The Bossticks - Q&A Pt. 1: Michael & Lauryn Bosstick Answer Questions They're Never Asked

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

#883: Join Michael & Lauryn Bosstick as they sit down for a candid Q&A! In this 2-part series, the Bossticks get real about questions you've been dying to hear answered! In part one, they open up about the surprising truths of their marriage, how they handle conflict, & the daily chaos of parenting – especially as they recently welcomed their third child! Expect unfiltered banter, real-life relationship talk, & plenty of behind-the-scenes moments that reveal what life is really like off-camera for Michael & Lauryn.   To Watch the Show click HERE   For Detailed Show Notes visit TSCPODCAST.COM   To connect with Lauryn Bosstick click HERE   To connect with Michael Bosstick click HERE   Read More on The Skinny Confidential HERE   Head to our ShopMy page HERE and LTK page HERE to find all of the products mentioned in each episode.   Get your burning questions featured on the show! Leave the Him & Her Show a voicemail at [phone].   This episode is sponsored by The Skinny Confidential  Optimize your daily beauty routine. Shop The Skinny Confidential Brow Peptide and subscribe today at http://bit.ly/TSCBrowPeptide.   This episode is sponsored by Nutrafol Find out why Nutrafol is the best-selling hair growth supplement brand at Nutrafol dot com, spelled http://nutrafol.com promo code SKINNYHAIR.   This episode is sponsored by Jolie Jolie will give you your best skin & hair guaranteed. Head to http://jolieskinco.com/SKINNY to try it out for yourself with FREE shipping.   This episode is sponsored by Purely Elizabeth Visit http://purelyelizabeth.com and use code SKINNY at checkout for 20% off. Purely Elizabeth. Taste the Obsession.   This episode is sponsored by Cotton Learn more at http://TheFabricOfOurLives.com.   This episode is sponsored by Bobbie Bobbie is offering an additional 10% off on your purchase with the code TSC. Visit http://hibobbie.com to find the Bobbie formula that fits your journey.   This episode is sponsored by Levity Get $50 off your first Levity order with code TSC50 at http://joinlevity.com.    Produced by Dear Media

The following podcast is a dear media production. She's a lifestyle blogger extraordinaire. Fantastic. And he's a serial entrepreneur. A very smart cookie. And now Lauren Everts and Michael Bostic are bringing you alone for the ride. Get ready for some major realness. Welcome to the skinny confidential, him and her.

We are in studio for a two-part episode. I had the idea. interviewing each other. So this idea is, I made a list of questions for Michael that I haven't asked you on air. And then you made a list, which is like, geez, overachiever. He has like a fucking scroll. No, but I don't know which way I'm going with my list. So, because we haven't prepped at all. Normally we prep for our episodes. Yep. We've done zero prep, Carson. Which is fun. We have, we said we're keeping this one loose. Throw it on the table. Emily, we don't care if you come in the shot. We're like keeping it just casual on this one. We're going to have a couple

Spritz Societies. I'll do the skinny confidential one. Actually, I'll do... I think we should do a taste test. I'll do the lemon tea, the lemon iced tea and the... Here, listen to this. This is the skinny confidential.

Sprit society. Pink lemonade. Award winning spritzers brought to you by our friends over at the toast. And Ben, boy with no job. So we're doing a little cocktail and it's Friday.

And we have had quite the week. before we get into the questions. It is back to school. I was... I mean, back to school is like, who... You know, we are new to the parenting game. Well, we're five years into it now. And we have five under three years old.

No, honey, we don't have five. We have three. No, see, it's been a long couple weeks. We have three under five. So it was like, boom, boom, boom. In five years, three kids. And then we decide to keep things really intense and get our baby's tongue tie clipped

yesterday in Houston. So we drove four hours to Houston. We got his tongue tie clipped. And if you got, if anyone knows anything about a tongue tie release, it is intense. Oh, I thought you're going to say if anyone knows anything about the drive to Houston. No. And then we had to drive back with a baby that just had his tongue tie released. And it was mayhem. Listen, I want to just say one thing. And I want to be as a Texas resident now. Texas has some of the worst drivers I've ever encountered in the country. I feel like everyone says that in every state when they live there. You know, I love the state, I really do, but my God, the drivers are terrible here. And I just want to say that. Okay. Because I think people should improve. Take a sip so you can sit back and relax and enjoy the show.

So it's Friday. We've had a very, very long week, nervous system overload. But this will be fun because we're very casual, like a happy hour with you guys. Would you like to start or would you like me to start? I'd like to start by saying, I will give you the compliment. You do look beautiful. Really? Yes. But I did not realize we were like, I thought it was, you said it was casual Friday production. I look like Ren and Stimpy. I've been on Zooms all day. My eyes are bloodshot. Let me give you a tip. Red was not the right tone. I would only give you this tip off air, but we're on air. When you have a pimple. No, I know. It's right there, right in the center of my face. The color that you don't wear is. It was red. Okay. But that's what I didn't really like,

that's what I'm saying like the, it just, I didn't realize we were going. Yeah. It's a full, it was like red, red, red, red. Yeah, it's a lot of red. Like fucking root. off over here. Anyways, Cheers. Cheers. Sprit Society. This is the flavor you came up with? Pink lemonade. That's the skinny confidential flavor.

