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XYBM Clips: Her parents flew him out

Express Yourself Black Man

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Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Mental Health

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πŸ—“οΈ 3 September 2025

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If you want to listen to the full episode (XYBM 138) from this clip, search for the title: "Ep. 138: What it takes to Build a Life you Love with Your Person with Durelle Bailey” β€” it was released on: August 25, 2025

In XYBM 138, I sit down with Durelle Bailey, a motivational creator passionate about lifestyle, travel, and financial empowerment, for an inspiring conversation on building a successful life from the ground up. Durelle opens up about his journey from a challenging upbringing to creating success alongside his wife through faith, hard work, and strategic planning. We dive into taking ownership of your life, harnessing the transformative power of relationships, practical steps for financial stability, and the game-changing habit of setting goals and holding life meetings with your partner.
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0:00.0

And so I told you she's from Nova Scotia, can't.

0:02.1

Yeah.

0:03.3

And what's funny is around that time, even though I was going through all the stuff I was going through, at that time I was posting on Instagram, I would post like at that time you could post 15 second videos. Yeah. So I would get on there and I would drop a scripture. Okay. Or I would drop, you know, I would post a video about like, hey, even though you're going through something right now, there's a reconnection between what you're going through and where you're going through, where you're going in life, and God's got you. Like, it's funny, I was going through so much, but I was still ministering to everybody else on Instagram. And so her mom went through all those videos, and her mom fell in love with me. Right. And, um, okay. Yeah. I think that October, her parents actually flew me out to Nova Scotia. I ain't had no money. You got flew out by the parents. You got to be out by the parents. Oh, my God. They flew me out. What's crazy is I ain't had no passport. And, um, and, uh, yeah, I ain't had no passport. I had yeah, I ain't had no passport.

0:55.2

I ain't had nothing. Right. They bought the passport. They bought the flights. And if you know anything about Canadians, can they get the nicest people on the plane? I'll tell you that right now. And when I got there, they treated me like a king. Uh-huh. Okay. And they, you know, what's funny is, like, I, I felt more in love with her because of her family.

1:15.8

Right.

1:16.2

Like, her parents were in such alignment and locked step with one another.

1:20.6

And I had never seen black love portrayed in that way.

1:24.0

I was like, man, this is, you with your upbringing.

1:26.6

Especially with my upbringing. Yeah. Like, this is, especially with your upbringing. Especially with my upbringing.

1:28.2

Yeah.

1:28.3

Like, this is, this is exactly what I want to model my relationship after. Like, this is absolutely beautiful. I mean, I had a big, beautiful home, at a place on a lake. Her dad served 30 years in the military. She had a little sister. They were, you know, doing great things, right? And they didn't care that I was broke, busted, and disgusted.

1:47.9

They were, you know, doing great things, right? And, um, they didn't care that I was

1:46.2

broke, busted and disgusted. They were just like, we see, we see potential in you and she saw

1:51.5

potential in me, right? And so, um, and so yeah, man, we locked it in.

1:56.5

Bro, you got food out by the parents. Blown out by the parents, bro. It don't stop there

2:00.7

even. Yo. Yeah, I got flown out by the parents. Flown out by the parents, bro. It don't stop there even.

2:01.3

Yo.

2:01.9

Yeah, I got flown out by the parents. So how, yo, I can just, how old were you at that time? At that time, let me see, this is 2014. At that time I was 19 years old. 19 years old. You getting flown out. Y'all weren't, we are together? Man, we were like, we were boyfriend and girlfriend, I guess.

2:18.9

We were dating, yeah.

2:20.1

Okay, okay, okay.

2:21.1

We were dating. Now, y'all weren't, we are together? Man, we were, like, we were boyfriend and girlfriend, I guess.

2:18.9

We were dating, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. We were dating. I was just going to tell you, bro, normally, only, you only need, like, one parent. Right, right, exactly. And as long as you don't want to one thing, they can work on that. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? Exactly. I have both of them.

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