December 10, 2024 • 58 mins
Join us for a rollercoaster of holiday cheer and family dynamics. We take a light-hearted jab at the absurdity of some social media gift ideas—because who really needs a wall-mounted electronic body scrubber? Through humor and personal anecdotes, we ponder the motivations behind these bizarre products and share our thoughts on what truly makes a gift thoughtful and meaningful. As the year comes to a close, we encourage listeners to share their own gift-giving stories and look forward to wrapping up the season with a special finale. So tune in and get ready to laugh, learn, and maybe even rethink your own holiday shopping list!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Ho, ho ho, Get in this car.
It is cold and rainy Go.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It is.
I know it is a cold and rainyday and I am a little.
I feel it today.
I feel it.
We're in the middle of theholiday season, but it's time
for another episode of who'sDriving.
Welcome to who's Driving.
I'm Wesley Turner.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
And I'm Stephen Merck .
We're two best friends andentrepreneurs who's Driving is
an entertaining look into thebehind the scenes of our lives,
friendship and businesses.
These are the stories we shareand topics we discuss, as two
best friends would on a longroad trip.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Along the way, we'll check in with friends and offer
a wide range of informativetopics centered around running
small businesses, social mediaand all things home and garden.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
You never know who's driving,or?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
where we're headed.
All we know is it's always afun ride and on this week's
episode we're going to wing itlike we always do.
But I do want to talk aboutsome of our favorite things,
like gifts and that sort ofthing.
But we'll get into that in aminute.
What do you say?
Yeah, let's.
Okay.
What's been happening sincelast week?
Working like crazy.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I did take, I did, we did take one shopping day.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
You took a little shopping day, went and got some
things.
I'm going to I'm going to grillyou about that in a minute when
it comes to some of ourfavorite things, Because I want
to hear about what was in thosebags I saw on social media and I
actually only had one thing forme and I did get some gifts.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Oh good, that's good.
It was good because I don'thave to go back.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, Well, that is really good.
Before we get into some of ourfavorite things and gifts and
that sort of thing, I think wefirst need to hit on we kind of
hit on this, I feel like I don'tknow when it was, because
everything's running together atthis moment, but a little PSA,
because we could save Christmasfor some people.
I feel like I think we need togo back and hit on telling you
if you are listening, to watchout what type of gift you're
(02:03):
buying, listening to watch outwhat type of gift you're buying
specifically for.
I feel like it comes down toyour spouse and any type of
in-law, like yourdaughter-in-law or maybe your
mother-in-law or your son-in-lawor your father-in-law.
Because we talked about I put alittle box up on Instagram and
we had you, from last week'sepisode, text into our hotline
(02:25):
or call and tell us your worstgifts that you've received, and
there's a common theme when youlook at this.
We're going to do part two nextweek talking about the worst
gifts.
This week we're going to talkabout good gifts and favorite
things, but because we're goingto be running up against
Christmas next week, I just wantto give people time to reset
(02:46):
their gift buying and saveChristmas for some people
Because, specifically when itcomes to mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law,daughter-in-law and spouses, the
thing you obviously do not wantto buy them is something that
they can perceive like you'retrying to send them a message
such as a vacuum cleaner, youknow, unless they specifically
(03:08):
say I would love to have thisDyson.
I would love to have thisparticular vacuum cleaner,
because if somebody bought me aDyson.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It ain't going to hurt my feelings at all.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Oh Well, in the comments, you know, people got
like scrub brushes from theirmother-in-law.
So they perceive, you knowthey're telling them they need
to clean.
They need to clean yes.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And they probably do People.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You know I've just realized in the last three years
.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
But maybe they don't.
In the last three years ofdoing live sales and podcasts
yeah, in the last three years ofdoing live sales and podcasts I
don't think I ever fullyrealized or appreciated how much
women in general, women hatetheir mother-in-laws.
And how many mother-in-lawshate their daughter-in-law.
(04:02):
I didn't, and maybe it'sbecause I'm a man and I've never
witnessed or lived that youknow, because both of my
partners of years I've lovedtheir family Right and they love
me.
I mean, who wouldn't love me?
Right, right, it's not everyone,but it is a high number, it is
(04:26):
in everyone, I feel like it ismore woman and woman like
mother-in-law anddaughter-in-law, because we
talked about it.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I feel like the mother-in-law perceives that
she's not good enough for theirson, or whatever it may be, and
the daughter-in-law feels likeshe's being picked on the
daughter-in-law feels like she'sbeing picked on.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Now, I do have friends and family that adore
their mother-in-laws and adoretheir daughter-in-laws.
I will say that I know somethat are just almost like
mother-daughter Right, but I'mjust shocked at the number that
will tell you that woman.
And see, you know, I've alwaysunderstood the stepmother and
the step parent because myparents being divorced, I never
(05:13):
liked anybody.
My parents were with, it's just.
I didn't know.
My dad's current life hasalways been very, very, very
good and respectful to me and tomy mother.
So I really do.
I love her.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
She's a good person right but typically I've always
gotten that like you were alsomore grown when they were I was
an adult when they got married.
So then there's a differentdynamic yeah, she wasn't raising
you yeah, you weren't yeah.
Um, and as time goes on, whenparents are divorced and then
they find new people, you know,things have settled down?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
No, because, like I, have a friend now that parent,
like our age, got divorced andhates the step parent.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
But I'm saying but have they been recently divorced
?
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh well, but you know , I mean I bet what I'm saying
is I completely get that becauseI've lived that Mm-hmm, I've
never.
And maybe if I had a horriblein-law, yeah, I would get it
Right, but I really haven'texperienced it.
And the thing is is maybe theydon't like me, but you know, I
(06:24):
guess I mean my personality, I'mnot, I mean You're very likable
, though, but and you're veryconfident- independent and.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I try, you try to be nice.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I do so.
You're not going to let.
You're also not going to letsomeone else bring you down.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like you're not going to.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You'd be just like whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
You would just write them off and you would be very
cordial to them and just move on.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
You'd be like, oh, I'll see them on holidays and
I'll be nice for two hours, andthen you can kiss my ass.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, now my ex's brother and his wife and I hope
they're listening.
I'm sure they're not.
You're not that important.
No, they're in SouthernCalifornia.
But what if they were?
That would make my day Completeassholes.
Yeah, Like you know, they hadall of the stuff.
It never worked for it.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right and just assholes I mean.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I don't know a nicer way to put it.
In the 90s, or, yeah, late 90s,you're living in a million
dollar home and you're like 30.
Give me a break, yeah, like,and you didn't even earn it are
you?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
were they really assholes, or were you younger at
the time and perceive them asassholes?
Speaker 1 (07:41):
oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
because I was.
I've always been happy forpeople like if, yeah, you know,
no, no, no, no.
My problem with them was, youknow, oh, let.
He would say, oh, let's takemom to lunch for her birthday at
this very expensive restaurantin southern california, and then
(08:03):
which was fine, and then wouldgive us the damn bill because
they had no money.
And I'm like hello, we live ina $100,000 house which I was
very tickled of and proud of andhappy with, but you're giving
us the bill Right, and then,like, just did things like that
all the time, right, and so Icould not stand them.
(08:26):
So what I would do is I wasvery cordial and very polite in
family situations, but I wouldhave made a trip out there to
see them.
I wouldn't go see them if theyhad told me they had $50,000
waiting on me.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
See, you can be cordial and just keep on going.
Yeah, so we need to circle backaround.
You need to think in your mind.
You need to look at your giftlist If you've already bought it
for your daughter-in-law, yourhusband, your wife, your
whatever and you need to seewhat is on the list.
You're giggling over there.
(09:06):
Is there something you wouldlike to share?
Speaker 1 (09:09):
No, I was no, I'll tell you later.
I can't share it Come on shareit.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
No, they're not listening.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
No, no, no, I was just thinking he was so giggling
.
I will tell you.
I'll tell you later, becauseit's really, it's silly, it's
irrelevant.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Anyway, examine what you've gotten for your in-law
and make sure it's not somethingto do.
Not a vacuum cleaner, a mixer,a tile scrubber, any of those
things, unless they specificallyasked you for them?
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Did I tell this last week about my friend?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Getting weird gifts, yeah.
You talked about getting reallyweird gifts.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Oh, and then the last gift had nothing in it.
No, you didn't tell that part,Okay, so I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
So um you said they get really weird gifts, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
And a lot of times, if it's like related, she will
ask me hey, would, would youlike this?
And sometimes I'm like, yeah,I'll take that.
Yeah, you know, because it'susually a candle or something,
but it's always, it's always areally nice brand.
It may be Diptyque, for example, it may be a hundred and fifty
(10:22):
dollar candle, but it's going tobe a fragrance.
She absolutely hates that.
Everybody knows.
It would be like you do notlike lavender, right, yeah
fragrance, fragrance.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I'm not going to buy a lavender candle.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
It would be like me going and buying you a $500
Diptyque lavender candle.
Yeah, when you know I don't likeit, but oh, I got you something
nice, this is nice but reallysomeone gave it to me and I'm
just giving it to you eventhough I know you hate it, right
?
So, um, but she got they, shegot her Christmas present early
(11:01):
and she uh brought it home toopen it, and early, and she
brought it home to open it.
And we're not talking, we'renot talking average people here,
these are people way out of ourleague kind of gift giving,
like.
So it was a private boutique,very expensive jeweler box, so
(11:23):
you know, she was like wonderwhat this is?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Cause it was, you know she was like I wonder what
this is.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Because it was.
You know, it was something outof her drawer or whatever.
So she sent me the photo.
She opened it it was empty.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Wait, did the person giving it think there was
something in there?
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yeah, she thought there was something in there
that she just didn't want.
I guess she had taken it, ormaybe a cleaning person or
somebody working in the housetook it you never know the
situation, but she cared solittle she didn't even open it
to check, slapped a bow on itand then had made this big to-do
(12:07):
on how we picked this outespecially for you and made this
big production and there'snothing in it.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Oh my gosh so.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
I mean, I don't even know.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
How do you follow up on that gift?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Thank you for the box , the box.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Or do you say, well, there's nothing in the box?
I don't know if, maybe when youwere wrapping it, you set it
aside?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
If I were to ever do first of all, I would never do
that.
If, but if I were to ever dosomething like that, that would
be me.
I would have said it somewhereand I would, and hell I may,
have given somebody empty box atsome point, but I didn't know
it.
If I did that, but oh my word.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
I mean I was like okay, like, is there anything in
the box?
Like anything you could like?
There was a Thank you for thetissue paper.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
There was a very nice pouch that the piece should
have been in.
You can tell whatever was in.
It was a very nice piece ofjewelry because I knew the name
on the box and then when it's aleather jewelry pouch, it was a
travel and I said, well, you'rejust going to have to say thank
(13:32):
you so much for this beautifuljewelry box.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Pouch, oh, pouch.
Yeah, thank you for the jewelrypouch.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And then you know, and then maybe if they say, oh,
was there not a bracelet inthere?
No but I love this travel case.
I mean, that's the only way Iknow how to do it.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
So that's hilarious.
Speaking of that, mygrandmother oh, this is funny, I
know what you're going to say.
On my mom's side, she wouldlike, you know, as we got older,
she would give everyone moneyand have an envelope, you know,
with their name on it and shewould just stick it in her tree.
Every year she would leave oneperson off.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I think it was intentional.
She just forgot it.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I think it was intentional.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
No, no, no, no.
How did?
Speaker 2 (14:22):
every year I'm not joking Every year someone would
be like, oh, I didn't get myenvelope this year.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Would she?
Speaker 2 (14:30):
give it to them when they were no, nobody would say
anything.
You're not going to go.
Where's my envelope?
Hell yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I would have to my grandparents.
I'd have been like where's mine.
They wouldn't have forgottenmine because I was the favorite.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Mine was never forgotten.
