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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This one or seven one.
Speaker 2 (00:01):
It's time to make a date or break on tip
in the morning.
Speaker 3 (00:05):
Hi, good morning.
Speaker 4 (00:06):
Tuesdays are the day that we connect about relationships. And
because I am just one woman, I brought in a professional.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
You guys know her.
Speaker 4 (00:15):
We used to refer to her as doctor Love, but
we just kind of call her by her real name now,
Lori Sharpage, good morning, Good morning. Let's talk about proposals
since we're heading into the holiday season. I don't know
if people still propose during the holidays or.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Not, but I just found this headline interesting.
Speaker 4 (00:31):
It's gonna ultimately lead to us talking about your proposals,
the different proposals that you've seen your friends go through,
maybe your own experience. I'm curious because there are two
things that those who have been proposed to would change
if they could. Okay, thirty nine percent of Americans would
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give their proposal an A plus.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
That's is that a lot? I mean an A plus
is high. I think that's a lot. Forty percent really
loved this. That's great.
Speaker 4 (01:02):
The two things about a proposal with the most popular
changes would be one the location. Thirty five percent of
people say that they would change the location in which
they proposed and the ring.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Ten percent of people.
Speaker 4 (01:17):
Ooh, I feel like now what I've heard from friends
who are in the stage of their life. For reference,
I'm thirty four, so a lot like half of my
friends were proposed to in their like later twenties, and
the other half are kind of just starting to get
proposed to.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
The ring shopping is a joint experience now.
Speaker 2 (01:39):
I think more and more it is a joint experience,
and I think that makes a lot of sense pragmatically,
because you're gonna wear it for the rest of your life,
they'll love it.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I'll never forget my roommate from.
Speaker 4 (01:50):
College, her fiance proposed to her with the ring that
just was not what she wanted, and then later in
life she went and kind of got it redone has.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
That come up across your desk. Absolutely.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
I actually have a friend that is in the process
of redesigning her ring right now. And I've had clients
that have gone through something tough together as a couple
and have actually redesigned their rings as a way to
memorialize getting through that. So there's lots of opportunities really
to revise the ring.
Speaker 4 (02:21):
Yeah, do you you're married? How was it?
Speaker 1 (02:23):
Walk me? Through what your proposal was like.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So we were down at the Covington Riverfront. It was
just a nice day. We had lunch and my boyfriend
at the time surprised me. So it was very simple,
very Cincinnati, and we got our wedding pictures done in
the same place.
Speaker 1 (02:40):
It was wonderful. Was it a surprise?
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Yeah, it was, and it wasn't because we were of
a certain age. We had bought a house together, you know,
we've done lots of things, so it wasn't a huge surprise.
Speaker 1 (02:50):
But yeah, more and more now.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
People are going through all those big phases that you
just mentioned with out getting proposed to or getting married.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Yeah, what's that conversation like? So today's marriage is a
legal pathway and that doesn't work for everybody. And I
think there's more space now to explore what a committed
relationship can look like without marriage, and there's lots of
different avenues that that can take. So I think there's
a lot more space for people to decide if marriage
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is something that they want in their relationship or if
long term commit a relationship without marriage is more their vibe.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
What's your opinion on getting with someone and like not
knowing if you want to get married or not. This
is maybe I'm being selfish because I'm asking for me personally.
I'm kind of like take it or leave it when
it comes to marriage, it just to kind of depends
on I'm a vibes person, not a facts person, so
it depends on the vibe of the relationship on whether
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or not I want to move forward with that. Is
that an okay position to get into a relationship.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
I think that is a beautiful way to handle yourself
because you're allowing yourself to figure it out day by
day by moment, and with these big things. A lot
of times we are grown up with these expectations that
we will do these things, and sometimes things don't work
out the way that we expect it. Speaking to the
other sixty percent of America who's not happening with.
Speaker 5 (04:11):
The proposal, yeah, expectations, man, But I do think there's
a space here to like, it's okay if you don't
know if marriage is something that you want.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
And sometimes we do meet the right person and we think, okay,
this is something we want, and sometimes it never changes
and that's okay, okay, Okay.
Speaker 1 (04:27):
I have one more thing for you.
