Being A Work Wife, Not Wanting Kids, And How To Ask Your Partner For Help ft. Claire and Erica
We Met At Acme
Dear Media, Lindsey Metselaar
4.2 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I virtually sit down with Claire and Erica from A Thing Or Two Podcast. We discuss relationship dynamics when you work together, being sure you don’t want kids, how fulfillment looks to everyone, living with friends, wanting to be like your partner, ebbs and flows in relationships and more. This episode starts with a solo where I discuss sabotaging relationships, dating “for fun”, distancing from friends who aren’t taking care of their mental health, and gift giving.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
| 0:06.4 | Hey guys, welcome back to We Met at Akni. I am really excited for this episode. As you know, |
| 0:12.4 | I always get so excited for our episodes. We have been focusing on a lot of women this summer |
| 0:18.4 | and you know, why not women are the best. We are going to be sharing episodes with men soon. |
| 0:25.2 | But right now, today's episode is with Claire and Erica and they are just brilliant. |
| 0:31.1 | And something that we talked about on the episode is not wanting kids and how that can |
| 0:38.0 | can and is so normal and it's not talked about. And I don't really think that I shared my views on it, |
| 0:45.7 | but you know, I have always pictured having kids. Like that's just something that has always |
| 0:50.9 | been a part of my story that I told myself. But I do think that it's okay if someone doesn't want |
| 0:57.6 | kids. And I remember I had a roommate years ago who was like, I don't want kids and I was like, |
| 1:01.2 | oh, that's because you're selfish in my head, obviously not to hurt because I'm afraid of |
| 1:04.9 | confrontation. And I realize that that's not that's not the right thing to think. Like maybe they're |
| 1:12.1 | the opposite of selfish. Maybe they know that they won't be able to provide a good life for their |
| 1:18.0 | kid or they won't be able to give the love that the kid needs. And maybe that's why they don't |
| 1:22.3 | want to have kids. Like we need to think outside the box about these things and not be so judgmental. |
| 1:28.0 | So I just wanted to get that out there. And then you guys wanted me to talk about sabotaging |
| 1:33.2 | relationships in your head. I mean, I'm the queen of sabotaging relationships in my head. |
| 1:38.7 | I was actually it was so funny. I was just watching TV with my boyfriend yesterday. And like we |
| 1:42.6 | spent so much time together. It's it's unwell. Like we need to stop. But we're living with my |
| 1:47.6 | parents and like we're living together and you know, it's quarantine. And he was like texting someone |
| 1:53.6 | and like I didn't know who he was texting. Like for the first time ever because we're usually |
| 1:58.0 | on top of each other. But we were like, I was in the middle of the couch and he was on the side. |
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