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2026 Reset: Dating, Money, and Modern Culture | Episode 12 · Sincerely American

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Hi, Sincerely, sisters, and welcome back to Sincerely
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American. I hope you guys had an amazing
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new year. I was so excited with the
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episodes that we put out over break and I think it was fun and
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I loved our insurance and outs in particular.
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And we're definitely going to be carrying that energy into 2026.
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As you can see, Cameron and I are in separate places.
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This is our first remote episode.
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And Cam, I miss you. I know I miss you so much, but I
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will see you very very soon. For our sincerely sisters.
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I'm still in LAJ as in DC, but we got to connect before we
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headed to our families for for Christmas and everything.
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So we're excited to be back with you girls and let's get into it,
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Jay. I literally feel like we're back
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on like Hannity, like us too. Also, Cameron, we have to
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acknowledge your hair change that you did.
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Like you have to give the full story with that.
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I know, OK, so this is so cringe, but I asked chat like my
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color analysis and basically I like plugged in, like here's
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here's like all of my features. And then here's like the normal
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color palette that I wear. Like, what is what's the best
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like all around like hair skin tone, like whatever to wear in
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your wardrobe, things like that. And yeah, chat was like, you
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should do like red Auburn hair. And so I did it and it was much
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deeper when I first got it done. And then when I took a shower
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for the first time, it just all came out and it was like, I did
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a Fox hit. I was literally with you on on
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Hannity and I did a Fox hit and I was like, I mean, tell me why
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my hair is like dirty blonde right now after I just debuted.
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It was like a bait and switch. People were probably like, who
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is she? And then I had to go back in,
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redo it. And yeah, now it's it's totally
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fine. They gave me like a mask and
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everything. But wow, it's been it's been a
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whirlwind and a journey for sure.
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I love it. I just think it's so unique and
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special. I, I remember when you told me
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you were going to do it and I could not believe it because
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like blonde is so iconic for Cameron, but like, you just
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absolutely slay this hairdo. Slay.
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I think we're leaving that back in in 2025.
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I'm pretty sure that was on the conservatory's outlets for
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words. So I feel like I sound like a
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boomer using slave, but you absolutely kill this haircut.
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I also did like it though, that color that you did when it did
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wash out. I also think that looks nice on
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you too. I just think what I love about
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you, Cameron, is you're always changing things up and doing
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something different and it keeps it interesting.
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Yeah, I agree. Don't you remember?
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We had this whole conversation, I was like, OK, Jamie, now
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you're going to have to get the butterfly haircut.
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This is what you're. This is what you're doing with
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your hair next. Like we have to get on it.
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It's a total rebrand for 2026. You know what, I wanted to get
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like a little bit more of like bangs in the front and I get a
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tiny bit more. But I will tell you my concern
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about changing 1. I don't really think I can
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change my hair color because it's just, I guess I could add
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like some more highlights, but I don't know.
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I just, I don't know if I like highlights on me.
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I guess I could go darker, but I don't think that would look good
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either. So I was like, maybe I should do
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like a little bit different, like haircut, but I'm just not
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like super great at styling hair.
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So I get nervous to do that. But anyway, let us know if you
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think I should change up my hair and leave some comments if you
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think something will look better.
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We're bringing in looks maxing into 2026.
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I was also on the conservatories in an out list, which I love.
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So that's what we're always doing.
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We're always trying to look our best.
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But let's get into the episode. OK, so I sent this reel to
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camera in like a few days ago and it's about it's from the
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Giggly Squad podcast and it's about splitting rent with your
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boyfriend and what's appropriate.
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So let's roll the clock, OK? The man in the relationship
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makes $180,000 a year. His girlfriend who he lives with
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makes $40,000 a year. Their rent each month is $3000 a
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month. The question is how should we
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split the $3000 a month rent? Obviously not 5050 because she
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simply can't afford it, but what's a fair split you think?
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I actually saw this and it was very interesting.
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I feel like first you let him decide.
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You give it to him. He can say if he wants to pay
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it. Because let's be honest, we're
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finding the patriarchy, the wage gap, she's taking care of all
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that shit. But if he's like, I'd like you
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to pay some, OK? Then you figure out what you
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feel comfortable with, Bethenny Frankel jokes.
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Actually, I don't know if it's a joke, she says.
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Like, my money is my money, and your money's my money.
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And I wholeheartedly agree. And there's something to be
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said. And like, we're not trying to be
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like, like, men deserve money, but like, the wage gap is real.
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And like, yeah. Oh my God, there's just so many
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things wrong that we need to get into this.
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But I first want to hear your response, OK?
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Yeah. I mean, I just don't think it's
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appropriate to split bills. I just don't think that they
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should split because they were even getting into like the
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numbers of it. She doesn't make as much such as
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him. But look, men have Hunter's
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mentalities. They they want to be able to
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provide, to protect like they need productivity.
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And if you're just laying it all out on the table, you're giving
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him no incentive to ever propose to you, in my opinion.
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Well, OK, one, I want to address, I don't think it's
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right to live with your boyfriend and it's something
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that I will always come out against.
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I just think one, it's like not biblically correct, It's not
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morally correct. I also think like any data and
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statistics bear out if you live with your boyfriend before
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marriage, it's your marriage is more likely to fail.
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So I want to get into that next. But first I feel like I need to
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address this like wage gap. Why?
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Which is like a fully separate topic that they started talking
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about. And that is a myth in America.
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There is no wage gap. They make it sound like, oh, if
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a woman works a job, you can pay them 80, or it's like $0.81 on
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the dollar and a man will make a dollar and the woman will make
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$0.81 for whatever that salary is.
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And that is just not true. That's illegal.
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That's against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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So that one cannot happen. And what they're talking about
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is if you calculate all of female salaries across the US
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and all of men's salaries across the US, you'll see that men make
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more money than women do in general.
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But that's for so many reasons. One, I think women get into
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career paths that are different than men.
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They tend to like going towards more childcare, creative careers
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in general, and men tend to lean towards finance, tech and things
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like that. Of course there's women that get
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into that. I'm just saying in general, but
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too, also a lot of women become moms and they take time off of
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their career. They work part time or they take
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a less like crazy career so they can be a mom at home.
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So there's just so many factors that go into this.
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But let's be clear. Especially if like what we've
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seen with DEI, like any woman who's successful, like I
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actually think has way more opportunities to achieve things
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than men do in this day and age because they're more likely to
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be hired. So there is no patriarchy
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tearing you down as woman in the USI first, want to set the
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record straight on that. And second of all, like I said,
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it's not right to live with your boyfriend.
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And it does throw this kind of weird thing in the air where
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they're asking like, what's the right thing with this?
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Because I do agree of what you're saying, like in general,
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I believe that like men should be taking upon more of the
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financial role in the family. That's natural for a man and
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woman should be taking on more of the child care and house
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making. That's a natural for a woman.
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But if you are in a relationship where you're not married, then I
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guess it is like technically unfair for the man to have to
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pay for the whole thing. So that's why just this entire
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thing doesn't make any sense because, you know, obviously if
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a guy is courting you, dating and bringing you out for dinner,
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then I think he should be paying.
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But I I just in the whole living situation, There's a reason why
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there's no correct answer to it, because it just doesn't make
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sense from the beginning. Yeah, I mean, I just think that,
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like, at the end of the day, men are very simple creatures.
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They want a happy woman who's going to bring them peace.
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And no woman is going to be happy if she's stressing over
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these bills when she's not even making nearly the amount that
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her boyfriend is making at that time.
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And then there's not going to be any peace or stability in the
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household. Also, like you noted, it's
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completely backwards how society is approaching dating these
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days. We've said this time and time
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again again on this podcast that people are treating boyfriend,
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girlfriend relationships like their husband and wife, but then
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once they get married, they are able to just throw that out.
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And divorce is so normalized these days.
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So we just need to get back to tradition as a whole.
