December 19, 2025 • 25 mins
Today on “Happy Hour,” Joe and Serena are joined by a brand-new Bachelor Nation couple: Madina Alam and Aaron Bryant! The two are together on the pod for the first time, breaking down how their relationship began, who made the first move, and when things turned from casual to something more. They open up about going public, navigating long distance, and what fans don’t see on social media. Plus, Madina and Aaron reflect on their individual Bachelor Nation experiences and how those shaped how they show up in relationships now. Tune in for all the details — and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Hey, everyone, welcome back to Becher Happy Hour. I'm Joe
and we are here today with a newly bachelor couple,
Medina and Aaron. Welcome to Bader Happy Hour. Medina, you
have been on this podcast for a little bit, Like
you came on for like a I think, like a
short segment.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Correct to tell a segment, I believe.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
And Aaron, have you ever been.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
On We did a full episode with Aaron.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Cut that, you know what.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I'm like, they're all learning together. I've interviewed so many
Bachelor people.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yeah, well, I mean I remember you from Charity season, Aaron,
because you were a big personality and you were off
the show on the show, you came back on Charity season,
right yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember that, And so
we we won't well well we won't.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Talk about that.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Actually we could, we could, Okay.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
We were honestly surprised to find out you guys were
dating because I just didn't see that one coming at all.
I mean, you guys had no crossover on the show. Usually,
I feel like you see like a TikTok here or
like a group photo of like a bunch of bachelor
people like this one came out of left field for me.
So let's take it back to how you guys first met.
(01:21):
Whichever one of you wants to.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Start a few times we go practice, go ahead and
start us off.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Well, I actually shamelessly DMed him when he was a season,
like when he got announced, and I was like, hope
you don't make it far. They're just so cringing and cliche.
And then we were just kind of like dming very
casually back and forth, like over the years technically, and
(01:50):
they did.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
That would have been before you were even on the show.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Yeah, So when I when I did the interview for
Joey season, I mean, I don't know if like we
don't really know necessarily who it is sometimes and I
actually specifically like I did mention Aaron, but I was
open obviously to Joey, and so that was kind of serendipitous,
(02:14):
if you will, I'm looking at us now.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
But so wait to Aaron, did you respond to the
initial DM, because at the time, you know, you were
popping off show.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
It was just funny because like there's like a ton
of dms obviously from you know, e week by week
and then she pops up and I'm like, oh wow,
it was this, but you know, obviously I was just like,
all right, you know, take it easy, blah blah blah.
Obviously went to Paradise, and then then she got announced
and I was like, wait, who is this person? I
got to pay close attention, so I tuned into her
(02:46):
season and watched her.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Okay, wait, this is such an interesting timeline. So you
see him on Charity season, you DM him, Aaron responds,
there's like a little back and forth. He goes on
Paradise obviously, but he's like.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Leave me alone. I'm going on Pairs. I need another
shot at this.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Okay, yeah, but you know fair He's like, all right,
I'm going back looking for love Like this probably isn't
going to go anywhere. You met someone on that season
of Paradise, So I'm assuming the dms were sealed shut
for quite a while. And then you end up being
single and all of a sudden, Medina's on your screen.
Were you like, this is a girl that was in
my dms? What the heck's going on here? And like
you're single? Are you waiting to see if she's single?
(03:26):
What are you feeling?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, that's that's good too, because I kind of wanted
to see her character and you know who this person was.
I was obviously impressed, but I didn't think like anything
was gon a comfort it. Like I knew she lived
in Charlotte. I'm the San Diego so it was kind
of like a far fetched thing. And I think the
most we did was we changed our DM background to
like this Boba tee by accident, by accident, by accident.
(03:49):
But that's the only like real interaction we had was
our background changing on the DMS.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Okay, I feel like this is nice too, because in
a way, Medina, you kind of learned a lot about
Aaron when you're watching him on Charity season and on Paradise.
Did you feel like this kind of balanced it out
now that he had the chance to learn a little
bit about you while you were on the show.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Well, let me crack myself. I didn't actually really watch
any of his seasons. I don't really watch The Bachelor.
I saw his picture announced and I was like, watch, okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, wait, so you don't watch the show, but then
you're you're you're paying attention to the guys they can
get announced.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
So that's kind of fair.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
It's really I mean, I mean, I believe you.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Okay, so let's jump forward. Now you're both off the show.
How do you reconnect?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah? So I mean we were just kind of going
back and forth on DM, doing fire emojis on our
stories and things like that. It wasn't really anything you know,
provocative or flirty. We were just like kind of, you know,
supporting each other from a distance. Like I said, I
thought she was pretty levelheaded and mature on her season,
So I was like, okay, like this is a good person,
like you know, to talk to everyone once in a while.
Still didn't expect anything. But oh it was up until
(05:03):
New York Fashion Week. Medina.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
This this New York Fashion Week like twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yeah, well I was supposed to go to because he
was in San Diego Swim Week. I was supposed to
go to San Diego, San Diego Swim Week and I
wound up not going last minute. And I remember I
was like we were texting a little because I was
like I didn't know anyone in San Diego, and I
was like flirting with him a little bit. I feel
like I was like, oh, like let's do something, and
he was like so dry with me. I was like,
all right, whatever, so.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I was really, really really were you not receptive to
the flirtiness?
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, I mean I was kind of stoneface. I was like,
this is nothing's going to come from it. Like you
know when you meet different people from batrination, it's just
like a hangout type thing. Like I was like, all right,
it's going to be like that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And I honestly, at this point too, I wasn't really
thinking too much about it either. But then at New
York Fashion Week, we like met up for lunch with
like it was like a group of us, and I
really wasn't thinking anything too too much. And like you
know when you like meet someone and this is gonna
sound so corny, but it's just the truth, and you
just like instantly like have like chemistry or connection with them,
(06:09):
and like he gave such a good hug when I
walked in. And I hate talking like this because I
feel like I'm a bad bitch, and then when I'm
with him, I'm like like a little girl kind of.
