So that's what you're feeling. Something else. This time she said she put some epinephrine in there, and I don't, not a nurse, I don't know why you would do that. But I asked her why I was feeling so jittery from head to toe and felt a little. And she goes, oh, I believe she said epinephrine. She goes, I'll leave that out next time. I don't know what it does something with the blood vessels that helps the disbursement of the lydicane.

Maybe. I don't know what I'm talking about. Don't quote me. But she's whatever that concoction was that she's. she added. She goes, I'll leave that out next time because your body must not like that. And I was like, yeah, I don't, I don't like the way I'm feeling right now, a little jittery. So she cut, and then from there, she makes a little incision and inserts the pellet. And you get a stitch?

And I don't feel it. Does she stitch you back up? Yeah. Like a full stitch. Yeah, I guess they dissolve. And then there's a patch and I have to keep the patch on for four days. And then I just can't take a bath or do any squats. for the first four days.

So I'm past that now, and it's looking good. And we alternated. So my first pellet was in my right upper buttocks, and this one is now on my left. And when I have to go back, which is going to be about every four months to get replenished, I'll just alternate. So that way you don't build up scar tissue. So thank you for. You do this forever?

I don't know, I guess. Do we do it forever? Unless I can naturally start making Testosterone, which I am trying to eat more foods that promote that and doing my workouts. I'm about to get, I'm about to commit to the weights because she she said that's. So what about Pilates Princess? I know. Well, my Pilates Princess membership, my year that I bought is going to be up soon.

So I have to make a choice. You just got that. No, that was last fall. No. Yes. No, it was not. Kat. I think you just were talking about that.

No, it was last fall. Time flies when you're doing Pilates. Well, I think we're, yeah, I mean, look, you're about to give birth to a baby. I think I signed up for Pilates before you got pregnant. You think? Yes. Okay. Well, so you're going to do weights.

What are you going to do? Well, that's the thing. I don't know, because I don't have a gym. I think I'm going to need to do like free weights. I don't have a gym. My friend is visiting. a gym today and she said she was going to report back to me the vibe. And I'm like, okay, yeah, let me know. Because if she goes, I can maybe go, she does Pilates with me actually. She's the

Pilates Princess as well, but she is in the same boat as me where she needs some more weights. And so she may start to transfer over more to the gym. And she's about my age. And if I could have, I don't know. And she's like at my level. I think what works for you, though, is a class where you don't have to think about anything. So maybe does this gym have classes too? Yeah, but the class needs to like lift. Like I used to do body pump back in the day and I, I do that three times a week at Gold's gym. I was body pump, step class. I was the queen of the classes. But I don't know, I think also being tied to a class time. I think I just need a bit of pop into the gym, do my weight exercises, and pop out. And I could get some weights at home, but I think I'm going to need heavy stuff.

And I don't like like a 50, like a 50 pound. My heaviest dumbbell at home is 15 pounds. What are you doing with a 50? That makes me sore. Well, I don't know yet, but I'm going to build up to that. So I imagine, I imagine, I'm just already acting as if I'm that strong. Okay. Because the doctor did say I need to prioritize.

If I, again, when it comes to building your own testosterone, I need to prioritize working those major muscle groups with some heavy weights. Yeah. And not a ton of reps, but just getting that in. So anyway, that's just, that's where I am on my hormone journey. What is your feeling of the day? Oh, is it just grateful because I feel. It is grateful.

That actually brightened my day because I was feeling a little conflicted this morning because I had to do something that I didn't, I kind of liked doing it, but I kind of didn't like doing it. So you've been to my office before. we only have like six parking spots and there's sometimes three more of us working so that

us clients at six people whatever well they built a hotel behind our building and the hotel has parking garage but for some reason they always park in our parking lot to the point one time somebody brought a portable grill and was like having a barbecue in our parking lot

because they're staying at the hotel it's an extended stay hotel too. Yeah. So people have been doing weird things in our parking lot. And I've gone over there like five times. The people next door have gone up. I've had all these conversations. I've been trying to be so nice because also I don't want people to have to pay money to get their car from it. Like that's the worst. I had my car towed a lot in college and it's a waste of money. However, I towed some cars today. You did? You called and had them to. Yes. Yes. Wow. Wow. It was actually the second time I did this. The first time I was so mad because the car parked not even in a parking spot. It was just parked in the middle of our parking lot. Like blocking. So I was like, I don't feel bad at all because you didn't even park in a spot. And there's signs everywhere that says if you park here, you will be towed. But I think they're just like, yeah, right. So that one I didn't really feel that bad about. But I towed two cars. And they were huge. Our parking lot is small. It was like a Donali truck, which is huge. And then a lifted Ford expedition, like lifted high. Need a ladder to get.

Those expeditions are, well, what were the bigger ones? The excursion. So in college, my dad, or when I was in college, my dad had a Ford excursion. And we were taking a road trip somewhere. So I borrowed that so me and all my friends could fit. I could park it. Well, that's the thing. I just had to find a spot.

And it got. to towed. And I was like, I had to call my dad and I'm out of town. I need to get your car out. You have to have cash. Okay. So then I was like, I have to find an ATM. I didn't have my debit card. I was, it was stressful. Did you park it in a place that said if literally right in front of the car, there's a sign right in front of it says, if you park here, you will be towed. Yeah. I mean, I mean, probably, I mean, it was very obvious that how we made, how we parked. And we were, so I was like, oh, maybe you just, Kat, you just towed some college kids on a road trip. And now they have to call their dad.

But, okay, you acted shocked when I did that. Yeah, because I'm like, wow, that, I would, that takes. Like I called the tow company. Cajones. Cajonis. Cajonis. Yes. Cajones.

