Will Compton Talks How Crucial Communication Is & Thanksgiving Traditions | For The Dads

Summary

Bussin' With The Boys: For The Dads — Will Compton Talks How Crucial Communication Is & Thanksgiving Traditions | November 19, 2025

Episode Overview

This episode of "For The Dads," presented by Bussin’ With The Boys and hosted by NFL veterans Will Compton and friends, dives deeply into the daily realities, struggles, and joys of fatherhood. The main themes revolve around the importance of communication within relationships (especially with partners), the hard (and often hilarious) truths of being a dad, building and participating in the online dad community (Papa Team 6), and Thanksgiving/holiday traditions and preparations.

The tone is conversational, authentic, and frequently laced with humor as the guys openly discuss their wins, losses, insecurities, and “in-the-trenches” moments as both dads and partners.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Real Dad-Life Moments & Community Building

• Car Seat Fails & Diaper Dilemmas (01:55—04:09):
  • Will jokes about repeatedly forgetting the car seat base and his wife’s gentle reminders:

    “Hey, did you forget the car seat base, sweetheart? You gotta remind me in the mornings.” (02:45, Will)

  • Sherm admits to forgetting diaper changes before daycare:

    “I’m just dropping off a poop grenade to the daycare workers.” (03:38, Sherm)

  • Both find solidarity in the dad community, sharing “we’ve all blown it” stories.
• Community Structure & Roles (05:17—10:17):
  • Introduction of community tiers: Papa Team 6 (PT6) — for dads; Semen Team 6 — future dads; Funkles — fun uncles; Goon Berets — young wild cards.
  • The playful breakdown of which staff member falls into which category; Matt is dubbed an archetype Goon Beret.

Notable Quote

“We’re not the only ones who forget to change diapers or leave the car seat in the car. Dads are in the comments, putting other dads on game, telling funny stories. It’s refreshing—we know we’re all going through this together.” (04:51, Will)

2. The Importance of Communication in Relationships

• Slumps and Accountability (14:05—18:52):
  • Both hosts confess to being in parenting “slumps,” struggling to find time for themselves (workouts, routines), and propose starting an early-morning accountability text chain.
  • Openly encourage listeners to join in and support each other online.
• Partner Check-Ins & Emotional Transparency (36:07—43:46):
  • Sherm describes a vulnerable conversation with his wife Jill about feeling isolated, needing support, and being a better team.
  • Will shares a recent moment where his wife called him out for being distracted (on his phone), leading to a productive post-bedtime conversation about “presence” and resetting as partners.
• Therapy Wisdom (received by Derek):

  “The best advice I’ve ever gotten was from my therapist… You know, like, you know that’s a joke, right? I didn’t get anything for ‘winning’ the little debate with my wife. All I won was anger.” (50:11, Derek, recapping therapy lesson)

Notable Quotes

• “You gotta have a side quest in your life, that you enjoy, that feeds you personally. Right now, when I'm down in the dumps, I’ll latch onto more TV.” (35:00, Will)
• “If you’re not taking care of yourself, how are you going to take care of everybody else? You’ll do it, but you have zero energy for yourself—eventually it comes to a boiling point.” (35:42, Will)
• “These days, with kids and work and life, you get in these seasons where you end up more roommates than anything else… One thing I’d encourage is, after the conversation, make sure you get a date night or just something on the books.” (40:24, Will)

3. Sharing Listener Comments and Dad “Hacks”

• Support & Laughs from Listeners (11:14—23:10):
  • Hosts read and react to heartfelt and humorous comments from their Papa Team 6 community; shout outs to dads in mental health slumps, dads with teething babies, and first-time listeners.
  • “Dad hacks”: Frame your kid’s art in a way you can swap out new pieces (21:10); throw an art show at home for your child’s artwork.

4. Honest Talk About Fatherhood, Presence, and Traditions

• Grimm Fairy Tales & Life Lessons for Kids (55:35—66:51):
  • Will discusses moving from picture books to classic Grimm Fairy Tales with his daughter, Rue. The stories prompt challenging questions about good and evil, death, and morality, which he navigates with humor and honesty.
  • They riff on redirecting kids’ questions back to them to engage their imaginations.

Notable Moments

• “Should we really be talking about death and cutting open wolves’ stomachs at bedtime? Look, we bought the book, so I guess this is okay!” (65:29, Will)

5. Thanksgiving and Holiday Traditions

• Scheduling, Hosting, and the Power of ‘Having the Kids’ (82:05—89:27):
  • For families with young children, “having the kids” bestows leverage over holiday plans (location, hosting). Will and Sherm discuss balancing obligations to both sides of the family and making their own traditions.
  • “You have all the leverage. You got the kids. You call the shots—parents gotta bend the knee!” (85:06, Will)
• Turkey Debate & Dad Cooking Challenges (95:10—103:05):
  • The group debates the best way to prepare a Thanksgiving turkey: smoked, fried, traditional baked, or “Incan underground oven.”
  • Chef Jack is handed the family turkey-making torch for the first time—amid much teasing.

6. Call-Ins & Listener Emails: Trenches, Triumphs, and Tears

• Listener Calls (114:19—125:14):

  • Stories from dads in the trenches of newborn sleep deprivation, “code brown” potty training disasters, and the surprising joy (and mess) of bath-time.
  • Recurring theme: “Fatherhood is literally the best thing in the world, but it’s also literally shitty sometimes.”

• Emails from Milk Team 6 (Partners/Wives) (125:42—139:10):

  • Warm, often emotional messages from wives praising their partners, reminding the guys (and listeners) that their daily efforts are seen, loved, and deeply appreciated.
  • Touching stories include a husband recovering from a life-saving stem cell transplant and a wife awed by his strength.

Notable Quotes

• “Life is not going to get easier. It’s always going to get harder as you get older.” (156:34, Sherm)
• “Your oldest teaches you how to be a dad. Your youngest teaches you how to slow down. Both, without knowing it, are raising a better version of you.” (149:35, Will)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• On Community:

  “We’re all in the trenches together, bro.” (18:52, Will)

• On Self-Care:

  “I feel so selfish saying I need to pour into me more—but if I don’t, at some point it’s going to come to a boiling point.” (35:08, Sherm)

• On Communication and Conflict:

  “How do you get from the opposite side of the table to sitting next to your partner, solving the bigger problem? You gotta ask yourself ‘why?’ about five times.” (51:49, Will)

• On Being a Team:

  “This is my life partner—if anyone’s gonna have my back, it’s her, and we just needed a reset to remember to pour into each other.” (38:58, Sherm)

• On Parenting Milestones:

  “These aren’t the years you get through—these are the years you’ll miss, and the version of you they remember, you’re building right now.” (149:35, Will)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Dad Fails & Community Introduction: 01:55–11:14
• Listener Comments & Support: 11:14–23:10
• Physical & Parenting Slumps: 13:50–19:18
• Community Ranks & Roles: 05:17–10:17
• Communication with Partners, Emotional Health: 36:07–47:32
• Parenting Reflections, Bedtime Presence: 43:46–55:35
• Grimm Fairy Tales and Kids’ Questions: 55:35–66:51
• Holiday Leverage & Thanksgiving Prep: 82:05–103:05
• Listener Voicemails & Emails: 114:19–139:10
• Lessons of the Week (Gratitude & Perspective): 148:58–157:06

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Host & Guest Banter — Original Tone Preserved

The guys maintain their signature quick-witted, playful banter throughout, poking fun at themselves and each other, but don’t shy away from vulnerability and sincere reflection. The authenticity of their struggles (in parenting, self-care, and relationships) make the conversation especially resonant.

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Concluding Lessons

Will’s Lesson:
“You don’t realize how fast the early years move until your second kid turns one. These aren’t the years you get through, they’re the years you’ll miss... Your oldest teaches you how to be a dad; your youngest teaches you how to slow down.” (149:33–151:02, Will)

Sherm’s Lesson (via Jill):
"Sit back and really find the things in your life that you are thankful for... Life is good. Remind yourself how good your life truly is, because you used to beg for the things you have now." (153:19–156:00, Sherm, via Jill)

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Final Words

The episode is an honest celebration of both the chaos and the beauty of family life, the power of community, and the critical need for empathetic, intentional communication with loved ones—even when it’s messy. The guys encourage fellow dads to show up, stay present, have those hard conversations, let yourself laugh at life’s absurdities, and cherish even the “trenches” while they last.

