November 10, 2025 • 8 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the morning show
Love It.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Talking on the show about people who give up the
thought of a massive wedding with all the family and
all the friends and all the money spent, and just
like go to the courthouse and get married, or maybe
run away to another state just to get away from
everyone and just get married with the one you love.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I got Amanda from Akron. So, Amanda, is this you?
Is this really you? Amanda?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, Amanda's getting married in secret? Oh and then running
away to Tennessee. Are you getting married in Tennessee? Or
are you're running away to Tennessee after you get married
in secret? Tell us everything both.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm running the way to Tennessee to get married.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Wow, Now, why have you decided to oh do it? So,
why have you decided to do this rather than you know,
inviting everyone to the wedding and the big hoopla.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Honestly, so the whole process of this same has been honestly,
so much easier listening to you guys at Oh thank you,
you guys are wonderful.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Oh thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
But I was so serious listen, Okay, So I got
divorced recently. I know this sounds crazy. Okay, I got
divorce a year ago. The guy that I married was
my high school crush. Twenty two years later, here we
are getting married.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You know, you hear the story every once in a
while people got married to someone, they divorced them, and
they end up going back to someone they knew a
thousand years ago. And I think that's awesome. That's a
great story, a full circle story, it really is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But so the kicker is who I was married. I
was married to a female prior to all of this.
We were together for seven years, and it was a
very controlling relationship, like very narcissistic. I actually I've been
on air with you guys quite a few times. I
actually won a cruise with you guys, and I wasn't
allowed to take that cruise.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What wow, Yeah, because she was toxic and controlling.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Oh god, well goodbye. But now you're getting married. Yeah,
but why did you have this on the down low?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
It's just people probably haven't left to think about the
sac that I'm getting married directly a year after I
got divorced.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
There's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
But you don't think there's anyone in your circle that's
happy for you, that would love to celebrate with you.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I mean there is like my mom knows, his mom knows,
Like it's just the rest of everyone that we know
don't doesn't really know.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Okay that you know, it's your business, It's your decision.
I always hate when people decide to get married and
have a big wedding and they are so so careful
in considering everyone else's feelings before their own.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I mean, I understand the importance maybe having parents there,
especially if they're paying for.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
It, But you know what I'm saying, it's just like,
it's your decision. Gandhi, what do you think?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I have so many questions? Okay, So what is the
reason that you are doing it exactly a year after
you got Is there like significance to you in that?
Speaker 4 (03:25):
So we have kids, and my daughter has never had
her died in her life, and this is the first
healthy relationship that I've been in. And she looks up
to him. She's fifteen, and she looks up to him
like a dad. And she actually proposed to him and
asked him to adopt her. And he said absolutely.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Oh my god, what a lovely story.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Yeah. So I don't know if it's across the board,
but in Ohio you have to be married for six
months before or you can do an adoption process.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
My other question was going to be, do you think, like,
what is a time frame for you that you think
you'll be comfortable telling people or will there ever be
a time you're comfortable telling people?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Girl? Literally, as soon as it happens, then we're going
to be like, Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You just don't want people to try to talk you
out of it.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Not only that, but I don't want to hear any
kind of negative feedback. I guess you know, we're super comfortable.
I mean, I'm in my mid thirties, he as well.
We're just we've stayed friends since high school. We've always
kept in touch. It was either I was in a
relationship and he was single or vice versa. It was
(04:42):
never the right time, and it's finally the right time
for us. And I don't really want to hear any
kind of negative feedback from anyone to discourage that.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I get that good. I mean, it's so easy to go.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
I want to say, gandhi, this is my first time
being on air and actually being able to speak with you.
I'm so excited. I love you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Oh, thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yes, I love you too.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
You should marry Gandhi oh yea, yeah, he doesn't.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Want to get it. I am from Ohio.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
She's not the marrying time now.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
It's so easy to give advice to people like like
like you, Amanda, Like, well.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
You know, who cares what people say?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
You know, there's nothing wrong with like not giving them
an opportunity to say anything. I love the way you're
doing this. It's like, screw them. It's not about them.
It's about you and your happiness.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Absolutely. I mean, honestly, I feel like being in my thirties,
it's a little different. Like I don't want to spend
all of my money on this big, lavish wedding. I
want to go and make memories. I want to have
a small wedding and then go and have a good
time while we're in Gatlinburg and get pictures and make memories.
Because that's really, honestly, what it's all about. It's not
(05:50):
about the thousands of dollars I spend on everyone to
look at.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Me, I agree, What about you, Daniel, what are you thinking?
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I think that it's what she wants to do when
she's in love and she didn't care what anybody else thinks.
I think that, you know, and especially if she thinks
it's a really good thing for her child, because you know,
she said, you know, coming out of a crappy situation,
this is an amazing situation. And the fact that your
your daughter is the one that proposed and said adopt me.
