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- 0:01Welcome to the Diva Detail. Welcome to the Diva Detail,
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- 0:30Hello, beautiful people. Welcome back to the Deviant Details. Let me
- 0:34paint you a picture. You're on a 3rd date. The conversation is
- 0:37good. He's super funny, or she's super funny. He's kind,
- 0:41and he asked about your mama's surgery and actually remembered the details.
- 0:45And then he orders his steak well done, or he says supposedly,
- 0:50or he's wearing those shoes, you know, the ones that you can't stand.
- 0:54And just like that, something in you goes cold. You go home, you text
- 0:58your best friend, girl, it's not gonna work out. And she says, why?
- 1:02And you say, because of his shoes. And you say, well,
- 1:05maybe not. It's not necessarily the shoes, but the shoes represent
- 1:09something more. And then you both laugh. Today's show is gonna
- 1:13be how we handle the big things and the little things with the same energy,
- 1:16how we are honest, how we can point to the things that we
- 1:20need to, and always with love. I'm your host, and today we are
- 1:24getting into a question I have been sitting with for a long time. Are you
- 1:26having standards and boundaries, or are you self-sabotaging?
- 1:30When does a dating deal breaker actually matter? Because here's
- 1:34the thing, Divas, we have been told, and rightfully so, to know our
- 1:38worth, have standards, don't settle. And I stand on that.
- 1:41I really do. Because I think that when you settle or you let your boundaries
- 1:45down, you end up in a relationship you don't recognize over time.
- 1:48But somewhere along the way, some of us took know your worth and
- 1:51turned it into find the flaw in the other person in
- 1:55order to get out of the relationship. We started treating every first date
- 1:58like a job interview when one wrong answer gets you escorted
- 2:02out of the building. So today we're going to talk about the difference
- 2:05between a real incompatibility and a regular human being who's
- 2:10a little rough around the edges. Sometimes people go on dates and they're a little
- 2:13nervous and they don't really show you who they truly are. We're gonna talk about
- 2:17why we sabotage good things, why certain things set us off
- 2:21like a smoke alarm when we burn toast and how our guest
- 2:25shows up at the dinner table uninvited. And at the end, I'm gonna give
- 2:29you a real way to figure out your actual deal breakers. Plus,
- 2:32what do you do when something new just kind of fizzles out
- 2:37that you thought might actually work out? So grab your
- 2:41tea, your wine, your latte, and let's get down to details.
- 2:45First, we're gonna talk about incompatibility versus just ordinary imperfections.
- 2:50Let's start with a truth that might sting a little bit. Every single person
- 2:54you date is going to be flawed. Every single one. None of 'em are gonna
- 2:57be perfect. Everyone. The question was never, do they have flaws?
- 3:00The question is, can I live with these flaws? And can they live with mine?
- 3:05Because you have flaws as well. So how do you tell the difference between a
- 3:09real incompatibility and someone's just being human? Here's how I break it
- 3:13down. An incompatibility is about direction. An imperfection
- 3:16is about their delivery. Incompatibility is when the two of you fundamentally
- 3:20have different lives. You want kids, they don't.
- 3:24You want to build roots in a specific state. They wanna live on
- 3:28a sailboat. They wanna travel and you wanna stay home. Those are incompatibilities.
- 3:32Faith is in the center of your life perhaps, and they think it's nonsense,
- 3:36or your religions are completely different and they collide.
- 3:41You may also need someone emotionally available and they generally believe
- 3:45feelings are a weakness. And so maybe they're avoiding them. Those aren't
- 3:49quirks. These are 2 cars headed in completely different
- 3:53cities. You can enjoy the ride for a minute, but eventually somebody has
- 3:57to get out. And sometimes people will have chemistry, but they don't
- 4:01connect on basic levels. Imperfection is about the how,
- 4:04not the where. There's a little awkwardness on a
- 4:08first date. They text K and that drives you nuts. They are
- 4:12bad at picking restaurants. They talk too much about the fantasy
- 4:16football team. They're nervous, so they overexplain or they
- 4:20get nervous. And don't know how to behave on a first date, that's not a
- 4:23mismatch of values. That's just a person. Here's a little test
- 4:28I use. Ask yourself 3 questions. Is this about who they are or
- 4:31how they're showing up right now? Nerves,
- 4:34awkwardness, and the first date weirdness are temporary.
- 4:37Characters and values are not. You're looking for someone
- 4:41whose character and values align with yours.