And then we also got a lemon iced tea. All right. No, you go for it. This is your idea. You go with the questions first. We're going to make this a little bit of a two-parter this week, guys. So tune in Thursday for the next one. Okay. All right. Here's the first question. What's something

about our marriage that the listeners would be shocked to hear? they would be shocked to hear. Yeah, and I'm giving you, I didn't not give you these questions, so you have no idea how to answer. What would they be shocked to hear about at this stage of the game, after everything we've shared? I think they would be shocked to hear how much we fight and bicker with each other.

Really? I don't think, I think people would be like, I think if people saw us, like, if they were like in our house and like in the car with us, especially yesterday driving to Houston and back, I think people would be like, holy shit, this ain't going to last. Well, here's the thing about our relationship. We lay it all on the table in the moment, and we are not the kind of couple that holds things

and stuffs things down. I do not stuff anything down. I was reading The Untethered Soul today. I let it all out. No my problem with you. I've been reading The Untethered Soul. Emily, this is true. It's a great book by Michael Singer.

Okay. He has two great books. Well, he might have more, but there's two great books that I like. And I am reading it, and I'm reading it slow because I really want to get the concepts, and I know a lot of people love the book. My favorite thing about you is you, I know today was the first day you picked up. You've read the first part. Now you're going to tell me about it and you're going to give me shit about it.

What I did actually today is I went into your book and I looked where you dog geared the pages. And then I just want, because I like to see what your stream of consciousness is like in your reaction to the book. So one of the things in the book is you have to release the energy and you have to let it out. And so I like to let it out in the moment. Yeah, but it doesn't say you have to let it out at. someone. That's what you do. Sometimes you got to do it on your husband. It's better than holding it in. I think it would be shocked to see us go at each other. But I think where if there's any like relationship advice is you and I don't hold on to things. No, we recover. Like it's like a quick recovery. It's like,

we look at each other like man, that was kind of dumb and annoying and like I guess that's our way. Is that what you say to yourself in the mirror? I just tell my, I tell myself like, this is normal. This is that. Every other couple does. I don't know. You send me memes all day long of this shit. Yeah, but no, I think people would be shocked to know how much we go at each other and fight and how turned up that can get rather quickly. Well, we've known each other since we were 12, so yeah. Emily's not surprised neither is Carson. Like, I think that if a therapist got a hold of us and was there, they would call us back for a lot more sessions.

So do you want to go to a therapist? No, no, no. I'm not. I feel like this is therapy. But I do think that I wouldn't recommend this. form of argument to people. It works for us. Here's the thing.

We work together. We podcast together. We live together and we raise kids together. So I was talking to our friend Mark, our mutual friend, and we were talking about this with him. He was like doing therapy on us. And he was telling me it is unique that we're working together like this. Carson's giving me the, I have to put the mic down.

He wants to get the, the, I was trying to cover my pimple. Yeah. I was trying to cover. Yeah, well, listen, we're not the only couple to do. Those are as many couples that do it. I've said a million times on the show, like, people should, couples should not work together. Yeah. But if it works, it's great, but I would recommend like trying another path first.

But my personality style, just if we're on the topic, the question wasn't for me, is that I say it in the moment. I give feedback in the moment. I think that's how I am in the brand, too. I give immediate feedback. So I don't sit there and have all this stuff. piled up and then I explode. Like I would rather just talk to the team and say it right in the moment and be like, hey, I think next time we can do it like this or hey, this system seems to be

broken as opposed to just holding it in and letting it explode. Your style is to fully unload on me. Yeah. Then feel better about your unload and leave me with all of the things you unloaded. Who doesn't do that to their husband? If you don't, you're enlightened. No, no, but that's the thing. People would be shocked to see how much we go out of each other, how much we fight. We have a very unique relationship. I mean, listen, every couple has unique relationship, right? It's unique to them. But yeah, we've known it's when each other thansts we were 12. Something loving that you would people would be shocked to hear. Something loving and positive. I don't know. I hate, you know what, I really don't like. What? I don't like when couples need to confess their love all the time on social.

I know, but you don't have to. Because there's always a red flag. And then you're like, oh my God, so and so fell apart. It's like, yeah, if you're skipping down the beach holding hands, telling the world all the time. Like there's, there's, you know, I feel like we don't need to do that. What's your favorite part about me? This is not on my list. No, no, no, no. No, no. You have to answer that question really quick. One of my favorite, we have a lot of favorite parts about you. Your sense of humor. I've always loved your sense of humor. Your resilience. I love that how you are with our children because there's a million things. That's a whole question in itself. Well, now I'm over earlier spite. Okay, perfect. Okay, my turn.

turn. This is an interesting one. I just want to know. I just want to see this. If you could trade places with me for one week. Let me finish. I'm asking the question again. If you could trade places with me for one week, what would you do differently? That is literally the best question I've ever been asked on a show. Give me my notes. This is actually a really good question. Let's go. I think that you do 97% right. But there's 3% that I would do different. That's pretty high. That's a lot higher.

