Sergio Says It Straight
A podcast where real conversations take center stage. Hosted by Sergio, each episode dives into everyday experiences, life trends, culture, entertainment, relationships, & personal struggles, with honesty and no filter.
With a rotating lineup of guest ranging from family and friends to voices from the community, the show brings different perspectives, stories, and lessons to the table. Whether it's deep conversation or laid-back talks, nothing is off-limits-just straight talk with real people, sharing real life.
If you're looking for something relatable, thoughtful, and sometimes a little raw, Sergio Says It Straight is a space where you can listen, reflect, and feel like part of the conversation.
Sergio Says It Straight
The Good, The Bad & The Husband
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In this episode, I sit down with my wife, my sister, and one of our closest family friends (who's basically another sister) for a fun, honest conversation about husbands. We cover the little things that drive them crazy, the classic husband habits they've learned to laugh about, the things husbands tend to exaggerate, and some of the hilarious double standards that show up in marriage.
From relatable stories to playful roasting, this episode is full of laughs, good-natured banter, and plenty of moments that will have both husbands and wives nodding in agreement. Whether you're married, dating, or just enjoy hearing authentic conversations about relationships, you'll find something to relate to.
Grab your spouse—or don't, if you want to hear the "behind-the-scenes" perspective first—and enjoy this lighthearted episode filled with humor, honesty, and a reminder not to take ourselves too seriously.
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This is Sergio Says It Straight. Straight talk. Real people, no filter. Say it straight or don't say it at all. All right, here we are. We're gonna do a very different episode today. We're gonna be, we're not gonna be bashing husbands, but we're gonna be talking about husbands today. So this is gonna be a husband episode. I have three lovely ladies here in the house. I got my wife, Miley.
SPEAKER_01Hi.
SPEAKER_07And then I got my beautiful sister Lily.
SPEAKER_01Hey, hey.
SPEAKER_07Second time guest.
SPEAKER_01Second time.
SPEAKER_07And then Esmi, which is, I'm not gonna just say friend because you are basically family. You're like a uh basically like a another sister, right? I would say beautiful. I was just gonna say also being a man. And I I was gonna get to that, but the feistiness is here. And I did say I have three beautiful ladies here today. Okay. So I did I did say that. So um we're gonna, like I said, we're gonna do uh, I don't know, just a little bit different today, right? It it's once again, not we're not bashing husbands, but we're gonna talk about things that drive wives crazy with the husbands, right? We're gonna talk a little bit about that. Um, and then if we kind of get sidetracked, we're gonna stay with the husband theme, but if we do get sidetracked a little bit, it's okay. Uh, we'll bring it right back and we'll we'll we'll continue to talk about maybe some things that are odd about your significant other. Uh maybe talk about things that drive you crazy uh and stuff like that.
SPEAKER_05But my husband is perfect. I'm not gonna have anything to say.
SPEAKER_07I don't even know what I'm gonna say.
SPEAKER_05So should we just end it here? Should we just stop the episode here and say thank you?
SPEAKER_07Thank you for those listeners for tuning in today.
SPEAKER_01It's perfectly imperfect, perfectly uh short episode today, right?
SPEAKER_07Uh so yeah, it's all about having fun today. Thank you for everybody for tuning in once again. For those of you that uh key tuning in every week, I appreciate the the listens, the clicks. Uh, if this is your first time listening, I I I please, please, please uh check out episode one all the way to today is episode is it 13? 13, yeah. Ooh, lucky 13. Lucky 13. It's not Friday, but it is episode 13. All right. So, ladies, are we ready?
SPEAKER_01Ready.
SPEAKER_07Okay, so real quick, I I gave you guys a quick introduction, but um, if you guys can kind of just talk a little bit about yourselves, real quick, just a quick little, you know, we don't want to hear a life story. Oh, we just kind of want to hear like well, there goes my notes. A quick intro, and then tell me about how long you've been married, uh, and where you guys met. How about that?
SPEAKER_05Okay, so should I start?
SPEAKER_07Yes, and yes, of course.
SPEAKER_05Okay, so I'm Mirlaine Sergio's wife. We've been together for 26 years, and we met in Oceanside, California in the military.
SPEAKER_07All right.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, we hated each other first side.
SPEAKER_07We did, we didn't like each other at all. All right, Lila, I guess you're up.
SPEAKER_01Okay, I'm up. So, um, what was the question? Who's with us?
SPEAKER_07Uh kind of a brief description, a brief, a brief, real brief, like who you are, and then where you where you met your husband, where'd you guys meet? How long you been married? How long have you been married?
SPEAKER_01Okay, we've been married for our anniversary just past this month. Um, congratulations. Yes, on July 10th on Milene's birthday. Oh yeah, my wife's Stephanie's birthday. Um, we've been married for wait 17 years.
SPEAKER_0717. I don't know. Are you asking me or are you telling me?
SPEAKER_0117 years. 17 years, yeah. Because Mia's 16. Yes. 17 years, and then we met in the Bay Area.
SPEAKER_07Actually, shout out to the Bay.
SPEAKER_01Um, with um, well, Esme's gonna introduce herself right now, too, but with um her husband. So went to school with him. So they're cousins, which is a fun side note. Um, we're best friends married to cousins. Best besties, yes, married to the cousins, okay.
SPEAKER_05And you've been married for 17, but you've been together for 26. I was 21. So 25. Yes.
SPEAKER_07I was gonna say the math is not mathing, but thinking he has 16.
SPEAKER_01It was my 21st birthday weekend when I met him. He was a wingman.
SPEAKER_07Okay, real quick, real quick. 21st birthday weekend. Do you remember anything about that weekend? What did you guys do? Jell O shots? Did you guys go out? What was the doing?
SPEAKER_01We went out. Um, we ate we I I hop randomly. Um there's always an IHOP story.
SPEAKER_04I know these upstairs, downstairs club.
SPEAKER_07Oh, wait, wait a minute. Are we gonna talk about that later?
SPEAKER_00It literally was just upstairs and downstairs.
SPEAKER_01It's not a quote for anything else. It was upstairs downstairs, um, but it was that weekend that I was like, oh, I'm gonna marry this guy. Yes, really, surprisingly, yes.
SPEAKER_07What did he know that?
SPEAKER_01I don't think no, I didn't tell him, but on the way home, um in your mind, in your mind. I told Edmund, oh, I think I'm I'm gonna marry this guy.
SPEAKER_07Wow, how bold.
SPEAKER_01He didn't have an option, he didn't have an option at that point. And we were late to her barbecue birthday party.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, and we got in trouble by your mom.
SPEAKER_07Oh, so my mom was like, Where you been?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, we were supposed to be home by 12. We got there in the whole barbecue.
SPEAKER_01I've been barbecuing action.
SPEAKER_07Was I there?
SPEAKER_01No, probably not. You didn't invite me. No, you were not living there, but we got in trouble.
SPEAKER_07We got in trouble, yeah.
SPEAKER_01But that's how we met. All right, long story short, like you said, we didn't want the whole story.
SPEAKER_07But I was like, I gave you the whole shebang. All right, Ez, you're up.
SPEAKER_04All right, my turn. Okay, so yes, I am Lily's bestie, which we're comadres. Yeah, yeah. The hubbies are cousins. Um, we met in junior high.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_04So seventh and eighth grade. I bullied the guy, and apparently he liked it. Okay, okay, okay, okay.
SPEAKER_07When you say bullied, are you talking about like you physically were beating him up or like taking his lunch?
SPEAKER_04That I would steal his ice creams. I did steal them. Like I would just tell him what flavor he should choose. He would buy it. And then you would take it. Yes. Makes sense to me. I mean, it makes sense.
SPEAKER_07And he just was like, okay, here you go.
SPEAKER_04I mean, he claims that I bullied him, but I tell him, I mean, at some point he had to like this. So that's obviously he liked it. And he stayed with it.
SPEAKER_07That's debatable, right?
SPEAKER_04If we ask him, it's gonna be it's open to interpretation, I'm sure. But lucky him, he got married too. All right. We will, we will fact-check. We will fact check. I've been holding him hostage for all these years.
SPEAKER_07Shout out to my boy Edwin and shout out to my brother-in-law Jensen, if you're listening.
SPEAKER_04But as seventh and eighth grade, and so yeah, of course we didn't, you know, that was we just met in junior high. Okay. Um, we were friends, we stayed friends all through high school, uh, reconnected at 21, went out to the bay, party. Yep. That's a good one. We met Jensen, yes, was in the picture. Um, and then we actually did our own thing again. We reconnected at 24. Okay. And so we've been together since we were 24. This um August 8th, we'll be celebrating 18 years.