I was the favorite.
I was never forgotten.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
I was the favorite.
I feel like it was usually oneof the girls.
Well, one favorite story I haveof your grandmother Were you
talking about Miss Bobby?
Yes, okay, so one of myfavorite things.
So, miss Bobby, for those ofyou that don't know, she was a
powerhouse of a woman and shewas hysterical.
She was a large and in chargepersonality and she owned Merle
(15:13):
Norman stores for 50 years.
She she did it before womenreally owned businesses.
She literally started it out ofthe trunk of her car.
So she was, you know.
I kind of looked up to her andI loved her personality.
She was very much like mymother's mother, frances, and I
love hearing your mom and youraunt tell how she would give
(15:43):
gifts at Christmas and it wouldbe expired.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Burl Norman, yeah she would give them, like the
samples.
Yeah, she would wrap up thesamples and give it to him and
you know, maybe that's whereI'll get some of my
entrepreneurial um jeans orwhatever, because she, you know,
I'm kind of I wouldn't givethat or whatever.
(16:07):
But she would make my mom payher for the makeup, like full
price for the makeup.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
And the funny thing is she wasn't hurting for money,
no that was what made it funny.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
It's so funny you know different personalities.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Yeah, it was a personality.
That's how my mom's mom wasLike.
It was just that's who theywere.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
But that goes back, I think, to what we talked about
on last week's episode of why Ialways feel uneasy about giving
stuff from my own store, becausehow's it going to be perceived
to?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
people.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
That's a thing with us and then, like you said, if
you do it, you end upover-gifting because you're
trying to make up for the idea.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
And you call me out on it because I'm like I'm
getting a gift and I did that toyou last night because you were
like what about this?
But should I give this and this?
And I'm like, well, you haveput together like a $300 gift
Right Retail $300 gift.
When we keep adding to it, wereally say it really comes
(17:11):
across like we had all this shitleft over on the shelf which is
not true, right, right, right.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
So yeah, oh gosh, the funny stories.
Yes, yes, yes, oh, bobby, shewould, I still think, maybe
intentionally, sometimes leaveoff that envelope or something.
I don't know, maybe not, maybe,maybe not she was hysterical.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So she was the biggest snoot, like my biggest
my funny thing she was just sucha snoot when it came to makeup.
Well, she'd been doing it forso long and let me just tell you
her makeup at 80 years old wason point Her hair and makeup and
(17:52):
eyebrows.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Oh, it was going to be on point for sure.
I bet she never left her housewithout her face, oh no, no, and
my grandmother was the typethat was very into the makeup.
Meryl Norman dressed great, doall of that.
But she would also get on theladder, go up on the roof of her
(18:14):
building to patch the roof ordo something In heels, in heels
dressed up in full face.
She wasn't going to be up thereroughing it or anything, but she
would do it.
She would get on the ladder,clean out her gutters, get on
the roof.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
It's funny because things that probably irritated
your mom and your aunt about heris hysterical to me.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
You know the stuff she would say.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But then my grandmother was the same way and
she drove me insane, but otherpeople thought it was hilarious.
Yeah Well, that's how it workswhen you're not having to, when
you don't endure it every day,right, that is.
Yeah, my grandmother would, andI've never been.
I've never been majorlyoverweight, the most I've ever
(19:01):
been overweight in my entirelife.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Well, you were kind of chunky when I'm 30 pounds.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
But that was way or my early years.
Yeah, you know my.
I had to have my pants darted.
I was so skinny, uh huh.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Darted, darted.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Darted, that's a country thing, I think.
She would come up at, likeEaster or Christmas, if you were
getting an extra.
She was very into how we lookedRight and what we wore and
everything.
She would come and pinch yourback fat and whisper in your ear
(19:36):
do you think you need that?
Do you think you need that?
And it made.
It infuriated me so bad.
It made me want to literallyknock her head off.
I would have never disrespectedmy grandmother or anything like
that, but it made me want toslap the shit out of her every
(19:59):
time.
And she only did it to like.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
My grandmother was like that too.
She would do that to my mom orsomething.
We had the same family dynamic.
I'm like, oh my gosh, it's toofunny.
But then, once they're gone,that's the thing.
You miss it you miss.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
And it makes me giggle now, you know, because
I'll think every now and thenI'm like, ooh, I've got a little
pudge going on there.
I'm like boy, mama would let meknow.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Well, let's talk about some things that it's dumb
shit on Instagram.
I think that needs to be a newsegment dumb shit on instagram.
First of all, you have one thatyou sent me that you want to
talk about, and I have onethat's an item that I want to
talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
So, first of all, oh, well, there's so many, the
whole thing with book trees.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Yes, this is the one that is driving Stephen crazy.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
And now it's really awkward because it's also I'm
seeing it on Facebook of likefriends.
I'm in love with my book tree.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Well, you should burn it if you haven't seen this,
and we're not talking aboutpeople can do really cool things
with folding the pages, or likeI used to do those fold the
pages.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Those are.
That's not what we're talkingabout art.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
now these people are taking books, opening them up up
, laying them down flat,stacking them up and calling it
a book tree, and it looks like ahot mess.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
It looks like you stacked a bunch of books Like I
don't know it's the dumb, butthe dumb one I saw was on
Facebook of someone I went toschool with and I.
You know if she's, if shelistens, she probably doesn't.
I don't care.
Somebody needs to tell her.
She put damn lots around thispile of books and stuck Frasier
(22:00):
first sprigs in it and postedthe picture she said she was in
love with it.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Oh my gosh, one of them I saw.
I think I may have sent it toyou, I don't know.
I saw, I think I may have sentit to you, I don't know, but it
looked like literally just aflat pile of books, like 10 high
.
It didn't even have a shape toa tree.
It doesn't make sense, itwasn't even.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
It's like stacking up a big stack pack of pancakes
and saying I love my pancaketree.
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
That is just weird to me.
And the bows, the big bow, thepillow bows Well, some people
have sent me.
Since we talked about thepillow bows, they've sent it to
me on Instagram.
I should have saved some ofthem, but then I saw some others
and I'm like that's got to stop.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
The pillow bow is bad .
The big bows some of them arereally pretty, but let me tell
you, those big bows take workand talent and they're very,
very expensive, but they lookamazing.
The people that take the damnking-size bed pillow no, Save
your money, that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Some of them don't even take the king-size bed
pillow it's the regular size andthen try to put a big old tail
on it, make it look like it'ssomething.
Uh, so this is one.
I don't know if I sent this oneto you, I'll let you look at it
, but it is a.
Um, I guess you put three.
Oh my god, stuff is so damndumb.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Let me see.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
This just takes the cake here.
Watch this whole video.
Let me see what it's called.
It is okay, do you know that?
I don't know how to explainthis on the podcast, but do you
know the tile scrubbing brushesthat people have on the pole?
You know they scrub their tile.
It's got the bristles that goaround and around.
Well, it's like that, butbigger and not on a pole.
(23:53):
It's got the bristles that goaround and around.
Well, it's like that, butbigger and not on a pole.
You mount it on your showerwall and then you can like back
up to it or put your knee on itor whatever, like a deer.
Yeah, you described this andI'm like who is?
Who has this electronic brushattachment to their wall in
(24:15):
their shower and scrubbing?
I mean, get a loofah.
Steven is looking.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
That wouldn't have that crap.
That would ruin your shower.
That would look horrible andwhy do you need it?
Speaker 2 (24:30):
Just get a brush Like an animal.
Like an animal.
Like an animal Like this iswhen we need the video podcast,
so you can see your reaction andwhat we're actually thinking
about.
We'll get banned from Instagramtalking about these people,
though.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Well, somebody needs to tell them it's dumb.
And then there's one and I'mnot going to go into detail
because it literally made me gag, but there's there's people out
(25:05):
there and their whole shtickwith Instagram is doing gross
things on Instagram and I saw in, like there's this one person
out there and she eats, likeliterally eats gross things,
yeah, and records it.
That nasty woman should bejailed.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I mean, you tried to send that to me.
I was like I'm not evenclicking on it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Well, Dylan sent it to me.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm not giving her the views I'm not giving her the
recognition.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
He tried to force me to watch it till the end.
I'm like no.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I can't.
But here's what I don'tunderstand Like, this person is
an influencer.
Back to the body scrubber thingthat you mount on a wall and
then you move your body aroundand it scrubs.
For you See, when I post thingsbecause if you want to call me
an influencer, that's fine.
I mean, we sell mostly our ownproducts, but whatever, whatever
, there's nothing wrong withthat.
(25:49):
But I would look at that and Iwould say only one person Do you
think, how many people do youthink actually bought that?
Why are you putting the timeand effort into promoting that?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
I would see that OK, on a serious note, I would see
that I would buy that if I had aparent or grandparent or myself
that had had a stroke orsomething and needed assistance
in that area.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
But then it's not practical.
If you're in that kind of shape, you're not going to be able to
move up against it.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
That's true.
You shouldn't be in therewithout somebody in there with
you probably.
I just don't get it.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Oh goodness, the other dumbest item I've seen
this week.
I hope it's not from the sameperson.
Let me look it up.
And then people and then otherinfluencers comment.
It's so cute, I love this noyou don't?
It's dumb.
You thought it was dumb, justlike I thought it was dumb.
Let me find.
(26:48):
I sent it to you so I'd have itin a place.
Now I've got to go find whereyou are in my Instagram DMs.
Okay, well, what do you know?
It's the same person.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
So she just likes dumb shit.
There you go.
Let me see what that is.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
It's the one I sent you with the gloves, so this one
people are going to figure outwho I'm talking about, let me
see the name.
People's going to figure out whoI'm talking about and put us on
blast.
That's fine too.
This is I don't know where youget it, maybe probably Amazon or
something.
It comes as a set of threefleece mittens, so set of three,
(27:27):
because you get two regularmittens in your package and then
you get one mitten that has ahole on both ends like a tube,
and so you can hold hands whenyou're walking now.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Now, if you want to hold hands, why can't you hold
hands with the damn gloves on?
Speaker 2 (27:47):
or if you want to hold hands, can you not go on a
walk and not hold hands for 30minutes?
I mean how, how long you?
Speaker 1 (27:53):
gonna be outside with the gloves on needing to hold
hands and what happens if you'relike oh my god, my butt's
itching, I need to scratch it.
I mean seriously, things happen, let go of my hand, I need to
scratch my butt.
Or what if you're drinking?
(28:14):
What if you're right-handed,okay, and you're you, you get
hot chocolate or a coffee?
How are you going to be like?
You're not going to be usingyour left, you're?
Speaker 2 (28:25):
going to be holding each other's hand with your
right hands, and then well, noone right, one left somebody's
gonna get screwed.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Yeah, that'd be like spilling it down my face.
It's true, that is so stupid.
If you buy that, you need yourhead examined.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
We should buy this and send it to a few of our
listeners.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
We should and say send us video, we want to.
Let's do that.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
We should just have it.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
We should buy some stupid gifts and send them to
people and let them tell us ifthey were really as stupid as we
thought.
They were Right, Not them thegift Right, Just say evaluate
this gift.
Yeah, give us your feedback.
Is it really as bad as it seems?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
And I just see this and I'm like oh, here's another.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Another don't of in-laws.
This happened to family membersand they don't hate their
in-laws.
Well, that's good, but you haveto be careful when you buy them
clothing.
But you have to be careful whenyou buy them clothing, mm-hmm,
because if they're a small ormedium and you buy them a large
(29:39):
or extra large you know, womenget real sensitive.
Or you know, you buy an extralarge shirt and they're like
what?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
so this brings up my ex back in the day, his parents,
which I loved, or whatever.