Closing:
"Being a dad’s pretty cool, dude. Being a mom is pretty badass, too. Love you guys, Papa Team Six out." (158:59, Will & Sherm)

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Papa Team 6, stand up! Keep the comments, emails, and voicemails coming. You’re not alone—everyone’s in the trenches together.

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Transcript

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Papa Team six Welcome to another episode of for the Dads. I hope your trash is taken out. I hope your the school lunches are packed. I also hope you forgot to take out the car seat from your vehicle to give back to your wife so she can put it in her vehicle. That's what I'm dealing with right now. I got a text right before we logged on here and it's my it's my wife. Do you have Scotty's car seat base with the. With this emoji?

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The.

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Is it to the point where it's becoming a joke now?

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It's happened a few times. Yeah, it's happened a few times.

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That's a good thing.

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Yeah. You. Yeah, that's good. Hey, forgot the car seat. Good. Oh, what is it? Sue me. Oh, sue me. I took the kids to breakfast on Sunday morning, needed the car seat base, and every time we get back home, I just.

[C]

It. It fleet.

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It just goes through the brain.

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Yeah.

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And I forget. And then it's. It's in the weekday. Charl might be trying to take him to work so the nanny can come pick Scotty up there. And it's. Hey, did you forget the car seat base, sweetheart? You gotta remind me in the mornings.

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Heart emoji. Heart emoji. Heart emoji. I sure did, sweetie.

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Yeah.

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I love you.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's one where it's like, dude, the car seat bases, they make them so easy. Right now, I. Listen, I've blown. I've blown it with any brand that I use because I don't. I don't really know what I use. I think it's the nuna.

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Let's go. Let's go find out after the pot. By the way. We got to lock this in.

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But the car seat bases that you just kind of snap in and then you put the car seat on top. No, like using the seat belt and doing on the maneuver. Like the wrestling in the back seat, you got to do. So when the car seat base is in my truck.

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Yeah.

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She's got to be in the backseat wrestling the seatbelt to get her locked in. But that's what I'm dealing with right now, dad.

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I'm dealing with forgetting to change Scarlet's diaper before I take her to daycare. I obviously change it when she wakes up, but I'm just dropping off a poop and grenade to the daycare workers.

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And usually what's crazy, too, is you'll smell it and you'll just be like, I know what's going on.

[C]

Right.

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I'm handing you a grenade right now. I'm. As I look you in the eye, I'm going to pretend that I don't smell anything.

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Have a good day.

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Or. Or they take her like, oh, oh, you got a little sticky, T. Oh, she must have just did that. I just changed her before I got her in the car.

[C]

That just happened.

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That's crazy. It's a podcast for the dads the wins, the losses. We just essentially talk about our experiences as fathers. My dog Sherm, or also known as Fat Stafford on the show, he has a four month old, five month old Scarlet.

[C]

Yep.

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Beautiful baby girl. I have a three year old Rue and a one year old Scotty who just turned one last week. Reasons, reasons. What are the reasons why people tune into the show, Sherm?

[C]

Community.

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Community. That's probably, that's, that's number one.

[C]

Dads are just straight up in the comments putting other dads on game, telling funny stories themselves. I barely laugh at, at some of the comments.

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I do too. It, it's, it's almost feels like it's just refreshing that we know we're all going through this together. Yes. Like we're not the only ones who just forget to change our, change the diapers or forget the car seat in the car.

[C]

Yes. It, it makes you realize how human we all are and it just makes life that much easier as you're. I, I keep on, I'm grading myself too hard and I see the PT sickos in the comments. I'm like, okay. I'm, I'm in the dredge as well.

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It's okay. And for those new people tuning in, our, our community is called Papa Team 6. If you are a father, if you are somebody who to be a father, that means you're going through BUDS training, breeding until dad status. If you are not a father, not looking to be a father soon. We have those listeners. We have that kind of community as well. We sure did. Where they just love to tune in and listen to dad's talk shop, maybe excite them about becoming a father one day. Maybe they're like, this is the birth control pill that I need to not be a dad right now. Either way, that your community is called Semen Team six. St six. The leader. The head honcho of that is Chef Jack over there. And then you got the Funkles, you got the fun uncles. We got Deke in the back. He's been ripping. He's been ripping with the boys. What's so funny?

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I just, I love it. The captain is Semen Team six.

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He's the captain.

[C]

He's the captain.

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He's, he's the leader.

[C]

He is. He definitely is.

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He's the leader and all.

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And the Funkles, headed up by Deke. We're, we're just covering everything.

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We're growing the family, man.

[C]

We are.

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Don't ever go against the family.

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Hey, do not go against the family.

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And the way you do go against the family. Is by not subscribing to this channel. If you are a new viewer, even if you're a current viewer and love listening to this show, just do the boys a favor and make sure you. You are subscribed to the channel. I believe we're getting close to 10,000 subscribers. We might be, what, 1500 away or. Yeah, 1500 away.

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That sounds about right.

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That sounds about right. 1500 away from 10,000 subscribers on the channel. If you're listening to us on audio with Spotify or Apple, maybe you're listening to the boys right now with the ad free. The automated ads out by going to our. For the ads channel on Spotify or Apple. Just again, make sure you are following and subscribe to the channels. Across the board. Across the board. We're also on social media at. For the dad's pod. Give us a little follow. Give us a little follow.

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And that's across the board.

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That's across.

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That's Tik Tok, Instagram, Twitter. Yeah, the Amazon one.

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Formerly known as Twitter. The Amazon one. Yeah. Reddit. Is there a Reddit page out there yet?

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There is a Reddit page out there.

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I kind of need a se and team 6 Reddit page. Yeah, I think that one would be.

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More fun with the goon beret. Yes.

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There's also goon berets out there. Those are our wild cards. Those are the young cats. Those are the young cats out there.

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We.

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Is that.

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Is Matt in that division or did we.

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I would say Matt, who's one of our social media producers for busting with the boys. He is 1000% a goon beret.

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Yeah.

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Yeah. I have video evidence that proves that Matt is on the fun dudes to be around.

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You know, they're guys guys, but they also got a little D bag in them.

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I could already see Matt's reaction. He's gonna go throw the hands up, make it way too dramatic.

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Oh, now they're talking about me.

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Okay, he'll never watch this.

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Maybe his dad does a quick.

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A quick thing. While we're on this topic, where's Jared Beeman Demon? I said, did we discuss this? Because he wanted to know where he fell in on stream.

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He did.

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He was very. He, unlike Matt, would watch this and would love to know because he was.

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Already interested in like, because we'll be on our Thursday Night Football stream. So anything we have going on with busting with the boys, say we're streaming. We'll have Papa Team Sixers jump in the chat, be like pt6 for life or shout out P. So we'll start calling it out because we know. We know what it is with Papa team six.

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Yeah.

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And then it peaked Jared's interest. Like, hey, what do you guys got going on? We were kind of breaking down the communities and the tears to him.

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And I'm seeing all these sickos.

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Yeah, I'm seeing all these sickos. I want to be a sicko. Like, you'd make a good sick.

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He would.

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I. I personally think he. He.

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He's.

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He's. Right now he's in the semen team six. He's in the semen team six. He's got himself a lady. They live together. He's not in BUDS training. They're not. You know, it's not like they're wanting kids anytime soon. So he's a prime candidate for semen team six. He's not a goon beret. He's more. He. He's. He's matured out of the goon beret status.

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And I have evidence that he is full semen team 6 from this past weekend. We did a little hangout with him and McKinney.

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That's right.

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And then Franklin, he was talking big.

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About how he did this weekend, and.

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I don't mean it either way about his performance.

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He was telling me about how well he. He did. So I'm excited to hear the truth.