Wow. So I feel good for you. And also I'm like, it's, I've, I've been hot on, on the word respectful and disrespectful lately. Like, I feel like that's been a big thing for me lately. And that, what is what came. up with me yesterday when I that car has been there for over 24 hours that's the other thing didn't just get there so have you thought about well finish your thing about I was just going to say I felt

like they were disrespecting yeah even though it wasn't directly at you as I was like the signs this is our business and we need this spot so have you thought about leaving like a review on the hotel or something like that I saw a really really funny review online it made me laugh out loud Let me see if I can pull it up because what you would do is just leave a review or you could go talk to them. I have. You've talked to the hotel. Yes, multiple times. Okay.

The first time they are nice. The second time they were so, so rude. And the people next door have gone multiple times over there. Okay. I found the review. A woman named Diana left a two-star Google review of Outback Steakhouse after her husband drove to pick up their takeout. order and the restaurant forgot to include the blooming onion her first review said two stars i'm absolutely livid my husband drove all the way to pick up our outback order and you people forgot the blooming

onion forgot in all caps that was the only thing i wanted minutes later she left a second review four point five stars my my fat husband ate the blooming onion in the car and lied about it i'm sorry I don't know how to delete reviews. So her reviews were back to back, but it wasn't their fault. And so now I'm picturing you, like, leaving your review. I mean, it won't be that your fat husband ate something, but you could just start leaving reviews and be like, they let people park wherever they want. These people are disrespectful.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I think it's a hotel stayers go. Yeah. People that stay here are disrespectful. You don't want to be that one of those people. And then later you meet like a really not. nice person that's staying there and you're like, 4.5 stars. I actually just

met someone that was super kind and respectful, but I don't know how to delete the other reviews. So I have PTSD with reviews. You've heard the chaos. Now you can see it. Do we want to jump right in? Watch all your favorite podcasts from start to finish right inside the free

IHard Radio app. Make some noise. Wooee! Catch every laugh and eye roll on shows like Bestie Listen. Hey Jonas and Las Culturistas. Now with full video. I'll just leave that there. It's the same hosts and the same chemistry with all the hilarious moments you've been missing right on your screen. Open the free IHard radio app. Search video podcasts and tap watch. I think in my life I have written one review that was not positive. I've read a positive

review. It has to be exceptional for me to do that or if like somebody asked me to and you can tell like they're asking because it's going to help their job. I got a tattoo years years ago, I had a tattoo parlor. And this was before all those like fine line tattoos and like all those cutesy tattoo places were like a thing. So I went to like a grungy, but it was like a tattoo place where they do legit tattoos. Not like I just got this be still on my wrist, you know. So I had a bad experience.

I just felt like they were annoyed with me. And when my friend came with me and I think she just got like a little cross. You know, we were just like girls doing something crazy. And I think they were just annoyed that they had to do it. But I'm like, we're paying customers. What, nobody else is here. Anyway, I had a really bad experience. And so I wrote a review because I felt disrespect.

But I didn't know. And I put time and effort into this. I didn't know that if I posted a review on Yelp, it would also cross post to my Facebook. So they knew exactly who you were. So everybody that had Facebook friends with saw it. Oh my gosh. You're a Karen. This was when Facebook was really cool.

This was probably over 10 years ago. Like people were still using Facebook. Well, some people still do use it as cool. Like it's their main. It depends on your generation. Yeah. It was when my generation was still using Facebook. So I didn't realize it posted to Facebook until I got notifications that people were

liking my review. And I was mortified. And what I learned from that was, Catherine, be nice and speak kind words. Because if you don't, karma will get you. So I deleted that immediately.

So I am scared. I feel like if I post a bad review somewhere else, because I get like that, I'm like, oh, I'm going to post a review about these people, blah, blah, blah. And then I'm like, no, not. I just pulled up some of our reviews on feeling things. Oh, gosh.

and we have we've got a five star right next to a one star so I'll share both to even it out you want the one star first yes okay well good it's not even about you it's about me Amy Amy Amy I feel like sometimes she just talks to her her own voice tough listen actually know I'm talking because this is my job to be here and talk with Katz but clearly they think Clearly they think they think I've nothing to say. Oh, yeah, yeah. Talking just to talk. The other review is I freaking love this pod.

Oh. Literally, when I get out of the shower, I write on the mirror fog, have the day you need to have. That's cute. Oh, wait, there's more. She wrote more. There's a more button. So I thought that was it. Amy, you're such an idol.

I literally had an essay I had to write about a person and I was going to pick you but unfortunately my teacher said pick someone we have a book on in our school so lame cat congrats on your baby i love listening to the updates it literally makes my day when i hear how healthy the baby is and how much it's evolving through its pregnancy you're going to be an amazing mother recommending to my friends literally love y'all okay i'm done amy you're an amazing mother too she said p.s she don't want me to feel left out balances it out i mean i don't know if we've ever read gone over these before but those are just the two when I pulled them up those two were right next to each other I didn't search for them or anything but that one then I was like her name

wait a second what this should I is this a thing that should be a thing like I kind of no like I like that how do I say this I kind of like that it posted my review to my Facebook because it was like Catherine you can't hide behind the keyboard you know you can't just comment mean thing not that I was mean. I was just honest. You can't comment mean things on somebody's Instagram and then like just act like you're like a great person. So what if you posted reviews they had to show somewhere like on your public forum somewhere? How do you, the world would be a better place, don't you think? Probably. But then people would just find loopholes and that and like. They'd make like a fake page. Yes. Because that's so simple for some people. That would work. This is their hobby. That's fair.

Writing reviews, whether positive or negative, which I will say I'm a taker when it comes to that. Like, I want to read other people's reviews, but I don't always take time to leave reviews. And as much as I appreciated that positive review, you'd think how good that felt like I should go leave positive reviews on things that I enjoy because that would be helpful. Yeah. But some people being negative on the reviews, like whether it's Yelp or wherever else you can leave reviews. Like they want to be negative and they will figure it out. Which speaking of hobbies, I do have a way that you can easily find hobbies if you're struggling in that department. And it's not about necessarily finding more hobbies.

It's about hobbies that fit into certain categories that are going to contribute to your overall well-being, like the best version of you. Okay. So you want to know the categories? Yeah. I want to the categories. I'm one person. I don't need any more hobbies. You do not.

