70. Giving you ring upgrades, codependency, and compromise
Give It To Me Straight
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4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
If you like it, put a *bigger* ring on it. Guys, listen up! Wedding rings are just like cars. They deserve an upgrade every few years. In this week’s episode, Alex and Jon talk ring upgrades, prenups before marriage, and issues with having a codependent partner. If you break it down, marriage is very simple: take charge, make decisions, and upgrade your rings. Did we just solve marriage? Probably not but this is a good place to start.
0:00 - Intro
37:21 - The Seven Year Itch
39:35 - He Wants A House and A Prenup
44:59 - If You Like It, Put a Bigger Ring On It
48:48 - My Wife Doesn’t Have Goals
52:38 - My Husband Is Codependent
56:59 - The Big Wedding Compromise
01:03:35 - Societal Norms vs. What I Want
01:07:30 - Reading Your Secrets
01:08:48 - Recs of the Week
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:22.0 | Look at all that hair. And I go, what hair? She's like, you see these, these particles? She goes, it's like flowing in the wind, but it's your amniotic fluid. I'm like, what? She's like, oh, yeah, she's got a lot of hair. I'm like, the fact that you could tell, that's all you. That's your hair. Oh, we know. We know. You were born bald and that your mom tried to kill you. |
| 0:30.2 | And welcome back to Give It to Me Straight. |
| 0:31.2 | I'm Alex. |
| 0:32.2 | And I'm John. |
| 0:33.2 | And where are you? Your gracious, gracious, gracious, gracious host. |
| 0:39.4 | Okay, we have to start by saying what the biggest news of the day is |
| 0:41.1 | that we just found out |
| 0:42.2 | T-Swift |
| 0:43.6 | hot off the press |
| 0:44.9 | Kelsey |
| 0:45.4 | engaged |
| 0:46.8 | and this will be |
| 0:47.7 | this will be a month later |
| 0:48.9 | I know but we |
| 0:49.8 | we just talked about it |
| 0:51.5 | on like an episode that we recorded |
| 0:54.0 | recently and so I'm sure people are going to listen to that one and be like they're already engaged but like now We just talked about it on like an episode that we recorded recently. |
| 0:54.8 | And so I'm sure people are going to listen to that one and be like, they're already engaged. But like now it's real time for us. They're engaged. I mean, it's August. It's just so exciting. We've been waiting for this for forever. Officially we can- You're saying we, I don't care. You care. Why would I care? John, they might, what if they're like, Mr. Boof? |
| 1:12.5 | Will you film all right? |
| 1:14.4 | Actually. I'm saying we, I don't care. You care. Why would I care? John, they might, what if they're like, Mr. Boof, will you film our wedding? |
| 1:13.5 | Then I'll care. |
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