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He did do one thing to how he did more than one thing, but he did do one thing to help me on Saturday. He looked at me and he goes, talk about that on the pod.

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The difference, people might be wondering, like, you got a couple young cats. They're in their 20s. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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What separates Jerry from being semen team six and Matt being a goombre. Jared has his own responsibilities. He pays his bills. Matt sleeps. He's. I think he sleeps on a race car twin with his parents right now. Like, he's ripping around. I know he hate. If he listens, he's going to hate hearing it. But to me, that's the separation of a Goomba Ray and a semen team sixer.

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No, I. I think he would fully agree. And when we told him that he was a Goomba, he got excited about being a Goomba. And I think that that is a telltale sign of a true Gooner.

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Y. Yeah.

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Of a true Gooner. And so I think he is not only happy to be in the Goomb race, but he could be an early leader of the Goombas.

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Yeah, they need one. Yeah, he could. You know, he's gonna love this breakdown. Rizzo oh, really is gonna love this. Yeah, Matt.

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Matt's definitely goobering.

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He's gonna be sitting there sipping his cough.

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I seen that, kids.

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I forgot my car seat. Base 2, my, you know, my truck. But that mad sleeping on a race car bed.

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That's of a.

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Them boys are funny. We kind of got on. We kind of got off the rails there a little bit. We did, yeah. Let's bring it back on. Ways to get on the show. Sherm said it. The reasons we love this community or reasons we love this brand so much is because of the community. We love engaging with the community. So if you leave comments across our social media channels or in the YouTube comments.

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Yep.

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We love shouting out people on the pod. You can also reach us by calling into hotline 601 the Dads, where we play a couple voicemails toward the end of the episode. We also read emails. If you are not able to call in because you are on international soil, we've covered that 601 the dads. Gmail.com you can shoot us an email. We will cover those things toward the end of the episode. And so let's just shout out some comments, please, people that just love the pod right now. This is from DJK 2500. Good morning, fellow PT6ers. Happy birthday, Sherm. Love the pod, Ontario. That's why I asked you when your birthday is, because I'm thinking, hang on, is it Sherm's birthday today and we're not.

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Hey, that's. That's how you make sure your comic gets read. By the way, there was a lot.

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Of confusion about whose birthday it was last week. Despite everything saying Scott Zilla. There were a ton of comments saying, happy birthday, Sherm. So I have no idea you are Scottzilla, but there are a lot of Happy Birthday, Sherm comments.

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That makes. Yeah, that makes sense.

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I did get a DM of a happy birthday that I scrolled past because I thought it was a bot. And I thought like the, you know, I thought it was like one of those fishing things. It's like, happy Birthday. Join my crypto investment thing.

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Sometimes I just enjoy texting people Happy Birthday, just randomly. And I thought that's what he's doing is just being like, happy Birthday. Sure.

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But, dude, what a legend. What was his name again?

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DJK 2500DJK.

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I'm gonna bank that. I'm gonna remember that on May 24th. Thank you, DJ K. We made a fun graphic.

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We made a Scott Sil graphic. It took me like an hour and a half to figure out the font to get the flaming the the flame bond came in. I had to call in Cooper Comstock.

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So you know great birthday birthday graphic.

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Oh yeah.

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The the fear a little head on Godzilla.

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The fear will Compton PNG is gonna come in handy. I feel like many a times you.

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Talking about me dresses fear.

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Yeah I know with Scotty blowing the fire on you. This one comes from Jake Ryan on YouTube. Jake says first like and top 10 and views on this one. Going to be a good day. Only thing that will top it is when my kids run in and hug me when I get home from work. Keep up the great work guys. Makes every Wednesday at the office a little better. Hashtag pt6.

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Shout out man.

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Shout out.

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I got one here from on Spotify. You can leave comments on Spotify boys. Tom de Armit. I needed this podcast more than you all know. Thank you for always keeping it real and help me get out of this slump I'm in. Glad to hear I'm the the only one mentally going through it as a dad to a six month old baby girl. Yeah, he's in the, he's in the trenches right now.

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He's in the trenches.

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He's in the trenches right now, dude. Yeah, slump, it's there it goes in phases. I'm currently in a slump right now.

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I. I am as well. We talked about this. I have like a little bit follow up with my slump but could not agree more with his comment.

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Yeah, dude, I've been, I've been sleeping till it's time to get up and get the family rolling. Like I haven't been getting up early and working out and it just pisses me off every time I walk to the truck and I've handled like Charl, go up do get rude dressed and everything. I'll start whipping up. I do the. I'm the I'm the kitchen guy. Yeah, I'm getting breakfast ready for Charo, get breakfast ready for Scotty and Rue. I'm packing the school lunches, I'm getting the snacks. We're in a great rhythm with that. But I knocked that out of the park. And every time I walk to my truck with my backpack on and it's about, you know, this morning it was like 7, was it like 7:52 in the morning? Walking out to my truck, looking at my truck, just sizzling internally like bro, you've got to get your together as far as taking care of myself, it frustrates me when I'm not like on my routine.

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Yeah.

[A]

So the slump on, man. It's like the. The time change is getting a little colder. It's getting dark sooner. I tell myself I'm gonna work out at. At night time when the kids go down. I don't do it. I talk myself into, hey, I gotta study for football. I do study, but also, it's like, I could get this in if I truly dialed it in and focused. And then I'm like, oh, I'll get up early in the morning because I'm getting to bed at probably around 11 at night. I don't wake up at 5:45 or 6:00am I. I don't even snooze it. I just turn it off because I'm like, I know, Charles. Go me up when it's time to get rolling. Around 6, 45 or 7, I sleep into that point. I get up, do my thing, and I mean, I wax it in the kitchen. But I'm in, like, that slump right now, just feeling my dog mentally. Like, mentally. I know it's going to snowball on me. Not to where I project. I hope not. Anyway. It's gonna be one of those ones where you're sick and tired of being sick and tired. And then I'm gonna be. And what I don't want to do is I don't want to wait till New Year's to be like, this is my New Year's resolution. That pisses me off to my core. If I become one of those people that's like, oh, here's my New Year's resolution. Like, I want to start doing it before. And I. I need to shout out you. Tom, thanks for tuning in.

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I have a proposal for you.

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Fire comment. Okay.

[F]

I have a proposal for you.

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Go ahead.

[F]

I just started a morning workout thing I've been trying to do. Get up at 6am, hit the gym before work happens, because after work, I drive. I live a little bit away with my mom and dad, so getting. I just don't feel like it. When I get done, if you want, we can be accountability buddies, because I have to be up pretty much every day by 45 to get to the gym. It's an offer.

[A]

What's the proposal? Texting each other around that.

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Yeah, we're just making sure that we're up and going.

[A]

Yeah, I would love that. Should we all do it?

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I'll be down.

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Yes.

[C]

I think. Hey, I think that's a great idea. We should all do it.

[A]

Sure, sure. I'll look over at Germany.

[C]

Can I. Can I actually tell you something? I gave Chef this idea Yeah, I said, chef, we should all be. You did accountabella buddies with the morning workouts.

[D]

That's right.

[A]

Do you feel like that's where he was? Like he was remembering that's where he's getting it from? I feel like you guys had a conversation, and it's just. Now it's manifesting his own idea.

[F]

Sherm came to me and he's like, hey, I'm gonna throw you a button here. That's what it was. You can get, you know, in with the boss. With the boss, man.

[A]

That's the angle.

[C]

That's a Stephen Team 6 are looking out for his boy. I was more so covering for the fact that I could not be more not down for that idea, but I need to be down for the idea.

[A]

Let's be down with that idea.

[C]

We need to be down with that. Sherman needs to be down with that idea.

[D]

Yeah, what. What time we start?

[C]

Yeah, what time?

[A]

5, 5, 4. No, hang on now. That was Derek. Sit your fun uncle ass back up.

[C]

Hey, that wasn't Derek. That was.

[A]

5:45.

[F]

I'm down with that.

[A]

5:45 grace period until 6.

[F]

So 5:45 to 6.

[A]

You have a grace period. 5:45 to 6.

[F]

I'm in on that.

