Meet Me in the Middle: Effort Is Sexy & Y’all Acting Confused
CockTales: Dirty Discussions
Kiki Said So & Medinah Monroe
4.7 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
We’re joined by publicist and conflict coach, Adrienne, of the IPY Agency. We unpack the imbalance that shows up in dating and relationships — from emotional labor to planning, communication, and consistency — and ask: are we asking for too much, or are people just doing too little?
The episode dives into what “meeting in the middle” actually looks like, how compromise gets misunderstood, and why so many situationships feel one-sided. Of course, we keep it honest, a little petty, and very relatable.Topics Covered:
- What “meeting in the middle” really means in dating
- Feeling like you’re always the one putting in effort
- Unrealistic expectations vs. bare minimum behavior
- Why compromise shouldn’t feel like sacrifice
- Situationship dynamics and uneven energy
- Emotional labor and communication gaps
- Knowing when to adjust… and when to walk away
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, yeah, check one, two, check one, two. |
| 0:04.3 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:05.6 | Is this mic on? |
| 0:06.5 | Hey, listen, man, it's the one and only trend set of DJ since, and you're listening to cocktails. |
| 0:11.4 | Dirty discussions with Kiki and Medina Monroe. |
| 0:14.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.6 | Today's cocktail is called a public success and a private mess. |
| 0:26.2 | The ingredients you need to make that, which I hope y'all not. |
| 0:30.1 | It's two ounces of vodka, a half ounce of grenadine, a splash of lime juice, and a splash of soda water. |
| 0:36.5 | Here's how you're going to make a public success, |
| 0:38.4 | but a private mess. You're going to add the vodka, the cranberry, the lime juice to a glass |
| 0:43.0 | with ice, top that off with your club soda or soda water, lightly stir it and then garnish it |
| 0:48.4 | with a lime wedge and a few cranberries. And y'all, that is a public success, but a private mess. |
| 0:56.1 | Welcome back to Cocktails' Dirty Discussions, you guys. I'm Kiki Said So. And I am Medina Monroe. Hey y'all. It's been a while since we've |
| 1:03.4 | been in the studio. It feels like it's been so long, and it's only been two weeks. But we're here, |
| 1:08.4 | and we also have a guest this week. We are continuing our series, highlighting different women from all sorts of industries and all sorts of backgrounds. And it's been really cool talking to so many different women who are very different from each other to see, like, there's so many different things you can do with your life, so many different perspectives. And I hope you guys have been enjoying it. Yeah, I know that I've been enjoying it. And it's Women's History Month. So happy Women's History Month, everybody. We are continuing this conversation with women doing amazing things. This week, we have my girl, Adrienne, on. She's a publicist. She's an author. She has her own card game. And this week we'll be talking about conflict. She's also a conflict coach, which I know I always be meeting the conflict coach. I didn't even know they existed. So hopefully y'all enjoy this conversation. And I want to introduce my girl, Adrienne. Hey, y'all. Welcome, welcome. Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here with y'all. I'm happy that you're here. |
| 2:03.6 | So a little background. I met Adrian because last year, I talked about it on the show, |
| 2:10.6 | the well within your, the well within your reach foundation, tongue twister. They contacted me |
| 2:16.5 | DeBlair Tate and asked would I be a part of it? |
| 2:21.1 | And so I got an award and it was just, she, that that gala, it sparked something in me to be seen. |
| 2:28.8 | But people that you don't really know are watching. |
| 2:30.7 | It felt so good. |
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