When you're in a different stage in life, you're looking for mutual companionship.

At that point, you don't need to do anything extravagant.

You're just both living within your means.

But when you're younger, in your earning years with young children that you have to support,

then you have to prioritize both of you contributing.

Welcome to Cocktails and Gossip, the podcast where we drink cocktails, but you better believe we're going to spill the tea. We chat reality TV, celebrity blinds, and the hottest tea

from bravoin cocktails.com.

And as always, it's all alleged and just for fun.

We do not verify our blinds.

I'm B.

And I'm Amanda.

Let's get into this week's tea.

What's up, coxaler? Oh, I just talked over you because I'm like so excited to chat with you, ladies.

Yeah, there she is.

Guys, we're very excited.

Today we have the one, the only, MJ Mercedes Javid from Shaz. Welcome, MJ. You guys are the cutest. Hi. If I lived,

you know their name totally random. Are you still Mercedes Javid? Yes. No, I'm adding it. I have a

I have a beautiful philosophy. I believe we adopted it from

Brazilians and maybe Portuguese culture, maybe Spanish culture, somewhere in there,

or Italian culture, where you don't drop your name, you just add each other's names. So like,

for example, my son, his name will have my name in it too.

Even though his last name is fight, he's still going to have like Shams, Francis, Javid fight.

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