But we like hugged. And I remember like sitting at
the tea, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Real bad, all you got to do is hug you. No,
It's good.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I love the concept of like falling into your feminine
When you're with someone that you feel safe.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
With, then you like falling into your feminine.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
That.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, it's a.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Thing like I like, you know, girls sink more into
like their feminine energy when they feel like they're.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
That I heard it.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Okay, how did your repertoire?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a flex. I feel like, right,
I think so yeah, I'm like again, I'm like flirting
with him. He's like sitting next to me. I like,
I was like, oh, like your shoes, I really like
your shoes, and he like exapt me. He goes, yeah,
give me a minute, I'll think of something to compliment
you on.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I'm like, oh my god, oh that sounds terrible. Iran.
I think I was. I think I was pretty nervous,
like I was. I was actually speechless. I about that.
I was speechless.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
But yeah, the lunch come to be and who else
is there?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
So yeah, I met this met this guy. He was
a fan of bachfor Nation and he was up in
New York and invited me to lunch. I met him
in San Diego previously. So he found this place called
dag Tie and I was like, okay, cool, let's do that.
We had a whole itinerary for the weekend, and I
was like, okay, like, let's see if Pandina wants to join.
She had a friend, so they both came and I
(07:47):
was talking to Medina all the way up until the
point where she walked into the restaurant, and I just
remember being nervous, just like, you know what's going to
happen with this today? Like I kind of want to
see what's going on about the same time, not really,
So yeah, it was up until that point where I
was like, I don't know what's going to happen with this.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Well that's fair.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I mean, you guys don't know each other yet. You've
been kind of like flirting a little on d MS,
but you might meet each other and be like like,
there's nothing here.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
We have a Boba tea background on Instagram, Like there's
something there. It's got to be something there, even though
it's an accident.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Okay, So Medina, how did you feel like the lunch
went after you left? What do you say to your girlfriend?
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Oh, I mean like, well, because we went after lunch,
we went to get drinks somewhere and like we went
to the bathroom, so like before I even left, I
was like, oh my god, like I like, I like
him and like just like more even more background which
like makes it like weird, is like I just well, actually,
never mind, I'm not going to say that.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But no, no, no, no, no, Well what you got
to say it now?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Well, I like, you don't have to.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
You don't have to.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah, well it's not anything crazy. I mean we were
like flirting back and forth. But I think also too,
like there were moments where him and I were maybe
like in relationships or like dating other people and stuff,
so I had just kind of gotten out of a relationship,
so I was like very much like not even like
looking for that. So I think like that just like
shows like how much like I feel like our energy
was like so like aligned, and I don't think he
(09:22):
was necessarily looking for it. Like obviously we were flirting
a little bit, but I wasn't necessarily going in with
the mindset of like, oh, like I'm going to date
this person, but more just like, yeah, let's meet up
with someone else from Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So yeah, totally that makes sense. I feel like that's
so common, like, oh, I'm in the city and I
know this person that was on the show. And we
follow each other like shared experience. Let's grab lunch, you know,
let's connect.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
So when did it? So, when did it turn into
like you guys were both casual casual and now it's
like we're we're boyfriend girlfriend.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Well, I would say probably almost an hour after that lunch.
I mean, I know, I know we were officially yet made.
But an hour after that lunch, we were gonna go
to Sepphorta because she lost her lip gloss and she
can't go she can't go anywhere without it. So we
kind of supporta kind of by lunch. But on our
way to Sephorah, we're making a TikTok together. So it's
(10:21):
like the one when you pick someone up with one
arm and then you flip them around. You know some
people have done that.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yes, I've seen it.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, So our friends are filming behind us, and I
think we've probably done it twelve times, just picking her
up and tossing around with her hand in the air.
Like I was like, what's going on here? I just
met this person, but I already had the feeling of,
you know, I want to see more of her. Obviously,
She's like I need a little bit more. I need
to see a little bit more before I just start
(10:49):
diving into this. But I knew at that point that
I was going to be pursuing her.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Were there any other Bachelor alums a part of this lunch?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
No? No, no, yeah, it's all Grant earlier. It's like
that weekend, but there was no one like there.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Okay, nice, So you have lunch drinks Sephora.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
The day goes on, Aaron's fallen for you.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Aaron is all in Medina. Are you like, oh wow,
I feel a spark with this guy too, or where
are you at?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:25):
No, I definitely was like, I think maybe I didn't
finish my story. I have I have a knack for
doing that, not finishing my thought, but I was. I
was telling my friend in the bathroom. I was like,
actually like feel something or whatever. I don't know how
I word it at and she had to go because
her husband was picking her up, so I went back
to we went back to the hotel, and I also
(11:46):
at this point I couldn't vibe him. I didn't know
if he was like interested in me or not. And
I'm like, I want to hang out with him more,
but I'm also like I don't want to like act
like desperate or anything. So I go back to my
hotel room and I remember texting him I can't remember
something like a sad face or something, because I wanted
to see him again. And then yeah, we just wind
(12:09):
up going because I had an event that night and
I asked him if you wanted to come with me,
and so we went to the event that night, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Rest is history.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
And then it was just like chat chat chat, did
we make out? What happened?
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Well, I mean the funny thing is like, yeah, we
went to the event and stuff, and then after that
we went directly to Amcase in New York and my
friend was there for lunch. He set this up for dinner,
so I buy her obviously, and yeah, I mean, honestly,
it kind of got awkward. I'll tell the real story, babe.
But the friend was like looking at us like, oh
(12:48):
my gosh, you guys have so much chemistry. And then
you know, the more he drank and the more he
drinks started flowing, he just started going make out, make out.
We all want this. I was like, whoa, this is.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
This is trust me me too.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
This friend, his friend thought he was a producer on
the Bad.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah, I was like you can't feel the strengths, and
you know, as.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You're like, I'm down. But we're in the middle of amakase.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Like a second, you have four more plates to go.
