Dating, Boundaries & Emotional Growth with a Man Who Gets It | ft. B-Mac aka Brandon McIntosh
CockTales: Dirty Discussions
Kiki Said So & Medinah Monroe
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
This week we’re joined by producer and BET host Brian “B-Mac” McIntosh for an honest conversation about modern dating, boundaries, emotional growth, and what healthy relationships actually look like.
We talk about how dating changes in your 30s, why moving too fast in relationships can create chaos, and how men and women often misunderstand each other when it comes to vulnerability and emotional needs. The conversation dives into casual dating vs commitment, love languages, communication, and the importance of boundaries in modern relationships.
B-Mac opens up about fatherhood, co-parenting, career growth, and learning how to be emotionally available in a world where social media and public opinion never stop talking. We also discuss the pressure to share your life online, handling criticism, and the reality of building relationships while still healing.
If you’ve ever struggled with situationships, dating boundaries, emotional attachment, or figuring out what healthy dating looks like, this episode is for you.
In this episode we discuss:
• Dating in your 30s vs your 20s
• Boundaries in relationships
• Casual dating vs commitment
• Emotional maturity and vulnerability
• Love languages and communication
• Co-parenting and modern fatherhood
• Healing while dating
• Social media and relationships
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, yeah, check one, two, check one, two. |
| 0:04.3 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:05.1 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:06.5 | Hey, listen, man, it's the one and only trendset of DJ since, and you're listening to cocktails. |
| 0:11.0 | Dirty discussions with Kiki and Medina Monroe. |
| 0:13.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.6 | Today's cocktail is called the repasado and relax. |
| 0:23.6 | Okay, the ingredients you need to make that. |
| 0:26.6 | Two ounces of tequila repasado, a half ounce of agave nectar, or a half a teaspoon if you prefer it to be less sweet. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm gonna go ahead and do a fourth. |
| 0:34.6 | Two dashes of Angostora bitters, one dash of blood orange bitters, a small pinch of smoked sea salt, orange pill for garnish, |
| 0:43.2 | and luxardo cherry for garnish. |
| 0:45.0 | That sounds so tasty and beautiful. |
| 0:47.3 | So here's how you're going to make it. |
| 0:48.5 | You're going to add your tequila, your agave, your bitters, and the tiny pinch of smoked |
| 0:52.7 | salt to a mixing glass. Add the ice, stir for |
| 0:56.3 | about 20, 25 seconds until it's chilled and silky. Strain over a large ice cube in a rocks glass |
| 1:03.9 | and express an orange pill over the drink. It's a lot of words. Add the cherry. And if you |
| 1:09.6 | want to feel expensive and emotionally available, just go ahead and slurp that thing without a straw. |
| 1:16.3 | That sounds tasty. And we're actually drinking it today. |
| 1:19.9 | Welcome back to Cocktails Dirty Discussions, you guys. I'm Kiki Said So. |
| 1:24.2 | Hey, y'all. I'm Medina Monroe. |
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