You do not struggle with hobbies. But I think some people do. Or they think that some stuff, they're doing doesn't count as a hobby and it does so they feel like like hiking walking reading they don't what was it be if it wasn't a hobby just like i don't know part of their daily activity but hiking hiking is a hobby yeah i think i struggle with that counting it as like a hobby but if i look at my categories see this will help you with your whole hobby planning you need a wellness hobby pick one that feels doable even on your worst day walking Pilates stretching etc boom check wellness hobby

you have two wellness hobby Pilates princess soon to be weightlifting warrior or something like that now everything that comes out of my mouth am i am i contributing something or am i speaking just to seek am i talking just to talk you're talking because it's your literal job and if you don't talk i don't know what i'm going to do okay next hobby category creative So pick something that's zero pressure around it. Journaling, cooking, decorating, et cetera. That falls into the creative category. Making bracelets, adult coloring.

Pottery. Pottery, something like that. Solitude. I never thought of this as being a hobby category, but it's important. Quiet evenings, time in nature, meditation, gardening, anything that slows you down, can fall into the solitude category. And solitude is different than loneliness or being alone, right? Yeah.

It's like, well, it's chosen, one in it. But also as I was listening to you say that, I was thinking like that is something I think a lot of people would feel before hearing maybe something like this, like sadness about that I have to do this by myself, but I can choose to do it by myself with intention and I can feel really good. Yes.

You don't need a buddy for everything. No. And it's good to recharge and get comfortable with being by yourself. And for some people, that's hard. For me, easy, peasy. Let's see. Connection is the next category. So this would be a hobby that is like a class, a weekly coffee thing.

Don't put that pressure on yourself. If weekly sounds too scary, it could be biweekly, monthly. A wellness community. Oh, like me. the gym I'm about to join. Now that would tackle wellness and community. Yeah. If you're taking a class.

So you have to talk to people. True. And being consistent with that is more important than like how intense you tackle it. Again, don't have to do something like this every day, but just be consistent on your calendar with it. Do you speak to people in your Pilates class? Or do you go in and out and you're just like in my own kind of world? I speak to the people that work there.

They say, hey, thanks for you. for coming and I say thank you. I try to always tell the teacher that was a really good class. What if it wasn't? Let's see. What's the last thing they said to me? Oh, I know last class I went to. They said, are you coming to the pool party on Sunday?

And I was like, no. So that's not your community. You've not made a friend there. Well, my friend that is now looking at gyms, she's my friend there. But you didn't make her there. No, I knew her before. But like not well. I got to know her better at Pilates.

She's an acquaintance that turned into a friend because of Pilates. Okay. Like at Pilates, we exchanged numbers and started texting. Okay. Well, so I had an interesting experience with community and fitness classes because I worked in fitness for so long. It was my job to like talk. I mean, I liked it. But it was my job to talk to people.

And a lot of the people where I worked became my friends, whether it was other instructors or people like regular. worker outers you know what do you call them yeah classmates fellow spinners that members or whatever um and i made some of my best friends there but when i quit teaching there was nothing that felt better than going to a workout class where nobody knew me i could look however i wanted i could be in a bad mood i could be in a good mood i could take the corner like i could hide. It felt so good. And so now when I go to a class, I don't want to talk to anybody. Well, hear me out on this. I feel like you still tackle the community part or the connection part, ish, and the solitude part. Because you're amongst other people doing something. So I think our bodies

receive that as I'm in community. I'm doing this class collectively. But I'm also over here in my own little corner so you just you you knocked out two categories in one trip because again it's not how many hobbies you have it's it's the it's the categories that we're trying to focus on are you saying are you saying we should have one in each category i mean that's the goal but i would say you could start with just two and try to work your way up but if you could just look at these five categories and be like oh okay or every week you alternate oh this is my wellness hobby league hobby week or this is my connection hobby week yeah i just wonder my whole point in telling that story is really like i wonder if i never taught in fitness classes if i would show up differently in them now

yeah because now i'm i kind of got burnt out by having to always be on all the time that now when i go i don't want to talk to people i mean unless i know the person you know i don't want to make new friends there i just want to go in and go out but i wonder if that would be different because that's not technically my personality. No, you're very social. I met a friend at body pump, circling back to that, which I know it's been a minute since I've gone to a body pump class. But this is back when I moved to North Carolina when Ben was in the Air Force and we had to move to this tiny town. Technically, Fort Bragg, which is where he was, is in Fayetteville, but we lived about 45 minutes from there in Southern Pines. Really cute, small town. I thought Fayetteville was, is there two? There's a Fayetteville, North

Carolina. It's Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg that's kind of merged because he was in the Air Force, but he also worked for a joint unit. So sometimes that's confusing to people if you speak military. It's like, wait, he's in the Air Force. Why was he at Fort Bragg? But that's a, he was part of a joint unit. So he worked with all the branches, even though he was Air Force, his unit had everybody, joint special ops situation. So I had no friends. I moved there. I had his friends like his military friends and their wives but i had known that i had made myself so i joined gold's gym and there was this one girl at body pump she looked like we could be friends so i went up to her after class and said i'm new here i don't have any friends and do you like do you want to do something

because you look like we could be friends is that really what you said yes and they became Our friends are, so her husband ended up being in a special ops army type situation. And we would go, so we did double dates. Our husbands had plenty to talk about. We had plenty to talk about. We worked out together. We went, we cooked together. We went on walks together.

In fact, a couple of weeks ago, she was going to visit Nashville. I haven't seen her in forever. I moved away from North Carolina in 2012. So it's been a minute. But we still keep in touch over text every once in a while. and she was going to try to come take a trip to Nashville, but ended up not working out. But I met her at Body Pump,

and I just went up cold, cold call her. But you would never do that today. Probably not. Because you have friends or, I was desperate. I was like. Okay, you wouldn't do that because you have friends now or you wouldn't do that because like that's intimidating to you.