- 4:45Would this still matter in 5 years if they behave this
- 4:49way. Maybe they have bad shoes, but shoes can be replaced.
- 4:52Maybe they have different views on marriage, money, or kids, but those
- 4:56things just don't disappear. Does it hurt me or does
- 4:59it just annoy me? Disrespect, dishonesty,
- 5:03cruelty, and controlling behavior hurt, and a loud laugh
- 5:07just annoys. You need to determine non-negotiables,
- 5:10and respect, honesty should be non-negotiable.
- 5:14If they're being disrespectful or dishonest, you need to seriously
- 5:18look at the relationship. But if their laugh is a little annoying, can you adjust
- 5:23to deal with it? It's a temporary, small, and merely annoying thing. That's an
- 5:26imperfection. If it's a lasting core and actually harmful
- 5:31or misaligned with your life, your values, who you are as a person, that's an
- 5:35incompatibility. And let me say this clearly, because I don't want anyone twisting my
- 5:39words. Red flags are not imperfections. Lying,
- 5:42disrespect, aggression, love bombing, making you feel small
- 5:46so that they can feel bigger. That is not someone being rough around the
- 5:50edges, that's information. Believe it the first time.
- 5:53But being 5 minutes late, not knowing which fork to use, having a
- 5:57weird laugh, that's Tuesday. That's just, that's just another
- 6:01day. Realize that sometimes we adjust to their
- 6:04inadequacies as well. Sometimes we even self-sabotage.
- 6:08Let's talk about the part nobody likes to admit. Sometimes the problem isn't
- 6:11them, it's you. Sometimes, baby, it's the
- 6:15voice in our head handing us a pair of scissors and saying,
- 6:18cut it before it cuts you. Sometimes people have an avoidant personality
- 6:22because they've had trauma. Self-sabotage is when part of you wants love
- 6:26and another part of you is quietly working to make sure it never gets
- 6:30too close. You're sabotaging the relationship every chance you get,
- 6:34and it doesn't usually look like sabotage. It looks like having standards,
- 6:37or it looks like being busy, or it looks like, I just don't feel a
- 6:40spark. Or maybe you're always considering other people as backup plans.
- 6:45So why do we do it? Here are the big ones I see over and
- 6:49over again. The first is fear of being hurt. If you leave first,
- 6:53you can't be left. So some people self-sabotage
- 6:56because they're afraid of getting hurt. If I can find the flaw early,
- 7:00then I never have to risk my heartbreak later. It feels protective,
- 7:05but a wall that keeps out pain also keeps out everything else,
- 7:08all the good stuff. That wall will end up leaving you
- 7:12lonely in the long run. A fear of being seen.
- 7:15Getting close means somebody eventually sees the real the messy
- 7:19apartment, the anxiety, your bad credit, your family drama.
- 7:24And sometimes you don't wanna be vulnerable with people and you don't wanna open up.
- 7:28Some of us would rather end it at date 3 than
- 7:31find out whether we're lovable at date 30. And sometimes
- 7:36it's comfort. Sometimes comfort with chaos.
- 7:39If you grew up unpredictably, a calm,
- 7:43consistent person can feel boring, You want the chaos,
- 7:47you want the constant anxiety to feel alive. So when
- 7:50you're with somebody that's got a secure attachment or is calm,
- 7:54it may get boring after a while, not because they are, but because your nervous
- 7:58system doesn't know what to do with peace. Your nervous system doesn't
- 8:01know what to do when it's relaxed. We confuse anxiety with
- 8:05chemistry. So you may search for chemistry and anxiousness
- 8:09in other people because you don't know how to handle the peace. And the
- 8:13butterflies, sometimes that's just your alarm system going off that
- 8:18This person is chaotic. So when you find peace, you don't know what
- 8:21to do. Another one is deep down unworthiness. If somewhere inside you, you believe
- 8:26that you don't deserve a good partner, you will find a way to prove yourself
- 8:30right. You will think in your head that you're undeserving and
- 8:33you'll pick at them or you'll test them, or you'll see
- 8:37if they will stick around through all your flaws, or you'll push them away
- 8:41and then say, see, I knew it wouldn't work. That's a way to self-sabotage.
- 8:45And then there's the perfect-on-paper trap. Social media and dating apps
- 8:48have us shopping for people like we shop for shoes.
- 8:52You filter, you swipe, you compare. There's always another
- 8:56option. There will always be another option. So why commit to this one? That endless
- 9:00menu makes ordinary flaws look like deal breakers.