I'm trying to see what the last plate's gonna be.
Like I'm not trying to kiss anyone yet.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Plates to go.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Okay, So you guys, how long hit? Okay? So New
York Fashion Week was what September?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Yeah, so we're looking at almost three four months together
now I'm assuming, like and correct me if I'm wrong.
It sounds like since then, you guys have basically been
locked in dating each other. Was it pretty smooth? Like
it just kind of you organically fell into a relationship.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
There was no talking.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Stage'll say that it was yeah, which we love. Like
that's something I really admire about him, Like I feel
like we're in this. I think we're getting better with it.
But just like this idea of like nonchalant man is
like so unappealing. And I remember like because he came
to visit in Charlotte maybe a month later, a little
less than a month later, and we went out to
(14:12):
sushi and I wasn't expecting him to like ask me
to be his girlfriend like have like a big sushi
roll in my mouth. I was like, do not look cute.
I'm chewing. He's going on this like long monologue about
like how much like he appreciates me and all these
sweet things, and I'm like, oh my god, too faster.
Like so yeah, it was just like really natural, and
it was like nice for you know, someone to be
(14:36):
like so sure of you.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yeah, So how are you guys doing? You guys are
doing long distance? Madina you're in Charlotte, and Aaron you're
in San Diego. How's that working out? Long distance? Long
distance is tough?
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Is it is? How's how's it going? Sweet Pete?
Speaker 2 (14:59):
How far is the flight? Just for my Canadian geographical
probably like three and a half right.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Yeah, clo closer to four with the wind from the west,
you know, we can call it four a four and
a half. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
That always gets me whenever we go to LA from
New York. It's like six hours there, four and a
half back.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yeah, yeah, it's a it's a long flight. I mean yeah,
I mean long distance isn't ideal, but I mean we
get to ironically see each other like way like pretty frequently,
considering how far away we are from each other, but
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I hate it.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
So how many times?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
So?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Like, so, how many times a month are you able
to see each other?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Two to three at least at this point? I mean, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Not bad work.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Okay, So what's the game plan then?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Is there a game plan?
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Well? The game plan is we're waiting on insurance to
approve like this hip conjoint surgery, so she can never
leave us, so our heads will be ops will be
joining writing on the approval. But uh but no, no, no,
we're on. We won't be long distance for too too long.
You want to tell them? Maybe?
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Uh no, I mean I we definitely have talked about
me moving to San Diego.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Soon.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
What do you What do you do for work?
Speaker 4 (16:25):
I own a therapy practice, but most of it's virtual,
so I can work from anywhere.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, okay, nice. Do you like San Diego? Have you been?
Did you ever see yourself living there before you started
dating Aaron?
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Yeah? So the irony of all of this is I
knew I was gonna move after this year from Charlotte
was just kind of like exhausted on me. So I
had no like issue with like talking about this with him,
and San Diego actually was one of the places on
my list. And I also have just a knack for
like getting up and moving to random places where I
(16:58):
know no one. So it's I mean, obviously i'd be moving,
you know, a big chunk to be with him, but
you know, I have the utmost faith that Heaven forbid
it doesn't work out like I would, it would be fine,
you know. Yeah, So because I try, I want to
be mindful that you know, part of it is for
me and also for us.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yeah, but that's kind of a nice place to be
in when you're like, well, I was already kind of
thinking of moving. This kind of aligns with the plan
I already had, you like, the idea of San Diego,
Like it definitely makes this long distance period probably feel
a lot easier. You're not having to try to decide
if you want to leave where you already live.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
And it's also the best weather in the country.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
People that live in San Diego freaking love it, like
I've never met. There's a lot of bachelor people out there, obviously,
and we have some good friends that live out there
from the show, and they are all like, it's the
best place to live ever.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, it's cute like when I would go to when
I go to visit, I feel like he's like trying
to show me around and do like remind me all
of all these like cool things about San Diego. And
I'm like, babe at San Diego, Like you don't have
to sell me on it, Like it's not like so, yeah,
all do is.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Tell you the weather forecast?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Aaron, are you from? Are you from San Diego?
Speaker 3 (18:13):
No? No, I was a military brat growing up, so
I'm from everywhere. But I grew up in Houston and
I went to school in New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You went to Too Lane, you went to Tulane right
Road Wave ROA wait, yeah, I remember that. Yeah, but
I didn't remember you were on the podcast, but I
remember where you went to school.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I remember our podcast with Aaron so well.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
For I do not.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I do not my parents the middle of summer. But okay,
so that's exciting. We're really happy for you guys. This
is your first holiday season together. What are the plans
for that?
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Yeah? I know that's next week. I mean we've we've
been We've been seeing each other the past month, so
like through Thanksgiving we spent time so we did like
our own thing for once instead of like spinning it
with our family. So we had a nice dinner on
Thanksgiving that was nice. But for Christmas, I'll be going
to Houston next week, but I'm going right to Albany.
(19:07):
Albany is am I saying it right upstate New York
to see Medina and meet her mom and her little
her dog Tanka. So I'll see love in person for
the first time.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Oh, that'll be your first time meeting her family, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
In person. We facetimed briefly a couple of times, so
it's nice. Well, we're gonna nails down and she was like, oh,
I get to see you guys. That was pretty much. Yet, so.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Off, have you met any of Aaron's family yet?
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Just fatime?
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Okay, gotcha?
Speaker 1 (19:36):
FaceTime is so awkward, isn't it like meeting a family
for the first time on FaceTime? You're just like, this
is tough, But I guess it's easy. It's easier because
you could because then like the phone call ends.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Right, you know, because you people in real life.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Well, in real life, you're you're you're you're actually in
the moment, and if things start going away, like you're.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
You're something nice at a five to ten minute FaceTime
high nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, like the face time can't it can only get
so bad.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
It's low stakes, it's low steaks.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Yeah, you don't have to sit around the house and
wait for you know, so I'm gonna be all right,
well we're gonna go hold down. Yeah yeah, right, Well,
my dad, we were your facetiming. He was so close
to the camera. I was more concerned about his eyesight.
