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Surviving Thanksgiving: Family, Politics & Hot Takes | Episode 8 · Sincerely American

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Hi sincerely sisters, and welcome back to Sincerely
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American Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
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We hope you're having the best time with your family.
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We wanted to bring you guys like a shorter little fun
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Thanksgiving themed episode today in case you have some time
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on your hands and getting ready for your Thanksgiving dinners.
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So we're going to start off and just have a fun little episode
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today. OK, Cameron, first of all, what
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are you thankful for for this year?
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I have so many things that I'm thankful for.
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Normally for Thanksgiving. Sometimes when I'm at my
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grandparents, we'll like go around the table, we'll say what
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we're thankful for, but honestly, just the basic things
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that you wouldn't even think are, are big deals, but it
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actually is to some people. I would say honestly, just
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having like a roof over my head, having a beautiful home that I,
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that I get to create and home make and having that opportunity
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and having healthy family members and being fulfilled in,
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in my career and in my life. And I, I don't really take those
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things for granted ever. I know they may sound small, but
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to other people, there's obviously things going on around
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the world that we don't have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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And really counting those blessings because if you're not
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thankful for the little things that God has given, he's not
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going to give you big things to tackle later on.
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And so I do think that, yeah, I guess for me, it's the small
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things, the day-to-day things that you don't really think
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about that ultimately have, you know, helped me succeed, like
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being able to sleep in a comfy bed and being able to have night
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time tea. It's just things like the little
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things that I'm thankful for this year.
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That's what I love about Thanksgiving because I think a
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lot of people just go about their day-to-day life and it is
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a moment for you to reflect on and like be very gracious for
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what's going on in life this year.
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I'm thankful as always, for my husband, my beautiful daughter.
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I'm just so thankful for that. Genuinely.
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I think family is just the most important thing in the world.
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I'm very thankful for obviously a lot of opportunities I've had
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this year. I mean, it's just been an
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incredible year. I've been really thankful that
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I've gotten the opportunity to pursue my media career.
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I've always dreamed about going on Fox and I've had that happen
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for me this year. And I, you know, we were talking
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about two episodes ago where we just sit back and you have to be
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in awe of these moments that we look back, you know, five years
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ago that we would just be so thankful for.
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And I am for that and I'm so thankful for you, Cameron.
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This is just been like an incredible opportunity.
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Like, you know, we've talked about it a lot, but we, we've
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met in the White House five years ago.
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And I just think like we would be so proud of ourselves.
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And I'm just so thankful because, you know, Cameron's
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lived in Tampa and LA And so, you know, we've always kept
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obviously a very close friendship where we talk on the
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phone everyday and all of the stuff.
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But I'm so thankful because of this podcast that you come back
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to DC all the time and now we get to just spend so much time
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together. And I, I just think it's
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beautiful and I'm thankful for just the work that we're doing
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with all of that. Yeah, and the behind the scenes
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of it too. I mean, there was a lot of
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tribulations and trials to get where we're at.
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And I think I'm I'm thankful for having to go through the hard
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things because it's made the more beautiful moments in my
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life that much better. Like I remember looking back at
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even last year, like I'm trying to think 2024 I would have been
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subpoenaed and like moving obviously across the country is
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is really, really hard to deal with.
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I moved from Tampa to LA and passing out on television and
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not taking care of my body. But honestly, like God puts hard
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things in your life to in order for you to learn from at the end
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of the day. And the fact that I got to learn
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from that and experience that and like ultimately come out
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better because of it. Like I'm so thankful because
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look at all the blessings that we have now, right?
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Like we have our show, we get to see each other more often, like
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we're embracing healthier habits and like getting, getting to
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tell our girls, you know, our life experience.
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Hopefully that they'll, they'll take some of this advice under
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their belt. But I'm grateful for that.
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Like I'm grateful for going through the hard seasons because
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ultimately, like we've, we've come out so much better and, and
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stronger and wiser because of it.
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And we get to share that with, you know, our families and our
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loved ones at the end of the day.
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And I have to say I'm very thankful for my husband and my
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parents and my brothers in particular.
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And my Aunt Shelby, we love her and my Nan, like they're they're
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and my mom's friends, like they're so supportive of me.
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And like, you know, in 2020 and I know you know this Cameron as
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well, because you dealt with the same thing.
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We spoke out obviously, in favorite President Trump, and
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that was not popular at the time, even as popular as it is
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now. And you know, getting into
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politics can be very divisive. And I'm very thankful for those
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people in my life that have stood by me and allowed me to
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speak, you know, our truth every day and come on this podcast and
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be able to share our opinions. And you know, I know we get like
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a lot of hate in return for it, but I'm thankful that I've had
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that. I've never let like any of that
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hate bother me because like I have just such a strong rock and
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my family and friends that I'm so gracious for.
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And I'm also just very gracious for the community that we've
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belt with. Sincerely, American.
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You girls are just so supportive, you're all beautiful
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and we love meeting you at the party and we want to meet more
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of you guys in the future and so we have a lot to be thankful
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about this year. Oh, and shout out to my little
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sister Brooke, too. My little sister Brooke is 13
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years old. And normally at that age, you
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want nothing to do with your parents.
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You want nothing to do with your siblings.
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And me and my little sister, we text every single day.
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It's such a blessing. And so, Brooke, I do not take
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that for granted. The fact that you want anything
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to do with me at this point in your life because I know how
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being a preteen is. So I love you so much.
