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April 14, 2025 15 mins

Calm Down with Erin and Charissa deliver a new Pregame answering your questions! They tell you the best outfit to wear to Easter brunch, how to handle a coworker clipping their nails at work and does anybody know what micro-cheating is?

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The greatest power I think that you can have in
any kind of conflict.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
Two things.

Speaker 1 (00:05):
One say sorry if you're actually sorry, because then it
moves the process along because would someone going to keep
arguing with you after you say you're sorry like you
admitted it, or in a situation where you want no
contact with them, saying nothing gives you all the power
in the world. Calm Down with Erin and Carissa is
a production of iHeartRadio.

Speaker 2 (00:31):
Welcome everybody to this week's pregame. You know the drill.

Speaker 1 (00:34):
You've send in questions, we answer them and this segment
this week is brought to you by Macy. So first
time goo Hey, Lizzie eight go into Easter brunch with
my boyfriend's family.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
What do I wear? Help?

Speaker 1 (00:47):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (00:47):
This is good boyfriends family so hard for me.

Speaker 1 (00:51):
East Side really a hard one because it's such a
transition because sometimes it's still a little chilly, and sometimes
it's and you feel like because it's on is shining,
you want to be like maybe like spring light and breezy.

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:04):
I find Easter difficult. Okay, well let's make this easier.
My suggestion is, if you're going to boyfriend's, go to Macy's.
But if you're gonna go uh to your boyfriend's house,
I always like to air on the side obviously of
being a little bit more feminine and demure and not
like tits out and like looking, you know, with like
some short little dress like I think back on, like

(01:27):
as a kid, my mom always gave us, like made
my mom Kathy what a goal. She would make us
these dresses because they didn't have any money, but they
like easter dresses and so like fun prints, like you know,
like an easter dress, like be girly and kind of fun.
I don't know, that's my vibe. O pasture is like
a fun spring dress. And then if the weather isn't great,

(01:47):
like you can just throw on like a I'm wearing
a sweater, like a just a jacket a shot that
what maybe seal some kind of like sweater or whatever
jacket thing that goes with it.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Nothing too heavy.

Speaker 1 (01:59):
But yeah, I like the idea of being cutesy and
kind of girly if you're going over to the boyfriend's house,
especially with the family.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
You gosh, I better get on this.

Speaker 1 (02:09):
Yeah I struggle, I'm honest, I know, but floral print.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
I gotta what about a long skirt. I feel like you. Okay,
this this is my idea.

Speaker 1 (02:19):
If I'm going to be Danielle for a second, your
style is, I'm going to put it on a skirt,
a long skirt. It has like a floral print on it,
so it's like the feminine thing. But then you can
wear like, ah, I'm gonna tell you a short, like
not white, like a crop T shirt, not where your
stomach's out, but like you know where you don't have
to tuck it in, like a short kind of T shirt,
so it's like casual on top, and then accessorize it

(02:40):
with like some fun necklaces, some color things like that,
so it's casual on top, but then party on the bottom.
Easter Party hop on over here. I gotta get on this, okay. Also,
just my little bunny hop pop pop shout out to
miss Rachel Ali starts favorite and least favorite household chores,
least favorite purging. I need to do that putting stuff

(03:02):
away my favorite. I love a vacuum gal.

Speaker 2 (03:06):
I like to vacuum. Oh that's good, that's cathartic.

Speaker 1 (03:09):
You know what I've been really into is the when
your couch is pilling like it has these little like
things on it, like sweaters, and when they pill and
they get the balls of things. I got this little
machine thing and it picks off all the little like
things on the couch.