Well, I have my own community here now, but I think with him being, my ex-husband being deployed, I mean, he would be gone for 60 to 90 days at a time. So I was like, I had to really lock in. Or what was I going to do? You've heard the chaos.

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on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Was your life kind of like Army wives? I mean, we weren't on base. Okay. Those wives were on base, right? Yeah. That's how I imagine it always be.

I mean, occasionally I went to some of the spouse stuff, but not often, because a lot of times it was in Fayetteville and I would have to drive the 45 minutes. I mean, people could live, when you're stationed there, if you didn't live on base, there were so many surrounding areas. It was very... Would you want to live on? The net was wide. Would you want to live on an Army base?

Or what do they call that? On base. There's posts. There's base. No. But I could have done it. I do think the community part of it, I do think the community part of it would have been cool and kind of easy to just like have. I mean, and some of the houses were actually really, really cute.

Yeah. I did go to, he's, and, well, he's, I don't know if he's still in, but Admiral McRaven. So, fun fact, if you watch that movie, Zero Dark 30s, I was called about the Osama bin Laden thing. Is he in it? Well, why I'm telling this is I was at the movies and his character, he's not in it, but a character playing him because it's a true story. And I was like, I've been to his house. That's cool. I did go to his house.

Oh, okay. And I remember Ben telling me, it was a wives thing. And I remember him telling me it was a big deal, but I didn't register how big of a deal. Like I was just like, oh, yeah, okay, wives gathering. He's like, yeah, but this is at like the boss's house. And I'm like, okay. And see, Admiral, that's like a general. So Admiral is head of the Navy and generals are head of other parts.

So this is like really high up, but I don't, I was new. I was very green to the whole thing. And I'm just like, you know, showing up. And then there's pictures like on the fireplace mantle of him with like Condoleezza Rice. I'm like, okay, I guess he's probably pretty. important like colon pal or colin pal colon why'd i say colon might i think colon would be you're thinking about your colon thinking about my colon um i think that's pretty wild because we actually had an offline conversation about this recently of like what would it take for you to up and move your life

for a romantic partner remember you did it it seems like no questions asked no big deal were you living in Texas before? Yeah. Okay. Didn't know anybody. You moved to a similar place that I asked you, like middle of nowhere kind of. Well, is it middle of nowhere? Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, we'd fly into Raleigh, and it was probably a little over an hour drive from Raleigh. You almost gave up your job. Yeah, I did quit. And then they said no. Bobby said, he came back. We had a going away party for me and everything. And then he came back.

He was like, hey, we're going to put a studio in your house. And I was like, really? and then when Ben would deploy, some of his deployments, I would go back home and work out of the studio in Austin and stay with my mom, but not all the time. That's why I needed to make friends. Yeah. I just feel like that's a huge.

Maybe I think when I was younger, I would do something like that. But when you get older and you have friends and community and a life and the da-da-da, it feels like a bigger ask. And back then, like podcasting wasn't as big. The radio show wasn't as syndicated. Now I think we're on in Raleigh. But the time that I's moved there,

and was recording out of my house, we weren't on air near there. And people weren't aware of what we did. Well, I don't care if they knew who I was. It was more so like, what do you do? And I was like, oh, I'm part of a radio show, but it's in, you know, Austin. They just knew I'm, like, recording out of my garage or up in my attic every day. And so they would be trying to explain to people. And they're like, I don't know.

She records her attic. She records herself in her attic every day. We don't know who she's talking to. And I'm like, no, no, no, it's like a legit real job. Like I'm, I'm on air. Sure, Amy. Yeah, sure. That's when we were pop, though.

We weren't country. So the show was it hadn't, hadn't grown the way and that it did after we moved to Nashville. Anyway, back to the hobbies. You've got one more category after connection. Oh, okay. I thought we were. Sorry. That's my bad.

We've only hit four. Expand would be the fifth category. So think of expanding your mind. Like learning. Mm-hmm. So that would be reading, studying, learning a language, writing. podcasts, small little daily deposits. Okay.

So guys, if you're struggling with like, I don't know, this just made me have a memory. But if you're struggling to find things to do, hobbies, whatever, you do, you do all of these. People do this stuff. Well, if you're listening to us right now, we are your hobby. Yeah. We're expanding your mind. You are learning.

So, okay, one time I was at a wedding with Patrick. It was my first time going somewhere like with his family. And we were sitting at, the wedding was lovely. I had a great time. We were sitting at our table, our assigned table. And I was sitting next to like, I don't know who it was. Like what? It was his family.

But he was asking me, he asked me like, what do I like to do? Or like, what do I do outside of work or something like that? And I just was like, well, and I was like thinking, you know, I hate when people ask that question. I think everybody hates that question. I was getting to my answer and he just goes, well, you're great to talk to. Or he said like, well, you're a great conversationalist or something like that. And I was just like, I think Patrick stepped in. So I was like, I'm trying to have a conversation with you. He just basically told me that I was boring. And I was like, okay, it's nice to need you too. Cool. I love your family. Well, now you can have out of the gate, be like, well, I really try to

handle the five categories for all the hobbies. Yeah. So, you know, for example, and then you list the categories. And then I'll say, so give me what you do in each category. Yeah, like, what do you do for wellness? What do you do to be creative? I would ever say to somebody like, oh, you're bad at conversation. I would say, well, you're rude. I think I was more so like, I don't know if he was trying to be funny. But when you're not, you're the outsider, I'm not part of this family. I don't know these people. anyway obviously it's still bothering me i hate when funny flops does that happen to you a lot well i think it's happened to all of us where you feel like you're saying something kind of funny or sarcastic that's gonna hit and then it's like ha ha ha and then it's like oh either wasn't funny or hurts their feelings yeah yeah

and then you're like well dang yeah it's not what i needed so what were you all at a wedding at dinner and then anytime i think of like you and patrick at a wedding it makes me think of me your rehearsal dinner or your wedding because y'all's wedding was so fun and how i took a random date to your i really wish you would have brought to the wedding i know i think the wedding would have been a little bit too much and he wasn't random it was just our second date ever and i met him on hinge he wasn't random it was just the second time we hung out and it was at your rehearsal dinner and i had to give like a little speech and so then i said from the speech i'm like everybody can we give a round of applause because cat and patrick met on hinge and i'm here with my hinge