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And yeah, we just have so much to be grateful for.
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OK, Camp, what are your Thanksgiving traditions?
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Honestly, it's so crazy because like anybody, I have a very
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dysfunctional family where I'm kind of like going to so many
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different houses. I would say my tradition is is
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going to all different like family's house.
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But more importantly to one of my traditions is that my family
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has a friend skipping and not a Thanksgiving.
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And so we invite like all of our family friends.
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It's more of like a potluck style where people will just
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bring different dishes and my dad will cook like some of the
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main things like the Turkey and the ham and mashed potatoes and
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things like that. But turning on football while
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we're while we're doing it, it's more of like a less formal
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environment. It's just fun.
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It's kind of an open door. People walk in, walk out
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whenever you feel like it. And so that's just something
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that we do every year. Yeah, so it's interesting, like
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I think a lot of our audience can like relate to this.
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But when you get married and have kids, obviously your
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Thanksgiving looks different than what it did before.
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And we always do Thanksgiving with my husband's family.
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And I'm very grateful for that opportunity to go down to
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Georgia. I always love going down there.
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Something I've learned since I've been doing my Thanksgivings
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in Georgia is that they call stuffing dressing, which I think
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is very interesting. Did, did you grow up in Kentucky
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with that? No, that must just be like a
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deep S type thing. But I'm very thankful to join
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his whole family. They take Thanksgiving very
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seriously down there. His cousins come, his grandma,
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Grandma Pat, we love her. She comes and brings in food and
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everyone like brings in food. And it's just like a wonderful
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opportunity to catch up with everybody because I think we
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just live such crazy lives. And Drake and I being up in DC,
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it's a great opportunity to go down there and catch up with
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everyone. And I've just found that to be
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like a lovely tradition. And Vivian hangs out of all of
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her cousins and it's fun. I'm, I'm, it's a great
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opportunity. So I'm looking forward.
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I'm going down to Georgia very soon for Thanksgiving because
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obviously we're filming this a little bit before Thanksgiving.
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So it'll be a good year as always.
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Yeah. OK, Cameron, another question we
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had. What is proper etiquette for
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Thanksgiving gatherings? We wanted to go over this.
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I thought that was a good idea. Yeah, I have had so many people
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ask me this just because they don't know like if they should
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show up empty handed since it's a more casual event, should you
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bring something? I think regardless, just taking
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pride in your appearance because I love the video of acquired
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style where she'll wear these really extravagant outfits to
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Thanksgiving and she's kind of made that her tradition.
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And I love that like she's just like showing her personal style
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that way. And I, I think that's so cool to
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just take pride in your appearance, making sure that
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like you're presenting yourself well in front of your family
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members. And then also, even if it's just
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a, you know, a regular, more casual gathering, I would say
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don't show up empty handed going the extra mile to get a good
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bottle of wine or, you know, an appetizer or some flowers or
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like a handwritten note. I think that goes a long way to
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the host or Hostess. I completely agree.
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If you're going somewhere for Thanksgiving, do not show up
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empty handed. You know what I will say I think
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a great thing to show up with with Thanksgiving is good
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energy. You want to like come in, have
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good energy, obviously, like, and we're going to get into this
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a little bit more in this episode.
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But I know sometimes dynamics of families can be difficult for a
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lot of people. And so I think showing up with
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good energy, being fun, being outgoing, talking about things,
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asking people about their lives, I think goes a long way.
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And if you're a positive force at a Thanksgiving dinner, that's
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going to make a huge difference, especially if you are dealing
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with difficult family dynamics, which a lot of people do.
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So I think, you know, being a positive force in that I think
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is very important to show. Up and I think offering to help
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the host, I think that that goes a long way.
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The first from the first moment you step through their door
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asking if there's anything that you can do to help, because
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that's a very overwhelming process.
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I mean, things that are slow cooking for hours on end,
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they've probably either been up through the night or started
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really, really early in the morning working on things.
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And so I think just offering a helping hand goes a long way as
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well. Especially when it comes to
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cleaning, you should be cleaning is I don't as much anymore
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because I've gotten so busy recently, but I I love cooking.
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I've hosted like a lot of dinner parties and I will say I love
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doing the cooking can be a little stressful, but the
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cleaning clean up is the worst you guys.
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So definitely offer a helping hand when it comes to cleaning
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up. All right, we're going to cut
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straight into non-toxic advice. We have two questions this week
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that I thought were really good that were Thanksgiving themed.
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So our first one is from Skyler from Texas.
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I love you girls so much. I normally go to my parents
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house for Thanksgiving. However, now that I'm recently
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engaged and my fiance and I have some disagreements on where to
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spend the holidays, should I host my own?
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How do you guys navigate this? Well, I'm newly married too.
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So actually last year we went and spent Thanksgiving with my
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family just because I wanted Pat to like get that personal time
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with them because, you know, Pat's a very hard worker and so
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and we're based in LA, so obviously that's like very far
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from Kentucky. So I wanted him to have those
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moments with my family. I think this year we're actually
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going to stay in LA and I'm going to get to spend time with
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his family. So I think it's a give and take
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scenario. Obviously, there's going to be
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turbulence where you're you're figuring this out for the first
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time early in your relationship and especially newly engaged.
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Congratulations. But I think that it's completely
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normal to have those hiccups at the end of the day, but just get
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on a routine that works for both of you guys.