It's pretty good. I think that you're 97% wrong. No, I think that you're incredibly capable, which I've realized that's like why I married you is you're capable. Like you will kill the tiger. You will skin it and then you will cook it on the grill and you will use the fur for something else. Like you will use every part of the tiger, which is great.

Tonight's going to be good with you and me. I, differently, I would say that you're constantly in a rush and you rush through life so fast and I'm just worried about the projection on the children. This is being honest. The question is not how to criticize me. The question is what would you do differently if you were me?

What I would do differently is I would be like a sea turtle. I would be a little bit more slow and methodical. I actually think it's really sexy and hot that you're reading the untethered soul. But don't you think that if I was a little slower like a turtle, I wouldn't be as killing of the tiger as you spoke? I think there's a medium. Okay.

I think you could tone it down a bit. I think like we don't need to like drag everyone by their ponytail all the time. Like it's like intense at the rush. And then there's like a panicked undertone. So what I would do differently if I was in your body is I would be a little bit more present and not be so rushed. That's not a lot of feedback. That's all you got. And then I would just be obsessed with my wife all day long.

The question once again is if you were me in my body for the week, what would you do? All day long. Okay. And I would be less panicked. I'm not panicked. I'm just quick moving, like a barracuda. Okay. You don't think you're panicked?

That's not self-aware. Panicked is like, I would be more self-aware. Panicked is like I'm so worried that something's going to go wrong. I'm not worried. Okay. Like, don't you think like panic is like, oh, I'm in a panic. Like, oh, something's bad's happening. I'm just moving.

I'm going quick. Yeah. But sometimes I don't want to go quick. I'm not going quick in all things. I want to be thoughtful and purposeful and just be in the moment. And so that's what I would do differently. I gave you two things. I would be obsessed with my wife every second.

And I would put my wife on a pedestal. I thought you're going to have more for me on this. All right. No, it's not that bad. I just slow down is the answer. Slow down. You do everything. You do, I mean, you help with the children.

Feedback taken, but no. Why? Because I like to go. You don't want to be obsessed with your wife every second? like to feel like I'm moving. Okay. Well, you're moving. What is the most misunderstood thing about you by the audience?

Well, I don't know what's misunderstood about me. Hmm. I know. This is a brain buster. What is misunderstood about me? Can I tweak it and just say about people in general with me? Sure. I'm a lot more reclusive than people think.

Like a lot more. Like a lot more. Like, no, I don't think reclusive is the right word. It's insular. Insular's fine. Yeah, I'm very good at being alone. Because you're, have you told the audience? No.

You're gifted. No, no, I'm not going down that road again. Yeah, we are. He's gifted. No, no, no. Go look up gifted. You are. I looked, I had a whole talk with chat, GPT, about it. You're gifted and you're very insular and you're cerebral.

And if you don't have that time to yourself to be inward, And I love how I'm answering it. You, you aren't your best self. Like, it's a weird thing. We do this show together. And the intention of the show is that it goes out and reaches a lot of people, which of course we want. But the show is done in a way where it's just like you and I or another person in a room. Yeah.

Which I'm super comfortable with. But I'm not so excited about being in front of so many people all the time. And then I think what would surprise people is I'm way. less social than people would think. Because all day long, I'm meeting with people and interacting with people and doing the show and all that. But when it comes to me, I'm like fully okay. If somebody said to me, hey, Michael, you're being punished and you have to go and like stay in your house for two weeks by yourself. It would be like, I won the grand prize. You would not be able to be away from me for two weeks. What are you talking about? Not you and the kids. I got to be around you and the kids.

But I'm saying like if I didn't like to, I'd be okay with that. I've been like that my whole life. This is what you are. You are. You love. Like the momentum of business, but on every other aspect, you are a complete insular recluse that likes to read your books and play your video game. There has to, like, for me, there's always got to be some kind of purpose to be out. I don't think you would ever go out if it wasn't for me. No, probably not. And the way I go out is, I mean, I would go out with friends and see a few people,

but I wouldn't be like out socially. Right. Yeah. And when I go out, I am so intentional about how I go out. Like I will only go out with someone that I really, really genuinely like and want to go out with. You know, like, there's those, some people like to go out and like just kind of like, like, the guys like to go on the golf trip or the girls do the girl. Like, I don't want to do anything. But if it's like, hey, I want to go play tennis or if I want to go to the workout or if there's a business thing, then yes, I want to be there.

But if it's like, let's go network or let's go hang out. I'm not, and I don't like to do that. But you will go out like what I just said, if it's intention. thought out with someone that you really enjoy. Yes. Like next week we're going out three times and all the people we're going out with. Like you're excited to go out with. Yeah.

