Season 2: Episode 3: Summer Tea Talk

Summer is officially here, and we’re bringing the heat! ☀️🌴🎙️

In this episode, we’re diving into all things summer—from nostalgic memories and unpopular opinions to vacations, summer traditions, relationships, and the random chaos that somehow always comes with the season. 😂🍉

Grab your favorite summer drink, get comfortable, and hang out with us for a fun, lighthearted episode full of laughs, stories, and plenty of opinions! 🏖️✨

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Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

Welcome back to the Deadly Tea Podcast. It's Marie. And I'm Amira. And today we're gonna be doing something a little different. No murder or deep diving into trauma. Nobody is disappearing under suspicious circumstances. That we know of. Exactly. Please don't ruin our summer. Or promises summer episode, bro.

SPEAKER_01 0:24

No promises.

SPEAKER_00 0:26

Yeah, yeah, that's a good one. No promises. Um, today we're gonna be talking about summer though. And that includes nostalgia, and I mean all of the things, the chaos, the memories, the things we miss, the things we absolutely do not miss, and some potentially controversial summer opinions.

SPEAKER_01 0:46

Because nothing brings people together or starts an argument quite like saying you hate going to the beach. Do you hate going to the beach? No, I don't hate going to the beach. I love going to the beach. I love going to the beach.

SPEAKER_00 1:02

I know. Not even just that, but just like the sounds. It's like you're in a soundbox full of ASMR rain or waves crashing, and it's just seagulls for us anxiety people. I don't know. It just helps me.

SPEAKER_01 1:17

It is nice, it is very comforting and nice. I know every time we go, I always just go down to the beach at night and I just chill. It's so nice.

SPEAKER_00 1:26

It's yeah, it really is. And you know, for all the gardening moms and oh, yeah, I do that too. You know, I'm sure that would be sure that would be the perfect picture moment for you guys.

SPEAKER_01 1:38

It is.

SPEAKER_00 1:38

But summer is definitely and can be overrated. Um, the heat is exhausting for sure.

SPEAKER_01 1:46

You know, overrated and saying you don't like the beach, that's already fighting words. I'm just trying to say, you know.

SPEAKER_00 1:52

Yeah. So um, some of us either grab your coffee, sweet tea, or whatever it is you keep hydrated on. And disrespectful to this heat, let's get into it. Let's kind of deep dive into like summers that raised us, you know. Um I want to start with nostalgia because summer as an adult is completely different from being summer as a kid. And I don't know, when you're a kid, summer just feels endless, you know, in a way. Oh, yeah. You just wake up with absolutely no responsibilities, you don't even know what day it is, and you don't care what time it is either.

SPEAKER_01 2:26

No care in the world.

SPEAKER_00 2:27

Yeah, I swear your biggest concern is whether somebody's mom is gonna let them spend the night.

SPEAKER_01 2:32

So and somehow we survived without constantly knowing where everybody was at all times.

SPEAKER_00 2:39

I swear, and exactly, you know, you would have to leave the house, disappear for hours, randomly show back up hungry and eat something and leave again.

SPEAKER_01 2:46

But I mean No Life 360 here, no location sharing there. Yeah, I was gonna say if you saw if you saw something, I know in smaller neighborhoods back in the day, if you saw the bikes out in front of somebody's house, you knew that's where everybody was.

SPEAKER_00 3:04

I swear. I mean, I was pretty sheltered as a kid, and I know you were too.

SPEAKER_01 3:08

Oh yeah, me and you were it was your house. That's the only place I could go. My house or your house. That's it. I couldn't go anywhere else, man.

SPEAKER_00 3:15

Same.

SPEAKER_01 3:16

Uh my parents will let me come to yours and maybe Pappy's, but oh yeah, my parents slowly, it took them a long time before I was allowed to go over to Pappy's house.

SPEAKER_00 3:26

I swear. And not just that, but like uh, just vibes and questionable decision making during the summer was crazy as a kid. Cool. Because seriously, I think there is something so special about childhood memories. The smell is a sunscreen. Some of us really didn't put it on, though. Running through sprinklers, swimming until your eyes were burning from chlorine, but nowadays it's salt water.

SPEAKER_01 3:48

Um you know, actually, talking about that chlorine, you know, sometimes they you know, there was a theory talking about your eyes burned actually because of people peeing in the wall. What? Yeah, it's not the chlorine apparently, it's the pee mixed with chlorine. Uh and apparently that's what the like they're saying what causes the actual red eyes and burning in your eye sensations.