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There's obviously going to be some moments in your
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relationship where you're going to have to compromise on some
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things at the end of the day, but it's easy to get into a good
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routine with your spouse and and have some trade-offs, right?
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For sure. You know, I think that this can
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be difficult for a lot of people.
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And it's not even coming from a bad place, but people love their
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families. And so, you know, when it comes
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to the holidays, it can be really stressful actually to
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split time. Like where are we going for
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this, this holiday and stuff? So I think it's important to
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decide with your fiance or your husband and get a schedule going
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and you can switch off. You can alternate Christmases
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and Thanksgivings, whatever works for your family.
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But I think it's important not to be selfish in that moment and
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make sure that you're evenly like splitting up time between
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family. And you know, I've seen this
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with Drake and I because Drake's family lives down in Georgia.
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My family is in California, so we don't have family that's
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here. So we, I really try to be
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intentional to make sure that we're spending adequate time
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with both families because we love our family so much,
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obviously. So we usually in our house, we
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do typically Thanksgiving with Drakes family.
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A lot of times we do Easter with Drakes family as well.
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And then we'll do Christmas of my family.
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But you know, we've come after Christmas to go see Drakes
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family as well. So I think it depends on the
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year, travel and everything. But I think you and your fiance
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need to sit down and definitely decide how you want to go about
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the holidays and be a team together.
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Because, you know, I haven't experienced this, but I know
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other people who have where families will kind of get angry
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and like pull on each, like, you need to be here for this time or
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whatever. And so you guys decide be a team
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and then confront that together and decide what works best for
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your family. But it's really important to get
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onto the same page about all of that.
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OK, next question. And our final question today.
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Chloe from Arkansas says, and this is a good question.
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Hello. How do you navigate differences
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of opinion at the dinner table? My family and I lean very
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differently ideologically, and I know conversations are bound to
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come up that I don't want to have.
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What should I do? I've actually dealt with this
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personally in the past, unfortunately, where there's
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been, you know, subtle remarks made or, you know, kind of just
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poking fun at stuff that I do for work and things like that.
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And I understand, like how draining sometimes it can be,
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especially if they're those, like heavy conversations where
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they're putting a lot of emotion into it, as, you know, politics
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normally brings out in people. But I would honestly say it's
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going to speak volumes if you rise above, if you conduct
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yourself with grace and maturity, that's going to speak
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more volumes to your character at the end of the day, not
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lowering yourself to the level of, you know, playing political
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games when it's supposed to be a time of celebration and of love
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and embracing, you know, the family unit.
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So I don't really think that's what Thanksgiving should be
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about. Now, obviously if that thumbs up
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in conversation and everybody's on the same page, that's a
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little bit different. But if they're just trying to
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get a rise out of you, get a reaction out of you, I think
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just stand your ground and be the bigger person and really try
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not to give it the time of day. Try to segue the conversation
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into something else that's maybe talking about them, really kind
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of deflect and ask them questions about their life.
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And it's going to make you feel better about yourself at the end
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of the day because you're rising above.
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Honestly, I haven't had to deal with this too much because for
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the most part both of Drake and my families are pretty
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conservative. But I will say this, I think
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there isn't like A1 size fits all solution for this, but I
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think you kind of play it by ear.
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I think 1. I think it's important to like
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bring up politics at the table. So I wouldn't be the instigator
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of it personally. But if someone's coming at you
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with stuff, then you have every right to stand your ground and
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speak your truth and give the facts are conservative girls be
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strong and what you believe in. And if this is someone who you
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just know, you have no way of changing their hearts and minds
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sometimes just like, you know, being the bigger person and
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being like, do we need to get into this right now?
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I think there's a lot of other things that we can address and
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we can talk about. That kind of silence even speaks
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bigger volumes because it shows that you're above and you're
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like, I'm not going to get into the mud with you.
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It's like not worth it. Like if this is someone that
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comes at you all the time and is always trying to instigate and
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always cause problems with you to deflect and be like, I'm
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better than this. I don't need to convince you of
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what I believe in. And I know you're stuck in your
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beliefs. Let's just stick to some
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positive stuff and keep it fun and keep it happy.
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I think sometimes it speaks more volumes, if I'm being honest.
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So I think it depends on the situation.
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If this is someone like genuinely like that, you think,
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you know, you might be able to influence or like is asking like
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good questions. Or if someone that I'm a debater
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at heart, I love debating. I don't take things very
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personally. So if someone is like that, that
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I know on the other side, I love the opportunity to debate out
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some stuff. But if this is someone who's
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looking to cause problems, I think be the better person.
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And like I said, that speaks more volumes that many times.
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All right, let's get into Hot or Not Thanksgiving edition.
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OK, Cameron, dressing up for Thanksgiving.
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Hot. I think that look good, feel
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good, dressing your best. Ultimately it's going to put you
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in a better mood. You can get the cute
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Thanksgiving picture with your family.
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I don't know, I just I love it. You don't want to take those
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moments for granted, especially since, you know, we've been so
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go, go, go with work and really spinning those intimate moments
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with our family. We don't really take that
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lightly. And so also like being able to
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document those moments too and get photographs with you and
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your family. I think that's really special.
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So I'm going to go hot. I'm going to go hot as well, but
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I'm going to say don't wear anything too tight.
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That's like I like to eat things.
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I'm like a big fan of things going food.