I was like, just you'll see a person soon, but
just back away from the camera.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Yeah, my dad doesn't my dad facetimes It's like right here,
It's like, yeah, he's just screaming into the phone. Okay,
what any are you guys? Like, who's your Bachelor crew?
Anyone you hang out with or is it kind of
just like.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Yeah, who did you like call from vacherination to tell
them that you guys were dating? What was the response? Also,
you want to go arin?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Yeah? No, I mean people know that, you know, I
hang with Aaron Clancy. He's one of my best friends.
We're all in a group chat with like James Bontnzel
and people like that, so they all knew when I
went to Charlotte post on my close friends. I was
like kissing media's hands and they were like, oh, this
is like legit, and I was like, yeah, like I'm
back in Charlotte obviously, So things are going well. But
(21:15):
you know, just I would say those are the only
two from Bachelor Nation initially, well obviously everyone started to
learn pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Of course, my Dina, what about you?
Speaker 4 (21:30):
I mean, I don't I'm gonna be asked. I don't
like I'm not in touch with a lot of people
from Bachelor Nation. I mean obviously like Jess and Sandra.
Actually she was I don't know if any Yeah, Sandra,
I'm like pretty close with her, but other than that,
like not too much.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
And then any for next year, any any trips anything
played together or is it just kind of like we're
gonna do our best to get you to San Diego
type of thing.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Bit of both. We're going to Colombia the next month.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
That's fun.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
Yeah, one of my friends wedding, so we'll be out
there for for a good bit.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
And uh, what part of Columbia where's the wedding Cartaena? Okay, Yeah,
a friend of mine was just out there.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I was going to say have you Are you familiar
with that area? Are you familiar with Columbia? Have you been?
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I know, I know, I've I've heard of Cartagena and
and then there's Cali and I know a bunch of bucks. Okay, yeah, yeah,
Capital exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
People are people don't sleep there. But I'm just glad
that she's coming out because you know, they have the
jokes like, oh, a single guy going to Colombia, he
comes back with some kind of relationship things like that.
So this this makes a little bit easier for trust,
and obviously I want her there with me too, so
we're gonna enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
How has that been with the long distance.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
The trust?
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Yeah, it's interesting because I was We talk about this
kind of regularly. Like I think it's crazy that I
trust him more than and you know, the last person
I dated like lived like five minutes away. And I
think he's just like so good at communicating and like
even just like the thing he said right now, like
that wasn't anything that I came up with. He's just
(23:17):
like thinking proactively and being really mindful about all those things.
And he's like really in tune, Like he's so cute.
He'll track like with my cycle to like recognize like
when I might be a little more sensitive or like
if I need more compliments and so yeah, it's just
interesting because he's so far away, but I like trust
him so much. So it's like I'm glad we're not
(23:38):
working through any of that. It's like the biggest issue
we have is distance, and you know that'll eventually be
done with, So that's good.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I think like communication is is like ninety percent of it,
Like it's that's like the biggest thing.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Well, and if you can tackle that while doing long distance,
it's going to be that much easier hopefully when you're
in person together.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
And it doesn't matter where someone lives, because if they
want to cheat, they're gonna cheat. You know that is true.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Actually, Oh shoot, I had a question. Oh my question
was going to be when you eventually moved to saying
San Diego, Medina, are you guys going to find a
new place together? You're going to move into Aaron's place.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
Yeah, I think we talked about finding a new place together,
so that'll be fun, like looking at apartments. He was like,
I'll FaceTime you stuff like, uh, so I think that'll
be fun. And he said that he'll let me decorate,
so let's have this on recording.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I mean, your background is super cute. If you did that,
I don't know why he wouldn't let you decorate, Like.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I mean, is your what your place look like? Arin
is it? Just like I'm a single guy and this
is this is which no judgment, Like that's how my
place was. I still I was still taking things out
of like brown boxes.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
And yeah, Joe had one bedside table what like not
one pillow but like four plates.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Yeah no, I mean it's definitely a ball throughout for years.
It's not you know where it would be a plentier
decorator here, but it's more like I did, like a
thirty year old, like tech kind of apartment. Nothing too
special I got. I got a big cat hanging up
on my wall too. That's why I commented on I
love big cats. But this is like my downstairs work space.
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So I'm down here taking a call.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Nice nice, Yeah, all right, Well this was a lot
of fun. We're really happy for you guys. Thank you
for coming on to a better happy hour.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Thank you. I appreciate you guys. Good to see you again.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
And to all our listeners, make sure you download and
subscribe to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
We'll have new edits, have interviews for you ever since week.
Thanks for listening. Bye,
Hey, everyone, welcome back to Becher Happy Hour. I'm Joe
and we are here today with a newly bachelor couple,
Medina and Aaron. Welcome to Bader Happy Hour. Medina, you
have been on this podcast for a little bit, Like
you came on for like a I think, like a
short segment.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
Correct to tell a segment, I believe.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (00:22):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
And Aaron, have you ever been.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
On We did a full episode with Aaron.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Cut that, you know what.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
I'm like, they're all learning together. I've interviewed so many
Bachelor people.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
Yeah, well, I mean I remember you from Charity season, Aaron,
because you were a big personality and you were off
the show on the show, you came back on Charity season,
right yea, yeah, yeah, yeah, I remember that, And so
we we won't well well we won't.
Speaker 3 (00:54):
Talk about that.
Speaker 1 (00:55):
Actually we could, we could, Okay.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
We were honestly surprised to find out you guys were
dating because I just didn't see that one coming at all.
I mean, you guys had no crossover on the show. Usually,
I feel like you see like a TikTok here or
like a group photo of like a bunch of bachelor
people like this one came out of left field for me.
So let's take it back to how you guys first met.