Um, the dad would always buyhis mom like clothes for
christmas and he would get themlike small and she was like a
normal size, a normal size hewould always get, like she would
(30:12):
always have to go and returnthem and get the correct size,
and he thought that was so funnythat you know he thought he was
the opposite of what you'resaying, like thinking she's
smaller than she really is andshe, she would be like no, I
have to go return these.
And then she would get pissedevery year and be like buy me
(30:32):
the correct size.
I don't want to have to goreturn my gift and exchange it
for something after the holidays, but I guess it worked.
I mean, I guess if you buy toolarge like you said, they're
going to be like you think I'mthis big.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
There's no win.
Yeah, and here's another thinglike with my grandmother, that
was like your grandmother,frances, when my grandfather was
alive, my grandmother would sayI want this for Christmas.
It wasn't little hints.
I want this, I want this purse,I want this, I want this purse,
(31:09):
I want this brand.
And usually my mother would goget it and it was always
Christmas Eve and whatever itwas, every year she would open
it up and said this is not theone I wanted.
And she always Every year thisisn't what I want.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Every year.
Just, it didn't matter what itwas.
This isn't the one I want.
This is too small.
This is too big.
Oh my, you wasted your money onthis.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So my grandmother, on my other side, on my dad's side
, my grandma, she would go buywhatever she wanted and put a
bow on it and be like you got methis.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
See, no, that was the way to do it.
Yeah, nobody got their feelingshurt.
Uh-huh, she was happy.
Do it.
Yeah, nobody got their feelingshurt.
Uh-huh, she was happy, no drama.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Yeah, which is so funny?
That is too funny.
Okay, let's get into some ofour favorite things for the
holidays, favorite gifts.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Oh, I got to tag onto that.
The first Christmas Dylan and Iwere together.
Mm-hmm, dylan's a little picky.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
He's picky.
Well, both of you are, so let'snot call out just.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Dylan, we were together.
I went and bought him Christmaspresents that I thought were
fantastic.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
You were laying it on thick.
Very nice First Christmas.
You gotta do it up, yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I mean, I did the cologne, I did all the things,
and I did some Armani GiorgioArmani clothes which I thought
were beautiful Shirts andsweaters and fast forward a few
years, you know, after we knewwe were going to be together.
We listen and we don't judge.
(33:09):
He told me he hated all that.
He was like I didn't like anyof that.
He took it all back, Did he?
Speaker 2 (33:20):
That is hilarious.
Well see, that's because you'realso like 20 years difference.
No, that has nothing to do withthat.
You're a little out of touch.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
No, no, it wasn't that, he just didn't like it.
Oh well, and so you know, thisyear I was, you know, I took him
shot.
What do you want?
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Pick it out.
Mm-hmm, I didn't do that lastyear, but I kind of narrowed it
down.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
I knew he had specific lists last year.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
It was more specific, but you know, it's fine,
everybody needs to be happy.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
So let's get into talking about some of your
favorite things.
Specifically, we're going tohead back to this past weekend,
when you were shopping at somebougie designer stores I saw on
social media.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
What's some of?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
your favorite things.
Well, I I didn't get pressing.
Well, it doesn't have to beyour like for you.
What was some great finds thatyou saw?
What do you?
What do you, um, if you're, ifsomeone is breaking into the
bougie department, what do theystart with?
What is some of your favorite?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
what would I give someone.
Yeah, okay, if I were, if Iwere gonna give somebody a
really nice gift from, uh,hermes or louis vuitton or Gucci
, I would probably, for a man, Iwould probably start with a
wallet or a belt.
(34:51):
Yeah, and because for men thatis something I keep, I wear my
belts.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
You've had them forever, for 30 years.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Yeah, and that lasts and everybody needs that at some
point.
And then I always like thereversible, the reversible belt.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
Belt.
So you get two belts in one.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
So one side's black one side's brown, or blue and
brown.
Whatever it is, I think that'sa good gift.
You have to be careful with thewallet.
You have to know the personreally, really, really well,
because men just so y'all know,ladies men are just as
particular with wallets as you,ladies, are with your handbags.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Right, because I like a certain style.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
You like a bifold?
Yeah, and I have one that opensup the opposite way.
But I like a tiny Right and Idon't want a lot of bulk.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
So it is all personal .
It's very personal.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
But if you know what they like, that's a good gift.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
Did you get me anything in those bags?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Hell.
No, you don't appreciate any ofthat stuff.
You're not an unappreciativeperson, but that's not something
you care about.
Let me pull out my wallet.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
So I have my wallet in my hand and it is Gucci.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
This was your first like bougie purchase.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Yes, so have we told this story?
I don't know.
This would have been in thelast two years probably.
It'd probably be two years thiscoming, I think January-ish.
We all went to don't touch it.
No, we should not, do not touchmy things, it's like dangling.
(36:36):
So we went to Vegas you, dylan,daniel and myself, which I
think we need to do again thistime and I was there and I was
like you know what?
I think I've won a little moneyand I said I'm going to get
(36:56):
myself.
Daniel and I both Didn't weboth get wallets.
We're like, let's get ourselvessome wallets, because they
weren't for a designer wallet,they weren't crazy expensive,
they're not, I mean, more thanmy previous one, uh, but not
insane.
No, like a couple hundreddollars.
I feel like, um, so this waslike 450.
(37:19):
No, it was under that.
It was like 300 and something.
Maybe, maybe, um, I can'tremember it, it'd probably be
$450.
Now Things have changed.
This was my first.
Oh, treat yourself.
Get the Gucci wallet.
I got this wallet and we camehome and I swear to you, the
(37:42):
first day we got back, JoJo gotmy wallet off the counter and
chewed on the corner of it.
And she has since done that atleast three or four times.
So every corner of my wallet ischewed up.
Now let me just tell yousomething.
Jojo does not chew up anything.
She does not bother ourfurniture.
(38:05):
She is in all ways reallyreally good Like she's never
chewed up.
Never chewed up a shoe, neverchewed up a piece of furniture,
nothing.
But for whatever reason she waslike this is nice.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Let me chew on this, Guys.
Let me chew on this and let's.
I have to say this, Okay, firstof all, I could care less if
you carry your cards and yourmoney in a Ziploc bag or a Gucci
wallet.
I could care less.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
But I want to tell you with my OCD, literally that
would drive me insane.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
I would have had to have ordered me a new one
because I would have gotten soupset every time I took it out.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Oh, we know your damaged goods would be.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
How do you do that?
It just doesn't bother you.
I don't even look at it.
I don't even look at it.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
Not only is the corner of my wallet chewed up,
the cards have the chew marks inthem too.
So I keep the cards in the sameplace.
I'm like, oh, this one's chewedup on the left side, so this
goes over here on this left.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
It matches and I couldn't do that.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
I would have had to order all new cards.
Yeah, I mean I thought, well,eventually they'll just go out
of date and I'll get new ones.
This one's the worst.
It expires in 26, so we onlygot a couple of years left.
I get a new one of that oh, myword I mean, this is why we
can't have nice things.
I guess this is probably theonly real piece of leather in
the house and it was so freshsmelling because she hasn't done
it in a long time they areattracted to leather some a lot
(39:52):
of times.
Yeah, she did all of theseshoes within the first year of
having this, and I've had it afew couple of years at least.
Now she hasn't done it in along time and I'm like can't
have nothing nice.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
So but gifts, you know, on that trip I did some
gift cards like to some specificstores.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
But gifts cards I mean I know they're easy.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
I don't love them.
But with teenagers you have to.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
They are easy and they have a place and there's
nothing wrong with them,teenagers like them.
But those can't be like afavorite thing.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
No, that's kind of a no, and it isn't, but I did get
some um candies, some stockingstuffers from william sonoma oh,
that's, they were quite goodand they were on sale, which?
Made me happy.
20 off, um, but I do love.
I do love giving some gag giftsMm-hmm, mm-hmm.
(40:45):
I do like that.
It's got to be a really good,not just some stupid.
It's got to really tie intosomething.
You know, it just can't be.
I like giving consumables,because most people have a lot
of things, a lot of crap.
They like consumables.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Right, so something that you're going to use up and
throw away.
I mean you use it up, whetherit's food-related candles,
cologne what's the one thatDaniel loves to cologne?
I feel like everyone loves thatone, the one I wear.
The one you wear, then Daniel's.
Louis Vuitton Limonciteon ct no, no, no, it's not that one.
(41:30):
That's not the one.
Is it creed?
Oh creed yes, that's what it iscreed.
Creed is a great one I feellike universally, people just
love that like you will wearthat one and people at market
are like who smells so good?
and steven's?
Well, it's not him talkingabout me.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
The funny thing is okay, so I have two different.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
You've gotten stopped .
I mean, I can't count thenumber of times, so that could
be, a favorite.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
And funny story on Creed.
So I'm a huge Cologne person, Ilove smells, good smells, and I
had heard of Creed but I hadnot smelled it.
But people were.
You know, it was the number onefragrance line.
So I found it on a bougiediscount site for a 1.2 ounce.
(42:25):
That's when I first startedtaking it to market, because it
was a tiny bottle but it wasstill astronomically expensive
and I was like I better likethis crap.
Well, I got it and I didn'tlike it and I thought, well, you
know, I've got it, I paid a lotof money for it, so, but that
was just it smelling, you know.
(42:46):
And so I dropped it in mytoilet tree, on my body.
It smelled really good andpeople were like, oh my God,
yeah, and that's when I startedwearing Creed, aventus, okay.
And last year I bought a theyhad one that was a small batch,
(43:11):
it was like a one-time deal.
And it smells yeah it smellsreally good, but all the
fragrances, you just have to be.
To me, creed is kind of likethe baccarat line you have.
You really need to go there andbecause they've got some that I
(43:31):
you know, creed and baccarat,that's just two lines that I
absolutely love, and thenthere's some that, oh my word,
it is horrible to me becauseit's just so personal, you know
and like.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
So what's the one that you have in daniel ventus,
ventus?
Okay, that's a good universalone.
Speaker 1 (43:52):
I feel like, because everyone loves, it is their, is
their number one.
Speaker 2 (43:55):
Yeah, I like my gadget type thing.
That's always my.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
Electronics and gadgets Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (44:04):
That's my go-to.
You love that personally.
Right, right, right.
That's what I'm saying.
My favorite things to receiveis anything gadget-related, so
you can get me something.
Speaker 1 (44:16):
You have every gadget .
Speaker 2 (44:17):
That's the other.
That's the bad thing If itcomes out you're going to get it
.
Speaker 1 (44:21):
And I think for young couples, like young married
couples like my nephew gotmarried a couple of years ago,
so I give I mean it's not theironly gift, but I give he and his
wife a dated ornament everyyear because I feel like they're
building their collection.
Because you know if you're notin retail and you don't have to
(44:44):
sell everything in your housemost people do at least one tree
, that's, you know.
Collected they build collecteditems on.
Speaker 2 (44:54):
That's true.
I don't have anything like thatCollected ornaments.
I need to start one, but Idon't really collect.
That doesn't really.
I like what we sell and I likeswitching it up.
I don't have, but I do as a kid, you know, remember, and my mom
will do a tree like that, andthen I've gotten some of those
items.
So I need a little small treeto put some of those.
(45:17):
That's what I want to do you doIn the well.
Some of these are from a textmessage and some are from the
box, but one person told metheir favorite thing was a
heated vest, which is prettysimple.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
I didn't even know they had that they do and
they're in heated coats and vestand they're not.
They the first ones looked alittle hokey, yeah, but now they
kind of look like thisPatagonia and there's literally
you just press a button and itheats up, so it's.
I think that's a really goodgift, like especially for
(45:55):
teachers that have to do likecar duty in the winter and stand
out Anybody that's outside likethat.
But for me and my family Ithink of teachers doing car duty
because they freeze to deathRight.
Speaker 2 (46:09):
If you have someone that just works outside in
general.