SPEAKER_00 4:14

Ugh. Yeah. I couldn't imagine. Ah, I see yellow. Oh, but um, I was just gonna say some of my favorite memories is when, like, because my papi was like one of the adults that let me be a kid, like oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:28

I mean, it was totally against my parents' rules, but he just go outside, go play, yeah, do whatever, walk to the pool by ourselves. It was dogwoods, man. That was the that was the time. That was the time. Walked up to Sonic by ourselves. Not a care in the world, bro.

SPEAKER_00 4:45

Are you sure we wrecked Pappy's truck like twice trying to go up there and he would get mad?

SPEAKER_01 4:50

Maybe we just bumped into something, that's it, nothing else. I mean, other times we just walk up there and but then again, back in the day when we were younger, you didn't have to worry about somebody just snatching you up or something like they do nowadays.

SPEAKER_00 5:05

Yeah, I mean, it kind of was back then, but just not as talked about. But now it's like bad.

SPEAKER_01 5:11

Now it's super bad.

SPEAKER_00 5:13

It's because it's all over the phones, everybody wants to watch all this bad stuff, and plus that's how they get you through the phones. Yeah, for sure.

SPEAKER_01 5:20

This is reasons to why my children will have a phone until they're like 15.

SPEAKER_00 5:24

I swear.

SPEAKER_01 5:25

I mean, my they have no electronics until 15.

SPEAKER_00 5:28

My kids sit there watching electronics, so it's kind of hard. But I mean, once you become a mom, it's just I don't know, you like I said the same thing. I was like, you know, I wouldn't I wouldn't do this, I wouldn't do that, and look at me now, I'm doing exactly what I said I wouldn't.

SPEAKER_01 5:46

So I mean, I think it's just you don't want your kid to miss out, but you also don't want them to like to like not be a part of the now, like toy store.

SPEAKER_00 5:57

Because like everybody's playing video games, everybody's on their phones, and they like you can even have a conversation with the kid, and that's kind of why I like miss staying out until the street lights coming on and hearing the ice cream truck and suddenly becoming an Olympic athlete and trying to get inside for the money and run right back out before he misses, like before he drops off.

SPEAKER_01 6:19

And having approximately three dollars felt like being the boss ass bitch, man. Yes, being hella rich.

SPEAKER_00 6:29

Yes, three dollars. Oh, yeah, I can get me some ice cream with that. Bro, not just that, you could go up to Sonic and get a corn dog.

SPEAKER_01 6:36

Corn dog, yeah, that is true, or two corndogs because back then it was cheaper.

SPEAKER_00 6:40

Easy go.

SPEAKER_01 6:41

Oh, easy go was always on. You can get your drink and your snacks.

SPEAKER_00 6:48

Uh it's not a gas station that's there anymore, but that gas station will always hold close to my heart. Oh, yeah. Everybody was so nice that worked there. I don't think I ever met one like person at that place that was ever mean.

SPEAKER_01 7:00

No, they were always nice, even when I lived at Dogwoods when I was like five and six or whatever.

SPEAKER_00 7:06

Remember the slot machines in the back?

SPEAKER_01 7:08

Yeah. Yeah, those shit was always there. Oh my god.

SPEAKER_00 7:12

I remember those days, and I think that's one of the saddest things about getting older is realizing that you know you never really know when you're gonna be experiencing something for the last time. The last summer you played outside with your childhood friends, the last sleepover, the last family vacation where everyone was still together. The last time summer actually felt endless, and you don't even realize it's ending while you're living it.

SPEAKER_01 7:37

Okay, why are we getting emotional already? I'm sorry, it's because, like, like really, man, when was all the last stuff? I mean, we did have a couple adult sleepovers, but that's just not the same as childhood sleepovers.

SPEAKER_00 7:54

It's not, dude. Like, I remember we used to dress up Pappy's like and do like haunted houses, or we would like get chased down by Carter with like the Oh with his mask and shit and the um Halloween, yeah. It was always the funnest times though, and but like apparently, you know, some people are incapable of keeping anything lighthearted for longer than five months, five minutes as an adult. So, like I mean I get the seriousness, but I also feel like you know, summertime for adults need to be funner, and I just don't feel like I'm not a drinker. Yeah, neither am I, and I just don't want to be fucked up to have fun, you know.