SPEAKER_07Damn, 18 years, just like that, huh?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, just like that. Blink of a knife.
SPEAKER_07Wow, wow. It sure does.
SPEAKER_04I mean, yeah.
SPEAKER_07All right. So today, look, we're not gonna do any serious marriage issue talk, okay? We're not here to talk about like I don't want to know your deep secrets about your marriage. This is not a therapy session, it's not this is not a therapy session, okay? Uh we're not gonna adventure. We're not gonna talk about embarrassing stories, only if you want to share, though. If you have a little embarrassing one, that's not too bad. That's not gonna make him feel like, damn, I'm gonna get you for that.
SPEAKER_05He looked at me.
SPEAKER_07Feel free to share. Feel free to share. Um, and then uh we're gonna talk about husband behaviors, okay? Let's you guys want to get into husband behaviors? Let's go for this. Off the bat. Yes. Okay, so okay, obviously, you guys, we've all well, we've been married for X amount of years, right?
SPEAKER_05Yeah, we're all married, yeah.
SPEAKER_07And you guys, we just obviously discussed how long we've been married. So you should know your husband very well at this point. Um, what are some things that you think are like, damn, dude, I just I I just want to punch you in the face.
SPEAKER_06Or or wait, I thought we were gonna get no bashing.
SPEAKER_07There's no husband bash in here. But I have to set the tone as far as like I want to I wanna make you feel like it just drives you. I do hate that. I do hate that about my husband. Um but of course, men are men, right? Man or man have of course I'm a I'm a man here, so I'm I'm I'm the first to admit that there's certain things that we do that I know drive you crazy. Wait, okay some of the things that I can think of off the bat, right? Like uh taking a sip uh from the milk jug or and leaving it or not taking a sip, drinking milk, leaving the the gallon there with like one sip left, or leaving cabinet doors open, or leaving the toilet seat up, right? That's a big one here. No, no toilet. Am I the one that's gonna get crucified today?
SPEAKER_01Come on, not even my boy.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, no, sorry, you're alone there. So he he's gotten better at it then. I have that's Mirlane's eaters, yeah, yeah. He's giving me notes.
SPEAKER_07So think about something that you you question, and the wife's perspective is like, why does my husband do that? So, what are some things that drive you ladies nuts?
SPEAKER_05Okay, so should I start? Go ahead. Okay, so once again, Mirlane here. Okay, one thing my husband does that drives me nuts is keeping track of the mileage in my car.
SPEAKER_07Oh, I think my sister can take that too.
SPEAKER_01He even keeps track of your mileage. I don't care about my mileage, he takes he cares about mine.
SPEAKER_05Yes, so for example, my vehicle right now, not too long ago, the service required, you know, the light went on. Yes, and he started doing research right away like, how long can I drive before I have to get a service? And blah blah blah blah blah. So he put a limitation based on the information that he found on the internet. Yes, and he told me you cannot drive it this many miles anymore because you're gonna cause issues to your vehicle. So I seriously only been driving my vehicle to work and back, or maybe to store and back, and I haven't been able to really drive it since that light went on because of that. Luckily, it's gonna get serviced in a few days.
SPEAKER_07So I can't I can't rebuttal, right? There's no rebuttal in here, it's just basically just like you're gonna give your perspective and that's it.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yes, I'm sure he stresses out every time he sees my mileage in my car. Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_05Yes, and it was he secretly tells me, hey, uh, she has like $90,000. $90,000. Oh, yeah, that's uh miles on her vehicle, and it's only like two, three years old. That's right.
SPEAKER_07That's right. My dad, I think, is the one that traumatized me in that way. The girls didn't care, but my dad would always preach to me, like, you better be careful the way you drive your car, don't be driving it so much because your only your engine's only gonna last you so long, etc. etc. So that's been ingrained in my head since then. So I think that's why I'm so picky.
SPEAKER_05But it drives me nuts. It drives you nuts, okay.
SPEAKER_00Yeah, and he you're he's driving you nuts too. Well, yeah, because I'm like, it's what like what are you doing? Like, I I'm living. You're like, I pay for the car night.
SPEAKER_01You like I have to go back and forth.
SPEAKER_07I drop out with my kids, I have to go to work.
SPEAKER_00You travel for tournaments.
SPEAKER_07I mean I think I'm just I'm just paranoid when it comes to that kind of stuff. I don't know.
SPEAKER_04Obviously, I mean, unless you're reselling it, drive the ship. Exactly. Like, you're reselling literally is what I'm doing.
SPEAKER_05Tell the work. We're that family that gets always letters in the mail. Your vehicle has such low vehicle, uh low mileage, we'll buy it off of you. And then some people's like, absolutely not. Exactly.
SPEAKER_07Um, but if if for you wives out there listening, if you go through something similar, please comment, let us know. Uh, because I know I'm not the only one. I'm sure I'm not the only one that does that.
SPEAKER_04I don't know.
SPEAKER_07No, no, no. I can't be the only one.
SPEAKER_04Car situation. Okay. So this is gonna be a little off topic, but okay. We go to the beach. Okay, we go on to the beach, we have so much fun. Right, it's been a beautiful day. We're in Oceano. Birds are chirping. I mean, they've gone off-roading, they've gone fishing, everybody's had a blast. Yeah, we bonfired, we made s'mores. It's time to go home.
SPEAKER_07Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_04Pack shit up.
SPEAKER_07Oh, okay. Here we go.
SPEAKER_04We pack up, we're driving out. Do we get to go straight home? No, we don't. No, absolutely not. We have to go to the gas station, drive through, make sure the truck gets washed from the bottom because it cannot have sand. No, sand will damage the car.
SPEAKER_07Wow. I didn't do that. I don't know why he's saying wow.
SPEAKER_05No, I'm surprised that Denji's not right behind us when we go there. I know.
SPEAKER_07I didn't do that.
SPEAKER_05That's because he didn't put dirt on the vehicle whatsoever.
SPEAKER_04So see, we get to the point we drive it in, but we gotta go rinse it off. And it's so salt water and sand, just no way.
SPEAKER_07And how long does that process take?
SPEAKER_04I mean, it's not five minutes.
SPEAKER_07No, no, so you guys are just sitting in the car.
SPEAKER_04We we go through. And now again, like I don't know. Is this just a my husband thing?
SPEAKER_07Or if I would have known, I'm pretty sure I would have been right behind him.
SPEAKER_01I just facts the bouchons are sighty. We gotta go to the side too. I mean, I guess we have a lot of mileage and dirty car because we don't care. We're driving this car in the beach.
SPEAKER_07We we have the sand in our my sister's enjoying, she she's enjoying life to the fullest. I mean she doesn't she's enjoying it.
SPEAKER_04And don't get me wrong, it's been fun, but it's like I'm ready to go home and shower and get ready for bed, and it's just like nope, not yet.
unknownWow.
SPEAKER_04But at least there's appreciate, yes, and I get it. Appreciation for the car. I get it. Like, you know, you gotta take care of it. So it's I think it goes along that, right? The taking care of. But I'm like, oh man, can we do this tomorrow?
SPEAKER_07I wanna say that we both are OCD. I would I would yes, I think so. And I know Edwin. I know Edwin.
SPEAKER_05Yes, I I'm gonna agree with you, as me as we have a lot of similarities, very, very uh, but that's different because we're not even allowed to put a grain of salt in the car. Yes. So we have to take different shoes, towels to powder, that that's the secret that you uh powder, uh to rob out the throat.
SPEAKER_07Take it off your feet.
SPEAKER_05Any which way where sand does not get into the vehicle, and we never drive in, even if we have for a what do you mean?
SPEAKER_07We once what are you talking about?
SPEAKER_01Once this is one time, one time, once okay, and then we got stuck years ago.
SPEAKER_07Remember in when we went camping and we were like there was a sand area, yeah, yeah, yeah. Twice.
SPEAKER_01So it wasn't different, once this is a long time ago. Twice and 26, different vehicles when they have the vehicle that's perfect for the sand, yeah. Yes, by the way. And we're the ones that probably don't, and we're just all up in there, all up in there.
SPEAKER_07All right, sis. What's what's your thing?
SPEAKER_01My thing is probably the whole thing that I mean doesn't drive me nuts all the time, but depends if I'm in a rush when he can't come out and just get in the car. No, no, yeah, you know, he's getting in the come coming to the car and oops, he forgot something, or he has to go back to get something, or I mean, I don't know. All of a sudden he needs to use a bathroom and we're all in the car waiting. Yes, I think that's the one that's kind of my thing that kind of drives me nuts. Um, again, if I'm in a rush, which I feel like I always I feel like I'm always in a rush. Does but not because you're always in the early early early eye. But not because I'm always early, that's for sure.
