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Game Episode: Ashley Byrne: Dealbreaker or I’ll Allow It? | The Animal Lover’s Dating Game · The Iconic Midlife with Roxy Manning

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  This one's called deal Breaker or I'll allow it.
• 0:03
  Ooh.
• 0:03
  Okay, so I will read some situations to you, and you tell me if it's a deal breaker or if you will allow it.
• 0:10
  Bring it on.
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  He loves animals but doesn't want pets in his house.
• 0:13
  Deal breaker.
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  He's lucky I'm letting him in his house.
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  My dog's gonna sleep on your pillow.
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  His dog sleeps in the bed between the two of you.
• 0:21
  I'll allow it.
• 0:22
  It's like a good body pillow, too.
• 0:23
  Oh, absolutely.
• 0:24
  He orders steak on your first date.
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  I'll allow it.
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  Because that's just a vegan waiting to happen.
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  I used to be ordering the, like, raw, bloody, rare steak, and look at me now.
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  He talks to his dog in a baby voice.
• 0:38
  Oh, I'll allow it.
• 0:40
  More of that.
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  Pour that, please.
• 0:42
  Yes, absolutely.
• 0:43
  That's hot.
• 0:45
  Well, before you leave, I'd love to end on a fun game.
• 0:48
  Yes.
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  Okay.
• 0:50
  Love a game.
• 0:52
  All right.
• 0:53
  This one's called Deal Breaker or I'll allow it.
• 0:56
  Ooh.
• 0:56
  Okay, so I will read some situations to you, and you tell me if it's a deal breaker or if you will allow it.
• 1:03
  Bring it on.
• 1:03
  Okay.
• 1:04
  This might have a little something to do with dating, too.
• 1:07
  Oh, fine.
• 1:08
  Are you single?
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  I'm basically at the moment.
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  Okay, okay, okay.
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  More or less.
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  You can answer these for sure.
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  Okay.
• 1:16
  He loves animals but doesn't want pets in his house.
• 1:19
  Deal breaker.
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  Do I even need to ask you that?
• 1:23
  Deal breaker.
• 1:25
  He's lucky I'm letting him in his house.
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  Like, totally.
• 1:29
  My dog's going to sleep on your pillow?
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  Like, yeah.
• 1:33
  He has three cats.
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  Ooh.
• 1:36
  I'll allow it.
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  Okay.
• 1:37
  Yes.
• 1:38
  Is there a limit on cats, number of cats, or.
• 1:41
  No.
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  I mean, basically, it just has to be, you know, manageable.
• 1:45
  You know, it has to be a situation where everybody's getting the love, attention, like, care they deserve.
• 1:51
  Yes, good point.
• 1:52
  Good point.
• 1:53
  His dog sleeps in his bed every night.
• 1:56
  Oh, I'll allow it.
• 1:57
  I won't allow.
• 1:58
  I won't allow it not to happen.
• 2:02
  We see that.
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  We're like, the dogs have to sleep.
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  In the bed, you know?
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  Yeah, like, where else would they sleep?
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  His dog sleeps in the bed between the two of you.
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  I'll allow it.
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  I know.
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  Me too.
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  That's what I do.
• 2:15
  Yes, of course.
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  Of course.
• 2:17
  You know, it's like a good body pillow, too.
• 2:19
  Oh, oh, absolutely.
• 2:21
  He orders steak on your first date.
• 2:24
  You know, I'll allow it.
• 2:29
  Because I think that that's just a vegan waiting to happen.
• 2:34
  Because you know what?
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  I used to love steak.
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  Oh.
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  I used to be.
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  I used to be the one ordering the, like, raw, bloody rare steak.
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  And.
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  And look at me now.
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  So to me, I'm like, well, that.
• 2:49
  That's just someone who doesn't have the facts yet.
• 2:51
  Yeah.
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  I love it.
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  You're like, work in progress, Right, Exactly.
• 2:56
  He bought his dog from a breeder.
• 3:00
  So kind of the same thing where if he sort of understands that.
• 3:11
  Why that was a mistake or is willing to understand why that was a mistake and would never do it again.
• 3:17
  Okay.
• 3:18
  But if he's kind of doubling down and saying, sure, yeah, and I would do it again and I'm gonna breed her, just you can go.
• 3:27
  You're like, give me that dog, too, right?
• 3:29
  Yeah, exactly.
• 3:29
  Like, I'll date you until I get your dog fixed, and then I'm.
• 3:34
  Yeah.
• 3:36
  His dog.
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  Or no, sorry, his dog doesn't like you.
• 3:40
  Again, to me, that's just a work in progress thing, you know?
• 3:46
  Yeah.