- 9:04So you're constantly searching where the grass is greener
- 9:07or the next best thing. And then you find out that you've passed over some
- 9:10really good things. Self-sabotage. Leads to a life of regret.
- 9:15Here's how to catch yourself. Self-sabotage usually has patterns.
- 9:19Ask yourself, do my relationships tend to end right when they start getting really
- 9:23serious? If you're backing away as soon as something gets serious,
- 9:27that means you may be an avoidant. You may have that attachment style and
- 9:31you need to look through that with a therapist because avoidant attachment
- 9:35styles tend to leave people miserable over time. Do I lose interest
- 9:39the moment someone is consistent with me or nice to me?
- 9:43Do I not trust it? Do I look for a reason to
- 9:46leave rather than finding one to stay? Do my reasons
- 9:50for ending things sound a lot like the reason I gave
- 9:54last time? So you might be repeating the same patterns over and
- 9:57over again with every person you date. If you're nodding along,
- 10:01I'm not judging. I'm right there with you. I've had to go deep and
- 10:06look at my patterns as well. Awareness isn't shame. Awareness is the first
- 10:10door out. And you may have it in relationships. You may have the same problems
- 10:13in marriages. If you keep getting in and out of relationships or
- 10:18in and out of marriages, the problem may be you. Here's the other thing.
- 10:22We also may be triggered about pasts that show up when we're
- 10:26in a new relationship. So let's talk about the triggers because this is where so
- 10:30much dating confusion lives. A trigger is when something small in
- 10:34the present lands like something huge from the past. Maybe he
- 10:38takes 4 hours to text you back and suddenly you're not a grown woman with
- 10:42a career and a skincare routine. You're the version of who waited
- 10:46by the phone for someone who never called. Your body reacts
- 10:50before your brain even gets a vote. That's not being dramatic.
- 10:54That's your nervous system doing its job. It remembers what hurt
- 10:58you and it's trying to keep it from happening again. The problem
- 11:01is it can't always tell the difference between danger and familiarity.
- 11:06Here's how past pain tends to show up in new relationships.
- 11:10Abandonment wounds show up as panic over slow replies,
- 11:14needing constant reassurance, or leaving before you can be left.
- 11:18Self-sabotage is part of a trauma response.
- 11:21Betrayal wounds show up as suspicion. You're constantly
- 11:26checking and reading every I'm running late as a lie. That happens often
- 11:30if you've been cheated on. Criticisms or control wounds show
- 11:33up as bristling at any feedback or hearing, can you not do that?
- 11:38You're not good enough. Childhood neglect can show up as discomfort
- 11:42being cared for or as attraction to people who are emotionally unavailable
- 11:46because that feels like home. You may seek
- 11:50out people that are emotionally unavailable, and when you find somebody that gives you
- 11:53love and care, you sabotage the relationship so
- 11:57you can go back to what feels like home and your normal of
- 12:01emotional unavailability. And here's the trick: a trigger can
- 12:05make a good person feel like a red flag, and it can also make a
- 12:08red flag feel like home. So how do you sort it out? When you feel
- 12:12that rush, the tight chest, the spiral, the urge to send a paragraph,
- 12:15try this. Name it. Just saying it puts a little space between you
- 12:19and the feeling. Ask how old the feeling is. Is this
- 12:22reaction about today or does it feel older than this relationship?
- 12:26Is it my history that's actually making me feel this way?
- 12:30And then check out the facts. What actually happened? Not the story, the facts.
- 12:35He didn't text you for 4 hours is a fact. He's losing interest is
- 12:38a story you made up in your head. So, and then you may to wait
- 12:42before you act. Give it a few hours or sleep on it. Don't make a
- 12:44permanent decision about a temporary feeling. Sometimes you need to communicate your needs,
- 12:48not the accusation. I feel more secure when we check in during the day
- 12:53is something about your feelings. It lands very differently than you
- 12:57saying to someone, you clearly don't care cuz you didn't text me every hour.
- 13:01Sometimes your triggers, you need to work on that.
- 13:04Now, real word here. If you're noticing that the past is running
- 13:07your love life, the same pain, the same patterns, the same endings,
- 13:11that is a perfect reason to work with a licensed therapist.
- 13:15It's not a weakness. I think most adults have triggers
- 13:19and wounds, whether from childhood or adulthood, that they need
- 13:23to work through, or they end up blowing every relationship that
- 13:26they get into. Some people say, well, I can't afford a therapist. Well, can you
- 13:30really afford going through your life relationship after relationship
- 13:34and never actually stabilizing your relationships? You need to decide
- 13:38your history doesn't get to write your future. I'm not the clinician and you
- 13:42deserve real support for real wounds. You have to work through
- 13:47those real wounds. Until you do, you'll keep blowing up your relationships.