SPEAKER_07Does he okay? So let's say you're waiting because he has to go to the restroom, right? Before you hit on the lockdown. Is it that's gonna save you time in the long run, no? Or or do you continuously stop along the way?
SPEAKER_01No, you know what's funny? I we could probably continuously stop, but for other reasons, for other reasons, for the reasons, but like just actually getting in in the cart, and it can be just coffee stops, coffee stops, coffee stops, but this is just whatever. We're gonna go to visit you guys, we're gonna go get a get to eat down the road. It always constantly like we're in the car thing, okay. What did I forget? Or what is he gonna go back to get? Like, we're always guessing at what he went back for. So, I mean, I don't think I want to kill him, maybe sometimes, but like you know, it's more of a uh how we were leaving.
SPEAKER_07It's it's so it's more like a a time thing, really.
SPEAKER_01It's just a time thing, and I know, and everybody always makes fun of me, but you guys are always the first ones there, anyways. But once again, I think we're going back to how we were raised that's how we were raised being there earlier. If you're on time, you're late. You're late. Alice really is on time on this. Yeah, at least 15 minutes earlier, 10.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Okay, uh, now let's kind of shift it a little bit. Same kind of spirit, ladies. I'll keep keep the same spirit, all right. Um what do you think uh your husbands or men in general are dramatically worse at?
SPEAKER_01Being sick? I was thinking that absolutely a hundred percent.
SPEAKER_07Can you elaborate, please?
SPEAKER_05Oh my gosh.
SPEAKER_07Am I going to do that? I'm looking at you.
SPEAKER_05Oh my goodness. Oh okay. So you know, if if we get sick, we cannot stop. No, like we still have a house to run, we have kids to feed, we have chores to do, so we push through. Okay, the majority of us do, and our body, I feel like it doesn't like it.
SPEAKER_01It just keeps going pilot.
SPEAKER_05It just keeps going, like there's no stopping unless like it's a really bad case, like once in the blue moon, right? Like the stomach flu. Exactly.
SPEAKER_07Is that going around right now?
SPEAKER_05It is going around.
SPEAKER_07It's going around right now, yeah.
SPEAKER_05But men, it could be, oh, I have the flu, and I they're out for like a week in bed.
SPEAKER_07So you're saying that I'm out for a week when I'm sick.
SPEAKER_05Without you're out for many days, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Really? I didn't know that.
SPEAKER_05You do?
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05And he's out, and when I mean out, I mean he's in bed, he's stuck in bed, and he's having a hard time. He can't sleep, he needs this, he needs that, and you know, just like a it's it's like the worst baby, the biggest baby you've ever seen. If they could, they'd probably have a little bell next to the bed.
SPEAKER_07I actually I actually do have a cowbell.
SPEAKER_01Oh, you really have a cowbell, but we keep it in here, not in the house. Yeah, and then all of a sudden, you know, they need a blanket because it's cold. Sweat it out. The sweating.
SPEAKER_04Let me put a hoodie on, let me put sweats on, let me put everything on. And then take it off.
SPEAKER_07Let me put some uh vapor rub on the beef. Let me uh go ahead and overdose on NyQuil.
SPEAKER_05Yes, yes, my hey, or my grandma used to put alcohol on my feet. My grandma used to put his feet, and and she used to put alcohol on our stomach, or the potato or the bread.
SPEAKER_07On the belly button, for those of you that grew up in a Mexican household, you know what we're talking about.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, right? So yes, all of it. Filipino husbands that we didn't I didn't do the potato or anything.
SPEAKER_07But okay, but now I'm speaking about Filipinos, right? So you guys are both married to Filipinos. Yes. Uh do they have similar customs? Yes. Yes. Okay. Yes. So do they do they believe in the VIX and the vapor rub and the all that stuff?
SPEAKER_01We have another one like they have tiger bombs, and there's the lumpus. Yeah. That's yeah. So they have similar. Similar, but obviously different names for it, but it's the same thing. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_07All right.
SPEAKER_05So yes, men are crybabies.
SPEAKER_07Okay, so being sick is one.
SPEAKER_05Being sick. What else?
SPEAKER_07What else are we thinking? If that's it, then okay, we we we got it easy there.
SPEAKER_00No, that's a big thing right there. That's huge. Um, I think repeat the question.
SPEAKER_07Okay, so what are we well men? What are we not good at as far as um like when it comes to life? No, no, no, no, no, no, life in general. What are we what are we dramatically what are we dramatically worse at?
SPEAKER_04That's what I was the question about how about you guys would have to take the kids to school. Okay, now now we're talking. Now we're talking. Let's do the sports, drop offs and the pickups, different locations. Um, let's go home. Let's uh do a load of laundry, let's make some dinner, um, let's clean everything up. Okay. Let's go back and pick the kids up, then let's come home.
SPEAKER_07So basically, chauffeur. Yeah. Uh the whole thing.
SPEAKER_04That's what we do on a daily. That's what we do on a daily. So I don't doubt that it couldn't get done, but there might be a little complaining.
SPEAKER_00There might be hard to adjust.
SPEAKER_04Yes, yes. For sure. And we go into that autopilot mode, right? Where it's just like we're just go, go, go. And it's like, oh shit, on this side of town. Oh shit, another town, and you're just back and forth and go and go. And sometimes it's just easier to handle it. But would the husbands handle it? I'm sure they could.
SPEAKER_07Uh we could, but we're gonna complain.
SPEAKER_01You're gonna complain. You're gonna ask like 10 questions before, like, where do we drop them off? When and where? And where's the drop-off loom?
SPEAKER_07Uh what time's her? Where's the dental place at? Uh, what's the doctor's name?
SPEAKER_01No, we're not even talking doctor's appointment.
SPEAKER_07We're just talking about it. I just did I just open up another can right now.
SPEAKER_01And then on the way there, it's still um, they still call you.
SPEAKER_00Yes. Is it here? Did you say here? Do I drop them off in the front and the back or do they know?
SPEAKER_04So who's picking us up again? Because they're waiting outside now.
SPEAKER_07Wait, what's my social? What's my social? Where's my passport? I know it's my passport, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, yeah. And that's another thing, like taking the kids to the doctor's office when they don't can't report back of what was said, you know, as the kids are getting older now, so they get to tell you, they get to tell you what happened, but other than that, you won't get a report back.
SPEAKER_07Do you ladies think that this is something that okay, because we come from uh you know Mexican household, the we grew up Mexican households, right? Mexican Filipino. No, but I'm saying us as Mexicans here. Uh, do you think that was the expectation uh the mother has to do X, Y, and Z. Yes, exactly. So, but I think it's changing. I think it's changing.
SPEAKER_01I think it is, but we also take it. I think we also give it to ourselves. Yes, we do.
SPEAKER_05Like it can't be done unless we do it, or nobody does it as good as we do. Yeah. We want to be in control of it.
SPEAKER_01But but I think I think in a good way. Let's not give them ammunition.
SPEAKER_04Husbands um allow us to be controlled. Is that what it is? Is that what it is? No, no. They prefer it.
SPEAKER_07Me personally, if my wife is taking care of X, Y, Z, that's less things I have to worry about.
SPEAKER_05I know. So And it's more like A through Z.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05A through V. A through V.
SPEAKER_07Okay. And I'm not even going to rebuttal because this is this is not my platform as far as to you know rebuttal and that's a whole nother episode. Um, I just kind of want to get the takes here. Yeah. Get the, you know, if if the audience out there wants to, like I said, leave comments and and give their perspectives by all means. Um so okay, we got the we got the being sick, we got the not being able to handle the drop-offs and doing all that on a daily basis. The doctor visits. The doctor visits. Um, anything else that comes to mind that you're like, yes, this is one thing that I do want to bring up today because this is your chance right now. This is your chance. I could put the little music on.
SPEAKER_05What about okay? I know that we talked about what we do, but being able to do it, like the laundry.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05That's one thing that just until recently, you've been helping me with. But for the last 25 years, yeah, I've been doing it. And no matter how many times I would tell you this is how you work the machine. Oh my god, I do.
SPEAKER_07I want a rebuttal so bad.
SPEAKER_05You can't, but I can't.
SPEAKER_07No, no, I can't. You can't. I can't. Not today.
SPEAKER_05Not today. No matter how many times I told you this is how you do the machine, okay, you still have to ask me questions, or you just don't do it enough because you didn't know how to function.
