A Real-Life Rom-Com: Mac & Tyler's Story!

For The Girl

Mac Bridges & Kenz Durham

Flirt, Christianity, Ministry, Faith, Cautious, Independent, Dating, Spirituality, Women, Rescuer, Quiz, Forthegirl, Religion & Spirituality, Romantic, College

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In this hilarious and very transparent episode, Mac invites her husband Tyler onto the podcast to finally share their full love story! From an age-gap romance and a snowstorm to a Zoom dating event with 300 women watching, this episode is packed with all the juicy, awkward, and sweet moments that brought them together. Whether you're single and waiting, dating with questions, or just love a good rom-com plot—this one's for you. We had so much fun recording this one and we hope you love it. In This Episode [00:00] Studio Shenanigans – Bare feet and backup co-host vibes [03:00] Why We’re Sharing This Now – Finally telling the full story [04:00] Mac’s Backstory – Single, 28, and living in her parents’ basement [07:00] Tyler’s Backstory – 21, heartbroken, and figuring it out in college [12:00] Virtual Fate – The Zoom call that changed everything [17:00] One Hour Before the Call... – Mac ends another relationship [20:00] The Zoom Date – Tyler’s moment to shine (and Mac takes notice) [23:00] Group Text Beginnings – Mac makes the first move 👏 [27:00] Talking, Dating & DTRs – Texts, FaceTimes, and visiting Nashville [35:00] Long-Distance + Big Conversations – What made them say yes [41:00] From “Too Young” to “This is My Husband” – Letting go of expectations [46:00] What We’ve Learned in Marriage – Honesty, humor, and God’s faithfulness If you’d like to partner with For The Girl as a sponsor, fill out our Advertise With Us form! Follow us! 📸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forthegirl___ https://www.instagram.com/macleighbridges/ https://www.instagram.com/kenzraedurham/ Subscribe! 🍏⁠Apple⁠ 🎧⁠Spotify⁠ 📹⁠Youtube⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.1	Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the For The Girl podcast, the podcast that will hopefully
0:19.8	make you laugh and help you to walk deeper in your walk with Jesus.
0:23.8	Today, we have my incredible husband, Tyler, on the podcast, and we are sharing our entire full story of how we met.
0:32.4	We like to think it's a good story.
0:33.8	It has a lot to do with a snowstorm, an age gap, a virtual dating event, all sorts of
0:42.1	fun little nuances to our story. So I hope you enjoy this episode. And thanks so much for tuning in.
1:06.8	All right. So we have one of my favorite, well, that sounds like already. We have my favorite person on the podcast. No, you actually are my favorite. One of your favorite podcasters. There's probably a more favorite co-podcast partner.
1:12.0	Oh, no, no, no.
1:12.9	Well, Ken's might be my favorite podcast partner, but you are my favorite life partner.
1:19.3	I can receive that.
1:20.2	In all things.
1:21.2	In all things.
1:22.4	If Kenz were here right now, we would know exactly what we were doing here.
1:26.6	I'm like, what, I don't know what's about to
1:28.3	happen. It could be a B. It could be a disaster. Yeah. I did just tell the audio engineer that
1:35.4	it's like I just got called up from JV. Oh, the JV team. I'm like the backup quarterback. Yes.
1:40.8	The starters down. Yes. And I'm okay. I'm okay with that. It's so funny because as we're recording this, Ken's due date is in like a couple days. She could be having a baby anytime now. And that's why you're here is because my main co-host is having a baby. We're letting her have some time. And you're joining us for a couple episodes. Did you know that if you touch a pregnant woman's belly that you receive a blessing?
2:07.4	I can't wait for kids to be back on the podcast as she can share this story that you're
2:11.5	alluding to.
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