Speaker 2 (03:24):
It's yeah, sweat thing.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
Yeah, I like doing that on the couch. That's cathartic.
Vacuuming is good, especially with dogs. That's always like a
quick vacuum. I don't like the dishwasher full at full disclosure.
I'll do the like I'll open it and if it's clean,
I close the door back and then hope Steve empties it.
Because I don't like the dishwasher emptying. I don't know,
it's not like it's just it's just not really my vibe. Yeah,
that's my least favorite, probably not dishwasher boating it really well. Yeah,

(03:53):
do you feel pressure because I feel like Jarrett would
be particular about where you'd put stuff in because he's
so organized, Like you put the wrong cut up in
the wrong space. Who designed the dishwasher spaces either too?
Because some of them. I'm like, this makes sense.

Speaker 2 (04:07):
I agree. I agree. We's km R three.

Speaker 1 (04:13):
What to do or say when someone in your office
clips their nails for fifteen minutes at work? Knock it off. No,
there is a time and place say these things. No, honestly,
it's not acceptable, And I get it if you don't
want to be contentious in a work environment. I would
just do something like this, be like, oh, we're doing
that at work. Okay, I didn't know that we were
doing that now at work, clipping our nails. So with

(04:37):
the tone you can get it across yeah, or the
facial like I just did. I feel like I do
the real like oh yeah, yeah, oh we're doing that now,
Be like, oh, do you want me to? Since you're
clipping your nails, why don't I just paint my nails
because everyone's going to love that smell in the workplace environment.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
No, how about one time I was on.

Speaker 1 (04:56):
A flight and a woman pulled out fingernail polish and
started painting her nails. You know how the ammonia of
fingernail polish, how potent it is in a closed no
air circulation area.

Speaker 2 (05:09):
Forget smoking on an airplane. Stop painting your nails.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
Why about the people that clip their nails on the plane.
I've had that, and I've also said, as to a
lady that's filed her nails.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Do you know how disgusting.

Speaker 1 (05:21):
That is. I'm like, you know what else I have
an issue with on planes? And when I see the
person next to me pull out that laptop, I feel
like that's me shit, aggressive keystrokes when I'm sitting there
trying to enjoy my mood. I'm just praying the Wi
Fi goes out so then that person can stop working.

(05:43):
I mean stop. That was the lady next to you,
to Tampa the whole. That's exactly what I'm taking.

Speaker 2 (05:50):
You knew it. You knew it, just pounding away on
that keyboard. I get it. You gotta get work done.
But a little softer, huh.

Speaker 1 (05:58):
Next?

Speaker 2 (05:59):
All right?

Speaker 1 (06:00):
Anonymous husband micro cheated over a year ago, and I'm
still not over it.

Speaker 2 (06:05):
Should I be ryan? Is that being cheated like online?
Is that like liking something? I feel like I just
saw this.

Speaker 1 (06:13):
I guess we'd be like cheated a little. But either
cheat or you don't. To me, there's no there's no like.
You can try to soften cheating all you want, whether
it's emotional, whether it's like like what, No, either cheat
or you don't. The word shouldn't be involved in the description.
If it's not something negative. Micro Macro does it matter. No, no,

(06:37):
and it's on a way shirt.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
I don't think so I'm still not over it. No,
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (06:44):
I am somebody who has a not doing this shit
policy anymore with a lot of stuff like Okay, we're
getting it, yeah, Bryan, Okay, go ahead. Read the description
micro cheating involves behave that leads someone to question their
partners emotional or physical commitment to the relationship.

Speaker 2 (07:08):
Okay, all right, this is a little different.

Speaker 1 (07:12):
Okay, I'd like to redact my previous statement I don't
get it, okay, with the description of micro cheating involving
behavior that leads someone to question their partners emotional or
physical commitment to the relationship. That leaves a lot of
room for interpretation. But I've been in a situation before
where I've definitely not approved of like something that Steve

(07:35):
has said, or like put like I don't know, like
an emoji like a fire emoji or a heart emoji
in a text to another like chick, and it's like
early on, and I'm like, uh no, we're not doing that, Like,
don't leave room for interpretation for that person. Because I
always think that if I'm that girl and I'm getting
that from a guy that has a girlfriend. Now I
get there's varying scenarios. I'm not even putting this one