SPEAKER_01 8:38

Like you know, you don't have to be fucked up to have fun.

SPEAKER_00 8:40

That's kind of like the that's kind of it's a stigma.

SPEAKER_01 8:44

You gotta be fucked up to like have a lot of things.

SPEAKER_00 8:46

And we live in the south, that's all everybody does. I swear. I mean, now we have to talk about growing up in the 2000s because I genuinely believe we experienced one of the best eras of childhood.

SPEAKER_01 9:01

Like no phones, no gizmos, got to stay outside, mud pies. You remember doing shit like that? I used to stick my feet in the mud every day, basically.

SPEAKER_00 9:14

I know, and not just that, but like I mean, obviously, it doesn't mean like you know, I've told people about my trauma as a kid, but hey, when you're a kid and you have trauma and you're just looking for a good time, you do what you can. And literally, I could sit outside playing in the grass and making art out of grass. Like that was fun to me as a kid.

SPEAKER_01 9:39

So jolling in the dirt with a stick.

SPEAKER_00 9:41

I loved it.

SPEAKER_01 9:42

Or in the sand, yeah. Yeah, like I loved being imaginary or playing kickball or having an imaginary friend, maybe, but dang kids nowadays what's an imaginary friend.

SPEAKER_00 9:53

Yeah. I don't know. I just feel like you know, going to the mall to just walk around back in the day was so much fun too, or spending hours choosing the perfect ringtone and we were recorded and staying in the room.

SPEAKER_01 10:08

If it came on the radio because they were recorded, everybody shut up.

SPEAKER_00 10:13

I'm trying to do my ringtone. Or like calling Disney. Do you remember that back in the day?

SPEAKER_01 10:17

Yeah, I remember calling Disney.

SPEAKER_00 10:19

Yeah, the 99.5. Yeah. And then, like, I don't know, just taking blurry photos on digital cameras and having them printed, burning CDs, lime wire. Allegedly.

SPEAKER_01 10:32

Allegedly.

SPEAKER_00 10:34

Making questionable fashion choices for very questionable. Very how many times we tried on your mom's clothes as kids.

SPEAKER_01 10:41

Oh man, too many times. Oh, that was always I knew I'd put on my dad's clothes a couple of times.

SPEAKER_00 10:47

Yeah, I can see that. He's like a he looks like a mafia guy. The Italian one. Yeah. I swear. But yeah, going to the pool all day and then coming home absolutely exhausted, sunburned, and somehow still wanting to have a sleepover. But for me, I got called lobster a lot as a kid. Yeah. The person beside me.

SPEAKER_01 11:11

I didn't start it. I did not start it. It was somebody else at school.

SPEAKER_00 11:15

I dare you to tattletale on it.

SPEAKER_01 11:16

I don't know who it was, but somebody else started it.

SPEAKER_00 11:18

Well, I just ended up hearing the end of it. Whoever called me a lobster as a kid, I want to know. I'm not even mad. I just want to know.

SPEAKER_01 11:26

You're you are correct though, she's still a lobster.

SPEAKER_00 11:28

Yeah, I just burned. Like it took me a whole week and I was thinking still some burn. You still some burn. You're finally feeling the thing.

SPEAKER_01 11:37

Hey, look, hey, look, look, mine turned into a tan.

SPEAKER_00 11:40

Damn. My kids have tans too, bro. That's crazy. I mean, you know, also just like watching movies until like three in the morning eating snacks that probably had enough sugar to keep us awake for three business days.

SPEAKER_01 11:54

Oh, and prank calling people. Yeah, or star 67. Or 69. Yeah, one of those. One of those. And then the uh oh, one of my favorites was is your refrigerator running?

SPEAKER_00 12:09

You better go catch it. Yes. I swear. And listen, when we were bored and unsupervised, what were we literally supposed to do?

SPEAKER_01 12:19

Probably anything else.

SPEAKER_00 12:20

Ah, fair. But I really think Borden created some of our best memories because who else gets like an oompa loompa going to school after the summer because we wanted to tan on your trampoline with some like fake tan shit or something?

SPEAKER_01 12:37

Oh yeah. I definitely remember the fake tan and how our hands were so orange.

SPEAKER_00 12:43

That was literally the freaking worst idea ever.

