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You know how it is.

You go through stuff, I'm sure you have, going through some stuff.

It was really hard to take when it happened, and then looking back like, hey, kind of glad that happened.

Wouldn't want to relive it.

Kind of glad it happened.

Here's one of them. I was talking to a neighbor the other night that just met. We're

sitting around at another neighbor's house.

And talking about social life in middle school and high school and my wife was standing with some other ladies and like that's my first

girlfriend first and last so it talked about not dating anybody in high school or having any relationships

with with girls and at the time that was miserable and he's like well looking back though is that

something you're glad I'm like yes totally am you't have, we talked about this on the show before,

too. You don't have to be in a romance all the time. It's like our culture does that to people,

especially young people, like, this is what it's all about. No, it's not. And it helps you to develop

in so many other areas that I wouldn't have otherwise. And I didn't need to be worried about it.

God ultimately met that need in my life, but I didn't need to worry at all. I'm actually glad it went down like that.

Okay, Christmas is coming up quickly, and especially like shopping time and all that. People are stressed out already. I just saw this.

And here's why.

We feel pressured to overspend on all sorts of stuff.

I saw this study.

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