I also, maybe people don't realize that the businesses are not my main focus in life. Okay. What does that mean? Like I use, I like to be part of the brands and I like to run the companies. I like that. And don't worry anybody that is with me. Like nothing's happening. But I use those as a mechanism to go and satisfy the other areas of my life, which is like family and being insular, if that makes sense.

A lot of people really attach, like especially entrepreneurs, they attach their whole identity to their work and their business. And they get super attached to the outward presentation of them as the entrepreneur or them as the celebrity or them as the star. And for me, like there's not that thought process at all. It's like there, all of these things are a mechanism for me to be able to live an insular life the way that I want to live. You're a big family man. Yeah. Yeah. And I think you got that from your father.

Mm-hmm. But you like being around your family and books. You're very Naval-ish. I'm getting a lot of compliments for you. But yes, I like to be, I like to, I like to, I like to, not yes, Naval, but yes, I like to be, I don't know. I just, I think people would be surprised that I, I think because of what we do, we get some nice, things said from time to time about us, but that's really not like a motivation for me at all. Okay.

We also get some mean things said. Well, that is the motivation. I do like to, um, ruffle some feathers. Ruffle those people up a little bit. Okay. Let's see. I was going to do one that was similar to that. I know one.

What's the one question you wish more people would ask you? Hmm. I think people don't ask me enough about my softer side. Like, I think people are so fixated on, like, me as an alpha female and, like, the dominant side of me that they don't tap into the other side. And I don't blame them for, for not tapping in because they don't know that because I don't show it. But when I'm home, and I think you can say this, if you agree with me, it's like, I'm a homemaker when I'm home. Our house is like, the vibes are on, the atmosphere is on.

and I'm, you know, I try to be present for my kids and make sure that they're enjoying their day. And that takes a lot of effort, in my opinion. Like I can't show up as like this dominant, I don't know, like boss in my house. I show up very much in my female soft energy in the home. Yeah, I think that people see what you do professionally and then they want to make that the main. That's what I was trying to say earlier. It's like that's the identity, but they forget that you're a wife and you're a mother and your homemaker and you do all these other things that many women do, a lot of women do, but they focus on

the other stuff. Yeah, it's very much, every time I get interviewed, it's very much like about, it's very alpha female, which is fine because, you know, a lot of that is alpha female. But I think if people saw the people I spend time around and the friends that I choose to invest my energy in. Like, it's not, I think they would be surprised by how I spend my time when I don't show up on social media. It's very much like family, children, and with friends that I've known forever, or, you know, people that I'm very interested in investing energy in. We're not, you know, out on the town at Fashion Week going Buck Wild with a bunch of celebrities. That's just not our life. Our life is very, like, I feel like simple.

Kind of boring. Yeah, maybe boring. Sure. I'm fine with that. It's routine. It's sweet. I was explaining. Like, I think it's like you, it's, we have a lot of family.

We focus heavily on family values and taking care of ourselves. And then the business is like the sport that you get to play because those things are stable. Yes. And this is, I always say this. Like, I cannot play the sport of business. if I am not completely optimizing and paying attention and watering the other side of it, which is like time to shut your nervous system down and self-regulate and take it down. I could not perform at this level if I didn't have the complete opposite end of the spectrum.

And I think people don't get to see that with me. They don't get to see, you know, how hands-on I am with my kids because they see like just go, go, go, go, on Instagram or the podcast. That's the weird thing about social because you'd probably actually like from a if you were like optimizing accounts perspective if we showed a lot more of that it would probably go viral

it would do better. But here's my but then you got to share all that. This is my thing. I've thought about this. People are like well why don't you share like you know your kids and you getting ready for school or coming home or whatever it is. I don't want to share that. I don't want a phone in my kids face all the time. I'm actually like this is something people would be surprised. I'm actually so like sort of anti-screen. I don't want my kids to be

raised on a screen, which is weird because what I do for a living is so based on my phone. I think they have all the time in the world to be on a screen. I want them to have a really pure childhood. And when I pull out that phone, I think about it before I pull it out. Like I'm not pulling out my phone snapping and videoing all the time at all. I will pull it out and I'll be like, let's get a picture for grandma. You see how I am with my phone. My phone is in the other room at night. Like I don't want them to remember when they were little their mom's relationship with the phone being such a big deal. So I'm not going to be putting a tripod and a camera up to film me and my kids every morning. I'm just not going to do it. Yeah, I think people get like this, that's what I'm saying. They get things backwards. Like I think

a more interesting, like if I was interviewing you or people like other women like you. You are interviewing me. I am interviewing you. I forgot. Well, yeah, but it's a little, you know what I'm saying, is that I think sometimes people, they lose, they focus so much on like, oh, you're doing, like, how are you, you're doing the business, they forget, it's like, you're doing all the things as a mother and then you get to do the business thing, but they focus so much on the headlines of the business that they forget, like, actually some of the harder things are at home and with the kids and in the relationship. To be honest, like, and I say, like, this is like really kind of messed up to say for people that, you know, think business is hard, which it is. But like, the business is way

easier than staying in a healthy relationship, taking care of yourself and raising healthy, happy kids. Like, I find the business to be input, output. It's not the same, like, in a relationship there's a, there's a lot more gray area. Like, business is pretty black and white, to be honest. Here's, I think if you want to be an intentional parent, which we do want to be, it's a lot of work. Yeah, like I joke all the time. I tell people when they ask me, why did you move to Austin? I know for a fact, from a business, numbers, financials, growth perspective, if I stayed in L.A. or if I moved to New York, those things, the businesses would be much further ahead, just because of the environment that we would be in.