SPEAKER_01 12:48

The worst. I don't even know why I did it. I tan nice.

SPEAKER_00 12:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 12:52

I tan so nicely.

SPEAKER_00 12:54

Mommy, I'm the lobster one. Literally. I still want to know who called me the lobster first.

SPEAKER_01 13:04

I don't know. It it definitely wasn't me.

SPEAKER_00 13:07

I beg I beg to differ. It probably was you. It definitely was not me. No, I know I did not get sober. And I mean, also, like, we always had to figure something out, and sometimes that something was a terrible idea.

SPEAKER_01 13:26

Yeah, yeah, yes, yes, it was.

SPEAKER_00 13:29

Yeah, I was gonna say that I don't know. You know, we had a lot of freedom, but not a lot of freedom. Not a lot of freedom. Like we we had very strict parents, so like I was not a part of the kids that like got to party and like go to tons of sleepovers or oh yeah, I never did any of that.

SPEAKER_01 13:48

What do you mean? Your house was the only house and Pappy. That's it.

SPEAKER_00 13:51

I think the only sleepover I ever went to was your house when you had like two girl two other girls over. Oh yeah. And I've been to one other sleepover at one of my other I mean I think it was your cousin. That okay, so I've been to two more sleepovers, but that's the only ones I've ever been to.

SPEAKER_01 14:11

Besides like the ones at PAPS, but you know the one at PAPS, those were those were fun times.

SPEAKER_00 14:18

Those were fun because we were all sneaked out of the windows.

SPEAKER_01 14:21

Nope, nope, don't don't say all. Don't say it all. No, you did. I I never snuck out of the window at Pappy's house. That was all of y'all.

SPEAKER_00 14:30

She's the one that refuses to she refuses to tell her worst decision.

SPEAKER_01 14:38

I snuck out of my house, yes, that one time.

SPEAKER_00 14:41

Yeah, you forced me to all time.

SPEAKER_01 14:44

All that one time. Technically, it wasn't me. It was somebody else that wanted it to do it more so. And then another one of the people decided they were gonna streak down the driveway.

SPEAKER_00 14:55

Yeah, bro. I don't remember that shit. Ah, good memories, good memories.

SPEAKER_01 15:01

Good times, good times.

SPEAKER_00 15:03

I swear. Um, yeah, I feel like responsibilities kind of just ruined the whole the whole shebang, honestly.

SPEAKER_01 15:11

Oh, yeah, and and bills, man.

SPEAKER_00 15:14

Bills electric bills, insurance bills, water bills, car note bills, um, trying to entertain children.

SPEAKER_01 15:22

You know, you try to entertain them with one thing that you saw them playing with yesterday, and all of a sudden today it's like, no, it's no.

SPEAKER_00 15:32

I don't want that. No.

SPEAKER_01 15:34

No.

SPEAKER_00 15:35

No, yes, sir. That's her. I was gonna say, I mean, I don't know. I feel like, you know, pool games, all this stuff is fun, but I don't know. Kids are really hard to entertain nowadays because back in my day, I'm gonna need a coloring book. Yeah, let me go outside and play with the grass.

SPEAKER_01 15:54

Yeah, let me touch grass. Kids nowadays don't even know what touching grass is.

SPEAKER_00 15:58

Dude, I used to put dawn on flat grass and slide through it.

SPEAKER_01 16:02

Oh yeah, oh yeah. And oil, did you do the oil too?

SPEAKER_00 16:06

I never tried the oil, but I did dawn.

SPEAKER_01 16:08

Baby man, baby oil got you slippery.

SPEAKER_00 16:11

You know, just digging out in the woods. I don't know. That was always my favorite.

SPEAKER_01 16:16

Yeah, you were that country pumpkin that was in the woods.

SPEAKER_00 16:19

Listen, listen, I was just exploring Dora, Explorer. Except Dora, Dora, Dora, Dora, Explora. Fact pack, backpack. I swear, okay. I mean, yeah, that's like kind of like buying groceries that disappear in 12 minutes when it was $500 worth.

SPEAKER_01 16:42

Yeah, when you got kids, that's what's gonna happen. Planning vacations, you need another vacation to recover from.

SPEAKER_00 16:48

Especially when you take kids, because yeah, let's just go ahead and talk about that one for a second.

SPEAKER_01 16:54

You cannot relax when you have kids with you.