SPEAKER_01Like they just invented the washing. Yes, yes, today. But you're right. But like you said, I think it's I don't know if we're we're going through some stage in life and men are as well, because my husband's starting to hop out as well with that. But before it was kind of like it's just it's you, me.
SPEAKER_07And you know what though? Can I just say something here real quick? Growing up, and now this is this is our household, my my sister and I, I don't remember my dad doing much cooking or washing dishes, or even doing really anything in the kitchen, unless it's a special occasion, like he's preparing the barbecue, he's doing like a shrimp cocktail. It was really my mom in the kitchen, and and and now, but as he got older, yes, as he got older, I'm like, my dad's in the kitchen doing all this cooking, he's washing dishes, he's doing everything, mopping, everything. When did that change? I'm just thinking in my head.
SPEAKER_01Oh, now that you're saying it is probably happening in the central midlife thing, and that's why I brought it up.
SPEAKER_07Wow. Is it a thing? I don't know.
SPEAKER_01It's a thing. I didn't think about that, but you're right. It was probably when he was in his mid-40s that he started doing it, but before that, it was literally my mom doing all the inside stuff with us girls, and the boys always did the outside stuff.
SPEAKER_07My mom did the laundry and everything. Yeah, my dad had us outside cutting grass, washing cars, doing all that stuff.
SPEAKER_01I guess we're thankful for that midlife thing for the helping house. Yes, yes, the switch.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I mean, and it's not like we didn't learn how to clean our room and do that stuff growing up. We did, but really it was kind of like the expectations weren't as high, I think. Do your bed, do a quick little um, you know, vacuum, and that's it. There wasn't like clean the day the baseboard. I don't remember doing that stuff growing up. Yeah, I don't.
SPEAKER_05No, in my household, we did.
SPEAKER_07Okay, well, you but you grew up with a girls.
SPEAKER_05We had two boys, yeah.
SPEAKER_07So yeah.
SPEAKER_05I want to say something about that too, though, but because it it's come it's happening at around the same time. We as women are also learning to let go. Yes, okay, like okay, I know that my husband and kids are not gonna clean or do things exactly as I would do it, and I'm getting okay with that. And I'm okay with that. Yes, agree. I think it's a combination of both. Like, we're allowing them to also do more because we're gonna be okay if it's not done perfect, and the house is not gonna come back. I thought this was in therapy.
SPEAKER_01Now I'm totally because I totally thinking, like, you're right, girl.
SPEAKER_04Like we're both going through some things and changing, yes, same, and I think we're putting more responsibilities on the children. Yes, yes, and they're not so children anymore, they're teens now, you know, but it's happening all around the same time. Yeah, all kids are all around the same time. We're all changing, yes, everybody's changing. We're morphing guys, we're morphing more guys, butterflies change, but we're evolving.
SPEAKER_00We are look at us.
SPEAKER_07We're being dramatic.
SPEAKER_00Look at us being looking at the menopause and all that. No, no, no. I just it's just an observation. Menopause for men and women. Yes.
SPEAKER_07That's a thing, right? Yes, it's a thing. Yeah, yes.
SPEAKER_00Is that the is that the same term though for real? I don't know. I I don't know what the other term it is. I'm gonna say menopause.
SPEAKER_07I guess well, I guess uh if you look, if you probably put Google that, I'm sure I'm sure something that affects similar to that.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, there is. There has to be. And probably the listeners are probably saying it out loud, like sis, but I can't think about it. I can't think about it. I know.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, so um any anything else, ladies, that we can think of before we move on to the next segment? Or is that it? Is that all you guys want to discuss as far as um things, you know, things that we think were that you know that were more dramatic?
SPEAKER_02A little more dramatic on that, yeah.
SPEAKER_01I think we're good for now.
SPEAKER_07For now, for now.
SPEAKER_04Until we remember something else. I know.
SPEAKER_07Yes. Any any luck there with the with the search?
SPEAKER_05Um, no?
SPEAKER_07I'm we're very we're very curious.
SPEAKER_05The the term male menopause is used. Uh in medicine, the condition is more accurately called late onset hypogas. Oh, that's too much. That's too much.
SPEAKER_07I don't like it.
SPEAKER_05Andropause. Andropause, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Like Andropause?
SPEAKER_05Andropause. Andro.
SPEAKER_07Andro. Yes. And and what what's the age? What is the age? Uh you have a range there.
SPEAKER_05Usually starting between the ages of 30 and 40. Starting.
SPEAKER_0740.
SPEAKER_05Oh, but that doesn't make sense because it seems like the change is more like 40, I think.
SPEAKER_04Maybe as 40. Maybe as we go through our menopause, then they kick into gear, like, oh shit, we got a hand.
SPEAKER_01Maybe it depends when we go through it.
SPEAKER_05And that was according to Chat Chippy.
SPEAKER_07I wish we had a doctor here or something that can answer the question.
SPEAKER_05Compacha is uh is the compachas out there.
SPEAKER_07Compacha didn't he didn't really help much, huh?
SPEAKER_05He didn't. I mean, he didn't like the terms. Andrew Paws. Andrew.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05Andrew Paws.
SPEAKER_06And some Andrew. And he drew a pause. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07Okay, now let's let's let's go, let's let's change it up a little bit. So now let's talk about okay, your husband, think about your husband, obviously. And think about the things that he does that he in his mind, he's like, man, I'm I'm awesome at this. But you're like, no. But you're like, no, no, you're like, no, not really. But you don't want to you don't want to hurt his feelings. You know what I mean? I mean, it doesn't have to be anything like crazy, but uh, it could be fun. I mean, it could be it could be like um innocent, you know, something innocent that you're like, baby, okay, good, good effort, good effort, but you know, no, just don't don't do that anymore. Or I gotta tell you the truth.
SPEAKER_04Good effort on trying to fold the clothes, but no, I wouldn't let it fold.
SPEAKER_07Oh, okay, here we go. Let's talk about laundry now. Girl, now they're not gonna want to do the laundry.
SPEAKER_04You see, we can't take it away. I appreciate that you did the laundry and that you folded the clothes, and then as we refold. Yes, we're refolding as we're putting it away.
SPEAKER_01Oh, but I appreciate you. Like the other day, I was like, babe, well, you know, I have to go pick up practice. Can you make the, you know, the simple orange chicken? Can you go ahead and do the orange chicken? He's like, Yeah, no, yeah, you'll go and I'll start the orange chicken. I'm like, okay, cool. I come back, yeah, and I was like, What wait, what is happening here? Like, what is happening? You know, we usually you know, again, this is the easy, like, you know, the treaty's one. You put it in the air fryer, then you add the sauce, you know. All of a sudden I see him in the pan frying the chicken. And I'm like, he's like all happy making the dinner. And I was like, wait, what's happening here?
SPEAKER_07He thought he was a chair for the babe.
SPEAKER_01I thought you said to make the orange chicken. And I was like, Oh, not from scratch. I mean, since when did we do it in the saucepan? So I saw I read it afterwards that you could put it in the air fryer, and I was like, Oh, yeah. But he tried, he tried, but it was one of those moments. I mean, he thought he was all good there, but sorry, boo. Yeah, but it's easier in the air fryer.
SPEAKER_00It is.
SPEAKER_01We do it in the walk.
unknownWe do it.
SPEAKER_01Oh, you do it in the walk. I do. No, girl, I just boom, boom, easy. Especially when we're in and out of getting the kids some practices and stuff like that. Okay, it's time.
SPEAKER_05You do air fryer, you do walk, I do oven.
SPEAKER_07Oven. Wait, did you say the same bag of chicken? Yeah, did you say wok?
SPEAKER_04W-o-k, a walk. A walk.
SPEAKER_05It's a deep pan for like Asian food. Stir fry. Stir fry usually in there. Okay, okay.
SPEAKER_07Do we have one of those?
SPEAKER_05We did, but then we get them in different sizes. I know. We we did up to uh uh a few months ago.
SPEAKER_07Oh, I know, no, because I I remember we used to do like uh we do the stir fry on that. Yes, yes.
SPEAKER_00Once again, he didn't put the dishes away, so he didn't even know you didn't know we had it. And that was gonna be mine, Lily.
SPEAKER_07Go ahead, go ahead. Let's let's you wanna you wanna go ahead?
SPEAKER_05I mean, I'm loving that he's helping with the house a lot more, but what drives me crazy is when the dishes are not put back where they belong. And I'm looking for the can opener or I'm looking for a special spatula or something, right? And it's nowhere to be found, and there's nothing dirty in the house, and I can't find it. Where did it go?
SPEAKER_07So you're 10-minute dinner became 30 minutes. It's the husband's fault.