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It's going to rile a lot of women up. I'm sure if I should say it. Don't want to say it, are you moving on? Go ahead. I think that women, you, deservedly so, get a lot of credit,

as you should, as you all should, for bearing the burden of carrying the children and then birthing them and then feed all the things that women do and everyone wonders why we get in fights but I do think that myself and other very active

and dedicated fathers sometimes don't get the credit that they should meaning when we get in a fight and you're saying you don't feel like you like you feel like, oh, well, I carry the kid. I'm like, well, I'm doing as much as I can to contribute from the diapers to the pickups to the getting up, all the things I can do. And I think sometimes dads, active dads, Carson, listen, I'm not saying that women shouldn't get credit, but I'm saying sometimes men that are trying to show up and be great, strong fathers,

don't get as much credit as they could. And I feel like I don't need, I don't need credit on the validation of the businesses because I can look at my fucking P&Ls. But I do think it's nice once in a while to get some more credit for being a good father. I do. I will give you credit for being a good father. Not that you don't give you credit for being a good father. But the game is just not even. When you birth a baby out of your dickhole.

I got two people in the room. I did not say it's even. You have no idea. So like I will give you credit for for being a good dad. I'm not saying I need equal credit. But the equalness of it is so skewed. I didn't say equal. Did I say equal?

No, see. Okay. I will give you credit. And what you hear. I will give you credit. I'm not saying I need credit. I'm saying what's the question what do I not get? What do you not give me more credit for?

I will give you you are. I'm going to actually give you credit right now. Oh, good. I would actually say that you do 60. percent and I do 40. Good. How about that? How about that?

However, the pregnancy and the birth is going to drop you back down to about 20%. That's how gnarly that is. Yeah, but you know what? And this is like for, I'm just going to speak for the men out there. Like, and I guess this, hopefully this is not a controversial thing to say anymore in 2025, but, you know, like men can't give birth. And so I'm not going to try to understand what it's like.

I feel it looks challenging and difficult. and not great for, like, it doesn't look comfortable. I mean, you get a back pain and I hear about it for six months. Yeah, but my body's not, like, it's not built for childbirth. So, like, what's the point in doing this? I just think you should say women do way more, but I contribute. I said, to the pie. I said, the only thing, as I said, I think more fathers that are showing up as best they can

is they should get sometimes more credit for that. Okay, okay. on Father's Day, I will give you so much more extra credit. Okay, okay, joking aside, joking aside, I think it's important because there, listen, there's good parents and bad parents, good moms, bad moms, good dads, bad dads. But I do think sometimes the good dads, the ones that are really showing up are somewhat, sometimes not as acknowledged as like mothers are always acknowledged and we'll continue to be enough. We don't have to keep, I'm going to keep saying it.

But I think sometimes the great fathers that are showing up are not always as appreciated as they could be. Okay. And it's not easy, right? My dad was a great father. I'm going to acknowledge him. He was a great father. He is a 10 out of 10. And a great grandfather.

He is literally the best dad ever. And he showed up like you show up. So maybe I have a high expectation. But it's important, I think, for the women that are listening that have husbands and great fathers in life to acknowledge it. because a lot of the guys don't need to be told how good they're doing at work. I mean, it's nice. It's good. But, like, I think the other thing and the other acknowledgement goes much further. I think what's crazy when you become a parent is you don't realize when you're little how much work it is to be a parent.

So then when you become a parent, you have so much more respect and understanding and empathy and compassion for your parents. And it really puts a lot in perspective. And you're able to be like, oh, that's why. you know, my mom did this thing or that's why my dad used to do it this way. Like you really have an understanding. Everybody is just hanging on by a threat. I don't care. And I think most people are doing the best they can. I don't care how much or how little help or resources. Like parenting is is hard in general. Every kid comes with a different set of circumstances and a different set of issues and a different personality. And the job of the parent is to like usher that person into

being a happy, healthy adult. It's not easy. No, it's not easy. Your turn. So I should get more acknowledgement. Okay. We'll give you a star. What do you need? What do you need? I'm not going to say anything. I know what you need. Okay. What's the biggest misconception people have about you as an individual outside of our marriage and brand? Do you really want my honest opinion?