[A]

Yeah. If not. If you don't, you get swirly. Oh, oh.

[C]

You have to start your workout.

[A]

Yeah, we're. We're up.

[D]

No, just.

[A]

You handle your morning routine however you want to handle your morning routine. Do not. You cannot hit the group chat. But then just go back to sleep.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

Oh, that would be.

[A]

That'd be diabolical.

[C]

This, actually.

[A]

But that's how we do it. That's how we keep each other accountable. And maybe if the community, if they're like, in with it too, like, maybe we could just. Whether it's a bad signal, we put up some gift in the mornings that.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Like selfies out of the bedroom.

[A]

Selfies out of the bedroom.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But if we just drop a certain emoji or a gif or whatever it is, no selfie, and people can start engaging with it. Whatever. That's the way we can. All the community. Yeah, I do like that.

[C]

I love.

[D]

I love.

[A]

Again, shout out Tom for bringing up this slump face. We are all. We're all in the trenches together, bro.

[C]

We are.

[A]

I know he's got a six month old at home. Very similar to yourself.

[C]

Yes, yes. And that actually goes into a little bit of my schedule change stuff that I've been trying to implement for the slump, so I don't know why I'M fighting this morning routine so much because I'm kind of implementing it and I already love it. Okay, so we'll dive into that.

[A]

We're diving into it.

[C]

We'll dive into it. Barker on YouTube said PT Sicko, a three month old baby boy already starting to teeth and crying uncontrollably. Good, good. Put on for the dads. And he stopped crying immediately and was locked in on the pod. Much love, boys. Wolf emoji.

[A]

Shout out to PT Sicko.

[C]

Come on, Barker.

[A]

We got one here from West Coast Savage on YouTube. First night, first time listener, future long time listener. Then EK chimes in, says, great sod, let's go. That's it. That's all, that's all we got. That's just a great, great first time listener, future long time listener.

[C]

I.

[A]

It fires me up. It tickles my pickle. When it's like somebody, they have a new kid and they just come across the episode, they come across one episode or people say like they hold themselves to a standard of. I didn't want to leave my first comment until I was all the way caught up because we're only what, 23 episodes in.

[F]

Yeah, episode 24.

[A]

This is episode 24. Like we're, we're, we're new, we're newborns right now. We're in the newborn phase. But I love the fact that the PT sickos, they understand the assignment with Papa Team 6. And it's like my comment ain't working worth of until I get all these episodes.

[C]

I got to earn my stride, got.

[A]

To earn the badge.

[C]

And I love all the intro stuff, like the, the comments that I'm getting from the dads who are very soon to be dads. And those guys are the ones that are really starting to like lock in.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I have another one from Toby Bradford.

[A]

Read it.

[C]

6116. He said, dad hack. Get a frame for your kids art. They make a frame that has a really deep backing so you can stack new pictures over each other whenever they make a new piece of art.

[A]

I fucking love that.

[C]

That's a great dad hack.

[A]

Because one thing that we've done, Charl got this big container, like this long container where basically all of rue her art has went into and we've like stored it. And I just think in my mind because I saw some sicko out there like building this incredible collage that I will never be able to put time and energy into. Okay. Be able. That's. I am too lazy to put that time and energy into making this collage type of art piece that he made. I would love for that to be in my.

[C]

All the kids art is one artbeat piece.

[A]

Like yeah, but all this together sign. He's using a bunch of different stuff. I'm talking Elmer's glue. I'm talking massive frames pieces. He got a flamethrower out at one point. But anyway, hearing that dad hack gases me up because I think that is an incredible, an incredible idea because we have all the art pieces, there's gonna be something we want to do and I think that would be. I think that'd be badass.

[C]

That would, that would be badass. Another dad hack that I've seen. It's one of my favorite, like tick tocks I've ever seen is these parents hosted an art show at their house of their little five year old's work. And they had them like hanging in all these, you know, like fancy frames and stuff.

[A]

Stuff.

[C]

And then they just had a projector shooting onto like their living room wall of like all of her work kind of cycling through. And they got her a bar stool to like sit next to the projector so she can sit there to like answer questions for people that were coming to her art. That is it.

[A]

Awesome, man.

[C]

Bro, it was one of the best things I've ever seen. One of the best things I've ever seen. My mom's an artist, so I love that kind of stuff. But that's all time. Oh yeah. Sean Moore, 3610. On YouTube, Sean Moore says, I'm hoping you can give a quick shout out to my boy Jalen. Shout out Jalen. Why you ask? He's a fellow PT6 or an avid listener who just turned 31. Shout out Jay.

[A]

Shout out Jalen. Happy birthday, Jalen31.

[C]

You'll love this part. In college, all we used to eat were chicken dinners. We would get on pubg. Now we have families, but you know, we make sure to carve out a little time to get a chicken dinner like the old days.

[B]

A decade ago, I was on the trail of one of the country's most elusive serial killers. But it wasn't until 2023 when he was finally caught. The answers were there, hidden in plain sight. So why did it take so long to catch him? I'm Josh Zieman and this is Monster Hunting the Long Island Serial Killer, the investigation into the most notorious killer in New York since the Son of Sam. Available now listen for free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, wherever you get your podcasts.

[E]

Hey there Dr. Jesse Mills here. I'm the director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health, and I want to tell you about my new podcast called.

[G]

The Mailroom, and I'm Jordan, the show's producer. And like a lot of guys, I haven't been to the doctor and in many years. I'll be asking the questions we probably should be asking but aren't, because guys.

[E]

Usually don't go to the doctor unless a piece of their face is hanging off or they've broken a bone.

[G]

Depends which bone.

[E]

Well, that's true. Every week, we're breaking down the unique world of men's health, from testosterone and fitness to diets and fertility and things that happen in the bedroom.

[G]

You mean sleep?

[E]

Yeah, something like that.

[A]

Jordan.

[E]

We'll talk science without the jargon and get you real answers to the stuff you actually wonder about.

[G]

It's going to be fun, whether you're 27, 97, or somewhere in between.

[E]

Men's Health is about more than six packs and supplements. It's about energy, confidence, and connection. We don't just want you to live longer. We want you to live better. So check out the mailroom on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows.

[H]

What up, y'?

[E]

All?

[H]

It's your boy Kev onstage. I want to tell you about my new podcast called Not My Best, where I talk to artists, athletes, entertainers, creators, friends, people I admire who had massive success about their massive failures. What did they mess up on? What is their heartbreak, and what did they learn from it?

[A]

I got judged horribly. The judges were like, you're trash. I don't know how you got on the show. Boo. Somebody had tomatoes.

[C]

I'm kidding.

[A]

But if they had tomatoes, they would have thrown the tomatoes.

[H]

Let's be honest. We've all had those moments we'd rather forget. We'd rather we bumped our head, we made a mistake, the deal fell through, we're embarrassed, we failed. But this podcast is about that and how we made it through.

[A]

So when they sat me down, they.

[H]

Were kind of like.

[A]

We got into the small talk, and they were just like, so, what do you got? What ideas? And I was like, oh, no. What?

[H]

Check out. Not my best moment with me, Kev on Stage on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcast podcasts.

[C]

Keep up the good work, boys. Y' all some dolls for real. That's Sean Moore.

[A]

That's Sean Moore and his boy Jaylen.

[D]

Dude.

[C]

Some pubg PT sickos.

[A]

Dude. Nothing I Look up. Been hitting the group chat. Yeah, the pubg chat. I miss the teams. Oh, I've been sucked into this TV show, Terminalist, and it is so badass, bro. It is a good show, boys. I'm telling you right now. Papa team six. Community, community, community. Military based themes. Having fun. Terminal list, Navy seals.

[C]

Oh, yeah, dude, you are in on this. You're tweeting about this.

[A]

Not only tweeting and telling everybody in the shop about it. One of the guys, I think from the. Who's the author? Is it Jack Riggins?

[F]

Isn't the same. Is it the same guy that made the Jack Ryan books car?

[A]

Jack Carr. Jack Carr. So this guy who reps Jack Carr, I guess he's got books coming out next year and he sends me an email and says he wants to send me the. All the books for the terminal list.

