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What's the special thing in me that brings out the beautiful thing in you?
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What's the special thing in me that brings out the beautiful thing in you?
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Wow.
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I'm getting emotional, unfortunately.
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It's okay.
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I think the special thing in you, oh my gosh, is...
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you - Do your best impression of me.
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Both of us.
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Okay, my best impression.
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Okay.
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- What?
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- There's so many.
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- Just me.
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- Just you.
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- It is authentic me.
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- Okay.
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I don't want to be stinky.
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That's crazy.
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Oh, okay.
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It was at the end of the question.
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I have to do one of these.
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Okay, go.
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Hey guys, it's me.
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We're on a date.
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We're doing this.
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It's so fun.
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Thanks for coming.
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No way.
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Not this at the end anymore.
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You don't do that anymore.
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I don't do that anymore.
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It has been a while.
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It has been a while.
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That's so funny.
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Good job.
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Okay, when do you feel closest to me and why?
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- Mmm.
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- This is a good-- y 'all got the questions.
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- When do I feel closest to you?
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- Bye.
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I think I feel honestly, For sure my answer.
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I feel closest to you like right after we have some sort of like uncomfortable interaction, like a disagreement or altercation.
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And when we like take our time and we talk through it, we wrestle through it, like those moments where like,
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finally all that tension is released and we know we're like, poll again and we're fine and we're on good terms.
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Things are forgiven.
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I feel so close to you.
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-Yeah.
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We did it.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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What's the special thing in me that brings out the beautiful thing in you?
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- Wow.
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I'm getting emotional, unfortunately.
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- That's okay.
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- I think the special thing in you, oh my gosh.
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- It's coming fast.
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- Is your kindness.
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I think that brings out like such a softer like more kind side of me.
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I feel like you really just like let me know like how safe I am.
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like through your kindness and sometimes like, and I don't know if like I'm projecting or what, but like, It's not that I'm like surprised at your kindness,
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but it's always so refreshing to be met with like your,
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Kindness, like that is like a superpower that you have is like your kindness like I feel like, being met with your kindness,
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like always like, I'm like, ah, yeah.
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Yeah, this is my boy.
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- - I love you so much.
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I love you so much.
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I love you more.
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No you don't.
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It's my pleasure to be kind to you.
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You're incredible.
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You're one of a kind.
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My treasure.
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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What do you feel we are hesitant to talk about and why?
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Ooh.
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- Bye.
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I still think...
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- I don't think incredibly hesitant, but I still think there is some hesitancy on two subjects.
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Okay, right?
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I think still like I I think less so money than it used to be.
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I think before it was like, and I just know, it's a sensitive topic, right?
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So I think there still is sometimes like a...
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a hesitancy to really like get into like money or like financial planning when it comes to the future, blah, blah, blah.
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But more than that, I think is the still the like, ways that we differ in our belief system, and viewing the world.
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I mean, you've met my mom, that's when I was raised like under that's what I was raised to believe and how I navigate the world,
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where there's a lot of things like Um...
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like humility, like humbling yourself, not assuming that you're like the center of the universe, and just like being grateful, understanding that you're imperfect, things like that.
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And I know the way you were raised, there's like some, and the way that you think about the world,
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there's some differences and sometimes you'll say things and I'm kind of like, "Eh." Like...
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I guess.
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- Give me an example.
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- Like, um...
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Let's see.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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I think like And this is I wouldn't say it's something I disagree with.
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Like we've talked about with the differences we have on the subject.
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A lot of it is just different ways of saying the same thing.
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Right.
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And I wouldn't say I'm like anti this, but like a lot of the like, Um.. if I just focus on what I want so,
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so, so hard, I'll get what I want.
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which I know has the subtext of like, unless there's something else that's better in store for me that I didn't even think of.
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Right?
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And for me, Like...
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That's something that I sometimes hesitate to get into with you, because that's not necessarily always what I believe.
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Because you can want, like for me, like my understanding of this is like you can want things for yourself that you think are good,
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but maybe like actually have like unintended consequences or they're not good for you long term.