date and this is our second date if if that would have worked out it felt like a little rom-com yeah yeah like a cute moment but it didn't work out and my friends asked about him this past weekend oh really they were like what happened to um the guy that amy brought to your rehearsal dinner and i was like oh let me tell you um but they were like he was so nice he is so cute and he was cute da-da and they're like I wonder if like because they were trying to they were talking about trying to set up another friend in the same age range I think and I was like I don't know if he's looking for what your friend is looking for so but yeah like I think he's just looking to hang hang he's looking to come to rehearsal dinners yeah he's down for that he went to chill he was such a good sport yeah I would do

that too probably well would I if somebody asked me on a second date to go to rehearsal dinner what what would I think? I mean, I think you would be a good sport about it. If you liked them. Now that I know his personality, I totally get why he said yes. Yeah. Why he's down to do it. Yeah. That's just like intense. You met a lot of people. And you didn't even know a lot of the people there. No. Like, I think he left there having more conversations than I did. You know, I saw something that they do in Finland at grocery stores where they've got, you know, the baskets that are smaller that you put on your arm. A grocery basket. Well, not the cart that you push, but like the little.

Okay. The little basket. And they have pink ones. And the pink ones signify that you're single and you would like to meet somebody. So you can go and grab a pink basket and then someone may come up and start talking to you. And so it's the opportunity for a little meat cute at the grocery store. Okay. And you don't have to do the dating app or the awkward, you know, oh, are they wearing a wedding ring?

The only problem I could see if someone didn't know this and they accidentally grabbed a pink basket, not knowing. Surely they're labeled. Yeah, I mean, I think there was a sign. But then what if you just like see a pink basket? And you're like, oh, I need a basket real quick. Like, I'll grab that. And then you're married. So I just thought, wow, look at Finland getting creative and helping out their communities to meet people.

Would you do that? I mean, maybe. Because this is my, this is where my thought process went. maybe this is my own trauma but I was like well how many times would I let myself pick the pink basket and then not get spoken to they're like you're here a lot she keeps walking around the store with that pink basket but it's more so like okay I've I've done this 15 times nobody's ever asked me out should I just stop signifying hey everybody I'm single talk to me because if you pick the pink basket you're saying I want somebody to talk to me like that is

is pretty vulnerable, I think. Yeah. Versus it's a law and they're like, if you're single, you must use the pink basket. Then I would feel, I wish, I would, I don't want them. I know. I don't want them to, that seems very bad. And I kind of would like it because if it was the law, then it takes out the vulnerability. And it's just like, well, I have to have the pink basket.

So I, I'm not really putting myself out there, but I am by law versus if it's just by choice, then you're saying, I want somebody to talk to me. Then if somebody doesn't, it's kind of like want want, why I'm trying. Nobody, you know what I mean? That's a little bit of my brain. Two relationship things that popped in my head while we're talking about this. One, I am listening to a book called Yours Truly right now, and it is so cute. Speaking of cute little relationship things, if you were looking for something to download on Audible or even if I have the physical copy too, because I listen and I read. But I was explaining this to Kat earlier when I, because you're

always looking for something to listen to and read to. And this one is just so stinking cute. And I love that the narrators, they have a girl narrator for her part and a guy narrator. Because sometimes the actor will do both voices and you're like, that's what I'm experiencing right now. She's trying to be a man and she talks like that.

And then it's just like gives weird vibes. The actors are so good in the, or are they called actors or voice actors? They are so good. And I want this situation. They are doctors, though, and I'm not a doctor. How did they meet? They're doctors.

I don't want to give anything away. Oh, okay. But they have lunch in the supply closet, and I'm like, I want to have lunch in the supply closet. Is it not a break room? Or are they doing other things in the supply closet? No, they're just having lunch. But you'll see when you get to know the character's personalities. I really want you to listen to it or read it.

Okay. It's such a cute book. That came to mind because it's relationship related. Also, my friend is in a situation right now where she, has been hanging out with this guy a little bit, but she feels as though she's been really clear about expectations, and he still texts her all the time. And she showed me her phone the other day.

She goes, how many times did you text someone before you just chill out on it? And they're not replying. She's not wanting this. She doesn't want anything. She's fine with just being friends. He clearly wants more. Just friends. Okay.

and they're in each other's lives for various reasons, but she just wants to, like, keep it cool. And, like, if they want to hang out every once while or... Just as friends. Their kids want to play, whatever. Just as friends. She doesn't want anything more. Why do you keep clarifying that?

Because you're saying, like, she's cool if they hang out. It's like, well, if they started dating and now she's like, I'm cool to hang out, is he going to think, like, you want a casual relationship or you just... Okay, well, let's not muddy the water with all that. It's really the how many times... do you think someone will text without getting response and they just keep bringing the same text which just kind of makes me think of hinge date guy that I brought to your rehearsal under like some guys are just like whatever but she showed me her phone and he had texted her and this is

days worth like multiple times in a row just things like you know just did the laundry or like drive you know driving wow this weather you know just but But she's not engaging at all. But then 12 hours later, he'll be like, wow, I'm tired. You know, like, just any little, just he's trying to. He thinks they're dating. He's trying to connect. And she's not responding. And she's like, at what point is he going to get the hint?

And then eventually she feels like she has to respond. So this is weird, but she does a very platonic answer. And she'll engage with one thing. But then the cycle starts back up to where it's multiple texts where she's not responding. And then she'll reply. And she's already said, I just want to be friends. Yes.

And so maybe this is his way of being friends. But she could tell he definitely wants more. So I was just curious of like, at what point does he get the hint of like, maybe I should stop texting this person? Right. Because he's still hitting her up. So I would think that a triple text is that five in a row.