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So a lot of times I'll do like a cute sweater and skirt and some
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boots and stuff. And but no, I think it's good
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even if you're just staying at your house and stuff.
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I think it's always, I think for holidays, like people always
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used to dress up and we always talk about like our standard
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slipping in society. So I think for special holidays
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it's good to dress up. So I'm definitely going hot.
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OK, What about potlucks? I'm going to go hot just because
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my family does it. Like I'll have each family
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member bring like a different food or or a family friend bring
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a different food and it just kind of takes the pressure off
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of the host or Hostess and being able to contribute in that way.
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So I'm going to go. Hot, I'm going to go hot as
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well. I love when people like bring
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different stuff and then you can call them at multiple different
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people on their food and you can, I don't like when someone
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like brings 2 of something and then you can try and there can
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be a little competition there. So I always love a little
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potluck. It's good to have.
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I think like a mixture of stuff. OK, politics at the dinner
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table. Yeah, I'm going to go not just
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because I I come from a family where we're kind of all over the
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ideological spectrum on things. And so I do think that there's
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there's better topics of conversation.
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If you're somebody who comes from, you know, a diverse family
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where some people are libertarians, conservatives, far
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leftist, you know, just keeping it light, fun hearted, focusing
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on them and their day-to-day, their job, their their kids,
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their loved ones, their home, their pets.
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I think that's that is way better than talking about
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something that's device said that may like bring down the
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mood. I'm going to go not as well, as
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much as I love the memes and like the reels where it's like
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my wife telling me not to talk politics at Thanksgiving and
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it's like 2 minutes 11 beer in and it's like the guy raining
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one. Sip of water.
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Or like showing up with the Trump wine bottles.
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I think it's funny. So like you can do funny stuff
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with that. But I agree, I think like don't
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cause problems on Thanksgiving. Kind of like we said, stand true
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and what you believe in if someone comes at you.
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But I think it's tacky. I agree.
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I kind of like the times where it was like you don't bring up
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like we're religion or politics to people unless I guess you
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guys are all conservative and Christian like in my family.
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Thank gosh. But no, in general I think I
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agree. Not OK, friends givings.
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I'm going to go hot. I love celebrating with my
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friends. You know, I actually did this in
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Tampa last year, I want to say, and I had all of these girls
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over. I'll post a picture up here for
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you guys to see it. But it was so fun, you guys.
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I think it's a really great moment to also share with them
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that you're thankful for those friendships and celebrate that
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and be able to spend those moments.
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I know like I treat Jamie like she's my sister, like she's my
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family. So having you know, a friends
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giving and being able to share those moments with them as well,
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I think that's important. So I'm going to go hot.
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I'm going to go hot, too, with the caveat that, like, I do
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think there is this culture bubbling up with the left,
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especially where they're like, my family's a bunch of racist
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Trump supporters. So I'm only doing Thanksgiving
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with my friends, you guys. Thanksgiving at the end of the
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day is with family unless there's like really extenuating
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circumstances. So like we talked about in two
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episodes ago, do not cut off your family.
18:46
Do not be toxic, even if your family disagrees with you.
18:49
I don't really feel like we have to tell our girls this because I
18:51
feel like our girls are not like this.
18:52
But in general, if Thanksgiving is for family, but if you're
18:55
going to do something fun before like a Friendsgiving, I love
18:58
that so. I do too like it just it eases
19:01
the pressure. Maybe there is like, you know,
19:04
different family dynamics at play for for Thanksgiving.
19:07
Maybe you're like you're a little on edge, but as most
19:09
holidays do, the traveling there, you know, providing
19:13
things, not showing up empty handed, like the logistics of it
19:17
all can be stressful. So taking that stress off your
19:20
plate, you know, having a sip of wine with your friends or you
19:23
know, ATV night, that can be really fun.
19:25
OK, is the Turkey Trot hot or not?
19:27
I'm going to go not like I guys, I come from a Turkey Trot family
19:32
and I had to admit that like my mom, we used to run the Turkey
19:36
Trot in Kentucky. And by the time I want to say I
19:41
was in college, I was like, mom, I can't do this anymore.
19:43
I love you, but I want to relax and I want to watch the blind
19:47
side in the morning and, and you know, just relax throughout the
19:50
day. We used to wake up at 6:00 AM
19:52
and do that. But I mean, I don't know, I'm
19:54
glad she made me do it when I was a kid.
19:55
Sometimes you have to do things you don't want to do to get to
19:57
the places you want to be. And ultimately, like, I was an
20:00
athlete at the time, so I was fine, but I'm going to go not
20:03
like I don't want to do it anymore.
20:04
I'm going to go not I am not a Turkey.
20:06
I didn't grow up in a Turkey Trot family.
20:08
I'm not a growing up in a runner family.
20:11
I'm thankful for that on Thanksgiving.
20:13
That is for eating, that is for gluttony.
20:15
That is your one gluttonous day. So I am for that.
20:18
I also literally, this is hilarious.
20:21
Brianna, you can insert the clip.
20:22
What was the winning time for the New York City Marathon?
20:27
This is who's closer, Not over, not under the winning time.
20:32
You're going to go. You're going to go first.
20:34
You look like you contact. You look like you know.
20:37
It Jamie, the newcomer should go.
20:38
Or you go first. I'm not a marathon person so I
20:41
might be like giving a completely wrong time.
20:44
OK, like 5 hours. Five hours.