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I completely agree. And I think in general, I know
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people like, because the affordability crisis and
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everything in the US, people feel, you know, especially if
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you live in this big city, it makes sense in some ways to save
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money and move in, But that means get serious about your
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relationship, get engaged and get married.
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I, I think that's the best way. And then move in together.
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And this even gets into like example, the modern day with
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registries and stuff. And like when people get married
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and they have this whole registry, but they already live
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together and they've already created the house together.
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That doesn't even make sense. It's like, I think it's
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exciting. You know, when I've had friends,
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I've gotten married, for example, and they're moving in
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together and this is just such an exciting time in their life.
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And you want to help them set up their whole house as it should
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be. That's what tradition calls for.
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And so I think these girls are just overall just completely on
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the wrong train with this. Switching gears entirely, I also
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sent Cameron this a few days ago because I think this goes off
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the theme. I know you guys are all getting
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back to work. We're getting back on schedule
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in 2026 and you guys have had the holidays where I'm sure a
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lot of people have been eating good food as you should.
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You should be taking your holiday and enjoying yourself.
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We're all for that. But I thought this reel was
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really funny because I definitely relate to it.
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Let's roll the clip for those of you who are in our listening
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audience. The reel says eating like this
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because processed food literally gives you a hangover now and
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it's just showing a bunch of like super healthy meals.
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I say this, I think a food hangover is worse than a alcohol
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hangover. I stand by that.
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I know. And I don't understand why
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people don't cook at home more, if I'm being honest.
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Like now, recipes are so easy. You go online, it tells you step
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by step how to make something. It's like if you're not a good
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cook, you just sincerely don't know how to read directions.
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Because it's it's gotten to the point where it's so accessible
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to understand how to properly cook food, especially with
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Pinterest and other things like that.
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But I mean, I don't see the downside to this.
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When you're cooking it, it helps with brain fog.
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It helps with acne, gut problems.
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Like all of these problems stem from these processed foods.
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And like you said, I get worse food hangovers these days when
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I'm like going out to these fast food chains.
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Then I do an actual alcohol hangover.
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And I there is nothing worse than when and like I had one of
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these days over break and it's fine.
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I think it's good to like treat yourself.
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I'm not for one of those people that you can never have a cheat
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day. But like a lot of times I wake
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up the next morning after a cheat day and I'm like, was this
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even worth it? And it like never is like I had
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some processed food, I had McDonald's and I woke up the
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next morning, my rings like we're my hands were so puffy.
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I literally couldn't I had to like take off my rings.
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My face was like this big and I just like, I almost feel like I
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feel it in like my joints. I'm like someone that holds a
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lot of water weight. That's like why when I was
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pregnant, I had I just got so bloated and puffy and I hated
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being pregnant so much because of like the puffiness I had.
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And so whenever I have like a really salty food or whatever
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before I go to bed, I had like some McDonald's fries and I just
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felt like absolute crap the next day.
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Like I was like sluggish. It literally is a hangover.
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Like I cannot say that enough. And I've kind of like now that
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like slop has become like part of like the vocabulary that we
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all use, I've like started thinking about that in terms of
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food. And like so much of, you know,
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we like talked about it on the last episode with the insurance
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and outs. Like so much of these like
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processed food places that used to be like a yummy treat or
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whatever that were never healthy.
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But like now they don't even taste good.
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Like the McDonald's fries don't even hit the same.
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Like I stand by that. Like, I'm like, this wasn't even
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good. And I feel like absolute crap.
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And I just think like cooking at home, like you're going to feel
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better about yourself. You're going to look better.
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Your skin's going to be better. But yeah, the, the food hangover
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is a real thing. And like, if you're someone who
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doesn't feel that I have such a jealousy of you, like, it is
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something I deal with on a regular basis.
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Well, and if you watch these shows like on TLC, like My 300
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LB Life, it's not like these people are getting fat from
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cooking for themselves. Like they're all going out to
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eat. No, no, I'm so serious.
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And so I think also like not to be a conspiracy theorist, but
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with these fast food chains too, I think that's causing a lot of
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these hormonal problems where these women are dealing with
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infertility. Because you see a lot of these
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women, you know, reversing endometriosis or PCOS with just
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a better balanced diet with omegas, with, with a bunch of
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veggies, with just things that are very much gut healthy and,
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and beneficial to you if you're trying to conceive.
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And, and of course, for other things as well, like you said,
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it can hurt your joints. It can, you know, there's
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diabetes involved if you keep eating certain ways.
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So we could go into it for days, but that's why I'm just so also
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so grateful for the Maha movement too, because it's
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really we're coming to like an awakening point in this country
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that we are the only country dealing with like majority of
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these issues. If you look at any other
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country, especially in Europe, they're not.
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They're not dealing with chronic obesity like we are.
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No, the, the food systems are a real thing.
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And it's I, I actually, people talk about, you know, obviously
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immigration is a huge threat to our country.
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Like Islam is a huge threat to our country.
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I would say like far left communism, like what you're
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seeing with Zoran is a big threat to our country.
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I actually think the biggest threat to our country is our
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health. Because at the end of the day,
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if you do not have health, you have nothing.
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Like honestly, no. Military, you're so right, no
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millets not to cut you off, but no military standards.
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We had to weaken those under President Biden.
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It could be used as a bio weapon against us because it's not
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we're we're not promoting like these healthy habits.
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You know, there's different countries that could come in and
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it can kind of be a force that way as well.
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And I know that sounds crazy, but it's true.
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It's so crazy. Like if we're not a healthy,
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productive society, it's it's going to be a downfall from
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there. American greatness is all about
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getting our health back on track.
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And I also wanted to say one other quick thing, Cameron,
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because you're so true. None of the people on £600 life
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or that are obese are having that because they're cooking at
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home. And I joke because like there's
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like this meme. Are you like an ingredient
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household or a snack household and snacks are like my vice.
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If I have snacks in my household, like I'm eating them
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and so I only have ingredients in the in the household and that
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is so helpful. This is like the biggest tip of
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you girls want to like be healthy and your best self have
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ingredients. So then when you're hungry, are
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you really hungry or are you bored?
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Because if you're hungry, then you're going to go make the
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food, right? And like, obviously I'm a mom,
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so that requires me. Like if Vivian's hungry, I'm
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making her her whole homemade snack.
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That's not just like out of a bag.
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Like I try to like do as little things out of a bag that you
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open as possible. Instead, make her, like, apples
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and peanut butter or like, a cute little PB and J sandwich or
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cucumbers and like, tzatziki or something.
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I think that that's, like, better snacks, if that makes
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sense. But I swear, if you need to make
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your own food, you're going to, like, not obviously, like,
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Overindulge. And Cameron.
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I also love what you always talk about.
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And gluttony is a sin. And like, we need to call that
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out more in the US. Like, we just have so many
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issues with that. Yeah.
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Just over consumerism and like you said just this huge gluttony
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problem. It's also more fiscally
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responsible to. If you make food at home, it's
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probably going to be cheaper than if your Uber eats or door
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dashing all these different meals or constantly eating out
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at nice restaurants. It's good to obviously like
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especially if you're married, have date nights every once in a
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while. I understand that but like it's
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it's so nice to cook at home and your body just feels better
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after too. So going off of your
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overconsumption, this is my best way of doing a Segway right now.
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I don't know how the Segway is going to stick, but let's try
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it. Cameron, you sent this to me and
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it's about ring size. So we're talking about
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engagement rings here. And does the size matter?
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And I'm going to play a clip from HRH.
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She's hilarious. I see her stuff all the time and
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she just makes me laugh. But let's see, I feel like,
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Cameron, we might have a different take on this.
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So let's see if we agree versus disagree.
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A ring is a sign of like a man pining for you and trying
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because in the end a man does not.
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The ring is not for the guy, you know what I mean?
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So having a man spend a lot on a ring is literally just for you.
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It's not for him. He doesn't give a he would much
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rather spend nothing on the ring on a ring.