SPEAKER_00 16:56

I mean, I feel like it's so fun and it's so nice, but like when you got a teething toddler and you know, you're just not getting that vacation vibe. You're getting that scream in the ear and biting your toes. And no, I'm joking, she never did that, but I mean, you get what I mean. Nobody warns you that literally becoming an adult means you are now the responsible one for creating the summer magic because you're the one packing the bags, the snacks, the drinks, remembering the sunscreen, making sure everybody has clothes, because most of them like to get dirty and uh watery and planning the activities and taking pictures of everyone, and try not to lose your mind in the process because all that and repeat.

SPEAKER_01 17:44

Yeah, of course, while the kids say, They're born, I'm born, there's nothing to do.

SPEAKER_00 17:52

Literally, that was that's like taking someone to Magic Springs and being like, I'm bored.

SPEAKER_01 18:00

I'm bored. I don't I don't want what is there to do? I'm bored. Yeah, bro, Magic Springs is so fun. It is so fun.

SPEAKER_00 18:09

It is so fun. If you ever come to Hot Springs, Arkansas, you should definitely hit up Magic Springs and this is non-paid sponsor.

SPEAKER_01 18:17

Yeah, non-paid sponsored.

SPEAKER_00 18:20

Um, but after you, you know, that's kind of like let's say Magic Springs. After you just spent like $200 taking them somewhere fun, and then 30 minutes after they're like, I'm bored.

SPEAKER_01 18:30

Naturally. Naturally, swear. Like, no, no, you're not gonna be bored. You're gonna go and you're gonna enjoy this, damn it, okay? Because this was a lot of money, okay? We're gonna have fun.

SPEAKER_00 18:41

Fun literally. But I just think there's something beautiful about it too, because now we get to create those memories with our little ones and your little ones as a a godmother, and the memories of our kids just talking about that every day or talking about it someday, you know. Just having those little moments of time that they're probably not going to remember how much money we spent, and we have to remember it, but they're gonna remember the laughing and staying up late, swimming and eating popsicles outside and going on random adventures, and the little things matter most to them. Oh in the camp bars, yes, toasting marshmallows, you can show humor, humor. Yeah, you said that's so nerdy. That reminds me of like what does it sound like? It sounds like a really, I don't know, like snotty stewy.

SPEAKER_01 19:40

No, more from Family Guy, the Jew.

SPEAKER_00 19:43

Oh the day! Yeah, no, it's the son.

SPEAKER_01 19:47

Or the sun. The sun, the one, oh my god. Or the the the sun that keeps going for me.

SPEAKER_00 19:56

Yeah. I mean it's the fatness. No, no, it is not. Stop it. Uh-uh. 20 20 uh jumping jacks right now.

SPEAKER_01 20:08

I didn't do another 20 and 20 minutes.

SPEAKER_00 20:11

Uh-oh. Okay, well then say 20 times.

SPEAKER_01 20:13

Say it 20 times. I am not fat. I'm not fat. I'm not fat.

SPEAKER_00 20:17

I am not fat. I am not fat. Okay, you're cut off. You're making too much fun now. But let's talk about summer expectations and reality. Social media has convinced us that summer should look perfectly. Planned vacations, beautiful outfits, flawless bodies, inexpensive trips, and aesthetically pleasing family memories. And reality is someone's crying. Someone forgot something important. Everybody's sweating, the hotel room is already destroyed, and somebody needs to use the bathroom five minutes after you just left the house.

SPEAKER_01 20:52

Every single time.

SPEAKER_00 20:54

And I think we put so much pressure on ourselves to create these picture perfect memories because of like everything you see on Instagram or Facebook or you know, Pinterest, and sometimes we forget to actually just experience those moments, and not every summer has to be life-changing. I mean, in reality, I would love to make every summer like memorable, but you don't have to travel across the world to do that, and you don't have to spend thousands of dollars to do that either. So sometimes the best memories are created in the backyard with a cheap sprinkler and some snacks.

SPEAKER_01 21:27

True, true, very true.

SPEAKER_00 21:28

I mean, look at your house when it would snow, we would get in the bottom half of a dog house just to slide down the hill.

SPEAKER_01 21:36

Oh, I remember that.

SPEAKER_00 21:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:39

Oh, I remember that. Sledding, but not using an actual sled.

SPEAKER_00 21:43

Yeah, and then like the funny the coolest thing was jumping on the trampoline with all the snow.

