297 | I will let you down

Couple Things with Shawn and Andrew

Shawn Johnson + Andrew East

Society & Culture

5.0 • 39.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This is the final episode in this series. After “It’s Not My Job to Make You Happy” and “We Don’t Need Each Other,” this conversation lands on a hard but honest truth: we will let each other down. This episode isn’t about blame or perfection—it’s about vulnerability, marriage, and the realities we don’t always say out loud. These conversations are shared with the hope that honesty might help someone else feel less alone. Please be mindful in the comments. If something resonates with you, we’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences. Love you guys! Shawn & Andrew Cove ▶ Check out Cove at https://www.covesmart.com/EASTFAM or use code EASTFAM at checkout for up to 70% off your first order. IQJoe ▶ To get your twenty percent off, text EASTFAM to sixty-four thousand. Text EASTFAM to 64000. That’s EASTFAM to 64000. Message and data rates may apply. See terms for details. Wildgrain ▶ Right now, Wildgrain is offering our listeners thirty dollars off your first box — plus free croissants for life — when you go to https://www.Wildgrain.com/EASTFAM to start your subscription today. Rocket Money ▶ Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at https://www.RocketMoney.com/EASTFAM Momentous ▶ Get up to 35% off your first order using our QR code on screen or use my code SHAWNANDREW to try Momentous Creatine Chews for yourself. Follow our podcast Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/shawnandandrewpods/ Follow My Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/ShawnJohnson Follow My Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@shawnjohnson Shop My LTK Page ▶ https://www.shopltk.com/explore/shawnjohnson Like the Facebook page! ▶ https://www.facebook.com/ShawnJohnson Follow Andrew’s Instagram ▶ https://www.instagram.com/AndrewDEast Andrew’s Tik Tok ▶ https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewdeast?lang=en (00:00:00) i will let you down (00:00:50) life updates (00:05:50) let’s dive into why “i will let you down” (00:09:16) being self-sufficient out of a “need” (00:11:03) the three statements in this series and how they were formed (00:20:20) setting the bar for ourselves (00:26:44) these words — what they mean to each other vs. their intent (00:32:47) the halo around our vows and the future (00:38:54) releasing silenced pressure (00:44:30) preserving the promise (00:47:50) humility and repair (00:52:06) exceptions to the fairytale (00:55:00) being each other’s beneficial adversary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? Welcome back to a couple things.
0:02.1	With Sean and Andrew. Today is episode three of a three-part series. We had no intention of filming.
0:08.3	It's called I Will Let You Down. This is one of the three sayings that I've said to Sean previously that she really doesn't like and I feel like I'm not saying them in the way I want them to.
0:19.9	It is so funny how this came about.
0:21.7	We ended up doing episode one a long time ago and reposted it for you guys, which was
0:25.9	saying one.
0:27.4	And that is, I am not here to make you happy.
0:30.8	Fast forward to episode two, which is another saying that we unpacked and talked about,
0:35.4	which you guys had so much great feedback for, which was, babe. We don't need each other. Yeah. And that has led us to episode three, which is, I will let you down. And we have a lot to talk about here. I love our philosophical debates. But first, before we get into it, let's give them a little recap of what has been going on in life it's been a lot actually
0:54.6	it's been a nice amount of things the kids have settled back down into school yes which is fantastic
0:59.9	yes we've settled into our home we have we don't have much travel on the calendar at all which
1:05.3	I'm pumped about but you know what we do have a lot of which has been a true dream come true
1:10.1	is hosting we've been hosting a lot we I which has been a true dream come true, is hosting.
1:11.9	We've been hosting a lot.
1:13.2	We, I think I tried to calculate it.
1:14.8	We have hosted about 70 people since January 1st.
1:20.3	That is not that long ago.
1:22.1	It's not that long ago.
1:22.8	It's not a long ago.
1:23.6	We host a lot of people.
1:25.1	That was a huge, huge thing for us in building this home is we wanted, we host a lot and
1:30.5	we wanted the capacity to host more.
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