- 13:51How do you figure out your real deal breakers? All right,
- 13:54divas, it's homework time. And yes, I want you to actually do this one
- 13:58with a pen and paper, unless you're driving, of course. But most of us
- 14:01carry around a list of deal breakers we never really examined.
- 14:04Some came from our mamas, some came from TikTok, some came from that one
- 14:08ex who ruined Capricorns for us forever. So let's,
- 14:12let's clean out the closet. Remember, we did go through a list not
- 14:15too long ago of 100 things that people want. You can use that
- 14:19as an outline if you want, but I want you to sort everything on your
- 14:23list into 3 buckets. Bucket 1 is your non-negotiable. These are about safety,
- 14:27value, and life direction. Things like honesty, respect,
- 14:30kindness, wanting the same big things, kids, marriage,
- 14:33faith, whatever it is, where you want to live, how you want to handle money.
- 14:37Keep this list short, 5 to 7, maybe 10 max.
- 14:41If you have 25 non-negotiables, you don't have standards. You have a wall.
- 14:46There was a time when I had 50 non-negotiables and I
- 14:49had a huge wall. Bucket 2, strong preferences. These matter,
- 14:53but you can flex. Maybe you'd love someone who works out,
- 14:56who's close to their family, who loves to travel. Great.
- 15:00Those are things you lean towards, not things you walk away over. Now,
- 15:04it may be that you walk away over somebody that doesn't work out
- 15:08because you're big into working out and it's a part of your lifestyle, but maybe
- 15:12they do other types of exercise. Sometimes it can be flexible. Bucket 3,
- 15:16surface stuff like height, what's their shoe size,
- 15:19what's the shoe choice, whether they like cilantro or
- 15:23whether they text you all the time, whether they check in in
- 15:27the morning or they check in at night, their zodiac sign. You know,
- 15:30there's a lot out there on the internet talking about zodiac signs and
- 15:35alignment. I don't know what's true or not, but different zodiac signs
- 15:38can get along as well. Relationships take work, and I think people
- 15:42sometimes forget that. I'm not saying these don't affect attraction.
- 15:45They can. I'm saying they don't get to vote on whether the person is
- 15:49right for your life. Now for items in number 1, okay? And this
- 15:53is bucket 1. I want you to ask why, and then ask it again.
- 15:56I won't date someone who doesn't make 6 figures. Why?
- 16:00And you may say, because I want stability, but why? And it may
- 16:04be because you grew up watching your parents fight about money. Okay? So that's the
- 16:07real non-negotiable. It isn't a salary, it's financial responsibility
- 16:11and shared money values. That's a much better filter And
- 16:15it lets in some amazing people you first may have ruled out or
- 16:19would've kicked out. For instance, maybe you have someone that you date
- 16:24that's been very frugal with their money and
- 16:28they bought apartment buildings. So they make a little bit of money from
- 16:31the apartment building. So they're financially stable and they have
- 16:35recurring income. You could date somebody that makes 6 figures,
- 16:38but spends 95% of their money and doesn't save anything.
- 16:42When you dig down to the root, a lot of so-called deal breakers turn out
- 16:44to be fears, in a costume and a few of
- 16:48them turn out to be exactly right. Both are good to know. You need to
- 16:52make sure you know. So you're looking for finance, financial stability,
- 16:55not necessarily somebody that makes 6 figures. One more check for
- 16:59any deal breaker that shows up early in dating. Ask, have I seen
- 17:03this once or is it a pattern? And that's something
- 17:06you need to recognize because if you keep seeing the same pattern, you might be
- 17:10going for the same type of person. Did I communicate what I
- 17:13needed and how did they respond? Are they responsive or are they blaming?
- 17:17That's a red flag for a lot of people. And am I reacting to them
- 17:21or to someone who came before them? That was my big thing is I
- 17:24kept on my last relationship, I kept trying to make sure I was accommodating
- 17:29because I wanted to make sure I wasn't getting triggered from a previous
- 17:33relationship I was in. And sometimes you have to be careful with that
- 17:37question though, because you may allow red flags
- 17:40to go by the wayside because you're trying to make sure you're not being triggered.