Speaker 1 (46:12):
Construction I never thought about that or they walk
or jog.
It's a good gift.
Get some warm before they getwarm, and I think amaryllis and
paper whites are always nice.
Speaker 2 (46:24):
Oh, absolutely, those are such fun.
We talked about that in ourlive sales, how you can give
those.
You know, you can give themalready potted, or you can give
someone a nice pot, you can givethem the soil, you can give
them like a whole little kit andthen they can grow them after
the holidays and Daniel alwayssells the best amaryllis and
paperwax.
Speaker 1 (46:44):
Oh, absolutely, and they last, they can last forever
.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
Yeah, so you can keep using them year after year.
That's a good sort ofconsumable but also memorable
thing.
Or you can just enjoy it forthe season and toss it out.
Speaker 1 (46:59):
The other thing I think is a really good gift and
I've never gotten one, oh, but Ithink like picture books of
your children and grandchildren.
Mm-hmm, those are nice.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
Or if you do a family trip or something.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (47:16):
I think that is a nice personal gift that people,
even if you don't set it out,it's just a way to capture the
memory.
Speaker 2 (47:24):
Yeah, I've given those before.
Speaker 1 (47:29):
You know, when my nephews were little, I dropped
the hint like 48 times.
I've yet to get a damnShutterfly book.
Speaker 2 (47:37):
Maybe they could go back and do one, now that
they're like adults Of all theyears, all the years.
Speaker 1 (47:43):
And it could just be one book, it would be nice, but
you know, it never happened.
Speaker 2 (47:49):
Never happened.
It ain't gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (47:51):
It ain't gonna happen .
Ain't gonna happen, mm-mm, butit's fine.
Speaker 2 (48:00):
But I think happen, but it's fine, but I think that
is a nice little gift.
That's special, right.
You know what is so weird now,and I don't know at what point.
Well, I guess 2008 ish is whenthe iphone came out, so we're
that, however many years in tothat.
Because now what is weird?
I'm thinking about going backand doing it like my nephew um
has.
I forget what year he's born, Idon't know, but he's like what?
(48:22):
uh, 13 ish something like thatuh, but has always, like every,
I have pictures on my phone fromwhen he was a baby born, like
that's the first time and I know, depending on what year it is
because because I was thinking,oh, they're going to have to go
back, depending on their age,and get regular pictures that
(48:42):
were printed off, and then it'skind of complicated to go back.
But if they were born like 2008, 2009, 2010 and afterwards,
then you probably have all ofthat already like on someone's
phone.
The parents do and you caneasily go back and do that.
So it would be good to do,because I feel like people start
out doing those books whentheir kids are little and then
(49:05):
they stop.
So maybe if you've done thatbefore and then your kids are
now at maybe a milestonestarting high school or even
graduating or whatever you couldgo back and then do one book
and you might easily be able toget all that from here Another
great gift that I've given arehotel gift cards.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
I've given y'all several.
Speaker 2 (49:28):
Yes, never used them, I have them.
Speaker 1 (49:30):
You have them, yes, and I like to give those as
wedding gifts because you got tothink.
You know, when you're gettingmarried you're not going to
probably have the extra money todo little weekend getaways and
that's a nice.
Speaker 2 (49:45):
That is a nice.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Little.
Speaker 2 (49:48):
I know I need to use that one.
Well, I need to use both.
You've given me two Mm.
Hmm, yes, I need to do that Alittle.
We need, aren't they the same?
Speaker 1 (50:00):
hotel.
Speaker 2 (50:01):
No one is for grove park in and then I thought one
was for downtown, for um, yes,here in greenville, because yes
that's what I, that's the one Iwas like, oh, that would be it
yes, to use the Grand Bohemian.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
I gave you one to Grove Park Inn and the Grand
Bohemian Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (50:19):
Need to do a little winter spa weekend.
Daniel and I Go stay there.
I'm going to do that for that.
Another one in my wherever Igot my notification someone sent
in their favorite gift was theywere moving homes that they had
lived in for, I think, 30 yearsor something a long time and
(50:41):
they got a gift of it you know,a sketch of their house.
They had it framed and it's nowhanging in there.
Speaker 1 (50:47):
And you can do that for dogs.
That's a nice gift.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
And that was actually on my list, not for dogs.
But one of my favorite thingsthat Daniel and I got this year
was when we went to MB's weddingand they had a person there who
did live sketch watercolors ofyou and I have that little.
Have I shown you that it'sreally cool?
So it's just, you know theytook a picture of us and then
they did it.
(51:11):
But I know you can get thatdone on like Etsy or something.
You just take a picture andsend it in and then it's like a
watercolor kind of sketchversion.
So something like that's alwaysfun and thoughtful.
It kind of like captures amoment yeah, I love that idea
and I can't remember theartist's name oh, I didn't see
it.
Speaker 1 (51:30):
I was going back in my mind.
Speaker 2 (51:32):
Yes, that was cute yeah, so I'm like that would be
cool to look someone up and dosomething like that.
They're fast.
I mean, this girl did it likeright then, so you probably
could still get that in time forChristmas.
That would be a cute gift.
Yeah, but I never thought ofdoing it like of your pet or
something too.
It'd be cute you could get thesame like a sketch or something
(51:52):
done.
Speaker 1 (51:59):
And I think you know who's the hardest person for me
to buy, for ever is my dad,don't you think older men are
hard?
Speaker 2 (52:04):
Yeah, I just skip them.
Speaker 1 (52:07):
I mean, he buys everything, right, right, and my
dad is really, really a niceguy and he won't tell you if he
doesn't like it.
Speaker 2 (52:21):
I feel like that's when you do get them something
that is a consumable.
Speaker 1 (52:25):
He doesn't like gift cards.
Speaker 2 (52:27):
He likes, he loves Get them some type of you know
like butcher box where they getsteaks, or something like like
that.
I could do that.
You know what I'm saying yeahthey get it, use it, love it,
because they don't wantsomething that sits around and,
like your dad, tools is in hisprofession because he's a
(52:50):
contractor so then, he wants hisown kind and style that he's
used to.
You know what?
What I'm saying?
Speaker 1 (52:55):
And I've done every.
I mean I have bought him everygolf ball known to man.
I've bought him golf bags, golfclubs.
I've bought him a HarleyDavidson, I don't know what else
.
You know?
I mean that's true.
Speaker 2 (53:11):
I forgot you got that .
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (53:12):
That's true, I forgot you got that, I don't know, I
seriously, and he, you know, atone time I had thought, well,
I'll get him a trailer for hisbike, but I really don't want to
encourage that Right, that youknow, because he's in his
mid-70s.
I don't know that he needs tobe hauling that here and there
(53:35):
and riding, so I don't know.
I don't know that he needs tobe hauling that here and there
and writing, so I don't know, Idon't know what ever.
Speaker 2 (53:39):
But something like that, something a box that can
be shipped there and then getsit uses, it is always good.
Speaker 1 (53:45):
Or maybe he'll prostitute for a weekend.
Speaker 2 (53:49):
Enjoy that.
He loves his ladies.
No, no, no, no, I'm kidding,but speaking of that, another
thing that I had on my list wasexperiences.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
So, like you, said See, there it goes.
Speaker 2 (54:02):
That is an experience , he would laugh.
But no, but, like you said, ahotel gift card would be good.
Or maybe, if it's for your ownfamily, you know, do a trip or a
day trip or something.
An experience is always goodthat you can all do together too
, if you like them enough, ifyou want to spend the time with
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them, it would be good.
So any type of experience isalways great.
Speaker 1 (54:28):
Well, I was talking to a friend of mine earlier
today and I actually walked intomy office to do something and I
said, oh my gosh, I completelycan't remember.
I mean, I sat in my desk chairand I was like I don't remember
and I said you know, that isbothersome, Like when you've had
a grandparent that hadAlzheimer's.
(54:49):
Your mind goes to that.
You're like oh, my word.
Speaker 2 (54:53):
Am I getting it?
Speaker 1 (54:55):
And maybe, maybe, maybe not, who knows well, and
she was saying well, you know,you've got to listen to your
body and you've got to rest whenyou need to rest well, uh, this
is funny she said trauma andfatigue brings on alzheimer's.
You know if you've got it.
(55:16):
And I said I'll be damned.
That's going to be the name ofmy book.
Speaker 2 (55:20):
Trauma and fatigue.
Speaker 1 (55:24):
I said that's the name of my book.
If I write a book, I'm going tocall it trauma and fatigue.
Speaker 2 (55:33):
Am I trauma or am I fatigue?
You're in both categories.
That is funny.
That is too funny.
Speaker 1 (55:40):
We got a good laugh out of it.
I'm like that's the name of mybook.
Speaker 2 (55:44):
Okay, If you're listening, remember, call our
hotline or text it.
It's 864-982-5029.
Next week we are going to talkabout worst gifts you received,
so I want you to send in theworst gifts you received.
We've already got a littlecollection going.
We're talking shitty, shitty,rude just bad gifts and not, you
(56:12):
know, the gift of whatever, atangible like my husband got me
cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (56:19):
I don't know Something you still talk about
and I don't smoke Something youstill talk about and cuss about.
Speaker 2 (56:25):
Yeah, something that you still, deep down, can't let
go.
So let us know on our hotline864 982-5052.
Speaker 1 (56:36):
I've never gotten anything like that.
Speaker 2 (56:37):
Anything horrible?
I haven't really either.
Have you.
Speaker 1 (56:42):
I don't think I've gotten anything that infuriated
me.
Speaker 2 (56:46):
No, nothing that sticks in my head, nothing that
was mean and not necessarilymean, but just dumb, like my
husband got me camouflage and Idon't hunt.
You know something like that.
Or you know something that'sjust so far off base where
you're like, does this personeven know who I am?
Sort of situation.
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That's what we want to hearabout.
We're out of time for this week, but we will definitely be back
I mean, I shouldn't saydefinitely.
We will be back next week withanother episode.
I think that's going to be ourlast episode of the year, though
next week, and we'll go on alittle hiatus, yes, and then
(57:27):
we'll be gone, so we'll talk allabout that next week.
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We still have time.
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Bye y'all.
Thanks guys.
Ho, ho ho, Get in this car.
It is cold and rainy Go.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
It is.
I know it is a cold and rainyday and I am a little.
I feel it today.
I feel it.
We're in the middle of theholiday season, but it's time
for another episode of who'sDriving.
Welcome to who's Driving.
I'm Wesley Turner.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
And I'm Stephen Merck .
We're two best friends andentrepreneurs who's Driving is
an entertaining look into thebehind the scenes of our lives,
friendship and businesses.
These are the stories we shareand topics we discuss, as two
best friends would on a longroad trip.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Along the way, we'll check in with friends and offer
a wide range of informativetopics centered around running
small businesses, social mediaand all things home and garden.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
You never know who's driving,or?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
where we're headed.
All we know is it's always afun ride and on this week's
episode we're going to wing itlike we always do.
But I do want to talk aboutsome of our favorite things,
like gifts and that sort ofthing.
But we'll get into that in aminute.
What do you say?
Yeah, let's.
Okay.
What's been happening sincelast week?
Working like crazy.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I did take, I did, we did take one shopping day.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
You took a little shopping day, went and got some
things.
I'm going to I'm going to grillyou about that in a minute when
it comes to some of ourfavorite things, Because I want
to hear about what was in thosebags I saw on social media and I
actually only had one thing forme and I did get some gifts.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Oh good, that's good.
It was good because I don'thave to go back.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
Yeah, Well, that is really good.
Before we get into some of ourfavorite things and gifts and
that sort of thing, I think wefirst need to hit on we kind of
hit on this, I feel like I don'tknow when it was, because
everything's running together atthis moment, but a little PSA,
because we could save Christmasfor some people.