SPEAKER_01 21:49

Oh, I still have those pictures. I still have those pictures.

SPEAKER_00 21:52

I swear. And I mean, okay. It's time to potentially ruin our friendship.

SPEAKER_01 21:59

Oh god. What what, huh?

SPEAKER_00 22:01

Yeah. Summer hot takes. I'm gonna give you a statement and you tell me whether you agree or disagree.

SPEAKER_01 22:07

Let's do it.

SPEAKER_00 22:08

Alright, are you ready?

SPEAKER_01 22:09

Ready, Freddie.

SPEAKER_00 22:11

The beach is overrated.

SPEAKER_01 22:13

No. No, I don't think it's overrated. I disagree.

SPEAKER_00 22:18

I disagree to you. I don't think it's overrated. I think these are just like things that people would say, but it's not overrated. It's like the most calming thing to anyone with anxiety, okay? Yes, yes.

SPEAKER_01 22:30

And if you're just like also if you're kind of depressed too, because like I will say the first time that we went on our vacation, I was hella depressed.

SPEAKER_00 22:41

Yeah, I know. We got into a really big fight.

SPEAKER_01 22:43

Oh, yeah, we did get into a really big fight. Yeah. We did get into a big fight. But I was just so stressed out already and just so depressed already because of everything that happened.

SPEAKER_00 22:52

And sometimes that happens, you know. Like, I mean, they always say like you never know what someone's going through. And I mean, you know, depression sucks if you stay in it, it really does.

SPEAKER_01 23:04

It eats your ass alive.

SPEAKER_00 23:06

It does, man. But I am glad that you're getting out of that hole. And this podcast is for that. It's for healing.

SPEAKER_01 23:18

Hopefully.

SPEAKER_00 23:19

No, you are. You're taking it day by day. And remind your listeners that it's okay to do that.

SPEAKER_01 23:25

It is okay to take it day by day. One foot at a time. One foot at a time.

SPEAKER_00 23:31

Anything wasn't built to take a toe at a time. Take that one toe at a time.

SPEAKER_01 23:35

Nobody have you seen my toes, bitch. I mean, you should. You gave me a foot massage after work today. Thank you so much because you're the best forever.

SPEAKER_00 23:43

I don't touch nobody's feet, so never ask again.

SPEAKER_01 23:46

I didn't even ask. You just offered. I was like, if you want to.

SPEAKER_00 23:51

No, because you were like, I really need my feet, bro. I do need my feet. And I was like, I mean, I will if you need me to. And you're like, no, it's okay. You better need your feet. Okay, here's another one. Let's do watermelon is one of the worst fruits.

SPEAKER_01 24:08

I will, I will shank somebody, whoever says that. It is not. Watermelon is watermelon is the best working thing ever. That is definitely fine words. Let's put some these boxing gloves on. Who do I need to punch first? Because watermelon is like the best thing ever.

SPEAKER_00 24:23

The real question is hot or cold watermelon? And if anybody likes watermelon hot, I can't.

SPEAKER_01 24:28

Now you're crazy.

SPEAKER_00 24:29

I just can't, man.

SPEAKER_01 24:31

Yeah, you're definitely crazy if you like it hot.

SPEAKER_00 24:33

No.

SPEAKER_01 24:34

Okay, well, now what about salt on your watermelon? Do you put a little salt on it?

SPEAKER_00 24:37

I mean, I definitely don't mind it. Even tahina is pretty good. Um likes lime.

SPEAKER_01 24:44

Okay, I've never put lime on a watermelon.

SPEAKER_00 24:46

It's kind of like a very tangy, it's not bad, but it's not my preference.

SPEAKER_01 24:51

Yeah, I don't think I would like it. I'm more of a salt person. Give me all the diabetes.

SPEAKER_00 24:54

Sweet, salty and sweet.

SPEAKER_01 24:57

Uh yeah. But then until you get all the juices from the watermelon and you're like drinking salt water.

SPEAKER_00 25:04

Okay, here's another one. Summer is better than fall. Disagree. I disagree.

SPEAKER_01 25:10

Not friends. I disagree.

SPEAKER_00 25:12

Halloween is literally the best time ever.

SPEAKER_01 25:15

Fall's the best time. Those orange and yellow leaves and brown just kind of falling, and some of them in the trees still. The little moonlit nights where the where it starts to get a little chilly outside, but it's not too chilly. Yeah. Oh. Chest kiss, bruh.