SPEAKER_05What I'm saying is pay attention.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05Where did you find it? Where did you get it from? And then put it back in the same place.
SPEAKER_07But when we ask, we get in trouble.
SPEAKER_01But do you though?
SPEAKER_07We do.
SPEAKER_01But do you ask? Well, you know what though? Maybe because they asked like 10 times before, and we're like, what it is.
SPEAKER_07Oh man.
SPEAKER_04And anytime after three, the volume goes up.
SPEAKER_07Any any other innocent things that we can think of, ladies, that you're like, yeah, good try. Good try, but nah, not quite.
SPEAKER_01No, other than the laundry, some cooking, the sweeping.
SPEAKER_07No, no, no, like singing in the shower. No, nothing like that.
SPEAKER_05It doesn't bother. No, scrubbing the shower.
SPEAKER_07Okay, scrubbing. That's yes, of course. There we go again.
SPEAKER_05We're back to cleaning.
SPEAKER_07We're back to the clean and our expectations.
SPEAKER_06Yes, once again, letting go. Letting go. Like, I'm taking a shower. I'm like, oh, he didn't scrub there.
SPEAKER_07All right.
SPEAKER_01So moving on and on.
SPEAKER_07Let's go to the next one. So, do your husbands have any weird or useless talents that you can think of?
SPEAKER_01Oh, yes.
unknownOkay.
SPEAKER_01So Jensen since I met him, he takes off his shirt and he can move his chest up.
SPEAKER_07Oh, wow. That's I've never seen him do that. For real? I've never seen him.
SPEAKER_01I mean, that's one of his talents. So and Kathy, we need to ask you.
SPEAKER_07We're gonna make sure he does it in front of everybody when we need to fact check this.
SPEAKER_01And he still does it randomly. He'll just come out, take his shirt off, and then tell the kids, and he starts moving his checks back and forth.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, so that's a useless talent, but well, some say you some would say use, you would say useless, but other people would say no.
SPEAKER_01He's very talented, that's a talent.
SPEAKER_07In the Philippines, I'm sure that he would be like, come check out the guy that does uh the chess movie, right?
SPEAKER_01He's got talent.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, exactly.
SPEAKER_01You never just go up and down.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. All right, who wants to go next?
SPEAKER_00Let's see.
SPEAKER_07Useless talents.
SPEAKER_00Um, you moonwalk.
SPEAKER_07I do moonwalk. Oh shit, but how would that be useless though?
SPEAKER_06Is it getting us famous money?
SPEAKER_07If we're at a w if we're at a wedding or at a party or something, you don't do it at parties. It could come in.
SPEAKER_01That's what is useless. He it's have you ever seen him? No. And hello, I'm related to you. Exactly.
SPEAKER_07Hello, my sister and I used to break dance in the house.
SPEAKER_01No, not moondance. Not moondance. Hey, I had to say when we when you guys had that little 4th of July party, Michael Jackson was on. I didn't see him. Exactly. I didn't even see him.
SPEAKER_07I'm not out there.
SPEAKER_05He like spontaneously does it here and like very random.
SPEAKER_07I'll do it in the kitchen. In the kitchen.
SPEAKER_05Well, he's wearing socks because it's a lot easier.
SPEAKER_07Of course.
SPEAKER_05But he can do it.
SPEAKER_01Oh, is it the white socks that he didn't get to wash, but you did? Yes. Oh, yeah. Yes. Figured.
SPEAKER_02The ones that are not sponsored by Nike.
SPEAKER_08Fruit of the Lumen.
SPEAKER_07Are we going to get into that, Osmi? Because I know exactly what you're talking about. We can get into that later. But yes, I know. Um, okay, so the moonwalk. Wow, babe. That's all you can that's all you can come up with, the moonwalk.
SPEAKER_05Do you want to give me another hint?
SPEAKER_07I thought I was really into like you, everybody always says, man, you know a lot of sports trivia and everything.
SPEAKER_05Oh, yes. Oh my goodness. So Sergio can tell you every piece of facts about any sports team player.
SPEAKER_07But it's never come in handy.
SPEAKER_05But he's never like never used it.
SPEAKER_07Never went on a game show, never went on a game. Not even at a trivia show when you go to the bar or anything. Nothing. No, no. Nothing.
SPEAKER_05Just randomly he'll start speeding facts.
SPEAKER_04I'm like, okay, so you know, I'd have to piggyback that Edwin is like that too. Yes. Edwin can have a conversation with somebody he just met. Yes. The person will mention a name, and Edwin will just be like, oh yes. I, you know, yeah. Oh, let's just say it's like a golfer.
SPEAKER_07What do you think we talk about all the time?
SPEAKER_04And I'm like, and I'm looking at the kids like, oh yeah, sure. He doesn't need golf or anything. Google. And then I'm like, oh shit. Let me Google that. He knows the stats. Yes. He knows what's happening. Ah, Cameron.
SPEAKER_08Ah, Cameron?
SPEAKER_01My husband impresses me. Like, wait, where did this? Desme's on the side, like some Google Jackie. He's like, damn.
SPEAKER_04Is he just talking out of his ass, or is this for real? And this is like everything. I'm talking like sports that he doesn't play. Like, you know what I mean? Like, I would think, like, oh, if it's basketball, then yeah, like I get it's a good one.
SPEAKER_07The Gold State Warriors only shot 53% from the line and blah blah blah, right?
SPEAKER_04Players and information, but I'm talking like sports, rugby, rugby, something like just random like sports. I tell you, golf, he'll know stuff. Yes. And then he's talking about like different like music genres, and then he'll be talking about cars. And I'm like, Yes, where the hell did you get all this information from? YouTube. And I guess so. And I mean, he listens to podcasts as well, but yeah, how do you retain it all? Because I come to the point where I don't retain shit. Like that's a menopause. It's not even selective retention as a mercy. Selective retention. Because then I'll be like, babe, what did I say? And he's like, Oh, about what? Oh no.
SPEAKER_01Oh, but that's a whole different story right there. Oh.
SPEAKER_04But yes, so yeah, fun facts. Like he'll know all this shit about other stuff. And I'm like, Oh, yeah. How do we remember all this?
SPEAKER_07Trust me, we we we've had some good conversations.
SPEAKER_04I bet.
SPEAKER_07Yes.
SPEAKER_04Oh, fact that's a good thing.
SPEAKER_07Spitting facts.
SPEAKER_04Yes, facts. Just spitting facts. And I get it, like when they have stuff in common. You know what I mean? When you're talking with your friends or your family and it's stuff in common. But when it's with like people were meeting somewhere and stuff, and then it's completely something different.
SPEAKER_07I'm like, dude, I didn't know you were an expert in, you know, whatever. In archery? Archery. Underwater basket weaving. What's that one um where they push the the thing with the with the in the oh the disc thing.
SPEAKER_06What's that thing called? What's it called? So they're all moving their hands back and forth. I'm looking at it's a vacuum. I don't know. What are you doing?
SPEAKER_04When they had the little shave, it was like the shaving the ice and they would normally go.
SPEAKER_07I'm pretty sure he's an expert in that.
SPEAKER_01I'm sure he knows. It's kind of hard to remember to watch. It kind of gives like when you take your kids to school, back to school night, uh-huh, and then you know your teacher says, Oh, yeah, your kid, this and this, and that you're like, Who is this kid? Yes, wait, what? What? My kid knew that? That's what it gives. Like, you know, what vibes vibes me? My kid's a poet? What? Right?
SPEAKER_07He's a scientist?
unknownYeah.
SPEAKER_07Wow, okay.
SPEAKER_04I would say yeah. Impressive.
SPEAKER_07Okay. So we all went, right? Yes, yeah. Okay. Now, what if you can think of something that your husband like owns that he just will not get rid of, like a shirt he's had from like 1998 or a pillow or a crusty ass pillow that my wife threw away when I wasn't looking? That I was like, where the hell was my pillow at? Oh, I threw it away. I got you a new one.
SPEAKER_05I think, yes, I think that happened.
SPEAKER_07It didn't know that's what I'm saying. Because it didn't happen.
SPEAKER_05He's triggered.
SPEAKER_07He's triggered right now.
SPEAKER_06That's what he that's what he asked this question. Yes, yes. He wanted to talk about his question. He wanted to put me on bless.
SPEAKER_07So is there anything you're asking?
SPEAKER_06That your mom gave him. Oh.
SPEAKER_07Is there anything that you guys can think of that you're like, oh no, he can't part with that. No way.