I feel like I think we need togo back and hit on telling you
if you are listening, to watchout what type of gift you're
(02:03):
buying, listening to watch outwhat type of gift you're buying
specifically for.
I feel like it comes down toyour spouse and any type of
in-law, like yourdaughter-in-law or maybe your
mother-in-law or your son-in-lawor your father-in-law.
Because we talked about I put alittle box up on Instagram and
we had you, from last week'sepisode, text into our hotline
(02:25):
or call and tell us your worstgifts that you've received, and
there's a common theme when youlook at this.
We're going to do part two nextweek talking about the worst
gifts.
This week we're going to talkabout good gifts and favorite
things, but because we're goingto be running up against
Christmas next week, I just wantto give people time to reset
(02:46):
their gift buying and saveChristmas for some people
Because, specifically when itcomes to mother-in-law,
father-in-law, son-in-law,daughter-in-law and spouses, the
thing you obviously do not wantto buy them is something that
they can perceive like you'retrying to send them a message
such as a vacuum cleaner, youknow, unless they specifically
(03:08):
say I would love to have thisDyson.
I would love to have thisparticular vacuum cleaner,
because if somebody bought me aDyson.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
It ain't going to hurt my feelings at all.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Oh Well, in the comments, you know, people got
like scrub brushes from theirmother-in-law.
So they perceive, you knowthey're telling them they need
to clean.
They need to clean yes.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And they probably do People.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
You know I've just realized in the last three years
.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
But maybe they don't.
In the last three years ofdoing live sales and podcasts
yeah, in the last three years ofdoing live sales and podcasts I
don't think I ever fullyrealized or appreciated how much
women in general, women hatetheir mother-in-laws.
And how many mother-in-lawshate their daughter-in-law.
(04:02):
I didn't, and maybe it'sbecause I'm a man and I've never
witnessed or lived that youknow, because both of my
partners of years I've lovedtheir family Right and they love
me.
I mean, who wouldn't love me?
Right, right, it's not everyone,but it is a high number, it is
(04:26):
in everyone, I feel like it ismore woman and woman like
mother-in-law anddaughter-in-law, because we
talked about it.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I feel like the mother-in-law perceives that
she's not good enough for theirson, or whatever it may be, and
the daughter-in-law feels likeshe's being picked on the
daughter-in-law feels like she'sbeing picked on.
Speaker 1 (04:48):
Now, I do have friends and family that adore
their mother-in-laws and adoretheir daughter-in-laws.
I will say that I know somethat are just almost like
mother-daughter Right, but I'mjust shocked at the number that
will tell you that woman.
And see, you know, I've alwaysunderstood the stepmother and
the step parent because myparents being divorced, I never
(05:13):
liked anybody.
My parents were with, it's just.
I didn't know.
My dad's current life hasalways been very, very, very
good and respectful to me and tomy mother.
So I really do.
I love her.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
She's a good person right but typically I've always
gotten that like you were alsomore grown when they were I was
an adult when they got married.
So then there's a differentdynamic yeah, she wasn't raising
you yeah, you weren't yeah.
Um, and as time goes on, whenparents are divorced and then
they find new people, you know,things have settled down?
Speaker 1 (05:48):
No, because, like I, have a friend now that parent,
like our age, got divorced andhates the step parent.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
But I'm saying but have they been recently divorced
?
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Oh well, but you know , I mean I bet what I'm saying
is I completely get that becauseI've lived that Mm-hmm, I've
never.
And maybe if I had a horriblein-law, yeah, I would get it
Right, but I really haven'texperienced it.
And the thing is is maybe theydon't like me, but you know, I
(06:24):
guess I mean my personality, I'mnot, I mean You're very likable
, though, but and you're veryconfident- independent and.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I try, you try to be nice.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
I do so.
You're not going to let.
You're also not going to letsomeone else bring you down.
Speaker 1 (06:43):
Like you're not going to.
Speaker 2 (06:44):
You'd be just like whatever.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
You would just write them off and you would be very
cordial to them and just move on.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
You'd be like, oh, I'll see them on holidays and
I'll be nice for two hours, andthen you can kiss my ass.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
Well, now my ex's brother and his wife and I hope
they're listening.
I'm sure they're not.
You're not that important.
No, they're in SouthernCalifornia.
But what if they were?
That would make my day Completeassholes.
Yeah, Like you know, they hadall of the stuff.
It never worked for it.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
Right and just assholes I mean.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I don't know a nicer way to put it.
In the 90s, or, yeah, late 90s,you're living in a million
dollar home and you're like 30.
Give me a break, yeah, like,and you didn't even earn it are
you?
Speaker 2 (07:35):
were they really assholes, or were you younger at
the time and perceive them asassholes?
Speaker 1 (07:41):
oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
because I was.
I've always been happy forpeople like if, yeah, you know,
no, no, no, no.
My problem with them was, youknow, oh, let.
He would say, oh, let's takemom to lunch for her birthday at
this very expensive restaurantin southern california, and then
(08:03):
which was fine, and then wouldgive us the damn bill because
they had no money.
And I'm like hello, we live ina $100,000 house which I was
very tickled of and proud of andhappy with, but you're giving
us the bill Right, and then,like, just did things like that
all the time, right, and so Icould not stand them.
(08:26):
So what I would do is I wasvery cordial and very polite in
family situations, but I wouldhave made a trip out there to
see them.
I wouldn't go see them if theyhad told me they had $50,000
waiting on me.
Speaker 2 (08:45):
See, you can be cordial and just keep on going.
Yeah, so we need to circle backaround.
You need to think in your mind.
You need to look at your giftlist If you've already bought it
for your daughter-in-law, yourhusband, your wife, your
whatever and you need to seewhat is on the list.
You're giggling over there.
(09:06):
Is there something you wouldlike to share?
Speaker 1 (09:09):
No, I was no, I'll tell you later.
I can't share it Come on shareit.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
No, they're not listening.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
No, no, no, I was just thinking he was so giggling
.
I will tell you.
I'll tell you later, becauseit's really, it's silly, it's
irrelevant.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
Anyway, examine what you've gotten for your in-law
and make sure it's not somethingto do.
Not a vacuum cleaner, a mixer,a tile scrubber, any of those
things, unless they specificallyasked you for them?
Speaker 1 (09:42):
Did I tell this last week about my friend?
Speaker 2 (09:45):
Getting weird gifts, yeah.
You talked about getting reallyweird gifts.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Oh, and then the last gift had nothing in it.
No, you didn't tell that part,Okay, so I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (09:55):
So um you said they get really weird gifts, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
And a lot of times, if it's like related, she will
ask me hey, would, would youlike this?
And sometimes I'm like, yeah,I'll take that.
Yeah, you know, because it'susually a candle or something,
but it's always, it's always areally nice brand.
It may be Diptyque, for example, it may be a hundred and fifty
(10:22):
dollar candle, but it's going tobe a fragrance.
She absolutely hates that.
Everybody knows.
It would be like you do notlike lavender, right, yeah
fragrance, fragrance.
Speaker 2 (10:37):
I'm not going to buy a lavender candle.
Speaker 1 (10:38):
It would be like me going and buying you a $500
Diptyque lavender candle.
Yeah, when you know I don't likeit, but oh, I got you something
nice, this is nice but reallysomeone gave it to me and I'm
just giving it to you eventhough I know you hate it, right
?
So, um, but she got they, shegot her Christmas present early
(11:01):
and she uh brought it home toopen it, and early, and she
brought it home to open it.
And we're not talking, we'renot talking average people here,
these are people way out of ourleague kind of gift giving,
like.
So it was a private boutique,very expensive jeweler box, so
(11:23):
you know, she was like wonderwhat this is?
Speaker 2 (11:24):
Cause it was, you know she was like I wonder what
this is.
Speaker 1 (11:26):
Because it was.
You know, it was something outof her drawer or whatever.
So she sent me the photo.
She opened it it was empty.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
Wait, did the person giving it think there was
something in there?
Speaker 1 (11:42):
Yeah, she thought there was something in there
that she just didn't want.
I guess she had taken it, ormaybe a cleaning person or
somebody working in the housetook it you never know the
situation, but she cared solittle she didn't even open it
to check, slapped a bow on itand then had made this big to-do
(12:07):
on how we picked this outespecially for you and made this
big production and there'snothing in it.
Speaker 2 (12:17):
Oh my gosh so.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
I mean, I don't even know.
Speaker 2 (12:24):
How do you follow up on that gift?
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
Thank you for the box , the box.
Speaker 2 (12:31):
Or do you say, well, there's nothing in the box?
I don't know if, maybe when youwere wrapping it, you set it
aside?
Speaker 1 (12:42):
If I were to ever do first of all, I would never do
that.
If, but if I were to ever dosomething like that, that would
be me.
I would have said it somewhereand I would, and hell I may,
have given somebody empty box atsome point, but I didn't know
it.
If I did that, but oh my word.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
I mean I was like okay, like, is there anything in
the box?
Like anything you could like?
There was a Thank you for thetissue paper.
Speaker 1 (13:09):
There was a very nice pouch that the piece should
have been in.
You can tell whatever was in.
It was a very nice piece ofjewelry because I knew the name
on the box and then when it's aleather jewelry pouch, it was a
travel and I said, well, you'rejust going to have to say thank
(13:32):
you so much for this beautifuljewelry box.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
Pouch, oh, pouch.
Yeah, thank you for the jewelrypouch.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And then you know, and then maybe if they say, oh,
was there not a bracelet inthere?
No but I love this travel case.
I mean, that's the only way Iknow how to do it.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
So that's hilarious.
Speaking of that, mygrandmother oh, this is funny, I
know what you're going to say.
On my mom's side, she wouldlike, you know, as we got older,
she would give everyone moneyand have an envelope, you know,
with their name on it and shewould just stick it in her tree.
Every year she would leave oneperson off.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I think it was intentional.
She just forgot it.
Speaker 2 (14:17):
I think it was intentional.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
No, no, no, no.
How did?
Speaker 2 (14:22):
every year I'm not joking Every year someone would
be like, oh, I didn't get myenvelope this year.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
Would she?
Speaker 2 (14:30):
give it to them when they were no, nobody would say
anything.
You're not going to go.
Where's my envelope?
Hell yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:35):
I would have to my grandparents.
I'd have been like where's mine.
They wouldn't have forgottenmine because I was the favorite.
Speaker 2 (14:42):
Mine was never forgotten.
I was the favorite.
I was never forgotten.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
I was the favorite.
I feel like it was usually oneof the girls.
Well, one favorite story I haveof your grandmother Were you
talking about Miss Bobby?
Yes, okay, so one of myfavorite things.
So, miss Bobby, for those ofyou that don't know, she was a
powerhouse of a woman and shewas hysterical.
She was a large and in chargepersonality and she owned Merle
(15:13):
Norman stores for 50 years.
She she did it before womenreally owned businesses.
She literally started it out ofthe trunk of her car.
So she was, you know.
I kind of looked up to her andI loved her personality.
She was very much like mymother's mother, frances, and I
love hearing your mom and youraunt tell how she would give
(15:43):
gifts at Christmas and it wouldbe expired.
Speaker 2 (15:45):
Burl Norman, yeah she would give them, like the
samples.
Yeah, she would wrap up thesamples and give it to him and
you know, maybe that's whereI'll get some of my
entrepreneurial um jeans orwhatever, because she, you know,
I'm kind of I wouldn't givethat or whatever.
(16:07):
But she would make my mom payher for the makeup, like full
price for the makeup.
Speaker 1 (16:15):
And the funny thing is she wasn't hurting for money,
no that was what made it funny.
Speaker 2 (16:20):
It's so funny you know different personalities.
Speaker 1 (16:22):
Yeah, it was a personality.
That's how my mom's mom wasLike.
It was just that's who theywere.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
But that goes back, I think, to what we talked about
on last week's episode of why Ialways feel uneasy about giving
stuff from my own store, becausehow's it going to be perceived
to?
