When I learned that I was worthy of self-love, a love that was worthy showed up.

My name is Andrea and this is adult child. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean.

Yeah, yeah, what you're holding on to.

What you're holding on to, but just let it all go.

What's making you slow now? Welcome back to adult child where we take a deep dive into the impact of growing up in a dysfunctional family.

Ahoy my dear shit shows, how we be doing.

For any new listeners, my name is Andrea,

formerly known as Awkwardly Tall Girl. I am a recovering shit show. You should be really glad I don't drink anymore, truly.

I once peed my pants at Aruz-Chris, completely sober.

What other embarrassing tidbits can I give you?

Oh, well actually, I meant to tell you guys this last week.

I don't know, should I, I feel like this is really just my

really weird out anybody who's new, but I'm gonna go for it, okay?

I'm gonna go for it. We use this beginning part to weed out to weed out those who aren't

going to be a good fit here, right? As I said, I am an acquired taste. So I was

talking with this guy like a week or so two weeks ago a week ago and it

turns out that he grew up close to where I grew up in the in the suburbs of Philly and we're

chatting back and forth and he makes a comment about him getting sent away to a

wilderness program and then a therapeutic boarding school.

And it actually turns out that he got sent to the same

wilderness program that my boyfriend got sent to.

It was called a cent.

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