SPEAKER_01I think Jensen kind of is hard to uh get rid of things in general. I think he's very like, okay, no, now this is gonna become my fishing sweater. No, this is gonna be my fishing shoes. And I'm kind of like, dude, you already have so many fishing shoes. You already have so many fishing sweaters. And then so I said, I think you can get rid of some. So I think in general, it's hard for him to get rid of things.
SPEAKER_07Okay, but not in a not in a hoarder kind of way.
SPEAKER_01No, no, no, not in a hoarder, but um but you notice it. But I notice it like you know, in the drawer, hella shirts, but he only wears the four, and it's like, can we get rid of the other ones? No, but just in case, you know, it's always like a just in case.
SPEAKER_07Right? Yeah, well, because you never know.
SPEAKER_01You never know what you need a random Mexico uh Mayata shirt that we went like on a trip a long time ago, like 10 years ago for our graduation. From senior night. I mean, where do you random shirt, right? Yeah, no, and then in the end, um when he take again, he uses them for fishing. Right, right, right. So in the end, he of all the pictures, it seems like it's the same trip. It's like always the same fishing sweater. Yes, it's like the same fishing sweater.
SPEAKER_07You know what I mean? Yeah, but Jensen, uh, do you have any other clothes, dude? Do you own another tank top or same cutoff? Hey, like give me the signal if like you're you need help or something. Like if you're in distress.
SPEAKER_01I know. And remember, let's not forget the old school corduroy pants he had. Oh, yes, the corduroy pants. He was so famous. He had them all colors, and it took him a minute to get rid of them.
SPEAKER_05No, he still had them when they came back in style.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, he he never got rid of them. He didn't know.
SPEAKER_01They've come back a couple times.
SPEAKER_07I remember that's the first time I met him, he was wearing corduroy pants.
SPEAKER_01Hey, that was a sneezel back then.
SPEAKER_07That was not to get sidetracked, but you guys went to TJ that night and parted, right? Yes, yes, plenty of times. Plenty of times. Oh, yes. I remember like you guys showed up, um, you guys he picked you up, you guys left, and then when I came back, I was like ironing my universe.
SPEAKER_04When we came back, I was talking about you were getting ready to go to work, and we were barely coming back.
SPEAKER_01Yes. I think we even took a nap in the parking lot before we had to drive back together. Yeah, because we were not okay to drive.
SPEAKER_07But hey, but the corduroys, the corduroids were the corduroys basically.
SPEAKER_01But they were present.
SPEAKER_07The corduroys were there. Black, gray, and black and brown. Never forget the corduroids.
SPEAKER_05Yes.
SPEAKER_07All right.
SPEAKER_05Uh you hats. Hats.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05Shoes.
SPEAKER_04Shoes and hats.
SPEAKER_07Shoes for Edmond. Yeah. Are we agreeing there?
SPEAKER_04Yeah, I would say, and I would add too, I'd say hats, shoes, bikes, and s and boards. Okay.
SPEAKER_07Skateboards.
SPEAKER_04Skateboards. Yeah. And now we're adding a lot more um equipment, like a tool. Let's get started on tools.
SPEAKER_07Does that sound familiar or yeah?
SPEAKER_05Very here's your similarities. Hello, he needs his own place to store things here.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, okay. This is this this is a studio now, by the way.
SPEAKER_05But it started out as a storage room.
SPEAKER_07It was, then it converted to the story.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, so that should say everything. Yes.
SPEAKER_07Okay. Yeah. Now, what about things that your husband collects or has? I know you kind of mentioned a little bit, but too much of. But useless. Like uh too many extension cords. Random cables. Random cables or something. Is that a thing still?
SPEAKER_01Cables are still a thing because who needs that little USB drive that I don't even know any computer? I don't even know how a computer where you can fit it in. With that thumb drive, you might need it. We have, I think in our living room, we have like a like a little basket full of just random little cables and little things. Yeah. That he does not throw away. We don't throw away because we might need it.
SPEAKER_07But it's so it's being stored.
SPEAKER_01It's being stored, which you can randomly just buy on Amazon any cord you want. Yes. But we have a basket. And the moment you do get rid of it, you're like, damn, I have to order one from Amazon. I mean, not so long ago. I remember seeing it. Yes. Not so long ago. I went through them, but I he was present and it was like, yes, no, yes, no. I mean, we still have a lot of people. Is that difficult? Yeah, I mean, we still have a basket.
SPEAKER_07Wow. But did the basket get smaller?
SPEAKER_01It did get smaller. Okay. Because he noticed that we had like multiples. Yes. So we still have one of a kind, but not multiples anymore. Yes.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05We had a box too. I think we got rid of it not too long ago.
SPEAKER_07You know, I think we got tired. We just said, you know what? Let's just freaking throw it away.
SPEAKER_04We're like, we've had this cable for 20 years and we've never used it once. And then the next weekend, you need it. You need it.
SPEAKER_07Where's that cable that we have?
SPEAKER_01I told you. I told you. Oh, you don't got another situation. You know what else? CDs.
SPEAKER_00C D Oh, I got rid of that. You still have CDs. You did. Oh, we still have 'em. We still have 'em.
SPEAKER_01I donated boxes. It's like, why do we need 'em? No. This past time when I took stuff to the thrift store, my babe, um, ready.
SPEAKER_08No, no, not really.
SPEAKER_01Now you can look up any song and but I get when it's a mix because I mean back in the day I'll be.
SPEAKER_08Right.
SPEAKER_01Oh but not just your regular CD, but like the mixes I get, but the other ones come on.
SPEAKER_04Oh no, he still has his little books with the CDs.
SPEAKER_07You had those, babe, for a long time.
SPEAKER_05Heavy so many. Oh, we still have two books. And it did take me a while. Actually, I got rid of them maybe five years ago. Probably about five years ago. It took me a while. Yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07They they they traveled quite a bit.
SPEAKER_04They did, yeah. I mean, tell me what can you play them in, though? Our car, maybe. Oh, that PlayStation? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah.
SPEAKER_07PlayStation.
SPEAKER_05PlayStation. Yeah. DVD still. Yeah. Yeah. Yep. Yep. But my husband's a collector. Yeah. I am a collector of anything, anything, and it drives me nuts. Anything that he discovers or becomes a fan of. A new hobby.
SPEAKER_00A new hobby.
SPEAKER_05A new hobby. He just collects and collects all the accessories, every gadget.
SPEAKER_07I need to have all the colors.
SPEAKER_05Every color. I mean, that's what he does.
SPEAKER_07But I I would say that Edwin and I are very similar.
SPEAKER_05In that sense.
SPEAKER_07Because if we are wearing the the blue shorts, we gotta have the blue hat to match it.
SPEAKER_04And the blue shoes. Right? It will look like you're not matching, but you're matching because you can't match match. You just have to kind of put it in the colour.
SPEAKER_07It's gotta be, it's gotta blend in, right? But it's gotta go.
SPEAKER_04But if you highlight pop a color, yes.
SPEAKER_07If you're not feeling it, then you're not gonna you're not gonna go out. You're like, I gotta make sure that I look presentable.
SPEAKER_05He changes more than I do, but for we go somewhere. I believe that. Yes.
SPEAKER_07And which which I you mentioned one thing earlier, as me. You said like the the logos, like Nike or Adidas. So I don't know about Edwin, but I I I think he kind of is that way, but I'm not sure. If I'm wearing Nikes, I have to wear the Nike socks. I'm not gonna wear Adidas socks with Nike shoes.
SPEAKER_04No, that's just like a even if the logos don't show, because he's one that's very low-key with his logos, it's kind of like a if you know you know what it is, but he himself, yeah, very similar in that sense.
SPEAKER_01I think that's more old school mentality because the kids nowadays they wear like three different kids. They don't care. But I think it's more of the old school mentality of the whole brand thing.
SPEAKER_05Yeah, and it doesn't matter which brand can be. There was a time he was Kirkland from the edge with the even the slippers. I know he had the slippers.
SPEAKER_07I don't I rock Costco Gear. I'm gonna rock Costco Gear.
SPEAKER_01Colorado, he came out with the Kirkland socks, the Kirkland sliders, sweater, everything.
SPEAKER_07But and I thought that Kirkland, if you know what Kirkland is, of course, if you're a Costco shopper.
SPEAKER_01And we're all hardcore Koskly.
SPEAKER_04Yes, we are. Yes.
SPEAKER_07I thought Kirkland was gonna blow up like champion. Um the champion.
SPEAKER_04So you were getting ahead of the trend.
SPEAKER_07I was, but Kirkland never blew up. Not in that sense.
SPEAKER_05Except if you're a Costco fan, yeah. No, no, no.
SPEAKER_07I still have them. I was gonna say, did you get rid of them?
SPEAKER_05No, I've been fighting for five years.