Speaker 1 (16:41):
people.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
That's a thing with us and then, like you said, if
you do it, you end upover-gifting because you're
trying to make up for the idea.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
And you call me out on it because I'm like I'm
getting a gift and I did that toyou last night because you were
like what about this?
But should I give this and this?
And I'm like, well, you haveput together like a $300 gift
Right Retail $300 gift.
When we keep adding to it, wereally say it really comes
(17:11):
across like we had all this shitleft over on the shelf which is
not true, right, right, right.
Speaker 2 (17:17):
So yeah, oh gosh, the funny stories.
Yes, yes, yes, oh, bobby, shewould, I still think, maybe
intentionally, sometimes leaveoff that envelope or something.
I don't know, maybe not, maybe,maybe not she was hysterical.
Speaker 1 (17:32):
So she was the biggest snoot, like my biggest
my funny thing she was just sucha snoot when it came to makeup.
Well, she'd been doing it forso long and let me just tell you
her makeup at 80 years old wason point Her hair and makeup and
(17:52):
eyebrows.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Oh, it was going to be on point for sure.
I bet she never left her housewithout her face, oh no, no, and
my grandmother was the typethat was very into the makeup.
Meryl Norman dressed great, doall of that.
But she would also get on theladder, go up on the roof of her
(18:14):
building to patch the roof ordo something In heels, in heels
dressed up in full face.
She wasn't going to be up thereroughing it or anything, but she
would do it.
She would get on the ladder,clean out her gutters, get on
the roof.
Speaker 1 (18:30):
It's funny because things that probably irritated
your mom and your aunt about heris hysterical to me.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
You know the stuff she would say.
Speaker 1 (18:40):
But then my grandmother was the same way and
she drove me insane, but otherpeople thought it was hilarious.
Yeah Well, that's how it workswhen you're not having to, when
you don't endure it every day,right, that is.
Yeah, my grandmother would, andI've never been.
I've never been majorlyoverweight, the most I've ever
(19:01):
been overweight in my entirelife.
Speaker 2 (19:03):
Well, you were kind of chunky when I'm 30 pounds.
Speaker 1 (19:05):
But that was way or my early years.
Yeah, you know my.
I had to have my pants darted.
I was so skinny, uh huh.
Speaker 2 (19:14):
Darted, darted.
Speaker 1 (19:15):
Darted, that's a country thing, I think.
She would come up at, likeEaster or Christmas, if you were
getting an extra.
She was very into how we lookedRight and what we wore and
everything.
She would come and pinch yourback fat and whisper in your ear
(19:36):
do you think you need that?
Do you think you need that?
And it made.
It infuriated me so bad.
It made me want to literallyknock her head off.
I would have never disrespectedmy grandmother or anything like
that, but it made me want toslap the shit out of her every
(19:59):
time.
And she only did it to like.
Speaker 2 (20:02):
My grandmother was like that too.
She would do that to my mom orsomething.
We had the same family dynamic.
I'm like, oh my gosh, it's toofunny.
But then, once they're gone,that's the thing.
You miss it you miss.
Speaker 1 (20:17):
And it makes me giggle now, you know, because
I'll think every now and thenI'm like, ooh, I've got a little
pudge going on there.
I'm like boy, mama would let meknow.
Speaker 2 (20:27):
Well, let's talk about some things that it's dumb
shit on Instagram.
I think that needs to be a newsegment dumb shit on instagram.
First of all, you have one thatyou sent me that you want to
talk about, and I have onethat's an item that I want to
talk about.
Speaker 1 (20:45):
So, first of all, oh, well, there's so many, the
whole thing with book trees.
Speaker 2 (20:58):
Yes, this is the one that is driving Stephen crazy.
Speaker 1 (21:03):
And now it's really awkward because it's also I'm
seeing it on Facebook of likefriends.
I'm in love with my book tree.
Speaker 2 (21:18):
Well, you should burn it if you haven't seen this,
and we're not talking aboutpeople can do really cool things
with folding the pages, or likeI used to do those fold the
pages.
Speaker 1 (21:26):
Those are.
That's not what we're talkingabout art.
Speaker 2 (21:29):
now these people are taking books, opening them up up
, laying them down flat,stacking them up and calling it
a book tree, and it looks like ahot mess.
Speaker 1 (21:39):
It looks like you stacked a bunch of books Like I
don't know it's the dumb, butthe dumb one I saw was on
Facebook of someone I went toschool with and I.
You know if she's, if shelistens, she probably doesn't.
I don't care.
Somebody needs to tell her.
She put damn lots around thispile of books and stuck Frasier
(22:00):
first sprigs in it and postedthe picture she said she was in
love with it.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Oh my gosh, one of them I saw.
I think I may have sent it toyou, I don't know.
I saw, I think I may have sentit to you, I don't know, but it
looked like literally just aflat pile of books, like 10 high
.
It didn't even have a shape toa tree.
It doesn't make sense, itwasn't even.
Speaker 1 (22:24):
It's like stacking up a big stack pack of pancakes
and saying I love my pancaketree.
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
That is just weird to me.
And the bows, the big bow, thepillow bows Well, some people
have sent me.
Since we talked about thepillow bows, they've sent it to
me on Instagram.
I should have saved some ofthem, but then I saw some others
and I'm like that's got to stop.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
The pillow bow is bad .
The big bows some of them arereally pretty, but let me tell
you, those big bows take workand talent and they're very,
very expensive, but they lookamazing.
The people that take the damnking-size bed pillow no, Save
your money, that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (23:07):
Some of them don't even take the king-size bed
pillow it's the regular size andthen try to put a big old tail
on it, make it look like it'ssomething.
Uh, so this is one.
I don't know if I sent this oneto you, I'll let you look at it
, but it is a.
Um, I guess you put three.
Oh my god, stuff is so damndumb.
Speaker 1 (23:32):
Let me see.
Speaker 2 (23:33):
This just takes the cake here.
Watch this whole video.
Let me see what it's called.
It is okay, do you know that?
I don't know how to explainthis on the podcast, but do you
know the tile scrubbing brushesthat people have on the pole?
You know they scrub their tile.
It's got the bristles that goaround and around.
Well, it's like that, butbigger and not on a pole.
(23:53):
It's got the bristles that goaround and around.
Well, it's like that, butbigger and not on a pole.
You mount it on your showerwall and then you can like back
up to it or put your knee on itor whatever, like a deer.
Yeah, you described this andI'm like who is?
Who has this electronic brushattachment to their wall in
(24:15):
their shower and scrubbing?
I mean, get a loofah.
Steven is looking.
Speaker 1 (24:22):
That wouldn't have that crap.
That would ruin your shower.
That would look horrible andwhy do you need it?
Speaker 2 (24:30):
Just get a brush Like an animal.
Like an animal.
Like an animal Like this iswhen we need the video podcast,
so you can see your reaction andwhat we're actually thinking
about.
We'll get banned from Instagramtalking about these people,
though.
Speaker 1 (24:44):
Well, somebody needs to tell them it's dumb.
And then there's one and I'mnot going to go into detail
because it literally made me gag, but there's there's people out
(25:05):
there and their whole shtickwith Instagram is doing gross
things on Instagram and I saw in, like there's this one person
out there and she eats, likeliterally eats gross things,
yeah, and records it.
That nasty woman should bejailed.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I mean, you tried to send that to me.
I was like I'm not evenclicking on it.
Speaker 1 (25:20):
Well, Dylan sent it to me.
Speaker 2 (25:22):
I'm not giving her the views I'm not giving her the
recognition.
Speaker 1 (25:24):
He tried to force me to watch it till the end.
I'm like no.
Speaker 2 (25:29):
I can't.
But here's what I don'tunderstand Like, this person is
an influencer.
Back to the body scrubber thingthat you mount on a wall and
then you move your body aroundand it scrubs.
For you See, when I post thingsbecause if you want to call me
an influencer, that's fine.
I mean, we sell mostly our ownproducts, but whatever, whatever
, there's nothing wrong withthat.
(25:49):
But I would look at that and Iwould say only one person Do you
think, how many people do youthink actually bought that?
Why are you putting the timeand effort into promoting that?
Speaker 1 (26:00):
I would see that OK, on a serious note, I would see
that I would buy that if I had aparent or grandparent or myself
that had had a stroke orsomething and needed assistance
in that area.
Speaker 2 (26:15):
But then it's not practical.
If you're in that kind of shape, you're not going to be able to
move up against it.
Speaker 1 (26:21):
That's true.
You shouldn't be in therewithout somebody in there with
you probably.
I just don't get it.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
Oh goodness, the other dumbest item I've seen
this week.
I hope it's not from the sameperson.
Let me look it up.
And then people and then otherinfluencers comment.
It's so cute, I love this noyou don't?
It's dumb.
You thought it was dumb, justlike I thought it was dumb.
Let me find.
(26:48):
I sent it to you so I'd have itin a place.
Now I've got to go find whereyou are in my Instagram DMs.
Okay, well, what do you know?
It's the same person.
Speaker 1 (27:01):
So she just likes dumb shit.
There you go.
Let me see what that is.
Speaker 2 (27:04):
It's the one I sent you with the gloves, so this one
people are going to figure outwho I'm talking about, let me
see the name.
People's going to figure out whoI'm talking about and put us on
blast.
That's fine too.
This is I don't know where youget it, maybe probably Amazon or
something.
It comes as a set of threefleece mittens, so set of three,
(27:27):
because you get two regularmittens in your package and then
you get one mitten that has ahole on both ends like a tube,
and so you can hold hands whenyou're walking now.
Speaker 1 (27:43):
Now, if you want to hold hands, why can't you hold
hands with the damn gloves on?
Speaker 2 (27:47):
or if you want to hold hands, can you not go on a
walk and not hold hands for 30minutes?
I mean how, how long you?
Speaker 1 (27:53):
gonna be outside with the gloves on needing to hold
hands and what happens if you'relike oh my god, my butt's
itching, I need to scratch it.
I mean seriously, things happen, let go of my hand, I need to
scratch my butt.
Or what if you're drinking?
(28:14):
What if you're right-handed,okay, and you're you, you get
hot chocolate or a coffee?
How are you going to be like?
You're not going to be usingyour left, you're?
Speaker 2 (28:25):
going to be holding each other's hand with your
right hands, and then well, noone right, one left somebody's
gonna get screwed.
Speaker 1 (28:33):
Yeah, that'd be like spilling it down my face.
It's true, that is so stupid.
If you buy that, you need yourhead examined.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
We should buy this and send it to a few of our
listeners.
Speaker 1 (28:45):
We should and say send us video, we want to.
Let's do that.
Speaker 2 (28:52):
We should just have it.
Speaker 1 (28:54):
We should buy some stupid gifts and send them to
people and let them tell us ifthey were really as stupid as we
thought.
They were Right, Not them thegift Right, Just say evaluate
this gift.
Yeah, give us your feedback.
Is it really as bad as it seems?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
And I just see this and I'm like oh, here's another.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Another don't of in-laws.
This happened to family membersand they don't hate their
in-laws.
Well, that's good, but you haveto be careful when you buy them
clothing.
But you have to be careful whenyou buy them clothing, mm-hmm,
because if they're a small ormedium and you buy them a large
(29:39):
or extra large you know, womenget real sensitive.
Or you know, you buy an extralarge shirt and they're like
what?
Speaker 2 (29:50):
so this brings up my ex back in the day, his parents,
which I loved, or whatever.
Um, the dad would always buyhis mom like clothes for
christmas and he would get themlike small and she was like a
normal size, a normal size hewould always get, like she would
(30:12):
always have to go and returnthem and get the correct size,
and he thought that was so funnythat you know he thought he was
the opposite of what you'resaying, like thinking she's
smaller than she really is andshe, she would be like no, I
have to go return these.