SPEAKER_00 25:36

Oh, I swear. And then, okay, let's do public swimming pools are disgusting if you think about them for too long. I kind of agree.

SPEAKER_01 25:44

Yes. I definitely agree. If you're probably peeing this. Yes. If you are literally sitting at a public pool and you're just sitting there, not in the pool, but you're just sitting on the outside and you're looking at all these people getting in and out. All these kids getting in and out. Man, look at them kids. You know one of those 10 kids pissed in that fucking pool, bro. You see that smirk on their lips.

SPEAKER_00 26:08

Okay, let's do another one. Bonfires are better than pool parties. I'm kind of an in-between on that.

SPEAKER_01 26:14

I really love both. I like both. I like both.

SPEAKER_00 26:19

I really love both. I don't think I can pick. And if you have one or the other, then we're probably not cool.

SPEAKER_01 26:25

You gotta have both.

SPEAKER_00 26:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 26:26

I mean, if you're gonna have one, you gotta have the other. But like, here's the thing though. Here's the thing. I don't like being near a campfire in the summer. Who wants to be by a fire in the heat?

SPEAKER_00 26:39

I would never honestly. I mean, I've I actually used to go camping in the summer, and it was the worst thing ever. It was when I was a kid, and you sweat all night.

SPEAKER_01 26:49

Yeah, no. Bugs, oh my god, creepy collies, the noises. No, thank you.

SPEAKER_00 26:54

And okay, here's another one. Vacations with friends are better than vacations with family.

SPEAKER_01 26:59

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 27:00

Yeah, I can say that too.

SPEAKER_01 27:02

I mean, you're technically you're my friend. You're not but like you're also my family. Oh, yeah. If we're talking about other people, then yeah, no, I'm gonna go with my friends.

SPEAKER_00 27:10

Yeah, I'd rather go with my friends too. My family's very dysfunctional, but I love them. Um summer birthdays are superior. I say flat no. I would love a freaking birthday in the fall.

SPEAKER_01 27:26

I wouldn't have mind if I was born in October instead of June.

SPEAKER_00 27:29

I swear, because like August and June and July, and those are like the worst heat waves.

SPEAKER_01 27:36

But then again, oh, and it's also worse too because like if you're in school, like you can't be telling your friends about it because it's in the summer.

SPEAKER_00 27:45

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 27:46

But if you're in school and your birthday's during those times, then you'll be like, hey, do you want to go to my birthday party this weekend?

SPEAKER_00 27:53

Oh yeah, sure. True. I completely agree on that aspect. And you know, I feel like people who have summer birthdays struggle a lot with like being able to invite people.

SPEAKER_01 28:09

Yeah, nowadays it's probably a little different because you can get your phone number from them.

SPEAKER_00 28:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 28:14

But like back in our day, not we yeah, we didn't have phone numbers.

SPEAKER_00 28:21

Hoping that you don't get in trouble and then seeing if your well, your my mom said I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 28:26

Yeah. Yeah, my mom says she doesn't know because she's gotta meet your mom first and they gotta talk and and they gotta figure it out.

SPEAKER_00 28:34

Remember when you and your dad had to pick me up from the principal?

SPEAKER_01 28:40

Oh, because you got your phone taken away during uh was it the SATs or whatever, or the scat or whatever it was?

SPEAKER_00 28:48

Yeah, it was a pretty important test. Yeah, I'm not even gonna say what I'm gonna do.

SPEAKER_01 28:52

We had to pick up your phone. Yeah, and your mom wouldn't even let you have it back.

SPEAKER_00 28:57

That was pretty rough, guys.

SPEAKER_01 28:59

Yeah, good thing they didn't go through your phone.

SPEAKER_00 29:01

Yeah, good thing. You don't want to talk about that. Um, but I do want to talk about something a little more serious. Every year when summer comers comes around, so does the pressure to have a summer body, and suddenly everyone is talking about losing weight or who looks chunky in this, who looks chunky in that, or who looks too skinny, or you know, getting bikini ready, fixing themselves before vacation. And I think sometimes we forget that our bodies are allowed to exist exactly as they are while we're living our lives, and you don't have to miss the pool, you don't have to avoid pictures, you don't have to sit on the sidelines while everyone else creates memories because one day you might look back and actually realize you spent years waiting to become a different version of yourself before allowing yourself to live.