SPEAKER_07I still wear my Kirkland uh slides and my shirts.
SPEAKER_05We just got new Kirkland slides.
SPEAKER_07No, these are not Kirklands.
SPEAKER_05Oh.
SPEAKER_07These are Adidas babies.
SPEAKER_05Okay, we got slides at Costco's. Okay, and did you notice the socks? Adidas socks.
SPEAKER_07Because if it's not the the universe, it just doesn't feel right if if I'm not matching the same brand.
SPEAKER_03It's the generation even the kids laugh at themselves now. Mom, and then I had an Adidas shirt on, under armor uh sweatpants on, and Nike chum glass.
SPEAKER_04No, they don't care. They didn't care. But now the parents do. The dad does.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. All right. Um, so yeah, we talked about the collecting and stuff like that. Um, do your husbands insist on shortcuts, by the way? Just a quick shortcuts. No, not at shortcuts.
SPEAKER_02No, I'm the one that's shortcuts.
SPEAKER_04Yes, and we actually joke, a running joke in our family is if dad can find the long way, he'll find the long way home. Wow, because if it exists, he'll find the home. Yes, get somewhere. That's I'm like every minute saved is a minute extra time. And not my husband.
SPEAKER_07Is he trying to as I was gonna say, is he enjoying the scenery, taking in the sights? I want to stop here and get a mango from the mango cart. I want to stop there and see that big dinosaur that I've seen 35,000 times.
SPEAKER_04I don't know that he's necessarily gonna stop for that, but he wants peace when he's driving. Uh so he's gonna find the right tune or podcast, he's gonna prepare. It's a you know, it's a it's an event spirit. It's a process, it's a process.
SPEAKER_07But I think that we are like that too. We like to set the mood when we're driving. Oh the music.
SPEAKER_05If you're driving, I have no choice. Okay. Well, the driver, I mean, I believe in that because I'm usually the driver.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and it depends on where we're driving to or where we're driving. How long it's gonna be. Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_05Like I I tend to be uh a passenger, and not a backseat driver, but a passenger driver. Um, and if he I hate it when we're there's two lanes to turn left or right. He gets behind the longest lane, and I would go to the shortest one.
SPEAKER_07She would kind of like go in and out of traffic just to save the city.
SPEAKER_05We're not talking about me right now.
SPEAKER_01Hey, remember, there's no rebuttal here.
SPEAKER_05There's no rebuttal, no rebuttal, but it drives me crazy because I'm thinking like I could have been there five minutes ago. Yeah. Or this is not the route I would have taken. This is not the route, I would have taken the shortcut.
SPEAKER_01I would have taken the shortcut. I'm totally the GPS girl, and we are I drive because I get car sick, so I'm usually the driver. I mean, Jensen will just fall asleep. I mean, so I'm the driver. And he's if he starts complaining, he won't because he knows that so you are the driver, obviously. I'm the driver because I get car stick, and I feel like I don't know if he does it on purpose, actually, but because I can be like uh the passenger with certain people, yeah, but I feel like his driving is a little bit more like uh aggressive, so it gets me car sick quicker. Okay, so then usually, I mean the kids, if he gets on the um the driver's seat, they they're tripping because I'm the one usually what's going on here, mom? So I'm the driver, which I'm kind of used to now, and I like it because I'm in control. We go back to pick the music.
SPEAKER_07Imagine that. A woman that wants to be in control. Wow, surprise.
SPEAKER_01I pick the music, I pretty much pick when we're gonna stop, you know. It works out in my favor.
SPEAKER_07And Esme, does your do you usually do the driving or does Edwin do the driving?
SPEAKER_04I'm a horrible driver. I will be the first to admit it. The older I get, the less I like driving at night. Okay, he's usually the one, especially if we're doing something like if we're going further, you know, long distance, then he's definitely the driver.
SPEAKER_07And I've been on a trip with him, and he is he's a good driver.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, he's he likes to drive fast.
SPEAKER_07He does, but he's a careful fast driver.
SPEAKER_04Yes, he is.
SPEAKER_07He's caught well from my experience now. I don't know.
SPEAKER_04Let's talk about insurance. Insurance, here we go. But again, he's got the music to go with the tune, you know, to the speed. Yeah, yeah. Everybody's having a good time. If we're going long distance, it's gonna, it's always a whole vibe.
SPEAKER_07It's a vibe, absolutely.
SPEAKER_05Since we're on the vehicle topic, one thing that drives me nuts is parking the furthest spot away. Oh, oh Lord, yes.
SPEAKER_07Is that similar? I know my sister's gonna say no, we don't care about that.
SPEAKER_05Or we don't know he parked the farthest away from the front door because he doesn't want to be parked around other cars or gonna accidentally, yes.
SPEAKER_07Because it it's ha it happened so much in the past where I was always getting door dings and it's irritating because and then what happens when you come out?
SPEAKER_04There's a car parked right freaking next to you, and then it's like three inches away from your car.
SPEAKER_05All that trouble still gets surrounded by vehicles.
SPEAKER_07Yes, and there's like 60,000 spots over there available, but they have to park right next to your car.
SPEAKER_05And no parking spot is good. I'm like, there's one right there, there's one right there, there's one right there. Nope.
SPEAKER_07We have to like so I just end up dropping them off. Uh thank you, and then I I go park.
SPEAKER_05I mean, it works for your favorite in midland. Yes, it does. It does.
SPEAKER_07We had date night.
SPEAKER_05He sees my face.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, we had date night last Friday. Last Friday, right? We went to oh, should we give a shout out to La Ventana Grill?
SPEAKER_05Laventana Grill. Yum yum.
SPEAKER_07Uh, Mexican food, fantastic. Um, Micheladas, the quesavir. Anyways, I'm gonna do it. Great view of the views. Great view. So I dropped her off in the front because there was no parking.
SPEAKER_01Oh, and that parking there is the tightest.
SPEAKER_07There was no parking, so I had to go find my own parking up in the hill somewhere. So I was like, you know, instead of me driving around with her, I'm just gonna drop her off, go check us in, and that way she doesn't get frustrated.
SPEAKER_01Well, that one makes sense. Yes.
SPEAKER_07So by the time we had a reservation too.
SPEAKER_01So yeah.
SPEAKER_07So by the time I got, I found I made I basically created my own parking spot and came back that she was on the table, you know, already, you know, talking to the waitress eating chips. So it works out. It works out sometimes. It worked out, and then and then I'm not stressing out during the evening, like thinking about the car and somebody gonna ding it. Yeah, so it's it's irritating for a little bit, but then at the end of the night, it's worth it because I have a good time. But there's that about it.
SPEAKER_05But there's an issue there because there's times where he has parked.
SPEAKER_07Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_05We get all the way in, and he's like, no, no, I have to go move it. I didn't like that parking spot.
SPEAKER_07Yes.
SPEAKER_05That's why it's OCD right there. That's OCD.
SPEAKER_07Because there's people like leaning on your car.
SPEAKER_05Oh no, I I they were standing too close to my car. I need to go move it.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I don't like that. Well, maybe because they were trying to get away, and your truck is the one all the way over there.
SPEAKER_05So they're like, hey.
SPEAKER_07Once again, I'm OCD. Once again. Yes. Once again. It's not a excuse for everything.
SPEAKER_05I'm OCD.
SPEAKER_07All right. Uh should we should we change it up or or do you want to keep talking about that? Okay. Umards. Okay. Double standards? Okay. Or not?
SPEAKER_08All right. Yeah. Yeah? Mm-hmm.
SPEAKER_07Okay. Um why is it okay? Just an example. Why is it okay when he has 20 fishing rods, Jensen?
SPEAKER_08Jensen Edwin.
SPEAKER_07Edwin. But you have too much target decor or too many Amazon packages or whatever. You order too much. So there's a double standard, right? Do you deal with that at all?
SPEAKER_04I I feel like in ours, I have to, when he gets something new and it's it's cool, like let's just say it's another new, it's another new bike.
SPEAKER_02Right.
SPEAKER_04And, you know, and then I'm gonna go find something.
SPEAKER_02You're traumatized with the bikes.
SPEAKER_04And then and then I and then it'll be like, but babe, you already have that. And I'm like, oh, but babe, you already have a lot of bikes too. Everybody, every bike has a purpose. Right. Oh, you're right, you're right. And I'm like, I know. So I have to relate it in order for him to get it sometimes. Reminders. Very easy to be like, oh, but you already have one of those. Oh, you already have that. Yes. Before I say purses was my thing, I liked purses, you know. Then after kids, you kind of whatever outgrown. But there's other things where I'm kind of like, oh no, no, no, no, no. Remember, everything has a purpose. Right. So you have to relate it.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05Yeah. I do the same.