[C]

You're kidding.

[A]

I guess he saw the tweet because when I first read the email, I'm thinking, did they bug the shop? Because I was going, I was just going off about how great this show was. Everybody kind of given a synopsis of everything because I want people to buy in on the terminal list because I think it's an incredible show. It's got Taylor Kitsch, it's got Chris Pratt. Dude, it's a phenomenal show. Great, great show.

[C]

And Patrick Schwarzenegger. Yeah.

[A]

And he's, he's emailing me.

[C]

I love Patrick.

[A]

I could get, I could get Mr. Carr. Jack Carr, like on the bus. If you'd want to have a mom. Like, dude, I would be stoked to get your car.

[C]

Kidding.

[A]

Promise, man. Yeah. Car on a bus.

[C]

And I'm.

[A]

My wife, I'm telling my wife about this and she's like, I've never seen you read a fiction book in your life. And I'm like, like, what a great series to start.

[C]

Yes. And a passion of your wives, right? Reading.

[A]

Oh, she loves reading. She's always got a book in her hand. She loves fiction. She's like, could you tell me a fiction book you've read? I'm like, no, no, I couldn't. I can't even recite the books we was required to read, like in grade school, growing up. Like, those are the only fiction that I read. Yeah, yeah. You know what I mean? But I can't remember any of the books I consumed.

[C]

I was a big Series of Unfortunate Events. Harry Potter did it, did all those.

[A]

My grandma sent me a Harry Potter book and it just, it sat there. I think it was the fourth one.

[C]

I never took that. Step into. Go ahead. Sorry.

[F]

I was just saying you gotta start at the first.

[A]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. On Terminal List, the set that comes in.

[F]

I'll read it.

[A]

Yeah, I think it's. I'm excited because I'm curious how they make another series with the way. So I watched Terminal List Dark Wolf first because that came out in 2025, and I was just kind of looking for a new show. Charles. Charles. She had a show she was watching, and I could tell a football game was on one night, and she's like, you're gonna go upstairs and watch the game? Like, yeah. Like, she's wanting to watch this show. This show. But I was curious, like, what shows are out there right now that I consume? So I'm on Amazon prime, and I see Terminal, this Dark. Dark Wolf, and I see it's Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pratt. I'm like, oh, I bet this is badass. I looked up the Terminal list on Google, and I see it was a 7.9 on IMDb. That's good enough for Willie C. To watch a show. And I'm thinking, the Terminal List, and I'm marrying that to the Terminal is Dark Wolf. So I watched Terminal as Dark Wolf. This show is incredible. This show is incredible. Government, conspiracy, SEALs, CIA, like, all this stuff. It's amazing. And I'm watching this and I'm typing in, like, is there a sequel or anything else? I see that the Terminal List, the initial rating that I looked up, the 7.9, was from just the original Terminal List. There's one that came out in 2022 that was the sequel. Dark Wolf was a prequel to the terminal list in 2022. So I'm like, oh, shit. I just watched the prequel. Now I get to watch the real thing. I watch that, the way that one ends. I'm thinking, how do you make a sequel off of that based on what happened? One of the biggest twists of my life.

[C]

No spoiling, no spoilers, no spoilers.

[A]

Biggest twist of my life, dude.

[C]

For any Will Compton sickos out there, I just. I want to tee this tweet up that Will put. I thought it was the ultimate Will Compton moment of all time. I love reading your tweets and your voice sometimes. Will has been around this office talking about the terminalist Dark Wolf on three separate shows. I've heard him bring up the Terminal List, Dark Wolf, boys, you gotta watch it. To then read this tweet that was posted on November 14th. How come nobody ever told me about the Terminal List, Dark Wolf, and now I'm looking that it's a prequel and that the original series dropped in 2022.

[A]

Bro.

[C]

I died laughing reading that.

[A]

That was November 14th. The terminal list. The terminal list in 2022 was done on the 16th.

[C]

That's crazy.

[A]

Binged it. You're talking about the late nights. I'm not in my routine. I was up till two in the morning one night. I think I watched, like, four in a row, bro. Consuming this.

[C]

How long are the episodes? Like, 45 to an hour.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah. 50, 55 minutes.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

50,55 minutes.

[F]

I walked in yesterday, me and G were excited to talk to Will because we're all Landman fans.

[C]

Shout out, Lamb.

[F]

And I was like, will, have you. We talked about this, like, the upcoming weeks. Like, hey, Lambman's coming out this Sunday. And I was like, hey, will you watch the episode of Landman? He goes, nobody fully locked in on this terminal issue.

[A]

You gotta watch to watch it, man.

[C]

Maybe a little pt 60. Sicko. Watch party of the Terminal List.

[A]

Yeah, it's. It's amazing. It's amazing.

[C]

I love. I love finding a good show. So I love seeing you. You found something that you're truly passionate about. That gets me stoked. No, this show. No, this show. It's got you reading the original. The original stuff like that gets me.

[A]

Reading these fictional books. Because it sounds great. In theory. I'm more so fired up that the dude reached out. I'm communicating back and forth with him. Yeah. Feeling grateful that he wants to send me a set and potentially get Jack Carr on the bus because I'd love to pick his brain about what's in the. What's in the pipe.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

For the next year. Like, you gotta make another one somehow. Maybe it's a prequel to the prequel where it's all based around their seals and their teams. Because what happens is they break off. Dude, you gotta watch it.

[C]

I will. I. I'll make that promise to you. I'll watch that show.

[A]

Like, the synopsis of the first one, the original, in 2022. It's about this platoon of 12 Navy SEALs. This Navy SEAL team, one of the best ones, the elite of the elite. They're doing a mission in Iran. They. 11 of the 12 get taken out. Chris Pratt's the only one that survives. Well, there. There's another one that kind of survives.

[C]

I need no. I need no further.

[H]

I'm.

[C]

I'm sold. And I don't say that like I don't want to talk about it.

[A]

Tell you, this part.

[C]

Don't don't spoil it. I'm not.

[A]

I'm not. I'm not spoiling. This would be. In the synopsis. They think it's a setup, and he's trying to put it to how he got set up, and there's so many different angles where the setup could come from.

[C]

I'm done. I'm done.

[A]

I'm done. That's a synopsis. That's not giving it up.

[C]

All right?

[A]

You got to watch it, because I.

[C]

This is a good sign that I'm gonna watch it.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't. Dude, when there's movies coming out that I'm legitimately excited for, I don't even watch the trailer.

[A]

Yeah, this is. This is one where, as I'm reading these grim fairy tales to Rue while she's going to bed, and we'll get into the rue in these grim fairies in a second. We'll get into it. But I'm sitting there, and I'm. When I walk. When I walk out of her room, I'm thinking, oh, it's time to go put on some terminal list. And I'm like, you know, go down. My wife's like, oh, you gotta go study. And I'm like, yeah, I gotta go study. And mind you, I do study, but once it's like 9, 30 hits I'll get in an episode. This was more so last week. Now I'm done with terminal list. Both of them, both of the show, both of the series are done for me. But last week, like, bro, I was putting in some hours because it had me in captivated. It had me right? And captivated. Captivated.

[D]

Dude is an insane badass, too.

[A]

Which one first?

[D]

Wikipedia? Jack Carr is his pen name. His real name is George Peterson. George Peterson decided at the age of seven when he found out about the Navy seals, that that's the career he was going to pursue. He spent over 20 years in the Naval Special Warfare Command. There were two careers he wanted to have his whole life. Navy SEAL author. This dude is, like, the baddest of badasses, too. So it's not just some writer fantasizing about this stuff. He's lived this.

[A]

That's. Yeah. That's amazing. And we're just podcasting right now. What's that got to do with fatherhood?

[C]

What. Hey, what does that have to do. Glad you asked.

[A]

You got to have a side quest in your life.

[C]

You.

[A]

That you enjoy, that you feed yourself personally. Right now, when I'm down in the dumps, it's like, I'll latch on to Some more tv. Yes.

