Hi, I'm Kate. And I'm Lori. We've always thought that the most compelling story

strikes the perfect balance between an honest look at the mess of life and the humor that can be found in the mess.

To be perfectly honest, we don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times. We can spin from hard, We don't really know how to live life without both the humor and the authenticity.

Our podcast might be a little bit of whiplash at times.

We can spin from hard and deep to humor and laughing on a dime.

The hard will be really hard and the truths we share are the ugliest of humanity.

We don't intend to make it seem like it's all fine or to pretty up the pain.

But we also know that the joy we found is all the more profound because of the pain. So we hope you can stick with us through the ugly because there will also be joy and hope

and humor.

Welcome to the ugly truth about the girl next door.

I'll clip that right now, but I might leave it in.

Hi, welcome back to our podcast, The Ugly Truth About the Girl Next Door. I'm Kate.

And I'm Lori. And yes, the universe probably does hate us.

I didn't actually mean for that to be there, but maybe we'll leave it.

It is what it is. It is what it is. So today we are talking about, we're answering a huge

question that I've been asked repeatedly. Not only have I been asked, but I actually was talking

to a friend the other day who lives in New York City, who has another

friend of ours that lives in L.A., and my friend told me that this question is the number

one thing people ask her when she talks about, like when she shares my story with other people.

So the fact that that is out of our immediate areas suggests this is a question that even people who aren't naysayers are wondering.

So we need to answer that question.

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