Right. Triple text to me is really putting yourself out there. Depending on what the texts say. Like sometimes it is appropriate to text. I mean, I'm saying this for myself because sometimes I look at my text and it's like, Catherine, Catherine, Catherine, Catherine, Catherine. Five is a lot, especially if somebody has said, I'm not interested in you in this way. My grace for him is what you said.

Maybe he is just trying to be normal and like he's trying to like build a platonic friendship with her and these sound like platonic texts like right washing my car it's not like i miss you yeah no um so maybe he's trying to do that and he just doesn't realize how it's coming off so my she's not asking for my advice but my advice would be to just like what she's like every once in a while respond but don't continuously feed that but also if there's something that you want to respond to. Respond to that. I'm Ruby Carr, the host of the podcast, Encore.

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I mean, it was something that I heard from something. No, I mean, I'm not. It's just a curiosity thing. And so then I'm like, do people look at people on LinkedIn? And it is a thing. But you got to be careful. Because they can see that you look at them. Well, here's the thing.

I don't have a LinkedIn account. And sometimes I'm able to look only so far. I can't see everything. And what's weird is maybe you only get so many of those per month. Because sometimes I'm able to look. And then other times it's like, you need an account. And I'm like, well, why was I able to see the other day? So what?

Did you find anything interesting? Well, I just liked looking at previous work. how long he was staying at the jobs. And then with the job title, I Google, okay, well, so I wonder what they make. And then I'm just getting nosy. And not that that matters because I take care of myself, but I just curious.

People definitely do that because people, it's, I recommend this. If you're especially online dating or dating, this is a date that you don't have a mutual connection where somebody can say this is a safe. normal person, you need to Google these people. And when you Google them, most of the time when the first things it comes up is their LinkedIn. The LinkedIn pops up.

I just. I would, I never did that because I was always afraid they would see that I looked at them. Yeah. But you have a LinkedIn. See, I don't. But I haven't gotten on my LinkedIn. I made my LinkedIn in grad school and I never used it. I mean, why would I would I need a, do I need a LinkedIn?

Like maybe once I become a, a, when I finish my key. No, not motivation. A keynote. Sorry, a keynote speaker. Once I finish, which I'm almost done with my speech, then maybe I need to build a LinkedIn just for my credibility. Okay, I found the survey. It found that one in eight people have started a romantic relationship through LinkedIn, while one in five have used the platform to check out a potential partner.

Nearly half of respondents also said LinkedIn profiles feel more trustworthy than dating at profiles they that's actually i mean it's their professional life but like you can't lie on there because you can say anything about yourself on your dating app but on your lincoln you can't lie like if this is your job or i mean i guess you could lie but i feel like you're less likely to i one time thought somebody was asking me out on lincoln what happened they just were networking oh yeah but it was a guy do you say was it a guy Yeah, a girl could ask you out. Oh, yeah, yeah, it was a guy. I mean, you wouldn't be interested. I probably wouldn't have gone. Well, I probably would have gone with the girl, but I would have known it was for networking. But I was like, oh, interesting. Crazy. This guy found me on here. You know, like, stop stalking me. He's like, look, I was trying to invite you to a mixer. And then I think he wanted to be like my financial advisor or something, which I, my financial advisor is somebody I want to date it. So full circle. But you got, you got to be careful. They're not always asking you. Yeah, you're like, oh, they just want to manage my.

I was feeling really good about myself, I guess. I've done a lot of background checks on people, though, where you like pay the money and some for good reason. One had a felony. Yeah, that's good to know. Yeah. I did the only background check, which my friend did it, I didn't do it. I think that I've done. Maybe we did more.

But this one is the only one I remember was a really weird email that I got from. one of my neighbors about me. It was really, really weird. And we just tried to look up stuff about them. And then it showed on the record that they had DUIs. And I'm like, okay, this tracks. I think maybe they drink. Like weird. Like was it like a love letter? No. It was just a not nice email about me. And I didn't even know them. But they were judging me in my encounters with them, like when I would walk my dog, if I would say hi or not. And then they sent me, it was just a really not nice email, but it was sent at almost midnight. So, sipping the sauce, you know? Like the background check gave me info. I think through the background check, oh, this is what I was trying to figure out

why we did the background check is because she just signed that she lived on my street, but I didn't know which address. So we just ran a bunch of stuff to figure out exactly which home she was in so that now I know not to walk that way at all ever. Did you ever see this person after And were you like, hi? No, I think I just started trying to wave more to anybody. She did sign it for all the moms on my street, though. She represented everybody. Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Was this in Texas or North Carolina? No, it was here. It was here. Was it in this neighborhood? No. Okay, I would have known about this. No, but she signed it. What?

It's like, name a street name. Just give a street name. John Street. Okay, she would be like, she was like, sincerely, the moms of John street. And I was like, wow, she's signing it for the whole, and that she lived on that street forever. But did she just say that because she wanted to write it and then she didn't want to just be on her? I think if other moms knew she was sending that on their behalf, they would have been mortified. Yeah. But that's why I did that background check, but I'm like, wow, you really can't

find out a lot about people. And I hope she got help. I mean, if she, I know people that have gotten DUIs, like they're good people. I'm not saying she's bad. I mean, driving while you drink is not smart, but people make stupid mistakes. And she had that on her record, but that gave me information of like, oh, I need to have grace for this email because I think there might be a situation having here. And I think maybe she was drinking. And that's why she sent this very bizarre rude email and then signed it for the street. Yeah. But just saying that I was unfriendly on my walks.

And then I'm sure I'm unfriendly on walks. Yeah. I have my earbuds. I got my dog or if I would turn that meant I was going that direction. I really was perplexed by it. And then she also said, if our kids ever want to get together, let her know. I'm like, sure. Okay.

I mean, I never replied. So this was not that long ago because you had your kids. I had just gotten them. Okay. So, I mean, I've had my kids now for. Yeah, but it wasn't. I was thinking this was like 15 years ago. Well, I've only lived here 13.