[C]

Dude, I was talking with you. I desperately need to pour into me more. Like, I. I feel very selfish saying that, and I feel very selfish in doing it, but I also realize with how much I'm like. About work and Scarlett's life and all these things, like, I need to have some balance for me.

[A]

Yeah. And. And again, we've talked about it at length before on past episodes, but it's truly. It's prioritizing it.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

It's like sitting down and writing some out, and I'll write stuff out, I'll forget. I'll fall into the. The slump. But to me, my brain, for it not to sound selfish, it's like, how. You know, how are you going to take care if you're not taking care of yourself? How are you going to take care of everybody else? You'll take care of everybody else, but you have zero energy for yourself. At some point, it's going to come to a boiling point.

[E]

Point.

[A]

Yes. Let's go back. You know, where's that come from? Where'd that attitude come from? What's going on? What's this? What's that?

[C]

Dude, Jill and I had. And this might be, like, the ultimate segue. Segue. But I'm trying to stay on topic. Jill and I have, like, the ultimate vomit of emotion. And, like, I need support, and I feel supported from you, but, like, just a reminder that we're a team.

[F]

Team.

[C]

It was so. It was sick, dude. It was on Sunday, and we went. We went to Ruby Sunshine, had a great brunch, and we're walking around, and as we're walking around, we're talking. And we're talking about being in Nashville and being away from family and missing friends and being homesick and, like, finding our place here. And it's hard because we have scarlet and date nights. We've. We haven't been doing them. And it was like this. All of a sudden, it kind of came to a head of Jill being like. Like, Sherman, I know that you're feeling these types of way about yourself, because this is me talking like this. And Jill's like, I know that you're feeling these types of ways. Like, I feel those types of. I feel that way, too. And I feel like I don't get to voice that. Like, you. You don't really ask me about that because you're feeling it. I'm also feeling that. And we need to be there for each other. We need to be better teammates in this moment because we are the two closest people in each Other's lives and like, let's be here for each other. Let's celebrate each other. Let's, like, we both do a bad job of communicating. I need help or I'm struggling.

[A]

Yeah, because you guys. And give people a die. Some context in your guys's work lives too. Oh, yeah. Like, like you're, you're, you know, you put in work here at busing. Your wife, Jill, she's a nurse. Like, her hours are crazy.

[C]

Her hours are crazy. She puts in a ton of work today.

[A]

We're talking like the nurse schedule two is like 12 hour days. Yeah.

[C]

Oh, yeah. And, well, and it's like 12 hour day, but it's really like a 13, 14, 15 hour day depending. Yeah, yeah. And she's, you know, her schedule's crazy. Like, they switched her shift this week.

[A]

Week.

[C]

So instead of Mondays, how I always take Scarlet in on Mondays, I took her in this morning, which I usually don't get here till 9. But I did the whole. I told these guys, I, like, prepped them for it, that I was gonna get up extra early, feed Scarlett extra early, and have everything knocked out before I even woke up. Scarlet. So then we're ready to go. So I had that 5am Wake up this morning, and it kicked ass. It felt good. So that, you know, I do want to do the workout thing, even though my body's like, yeah, stay on it.

[A]

Stay on it.

[C]

Yeah. But with the, with the Jill stuff, with the wife stuff was just like a really, really good reminder that I not only am married to this person and I have a child with them and I live with them cohabitate, but, like, this is my best friend, this is my life partner that we are in this together. And if anybody is going to have my back and if anybody's gonna have her back, it's each other. And we have to have that for each other. And we just have this, like, you know, she's crying, telling me how proud she is of me and thinks I'm killing it, but also, like, I miss you and, like, I need you in these ways. And I'm sitting there like, I'm proud of you. Like, I can't believe that you don't think anybody's proud of you for being an incredible mom because you're literally the best freaking mom in the entire world. It's crazy. My mom's sitting there bragging about you, I'm bragging about you. But you just. You get so caught up in life. You get so caught up with everything that's going on with the kid, it was like a good little reset button of, like, man, we gotta, like, pour into each other way more. Way more. And pour into ourselves. Yeah, she's got some stuff on her end that she's got to start investing in herself more, right?

[A]

Yeah, we all do. I want to say one thing I heard that you were saying is the whole, like, you're cr. You're doing all these things. I'm so proud of you. You're crushing it, but I miss you. It is. It is like. Like, it's. You get in these seasons, and it happens. It's how it happens with me and Charl all the time. Because she, you know, with bar going on, she's a business owner. We're doing all the things bus and bar, and the little time you do have, it's at home. It's you. It's really all into the kids or the kid. Like, you're trying to get. Make sure they're all good. You're so. You're. You're quickly kind of catching up on your day, but you're not really connecting. You're kind of just checking the boxes. And then, like, when the kid goes down, depending on what the next day looks like, you're either tired or you want to catch up on some sleep or some rest, or you kind of feel bogged down or you have to prep for the next day, whatever that is, to where you're not, like, spending that quality time, to where it just comes down to, like, yo, we live in the same house. We're more roommates than anything else. Like, I miss you. One thing that Charles does a really good job of is, like, after, if I would encourage anything, it would be following up on that conversation and just getting something in the books for you, too. So you guys can do one of these things, whether it's a brunch, a coffee, a date night, night, a staycation, whatever it is. Yeah. What Charlie does a really good job of is staying on that pressure of getting something on the calendar. Because it's. For me, like, I'll just get. I'll just get going. And I'm not. Like, she is very good at doing that to where, hey, we have this. We have a scheduled date night here. It kind of gets all set up, but if you don't follow up, it'll just kind of continue to happen. And then weeks will go by and you'll have the same type of situation. Charl and I had one last night. Like, if I have a dad. If I have a dad loss, there Is an intentional being there in the present moment happening? Last night like it was. We got done with dinner and we're all trying to catch up. Dinner's kind of. It's not chaotic, but ruin's attention. We're trying to get Rue to eat. You know, Scotty's eating. She's throwing food off the plate. Charl and I are trying to have a conversation. I'm trying to tell her about Terminal List, but us kind of like us just having time where TRO and I are actually trying to have a conversation where we're catching up, we're telling each other stuff. But Rue wants your attention while it's going. So then you got to redirect your attention to Rue. And we kind of. Our conversation gets kind of, you know, kicked off the tracks. And then we're having a moment to where I'm watching the kids until Charlie gets home around 6:15. I'll have dinner ready and everything else. And then Charl gets home. So there's kind of a moment after dinner where I'm kind of catching up on my stuff on the phone and the kids are having all these needs. And we're going to take Scotty upstairs or it's bedtime. I got Scotty on the night. She's got Rule on the night. She's handling them both. And I'm glued to my phone because I'm trying to figure out where Lane Kiffin's going to.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And I'm slowly going into the pantry to get the bottle ready for Scotty. And I'm kind of taking. Doing one of those Take my Sweet Time. I put it on there. But I'm looking at my phone. I don't really press the button to go. And she's already said, like, hey, let's get rolling on bedtime. And then she's like, get the bottle. I just hear from the outside. I'm, like, looking at my phone again. Link given. And I just hear Charles say, like, hey, bottle, be present. Present moment. Present moment. She's thinking in her mind. She could be saying it as, like, a joke, but I kind of come out with an attitude. I like, hey, that's fine. You better make sure you're clean too, from here on out. I know some passive aggression came out of my. Was my reaction. And we go up and we kind of go do our separate things.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I'm sitting there reading books. I'm putting Scotty down reading her favorite book. She loves this little flat book where spot the dog. And it's one of those where you can open and open up the flaps. Oh, nope, he's not in there. Where's the next one? So we kind of do our thing. I put Scotty down, she puts Rud. And Rue wants me to come up and scratch her back because she loves when dead ass scratches her back. Don't blame her.

[C]

Back stretches are what's funny.