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Can you believe it? OK also I know I'm like
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stuttering everywhere. Also, if a man spends a lot for
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himself, I'm I don't. It depends on his situation.
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So he needs to overextend. Himself.
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A little bit. Because he's, he's, he's, it's
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real. A guy will not overextend
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himself and you know what I mean, on someone he's not, he's
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not totally sure about, you know what I mean?
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On someone he's not totally in on.
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I'm not talking about going broke.
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I'm not talking about putting yourself in debt, but I maybe a
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little bit. I am talking about a man totally
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going above and beyond, not in a in a responsible way, but that
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also stinks his pocket a little bit.
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Do you know what I mean? All right, Cam, what do you
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think? OK, so for our ladies who are
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single, looking for their husband and just in a, you know,
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a waiting season, when you get your ring, there's the four CS,
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there's color, there's cut, there's clarity and there's
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carrot. I personally think that clarity
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is the most important component of this because it shows like if
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there's any imperfections, all these things, I just see way too
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many lab grown diamonds that are very big people choosing these
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6-7 carat lab grown diamonds that have all of these
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imperfections that you can very much clearly see to the naked
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eye because the ring is so big. I even told my husband I was
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going to talk about this and I told him I would have much
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rather picked a smaller real diamond than a bigger lab grown
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diamond. Humans crave like authenticness.
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They crave realness, especially in the age of like AI.
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Everything's fake and gay these days.
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Like people want real. And so like I with rings
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especially, like I don't think it's the size or the carrot that
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matters. I think it actually matters.
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The clarity. The clarity is like the biggest
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thing to me. I completely agree and I think
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obviously I think we live in a culture now.
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And by the way, I always I'm never pretending to be like
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holier than now. I get caught up in this.
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So like I want to say like I'm also a victim of this culture,
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but we live in such of like an Instagram culture where it's
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like everyone like this over consumerism.
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That's where my Segway came from because it's like everybody
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wants everything. They want the new outfit all the
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time. They want the biggest rain, they
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want the best house. And like, it's like showing off
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on Instagram. And totally.
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And I don't think it's a healthy culture.
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And I, I do think like when it comes to ring size, especially
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like if you get married when you're young, right?
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A lot of times, unless there's like a family ring or family
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helping you out, like you're not going to be able to afford like
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a $30,000 ring. And that's OK.
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I think a ring should be in some way like a little bit of a
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financial sacrifice to show like the man showing how much you
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know that he's willing to commit to you and that he really values
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you and wants to surprise you with such a big gift.
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Like I do believe in that. But also this goes into like the
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wedding culture, Cameron and all the stuff where people are
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spending like $50,000 on the ring, $500,000 on the wedding
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and then they can't even afford a house.
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And it's like totally like our priorities straight here.
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And like I said, I a lot of times I'm not a person to preach
19:17
about, like a lot of times budgeting and stuff that is not
19:19
my strong suit. And I, I do love like spending
19:22
things and I can be materialistic.
19:23
Like I fully know that about myself.
19:25
But I do think it's like such a warped culture and like, you
19:28
know, especially if you're getting married, it's like, do
19:31
the, the ring that he can, you know, afford at the time and he
19:34
can make that special like sacrifice to you.
19:36
And then you guys build a life together.
19:37
Like I look at my parents and my dad like they got married young
19:40
and then my dad is like, you know, it's gotten my mom such a
19:42
beautiful thing since because they've like built an entire
19:45
life together And you can that's.
19:47
What I was just about to say to you, you can always upgrade the
19:50
diamond later, like with a wedding anniversary and not to
19:54
be a negative Nancy, but unless like you're either a Dubai
19:57
housewife or you're a Palm Beach, you know, woman whose
20:01
husband just died and you're rolling in it.
20:03
I literally can look at your ring and know that it's not real
20:06
if it's that big. Like I, I do think there's like
20:09
such a beauty, a beauty with like having such like modest
20:13
pieces that. I really stand the test of time
20:16
and what are timeless like a lot of these rings that I see where
20:19
it's like we're we're getting into this, like does size
20:22
matter? I mean, it's again, I think it's
20:24
the quality of it. I think.
20:26
Did he put in time and thought and effort to make sure it's
20:28
exactly what you want, to make sure it's the band that you
20:32
want, the durability of that you know, the relationships and the
20:36
connections that you built at that jewelry store.
20:39
If he can get you nice pieces later on to just signify, you
20:43
know the years and years of your relationship.
20:47
So I understand where HRH collection or whatever her name
20:50
is, is coming from with this though, because I do think the
20:53
man doesn't get anything out of like getting you nice joy or
20:57
like a ring. He just doesn't.
20:59
That's solely for you and obviously like tailored to
21:02
everything that you want. And it's only a financial
21:05
sacrifice for him. I don't really think there's any
21:07
other benefit besides, of course, spending the rest of his
21:10
life with you. But yeah, I just, I All in all,
21:13
I don't think the size matters. I think it's the thought, the
21:16
effort behind it. I would pick clarity over
21:19
carrot. Yeah, no one should feel
21:22
pressure for that. I think.
21:23
I think that's gross that we live in a culture now where
21:26
everybody feels pressure to have to overspend just to impress
21:29
people and do what's best for you and do it for love.
21:32
That is the most important thing.
21:33
Your marriage is way more important than the ring or the
21:35
crazy wedding. OK, transitioning segments to I
21:38
have no words. Wow, we are getting very newsy
21:45
for this segment today, but I loved it.
21:47
Cameron sent this to me. And this was like all over X as
21:51
well. But obviously President Trump
21:53
had his amazing midnight mission to capture Maduro this weekend.
21:58
That was just like fantastic. And it was crazy because Cameron
22:01
was on the West Coast and I was on the East Coast and I like
22:03
randomly woke up at 3:00 AM and saw like 50 texts from Cameron
22:07
being like, Oh my gosh, like we're like invading Venezuela
22:10
right now and all this stuff. And I was like, Oh my gosh.
22:12
And then by the time I like went back to bed and woke up the next
22:15
morning, like the war was over. Then the day after you saw all
22:18
these protests where white liberals were marching in the
22:21
streets to support Nicolas Maduro, who is a mass murderer
22:26
and a narco terrorist, everyone. And they're like, stop the war.
22:29
We need to stop barring Venezuela.
22:31
I'm like, honey, this war was wrapped up 8 hours ago.
22:33
Like we're good. He he's in custody.
22:35
We're trying him. Like you don't need to come out
22:38
and defend. And by the way, the Venezuelan
22:40
people could not be happier. So totally out, like out of
22:42
touch with these people. No, and these are the same
22:45
people who are like no kings, no dictators.
22:47
And now they're protesting. We're like we love Maduro and
22:50
it's like, shut up. Do you even know what you're
22:52
saying? These are like these people are
22:54
cheering on this guy and they haven't even had to survive a
22:57
tyrant. Like like you said, these
22:59
Venezuelans are coming out, especially the ones that fled to
23:02
America. They're coming out so happy that
23:05
they have their freedoms now and it's like they're just so out of
23:08
touch. But this goes back to even,
23:10
like, it goes deeper to, I think we had one segment of a New New
23:13
York influencer, you know, crapping on capitalism, yet she
23:17
was like wearing a vintage designer, You know what I mean?
23:20
Like, these people are just so out of touch.
23:22
They don't know, Like, just because you can vote doesn't
23:25
mean you should. Like these people should not
23:27
because they're so uneducated. You know that meme?
23:30
I'll get Brianna to put it up where it's like insert chip,
23:33
take out chip, insert chip. It's like insert chip, no kings.
23:36
And they're all like no kings, no kings.
23:38
We're protesting no kings. And it's like take out chip,
23:40
insert chip. They're like, stop bombing
23:42
Venezuela and like, you don't have any right to, like, arrest
23:45
the communist dictator. I'm like with these like
23:47
liberals, they just have like, no guiding values besides, like,
23:51
I hate Trump. I hate conservatives.
23:54
And it's like, we can, this is what's like, really sad to me.