SPEAKER_07Yes.
SPEAKER_05I do the same. So if I'm because I'm into technology. Not as much as I was before, but like you still are.
SPEAKER_07You still are.
SPEAKER_05Um, so if I say, Oh, I want to get this, and he'll be like, Well, how much is it? And I'm like, Well, when do I ask you how much DJ equipment is? Double standards. True, true, true.
SPEAKER_07True. Okay, yeah, double standards. You're right. Yeah, and okay.
SPEAKER_05DJ equipment is very expensive. They're investments. They're investments.
SPEAKER_07But it's an investment, and it has made us money, though. It has made us money.
SPEAKER_05Oh, well, the DJ equipment, yes.
SPEAKER_07Yes, it has made us money.
SPEAKER_05It has made us money.
SPEAKER_07Okay.
SPEAKER_05But that's what I always say. Well, do I ask you how much this is? No, okay. Well, there you go.
SPEAKER_07Yeah. Okay.
SPEAKER_01But I'm over here thinking though. I don't know.
SPEAKER_07No double standards on your end.
SPEAKER_01I'm sure there's plenty, but that I can think of.
SPEAKER_07Nothing. Like, how about the way he spends money versus the way you spend money? Like lunches. How about lunches?
SPEAKER_05Oh, good one. How about lunches? Oh, smoking. And cigarettes.
SPEAKER_01Cigarettes. Oh, cigarette. Okay. Smoky. I mean, the lunches, you're right. No, you're totally right. I mean, it's every little um lunch out is like 20, 21, 22 for like a sandwich.
SPEAKER_02Yes.
SPEAKER_01And then, I mean, I we go out every Wednesday to go have some dinner. Yes. But it's not like we go out every day for lunch. No. And he does Monday to Friday.
SPEAKER_07He Monday to Friday. Monday to Friday.
SPEAKER_01It's a complete lunch, like a full-on $20 meal. $21. It's more like $30 now with the price for sure.
SPEAKER_07Three-course meal. Right? Three-course meal. I'm just kidding.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, because it comes with the cookie. Yeah. Dessert. You gotta have dessert.
SPEAKER_07So any other double standards that we could think of?
SPEAKER_03Double standards.
SPEAKER_07I mean, it doesn't have to be like, oh my gosh, that's horrible. It could be something innocent if you want to say. Nothing innocent, huh?
SPEAKER_05That's a hard one I have to say. It is a tough one. It is.
SPEAKER_07I'm gonna say yes, it's a tough one, but um, you know, if you Once again, this is your time to to vent, to express.
SPEAKER_05I'm feeling better already. Oh yeah. Yeah.
SPEAKER_07So we're good, ladies? We're we're good with how we're feeling after after venting a little bit.
SPEAKER_08For sure. Definitely.
SPEAKER_07So now last last thing I want to talk about here before we before we end the episode. Um time time time off to yourselves.
SPEAKER_00That's a good one.
SPEAKER_07I know the three of you go out on Wednesdays. Yes, every Wednesday. You guys call it ladies' nights. Ladies' nights, it's not like you guys are out clubbing or anything. No, no, it's just like ladies' night, go have a nice little dinner, have a maybe a glass of wine every now and then, right? Every now and that's what I said every now and then. I'm not trying to say you guys are like like alcoholics or anything.
SPEAKER_04But if anybody wants to give us some wine, I mean.
SPEAKER_07So do your husbands do the same? Do they go out? Do they do their boys' night?
SPEAKER_01Um, I think before used to be more of a thing.
SPEAKER_07Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Um, but actually, Jensen still does because on Thursdays he goes bowling. So he does have his night. He goes bowling on Thursdays. Everybody knows that's his day. Wednesdays mine. So yeah, he does. He has his Wednesdays. I mean, it's Thursdays. Wednesdays are mine.
SPEAKER_07So Thursdays is his.
SPEAKER_04Edwin will go riding sometimes too as well during the week, but then also, like, especially if he takes um, you know, Eves with him, they call it Dirt Church Sundays.
SPEAKER_07Dirt Church.
SPEAKER_04Yeah, so they go to they go to the dirt church. That's that I like that.
SPEAKER_07I like that. I like that.
SPEAKER_03They do dirt church, yeah.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, and babe.
SPEAKER_05And for you, no. No, you don't have to I don't go much.
SPEAKER_07I don't I don't no no, I don't have a set day.
SPEAKER_05I you don't have a set day, but you do have the studio, and sometimes you're like, baby, I'm just gonna go in there and do my thing.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, I'll be in here for hours work working on music or whatever. But what I was gonna get to is um d do your husbands when they do like boys, boys' day or boys' night, whatever it is, does is how much time is enough time and how much is too much? Is there like a limit to let's say, for example, you ladies go out for an hour and a half, two hours, and you guys are good, right? Do you think boys take advantage more of going out?
SPEAKER_01I think depends on what the depends on the go out.
SPEAKER_07Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_01Fishing is a long time.
SPEAKER_07Yes.
SPEAKER_01I mean, bowling is at night when he goes, so it's kind of like we already kind of finished what we needed to finish, so it's all good. Yeah. Um, I think it's sometimes the fishing one that sometimes is like, okay, we were supposed to do this and you're not home yet. But yeah, other than that, the bowling one, we're good.
SPEAKER_03Yeah. The the the writing is usually a few hours. Yeah. But again, it's already been planned for.
SPEAKER_04So it's kind of like, oh, it's good, it's gonna be happening.
SPEAKER_07So then there's there's there's it doesn't seem like there's like anything that would kind of you would question. It's like, you know, have your have your time. Yeah, go vent, uh, I mean, go I mean you know whatever. Re-envice.
SPEAKER_04That would be a double standard though, huh? They take more time though. Okay, that's more time than our time. All right, but we don't go tick for Tad, but that's right, right, right, right, right. Yeah, but you're right, yeah. Yeah, but we don't think of it that way.
SPEAKER_01But since you mentioned it, I know, but I think it got easier because now our kids are older. Yeah, but I think it was a different story when they were younger. Yes, yes. And now that the kids are older, it's kind of like okay, do your thing, I'm do my thing. It's easy, yeah.
SPEAKER_04Again, we're we're kind of morphing into a new tie, into a new young adults, yes, yeah.
SPEAKER_07The kiddos, yeah. All right. Well, ladies, thank you so much for um coming on here today and kind of like you said, a little ventine.
SPEAKER_01I think it was it was a nice little.
SPEAKER_07If the guys are up to it, we can have a rebuttal episode, only if they're up to it, and we can talk a little bit about wives, we can talk a little bit about wives, and how great we are, and how awesome we are, how much we do for the family, keep the world going.
SPEAKER_05They might be scared, I don't know.
SPEAKER_07And then uh we can we can I don't know, we can talk very nicely about you, ladies.
SPEAKER_03Uh-huh.
SPEAKER_07Only good things, but you know, just basically give us a chance to rebuttal because there's also obviously the husband perspective. Um, I think I I kind of held back today. I had to hold back today.
SPEAKER_05I mean, you did not have the platform today.
SPEAKER_04I did not have the platform today. Lane, try for us too. Yes. When when the boys come on, you're gonna need to be the one. I will be hosting that.
SPEAKER_07If we do have it, if it if it does come through, yes, you will be the host. So yes, all right. Any any last thoughts? I'll like for me, it's basically you know, um, husbands are not perfect, obviously. Um be kind to your husband. If if he's trying, you know, just just give him the benefit of the doubt. Um, there's a lot of things that we obviously can't do that women do better, but uh at the same time, you know, we do try. We do try.
SPEAKER_04Yes. Uh and it's noted. It is as long as you note it. Yes. I mean, we're still married, is there? Absolutely. Obviously, I don't think we would be married if we didn't see the exact.
SPEAKER_07We're not perfect, we're not perfect, but perfectly imperfect.
SPEAKER_05And we and we like that. Yeah. All the jokes aside, uh, you guys are good. Yes. Love you, boo. Love you, boo. All right, love you, babe.
SPEAKER_07Oh, I'm right here, baby. Thank you. Um, until next time, guys, thank you for tuning in. Uh, appreciate it. Um, and if you have any, like I said, if you have any comments, uh, go ahead and drop them. And thank you once again. If you're enjoying the podcast and want to help support future episodes, you can check out the link in the show notes. Your support helps keep the podcast going, and it's greatly appreciated. Also, please leave a review and share with friends. That's Sergio says it straight, where the truth comes out. Whether we planned it or not, catch you next time.