No, Lauren. I want you to give me the sugar-coated filtered version. I honestly don't know. I really. try to detach from what other people think about me. I really actively try to detach. So I don't know what the streets are buzzing about me. I really don't know. Maybe I want to say in high school, I feel like I played the dumb card and you can talk more to that because you've had the experience with that. And you can maybe, I think that's something we've never talked about on the show. You can talk about that experience. But in high school and maybe even into college, I played a very like, sort of like a dumb blonde card and I sort of used it to my advantage, which I could do a whole podcast on that. You still

do it sometimes. Yeah, I like, I think I play to being oblivious, but I'm actually paying attention and I'm razor sharp and my brain is maybe a little ADHD, but I, I know what's happening. Don't you think that's it? I think on certain things, yes. But I'm oblivious to other things. I think if I started to quiz you on a couple world events, you would, we would have to probably pause and reassess the show. No, I'm not. I can't. But I do think, yes, you're much more perceptive than you pretend you are and you are much more thoughtful. And I think that people would be surprised about how much you're aware of and what you're paying attention to.

I mean, but I guess like it's not that surprising considering the career you've had for as long as you've had it. You know what I mean? I also am a clairvoyant, but we can get into that later. I don't know what that means. You know I'm a clairvoyant. You're going to say that you don't know what that means. I want to know how you define that. A clairvoyant is someone that can see things.

I can see things. Michael, you know what I'm talking about. He's laughing. You know what I'm talking about. I think that you can... Are very energetic. I think... Yeah, like, I mean, I will say...

I watched you call the birth day of one of our children months and months before. And it was not the predicted due date. And it happened on the exact day that you called months and months before. And I flipped two babies in my stomach. And people were getting all pissed off. I don't care. Actually, why don't you get pissed off? Just tell the truth.

So both of our babies were breach. I was freaking out because that's what I do with medical stuff. And then the doctor's like, oh, maybe C-section. And in both cases, we did nothing. And you went into weird meditation and both flipped. Both of them. I can witness it. I was there. There's other things too that I've predicted that I've seen. But that's another episode.

But do you think, do you think the misconception about me too is that I'm oblivious? Is that what you say? I think that sometimes when I see people get riled up about you and they just think and they say things like you're out of touch, you're not paying attention. I just think that that's silly because I know you and I know what you're paying attention to. And I think those people are just aren't, they're not reading the leaves. I think sometimes I don't translate because I think with me you need the full context. No, you don't translate because you are not one of those people. And I mean this as a compliment. You do not just

start to care about things because other people care about things. Meaning like if people decide that an event is important and they demand that you say it's important, you don't just do that because people do that. And what I, and I, it's not like either you either. You mean I don't virtue signal. Well, that, yes. But I think that like, and, and when they say things like you're not paying attention, you're out of touch, it's not that. It's just you're choosing not to, to participate in things that people demand you participate in. Which is one of the things I like about you. Well, you know, I think that that's probably the, maybe the biggest, biggest misconception. But in high school, I did use to play dumb. Remember? Remember? Like all the time. And you used to get mad at me. Remember? You used to be pissed off. You'd be like, why are you doing this?

No, I would be like, man, this girl is so dumb. That's not what you used to do. Tell them what you really used to do. No, I know, since you're, I don't like when people, I don't like when people try to do things like that. Do things like what? Like, like, I just, I just think like, you don't need, I don't think you need to play that. I just think you'd be yourself. I was myself with a little frill. I don't know what that means. I was just like maybe like a Paris Hiltonie act in high school. Laris.

Yeah, they used to call me Laris. Once we have Paris on the show, I'm going to talk to her about that. About Laris? About Laris. Okay. I think she'll like it. Pull up the old pictures. She'll like it.

Yeah. All right. What do you hope our kids learn from watching how we work together? I hope that our children learn that you have to put in effort into anything that you do. I'm never going to sugarcoat to them that life should be easy for them. I think you have to, that what you put in is what you're going to get out. I hope that they learned hard work. I hope they learn resilience.

I hope they learn to struggle gracefully. I hope that they learn that life doesn't know them anything and it's not just going to be given what they want because they want it. and I hope that they see that when you make sacrifices and work hard that you that you that you that you can get certain results I think that resourcefulness we really try to instill in them like I I will say to my kids I made you two legs and two arms in my stomach so you could do things for yourself I definitely don't want to raise entitled children and it's it's not easy It's not easy when you're making your own money and you want to make things easy for them and you want to make things seamless and efficient. Sometimes you have to put a little resistance in their way.

You know, I think because our kids are young, like I see some of the feedback people write in and they, you know, they sometimes push back on some of the commentary around like not either placating to children or basing your life around the children or making it easy for them and they say, well, wait until they get older. But whether they're older or not, I think like it's important to, for you and I, it's like play. the tape. This is good universal advice for any parent at any stage, even though our children are not older. We all know older people and older children and older siblings and people in our own lives that have been coddled or given everything or placated to and how that goes. And so I don't think you have to have children yourself to realize what can go wrong if you don't instill those values into a child because we all know people that were spoiled or coddled or, you know, mommy and daddy took care of everything.