And then she would get pissedevery year and be like buy me
(30:32):
the correct size.
I don't want to have to goreturn my gift and exchange it
for something after the holidays, but I guess it worked.
I mean, I guess if you buy toolarge like you said, they're
going to be like you think I'mthis big.
Speaker 1 (30:48):
There's no win.
Yeah, and here's another thinglike with my grandmother, that
was like your grandmother,frances, when my grandfather was
alive, my grandmother would sayI want this for Christmas.
It wasn't little hints.
I want this, I want this purse,I want this, I want this purse,
(31:09):
I want this brand.
And usually my mother would goget it and it was always
Christmas Eve and whatever itwas, every year she would open
it up and said this is not theone I wanted.
And she always Every year thisisn't what I want.
Speaker 2 (31:34):
Oh my gosh.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
Every year.
Just, it didn't matter what itwas.
This isn't the one I want.
This is too small.
This is too big.
Oh my, you wasted your money onthis.
Speaker 2 (31:50):
So my grandmother, on my other side, on my dad's side
, my grandma, she would go buywhatever she wanted and put a
bow on it and be like you got methis.
Speaker 1 (32:01):
See, no, that was the way to do it.
Yeah, nobody got their feelingshurt.
Uh-huh, she was happy.
Do it.
Yeah, nobody got their feelingshurt.
Uh-huh, she was happy, no drama.
Speaker 2 (32:10):
Yeah, which is so funny?
That is too funny.
Okay, let's get into some ofour favorite things for the
holidays, favorite gifts.
Speaker 1 (32:21):
Oh, I got to tag onto that.
The first Christmas Dylan and Iwere together.
Mm-hmm, dylan's a little picky.
Speaker 2 (32:28):
He's picky.
Well, both of you are, so let'snot call out just.
Speaker 1 (32:32):
Dylan, we were together.
I went and bought him Christmaspresents that I thought were
fantastic.
Speaker 2 (32:41):
You were laying it on thick.
Very nice First Christmas.
You gotta do it up, yeah.
Speaker 1 (32:48):
I mean, I did the cologne, I did all the things,
and I did some Armani GiorgioArmani clothes which I thought
were beautiful Shirts andsweaters and fast forward a few
years, you know, after we knewwe were going to be together.
We listen and we don't judge.
(33:09):
He told me he hated all that.
He was like I didn't like anyof that.
He took it all back, Did he?
Speaker 2 (33:20):
That is hilarious.
Well see, that's because you'realso like 20 years difference.
No, that has nothing to do withthat.
You're a little out of touch.
Speaker 1 (33:30):
No, no, it wasn't that, he just didn't like it.
Oh well, and so you know, thisyear I was, you know, I took him
shot.
What do you want?
Speaker 2 (33:41):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (33:42):
Pick it out.
Mm-hmm, I didn't do that lastyear, but I kind of narrowed it
down.
Speaker 2 (33:48):
I knew he had specific lists last year.
Speaker 1 (33:54):
It was more specific, but you know, it's fine,
everybody needs to be happy.
Speaker 2 (33:58):
So let's get into talking about some of your
favorite things.
Specifically, we're going tohead back to this past weekend,
when you were shopping at somebougie designer stores I saw on
social media.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
What's some of?
Speaker 2 (34:14):
your favorite things.
Well, I I didn't get pressing.
Well, it doesn't have to beyour like for you.
What was some great finds thatyou saw?
What do you?
What do you, um, if you're, ifsomeone is breaking into the
bougie department, what do theystart with?
What is some of your favorite?
Speaker 1 (34:31):
what would I give someone.
Yeah, okay, if I were, if Iwere gonna give somebody a
really nice gift from, uh,hermes or louis vuitton or Gucci
, I would probably, for a man, Iwould probably start with a
wallet or a belt.
(34:51):
Yeah, and because for men thatis something I keep, I wear my
belts.
Speaker 2 (34:59):
You've had them forever, for 30 years.
Speaker 1 (35:00):
Yeah, and that lasts and everybody needs that at some
point.
And then I always like thereversible, the reversible belt.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
Belt.
So you get two belts in one.
Speaker 1 (35:12):
So one side's black one side's brown, or blue and
brown.
Whatever it is, I think that'sa good gift.
You have to be careful with thewallet.
You have to know the personreally, really, really well,
because men just so y'all know,ladies men are just as
particular with wallets as you,ladies, are with your handbags.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Right, because I like a certain style.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
You like a bifold?
Yeah, and I have one that opensup the opposite way.
But I like a tiny Right and Idon't want a lot of bulk.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
So it is all personal .
It's very personal.
Speaker 1 (35:50):
But if you know what they like, that's a good gift.
Speaker 2 (35:53):
Did you get me anything in those bags?
Speaker 1 (35:55):
Hell.
No, you don't appreciate any ofthat stuff.
You're not an unappreciativeperson, but that's not something
you care about.
Let me pull out my wallet.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
So I have my wallet in my hand and it is Gucci.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
This was your first like bougie purchase.
Speaker 2 (36:15):
Yes, so have we told this story?
I don't know.
This would have been in thelast two years probably.
It'd probably be two years thiscoming, I think January-ish.
We all went to don't touch it.
No, we should not, do not touchmy things, it's like dangling.
(36:36):
So we went to Vegas you, dylan,daniel and myself, which I
think we need to do again thistime and I was there and I was
like you know what?
I think I've won a little moneyand I said I'm going to get
(36:56):
myself.
Daniel and I both Didn't weboth get wallets.
We're like, let's get ourselvessome wallets, because they
weren't for a designer wallet,they weren't crazy expensive,
they're not, I mean, more thanmy previous one, uh, but not
insane.
No, like a couple hundreddollars.
I feel like, um, so this waslike 450.
(37:19):
No, it was under that.
It was like 300 and something.
Maybe, maybe, um, I can'tremember it, it'd probably be
$450.
Now Things have changed.
This was my first.
Oh, treat yourself.
Get the Gucci wallet.
I got this wallet and we camehome and I swear to you, the
(37:42):
first day we got back, JoJo gotmy wallet off the counter and
chewed on the corner of it.
And she has since done that atleast three or four times.
So every corner of my wallet ischewed up.
Now let me just tell yousomething.
Jojo does not chew up anything.
She does not bother ourfurniture.
(38:05):
She is in all ways reallyreally good Like she's never
chewed up.
Never chewed up a shoe, neverchewed up a piece of furniture,
nothing.
But for whatever reason she waslike this is nice.
Speaker 1 (38:23):
Let me chew on this, Guys.
Let me chew on this and let's.
I have to say this, Okay, firstof all, I could care less if
you carry your cards and yourmoney in a Ziploc bag or a Gucci
wallet.
I could care less.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
But I want to tell you with my OCD, literally that
would drive me insane.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
I would have had to have ordered me a new one
because I would have gotten soupset every time I took it out.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
Oh, we know your damaged goods would be.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
How do you do that?
It just doesn't bother you.
I don't even look at it.
I don't even look at it.
Speaker 2 (39:06):
Not only is the corner of my wallet chewed up,
the cards have the chew marks inthem too.
So I keep the cards in the sameplace.
I'm like, oh, this one's chewedup on the left side, so this
goes over here on this left.
Speaker 1 (39:22):
It matches and I couldn't do that.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
I would have had to order all new cards.
Yeah, I mean I thought, well,eventually they'll just go out
of date and I'll get new ones.
This one's the worst.
It expires in 26, so we onlygot a couple of years left.
I get a new one of that oh, myword I mean, this is why we
can't have nice things.
I guess this is probably theonly real piece of leather in
the house and it was so freshsmelling because she hasn't done
it in a long time they areattracted to leather some a lot
(39:52):
of times.
Yeah, she did all of theseshoes within the first year of
having this, and I've had it afew couple of years at least.
Now she hasn't done it in along time and I'm like can't
have nothing nice.
Speaker 1 (40:03):
So but gifts, you know, on that trip I did some
gift cards like to some specificstores.
Speaker 2 (40:14):
But gifts cards I mean I know they're easy.
Speaker 1 (40:16):
I don't love them.
But with teenagers you have to.
Speaker 2 (40:19):
They are easy and they have a place and there's
nothing wrong with them,teenagers like them.
But those can't be like afavorite thing.
Speaker 1 (40:24):
No, that's kind of a no, and it isn't, but I did get
some um candies, some stockingstuffers from william sonoma oh,
that's, they were quite goodand they were on sale, which?
Made me happy.
20 off, um, but I do love.
I do love giving some gag giftsMm-hmm, mm-hmm.
(40:45):
I do like that.
It's got to be a really good,not just some stupid.
It's got to really tie intosomething.
You know, it just can't be.
I like giving consumables,because most people have a lot
of things, a lot of crap.
They like consumables.
Speaker 2 (41:07):
Right, so something that you're going to use up and
throw away.
I mean you use it up, whetherit's food-related candles,
cologne what's the one thatDaniel loves to cologne?
I feel like everyone loves thatone, the one I wear.
The one you wear, then Daniel's.
Louis Vuitton Limonciteon ct no, no, no, it's not that one.
(41:30):
That's not the one.
Is it creed?
Oh creed yes, that's what it iscreed.
Creed is a great one I feellike universally, people just
love that like you will wearthat one and people at market
are like who smells so good?
and steven's?
Well, it's not him talkingabout me.
Speaker 1 (41:49):
The funny thing is okay, so I have two different.
Speaker 2 (41:53):
You've gotten stopped .
I mean, I can't count thenumber of times, so that could
be, a favorite.
Thing.
Speaker 1 (42:01):
And funny story on Creed.
So I'm a huge Cologne person, Ilove smells, good smells, and I
had heard of Creed but I hadnot smelled it.
But people were.
You know, it was the number onefragrance line.
So I found it on a bougiediscount site for a 1.2 ounce.
(42:25):
That's when I first startedtaking it to market, because it
was a tiny bottle but it wasstill astronomically expensive
and I was like I better likethis crap.
Well, I got it and I didn'tlike it and I thought, well, you
know, I've got it, I paid a lotof money for it, so, but that
was just it smelling, you know.
(42:46):
And so I dropped it in mytoilet tree, on my body.
It smelled really good andpeople were like, oh my God,
yeah, and that's when I startedwearing Creed, aventus, okay.
And last year I bought a theyhad one that was a small batch,
(43:11):
it was like a one-time deal.
And it smells yeah it smellsreally good, but all the
fragrances, you just have to be.
To me, creed is kind of likethe baccarat line you have.
You really need to go there andbecause they've got some that I
(43:31):
you know, creed and baccarat,that's just two lines that I
absolutely love, and thenthere's some that, oh my word,
it is horrible to me becauseit's just so personal, you know
and like.
Speaker 2 (43:47):
So what's the one that you have in daniel ventus,
ventus?
Okay, that's a good universalone.
Speaker 1 (43:52):
I feel like, because everyone loves, it is their, is
their number one.
Speaker 2 (43:55):
Yeah, I like my gadget type thing.
That's always my.
Speaker 1 (44:01):
Electronics and gadgets Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (44:04):
That's my go-to.
You love that personally.
Right, right, right.
That's what I'm saying.
My favorite things to receiveis anything gadget-related, so
you can get me something.
Speaker 1 (44:16):
You have every gadget .
Speaker 2 (44:17):
That's the other.
That's the bad thing If itcomes out you're going to get it
.
Speaker 1 (44:21):
And I think for young couples, like young married
couples like my nephew gotmarried a couple of years ago,
so I give I mean it's not theironly gift, but I give he and his
wife a dated ornament everyyear because I feel like they're
building their collection.
Because you know if you're notin retail and you don't have to
(44:44):
sell everything in your housemost people do at least one tree
, that's, you know.