- 17:44So it's kind of a double-edged sword there. How a person responds when
- 17:48you say what you need tells you more than almost anything else. Someone who says,
- 17:51I didn't know that mattered to you. I got you. That's someone who
- 17:55can grow, you can grow with. Someone who rolls their eyes and keeps doing it,
- 17:59that's your answer. And if you have to tell a grown man multiple
- 18:03times that something's bothering you, it might be time to move on.
- 18:07And sometimes let's talk about what happens when your
- 18:11relationship starts to fizzle and sometimes it keeps
- 18:16us up at night because we wanna make things work so badly,
- 18:19but there's just something that's making the relationship
- 18:23not healthy. Not the dramatic breakup, the fizzle, the talking
- 18:27stage that just stopped, or the 3 great dates followed
- 18:31by slower texts, then, hey, I've just been really busy, then nothing.
- 18:35And your brain goes straight to, what did I do wrong? First, I need you
- 18:39to hear this. A fizzle is not a verdict on your worth.
- 18:42Most early connections don't turn into relationships. It's not
- 18:45failure. A lot of people will date somebody for a week or two and then
- 18:49it just fizzles out. It may just be the connection wasn't that deep.
- 18:54That's just how dating works. You're meeting strangers and seeing if your
- 18:57lives fit. Most people's lives do not fit. It's very hard
- 19:01to not only find a connection but also to merge
- 19:05lives because as adults it's different.
- 19:08Than when we were in our 20s. As adults, we have so much
- 19:12going on. It's so hard to put 2 people's lives
- 19:15together and make it work. It's beyond connection. It's alignment.
- 19:20That's the whole point of the process though. If it's still worth reflecting
- 19:23on, reflecting is how we grow. So here's how I
- 19:27tell the difference between it was me and it was the fit is
- 19:31it might be a fit issue if the conversation never really flowed,
- 19:35even when you both tried. I went on a first date the other day and
- 19:39found the conversation was okay, but there was just
- 19:43no connection. And it was hard for me to— the guy was super nice,
- 19:47don't get me wrong, really nice guy. I just— there was no connection.
- 19:52And the conversation, it flowed, but it didn't flow naturally. It was a struggle.
- 19:57And then you can find out, well, you know, our lives might have fit,
- 20:00but there was no connection. Sometimes you wanted different
- 20:04things and it becomes clear very early on. That's why I like
- 20:07to be honest on first dates because why have a fake persona
- 20:12and delay an inevitable— if it's going to work, you're going to know on the
- 20:15first date. Your schedules, lifestyles, or energies may not
- 20:19match as well. I found that happens often. You may
- 20:23have history that doesn't match. You may have personalities
- 20:27that don't match and sometimes ages don't match.
- 20:30Sometimes you try to go younger or you try to go older. And it
- 20:34just doesn't match. Sometimes it's too big of a gap. Sometimes it's
- 20:38too small of a gap. And sometimes it's just personalities.
- 20:41Sometimes it's not, it's a fit issue if you felt like
- 20:45you had to perform to keep their interest. Sometimes it's an issue if
- 20:49it ended and honestly you felt a little relieved. Sometimes we
- 20:53make ourselves small so other people can feel bigger, and then
- 20:57we're stabbing ourselves in the back. Sometimes it's best just to let certain people
- 21:00go. Maybe you have difference in morals, values, and ethics
- 21:05and different standards in that area. If they are violating
- 21:08your non-negotiables right off the bat, it's time to walk away.
- 21:12It might be worth looking at if it was your part, if this
- 21:16is the same ending you keep getting with very different people. I went on
- 21:19a date with a guy who said he seems to only get through date 3
- 21:23and then it ends. And every single time it does. Well, I made it through
- 21:27date 1 with him. I didn't want a second date. It may be him.
- 21:30He, he, maybe he's just doing something or he's not really opening up and the
- 21:33people feel that. Again, it's always best to open up and
- 21:37be who you are on your first date. Don't be fake. Sometimes you pulled back
- 21:41right when they leaned in. Some people do a push-pull like that.
- 21:45And when you pull back, some people aren't going to chase you.
- 21:48Or you came on very strong, very fast out of anxiety rather than genuine interest.
- 21:52Sometimes we are anxious, especially if we went through a breakup recently.
- 21:56And we're anxious to get into a new relationship. And when that happens,
- 22:00sometimes that can push people away. You were already picking them
- 22:05apart before you even knew them sometimes, and that will also push
- 22:09people away. Sometimes people make judgments
- 22:13just on what their dating profile says. Sometimes a friend you trust
- 22:16has, has gently said, sis, you do this.