[A]

Side note, Charles laying bed with her, giving her a back scratch. And she's kind of putting her down. She's like, all right, I'm gonna go downstairs. She's like, can you send that up? She's like, why do you need that? She's like, I need that to scratch my back. She's like, why you need that to scratch your back? I just scratched your back. And she's like, yeah, but I love when dead ass scratches my back. He scratches my back every night. And so she comes down, she tells me that. I'm like, oh, I love that. Kind of give Charo a kiss. And she's like, hey, can we talk whenever you get done? I'm like, yeah, yeah, we can talk. Because I already know. Like, I had a piss poor attitude coming out. Like, all right, yeah, make sure you're clean. Like, I've seen you on your phone doing stuff kind of just tight. I was sensitive, being sensitive about it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[A]

But then after I kind of come downstairs and she's get. She's doing her like pre bedtime routine, washing her face and stuff. And she's like, like, what do you. What do you make of what happened earlier? And just right there, I was like, hey, sweetheart, I'm sorry. Like, you were right. And I had a piss poor attitude.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And she's like, oh, okay. But then we kind of have a conversation about. She's like, what is a way to where I can say something? And she's like, because honestly, when I said it, I'm thinking you could come back and maybe have a joke, but you kind of had this. I was like, I know. Like, I was aggressive. I should not have said what I said. Yeah, because I'm. I'm just conscious when I am seeing it happen to her. Like, I. More so just give her a little life. Like, hey, sweetheart. Like when Rue's trying to grab her attention and Charl might be like, hey, I have to get to this email, which I get. She's. She operates the two studios, so there's a lot going on when somebody doesn't show up for a class or it needs immediate, urgent attention, and I'll kind of catch and just Be like, hey, sweetheart. And then she'll get engaged with Rue. And this isn't something that happens all the time. This is us talking about our shortcomings.

[C]

Yeah. Just an example of, like, where she could be.

[A]

And so I say that to her. I'm like, I. I try and do it in the salt. Like, just a soft, you know, reminder way. Not like one where I'm putting it in the bank for whenever you come at my throat. Like, I'm going to have these receipts that I'm now throwing in your face. Like, I'm not actually meaning to do that. I was just being very sensitive when you're like, hey, blah, blah, blah. And I'm like, this how, you know, we're trying to figure out where Lane Kiffin's going. Is he staying at Ole Miss? Is he going to lsu? I'm trying to break it down. Why? He could be leaving. He could be leaving before the Egg bowl, not coaching the playoffs, like, leaving his team. That would be insane if that happens. And she's laughing about it. But I'm like. Like, I was like, for me, if we just had, like, a. Like, a word we could say out there to where it's almost a reminder. So it's like, hey, we need to be present in this. We need our presence to be right here in this moment. Like, what if we just call each other Santa Claus or we just say Santa Claus, or we both know what we're saying to each other and not doing it in a way to where she could be feeling something in that moment, and I'm taking it as her jumping at me, when in her mind, she was thinking. She was, like, kind of joking with me or thinking I was going to joke back to her. Like, hey, need your presence. Need you to be in this moment. Yada, yada. I'm getting the bottle filled, and I'm just thinking, yeah, make sure you're. You're clean. What's the Bible verse like? The speck in your eye, you got a law, you got a log in.

[C]

Yours, you're throwing the sticks, but I got the stones kind of thing.

[A]

But it was all the way back at the very end. We're just talking about, I'm going up the stairs to watch Monday Night Football and get prepped for the locker room on Wednesday. And it's just. We're just saying, like, hey, we're same team. Because we had a good. Good hug, good kiss. She was surprised that I apologize. I'm surprised that I apologize. Usually I'm. I'm like, I like, my downfall is, like, I'll let something fizzle in my brain and hold it in internally to where I'll just kind of be in this. I'll have this attitude ready to go in any type of potential argument.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

And as I'm sitting there rocking Scotty, I'm like, I'm just having this self talk with myself because I'm kind of, like, stewing a little bit, but I'm also playing the other side. I'm like, buddy, you were like, you can get to this information about Link Kiffin after bedtime or after this. Just these finite hours that we have when we do get home from a long day of work and we only have two hours, really, with the kids. And I'm like, you need to just apologize, bro. I'm like, yeah, but she kind of said, like, she kind of meant it this way. And I'm like, no, dude, you need to. You need to go down here if you want to throw her off a rocker, you need to look her in the eye, and you just need to say, hey, I. I apologize because I had a. I had a bad attitude because of the good stuff's coming in my head. I'm thinking this is a moment where she's kind of like, hey, the. For the dad's podcast. Like, all this stuff's going where I'm fizzling. But then I'm like, hey, she's right. But. But, yeah, man, you just get caught up in your own.

[C]

You do.

[A]

You get caught up in whatever's going. Whatever movie's going on in your life tomorrow. Hey, I have to have this attention here. And it's like, no, you don't. You can only have so many times. You know, I'll. I'll have a thing here at the end where talking about, you know, how fast the early years go, especially when you have a second kid, and how first, you know, now you're on the seconds with Scotty. And being in these moments and how the presence kind of reminds you with the second one grounds you a lot more because you feel a little more urgen. In pressure with the first one. But I don't. I don't know where I'm going with that now. I'm just going down a foxhole of I'll. I'll double word vomit.

[C]

I'll add to it by saying what you just described. I have gone through with Jill thousands of times, hundreds of thousands of times. And I'm sure that any dad sitting at home listening is like, yo, that's me, Derek, and I often. We were joking two weeks ago, just like. Like, the little things that kind of set you off, that, like, your significant other says, and you're like, you know, oh, you get worked up over it.

[A]

You're ready to put the gloves on.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Verbally.

[D]

The best advice I can I've ever gotten was from my therapist. And here comes something where I was, you know, always, always kind of. We have this joke where Cat and I, like, we're on eggshells with each other. Like, she makes a joke, and then I get sensitive about it, and then the fun's gone. So we try to keep the fun there. But there was one day where she had said something, and I came back and I had a receipt, and I was telling my therapist. I was like, yeah, well, you know, it's something like, I had beard hair in the sink, and she has hair on the floor. And my therapist goes, dude, that's so sick. What did you get for winning? And I just stay quiet. He goes, you know, like, you know that's a joke, right? And I was like, thanks, John. Like, yeah, I know that's a joke. Like, I didn't get anything. He's like, not even a cookie.

[A]

Like, you didn't get a ribbon.

[C]

You won, dude.

[D]

Like, isn't that awesome? I'm like, okay, John, I know.

[A]

You're like, john, you don't see all this hair that's all over the shower?

[C]

Are you on her side? Did she call you?

[A]

Oh, I see what's happening. You're on her side here, huh? Yeah.

[C]

I was just like, oh, like, I.

[D]

Was so proud that I won. And then I was like, I didn't win anything. All I won was anger and.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

And potentially going to bed with a little chip on your shoulder.

[C]

Yes. And the. Dude, we have come back to this thing five million times. Communication. You say it all the time. Y' all say it all the time. I say it all the time. Time.

[A]

It's what it's always going to be.

[C]

It's what it's always going to be. And. And those frustrations are going to come out in little moments of Derek getting called out about his beard trimmings, you getting called out about being on the phone with Lane Kiffin, me getting called out or being on the phone looking for lan.

[A]

I know, but that sounds so funny. Where's he going on?

[I]

That's.

[A]

Hey, I'm seeing this. Somebody took a screenshot of a Snapchat that said he might. He's getting a deal done. Boys, are we on this? Me. Me.

[C]

Telling Jill that I need to get on my phone for work purposes, which I did for a little three minute thing. And then now she's hearing Tik Toks and memes playing. She's pissed. And we can all pop off in those moments. But, like, there is something that we want to communicate further beyond that of, like, where Lane Kiffin goes to coach is not more important than you, Charo, or more important than Rue or Scotty. And I'm sorry for putting that before Scotty's bottle. Like, I should have been locked in. You're totally right.

[A]

Yeah. Wait. Yeah, yeah. It's like that. It's like the idea of you're both sitting across from each other at the table. Like when these debates are. When the ship on your shoulders kind of building and you're fizzling a little bit and you want to get. The entire goal is that how do you get from the opposite side of the table to sitting next to them? And to do that, you have to ask yourself, why? Probably like, why am I angry about this? Why did I get ma? Why does this bother me so much? Why do I care about this so much? You almost ask yourself, like, five whys before you get to, okay, I know where this is coming from. From me. Then you. You also have to fully put yourself in their shoes. And you're probably going to find that answer after you ask yourself why five times. So that way, then when you do go back to the table with her, you're sitting next to her trying to solve a bigger problem. Because the petty bullshit that we get mad about with the hair, the phone and everything else, it's not.