I feel like kids also know things, like they have
(06:18):
little inklings into things. And I think she knows who's
a good person and who's not.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
You know, is a great story. I'm glad you shared
that with us, by the.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Way, and yeah, yes, and you guys, honestly, you guys
have helped me so much, Like when I was in
the marriage that I was in prior and listening to
you guys in the morning, it helped me so much
because there would be so days some days I was
like I can't do this, like I'm just don't even
feel like going to work. I just feel like sleeping
(06:46):
all day doing nothing, like I'm just miserable. And I've
listened to you guys, and you guys were your phone tapped,
like I just love everything. And and when you guys hurt,
I hurt, like it's I'm very empathetic. So I just
you guys a like family. And like I said, I've
been on air a few different times, like I've won
the phone taps and played match game, I won the Cruise,
(07:07):
I did the Brooklyn betting. I want to bed. I've
been on air with you guys a ton of times.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Wow, you've been here more than we've been here.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
I literally love you guys so much.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Well, thank you. You got to have questions, Carrie, Yeah,
I just want to know what's it like from going
from being with a woman to being with a guy.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
I can answer that. I mean, it's just it's not
I was with a man before. Obviously I have kids,
and then I was always interested in females. I thought,
you know, we'll just see. I had a you know,
some health complications, ended up having to have a hysterectomy,
(07:53):
and I was like, well, I can't have any more kids.
I'm just going to explore my options. And I found
her and we got married and it did not work out,
and I was stuck for about seven years. And I
did literally January second, right after New Year's It was
literally a New year last year for.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Me and my daughter.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Good for you, you know what, you've made that decision,
you know, and don't don't ever look at it like, oh, seven.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Years of my life wasted.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
No, it was all necessary to get you on this
journey that you're doing. For whatever reason, the universe wanted
you there in that relationship. But now look where you
are now.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Good for you. We're happy for you, Amanda. Good, good
for you and your family.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Yes, thank you so much. I mean we're counting down,
getting close.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
You know sometimes sometimes you can live happily ever after.
Go do it, and thanks for listening to us, Amanda.
We're very happy.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Thank you guys so much
Today's Daily Highlight from Elvis Duran in the morning show
Love It.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Talking on the show about people who give up the
thought of a massive wedding with all the family and
all the friends and all the money spent, and just
like go to the courthouse and get married, or maybe
run away to another state just to get away from
everyone and just get married with the one you love.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I got Amanda from Akron. So, Amanda, is this you?
Is this really you? Amanda?
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Yes, Amanda's getting married in secret? Oh and then running
away to Tennessee. Are you getting married in Tennessee? Or
are you're running away to Tennessee after you get married
in secret? Tell us everything both.
Speaker 4 (00:42):
I'm running the way to Tennessee to get married.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Wow, Now, why have you decided to oh do it? So,
why have you decided to do this rather than you know,
inviting everyone to the wedding and the big hoopla.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
Honestly, so the whole process of this same has been honestly,
so much easier listening to you guys at Oh thank you,
you guys are wonderful.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Oh thank you, You're welcome.
Speaker 4 (01:11):
But I was so serious listen, Okay, So I got
divorced recently. I know this sounds crazy. Okay, I got
divorce a year ago. The guy that I married was
my high school crush. Twenty two years later, here we
are getting married.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
You know, you hear the story every once in a
while people got married to someone, they divorced them, and
they end up going back to someone they knew a
thousand years ago. And I think that's awesome. That's a
great story, a full circle story, it really is.
Speaker 4 (01:44):
But so the kicker is who I was married. I
was married to a female prior to all of this.
We were together for seven years, and it was a
very controlling relationship, like very narcissistic. I actually I've been
on air with you guys quite a few times. I
actually won a cruise with you guys, and I wasn't
allowed to take that cruise.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
What wow, Yeah, because she was toxic and controlling.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Oh god, well goodbye. But now you're getting married. Yeah,
but why did you have this on the down low?
Speaker 4 (02:22):
It's just people probably haven't left to think about the
sac that I'm getting married directly a year after I
got divorced.
Speaker 3 (02:33):
There's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
But you don't think there's anyone in your circle that's
happy for you, that would love to celebrate with you.
Speaker 4 (02:40):
I mean there is like my mom knows, his mom knows,
Like it's just the rest of everyone that we know
don't doesn't really know.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Okay that you know, it's your business, It's your decision.
I always hate when people decide to get married and
have a big wedding and they are so so careful
in considering everyone else's feelings before their own.
Speaker 4 (03:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
I mean, I understand the importance maybe having parents there,
especially if they're paying for.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
It, But you know what I'm saying, it's just like,
it's your decision. Gandhi, what do you think?
Speaker 1 (03:14):
I have so many questions? Okay, So what is the
reason that you are doing it exactly a year after
you got Is there like significance to you in that?
Speaker 4 (03:25):
So we have kids, and my daughter has never had
her died in her life, and this is the first
healthy relationship that I've been in. And she looks up
to him. She's fifteen, and she looks up to him
like a dad. And she actually proposed to him and
asked him to adopt her. And he said absolutely.