Yeah. So wow. Okay. Well, actually it would have hurt my feelings a little bit. It definitely did. I still have it in my email. I keep it. Oh, well, maybe one day we'll pull it out and read it. Just in case. Just in case what? I don't, I don't know. I keep a lot of emails. Like, if I go back, I have emails from my mom. Well, I guess I don't delete. I have emails from when my ex-husband and I first started emailing. Like, that's how we communicated because he was overseas. And we would send emails. And you could totally tell. I was turning on. the charm. I mean, so cheesy. But I was excited. Like, you can see how you act in the early days. I was cute. Patrick and I were just talking because I had another one of those like Instagram things. That's like five questions to ask your partner or whatever. And we did it the other night. And one of the questions was who's the first person that you told how you felt about me? and then one of the questions was something about like at what point did you know you were falling from me like what did I do that made you know that you were falling from me or something like that

and we both struggled figuring out the answers to those two questions and we have only been together for like four and a half years so it's not like it's been a ton of time so we were talking we wish that we would have both kept a journal when we were dating or I guess an email log or something like that and I always have that thought of of it would be really cool if I had a journal and I could look back at this or I could see how I was feeling, but I cannot force myself to do it. So if you're listening to this and you have not found your partner, I highly, Amy. Me. I highly, will you journal already? Yeah, but I could do better. It's one of my hobbies. Yeah. That would be so cool to look back and be like, went to dinner

with the girls tonight. We talked about so and so. Like with my ex-boyfriend. My last one. I only have one ex-boyfriend since my marriage. And on our second or third date, we wrote some stuff down on receipts because we were getting to know each other. And we were writing down the three qualities that we are looking for in a partner. And I kept both of our answers. And I have them. I still have it in my- What are your three qualities that you look for?

Well, I have to go back up there and see. Because, I mean, I have more than three, but I don't know what three I chose. I know that his three, he wanted someone that's kind. That lady on your street would not think that. Which I just pulled up that email, by the way. Oh, yay. Do you read it? Yes.

I will. Okay. Wait, what were the other things he was looking for? Same faith. And I can't remember the third. Well, this was like almost, we're coming up on two years ago. I think it's fine that you don't remember. I just was like, you fit the first thing.

I could go get it out of my door and show you. But I remember. And we went to Henriette, red it's on a henrietta red receipt that was your another date that you went and you wore the pink dress that was the first date and that was that was a one name a one girl name restaurant okay i knew it was like a name now Audrey Audrey no no hey Aubrey hey Abri hey Anita hey what I thought it's at the age oh wasn't it wasn't it wasn't a steak place no maybe it was Audrey I did want to get some pork thing and he he made a face and I was like, okay, guess I'm not getting that.

But then I learned with his daughter, his, not his daughter, his wife's colon cancer, he just doesn't eat pork. Anything pork. So I was like, guess we're not going to get that. I mean, I guess he will occasionally, but it's very rare. But did he say like that on the first date? Like pork is bad for you? No, I didn't learn until later. I just thought, well, that was a weird encounter.

Like the server was at our table ordering and I was like, questioning that one and then his face and then I was like okay I guess I'm not going to get the bacon do you remember what you got I know I got the pomeina cheese dish there if it's just a thing of pomeina cheese and you dip well yeah I love pomeena cheese yeah I know you do but you don't remember what you got on your first like what meal that stuff I remember see I should have journaled it well yeah it's not the most important thing yeah okay you want this email yes okay I read this on the bobby bone show way back too so well I've never heard okay I This was years ago.

Hey, Amy. Sorry, sorry. What year? Can you see? 2019. That long ago. Kat, this was seven over, this was seven and a half years ago. That's a long time.

2019 does not feel that long ago because that's the year after. This was pre-COVID. I know, but that's year before COVID and COVID seems like two years ago to me. Okay. Sorry. But everything before COVID seems like eons ago. Okay. Okay.

Amy, I listen every morning on my way to work. Love the show. I figured out a while back that you live on my street, as have a few other moms. Believe me when I tell you that when we wave hello as you are walking by our houses with your husband, kids, friends, when we are in the front yard with our kids, we are being neighborhood friendly like we have been for most of the 10 to 15 years we have all lived here. So when you turn away, ignore, and don't return the greeting, it's just rude. We all have kids and would love for your adorable kids to join in with the neighborhood kids any time. No one cares about your radio celebrity.

We are all native Nashvilleians and have plenty of celebrity friends. We are a fun group of moms who like to drink wine on the porch and have a good time while keeping it real. Even if you're not interested or give zero cares, returning a wave or hello is just polite. sincerely John Streetmoms Does that make you want to walk by and be like, hey? And also, like, we have plenty of celebrity friends. And we don't care about you.

First of all, I do not put myself in that category and you know it. I was going to say that. I was like, you were, when I met you, I was actually, I don't know, shocked is the word, but I was like, oh, she doesn't realize that more people know who she is than she thinks. So you will, you would never consider your a celebrity. No, and if I'm walking with my friends, my husband's, my friends, or I've

got my headphones in, like, I, I don't know if I just didn't notice. Like, there's no way. We did walk a lot in that neighborhood. My, like, but think of these friends I'm about to name, Gracie. She's like the nicest person ever. Yeah. Like, we would, we would wave. Like, I, did she live over there, too? Yeah. And we had, like, um, Caroline Hobby, again, one of the sweetest people ever. who else was in our walking crew, Jackie. So nice. Abby. Like, I don't, it just, it was very perplexing to me.

But also, sometimes when I walk, I'm in my own, we're like having a conversation. We're in our own zone. So we may not see, but I can't. I don't know. I think she wanted, I think she did care that you were on the radio and she wanted to be your friend because it's also interesting how she's like, we have plenty of celebrity friends. I have lived in Nashville, Franklin, my entire life. I have none.