- 22:20You do this every time. You break up with them. Every single time
- 22:23over the same stuff? If that happens, you need to look at why.
- 22:27Dive deep into the reason why, whether you're with a therapist or on your own.
- 22:31One fizzle is just part of dating. A pattern of the
- 22:34same fizzle is a message for you. So what do you do when it fades?
- 22:38You gotta feel it briefly. It's okay to be disappointed, especially if you
- 22:42were starting to get feelings. Give yourself a day to be a little sad
- 22:45and eat some good ice cream. Don't chase the closure text.
- 22:48You know, don't need them to explain it for you to move on.
- 22:52Their silence is an answer. If they're not texting you,
- 22:56it's an answer. They're not interested. Write down one lesson,
- 23:00not 10. One. I ignored that
- 23:04he never asked me questions. I ignored that I always felt smaller around
- 23:08him, or I pulled away when it started to get real. Those are
- 23:12real questions and lessons you need to learn. Check your patterns too, not your
- 23:16value. Are you doing the same thing on this relationship as you did on the
- 23:19last? Ask what you can do differently and not what's wrong
- 23:22with you. If you ask what you can do to improve and you start improving
- 23:26your dating and your relationships, over time you're gonna
- 23:29find that you're in more loving and happy relationships. Get back out
- 23:33there when you're ready. Don't rush it. There's not— when you're desperate,
- 23:37when you rush it because you got out of a relationship, all it does is
- 23:41make you fail in the next one. Dating from a full cup feels
- 23:44completely different than dating from an empty one.
- 23:47Sometimes it takes a long time to heal. Sometimes it doesn't.
- 23:50It's up to you. Everybody moves at their own pace. If you realize,
- 23:53okay, I think I talked myself out of a good one, that's not the end
- 23:57of the world either. Sometimes a kind, honest message will allow you
- 24:01to go back. Sometimes, I think I got in my own head and I'd like
- 24:04to try again with us, is worth sending. Sometimes,
- 24:07you made a mistake. You need to determine if this is the one you wanna
- 24:11be with and then try to see if there's a way to rekindle. The worst
- 24:15thing they can say is no, and you'll have practiced being brave.
- 24:19If they say yes, you do need to make an effort and not repeat the
- 24:23exact same pattern you just did in order to break up. So let's bring it
- 24:27home. Standards will protect you, but self-sabotage
- 24:31protects your fear. And a lot of people self-sabotage relationships
- 24:36and don't even understand why. And self-sabotage is fear-driven.
- 24:40They can sound exactly alike sometimes. So the difference is
- 24:43the why. A standard says, I deserve someone who shares my
- 24:47values and treats me well. It's a way to make sure you keep your peace
- 24:52and to make sure that you are protected as well. But self-sabotage
- 24:56says, I'll find something wrong before you can find something wrong
- 24:59with me. That's self-sabotage. Or, I'm gonna do
- 25:02something to see if I can test them and to see if they'll stick around.
- 25:05That's also self-sabotage. Keep your non-negotiables short
- 25:09and sacred. Hold your preferences loosely.
- 25:12Preferences can change, and preferences can change over time.
- 25:16I know when I was younger, I always wanted a tall guy. I just
- 25:20did. Now it's not as big of a requirement for me or even a preference.
- 25:24I don't really care about height as long as they're taller than me. Let the
- 25:27surface stuff be surface stuff. Notice when your past
- 25:31is talking louder than your present, and when something fizzles,
- 25:35take the lesson. Leave the shame behind.
- 25:38Let it go, but learn from each lesson. Here's your
- 25:42objective for the week. The next time, the next time you feel
- 25:45the urge to write someone off, pause and ask, is this a deal breaker
- 25:50or is this a defense mechanism to protect myself? Just asking
- 25:53that question could change your whole love life. And I'd love
- 25:57to hear from you too. What's a deal breaker you used to have that you
- 26:00let go of and found that it wasn't as big of a deal breaker as
- 26:04you thought, or one you'll never budge on? Send it in, drop it in
- 26:07the comments, and I might read yours on a future episode.
- 26:11If this episode hit home, share it with friends who keep saying,
- 26:14it's not the shoes, it's what the shoes represent.
- 26:18You know exactly who she is. Until the next time, keep your
- 26:21standards high, your heart open, and your details fabulous.
- 26:25This has been Diva Details. This is Diva Mia. Love as much as you
- 26:29can 'cause life is short. Stay beautiful. Take care.
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