(07:56):
on Steve. I'm just saying, like I could send a
hard emoji to Michael Straighthand and Steve wouldn't think anything
of it. It's like my brother, like I love you,
saying but like it's if there's any question or to
this description room for interpretation. I don't think you have
to like break up with the person, but you shouldn't

(08:16):
be in a relationship where you have questions that can't
be answered. I guess I love I agree, I agree,
I love Ryan so much. He's continuously adding, now Kurt's involved,
so cute. Ryan also adds, so maybe like inappropriate texting
or overly flirty conversations with other people, but not total
outright infidelity. And then Kurt adds small breaches of trust

(08:40):
that aren't a physical affair.

Speaker 2 (08:42):
You guys are great.

Speaker 1 (08:43):
I love you that you guys should be answering these
questions because I'm just into a no nonsense policy, and
I know that there can be an opportunity sometimes to overreact.
So I do feel like I try, or I would
in this case, I try to understand, but not if

(09:03):
it here's the bottom line. This is a very confluent answer.
So just delete everything we've said. For me, it's very simple.
If it makes you feel shitty and it makes you
question the person, then we got a problem.

Speaker 2 (09:15):
Period. Stop.

Speaker 1 (09:16):
End of story. Doesn't mean you have to break up
with them, but you need to work on the relationship
and that person needs to work with you to make
you feel more comfortable.

Speaker 2 (09:25):
Period.

Speaker 1 (09:25):
Because if you're having to question, then you have to
keep digging, and then there's more and you.

Speaker 2 (09:32):
Know, where there's smoke, there's fire, kind of a feeling.

Speaker 1 (09:43):
I also will ask the question here that I ask
or say sometimes not about micro cheating, just about other
things in life. My husband micro cheated over a year
ago and I'm still not over it.

Speaker 2 (09:55):
What's going on here? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (09:57):
Because is there more to it than just the micro cheating?
If I feel like there's more to this story? Also,
there's more to this story with this I know, but
I just feel like there's more happening, you know, Yeah,
because it's not just about a text, or it's not
just about making you feel uncomfortable, like there's other stuff happening.

Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, Yeah, I'm with them.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
Why the we're almost no. No, I'm just saying to that person, Oh, yeah,
I'm sorry too.

Speaker 2 (10:23):
I don't like that.

Speaker 1 (10:24):
I hate okay being in a relationship now where Don't
get me wrong, there's still times we're like I'll like
be hmm, whatever, and that's fine, that's normal. That actually
means you give a shit. I don't think that you
should like be completely void of like any emotion. Like
if you're like I don't care for my boyfriend sheets,
it's like, well, then we shouldn't be together. So it's like,
it's always okay to be like, hey, I don't love that,
or I don't whatever. But I'm not interested in being

(10:47):
in a relationship where I'm constantly having to wonder or like,
and especially it's your husband. There should be full confidence
in the situation.

Speaker 2 (10:56):
Yeah, what's going on here? So this one's interesting.

Speaker 1 (11:02):
This next one, Mojo Bolan, my ex's sister reached out
and wants to get a drink.

Speaker 2 (11:07):
Should I go?

Speaker 1 (11:09):
I'm friends with my first I love having to qualify
that I'm friends with my first ex husband's sister, and
I adore her. Her name's Jen, and I just I
just I consider her a sister. So I think It
depends on your relationship. I have zero communication with my
ex husband, but I her and I just have our

(11:32):
own relationship, so I don't know go for it depends
on the situation.

Speaker 2 (11:37):
I agree with that, totally depends on him. Yep. Nixt
Joseph Capp.

Speaker 1 (11:43):
How do you deal with someone after they ghosted you
and you still see them at school?

Speaker 2 (11:48):
I don't know. I norm I agree.

Speaker 1 (11:53):
Ghosted you, then guess we did it to you, go
right back at it, put that mirror right back in
front of their face.