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  So I'll allow it if he is handling it in a loving, constructive way.
• 3:51
  And we're saying, how do we fix this?
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  How do we work around this?
• 3:56
  Yes.
• 3:58
  But I've never met a dog who doesn't like me.
• 4:00
  But, you know, theoretically, we can.
• 4:02
  You know, it's something you could work on, but it really never happens.
• 4:06
  Right, Exactly.
• 4:07
  What about this?
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  Your dog doesn't like him.
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  Ooh.
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  Ooh.
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  Okay, well, I'm.
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  It's obvious I'm going to be suspicious if my dog doesn't like you for sure.
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  I think the question is always, like, okay, is this just, like, a little initial trepidation, you know, jealousy?
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  Like, this is my mom.
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  Mind your business.
• 4:29
  I would say it's all in how he deals with it.
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  Because if his approach is, your dog was here first.
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  Now let me win him over.
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  Okay, great.
• 4:41
  If he gets, like, petty and jealous about it.
• 4:46
  Yeah.
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  Then.
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  Then forget it.
• 4:48
  Yeah, absolutely.
• 4:50
  He talks to his dog in a baby voice.
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  Oh, I'll allow it.
• 4:55
  More of that.
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  More of that, please.
• 4:56
  Absolutely.
• 4:57
  That's hot.
• 4:59
  Yeah.
• 5:00
  His dog's face is his phone screen.
• 5:03
  Oh, my go.
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  It better be.
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  Yes, right.
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  Like, we're gonna make it happen if it isn't.
• 5:08
  Yes, right, Exactly.
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  You're gonna wake up tomorrow and it'll be.
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  That's the only reason I want to, like, go through your phone so I can, like, change your.
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  Your phone screen to your dog's face.
• 5:18
  Totally, Totally.
• 5:21
  Yeah.
• 5:22
  He refers to himself as his dog's daddy.
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  Oh, cute.
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  I'll allow it.
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  Yes.
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  Right.
• 5:31
  He has an ex, and they share custody of the dog.
• 5:34
  I'll allow it because, you know, I think that is a healthy, responsible thing to understand that your dog, you know, didn't choose for you to break up and loves you both and, you know, to maintain that.
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  So.
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  Respect.
• 5:51
  Yeah, okay.
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  Okay.
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  He won't go on vacation unless the dog can come.
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  Oh, cute.
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  I'll allow it.
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  Absolutely.
• 5:59
  Wear some great dog friendly vacation spots.
• 6:02
  Oh, you know what?
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  That is a great question.
• 6:05
  Right.
• 6:06
  Well, you know, I have to say, so many hotels now have become extremely dog friendly that I would say, like, you know, you'll find like dog friendly vacation spots all over if you're going to the right hotel.
• 6:22
  I mean, I know the W Hotel, the Plaza, like, just to name a couple, are like extremely accommodating of dogs.
• 6:30
  So I would say more than anything, it's just you want to be sure that your dog's going to enjoy whatever you have in mind.
• 6:40
  You know, you don't want to take them somewhere where they're going to just kind of be like stuck in the room all the time or like on a long plane journey that if, you know, if they're not going
• 6:51
  to enjoy that and then the stay is going to be very short, I would say.
• 6:54
  But you know, there, there are so many cities.
• 6:57
  I think a lot of places are actually kind more dog friendly than the US And I think we're kind of catching up.
• 7:03
  So whether you're talking about here or abroad, I mean, I think if it's appropriate, you'll find all kinds of dog friendly options.
• 7:10
  You just kind of have to gauge it by your dog.
• 7:12
  Because, I mean, like we were talking earlier about the fact that my, you know, most recent dog who passed away, he used to fly from New York to LA with me.
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  And he, he was, he was great.
• 7:23
  He saw me getting the, you know, my suitcase out and he ran towards his little bag and he was like, let's go, Mom.
• 7:29
  You know, and just to be clear,.
• 7:31
  He sat with you in the seat, right?
• 7:33
  Oh, my God, yes, yes.
• 7:35
  I would never put a dog in cargo because we just hear about tragedies all the time.
• 7:40
  But yes, he sat with me.
• 7:43
  But you know what, There are some dogs who don't want that.
• 7:46
  Where that is their, you know, that's just gonna be their worst nightmare.
• 7:49
  Maybe they have anxiety.
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  Maybe they don't like crowds or people.
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  So, you know, they're individuals just like us.
• 7:55
  Yeah.
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  And so I think we have to just kind of tailor that to them.
• 7:59
  Well, that is actually a good point.
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  So holidays coming up.
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  Maybe find a fun little place where your dog can go, too.
• 8:05
  Exactly.
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  Really cool.
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  Yeah, totally.