And so I think it's important, like, to consistently put this at the forefront, especially for ourselves and new parents, but at the same time, recognize and acknowledge that, like, no, it's never going to be easy. And there's going to be a lot of really, that's one of the hardest things about being a parent is knowing that you could step in and you could save them or could help them or could make it easy or could give them a resource, but not doing it. and I think that's going to be the hard thing that's going to continue to challenge us. I imagine as kids get older, like those challenges are going to get harder and harder and harder,

not easier. But at the end of the day, and I read this, I said this on another episode. I saw this quote by Patrick Bet Davy. He said the hardest thing about being a parent is realizing that you're raising them so that one day they don't need you. That's like a hard, that's like for a parent, it's like a... You're going to follow the kids around, I feel like. No, I mean, that's going to be what I'm going to want to do. Yeah.

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And it's honestly unbelievable. I would rather you leave the toilet seat up for the rest of your life. And I would rather fall in because I have fallen in many times, especially pregnant, which is insane that you think to leave it up. that stop with the hairspray stop with the clothes from the day in the bed and stop especially

with the hair spray in the bed on the silk pillowcase that you're rubbing your hair all over the bed noted that's it what was the question

oh glad you've put some thought into this see I get stuff out you know it takes a lot to maintain this thing I know but

can you just I just got a new brand it starts with an R. I know. You know, I throw away your hairspray sometimes. Yeah, I know. I have secret stashes, though. I throw it away.

It's the hairspray with the paste. It's like stroganona making the thing in the bathroom how you do your hair. It's insane. I'm in a weird phase with my hair because I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with it.

Okay, well, let's buzz it. Oh, yeah. I actually, I've never thought, but I have a small head. I kind of think it's like a not going to be a good buzz shape. You don't want to run around saying you have a small head. That's not the vibe.

I don't care. I've got fucking three. I know what. That's just not the... I've got three kids. I'm done. You're done. I'm not on the market.

Never will be again. Don't care. Maybe it will be. You never know. I'm not hanging on. I don't care. I don't, I don't, I'm not whatever I'm looking. The skinny confidential's X.

That would honestly, to be honest, if we were, if I was single and that was my bio. That would be like the thing. That would be like the thing. I wouldn't even need to really like show myself. It would probably be like, what's your name, Michelle? am I going to Thanksgiving with Lauren? That's why all you girls are nuts. Honestly, that line is like,

if I just said Lauren's ex, that would probably be the only thing I would need to say in a dating profile. If I was like, hey, I've got these great accolades and, you know, I'm doing all these things. Nobody would care if. I was like, hey, I'm Lauren's ex. And she seems to have it together. I told you the other day I would pay money to watch you on a date,

to watch you do like a dating spree. It would be insane. Not good. Okay. You know why? because once you've been in a relationship as long as I've been in one, I can't imagine having to

start with the small chit-chat again. Like I couldn't, I don't know how I would do it. You and I never did chit-chat. No, but you know what I mean? Like, because I know that like I, you know, people have to go on the date and you have to get to know,

you have to talk and to do the thing. Yeah, you have to talk. And you have to go slow for a while. I know that's really hard. Carson, he has to talk. You'd have to talk. No, you know what I'm talking about. Like,

imagine like you've just been like this old dinosaur for forever. I just don't think it's fair that I've gotten you to this point with... But you've improved me. Yeah, I've improved you. Like, I feel like it's like it's like a muscle car. I took the muscle car. I improved it. It literally is like it's it's the car is like pristine.

That's why a lot of like divorced dads like they end up doing pretty fine. No, it's annoying because we put in all this effort, the starter wife, to improve the pristine car and then you get to go drive off and someone else gets to reap the benefits of my work. Well, what I think it is is that it's a signal also to the market. Like if I was like going to put my business hat on, it's like a signal to the market that like at some point somebody of value like thought that this guy was valuable. So like it signals that it's like a like he's like not he's like not he's like a good resource or asset. You know what do you mean because you've been vetted. You know what mean. Somebody at some point thought that this guy was worth marrying. Yeah, I've heard some people

like, behind the scenes be like, oh, that's blank and blank's ex-husband. And they don't even say the name of the person. That's what I'm trying to say. It almost doesn't matter what the name is. Oh, that's blank and blank's ex-husband. Yeah. I don't feel like you want to be branded as that, though. So I'll let you sit in that. To be honest, listen, my, my dad told me this the other day. We were talking about something else. He's like, one reason as good as another. What the, like, it's all, like, the grass is going to be. There's a story. There's like, it's like talking about these to these girls about like this one guy was like, oh my God, I don't know if these girls like I think they're gold diggers. And the guy looks over, he's like, hey, hey, Larry, that's okay.