Speaker 2 (11:59):
I would.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
I would pretend that that person didn't even exist. If
they say hi, keep going, And if they have the
nerve to say to you, what's your problem?

Speaker 2 (12:05):
Just by the greatest power.

Speaker 1 (12:08):
I think that you can have in any kind of conflict,
two things. One say sorry if you're actually sorry, because
then it moves the process along. Because would someone going
to keep arguing with you after you say you're sorry
like you admitted it, or in a situation where you
want no contact with them, saying nothing gives you.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
All the power in the world.

Speaker 1 (12:29):
It will drive that person absolutely nuts because then they're
going to just keep being like they want you to react.

Speaker 2 (12:36):
So by you not reacting.

Speaker 1 (12:38):
You control all the powers, so they go to power
back completely.

Speaker 2 (12:43):
Yep, say nothing.

Speaker 1 (12:45):
Christy Reddicker husband and I want to take our ten
year old to his first NFL game. He is a
big Bills fan, but we live in Pennsylvania. Bills play
Steelers and Jets. Do you go to a game at
Do you go to a game at the Steelers at
MetLife in New York? Or go all out to a
game and Buffalo? Go all out sister Buffalo, Buffalo, Buffalo, Buffalo,

(13:05):
especially because he's a big Bills fan. That is one
of the great environments in sports, especially if you can
go to a night game there. We've had the privilege
of doing that with Thursday Night Football and it's just
the tail getting. I know he's only ten, but like
expose him to a little bit of the down and
dirty stuff.

Speaker 2 (13:21):
I think it's great. I just go and.

Speaker 1 (13:22):
Make it an experience. It's something he will never forget
and yeah, you're gonna do it. Go big and go
to the restaurant we went to that Ryan Fitzpatrick to
what was going on to that restaurant?

Speaker 2 (13:33):
Good? Oh gosh, I could look it up.

Speaker 1 (13:35):
I have it on my Instagram. Check out my Instagram
or Chris's. I don't know if you posted it. It
was so amazing. Shout out to Ryan Fitzpatrick. Let's ask
Ryan Fitzpatrick right now what the restaurant is? H He's
good because it's worth Hey, Bud, what's the restaurant Buffalo
that we went to?

Speaker 2 (13:55):
When we were there?

Speaker 1 (13:56):
Aaron and I are giving someone advice over to go
in Buffalo Bills game Italian so good with the meatballs. Meatballs.
Let's see if he responds to the next a few minutes.
If not, then we're off and running. Also, can we
talk about Ryan Fitzpatrick's Christmas gift to me because it's
on this text chain it is It is a yetti

(14:16):
with his face on it. God, he's fucking great. He
had a gift. He had it sent to the ranch
and there was like this box and there's all these
boxes and I opened it up and imagine just opening
a box and that's what you see. I go, did
you send me, okay Christmas gift to the ranch? He goes,
I sure did. I said, God, your fucking dream boat, Christy.
When you do take her son to the Bills game

(14:39):
in Buffalo, send us pictures. Let us know how it went.
Very excited for that moment in his life. That's like
taking Macadode all Do to Disneyland. That's, you know what,
so fun, really excited about the schedule release like that
is so fun, like just I mean for a number
of week reasons because then we get to see where
we're going at least for the a few weeks for you.

(15:01):
And it's just like it's like Christmas morning being like
who's playing who? What's happening? Oh?

Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, the things.

Speaker 1 (15:09):
All right, we will let uh, we'll add that in
on a font because we don't need to stick around
and waiting for a response. Okay, guys, I'd like to
say this. This segment was brought to you by Macy's
Shop now at Macy's dot com or in store.

Speaker 2 (15:25):
I better go there for my Easter outfit. I'm stressed
out over this now T shirt on top, scirt on bottom.
That's what I would do if I were you. Love
you bout it, Gal, love you.

Speaker 1 (15:36):
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