(01:21):
Whichever one of you wants to.
Speaker 3 (01:23):
Start a few times we go practice, go ahead and
start us off.
Speaker 4 (01:30):
Well, I actually shamelessly DMed him when he was a season,
like when he got announced, and I was like, hope
you don't make it far. They're just so cringing and cliche.
And then we were just kind of like dming very
casually back and forth, like over the years technically, and
(01:50):
they did.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
That would have been before you were even on the show.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Yeah, So when I when I did the interview for
Joey season, I mean, I don't know if like we
don't really know necessarily who it is sometimes and I
actually specifically like I did mention Aaron, but I was
open obviously to Joey, and so that was kind of serendipitous,
(02:14):
if you will, I'm looking at us now.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
But so wait to Aaron, did you respond to the
initial DM, because at the time, you know, you were
popping off show.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
It was just funny because like there's like a ton
of dms obviously from you know, e week by week
and then she pops up and I'm like, oh wow,
it was this, but you know, obviously I was just like,
all right, you know, take it easy, blah blah blah.
Obviously went to Paradise, and then then she got announced
and I was like, wait, who is this person? I
got to pay close attention, so I tuned into her
(02:46):
season and watched her.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
Okay, wait, this is such an interesting timeline. So you
see him on Charity season, you DM him, Aaron responds,
there's like a little back and forth. He goes on
Paradise obviously, but he's like.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
Leave me alone. I'm going on Pairs. I need another
shot at this.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
Okay, yeah, but you know fair He's like, all right,
I'm going back looking for love Like this probably isn't
going to go anywhere. You met someone on that season
of Paradise, So I'm assuming the dms were sealed shut
for quite a while. And then you end up being
single and all of a sudden, Medina's on your screen.
Were you like, this is a girl that was in
my dms? What the heck's going on here? And like
you're single? Are you waiting to see if she's single?
(03:26):
What are you feeling?
Speaker 3 (03:28):
Yeah, that's that's good too, because I kind of wanted
to see her character and you know who this person was.
I was obviously impressed, but I didn't think like anything
was gon a comfort it. Like I knew she lived
in Charlotte. I'm the San Diego so it was kind
of like a far fetched thing. And I think the
most we did was we changed our DM background to
like this Boba tee by accident, by accident, by accident.
(03:49):
But that's the only like real interaction we had was
our background changing on the DMS.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Okay, I feel like this is nice too, because in
a way, Medina, you kind of learned a lot about
Aaron when you're watching him on Charity season and on Paradise.
Did you feel like this kind of balanced it out
now that he had the chance to learn a little
bit about you while you were on the show.
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Well, let me crack myself. I didn't actually really watch
any of his seasons. I don't really watch The Bachelor.
I saw his picture announced and I was like, watch, okay, okay.
Speaker 1 (04:22):
Yeah, wait, so you don't watch the show, but then
you're you're you're paying attention to the guys they can
get announced.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
So that's kind of fair.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
It's really I mean, I mean, I believe you.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Okay, so let's jump forward. Now you're both off the show.
How do you reconnect?
Speaker 4 (04:38):
Uh?
Speaker 3 (04:38):
Yeah? So I mean we were just kind of going
back and forth on DM, doing fire emojis on our
stories and things like that. It wasn't really anything you know,
provocative or flirty. We were just like kind of, you know,
supporting each other from a distance. Like I said, I
thought she was pretty levelheaded and mature on her season,
So I was like, okay, like this is a good person,
like you know, to talk to everyone once in a while.
Still didn't expect anything. But oh it was up until
(05:03):
New York Fashion Week. Medina.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
This this New York Fashion Week like twenty twenty five.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
Yeah, well I was supposed to go to because he
was in San Diego Swim Week. I was supposed to
go to San Diego, San Diego Swim Week and I
wound up not going last minute. And I remember I
was like we were texting a little because I was
like I didn't know anyone in San Diego, and I
was like flirting with him a little bit. I feel
like I was like, oh, like let's do something, and
he was like so dry with me. I was like,
all right, whatever, so.
Speaker 1 (05:29):
I was really, really really were you not receptive to
the flirtiness?
Speaker 3 (05:35):
Yeah, I mean I was kind of stoneface. I was like,
this is nothing's going to come from it. Like you
know when you meet different people from batrination, it's just
like a hangout type thing. Like I was like, all right,
it's going to be like that.
Speaker 2 (05:46):
Yeah, okay.
Speaker 4 (05:47):
And I honestly, at this point too, I wasn't really
thinking too much about it either. But then at New
York Fashion Week, we like met up for lunch with
like it was like a group of us, and I
really wasn't thinking anything too too much. And like you
know when you like meet someone and this is gonna
sound so corny, but it's just the truth, and you
just like instantly like have like chemistry or connection with them,
(06:09):
and like he gave such a good hug when I
walked in. And I hate talking like this because I
feel like I'm a bad bitch, and then when I'm
with him, I'm like like a little girl kind of.
But we like hugged. And I remember like sitting at
the tea, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:23):
Real bad, all you got to do is hug you. No,
It's good.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
I love the concept of like falling into your feminine
When you're with someone that you feel safe.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
With, then you like falling into your feminine.
Speaker 3 (06:35):
That.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Yeah, it's a.
Speaker 2 (06:36):
Thing like I like, you know, girls sink more into
like their feminine energy when they feel like they're.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
That I heard it.
Speaker 2 (06:45):
Okay, how did your repertoire?
Speaker 4 (06:46):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a flex. I feel like, right,
I think so yeah, I'm like again, I'm like flirting
with him. He's like sitting next to me. I like,
I was like, oh, like your shoes, I really like
your shoes, and he like exapt me. He goes, yeah,
give me a minute, I'll think of something to compliment
you on.
Speaker 3 (07:03):
I'm like, oh my god, oh that sounds terrible. Iran.
I think I was. I think I was pretty nervous,
like I was. I was actually speechless. I about that.