Speaker 4 (04:29):
Thirty six percent of partners who proposed got down on
one knee.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
I feel like that's a low percentage.
Speaker 4 (04:37):
Yeah, what else are you doing if you're not getting
down on one knee?
Speaker 1 (04:40):
I don't know. I guess I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:42):
I'm having a hard time kind of conceptualizing that too.
It does seem like getting on one knee is the
is the process, but clearly there's a whole group.
Speaker 1 (04:50):
That are doing it differently.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Okay, my neurodivergent brain likes to do two things at once.
So here's what's coming up next.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
One.
Speaker 4 (04:57):
I would like to hear from you Cincinnati on some
of your pos stories. Talk back with Tiff on iHeartRadio,
whether you loved it, hated it. I always love a
good disaster story that we can laugh at later.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
Talk back with Tiff.
Speaker 4 (05:09):
If you want on iHeart, you can search kiss. You'll
see the microphone next to the play button or Lori
sharpage and I are in here now and you can
call five win three seven four nine one O seven one.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
While we're awaiting you.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I'm also gonna get us the top places to propose
to someone here in the Tri State. If you're looking
to do that, let's say over the next six or
so weeks with the holidays, so don't go far.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
Good morning, good morning.
Speaker 4 (05:34):
You're waking up with Tiff in the morning on Kiss
one oh seven one, in the midst.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
Of Make a Date or Break.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
It's where relationships and therapy come together on my show.
That's all you kind of need to know at this point,
I'm confused, Laurie. If you're not bending the knee to propose,
how else are you delivering the ring box.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Well, one time when I was at Hopper House many
years ago, was about that time when things are shifting
from like the normal dinner rush to the rowdy rush.
Someone stood on a on one of the benches and
started to propose, and the person they were proposing to
just stood up and walked out of the Hopper House.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
How many people were in the restaurant.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
I mean, it was pretty busy. Like I said, it
was about ready to kind of transition to the night
time party, so it was pretty full, and it got
really quiet when it all happened, and then they left
and then it just went back to normal.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
No, if you're just joining our conversation, Lorie is our
licensed clinical counselor, and I had found this article about
how only what was it?
Speaker 1 (06:31):
What was the percentage?
Speaker 4 (06:32):
Thirty thirty percent of people liked the way that they
were proposed to. In fact, there's two major facts if
you're planning on proposing that people would change. Number one,
the location shot out to Hopper House but maybe not ideal,
maybe not for them, And to the ring. So we're
in the midst of talking about just different proposals, whether
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or not you've loved the way that you were proposed to,
hated it, or if it was a disaster that you
can now let later if something happened.
Speaker 1 (07:02):
We'll start with you. Good morning, you're on the air.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
He proposed to me while we were clicking up the
lift hill of the Raptor roller coaster at Pier Point.
You were roller coaster junkies, and so he figured that
was the perfect way to propose.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Did you love it? Yes?
Speaker 3 (07:21):
It was the only year that they actually had video
cameras on the ride too, so we actually have a
video and you can just see me with the death
grip on a ring box.
Speaker 1 (07:35):
It was a.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
Twenty dollars It was a twenty dollars ring from Target.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Oh okay, okay, obviously.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
They want to you don't want to risk anything a
death grip on this ring box and I'm just crying
as we're on this roller coaster.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
And last.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
Oh my god, you didn't know it was coming, did you.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
I knew that it was kind of coming down the
line at some point, but definitely did not expect that.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Oh my gosh. I love that for you. Remind me
what your name is and what neighborhood you calling me from.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
My name is Molly, and I'm coming from the west
side of Cincinnati.
Speaker 4 (08:07):
Thank you for the call, Molly. I appreciate that. So, Okay,
that's a good one. That's a really good one. I
feel like that was definitely based on what their relationship was.
I promised that we would run through some of the
top places in the tri State too proposed to maybe
this is a future thing for you, maybe idea. I
can see some partners right now being like yeah, because
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I was about to google the same thing.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
So it's fine, we'll take care of it for you.
Speaker 4 (08:34):
The top places in Cincy are Mount Lookout Park, Alt Park,
Eden Park, and Washington Park. No matter what season you're in,
there's something about our parks that's just matched.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
We are so lucky, they're so beautiful.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Other ones that are popular and I hadn't heard of
this one.