23:56
Like, can we come together as a country and be like, yeah.
24:00
Like, this was like sick. Like, honestly, it was sick.
24:02
Like, at the end of the day, like America, like we went out
24:05
there, we didn't ask a single other country for their
24:07
permission. I love like, you know, all these
24:09
European leaders were like, we're monitoring the situation
24:12
as we're all on. Situation.
24:14
But then mom, Donnie literally said that he was going to arrest
24:17
Netanyahu in New York. So I know this is an episode of
24:20
South Park at this point. And I'm like, if Cuba, Mexico
24:25
and China are coming out against this, that's when you know, we
24:28
did something right, OK. Keir Starmer was like, I just
24:31
want to let everyone know the UK wasn't involved.
24:34
I'm like, we know. That's why it was successful.
24:37
I'm like, this is President Trump.
24:38
This is Pete Higgs. That's.
24:40
Why we have more Marco? Rubio in action you.
24:43
I just live like America's like, like it's just amazing living
24:47
the most powerful country in the world where we don't have to
24:49
care about anyone else's opinions and we can do what's
24:51
best for our country and our people.
24:53
And like go there was like people in the in Ireland
24:56
protesting it. I was like, OK, go cry in the
24:58
corner. Like no one cares.
24:59
And by the way, the only reason you have the right to go protest
25:02
something is because of American dominance that we allow for free
25:05
speech. I mean, it's kind of debatable
25:07
now in Europe, but of course it's free speech if they're
25:10
criticizing America. But if you start criticizing,
25:12
you know, woke ISM or something, you could be arrested.
25:15
But but anyway, Long story short though, I think though it is sad
25:19
that as a country we can't come together.
25:21
Like I feel like we came together in World War Two.
25:23
I'm sure there was people who disagreed with stuff, but in
25:26
general it was like, this is American excellence and we
25:28
should be so proud that we live in this country and that we're
25:31
bringing freedom and democracy. And I thought the liberals cared
25:33
about democracy, but I guess not if Trump is a proponent of of
25:36
it. And by the way, these people had
25:38
no problem locking up our president, Donald Trump when
25:40
they wanted to do that. So spare me your liberal tears
25:44
about Nicolas Maduro. And of course, these communists
25:47
are defending communists. All right, you guys, we're
25:50
moving into non-toxic advice. If you guys have not submitted a
25:57
question yet or you want to submit another one, make sure
25:59
you go to sincerelyamerican.com/askaquestion.
26:04
OK, so our first question today is from Sophie in Tennessee.
26:09
Do you have any book or podcast suggestions to help become more
26:12
educated on politics and religion?
26:15
I want to become more educated as a woman in my 20s.
26:18
Oh, I love this question, Cameron.
26:20
I'll throw it to you first. Yeah.
26:22
So I think, you know, I read more books.
26:24
I think Jamie, you probably listen to more podcasts, so you
26:27
may be able to give more insight on that.
26:29
But I wrote down a couple. Obviously, the Bible first and
26:33
foremost, you're going to get all of the information that you
26:36
need to develop that closer relationship with God.
26:40
But a few books that I read, I want to say a couple of some of
26:43
a couple years ago and some currently that really changed my
26:47
life. I will say the defining decade
26:49
is a really good one. Everything Will Be OK by Dana
26:53
Perino and these are more so like books you should read in
26:57
your early 20s rather than it being more political, it wraps
27:00
in politics and religion and things like that.
27:03
But I truly did love those books also.
27:05
The I love Dana's but. I love that book.
27:08
Also The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene because it shows
27:12
what like really humans are driven by whether it's logic,
27:15
whether it's power, whether it's ego.
27:17
And then that way you can actually decipher, like you're
27:20
not as easily manipulated by propaganda.
27:22
You can kind of see issues more clearly and understand like the
27:26
reasoning behind what different regimes do.
27:29
So I truly do like that. That's more of like a psychology
27:31
book, but it's a great book just because you get to understand
27:34
conflicts a little bit better. You can protect yourself from
27:36
like, manipulation, propaganda, things like that.
27:39
But of course, mine are more books oriented.
27:41
I don't think that I've really listened to a ton of podcasts
27:45
for that. Jay, have you?
27:48
OK, so I'm going to be I'm always honest.
27:51
A few girls like that is something about Cam and I, we
27:54
are never going to like pretend to be like riding in on some
27:57
amazing high horse and everything.
27:59
I do not read enough books. Like I know that about myself
28:02
and I think that's like the lowest IQ thing about me.
28:04
Like I think in general, I like to hold myself up to like that
28:08
I'm like a smart and informed woman, but I need to read more
28:11
books. And I honestly attribute it to
28:14
this like one like I was like a very good student in high
28:17
school. I took like AP let AP Lang And
28:19
so I like read. So like I had to read like 2
28:21
books a week at one point in high school.
28:23
And then I was a history major at Cal and I had to read so many
28:26
books that I think I got like almost kind of burnt out from
28:28
that. And it became like book reading
28:30
was a chore. But I do think like I need to
28:32
dive back in and like do more reading because I, I live by
28:35
this smart people read books like that is I think the number
28:39
one thing that you should do in order to be a more informed
28:41
person. With that being said, because I
28:43
have done a lot of reading in the past, I'm just not as up to
28:46
date now for anything to do with history.
28:48
You should read a Patriot's History of America.
28:52
And that book is like incredible.
28:54
There's like so much I feel like propaganda that's like leftist
28:57
in our history in like our curriculum in the US.
29:01
And so this gives like a real, in my opinion, analysis of
29:04
American history. And a lot of times it like this
29:07
is a whole separate rant. I could go on, but we don't even
29:08
learn about like amazing parts of the history.
29:10
Instead, we learn about only our worst parts of history.
29:12
That is important to know. I'm I'm never for someone
29:15
erasing any parts of history, but also like we need to bring
29:17
in like what makes America amazing.
29:19
So I love that book for that. I think for anyone trying to get
29:22
to the bottom of like what it means to be a conservative, you
29:25
should definitely read a conscious of a conservative by
29:27
Barry Goldwater. I did like my whole thesis and
29:30
so I use that book a lot. American Lions, a great book
29:34
that I read also that gives, I think it's actually Jon Meacham,
29:38
which it's shocking. I like something by him, to be
29:40
honest. But it talks about Andrew
29:41
Jackson, who in my opinion, he was like our first populist
29:44
president in the United States. And in my opinion, he's like
29:46
completely undervalued. And then I think it's like
29:49
important to read like historical documents, like, you
29:51
know, Cameron said, obviously the Bible chief among those, our
29:54
constitution, the Declaration of Independence and common Sense by
29:58
Thomas Paine. And I would say another book
30:00
that's good for history would be Ben Shapiro is the Right Side of
30:03
History. I also really like that book.
30:05
Lastly, I'll I'll wrap this up quickly, but I do love podcast.
30:09
I'm a big podcast listener. I think I actually am like an
30:12
audio learner. I'm pretty sure that's why I
30:14
listen to the Matt Walsh podcast.
30:15
I think I was like in his like #1% in like 2025 because I do
30:20
not miss an episode from him and I love that he talks a lot about
30:23
history and culture. Love Megyn Kelly, I love
30:26
reefless. I was just on their podcast you.
30:27
They're so great for like news updates.
30:29
Of course, Ben Shapiro is as well for that.
30:32
And I also love Michael Knowles show.
30:33
Michael Knowles is fantastic. He's like the most positive
30:35
person. Like anytime you're feeling
30:36
down, listen to him. And then I would say the Bible
30:39
in a year podcast by Father Mike Schmidt.
30:41
I absolutely love to. So those are my suggestions for
30:45
that. And moving on to our next
30:48
question which comes from Savannah from Florida.