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Oh my god, what a lovely story.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
Yeah. So I don't know if it's across the board,
but in Ohio you have to be married for six
months before or you can do an adoption process.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
My other question was going to be, do you think, like,
what is a time frame for you that you think
you'll be comfortable telling people or will there ever be
a time you're comfortable telling people?
Speaker 4 (04:13):
Girl? Literally, as soon as it happens, then we're going
to be like, Okay, So.
Speaker 1 (04:18):
You just don't want people to try to talk you
out of it.
Speaker 5 (04:20):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (04:20):
Not only that, but I don't want to hear any
kind of negative feedback. I guess you know, we're super comfortable.
I mean, I'm in my mid thirties, he as well.
We're just we've stayed friends since high school. We've always
kept in touch. It was either I was in a
relationship and he was single or vice versa. It was
(04:42):
never the right time, and it's finally the right time
for us. And I don't really want to hear any
kind of negative feedback from anyone to discourage that.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
I get that good. I mean, it's so easy to go.
Speaker 4 (04:53):
I want to say, gandhi, this is my first time
being on air and actually being able to speak with you.
I'm so excited. I love you.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Oh, thank you for calling.
Speaker 4 (05:02):
Yes, I love you too.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
You should marry Gandhi oh yea, yeah, he doesn't.
Speaker 4 (05:08):
Want to get it. I am from Ohio.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
She's not the marrying time now.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
It's so easy to give advice to people like like
like you, Amanda, Like, well.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
You know, who cares what people say?
Speaker 2 (05:19):
You know, there's nothing wrong with like not giving them
an opportunity to say anything. I love the way you're
doing this. It's like, screw them. It's not about them.
It's about you and your happiness.
Speaker 4 (05:29):
Absolutely. I mean, honestly, I feel like being in my thirties,
it's a little different. Like I don't want to spend
all of my money on this big, lavish wedding. I
want to go and make memories. I want to have
a small wedding and then go and have a good
time while we're in Gatlinburg and get pictures and make memories.
Because that's really, honestly, what it's all about. It's not
(05:50):
about the thousands of dollars I spend on everyone to
look at.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Me, I agree, What about you, Daniel, what are you thinking?
Speaker 5 (05:56):
I think that it's what she wants to do when
she's in love and she didn't care what anybody else thinks.
I think that, you know, and especially if she thinks
it's a really good thing for her child, because you know,
she said, you know, coming out of a crappy situation,
this is an amazing situation. And the fact that your
your daughter is the one that proposed and said adopt me.
I feel like kids also know things, like they have
(06:18):
little inklings into things. And I think she knows who's
a good person and who's not.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
You know, is a great story. I'm glad you shared
that with us, by the.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Way, and yeah, yes, and you guys, honestly, you guys
have helped me so much, Like when I was in
the marriage that I was in prior and listening to
you guys in the morning, it helped me so much
because there would be so days some days I was
like I can't do this, like I'm just don't even
feel like going to work. I just feel like sleeping
(06:46):
all day doing nothing, like I'm just miserable. And I've
listened to you guys, and you guys were your phone tapped,
like I just love everything. And and when you guys hurt,
I hurt, like it's I'm very empathetic. So I just
you guys a like family. And like I said, I've
been on air a few different times, like I've won
the phone taps and played match game, I won the Cruise,
(07:07):
I did the Brooklyn betting. I want to bed. I've
been on air with you guys a ton of times.
Speaker 3 (07:17):
Wow, you've been here more than we've been here.
Speaker 4 (07:21):
I literally love you guys so much.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Well, thank you. You got to have questions, Carrie, Yeah,
I just want to know what's it like from going
from being with a woman to being with a guy.
Speaker 4 (07:33):
I can answer that. I mean, it's just it's not
I was with a man before. Obviously I have kids,
and then I was always interested in females. I thought,
you know, we'll just see. I had a you know,
some health complications, ended up having to have a hysterectomy,
(07:53):
and I was like, well, I can't have any more kids.
I'm just going to explore my options. And I found
her and we got married and it did not work out,
and I was stuck for about seven years. And I
did literally January second, right after New Year's It was
literally a New year last year for.
Speaker 3 (08:14):
Me and my daughter.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Good for you, you know what, you've made that decision,
you know, and don't don't ever look at it like, oh, seven.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Years of my life wasted.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
No, it was all necessary to get you on this
journey that you're doing. For whatever reason, the universe wanted
you there in that relationship. But now look where you
are now.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Good for you. We're happy for you, Amanda. Good, good
for you and your family.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Yes, thank you so much. I mean we're counting down,
getting close.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
All right.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Congratulations.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
You know sometimes sometimes you can live happily ever after.
Go do it, and thanks for listening to us, Amanda.
We're very happy.
Speaker 4 (08:48):
Thank you guys so much
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