SPEAKER_01 29:46

And the people who genuinely love you aren't looking at those pictures thinking about your weight, they're remembering the moment, the memories that were made.

SPEAKER_00 29:55

Yeah, exactly. Your children are literally gonna remember that mom actually got in the pool, mom did a backflip, mom did a mom went under, you know, mom played Marco Polo, your friends are gonna remember laughing with you, your family's gonna remember that you were there. Take the picture, wear the swimsuit, go swimming, make the memory. You deserve to be present in your own life. Yes. And you know, before we finish today, we're gonna do some questions. Some are funny, some are n nostalgic, and some might expose us a little.

SPEAKER_01 30:27

Perfect.

SPEAKER_00 30:28

Yeah. What is your favorite childhood summer memory?

SPEAKER_01 30:34

Ooh, my favorite childhood summer memory. Ooh, that one time when me and you took out like 10 blankets, laid them out on the trampoline, and then we grabbed like three extension cords, connected it to the outside of the house, put it all the way over there, connected um one of those uh it was like a jute box mini radio. Remember that? Oh man, I loved that thing.

SPEAKER_00 30:59

Yeah, that was pretty fun. I'm not gonna lie. I remember those days. Okay, and then I guess for myself, I'll ask myself, um what smell immediately reminds you of summer? Honestly, the coconut smell. Like, I don't know, it just takes me to like warm days every time.

SPEAKER_01 31:20

No, I'm gonna say the cucumber and melon.

SPEAKER_00 31:24

See, mine's like coconut. I don't know why. I just coconut vanilla, I guess. Something like that. I feel like that's what I always smelt like as a kid with my mom was like her tanning lotions during the summer. So I think, yeah, she used to tan a lot, okay?

SPEAKER_01 31:41

The difference between our parents. Yeah. I never tanned.

SPEAKER_00 31:45

Okay, what is your biggest vacation disaster?

SPEAKER_01 31:49

Ooh, biggest vacation disaster. Oh, uh as a kid, we went to Six Flags one year and we got rear-ended, and my head hit the window. Dang. Like hard. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:04

Dang, dude.

SPEAKER_01 32:04

And we were in the parking lot of Six Flags. Literally, just pulled in, just paid, going to park, got rear-ended. Jesus.

SPEAKER_00 32:12

Yeah, that's crazy. Um, yeah, that's that's a horrible summer. Um, well, okay, one last question for me then. Let's see here. Pick a random one. What is one thing kids today will never understand about the summers we experienced? Um I'm gonna say just being able to not have to have a device to hang out or play, or like I would just do everything.

SPEAKER_01 32:46

Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

Like that's something I don't think any of like the children nowadays could do besides like obviously the babies and stuff, but like all the ones that are getting older.

SPEAKER_01 32:57

Yeah, like they're always about their device, always want to be on their phone, always want to be on the video game.

SPEAKER_00 33:04

Me and my friends would go walking the neighborhood or like you know, just go to the park, yeah, just spending time outside, dude. Like I don't know, that's just something I really miss, and I think kids would never really get to experience that. Um, nowadays, I think that the thing about summer is when we're young, we think it lasts forever. And then we grow up and realize how quickly seasons change, people change, families change, friendships change, and life changes. And sometimes we don't really realize we're living in the good old days until they're already gone.

SPEAKER_01 33:38

Which is why it's so important to actually be present, be there, be in the town.

SPEAKER_00 33:44

Exactly. You know, put your phone down, sometimes take the picture, other times just go swimming, stay up late, take the random trip, call your friends, visit your family, eat the dang ice cream, okay? Laugh until your stomach hurts because someday the smallest moments from the summer night might become the memories you would give anything to experience again. And thank you guys so much for hanging out with us today on the Deadly Tea Podcast. And if you enjoyed this episode, make sure you follow the podcast, leave us a review, and share the episode, and follow us on social media.

SPEAKER_01 34:17

And as always, we'll see you next time. Yes, on the Deadly Tea Podcast. See y'all later, alligators.

SPEAKER_00 34:31

Later, loves.

SPEAKER_01 34:33

After a while, crocodiles.

SPEAKER_00 34:35

Yeah, see you later, gators, little gator.

unknown 34:42

Bye bye.

SPEAKER_01 34:43

Adios.