Speaker 1 (08:50):
The zoo. Oh yeah, the zoo.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Getting getting proposed to in front of Fiona was quite
a thing for a little bit.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
I don't know how it smells.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It's just it's a very Cincinnati thing, like getting engaged
in the skyline.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Is that happening, I'm sure, I'm sure.
Speaker 4 (09:08):
I I think it really just depends on your relationship.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Absolutely it does, and there's no right or wrong. There's
all different nuance to this, as long as it matters
to you, guys.
Speaker 4 (09:18):
According to Google, I just did a loose Google search
of this as well, and feel free to contribute. Riverfront,
that's where you are, That's where I was. Twenty one
ce Museum beautiful in the Cincinnati Art Museum as well
was also a big one. Also beautiful places that were
also listed that I do not agree with.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Here we go bb Riverboat Woman tell me Ohio.
Speaker 4 (09:44):
Fountain Square, Yeah, it depends. And then Spring Grove Cemetery.
Speaker 2 (09:53):
Yeah, that one is a little it's different, but for
the right couple, I could see it being a dream
come true.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
And also be because I feel as if I have
to speak to everyone. If you are like me, and
you have no plans of having a proposal or getting
married at this point in your life.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Don't you worry. I'm right there with you, babe. I
appreciate you listening. All right.
Speaker 4 (10:16):
We are commercial free for a little bit longer. You're
more than welcome to share your proposal stories with us
and whether they were good, bad, ugly, funny, whatever the
case may be. If I've went three, seven, four, nine,
one oh seven one, good morning. We're just a few
minutes out from the three things you need to know
to get your day started. Here in Cincy on Kiss
one oh seven one. How much money do you think
(10:37):
Mike Tyson was offered for that butt cheek shot that
they got of him?
Speaker 1 (10:42):
How much? How much?
Speaker 4 (10:43):
I mean a few millies? I would think I'll have
that for you, Like I said, a couple songs from now.
We're in the midst of wrapping up Make a Date
or Break, which is where relationships and therapy kind of
connect on my show throughout the seven o'clock hour on Tuesdays.
Lori Sharpage is our licensed clinical counselor. We're in the
midst of talking about proposals. Yeah, there was an article
that came out about the percentage of people that liked
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their proposal versus the ones they didn't.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
We've run through some top spots to propose in the
Tri State.
Speaker 4 (11:11):
I forgot to mention this everything that I had talked
about with Cincinnati related there's not.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Much going on in northern Kentucky for proposals. It doesn't
seem that way.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
But yeah, yeah, I mean there's that ugly side of
the riverfront down there by, like where you park by
the Bengals. Well they did, oh you know what they
did redo that is on the Kentucky side.
Speaker 5 (11:31):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (11:31):
Anyways, we're in the midst of taking your proposal stories,
whether they're good, bad, ugly, something you can laugh at later.
Speaker 5 (11:39):
I am sharing my proposal story, which is my now
husband took us to the place that we went on
our first date, which was a park, and before that
we had sushi and then we went in pet puppies
and he proposed with a puppy and we had a
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little picnic date with sushi afterwards.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
I was great, mean puppies and diamonds.
Speaker 2 (12:09):
Oh my god, Oh my gosh, this is so great.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
This was such a great idea. That's sweet. I love effort.
Speaker 4 (12:14):
I think the one thing that you can remember is
partners like effort. If you put effort into it, babe,
I'm sure they'll love it.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
And intentionality too, like taking her back to where they
first met, that meeting there and then having the puppy.
Speaker 1 (12:26):
I love it.
Speaker 4 (12:27):
Okay, Well, I will be not no proposals for me
over the holidays, and I'm okay with that. And if
you're in the same boat, you got a friend in me.
Two songs from now will dive into the three things
you need to know to get your day started. Here
And sincey Lori Sharpage, thank you very much. She comes
in on Tuesdays and you can always find her at
the Coping Queen on Instagram. If you felt uncomfortable and
did not want to reach out to us this morning,
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that's fine.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
Thanks Laurie.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Thanks for having me.