I was speechless.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
But yeah, the lunch come to be and who else
is there?
Speaker 3 (07:24):
So yeah, I met this met this guy. He was
a fan of bachfor Nation and he was up in
New York and invited me to lunch. I met him
in San Diego previously. So he found this place called
dag Tie and I was like, okay, cool, let's do that.
We had a whole itinerary for the weekend, and I
was like, okay, like, let's see if Pandina wants to join.
She had a friend, so they both came and I
(07:47):
was talking to Medina all the way up until the
point where she walked into the restaurant, and I just
remember being nervous, just like, you know what's going to
happen with this today? Like I kind of want to
see what's going on about the same time, not really,
So yeah, it was up until that point where I
was like, I don't know what's going to happen with this.
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Well that's fair.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I mean, you guys don't know each other yet. You've
been kind of like flirting a little on d MS,
but you might meet each other and be like like,
there's nothing here.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
We have a Boba tea background on Instagram, Like there's
something there. It's got to be something there, even though
it's an accident.
Speaker 2 (08:27):
Okay, So Medina, how did you feel like the lunch
went after you left? What do you say to your girlfriend?
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Oh, I mean like, well, because we went after lunch,
we went to get drinks somewhere and like we went
to the bathroom, so like before I even left, I
was like, oh my god, like I like, I like
him and like just like more even more background which
like makes it like weird, is like I just well, actually,
never mind, I'm not going to say that.
Speaker 1 (08:53):
But no, no, no, no, no, Well what you got
to say it now?
Speaker 2 (08:56):
Well, I like, you don't have to.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
You don't have to.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Yeah, well it's not anything crazy. I mean we were
like flirting back and forth. But I think also too,
like there were moments where him and I were maybe
like in relationships or like dating other people and stuff,
so I had just kind of gotten out of a relationship,
so I was like very much like not even like
looking for that. So I think like that just like
shows like how much like I feel like our energy
was like so like aligned, and I don't think he
(09:22):
was necessarily looking for it. Like obviously we were flirting
a little bit, but I wasn't necessarily going in with
the mindset of like, oh, like I'm going to date
this person, but more just like, yeah, let's meet up
with someone else from Bachelor Nation.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
So yeah, totally that makes sense. I feel like that's
so common, like, oh, I'm in the city and I
know this person that was on the show. And we
follow each other like shared experience. Let's grab lunch, you know,
let's connect.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
So when did it? So, when did it turn into
like you guys were both casual casual and now it's
like we're we're boyfriend girlfriend.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
Well, I would say probably almost an hour after that lunch.
I mean, I know, I know we were officially yet made.
But an hour after that lunch, we were gonna go
to Sepphorta because she lost her lip gloss and she
can't go she can't go anywhere without it. So we
kind of supporta kind of by lunch. But on our
way to Sephorah, we're making a TikTok together. So it's
(10:21):
like the one when you pick someone up with one
arm and then you flip them around. You know some
people have done that.
Speaker 2 (10:28):
Yes, I've seen it.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, So our friends are filming behind us, and I
think we've probably done it twelve times, just picking her
up and tossing around with her hand in the air.
Like I was like, what's going on here? I just
met this person, but I already had the feeling of,
you know, I want to see more of her. Obviously,
She's like I need a little bit more. I need
to see a little bit more before I just start
(10:49):
diving into this. But I knew at that point that
I was going to be pursuing her.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Were there any other Bachelor alums a part of this lunch?
Speaker 3 (11:03):
No? No, no, yeah, it's all Grant earlier. It's like
that weekend, but there was no one like there.
Speaker 2 (11:09):
Okay, nice, So you have lunch drinks Sephora.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
The day goes on, Aaron's fallen for you.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Aaron is all in Medina. Are you like, oh wow,
I feel a spark with this guy too, or where
are you at?
Speaker 3 (11:25):
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (11:25):
No, I definitely was like, I think maybe I didn't
finish my story. I have I have a knack for
doing that, not finishing my thought, but I was. I
was telling my friend in the bathroom. I was like,
actually like feel something or whatever. I don't know how
I word it at and she had to go because
her husband was picking her up, so I went back
to we went back to the hotel, and I also
(11:46):
at this point I couldn't vibe him. I didn't know
if he was like interested in me or not. And
I'm like, I want to hang out with him more,
but I'm also like I don't want to like act
like desperate or anything. So I go back to my
hotel room and I remember texting him I can't remember
something like a sad face or something, because I wanted
to see him again. And then yeah, we just wind
(12:09):
up going because I had an event that night and
I asked him if you wanted to come with me,
and so we went to the event that night, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Rest is history.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
And then it was just like chat chat chat, did
we make out? What happened?
Speaker 3 (12:26):
Well, I mean the funny thing is like, yeah, we
went to the event and stuff, and then after that
we went directly to Amcase in New York and my
friend was there for lunch. He set this up for dinner,
so I buy her obviously, and yeah, I mean, honestly,
it kind of got awkward. I'll tell the real story, babe.
But the friend was like looking at us like, oh
(12:48):
my gosh, you guys have so much chemistry. And then
you know, the more he drank and the more he
drinks started flowing, he just started going make out, make out.
We all want this. I was like, whoa, this is.
Speaker 4 (12:59):
This is trust me me too.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
This friend, his friend thought he was a producer on
the Bad.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Yeah, I was like you can't feel the strengths, and
you know, as.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
You're like, I'm down. But we're in the middle of amakase.
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Like a second, you have four more plates to go.
I'm trying to see what the last plate's gonna be.
Like I'm not trying to kiss anyone yet.
Speaker 2 (13:23):
Plates to go.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Okay, So you guys, how long hit? Okay? So New
York Fashion Week was what September?
Speaker 2 (13:31):
Yeah, so we're looking at almost three four months together
now I'm assuming, like and correct me if I'm wrong.
It sounds like since then, you guys have basically been
locked in dating each other. Was it pretty smooth? Like
it just kind of you organically fell into a relationship.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
There was no talking.