20:48
My producer beat that. What was it?
20:51
Well, I don't 4 hours and and four hours 4-4 hours and.
20:58
Two hours and what is it two hours and 8 seconds?
21:03
Someone can do that. That's so fast.
21:06
You guys insane, Bolt, you guys you're.
21:10
So cute. You're so way off and we love
21:12
that All right, well, you win. It's.
21:14
Really fun. Make sure to snuggle with
21:15
someone you love. OK, all right, this is so not a
21:18
dog. So that's how little I know
21:20
about like marathon or running. I'm literally on Jesse Waters
21:23
prime time. Like I gave that answer for what
21:25
I thought a little embarrassing. Anyways, so OK watching
21:31
football. I'm going to go not I'm sorry,
21:35
but I am more of like a movie person I would say.
21:37
Like I love watching the Blind side.
21:39
I love watching Gossip Girl, like the Thanksgiving episode.
21:43
I thought that was so cute. Or just like fall TV shows in
21:47
general, like Vampire Diaries and stuff.
21:49
I just don't really get in. I don't watch football a lot
21:53
like my I want to say my husband does like a bit, but not too
21:57
much. Like honestly, I mean he has
21:58
like a fantasy football team and stuff.
22:00
So he'll watch like here and there.
22:01
But mostly we're watching like shows together and movies.
22:04
So I'm going to go not. I think you know my answer for
22:07
this. I'm I'm working from a bit.
22:10
My, my family I grew up with, my mom is the biggest sports fan
22:13
you'll ever meet. We love football.
22:16
So we are a big football family. And then I'm happy that I
22:19
married Drake because he's a big football guy.
22:20
We have the sports betting going all day.
22:23
I love watching football and Thanksgiving.
22:25
I love watching the Cowboys. It's like a tradition always.
22:28
And I love the Cowboys halftime show.
22:29
It's always really fun. So huge hot for me.
22:33
It's actually one of my favorite things about Thanksgiving.
22:35
OK, the Macy's Day Parade. I'm going to go hot.
22:39
My family always will leave that like running on the TV in the
22:42
background while we're like talking drinking mimosas or like
22:45
kind of have a brunch going on. So I'm going to go hot.
22:47
My mom will normally leave it on.
22:49
It's a tradition of ours. Yeah, I'm the same as you.
22:51
I think it's cute. It's kind of gives like some
22:53
nostalgic vibe, so always in the background.
22:56
OK last one. This is a good one.
22:59
Hot or not, Christmas trees and decor before Thanksgiving.
23:03
OK, I have a hot take with this. I'm going to go hot just because
23:06
I feel like a lot of people now, it's kind of like wearing light
23:10
white pants after Labor Day or mixing Navy and black.
23:14
Like nobody really follows the rule anymore.
23:16
Like just put up the Christmas tree and like if you want to
23:18
celebrate longer than I think, that's fine.
23:21
Like you're celebrating Jesus. So I'm like just put up of your
23:24
tree and like, if that makes you happy, then do you.
23:26
OK, I'm going to go in the opposite direction.
23:29
I'm been a big believer. I think fall, like when I think
23:32
of fall, I think of like pumpkins.
23:34
I think of Halloween and Thanksgiving that continues
23:37
until the end of November. And I think Thanksgiving needs
23:40
to be its own holiday. I don't like when people are
23:43
putting Christmas up and I am the Christmas is my favorite
23:45
holiday as it is like most people.
23:46
So I'm not anti Christmas by any means, but I'm like December is
23:50
Christmas, then I go all out for Christmas.
23:51
But I like Thanksgiving to have its moment.
23:53
I do too. I do.
23:54
I just think that more people are doing it now.
23:56
You're seeing where people are putting up Thanksgiving trees
23:59
and then they take down some of the Thanksgiving decor on the
24:02
tree. Like maybe it's like an orange
24:04
theme. I've seen this like on TikTok
24:07
with like different ornaments and stuff.
24:09
And then it'll have its moment, but it'll be there.
24:11
I'm the type of person who will like leave my tree up until
24:13
March. So like I kind of resonate with
24:15
you guys. Like I'll put it up and then I
24:17
will leave it up accidentally. Wait, we were talking about this
24:20
the other day. Like Cameron was already for
24:22
Christmas on like Williams-sonoma, like Vine, a
24:24
bunch of like, literally like dropping and Karen's.
24:26
Like what? What did you say about that?
24:28
Like the girl? I was like, I have the feminine
24:30
urge to decorate my entire apartment and drop so much money
24:34
to make sure that I have like a very like Chris like just warm
24:39
Christmas environment in my home and I Jamie was like, I could
24:43
not relate less like I. That is like the feminine part
24:47
of my brain that like didn't develop.
24:49
I I love Christmas discord, don't get me wrong, but like I
24:52
am not someone that like cares to spend a lot of money on my
24:55
personal like Christmas, like I will always do the tree do not
24:59
get me wrong, and I have the stockings if I put every year,
25:01
but I am not someone that's like dressing up my whole house with
25:03
Garland. I'm not like a fall girl that's
25:05
buying the pumpkin spice candles and getting all the pumpkins
25:08
going that I wish I was like I wish I had that urge, but that
25:12
home decor urge is like not in my brain.
25:15
I. Will spend more money on home
25:16
decor than I will like clothes. See, I'm the opposite.