We got the gold. It's like, what is that? Well, how does that relate to this conversation? Meaning like it's, it's okay. That's like one reason is as good as another. Oh, why? Why? Someone would like you? The one guy's concerned that the girls are gold diggers. The other guys like, well, I don't think you're going to want to give this up because I just got a Labia lunchtime lift. Parsons heard it all. That, that, you know what? If I was thinking about leaving. Now I'm not. Well, last Friday, Dr. Amir got his hands on me, so you better straighten up. I don't know what you two are doing. I hope it went well. That's a, it went great. What do you think I'll be like as a grandma? Hot, lifted. Yeah, you'll be a hot grandma,

for sure. You'll be lifted, you'll be hot. Whatever's, whatever the latest and greatest is, you'll probably do. Fun. My forehead will be down, banging around my knees. So, I'll need some help there. Well, traveled. Yeah. I think that you'll be a cool grandma. I think it'll be a cool grandma. I think you'll be like the one,

the grandkids want to go, they'll be like, that's the one that I want, you want to go hang out with. They'll probably want to take them out, you know. What are you going to do when you have to be with a grandma? Well,

I guess I'll be a grandpa. Yeah. I'll just be on like a bunch of TRT then, I think, probably. Okay. I'll be all jacked up. You know who's a good grandma? Your mom.

But don't you think that like, yeah, We'll probably, I'll probably do all the, we're going to do all the things. My stepmom's a great grandma. We have two great grandmas. I think with technology and robotic body parts. Oh. And AI.

And labia lunchtime lifts. Lunchtime labia lifts and lunchtime penis pumps or whatever they are. Oh, we already asked. He already texts me and he already said, when am I going to get my hands on Michael's penis? He literally texts me that today. Nothing like another man texting your wife. He said, I have exosomes from my placent. for Michael's penis.

I think people would be shocked to know that that's the text that are going on between you and our doctor. I don't think anyone's shocked. Yeah, I mean, I think you'll be cool. I think you'll be cool,

grandma. I think that, um, I want to be like very, I want to travel in a pack. Like, I want to bring the kids. What's going to be tough for you is as we've gotten older,

you want to be like super independent in our family unit, which is what great. That's what we all want. And I think when our kids start to do that and start, to want that for themselves, you're going to be kind of clinging on and hanging over there. Well, I'm just going to plan trips and plan. I love

that about Chris Jenner. I feel like she integrates her family into her life and she integrates herself into their life. And I like that. I also, I'm waiting for the day. I want to get like one of those old school camcorders that like pop up. I can't wait till

our sons start bringing home, if they start bringing home girls to the house to date. Well, those girls will be playing checkers. I'm playing chess. I cannot wait to film your reaction and how you handle that. It is going to be my favorite thing to watch ever.

Why? Because I just think it's going to be hilarious because I just know how you are. And I just want to watch how you are with these girls that date your sons that you're obsessed with. Yeah, it will be interesting. Can you imagine? Miss Bostic, I'm here for Bond. If they say Miss Bostic. They might just come in and be like, listen, bitch, I'm dating your kid.

It's like a dragon with fire coming out of it. It's not the answer's the door. What if they come in to like, get your mother out of here? No, that's not strategic. Well, you never know what you're going to get. That's why I'm saying. I'll be there with the camcorder. I will report back in, what is this like, in like 20 years?

I don't think you and I talk about enough how well I get along with your mother, which is amazing because a lot of daughter-in-laws and mother-in-laws don't get along. And you, I get along so well. It was a little process in the beginning. had to do a little dance. We did our dance, but then we... She's gonna hear this. You guys both had to get...

You guys had to get your footing. Yeah, but we're good now. You're super good. We're like in alignment. Listen, you were good the second you gave her grandkids. Like you were... That was like carpalach passed.

My dad, this is a true story. So I am cocktail waitressing at my dad's restaurant, Yellow Coyote, and Encinitas. And Michael is trying his hardest to get me to go on a date. I wasn't sold yet. You're pretty sold, but I wasn't sold yet. I'm just going to be honest. I'm sorry if you told yourself that I wasn't sold yet. I'm just being

blunt. Transparency. And I went up to the host to stand and my dad was up there and I said, oh my God, Michael Bostick is here again. This is like the third night he's come to the bar. And you were in a leather jacket with one of your friends, Mikey. You were sitting there having a margarita. And my dad looked at me and he goes, the smartest thing that you could ever do would to be to date Michael Bostic. My dad liked you always. Your dad's a genius, a smart guy. But my dad was not like that with every guy. Well, let's be honest, Lauren. Actually, you know what? What? My picker was off. Let's not speak ill about the past. Well, my picker was off. My picker was off before you. Your dad and I always got along, even since I was a kid. And when we weren't together, I'd all see him.

They'd be like, hey, Brad. How are you, man? We'd hang out. Now you and my dad, like, I would say he's one of. your best friends. Yeah, of course. Yeah. All right. Your turn. Love your dad.

Hey, Brad. He listens to every episode. Great. He's going to listen to the lunchtime labia. Thank God you listen to your dad. And oh yeah, I mean, now he's going to hear all about your lunchtime labia flip or whatever it is. Whatever it's called.

LLL. L. L.L. Thank you guys so much for listening and watching part one. The rest of this episode will be out on Thursday. So stay tuned for part two.