Speaker 4 (13:50):
Stage'll say that it was yeah, which we love. Like
that's something I really admire about him, Like I feel
like we're in this. I think we're getting better with it.
But just like this idea of like nonchalant man is
like so unappealing. And I remember like because he came
to visit in Charlotte maybe a month later, a little
less than a month later, and we went out to
(14:12):
sushi and I wasn't expecting him to like ask me
to be his girlfriend like have like a big sushi
roll in my mouth. I was like, do not look cute.
I'm chewing. He's going on this like long monologue about
like how much like he appreciates me and all these
sweet things, and I'm like, oh my god, too faster.
Like so yeah, it was just like really natural, and
it was like nice for you know, someone to be
(14:36):
like so sure of you.
Speaker 1 (14:37):
Yeah, So how are you guys doing? You guys are
doing long distance? Madina you're in Charlotte, and Aaron you're
in San Diego. How's that working out? Long distance? Long
distance is tough?
Speaker 3 (14:54):
Is it is? How's how's it going? Sweet Pete?
Speaker 2 (14:59):
How far is the flight? Just for my Canadian geographical
probably like three and a half right.
Speaker 3 (15:04):
Yeah, clo closer to four with the wind from the west,
you know, we can call it four a four and
a half. Yeah, I know.
Speaker 2 (15:11):
That always gets me whenever we go to LA from
New York. It's like six hours there, four and a
half back.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yeah, yeah, it's a it's a long flight. I mean yeah,
I mean long distance isn't ideal, but I mean we
get to ironically see each other like way like pretty frequently,
considering how far away we are from each other, but
I'm not gonna lie.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I hate it.
Speaker 1 (15:34):
So how many times?
Speaker 3 (15:37):
So?
Speaker 1 (15:37):
Like, so, how many times a month are you able
to see each other?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
Two to three at least at this point? I mean, yeah, that's.
Speaker 1 (15:47):
Not bad work.
Speaker 2 (15:51):
Okay, So what's the game plan then?
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Is there a game plan?
Speaker 3 (15:54):
Well? The game plan is we're waiting on insurance to
approve like this hip conjoint surgery, so she can never
leave us, so our heads will be ops will be
joining writing on the approval. But uh but no, no, no,
we're on. We won't be long distance for too too long.
You want to tell them? Maybe?
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Uh no, I mean I we definitely have talked about
me moving to San Diego.
Speaker 3 (16:21):
Soon.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
What do you What do you do for work?
Speaker 4 (16:25):
I own a therapy practice, but most of it's virtual,
so I can work from anywhere.
Speaker 2 (16:30):
Yeah, okay, nice. Do you like San Diego? Have you been?
Did you ever see yourself living there before you started
dating Aaron?
Speaker 4 (16:38):
Yeah? So the irony of all of this is I
knew I was gonna move after this year from Charlotte
was just kind of like exhausted on me. So I
had no like issue with like talking about this with him,
and San Diego actually was one of the places on
my list. And I also have just a knack for
like getting up and moving to random places where I
(16:58):
know no one. So it's I mean, obviously i'd be moving,
you know, a big chunk to be with him, but
you know, I have the utmost faith that Heaven forbid
it doesn't work out like I would, it would be fine,
you know. Yeah, So because I try, I want to
be mindful that you know, part of it is for
me and also for us.
Speaker 2 (17:15):
Yeah, but that's kind of a nice place to be
in when you're like, well, I was already kind of
thinking of moving. This kind of aligns with the plan
I already had, you like, the idea of San Diego,
Like it definitely makes this long distance period probably feel
a lot easier. You're not having to try to decide
if you want to leave where you already live.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
And it's also the best weather in the country.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
People that live in San Diego freaking love it, like
I've never met. There's a lot of bachelor people out there, obviously,
and we have some good friends that live out there
from the show, and they are all like, it's the
best place to live ever.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Yeah, it's cute like when I would go to when
I go to visit, I feel like he's like trying
to show me around and do like remind me all
of all these like cool things about San Diego. And
I'm like, babe at San Diego, Like you don't have
to sell me on it, Like it's not like so, yeah,
all do is.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
Tell you the weather forecast?
Speaker 1 (18:10):
Aaron, are you from? Are you from San Diego?
Speaker 3 (18:13):
No? No, I was a military brat growing up, so
I'm from everywhere. But I grew up in Houston and
I went to school in New Orleans.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You went to Too Lane, you went to Tulane right
Road Wave ROA wait, yeah, I remember that. Yeah, but
I didn't remember you were on the podcast, but I
remember where you went to school.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I remember our podcast with Aaron so well.
Speaker 3 (18:32):
For I do not.
Speaker 2 (18:32):
I do not my parents the middle of summer. But okay,
so that's exciting. We're really happy for you guys. This
is your first holiday season together. What are the plans
for that?
Speaker 3 (18:46):
Yeah? I know that's next week. I mean we've we've
been We've been seeing each other the past month, so
like through Thanksgiving we spent time so we did like
our own thing for once instead of like spinning it
with our family. So we had a nice dinner on
Thanksgiving that was nice. But for Christmas, I'll be going
to Houston next week, but I'm going right to Albany.
(19:07):
Albany is am I saying it right upstate New York
to see Medina and meet her mom and her little
her dog Tanka. So I'll see love in person for
the first time.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
Oh, that'll be your first time meeting her family, and yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:21):
In person. We facetimed briefly a couple of times, so
it's nice. Well, we're gonna nails down and she was like, oh,
I get to see you guys. That was pretty much. Yet, so.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Off, have you met any of Aaron's family yet?
Speaker 4 (19:34):
Just fatime?
Speaker 2 (19:35):
Okay, gotcha?
Speaker 1 (19:36):
FaceTime is so awkward, isn't it like meeting a family
for the first time on FaceTime? You're just like, this
is tough, But I guess it's easy. It's easier because
you could because then like the phone call ends.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Right, you know, because you people in real life.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
Well, in real life, you're you're you're you're actually in
the moment, and if things start going away, like you're.