25:19
I'll buy more clothes and. I really value like all my
25:23
liquor set stuff and like nice pots and pans and nice decor
25:28
that I can like re put up every single year.
25:31
So I don't know. I'm a Martha Stewart girl, I.
25:33
Is different for me because I love cooking so I I will spend
25:36
money on that and like general to like make my house look nice
25:40
but you know we're kind of in that era of life.
25:42
We both live in condos so like I'm not having like a bunch of
25:45
people over so like I just I'm not putting the money towards
25:48
that Christmas decor for the most part and we travel for
25:51
Christmas too, so like. I think your environment plays a
25:54
large part in like your mood and your energy and everything and
25:58
like creating a very like calm environment with things that you
26:02
want to put up. I don't know, like I just, I
26:04
find so much enjoyment out of it.
26:06
I was like scrolling. This is actually psychotic.
26:08
I was on anthropology just scrolling through their
26:11
Christmas decor until like 2 in the morning.
26:13
Then I switched to Pottery Barn. Then it hit three.
26:15
AMI was like Cameron, you have to chill.
26:17
You need to go to bed. But I love it.
26:19
I will put up my tree. I'll leave it up.
26:21
I think it's just so fun and so relaxing and it's I'll put on a
26:25
Christmas movie. I don't know, that's actually
26:27
like we were talking about the Disney adults in the last
26:29
episode. Like Christmas is my nostalgia.
26:32
Like I'll put on The Polar Express, I'll start decorating
26:34
for Christmas. I'll call my mom, keep her on
26:36
the phone for hours while I'm putting up the ornaments.
26:38
Like that's my happy time. That being said, and we'll
26:43
definitely do more of a Christmas stuff because Cameron
26:44
and I have some funny Christmas stories.
26:46
Stay tuned for future episode where we'll have to tell our
26:48
Christmas tree story when Cameron and I went Christmas
26:50
tree dropping. But we'll keep that for
26:52
Christmas because like I said, I like Thanksgiving having its
26:53
own. But I will say I was like a real
26:55
tree and we'll talk about that later.
26:56
OK, let's do a quick rapid fire hot or not for Thanksgiving
26:59
food, Turkey hot. I hate Turkey.
27:02
I'm going, not stuffing. Hot.
27:04
I love stuffing guys so much with gravy on top.
27:07
Like I just, I love stuffing. Stuffing is my favorite favorite
27:11
food by far. Like out of Thanksgiving.
27:13
Literally love it. I I don't know why we don't do
27:14
stuffing like outside of Thanksgiving.
27:16
I know I love it. Mashed potatoes.
27:17
Hot. I love mashed potatoes.
27:20
My my great grandmother will actually like make them from
27:23
scratch at home. And she's from the South.
27:25
Like this woman is incredible. I love her.
27:29
But yeah, I'm going to go hot. Mac and cheese.
27:31
Not not for me. I just can't do like a ton of
27:34
dairy, you guys or else like I was an Accutane girl.
27:37
Like I literally had problems with like my skin flaring up and
27:41
it just doesn't align with my gut.
27:42
So I can't do it. Wait I didn't even say for
27:44
mashed potatoes. Ella hot for mashed potatoes and
27:47
hot for Mac and cheese. But I will say if mashed
27:50
potatoes I actually like other forms of potatoes better.
27:52
Like I like a roasted or a smashed potato more.
27:55
But I will do mashed potatoes for Thanksgiving.
27:57
Cranberry sauce. I'm going to go not, it's just
28:00
not my favorite. No, me neither.
28:02
What about gravy? Yes, on gravy.
28:04
What about you know what I actually really love that's
28:07
pretty underrated is sweet potato.
28:10
Not casserole, but sweet potatoes with marshmallows on
28:12
top. Yeah, you know, that one is
28:14
like, I'm not like against it, but it's I'm not like dying for
28:18
it if I'm being. Oh, I'm dying for it, you guys.
28:20
I love it. That's like, actually my dessert
28:22
like that And pumpkin pie I'm obsessed with.
28:24
OK, what about this is like a Southern thing Now?
28:26
I'm like in the Southern mindset because I go to Georgia, as I
28:28
said, like green beans. Yeah, I love green beans.
28:30
And the oak? I like fried okra.
28:32
Is it fried or is it just? You know what's funny?
28:35
I think my mother-in-law puts like her okra in the stuffing,
28:38
which I think, oh. Nice.
28:39
OK, yeah, yeah, I'm not against. It What else am I missing for
28:42
Thanksgiving? There's like cucumber salads
28:45
that people can make. There is like any bread or rolls
28:50
like. Oh my gosh, I love like those
28:52
those butter rolls. So good.
28:55
I'm obsessed if you guys can get them.
28:57
This is a southern thing. Sister Schubert rolls I'm
29:00
obsessed with. They have these orange rolls.
29:02
They have regular butter rolls that you can get at the store.
29:05
Guys, that is my jam during Thanksgiving.
29:08
I just love Thanksgiving food. I like making like the sandwich
29:10
on the rolls. Like I'll put like the mashed
29:12
potatoes and I'm in full fat apps mode.
29:15
What about what about like Thanksgiving desserts?
29:17
Like, do you like pumpkin pie? OK, that's funny.
29:20
Kind of. My dad is like the biggest
29:22
pumpkin pie fan ever. I'm like it's OK, I rather an
29:25
apple pie or I love a cherry pie.