30:53
Totally different topic here. I am turning 25 in a few months
30:57
and I've had two serious relationships since I was 20
31:00
years old. But the two men were not husband
31:03
material. I'm starting to have anxiety
31:05
regarding that. I'm turning 25 with no
31:08
prospects. My dream is to be a wife and
31:10
mother. Do you have any advice on
31:12
meeting Christian men? I am on Hinge where I met my 2
31:15
exes but I don't think that's been very successful.
31:19
Yeah. I mean, I think in order to
31:20
attract the guy you want, you have to become the woman that
31:23
they would desire. And I would say first and
31:25
foremost, just get off Hinge. I don't think that's going to be
31:28
serving you. You know, I think you have to
31:30
establish a real connection in person with somebody.
31:34
And then also, I think the only person putting a time clock.
31:38
I mean, obviously we have a biological time clock for
31:41
children, but to get married, I mean, this is such a such a fun
31:45
season of life where like the best things come to you when
31:49
you're not looking, in my opinion, especially in your 20s.
31:52
But I would just slow down the anxiety, like put yourself at
31:56
ease. Everything is going to be OK at
31:58
the end of the day. And God didn't put that time
32:01
clock in place for you. You're the only person that's in
32:05
your head. And I have to tell myself this
32:06
all the time when I get an anxiety that it's like I am in
32:10
my own head essentially when it comes to these issues and I'm
32:13
the one creating them. So I think it would be just
32:15
really important to pray on it. Pray those prayers for your
32:19
future husband as well. But don't put too much pressure
32:22
on yourself either. I think the best things in life
32:24
for me did come to me when I least expected it.
32:28
I, I fully agree with that, Cameron.
32:30
I think like any time in life where you're trying to push
32:32
something to happen too hard, it's not going to happen.
32:34
You need to like relax. And like I will say with a
32:38
caveat, like you can't just sit inside every day and expect that
32:41
you're going to be your husband. Like you have to get out there,
32:43
but don't force anything to happen.
32:45
And you are 25, Cameron's 25. And Cameron will like talk about
32:49
stuff all the time. I'm like, I'm 27, about to be
32:51
28. I can't believe it.
32:53
But like I feel like I'm getting old and like I'm like Cameron, I
32:56
would kill to be 25 again. Like I know that's only like
32:59
you're only two years younger than me, but like you're in your
33:01
mid 20s. Like that is that's the time
33:03
where you should be getting out and meeting people.
33:05
I guess like the hard part of this, like advice is like where
33:08
to meet people. And of course like I want to
33:10
initially. I have some good places where
33:12
though I wrote down. You go.
33:14
Are you sure? OK, because I totally just
33:15
interrupted you. No, I was thinking, so she said
33:18
she was in law school, study group groups at your law school,
33:22
meet their friends, like meet friends of friends.
33:24
I think that would be good. Sporting events is really great,
33:26
especially if you have a team that you're rooting for.
33:30
Airport lounges actually would be a great place to meet
33:34
somebody. Obviously we'll say church, you
33:35
hear things like that or like even Turning Point events.
33:38
Meeting like minded young conservatives, that can be great
33:41
too. I've actually, I know a lot of
33:43
people who got married through Turning Point, not even kidding.
33:46
They met their spouse at those events.
33:48
So I think things like that. American Party.
33:51
Yeah. Or a sincerely American party.
33:53
We have sincerely brothers, their last line.
33:56
That was great. Some sincerely sisters, and some
34:00
sincerely. Brothers wants to do like a meet
34:02
up with us so you can't totally. Do that.
34:05
I know. Or yeah, that'd be great.
34:07
Yeah, but I think just get out there.
34:08
I mean, like, the best people I've ever met have been like
34:11
friends of friends. I met my husband through a work
34:15
event. So making sure that you're just
34:17
getting out there. If you're a law student, you
34:20
know, shadow a professor, shadow, go into a law office
34:25
because I know you have to do those internships, meet people
34:27
through there, go to meetups, go to happy hours.
34:30
Like humans are social creatures.
34:32
You have to be out. Like Jamie said, you can't just
34:34
be cooped up at home. As much as I would love to do
34:37
that too, it just doesn't serve you.
34:40
Yeah, I Cameron, I love all the advice you gave.
34:42
I think like you wrapped up perfectly.
34:43
That would better advice than I would give on that honestly.
34:46
And the last thing I'll say is like looks Max as well.
34:49
Like that is the time when you're single, like get in the
34:52
best shape of your life, look your best.
34:54
Like I I think dress your best. So take that as like a time to
34:57
be like I'm going to be in 2026, the absolute best version, the
35:01
smartest version of myself, the most well spoken version of
35:03
myself, the best hair, the best skin I can get, the best body I
35:07
can get. And I think when you're being
35:09
your best, you're going to attract the best as well.
35:11
So I think there's a lot of things that you can control.
35:13
Like there'll be people that like sit on the couch, like, I
35:16
can't meet anyone. And it's like, OK, but are you
35:17
putting yourself out there or you being the best version of
35:20
yourself? Like if you don't feel like
35:21
you're meeting the best people, maybe because you're not being
35:23
the best version of yourself. So I think also like, you can
35:26
control what you can control. And so control controlling that
35:29
helps the situation as well. OK, rolling into our next
35:32
question from Amber from Pennsylvania.
35:35
Hello. I just finished the White House
35:37
internship program. Wow.
35:40
Do you have any advice for how a young girl should go about
35:42
getting a job in DC? I love what you girls are doing
35:45
and you've motivated me so much to be bold, dive back into my
35:49
faith and be the best version of myself, so thank you.
35:52
I love that. That's amazing.
35:54
What's your advice Cam? I would just say something that
35:57
would make you really stand out is don't just apply for these
36:01
jobs online. I think so many people get
36:04
resumes on the daily and go through them, but it's going to
36:08
be more beneficial to you. Go in person.
36:10
Go in person to these think tanks or on the hill or in these
36:14
different offices in DC, shake their hand, give them the Manila
36:18
envelope and say, hey, this is my name.
36:20
I'm so eager. I, if you have any job positions
36:23
or openings in the future, please keep me in mind,
36:26
Introduce yourself. I will also say the connections
36:29
will come when the relationships are established, like have
36:32
genuine relationships with people in that town because in
36:36
DCI see a lot of this where they're not very substantive
36:40
relationships. Or it's what can you do for me?
36:42
Just establish genuine relationships with people and
36:45
those connections will follow because you're a good person.
36:50
I, I completely agree and I'll say it, the White House
36:52
internship program, like being a veteran in DC now that is the
36:56
most coveted internship, probably like one of them in the
36:58
world, to be honest. Like that's very difficult to
37:00
get into. So you have a fantastic resume.
37:03
I feel like you're going to have a very easy time actually
37:05
getting some great. I don't know if she's trying to
37:07
get a job or internship. Oh, she's trying to get a job
37:10
now. So I think you have a great
37:13
resume going in and getting the job.
37:15
Like I said, I got my start on Capitol Hill.
37:16
So I always recommend that you're from Pennsylvania.
37:19
So it's obviously a purple state.
37:21
So there's a lot of Republican congressmen or, or, you know,
37:25
e-mail Dave Mccormick's office, for example, as well, because a
37:29
lot of times, you know, that was my trouble being from
37:31
California. Obviously there's not a ton of
37:32
Republicans in California, but they do try to hire people with
37:35
from that have like ties to their state.
37:37
So I would start there and getting on Capitol Hill because
37:40
that's just like such a great way to get involved in DC and
37:43
meet a lot of people and develop relationships from there.
37:45
But I don't think you should have a problem.
37:46
Like I said, you have a great resume and congratulations.
37:50
That's amazing. Of course.
37:52
Congratulations. OK, getting into my favorite
37:56
segment, hot or not, Cameron, let's get started on this.
38:04
OK, unisex sense. Can you explain, Cameron, what
38:07
that is? You're the one that I guess that
38:08
like man or woman sense. Yeah, so people will use these
38:12
unisex sense instead of like it'll be in just a unisex
38:16
bottle. But it can be for like a man for
38:18
Cologne or a perfume for a girl. But the sense is like, it's
38:23
normally more of like a musky, a lot times more masculine scent.