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Right.
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Like.
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you can like want like a ton of money or like a huge house, a bunch of cars.
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Right.
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But it's like there's plenty of people that have all those things that are super unhappy and sometimes more money, more problems.
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And so I think for me, I hesitate to talk about this because like, I'm not fully sold on like the...
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I'll get what I want if I just like really like do all of the mental work.
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Because like for me and how I think about the world, it's like, I'm not like...
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It's not about what I want.
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It's just about like what the plan is, if that makes sense.
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I get that.
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I feel like I feel like to go that kind of goes hand in hand with like believing in God and everything,
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I feel like there are things that are put on your heart that you want for a reason.
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So if, and you know, like we have intuition, which is knowledge from within, which is like the only way I can have this knowledge from within is if source gave it to me.
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I'm not getting knowledge like from outside.
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So if I have this intuition that's like, okay, well, this is something that I want.
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I was given that. by God.
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- Sure.
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- So, it's like, from like my belief and my understanding, if I was given this thing, if I was, if this want was put on my heart,
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the difference is like, how it's gonna come to you.
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Like, it might not be like in the way that you want, but the outcome is the same.
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- Right.
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- You know?
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- I think I agree to an extent.
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But I think it's also hard to delineate, because it's not like, how do you determine, like, what's an original thought versus like, that's something that was put on your heart.
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Like, and especially, it makes it tricky, because it's like, you can have something that's like that you think is like put on your heart that you like want really bad.
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But there's like tons of examples.
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tons of instances throughout our lives where like we think we want something
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so bad and we like really are convinced it's good for us
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and blah blah blah and then it like doesn't pan out
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and you're like well if this was put on my heart and i like
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And it was put on my heart for a reason and like for like my good or for a purpose.
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Like, like, what was the point of this not working out?
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So I think it's hard, but it's like anything, right?
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It's like you can believe in God, you can be like, you can practice whatever belief system you have, and it's not always going to pan out.
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But I think like going back to the question, like, I think it's good that we continue to get into this, and we will.
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I know us. But, um...
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I'm also okay if we see If our thought process - Revolving this topic is not, like, parallel means, like, we're in sync.
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I'm okay if it's, personally, I'm okay if it's not parallel, but it's, like, close enough.
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Like, I don't think it should be perpendicular, but if we're, like, semi -aligned, And there's no, there's like nothing like foundational where I'm just like,
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that's bogus or you're like, that's bogus.
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I don't see a problem.
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We don't have to be 100 % on the same page.
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Yeah.
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That's fine.
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Like you, you have your way of life that works for you.
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I have mine that works for me and I think those can coexist.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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- Talked about that for an hour.
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- We talked about it for the perfect amount of time.
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- We did, baby.
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- We're good.
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Mm -hmm.
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-Hm.
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When have you seen me the most vulnerable?
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And what did it teach you about caring for me?
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I know what you're going to say.
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When have I seen you the most Thank you.
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- What did I teach you about caring for me?
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- The first thing that comes to mind is when your mom came in town.
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Oh, that's not what I was thinking.
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What were you thinking?
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Hawaii.
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- That was good, but see, you were like, in tears with your mom.
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- Yeah.
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- You know, Hawaii was absolutely, like you were vulnerable, but I think there were still some walls up when we were talking in Hawaii personally.
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Like knowing you now, I feel like there were a bit of walls up.
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But yeah, the most vulnerable I think is when your mom came to town and you were like sad.
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This is like when she came for Thanksgiving.
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- Was it?
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- Or was it after she left?
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- It's when she came and when you were sad, you were like, I feel like I need me.
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- And I had to go talk to her.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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- Yeah.
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- Yeah.
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'Cause you haven't seen me cry a whole lot.
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A couple times.
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I've seen you cry at like a handful.
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The barn.
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When we were at that barn?
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Girl.
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That was also one of the most vulnerable times.
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That was crazy. That liquor.
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The emotions, the love.
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That was crazy.