29:27
But usually they don't do that on Thanksgiving.
29:29
But I'm not like anti pie, just like pumpkin pie.
29:31
I'm like. Pumpkin pie.
29:32
I love pumpkin pie. I would eat pumpkin pie.
29:35
Like not on Thanksgiving, just regularly.
29:37
I love it so much. OK, for our final segment of the
29:41
day, propaganda we're not falling for.
29:47
OK? What propaganda are you falling
29:48
for, Cameron? OK, propaganda I'm falling for
29:50
is actually being an involved sibling.
29:52
I see so many things where like people don't talk to their
29:55
siblings or they're like maybe more passive in their in their
29:59
decision making or like maybe they have things at school that
30:02
they're not really showing up for.
30:03
I don't know if it's just because my little sister's so
30:06
much younger than me. I almost see her in this, maybe
30:09
not so healthy, I don't know. But like, I see her like a
30:11
daughter, almost like she is so young.
30:14
I wanted to be there for like her early developmental moments.
30:17
But I mean, I think even if you guys are close in age, like show
30:20
up and be a good sibling, they're going to remember the
30:23
things that you were at, what you weren't at, what you were
30:25
supportive on, helping them through moments where they're
30:28
navigating life for the first time.
30:30
Especially I say this as like an older sibling, but even as a
30:34
younger sibling, just being there.
30:36
I, I love how every single time I call my sister, she picks up
30:39
immediately or she'll text me and be like, I can't talk right
30:42
now. But we are very close,
30:43
regardless of how big our age gap is.
30:46
And so I really do adore that because at the end of the day,
30:49
like that person, they're going to help you.
30:51
Like when there's illness with your parents or there's, you
30:55
know, moments in your life that you're trying to navigate.
30:57
I'm going to be at Brooke's wedding and that like makes me
31:00
want to cry. I can't even believe that.
31:01
Like I can't even picture her at that age, but I don't know.
31:03
No, no, I just, I think people often overlook being there for
31:07
your siblings. I think obviously, like when
31:09
you're married, you like your immediate family is like
31:13
priority, of course. But like I think so many people
31:16
are so passive with their siblings or like they don't talk
31:18
to them or like they're not involved in their lives.
31:20
And that could just never be me. Like I am so involved in my
31:23
sister's life. I love.
31:25
That you brought that up like that really moved me because I
31:27
feel the same way about my brothers.
31:29
And like it's easy, I think, to have a more passive relationship
31:32
with your siblings than you would with your parents, for
31:34
example, or friends, especially if they live in different
31:36
places. But I tried I'm I have two
31:39
younger brothers and so I really try to be like involved in my
31:42
life. And I love that they call me all
31:44
the time for advice. Like when my brothers call me,
31:46
I'm just like so happy to talk to them about their life and
31:49
everything. And I love, I think that they
31:50
look up to me in that way and come to me for a lot of advice.
31:53
And it goes with to my brothers. It kind of goes in like ebbs and
31:56
flows and stuff like one will be like a little more like talking
31:59
to me more and then the other like Walker lives with it's
32:02
funny. Smith calls me a lot more, but
32:03
Walker like lived with me last summer because he always interns
32:06
with my husband and so I love that.
32:08
I love any moment like and Walker came out for our party.
32:10
For example, Smith's a really great baseball player, so he
32:13
can't travel as much and his like life is so focused and
32:15
that, but I love that he calls me all the time and it means a
32:17
lot. I think having a great
32:18
relationship with your siblings is very important.
32:20
And I just like, I love my brothers and I want them to be
32:23
like, they're just such an important part of my.
32:25
Life and yeah, and my mom, I mean, I'll give credit to my
32:28
mom. She's like really instilled that
32:29
in me and she's like, you need to be like a better like at
32:32
times when I was younger were kind of, I guess just going
32:35
through the motions of life. There were some moments I wasn't
32:38
as present for Brooke and things and I think I really started to
32:41
self reflect. I'm like, no, I I want her to
32:43
see me at these ballerina recitals.
32:46
I want her to see me at her fifth grade graduation and I
32:49
want her to look back on those moments and know that her sister
32:52
was there like every single step of the way.
32:54
It's like literally going to make me cry.
32:55
But like, I just love like my sister is like the most like
32:59
wholesome, beautiful, intelligent, like little girl
33:04
and I'm just obsessed with her. And she's in these preteen years
33:06
where she's figuring out life for the first time.
33:08
She's going through the same things that I went through at
33:10
that age. And so it's important to be
33:12
there for your sibling and to coach them through that.
33:15
And they're, you're going to be able to give them advice on your
33:17
parents too, about navigating certain situations and like
33:20
helping them understand, like how your parents ultimately like
33:23
parent them, you know what I mean, and help them understand
33:26
things more. And so it's good to be involved.
33:28
I completely agree. I love my brother so much.
33:30
I could go on for days, but no, it's good.
33:34
It's really good. And especially as you get into
33:35
your 20s, that's when you really start to like own that because
33:38
you grow up together and you take it for granted and then you
33:40
leave and we're not living in the same place and you have to
33:43
be intentional and I think that's really important.
33:44
I love that. Mine's very similar vein.
33:46
I think traveling, if you don't live near your family, traveling
33:49
for Thanksgiving and you know, we kind of mentioned this a bit
33:51
earlier, but it is easier sometimes just stay where you
33:55
are because travel can be so hectic on Thanksgiving.