38:28
But they do say that can be used for for women too.
38:30
I'm going to go not on this. I think it's OK for men to have
38:34
unisex scents just because everyone that I've smelled, it's
38:39
like more woody. I'm more musky like I said, but
38:43
for for fragrances for females I love like the feminine florals
38:47
and things like that. I I think so I'm just going to
38:50
go not with this. I would buy my husband one, but
38:53
I personally wouldn't wear one. OK, as I was just saying, the
38:57
man or woman, my biggest pet feeve I have to address this
39:01
because I get this comment all the time from this podcast and
39:04
when I went on the reefless podcast is people getting have
39:07
you seen this camera? People like getting mad and I I
39:09
think this is like a trend on TikTok because I've seen people
39:11
address this on TikTok about pronouncing woman versus woman.
39:16
Have you seen that? Yeah, because it's plural
39:18
singular. I know, but like it's such a
39:21
small like obviously when I'm talking about like a group, like
39:24
women in general, I guess I sound like sometimes I'm saying
39:27
just woman, but I am saying woman.
39:30
But I think with like, I don't know the way that I'm like
39:32
talking quickly or something. People like always get mad at me
39:35
for that and I'm like, OK, it's such a small difference in
39:38
pronunciation. It's like very hard to pick up
39:40
on and like I get I'm addressing.
39:43
I see like woman, women, women. Yeah, if you say it like slowly
39:48
and really direct, then like women, women do you.
39:52
Think so. I don't say what it's woman or
39:56
women like Wet Wet. I like I do a wet with men.
40:01
I don't know, that's totally not right either, but.
40:04
No, I actually think you're right.
40:05
I think people get mad that you're right.
40:07
Anyway, I I just had to say that because I like mentioned it and
40:09
I'm like, I'm like people stop with these comments.
40:12
Like, I'm doing my best out here, OK?
40:15
Jamie can't pronounce woman. I'm get the the trans
40:17
allegations like we can't we can't beat this.
40:21
What's? Going on like you guys know,
40:23
like honestly, if you're I just I just never have had like the
40:26
need to like come in and like comment like you're like it's
40:30
just like that. Was like the we were, we were
40:33
recording. I don't know if we'll leave this
40:34
in or not, but we were recording in California.
40:38
I go, yeah. I mean, like we were talking
40:40
about the Christmas sangria and I was like, I think it'd be nice
40:43
to do like a little liqueur and Jamie's like liquor.
40:47
And I was like, no, my dad owns a bar.
40:49
There's a liqueur that you can find the flavor.
40:52
And maybe I have no idea what that was.
40:55
That was the funniest thing ever.
40:58
See you learn something new. You do?
41:00
No. And there's things you taught me
41:01
trust, like the things that I haven't that I had no idea
41:06
coming into DC at 20 that Jamie had to coach me on.
41:09
I'm like, thank God I had her. We've coached each other
41:11
equally. I will say that honest, I don't
41:14
have a This is shocking. As someone who has an opinion
41:16
about everything all the time, I don't have an opinion about
41:18
this. So I'm going to go with you
41:20
Cameron. What you said makes sense to me.
41:21
I like Les Labo, the Santal perfume.
41:24
I'm pretty sure that's like a unisex 1.
41:26
But yeah, and like Baccarat Rouge, 5:40 is too.
41:29
But those, yeah, yeah, I don't know.
41:33
I'm leaving that opinion to you. I'm lukewarm on that one.
41:37
It's anyway. Next one is Oh my gosh I swear
41:41
this is like Isabel my Co founder from TC.
41:43
She has such a hatred towards this and I love it.
41:46
Like she's like a stand against this QR code menu.
41:49
I'm in the same boat as Isabel. I hate QR code menus.
41:53
I think it just encourages people to stay on their phone
41:57
when that time at dinner is supposed to be like conversation
42:01
and, and having that personalized experience.
42:03
I want to hold something in my hand.
42:05
I want to see like the curated menu.
42:08
I want to see them put thought and like the font and how they
42:11
structured it. And it shows the brand and the
42:13
personality of the establishment for us to go on our phone.
42:16
It's just like encouraging, like, like we say slop.
42:20
Like it's like for me, when I have like a menu on my phone,
42:23
I'm like, this is slop now. Like everybody's on their phone
42:26
reading the menu. I'm like, I'm one of those
42:28
people too. If you're at dinner, and I'm
42:31
guilty of this too, and I'm going to work harder to stop
42:33
doing this, but my husband is, you know, he does this a lot is
42:37
I hate when people are on their phones at dinner.
42:39
It is one of my biggest pet peeves.
42:42
And me and my mom's as well. And I agree with him.
42:44
Me and my husband have to get better at this.
42:46
Pat has like egged me on because I used to be a total stand
42:49
against this and then he'd get on his phone and then I'd be
42:52
bored. So then I got on mine.
42:53
But like All in all 2026, we are leaving that behind in 2025.
42:57
I hate it. I think it's actually one of the
42:59
most disrespectful things you could possibly do.
43:02
And this QR code menu thing is just egging that on, that whole
43:05
societal norm of like completely ignoring somebody sitting across
43:09
the table from you. Cameron, I don't think we've
43:11
like ever been on our phones together at a dinner because
43:14
it's usually like, you know that that meme where it's like wine
43:16
glasses down. We're we're we're hashing
43:18
everything out like we have we go from like, yeah, we go
43:21
through gossip to politics to new business venture.
43:24
Like it's like literally there is no time for phones when
43:26
Cameron and I are at dinner. But I completely agree.
43:29
If you also this sounds like maybe very elitist, but like if
43:32
you have AQR code menu and like this is in a good restaurant.
43:34
Yeah, no, like that's just a like it feels lazy.
43:37
It feels like you're at the airport.
43:38
This is my biggest pet peeve when you're at the airport and
43:41
you have to order it through the QR code and like add your things
43:45
and then plug in your credit card and then like it's like
43:48
rope and then it's like and then they still want the tip.
43:50
Meanwhile, there was like not even service involved here.
43:53
I think it's like the degradation of society and it's
43:57
like the small little things that people begging that so
43:59
dramatic, but it's like all these small little things like
44:01
the QR code menus where they just add up and you're like,
44:04
this is just like not the same civilization we used to have.
44:07
This is not making America great again.
44:09
No, and I love when the waiter or waitress comes by and they're
44:12
like pointing at the menu, like their favorite items on the
44:14
menu. And and it's just more of like a
44:16
personalized experience. Again, like I said, humans
44:19
thrive on connection and like, and having that menu in front of
44:23
you, like touching it, being able to like converse with the
44:26
person across the table who isn't on their phone, like
44:28
that's what we need. I'm so sick of this society
44:31
where like people are constantly attached to their phones.
44:34
I completely agree. OK, next one, veneers.
44:38
OK, you and I are totally going to have a different take.
44:40
I'm going to say hot. I'm going to say hot.
44:42
Now, I personally can't get veneers just because I think
44:46
it'd be too radical of a change. But like I'm getting composite
44:50
bonding after Invisalign. I think that's like the second
44:52
best, but I don't know, I think it just like accentuates your
44:56
teeth, especially if you have smaller teeth like I do.
44:59
I always compliment Jamie and my mom.
45:01
They have like bigger teeth. I I think my teeth are small.
45:05
No, I do but. That is not true.
45:07
I don't start. My face, but they're smaller,
45:09
like you have bigger teeth and so does my mom.
45:11
And it's like such an accentuated like I when I look
45:14
at teeth, I'm like, Oh, you have such like a big, beautiful smile
45:17
and like so does my mom and I'm like, I just don't have that.
45:20
So if you don't have that and you get veneers, like good for
45:22
you, I'm going to go hot. Cameron, you're also like black
45:25
Cat and I'm like golden retriever sound like everywhere
45:27
and Cameron's like like Melania or are we like?
