23. “I Do” Not Care About Your Feelings
Give It To Me Straight
Dear Media
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Weddings are full of fun, celebrations, and most of all….opinions. Unsolicited advice from family can make the already stressful wedding planning process even worse. In this episode, Jon and Alex talk through the struggles of dating in your 30s, the best way to motivate your partner, dealing with a sister who has wedding entitlement, asking why you didn’t get a +1 to the wedding, and when your first love comes back into the picture after 8 years.
(00:00) Intro
(18:03) Comparison Is The Thief Of Joy
(20:35) What’s The Best Way To Motivate Your Partner?
(24:43) Dating In Your 30s Is Hard
(26:12) Are There Rules For Picking Your Groomsmen?
(29:49) What Her Fiancé Doesn’t Know Won’t Hurt Him, Right?
(33:15) Wedding Entitlement Is A Real Thing And It’s A Problem
(37:29) Learn To Take A Joke
(41:11) Grandmas And Weddings
(44:52) Why Didn’t I Get A +1?
(48:49) Icks
(52:24) Listener Review
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| 0:00.0 | I don't think you're in the wrong all you're doing is I'm honestly what was the |
| 0:05.5 | engagement part she's nervous that she's gonna get engaged |
| 0:09.5 | shit I fucking know it's crazy this was the question that I edited for you to read. |
| 0:16.7 | So you have already read this and like you can't even... |
| 0:19.9 | I'm not gonna lie I was focusing on the camera to like see if I could go through the whole question |
| 0:23.5 | about breaking eye contact but I didn't I didn't do it. |
| 0:29.3 | And welcome back to Give It to be Great. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi, I'm Alex. |
| 0:33.0 | And I am John, and we are your gracious, gracious, gracious host. |
| 0:38.0 | Obie, lock it up. |
| 0:41.0 | He's just a scratchy boy. As soon as start talking he's like I'm up I'm up |
| 0:45.8 | I'm out he's become needier the older that he gets can you just lay down he He wants to always be there. |
| 0:53.0 | Look at your drink. |
| 0:54.0 | I know, well, look at the bottom. |
| 0:55.0 | That's why I put it back in the fridge. |
| 0:57.0 | Well, I know, but there was only one left. |
| 0:59.0 | There's a ton in the garage. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, this is what I got. |
| 1:01.0 | This is what you left me with. |
| 1:02.0 | So, thanks. Mine's a warm one from the garage. |
| 1:04.4 | Well, look, it's not. |
| 1:05.4 | It balances. |
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