Collected they build collecteditems on.
Speaker 2 (44:54):
That's true.
I don't have anything like thatCollected ornaments.
I need to start one, but Idon't really collect.
That doesn't really.
I like what we sell and I likeswitching it up.
I don't have, but I do as a kid, you know, remember, and my mom
will do a tree like that, andthen I've gotten some of those
items.
So I need a little small treeto put some of those.
(45:17):
That's what I want to do you doIn the well.
Some of these are from a textmessage and some are from the
box, but one person told metheir favorite thing was a
heated vest, which is prettysimple.
Speaker 1 (45:32):
I didn't even know they had that they do and
they're in heated coats and vestand they're not.
They the first ones looked alittle hokey, yeah, but now they
kind of look like thisPatagonia and there's literally
you just press a button and itheats up, so it's.
I think that's a really goodgift, like especially for
(45:55):
teachers that have to do likecar duty in the winter and stand
out Anybody that's outside likethat.
But for me and my family Ithink of teachers doing car duty
because they freeze to deathRight.
Speaker 2 (46:09):
If you have someone that just works outside in
general.
Speaker 1 (46:12):
Construction I never thought about that or they walk
or jog.
It's a good gift.
Get some warm before they getwarm, and I think amaryllis and
paper whites are always nice.
Speaker 2 (46:24):
Oh, absolutely, those are such fun.
We talked about that in ourlive sales, how you can give
those.
You know, you can give themalready potted, or you can give
someone a nice pot, you can givethem the soil, you can give
them like a whole little kit andthen they can grow them after
the holidays and Daniel alwayssells the best amaryllis and
paperwax.
Speaker 1 (46:44):
Oh, absolutely, and they last, they can last forever
.
Speaker 2 (46:48):
Yeah, so you can keep using them year after year.
That's a good sort ofconsumable but also memorable
thing.
Or you can just enjoy it forthe season and toss it out.
Speaker 1 (46:59):
The other thing I think is a really good gift and
I've never gotten one, oh, but Ithink like picture books of
your children and grandchildren.
Mm-hmm, those are nice.
Speaker 2 (47:13):
Or if you do a family trip or something.
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (47:16):
I think that is a nice personal gift that people,
even if you don't set it out,it's just a way to capture the
memory.
Speaker 2 (47:24):
Yeah, I've given those before.
Speaker 1 (47:29):
You know, when my nephews were little, I dropped
the hint like 48 times.
I've yet to get a damnShutterfly book.
Speaker 2 (47:37):
Maybe they could go back and do one, now that
they're like adults Of all theyears, all the years.
Speaker 1 (47:43):
And it could just be one book, it would be nice, but
you know, it never happened.
Speaker 2 (47:49):
Never happened.
It ain't gonna happen.
Speaker 1 (47:51):
It ain't gonna happen .
Ain't gonna happen, mm-mm, butit's fine.
Speaker 2 (48:00):
But I think happen, but it's fine, but I think that
is a nice little gift.
That's special, right.
You know what is so weird now,and I don't know at what point.
Well, I guess 2008 ish is whenthe iphone came out, so we're
that, however many years in tothat.
Because now what is weird?
I'm thinking about going backand doing it like my nephew um
has.
I forget what year he's born, Idon't know, but he's like what?
(48:22):
uh, 13 ish something like thatuh, but has always, like every,
I have pictures on my phone fromwhen he was a baby born, like
that's the first time and I know, depending on what year it is
because because I was thinking,oh, they're going to have to go
back, depending on their age,and get regular pictures that
(48:42):
were printed off, and then it'skind of complicated to go back.
But if they were born like 2008, 2009, 2010 and afterwards,
then you probably have all ofthat already like on someone's
phone.
The parents do and you caneasily go back and do that.
So it would be good to do,because I feel like people start
out doing those books whentheir kids are little and then
(49:05):
they stop.
So maybe if you've done thatbefore and then your kids are
now at maybe a milestonestarting high school or even
graduating or whatever you couldgo back and then do one book
and you might easily be able toget all that from here Another
great gift that I've given arehotel gift cards.
Speaker 1 (49:26):
I've given y'all several.
Speaker 2 (49:28):
Yes, never used them, I have them.
Speaker 1 (49:30):
You have them, yes, and I like to give those as
wedding gifts because you got tothink.
You know, when you're gettingmarried you're not going to
probably have the extra money todo little weekend getaways and
that's a nice.
Speaker 2 (49:45):
That is a nice.
Speaker 1 (49:47):
Little.
Speaker 2 (49:48):
I know I need to use that one.
Well, I need to use both.
You've given me two Mm.
Hmm, yes, I need to do that Alittle.
We need, aren't they the same?
Speaker 1 (50:00):
hotel.
Speaker 2 (50:01):
No one is for grove park in and then I thought one
was for downtown, for um, yes,here in greenville, because yes
that's what I, that's the one Iwas like, oh, that would be it
yes, to use the Grand Bohemian.
Speaker 1 (50:14):
I gave you one to Grove Park Inn and the Grand
Bohemian Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (50:19):
Need to do a little winter spa weekend.
Daniel and I Go stay there.
I'm going to do that for that.
Another one in my wherever Igot my notification someone sent
in their favorite gift was theywere moving homes that they had
lived in for, I think, 30 yearsor something a long time and
(50:41):
they got a gift of it you know,a sketch of their house.
They had it framed and it's nowhanging in there.
Speaker 1 (50:47):
And you can do that for dogs.
That's a nice gift.
Speaker 2 (50:51):
And that was actually on my list, not for dogs.
But one of my favorite thingsthat Daniel and I got this year
was when we went to MB's weddingand they had a person there who
did live sketch watercolors ofyou and I have that little.
Have I shown you that it'sreally cool?
So it's just, you know theytook a picture of us and then
they did it.
(51:11):
But I know you can get thatdone on like Etsy or something.
You just take a picture andsend it in and then it's like a
watercolor kind of sketchversion.
So something like that's alwaysfun and thoughtful.
It kind of like captures amoment yeah, I love that idea
and I can't remember theartist's name oh, I didn't see
it.
Speaker 1 (51:30):
I was going back in my mind.
Speaker 2 (51:32):
Yes, that was cute yeah, so I'm like that would be
cool to look someone up and dosomething like that.
They're fast.
I mean, this girl did it likeright then, so you probably
could still get that in time forChristmas.
That would be a cute gift.
Yeah, but I never thought ofdoing it like of your pet or
something too.
It'd be cute you could get thesame like a sketch or something
(51:52):
done.
Speaker 1 (51:59):
And I think you know who's the hardest person for me
to buy, for ever is my dad,don't you think older men are
hard?
Speaker 2 (52:04):
Yeah, I just skip them.
Speaker 1 (52:07):
I mean, he buys everything, right, right, and my
dad is really, really a niceguy and he won't tell you if he
doesn't like it.
Speaker 2 (52:21):
I feel like that's when you do get them something
that is a consumable.
Speaker 1 (52:25):
He doesn't like gift cards.
Speaker 2 (52:27):
He likes, he loves Get them some type of you know
like butcher box where they getsteaks, or something like like
that.
I could do that.
You know what I'm saying yeahthey get it, use it, love it,
because they don't wantsomething that sits around and,
like your dad, tools is in hisprofession because he's a
(52:50):
contractor so then, he wants hisown kind and style that he's
used to.
You know what?
What I'm saying?
Speaker 1 (52:55):
And I've done every.
I mean I have bought him everygolf ball known to man.
I've bought him golf bags, golfclubs.
I've bought him a HarleyDavidson, I don't know what else
.
You know?
I mean that's true.
Speaker 2 (53:11):
I forgot you got that .
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (53:12):
That's true, I forgot you got that, I don't know, I
seriously, and he, you know, atone time I had thought, well,
I'll get him a trailer for hisbike, but I really don't want to
encourage that Right, that youknow, because he's in his
mid-70s.
I don't know that he needs tobe hauling that here and there
(53:35):
and riding, so I don't know.
I don't know that he needs tobe hauling that here and there
and writing, so I don't know, Idon't know what ever.
Speaker 2 (53:39):
But something like that, something a box that can
be shipped there and then getsit uses, it is always good.
Speaker 1 (53:45):
Or maybe he'll prostitute for a weekend.
Speaker 2 (53:49):
Enjoy that.
He loves his ladies.
No, no, no, no, I'm kidding,but speaking of that, another
thing that I had on my list wasexperiences.
Speaker 1 (53:59):
So, like you, said See, there it goes.
Speaker 2 (54:02):
That is an experience , he would laugh.
But no, but, like you said, ahotel gift card would be good.
Or maybe, if it's for your ownfamily, you know, do a trip or a
day trip or something.
An experience is always goodthat you can all do together too
, if you like them enough, ifyou want to spend the time with
(54:23):
them, it would be good.
So any type of experience isalways great.
Speaker 1 (54:28):
Well, I was talking to a friend of mine earlier
today and I actually walked intomy office to do something and I
said, oh my gosh, I completelycan't remember.
I mean, I sat in my desk chairand I was like I don't remember
and I said you know, that isbothersome, Like when you've had
a grandparent that hadAlzheimer's.
(54:49):
Your mind goes to that.
You're like oh, my word.
Speaker 2 (54:53):
Am I getting it?
Speaker 1 (54:55):
And maybe, maybe, maybe not, who knows well, and
she was saying well, you know,you've got to listen to your
body and you've got to rest whenyou need to rest well, uh, this
is funny she said trauma andfatigue brings on alzheimer's.
You know if you've got it.
(55:16):
And I said I'll be damned.
That's going to be the name ofmy book.
Speaker 2 (55:20):
Trauma and fatigue.
Speaker 1 (55:24):
I said that's the name of my book.
If I write a book, I'm going tocall it trauma and fatigue.
Speaker 2 (55:33):
Am I trauma or am I fatigue?
You're in both categories.
That is funny.
That is too funny.
Speaker 1 (55:40):
We got a good laugh out of it.
I'm like that's the name of mybook.
Speaker 2 (55:44):
Okay, If you're listening, remember, call our
hotline or text it.
It's 864-982-5029.
Next week we are going to talkabout worst gifts you received,
so I want you to send in theworst gifts you received.
We've already got a littlecollection going.
We're talking shitty, shitty,rude just bad gifts and not, you
(56:12):
know, the gift of whatever, atangible like my husband got me
cigarettes.
Speaker 1 (56:19):
I don't know Something you still talk about
and I don't smoke Something youstill talk about and cuss about.
Speaker 2 (56:25):
Yeah, something that you still, deep down, can't let
go.
So let us know on our hotline864 982-5052.
Speaker 1 (56:36):
I've never gotten anything like that.
Speaker 2 (56:37):
Anything horrible?
I haven't really either.
Have you.
Speaker 1 (56:42):
I don't think I've gotten anything that infuriated
me.
Speaker 2 (56:46):
No, nothing that sticks in my head, nothing that
was mean and not necessarilymean, but just dumb, like my
husband got me camouflage and Idon't hunt.
You know something like that.
Or you know something that'sjust so far off base where
you're like, does this personeven know who I am?
Sort of situation.
(57:06):
That's what we want to hearabout.
We're out of time for this week, but we will definitely be back
I mean, I shouldn't saydefinitely.
We will be back next week withanother episode.
I think that's going to be ourlast episode of the year, though
next week, and we'll go on alittle hiatus, yes, and then
(57:27):
we'll be gone, so we'll talk allabout that next week.
Have a great one.
Remember to leave us a review.
It's the end of the year.
We still have time.
I'm waiting any day now for ourreview to come out in my email.
I looked up last year's review.
I got it on the 20th ofDecember, so I'm thinking it'd
be towards the end of the month.
So there's still time.
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Share us with your friends.
Leave us a review whereveryou're listening to us, Play us
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See you next week.
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