45:32
So that might go into it as well.
45:34
I'm going to go not for the reason, obviously.
45:36
Like there's probably like really good veneers where you
45:38
can't even tell. But I feel like for the most
45:40
part you can tell it. And I guess if like it would be
45:43
the same for me as like a nose job, for example, if you have
45:46
like a really big and not good nose, like I get why you would
45:51
go in for a nose job. But I feel like there's a lot of
45:53
people who like similarly have like small noses that might not
45:56
be 100% perfect, but they go in and get a nose job and then it
45:59
looks just so fake and like I'm like, I like your old nose
46:01
better because it was like natural and who you are.
46:04
I think it's the same with teeth.
46:05
It's like, I guess if you do have like really bad teeth, then
46:08
like go in and improve it, right?
46:10
But like it's a lot of people that have like beautiful teeth
46:12
like you do Cameron to begin with and like, I don't think you
46:15
need that. So that's why I'm going to go
46:16
not and like you can't go back. Like I think actually, by the
46:19
way, Alex Earl did a whole thing about this that she got
46:22
convinced to do some veneers or something like that, and she
46:25
hates them and has so much regret.
46:26
And I love that she was open about that because I think it's
46:28
great to come out and be like, you know, this is something I
46:30
regret. Don't get this.
46:31
So there's a lot of veneer regret going on and there's a
46:33
lot of veneer blindness happening.
46:36
That's my take. On that, there's also like no
46:38
prep veneers though, where you don't have to like shave down
46:40
your teeth anymore and then also imagine like all the Hawks
46:43
players. Comes in and shaves the teeth.
46:45
What? The fact that like people like
46:48
shave down their teeth to get that.
46:50
I'm like, I do not have like that confidence in like a doctor
46:55
to do that. You know, like the last episode
46:57
we were talking about like if filler or any type of plastic
46:59
surgery. I think it also comes from me
47:01
with like not having confidence in other people.
47:03
Like this is so bad. This is like when I fly as well.
47:06
I'm like, I'm putting my life in your hands here.
47:08
And I'm not sure if I trust this.
47:09
It might be trust issues there. Yeah, I I think with composite
47:13
bonding though, it just makes them straighter, like veneers,
47:17
they can accentuate them like and make it like a bigger smile
47:20
and, and everything. But composite bonding, that's
47:22
really what I like that it makes them straight, especially if you
47:24
have like chipped teeth and stuff like that.
47:26
But I'll leave it there. OK, matching workout sets.
47:30
I'm going to go hot. Some people say this is choogy,
47:33
but like the Florida girl in me, I just love like a matching
47:35
sports bra with the with the leggings or like a matching crop
47:39
top with the leggings to work out.
47:41
So I'm going to go hot. I feel like that's giving like
47:43
hot rich mom, so of course that's hot.
47:46
OK, gatekeeping. Oh my gosh, OK, I'm I thought a
47:51
lot about this. I'm going to go hot because I
47:55
don't I don't gatekeep with my friends, but I'm not going to go
47:59
out there and like, I don't know, I don't give like hauls on
48:03
the Internet or like tell people what like laser I'm doing, you
48:08
know what I mean? Like I'm just going to go like
48:10
keep that to yourself. If your friends ask you like,
48:12
Oh, what facial did you get? Like a hydration facial or
48:16
whatever. Like I won't gatekeep that, but
48:17
I'm not like just sending this out to the masses.
48:20
And also I thought about this too.
48:22
I feel like the girl like the liberal girls, girls like coin
48:25
this term where it's like they overuse it of being like don't
48:29
gatekeep, like be a girls girl. And I'm like these girls, girls
48:31
just like hate conservative women because they're like pro
48:34
Jesus, pro-life and like pro Trump.
48:37
And so I'm like, I wanna gatekeep from you because you
48:40
show me the same disrespect. So like, what did you say for
48:44
Thanksgiving? You're like, no Turkey for you.
48:46
It's like, yeah, not, I'm not telling you about what I just
48:50
got. And this is where our like
48:52
personalities like really like show themselves because like my
48:56
butt is yapping to everyone about everything.
48:58
Like I'm like, Oh my gosh, I love this.
49:00
Like I have to like share it with the world immediately.
49:03
Like I swear like there is I never even thought about
49:06
gatekeeping. Like I am like one of those
49:08
people that like, I probably should like keep more to myself,
49:11
to be honest. So I guess I'm good.
49:15
Like I think I would benefit from like piping down a time.
49:18
Jamie, like the minute we got this podcast, she grabs the mic
49:20
and she's like, so I'm from San Francisco Bay Area and my mom is
49:23
this and my dad is and here's here's what I'm wearing today.
49:27
Head to down. I'm like too open of a book to
49:31
be. Honest, I love it.
49:32
That's what makes you you like I, I love it so much.
49:34
It's like take me as I am or leave me as I beat.
49:38
OK, mixed metals. Oh I love that you added this
49:41
one. Yeah, I'm going to go hot.
49:43
The older that I get, the more that I actually like this.
49:45
I used to want everything to match, and now I'm just not for
49:49
that anymore. I think it's cool to have
49:50
different pieces on. Like normally I'll wear like a
49:53
gold necklace or I have like a mixed metal watch.
49:57
I'm not wearing it right now, but it has gold and either
50:00
platinum or silver, I forgot, And then I'll have some gold
50:02
here. But my bands are platinum on my
50:04
ring so I really enjoy it. Mixed metals is so chic.
50:08
I love I hate when people are like, Oh, I only can wear gold
50:11
driller. I only silver looks good on me
50:13
like I probably like depending on your skin tone and stuff like
50:15
that is true to an extent, but like I mixed metals on
50:18
everything like even my wedding stack.
50:20
I have gold and white technically is white gold, but
50:24
like I always find that funny because like it looks silver,
50:26
but it's technically white gold. So I'm a big fan of that I I do
50:29
that everyday I wear that everyday.
50:32
Oh, I love that you did this one.
50:33
This is like very sorry, what was I going to say?
50:39
Very on trend for January, dry January.
50:42
I have some thoughts. OK, I'm going to go not, I'm not
50:48
participating in Dry January. However, there are so many
50:52
benefits for it that I cannot ignore.
50:54
Like it'll rebalance your nervous system, it'll help with
50:57
like bloating, any gut issues that you have, like to fully
51:00
cleanse your body of that. I can't disagree with you there.
51:04
But like Jamie and I say every single episode, I was just
51:07
raised on like everything in moderation.
51:10
That way you don't go overboard or like under, like under to
51:13
where you're wondering like what something or trying something or
51:16
what something could be like. It's like, it was never like
51:19
that growing up for me. So I always just like had the
51:23
opportunity to do it. And then I never like went
51:26
overboard with it. So I would just say everything
51:28
in moderation. I'm going to go knock for me.
51:32
I complete I was about to go the same exact way.
51:34
I'm going not as well because it's the same thing with dieting
51:38
for me. I think when people who are
51:39
living in like they're dieting here, then they binge and
51:42
they're dieting here. Like that's how I think you
51:44
develop like unhealthy relationships with food or
51:46
alcohol when you're like constantly in restraint or
51:49
you're in like let's go mode and so that.
51:52
All or nothing mentality, yeah. It's very American, like I said
51:56
it, it's you know, obviously I'm very pro American, but there's a
51:59
lot that we can learn from Europeans And they live like a
52:01
much more moderate lifestyle. These like, like people will be
52:05
like hyper working out and then they're like sitting on their
52:07
couch. And it's like I, I think if you
52:09
just have a balanced lifestyle where you're not restricting or
52:12
binging on anything is the healthiest way to live.
52:15
And I think anything that's like, I think fasting is very
52:19
good for religious reasons. But in terms of like diet and
52:23
Wellness, I think like just always having like a moderate,
52:26
like even if you treat yourself, treat yourself, but you don't
52:28
have to go and like binge out. And like, I will say, I used to
52:30
have like an unhealthy relationship with food.