33:57
But you guys don't know like how like life is, is not promised
34:02
everyday to be honest. And so you don't know how long
34:04
you have with your different family members.
34:06
So being intentional and making sure on holidays to be with
34:09
them, even if things might not be perfect, even if things are
34:12
rocky and stuff, I think it means a lot to people.
34:14
And I think in this era where, you know, we talk a lot about
34:18
people cutting off family and stuff, don't be like that.
34:20
You know, I think there's a lot of as Christians were called to
34:25
forgive and a family member not might not be perfect in your
34:29
life, but that it's never worth cutting somebody off unless it's
34:32
an extremely extenuating circumstance.
34:35
I think forgiveness is the most beautiful thing and accept
34:38
people for who they are and don't you don't have like this
34:40
insane purity test and cutting people out of your lives.
34:44
I think a lot of people do nowadays and it's it's toxic,
34:46
it's bad. This is the season to have love,
34:49
and it doesn't mean that you have to cosign on people's bad
34:51
behavior or, you know, forget any, anything they ever have
34:54
done to you. But this is the moment to come
34:56
together as family. And there's things that are just
34:57
more important than that. So that's propaganda that I am
35:00
falling for. Yeah, and just think more
35:01
rationally. I think when you mention that, I
35:04
think of somebody who's maybe a bit more irrational in their
35:07
decision making. Obviously there's going to be
35:09
circumstances, whether it's abuse in the home, there's
35:12
there's other circumstances where, OK, that's a little bit
35:15
of an outlier and you waiting. Yeah.
35:17
But like I, I agree with Jamie, I think that you should, God
35:21
calls us to forgive one another and love each other.
35:24
And so I think that you should put things behind you and try to
35:28
move forward and put the other foot forward in the best way
35:30
that you possibly can given the circumstances.
35:33
And you're never going to look back regretting that you were
35:36
trying to be the better person and navigating that with pure
35:39
intentions. You may look back one day if you
35:41
cut somebody off and think, wow, I wish that I wouldn't have gone
35:45
to such extreme circumstances. I I completely agree with that.
35:48
Propagating that I'm not falling for Jamie is peer pressure is
35:52
specifically at Thanksgiving. I think that we'll see, you
35:55
know, older generations, like grandparents ask you like, when
35:58
are you getting married? When are you settling down?
36:00
Like what happened with that job?
36:01
How's the job hunting going? And like kind of press you in
36:04
that way. And then also peer pressure
36:06
around like, you know, substances in the home to like,
36:08
do you want to drink? But like not being mindful that
36:10
maybe that person struggles with that.
36:11
So I don't know. I would just be more cognizant
36:14
of that. You guys, it's propaganda that
36:15
I'm definitely not falling for. Don't you know, bend the knee in
36:18
that regard? Make sure that you're staying
36:20
true to yourself and true to your morals and values at the
36:22
end of the day and handling yourself with grace and class.
36:25
OK, my propaganda that I'm not falling for to get a little
36:28
political here. America is not stolen land and
36:32
liberals. If you're on that whole train,
36:35
like America was founded on genocide, it's stolen land and
36:38
stuff, then you guys shouldn't be Thanksgiving because
36:40
Thanksgiving is an all American holiday to celebrate America's
36:43
beautiful heritage that we have, that we brought Western values
36:47
over to North America and we built the greatest country on
36:50
earth. And I'm not saying it's perfect,
36:52
you guys, for anyone that's attacking me, of course there
36:54
was wars. Of course people fought against
36:56
each other, a lot of people died.
36:58
That's all of human history. But America is amazing country
37:01
because of the brave men who came over here.
37:03
And this is a time to be thankful for our ancestors and
37:06
the founders who made that brave trek over from Europe to here
37:11
and started a whole new country. And so I just don't subscribe to
37:14
that. Like, frankly, that BS about
37:17
like, you can't celebrate America.
37:19
Like I'm so pro America, not saying it's perfect, but
37:22
Thanksgiving is a time for that. And if you're going to be that
37:25
liberal, that is like correcting everybody and tearing down
37:29
statues of Christopher Columbus, then no Turkey for you, no
37:32
stuffing for you, no mashed potatoes for you.
37:34
This is a holiday for people who love this country.
37:36
But. They'll like gladly prop up like
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George Floyd was like addicted to different drugs and like beat
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his pregnant girlfriend. A lot of these liberals like
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they want like you to be like a perfect person and they put you
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through like the context of 2025 back in like 14 hundreds.
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So no, no one's going to fall into that context.
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And I'm like, and are you a perfect person?
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The one that's like telling everybody else how to live their
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life. Sick of the virtue signaling.
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No stuffing in Turkey for you if you're going to be an annoying
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woke, so social justice warrior liberal.
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So that's propaganda that I'm not falling for.
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Go America, go Thanksgiving. Well, you guys, I hope you guys
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have an amazing Thanksgiving. We hope we got you guys in the
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holiday spirit. Be positive, have fun with your
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family, and enjoy your time off and eat lots of good food.
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By the way, you guys, next week, we're going to be off for an
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episode. I'm going to be in Europe for an
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amazing opportunity that I can't wait to tell all you guys about.
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But make sure you tune in the week after and we'll keep
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Enjoy Thanksgiving. We're very thankful for you
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guys. We love you.
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Bye. Bye.
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We'll see you every Wednesday.