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And I can't imagine You just like sober, like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
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I got you, but whoa, whoa, whoa.
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- Of course not.
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No, I want all the tears.
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- Oh my God.
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- Put 'em on me.
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What does it taught me about caring for you?
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- Yeah.
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- Okay.
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I feel like you're someone that appreciates honesty.
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Hmm.
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I mean, who doesn't?
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But I mean like actual like, hey, he kind of did this wrong.
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Like, you should go fix that, you know?
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And I think in that moment, just like kind of ripping the bandit off and being like, hey, Like, especially 'cause earlier on in that day,
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I had talked to her about her past relationships, you know?
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- Right.
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- And...
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So yeah, it's just like, hey look, this is a chance for you to X, Y, and Z.
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Well, yeah.
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Yeah, I'm glad.
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I'm glad you stepped in.
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Me too.
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Glad you said something.
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I'm glad too.
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And yeah, it wasn't-- "Yeah, I came to you and was like, Dude.
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I mean, I knew like you're telling me what I do, which is why it struck such a strong chord.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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No. What's the greatest lesson you've learned from our biggest fight?
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Thank you.
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Um...
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- Thank you.
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- Yeah.
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You know how we're always like, it's you and me versus the problem, not me versus you.
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I think that's like, Um...
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That's where I really saw that, oh no, we both actually believe that, and it's not a cutesy thing that we say.
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Yeah, we just, we both like, Because you know how it used to be, like anytime we'd have any sort of friction, I would just be like, you're right, I'm so sorry I messed up.
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My bad, my bad, my bad.
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It was always just like, okay, like, let's, let's just get on the other side of this
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and I'll just be like the bigger person and just admit it was my fault, whatever it is.
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And this was like, no, no, no, no, I'm, I'm pissed off.
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And I'm gonna let you know why even like understand that like, that's just how I'm feeling.
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It may not be like, Like it may not be right, it may be wrong, but Bob, it's valid.
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I'm gonna share it with you.
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Even though like you were the one who sort of initiated the conversation and had feelings hurt.
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So I think bringing it back, The lesson, the greatest lesson that I learned from that is like, that we both really do care about each other,
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like more than being right.
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And that I think we have built a good system for handling conflict.
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And in the future, if hard situations come up, I'm really confident in our ability to work through them.
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Yeah, me too.
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So I think our communication is like top tier.
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I agree.
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- Yeah.
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- From like day one, and it just keeps getting better.
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- Yeah.
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- So.
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Cool.
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I adore you, Nandi.
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I adore you.
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I sleep...
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Chocolate chip.
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- Okay.
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- I think it's your turn.
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What does my love feel like?
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- Yeah.
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Ooh.
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Your love.. feels Like...
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the roots of a tree the roots of a tree.
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Care to expand?
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No. Yes.
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You're goofy.
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Yeah, your love feels so deep. so anchored. So supported. So strong.
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Everlasting.
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Wow.
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Your love feels like...
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There's...
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Like, it can weather any storm.
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is what your love looks like.
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- Wow.
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- Yeah.
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- That's beautiful.
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You're a poet.
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- Aw.
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- I got it for you.
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That really makes my heart sing to know that you feel that way.
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I do feel that way.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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And it's true.
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Thank you.
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You can weather any storm and I'll be here to support you.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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Can't wait to like hug embrace.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Thank you.
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Thanks for bringing me.
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Thanks for bringing me.
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Thank you.
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- All right, my friends.
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Well, just some quick questions before we let you go here.
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How was it, how are you feeling after the fact?
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After the and?
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It was okay.
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I feel like we took a bath.
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Like I just feel like - I feel so refreshed and cleansed and like - - Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
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Okay, cleansed though.
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Tell me more about that.
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What is the experience of feeling cleansed?
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I guess just diving into some conversations that I think we're open to having, but we don't jump at the opportunity to have.
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And I think it's made us realize, oh, we can easily get into this more and it'll be fine.
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So it's refreshing to know that.
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- I agree.
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- You think so?
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- Yeah.
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- Cool.
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- I do think so.
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