52:32
That's how like when people talk about like alcoholism, for
52:34
example, I can like understand like thinking around that
52:37
because I used to be that type that restricted myself so much
52:39
on like dieting. And I got like, I was very, very
52:42
healthy. And like getting older now, I
52:43
realize that health is about having that 8020 mindset and not
52:47
being like overly restrictive and being able to enjoy life.
52:51
And I just think that's how you have the healthiest relationship
52:53
with anything in life that I think addictions are formed and
52:57
unhealthy relationships with any type of thing is formed.
52:59
When you do this like super restrictive or or binge type of
53:03
yo-yo, it's like a yo-yo diet. That's how I see that being
53:06
said. Like if you do want to take a
53:07
break from alcohol, say like you had, I know a lot of people over
53:10
the holidays, they've had like some drinks and some fun.
53:12
Like I think that's like totally normal to like take a beat and,
53:14
you know, but I just think having that like super
53:17
restrictive mentality is like never a healthy thing.
53:19
I guess that's like my overall take on that.
53:21
OK, So for our final segment today, we usually do propaganda,
53:24
but we wanted to do like our New Year's resolutions of what we're
53:28
taking into this new Year. We'll just kind of do like a
53:35
rocket fire. Very quick explanation, Cameron,
53:38
you go. I know you have a few.
53:39
We, of course, don't have one resolution.
53:41
We have like 20. Yeah, of course.
53:44
OK, so I have a couple on here I'll quickly go through.
53:47
One is cuss less. You've probably already heard me
53:50
cuss on the show. That is one thing about me.
53:52
I will acknowledge my flaws. I cuss like a sailor, you would
53:57
think, and it's just not attractive.
53:59
I think the older that I get the more it shows just like the lack
54:02
of intelligence and just like overall lack of classiness for a
54:06
young beautiful female. She shouldn't be talking like
54:10
that. I think so anyway.
54:12
Cussing less, mastering Feng shui.
54:14
I know this is really random but like I'm very big into home
54:18
making and there's a lot to be said about this.
54:20
Like clutter when you first walk into your home where your
54:23
mirrors are set, like the position of your furniture, like
54:27
all of that casting energy and like making your house a
54:31
clutter, things like that around your home.
54:33
I look into it on TikTok. There's so many different videos
54:37
on that. Being intentional with time,
54:39
that's a given. Consistency with staying active.
54:41
I mean, working out one book a month, I already do this.
54:45
I did this last year a little bit in the beginning of the year
54:49
and then it fell off, so I really want to be consistent
54:52
about that. One book that I'm reading right
54:54
now is Gentle and Lowly. It's about Jesus's heart.
54:57
I recommend everybody read that. I'm on chapter 1 right now and
55:00
it's really great. Convert to Catholicism.
55:03
This would be an entire episode for me and Jamie, so I'm not
55:06
going to get into it because I would love to talk about this
55:08
more in depth later, but that is something that I have personally
55:11
chosen to do. Also, more international travel.
55:16
I have. I'm such like a domestic
55:18
traveler, Asked Jamie. Like I've been to probably
55:21
probably almost all 50 states. I love enjoying like what the
55:24
United States has to offer. And I wanted to do that before I
55:27
travel to other countries just because I'm like, I'm a patriot.
55:30
I want to be in the United States and I think it's so cool
55:33
that you can drive by car, you can get there by plane in less
55:36
than 5 hours to wherever you want in the United States.
55:38
But I really want to do more international travel.
55:42
And also on the lines of what we were saying earlier, forget that
55:45
I have a phone. I am somebody who works from my
55:48
phone. Jamie and I are coordinating
55:50
with booking producers from our phone.
55:52
I have a lot of like, sorry, what is it called, long distance
55:57
friendships where I'm on the phone, but sometimes I just need
56:00
to put it down. I think Charlie Kirk, he had a
56:02
really great mindset with that. On weekends, he'd put it in a
56:05
drawer. He'd spend time with his family.
56:07
Like I need to adopt that mentality of no matter what's
56:10
going on around me, whether if other people are on their phones
56:13
or whatever the culture is, understand that I shouldn't let
56:15
that affect me and be present in the moment.
56:18
I think that's when you're the happiest is when you're present
56:21
and not, you know, thinking about something else or buying
56:23
something else or, or anything like that.
56:26
So those are my New Year's resolutions.
56:28
I love that Cam. I love all of those.
56:30
I I should do all of those as well.
56:31
You're giving me inspiration. OK, so mine is be more
56:36
organized. You guys.
56:37
I am a mess at heart. I love myself.
56:41
I I can admit my flaws. I am a mess and like I just feel
56:45
like as Vivian gets older, as like stuff with my career picks
56:48
up and stuff, I just need to be like more organized across the
56:51
board. Like be writing in my planner,
56:53
keeping just my house more organized.
56:55
I feel like when you have a toddler, like you're given so
56:58
many toys and all the stuff and I just like need to, we don't
57:01
live in a big place. Like I just need to, you know,
57:04
keep, I guess it get rid of some stuff to be honest and get a
57:09
better routine going with that. My mom would love to hear that.
57:12
That's my number one. I want to do more arts and
57:14
crafts with Vivi. I feel like she's getting older
57:16
and she can start doing that now.
57:17
And I love doing art. When I was little, I actually
57:19
used to be a very good artist. I don't really keep up with it
57:22
anymore. So I think that's what's great
57:23
about having kids. Like you can take like things
57:25
that you love doing and growing up and work on those skills
57:29
again with them. I'm going to do more food prep.
57:33
I feel like I love I'm, I'm actually a very good cook and I
57:36
love cooking, but I feel like all the time I do like this 5
57:40
hour recipe. Like Cameron knows this about
57:42
me. That's like so crazy and
57:44
complicated and it tastes amazing.
57:45
But I just feel like I need to, you know, like cut to the chase
57:48
more and save some more time with that and do some more like
57:50
prep and like think ahead, you know, before grocery shopping.
57:53
So I'm not going and grocery shopping every single day.
57:56
And then my last point like this kind of all together, I want to
57:59
like strengthen my relationship with God.
58:01
I want to make sure I'm going to church every Sunday.
58:03
I feel like sometimes when you have a toddler, you make excuses
58:05
and you stay home and watch. And I think it's very important,
58:09
especially for my Catholic background is that it's very
58:10
important to be taking the Eucharist every Sunday.
58:12
And I think that's something I really want to hone in on as
58:15
difficult as it is sometimes with this age.
58:17
But I only have one child and Catholic families have like 5
58:20
kids and they, they're in church and in the pews every Sunday.
58:23
So I have no excuse with that. And the Bible, I think I'm, I'm
58:28
showing myself to be a Catholic. There's like obviously
58:30
stereotypes that Catholics don't know the Bible as well.
58:33
And I appreciate that about my husband.
58:35
He knows the Bible front to back, obviously.
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And so I, I want to, obviously I did a lot of years of Catholic
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school, but I want to go back into that and do daily
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devotionals. And I should have mentioned this
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book, Jesus Calling. It's this cute, adorable leather
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pink book. And they have great devotionals
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for everyday. So that's what I want to be
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doing in 2026. That's so funny you said that
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Jamie, cuz I just ordered that 2 days ago on Amazon.
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I kid you not. I will show you.
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I will show you the receipt. That is so funny that you just
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said that. Yeah.
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So anyway, those are what we want to do for 2026.
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I hope you guys have a great start to your new year.
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Cameron and I will be together next week.
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I missed you, but this was fun and like kind of different.
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And like I said, it feels like we're doing like ATV hit.
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But I miss you Cam, and I can't wait to see you next week.
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And plenty of fun things coming up in this month.
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And we're making America great again and making America hot
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again. We're we're addressing all the
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issues on this pod. I think we have some really fun
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stuff in store for the year and we're thankful for you guys for
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joining us. Yes.
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Thank you so much, you guys. We'll see you next week.
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Bye. We'll see you every Wednesday.