Like, that's not like a normal. I guess it's not abnormal when you're from here, but it also isn't like, it's not like everybody is friends with famous people here. I think, I don't know. That line is odd to me. Also, the fact that I'm reading it again, and I did read it on the show,

and it's come up numerous times on the show throughout the years. If I were her, I would also be like, okay, let this go. Like, let it go. But it is a funny story. Well, you have let it go. And I'm not saying who she is.

Like, I'm not giving her away. at all whatsoever. I would never do that. It just to me was, this is sort of like a weird Yelp review. I was, I was about to say, this is like circling back to our reviews.

This should have been posted on her Facebook and then she would never have done it. She's like Diane with the outback, like getting all mad, but then comes back with a 4.5. She didn't come back. Like, we'd love to hang out with you. Like she's saying,

it's like a weird mix of like, you're rude, but like let's hang out. You know what I wish. would have done if she was feeling like you were because this is very confusing so i wish she would have been like hey if you're new to the street like there's a group of us that do this whatever we've seen you walking a couple times i know it's hard to meet new people and sometimes it can be intimidating but we'd love to have you over one night for a glass of wine on the porch or for a play date with our kids like inviting me yeah that would be solving the same problem because then if you were just

really rude and didn't care about them you would have ignored the email but you also probably would have answered that email and gone and then she would have her celebrity friend. Mm-hmm. Interesting. Okay. We did it. I'm sorry that you got that email. Yeah.

I was trying to pull up like if there was like a cute email from between me and Ben and like 2006 of my side. Like I can give you an example of like my, you know, my email flirting, which is probably like. So awkward. Oh, here's one. Hey. Oh, I was email. This is before I even joined the Bobby Bone Show because I was emailing him from my architectural granite marble email. So this is. So you didn't send your work email? Is that bad? That's actually crazy because your boss could read these.

What? What? Really? Yes. I would never, I would never use my work email. for any personal email. Let me tell you why I probably did that. This was my first job out of college with my first real email. I probably was pumped to have it. You didn't have another email. I did. I had my Gmail.

You were like, Ben's gonna think it's cool that I have a work email. Yeah. I had such a business woman. I'm in sales. I even had one of those next telphones that was also like a walkie talkie at the same time. Like I thought I was so cool. Oh, this is how I ended out.

Well, I better let you go. Like, after sending, like, three paragraphs, well, I better let you go. Good luck on your papers, texts, et cetera. Have a great day. What if I was like, have the day you need to have? And I was saying that way back then. Did you send, like, racy emails?

Um, my working. Well, that's what I'm saying. Well, first of all, no. Second of all, um, no. Did you say, like, I miss you or? I said, okay. No, I said, I said, work is great, selling rock is great. So great. I won't make you jealous with the details. He's like, tell me more. And then I said, Christy, that's my sister. I said, Christy was telling me about the plane you fly. That was so funny. I'm just laughing at this 24, 25 year old me that's like, so I did some research online. Pretty impressive, Mr. Brown.

I'm just knowing how you would never talk to him like that now. Yes. And he was in a special school because he went to the Air Force Academy and then he was already a pilot. He was already a pilot. But I guess he had to do some like special school like ongoing education in the military. Like you've talked about how like he was this older Q guy. Yes. And you were like, Mr. Brown.

And I'm like, so my sister was telling me about the plane you fly. So I did some research online. Pretty impressive, Mr. Brown. I said, so what are you in school for? If it's top secret. If it's top secret, I understand. Sometimes the granite industry prohibits. I told you I was flirting and awkward.

I said sometimes the granite industry prohibits me from sharing information too. Obviously they don't. And then I said, well, I hope things settle down for you. At least enough for you to know what day it is. I guess in his reply he had said, things are so busy. What if like after I read all these emails, I'm like, fall back. I can love and I'm like, hey, Mr. Brown. What in the world?

I mean, this is like... You have a legit, like, big tear coming down your cheek. I mean... That is how... That's cute, though, Amy. I don't think you're awkward. That is, like, if you did that now, would be weird. But, like, as a 24-year-old who's, like, intrigued by this mysterious, cute older guy,

what is that your faith? I'm counting how many paragraphs another reply in the show. chain was where I wrote him one, two, three, these are paragraphs four, five, six, seven. And the seventh paragraph, I start that one with now that I rambled about all that. But you couldn't have phone calls, right? Yeah, we weren't able to talk. But I was actually talking through with him that I was trying to decide if I was going to go join this radio show or not. And I was like, I think I have an opportunity to join the show.

you probably don't know it. It's the Bobby Bone Show and I'm explaining all that. And I'm like, but do I really want to leave this job to go do that? Fast forward. Yeah. Okay, just brought up a good point. I'm like on my Granite email talking about how I might go take another job. But the granted a job, but the granted at the mall and that audition ended up on the radio. So I had to come clean to them. And then I had to go do my auditions in the morning. What is an audition for the radio? What do you mean? Well, the female co-host was leaving. They were hiring somebody else.

The mall thing was just like a shtick, but I thought I was really making it. So I made it to the top too, but they ended up hiring someone that wasn't even at the mall, which that was the plan all along, but I didn't know it. And then she got the job, but then later they wanted to move her to producer and bring in a girl. And that's where, but during the audition, that's where I ended up coming in and taking the job. But during the audition process from the mall, it was about a six-week process. And I was taking off of work in the morning to go be on the radio show, but I would get done at nine. And so then I would go to my granite job after that.

Like I would get there at 5.30 in the morning, do the radio show, then go to my grandad job. And so they knew I had to come clean to them. Yeah. I'm like, technically. They probably were like, yeah, we already know because we've been reading your love letters to your boyfriend. Yeah. So anyways, a little peek inside. Thanks for sharing that.

And here I just sent him. He's like, wait, what is the station? And so I sent him a link. www. 967 kissfm.com is the web address. And then go to the Bobby Bone show. Click on the Listen Live button and you can hear us. I mean, this is before.

I don't even know if we had the IHart Radio app. Probably not. So anyway, there's a little stroll down memory lane, but those are the kind of emails I keep. That's a good email. And I want to keep them. And I go back, I read ones from my mom. Yeah.

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