Speaker 2 (19:59):
You're something nice at a five to ten minute FaceTime
high nice to meet you.
Speaker 1 (20:03):
Yeah, like the face time can't it can only get
so bad.
Speaker 2 (20:05):
It's low stakes, it's low steaks.
Speaker 3 (20:07):
Yeah, you don't have to sit around the house and
wait for you know, so I'm gonna be all right,
well we're gonna go hold down. Yeah yeah, right, Well,
my dad, we were your facetiming. He was so close
to the camera. I was more concerned about his eyesight.
I was like, just you'll see a person soon, but
just back away from the camera.
Speaker 1 (20:24):
Yeah, my dad doesn't my dad facetimes It's like right here,
It's like, yeah, he's just screaming into the phone. Okay,
what any are you guys? Like, who's your Bachelor crew?
Anyone you hang out with or is it kind of
just like.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
Yeah, who did you like call from vacherination to tell
them that you guys were dating? What was the response? Also,
you want to go arin?
Speaker 3 (20:53):
Yeah? No, I mean people know that, you know, I
hang with Aaron Clancy. He's one of my best friends.
We're all in a group chat with like James Bontnzel
and people like that, so they all knew when I
went to Charlotte post on my close friends. I was
like kissing media's hands and they were like, oh, this
is like legit, and I was like, yeah, like I'm
back in Charlotte obviously, So things are going well. But
(21:15):
you know, just I would say those are the only
two from Bachelor Nation initially, well obviously everyone started to
learn pretty quickly.
Speaker 2 (21:26):
Of course, my Dina, what about you?
Speaker 4 (21:30):
I mean, I don't I'm gonna be asked. I don't
like I'm not in touch with a lot of people
from Bachelor Nation. I mean obviously like Jess and Sandra.
Actually she was I don't know if any Yeah, Sandra,
I'm like pretty close with her, but other than that,
like not too much.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
And then any for next year, any any trips anything
played together or is it just kind of like we're
gonna do our best to get you to San Diego
type of thing.
Speaker 3 (22:00):
Bit of both. We're going to Colombia the next month.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
That's fun.
Speaker 3 (22:04):
Yeah, one of my friends wedding, so we'll be out
there for for a good bit.
Speaker 1 (22:07):
And uh, what part of Columbia where's the wedding Cartaena? Okay, Yeah,
a friend of mine was just out there.
Speaker 2 (22:14):
I was going to say have you Are you familiar
with that area? Are you familiar with Columbia? Have you been?
Speaker 1 (22:20):
I know, I know, I've I've heard of Cartagena and
and then there's Cali and I know a bunch of bucks. Okay, yeah, yeah,
Capital exactly exactly.
Speaker 3 (22:33):
People are people don't sleep there. But I'm just glad
that she's coming out because you know, they have the
jokes like, oh, a single guy going to Colombia, he
comes back with some kind of relationship things like that.
So this this makes a little bit easier for trust,
and obviously I want her there with me too, so
we're gonna enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (22:51):
How has that been with the long distance.
Speaker 3 (22:55):
The trust?
Speaker 4 (22:56):
Yeah, it's interesting because I was We talk about this
kind of regularly. Like I think it's crazy that I
trust him more than and you know, the last person
I dated like lived like five minutes away. And I
think he's just like so good at communicating and like
even just like the thing he said right now, like
that wasn't anything that I came up with. He's just
(23:17):
like thinking proactively and being really mindful about all those things.
And he's like really in tune, Like he's so cute.
He'll track like with my cycle to like recognize like
when I might be a little more sensitive or like
if I need more compliments and so yeah, it's just
interesting because he's so far away, but I like trust
him so much. So it's like I'm glad we're not
(23:38):
working through any of that. It's like the biggest issue
we have is distance, and you know that'll eventually be
done with, So that's good.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
I think like communication is is like ninety percent of it,
Like it's that's like the biggest thing.
Speaker 2 (23:52):
Well, and if you can tackle that while doing long distance,
it's going to be that much easier hopefully when you're
in person together.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
And it doesn't matter where someone lives, because if they
want to cheat, they're gonna cheat. You know that is true.
Speaker 2 (24:04):
Actually, Oh shoot, I had a question. Oh my question
was going to be when you eventually moved to saying
San Diego, Medina, are you guys going to find a
new place together? You're going to move into Aaron's place.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
Yeah, I think we talked about finding a new place together,
so that'll be fun, like looking at apartments. He was like,
I'll FaceTime you stuff like, uh, so I think that'll
be fun. And he said that he'll let me decorate,
so let's have this on recording.
Speaker 2 (24:32):
I mean, your background is super cute. If you did that,
I don't know why he wouldn't let you decorate, Like.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I mean, is your what your place look like? Arin
is it? Just like I'm a single guy and this
is this is which no judgment, Like that's how my
place was. I still I was still taking things out
of like brown boxes.
Speaker 2 (24:48):
And yeah, Joe had one bedside table what like not
one pillow but like four plates.
Speaker 3 (24:55):
Yeah no, I mean it's definitely a ball throughout for years.
It's not you know where it would be a plentier
decorator here, but it's more like I did, like a
thirty year old, like tech kind of apartment. Nothing too
special I got. I got a big cat hanging up
on my wall too. That's why I commented on I
love big cats. But this is like my downstairs work space.
(25:16):
So I'm down here taking a call.
Speaker 1 (25:18):
Nice nice, Yeah, all right, Well this was a lot
of fun. We're really happy for you guys. Thank you
for coming on to a better happy hour.
Speaker 3 (25:27):
Thank you. I appreciate you guys. Good to see you again.
Speaker 1 (25:31):
And to all our listeners, make sure you download and
subscribe to the podcast.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
We'll have new edits, have interviews for you ever since week.
Thanks for listening. Bye,
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