[D]

Not.

[A]

It's not that. It's not. We're making it way bigger.

[B]

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[E]

Hey there. Dr. Jesse Mills here. I'm the director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health, and I want to tell you about my new podcast called the Mailroom.

[G]

And I'm Jordan, the show's producer. And like a lot of guys, I haven't been to the doctor in many years. I'll be asking the questions we probably should be asking, but because guys usually.

[E]

Don'T go to the doctor unless a piece of their face is hanging off or they've broken a bone.

[G]

Depends which bone.

[E]

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[G]

You mean sleep?

[E]

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[G]

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[E]

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[H]

What up, y'?

[A]

All?

[H]

It's your boy Kevin stage. I want to tell you about my new podcast called Matt not my best moment, where I talk to artists, athletes, entertainers, creators, friends, people I admire who had massive success about their massive failures. What did they mess up on? What is their heartbreak, and what did they learn from it?

[A]

I got judged horribly. The judges were like, you're trash. I don't know how you got on the show.

[D]

Boo.

[A]

Somebody had tomatoes.

[C]

I'm kidding.

[A]

But if they had tomatoes, they would have thrown the tomatoes.

[H]

Let's be honest with you. We've all had those moments we'd rather forget. We bumped our head, we made a mistake, the deal fell through, we're embarrassed. We failed. But this podcast is about that and how we made it through.

[A]

So when they sat me down, they.

[H]

Were kind of like.

[A]

We got into the small talk and they were just like, so what do you got? What ideas? And I was like, oh, no. What?

[H]

Check out not my best moment with me, Kev on Stage on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, YouTube, or wherever you.

[A]

Get your podcast than what it should be.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Because really, it's about us. It's about ourselves at the end of the day. Yeah. And then when you have the reminder that, yo, we are teammates, we are partners for life. I have an absolute badass with me on this journey of life. How do we get back to being on the same team? Yeah. Good stuff, boys. Can we talk about these grim fairy tales?

[C]

Yes, please.

[A]

So Rue's in a phase right now. Ruse and her three year old, like, she's. She's dialed in. We Started to go to these fairy tale books. And these are like. It's like grim something fairy tales. And it's like this book.

[C]

The brother's grim.

[A]

The brother's Grim. There you go. It's like 50 fairy tales in this book. And it's kind of. We've kind of moved to like from all the picture, like picture books and everything else. It was the. What's the one that I hate? Fancy Nancy stuff where you can see photos in every. In everything to where. Hey, thank God. Now let's challenge her to use her imagination. Like, story time's gonna be you sitting there laying. We're gonna read these stories. There's only like the 50 fairy tales. Each fairy tale might have one photo and it's just this drawing. It's not even that. It's not even that, like, exciting to see. She still loves to look at them. But the rest is all. It's all written. And so it's like, hey, story time. Like, here's where you use your imagination. Like as dad and mama are reading stories to you, you get to now use your imagination and put some of these pictures together. Like as we read you this story. Downside, the con for the parents is you're read longer story. These stories are. This isn't the picture books where you have one or two lines on each page. You're reading these stories. But Ruse in this phase where she's asking a million different questions. And these grim fairy tale books, it. It's wild. Like people are dying in every story. Like to where, you know, there's this one where it's like Red Rose and Snow White and they're in this little side quest. And there's this dwarf, and this dwarf stole a bunch of jewelry. He has this stack. He has this sack of jewelry in his bag because he took it from some prince or some king who now has to be turned into a bear. But along the way, this dwarf, this angry dwarf, he keeps getting his beard stuck and stuff. He got it stuck in a tree. He got it stuck in a fishing net. And each time you have to stop and Red Rose and Snow White, who's wandering the forest, they come across this angry dwarf and they're having this dialogue with him. They have to get out scissors to cut his beard off. And the whole time was like, well, why did he have to cut his beard off? Well, it got stuck in a tree. Well, why did he get stuck in a tree? I don't know. He's wandering around and got caught in the tree. Is he mean I don't know if he's mean. Sweetheart, we got to sit back and kind of read the story. I haven't figured out if he's mean yet. But why are they in the forest? Well, sweetheart, that's just where the stories, that's just where the story's based. And his beard, beard had to get cut off and say, hey, sweetheart, can you, can you lay down? And we'll just get through, let's just get through this next paragraph and then we can ask more questions. Questions. But this is the phase that Rue is in. And along the way, this, this dwarf, then he gets his beard stuck in the net. And then the third scene is he comes across this bear, this old king who is transformed into a bear. The bear wants to kill him. And the dwarf is trying to say, no, you need to kill Red Rose and Snow White and we can share this jewelry forever. Bear doesn't see that. He's tunnel visioned on the dwarf because for the bear to come back to prince or king form, he has to kill the dwarf and get the, the, the sack of jewelry and jewels and everything.

[C]

Come on, come on.

[A]

And so why do they want to kill the girls? Well, the. He wants to survive.

[C]

Found out he's mean.

[A]

Yeah, we just found out the dwarfs mean. Well, why is he mean? Well, he just wants to survive and live. And you're trying to explain all these angles to where somebody's going to have to die in the story. Yeah. And the bear, disacknowledged, doesn't care about the girls, goes to. And this is written in there, the bear swings his paw so hard the dwarf die. Or the dwarf can't feel his arms and legs and eventually dies. And this is stuff that's like in the story. Yeah, not red. This one's called the Seven Goats. The wolf and seven goats. And the wolf comes in and eats all the, the little goat, the little goat kids, there's one that survives. It's hiding in a clock. Mom comes home, the little bait, the baby goat that's still alive, is saying, like this wolf came in and ate all the goats. Because mom was saying, don't answer the door to the wolf. The wolf disguises himself, paints his black paws white fight, puts on all the different stuff and ends up getting in and killing all these, all these little goats go. The wolf is outside sleeping by the tree, and the, the lone survivor is telling the mom about it. They go outside, they take a pair of scissors and cut the wolf's stomach open.

[C]

Oh, that's right.

[A]

Free all the goats because they were still alive.

[C]

Yes.

[A]

Yeah. Free all the goats because they were still alive. Wolf is still sleeping. They sew his stomach back up with rocks in his stomach, stones in his stomach.

[C]

So he thinks he's still full.

[A]

He thinks he's still full. He gets up. And since stones not goats, he feels a little dehydrated because of all. How dry all the stones are. So he goes over to the well to get a drink of water, but he's so heavy, he ends up falling in the well, sinking to the bottom and drowning. And all the goats. Imagine all the questions throughout that story.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Yeah. The. The scissors, the well, are the baby goats. Are they still alive in the. In the tummy? Yeah, they're kind of floating around a little bit. Well, can they breathe? Well, yeah, because there's a little bit of air on top of the stomach acid acid. And so they can. They can still breathe. Why are there rocks in this well? Because they're trying to make him still seem full. Why did he fall in the well? Because he's so top heavy. He fell in the well. Well, can he swim? No, he can't swim. That's why he sunk to the bottom and drowned. There were no rails because in her mind, she. Her swimming pool has rails to come out of. There's no rails. No, there's no rails. He doesn't know how to swim. No, he didn't do swimming lessons. No, he didn't do swimming lessons.

[C]

Great question.

[A]

Yeah, great question. No, he didn't do so many lessons.

[C]

Do you ever. Do you ever.

[A]

This is the phase that I'm in with Rue, and I'm sitting here reading some of these stories. Like, man, should she be. You know, should she be hearing all. Because she'll get home and she knows. She's understands like, good guys, bad guys. And she's like, dad, we got to get the bad guy, tie him down to the floor. We. Time to. Dad, you hit his face, and I'll hit his legs. And she's got this. She's got a. She's got a clothes hanger, like, hitting the ground where his legs are, like, you get his face. I'm like, all right. I think he's done. We got him. Him like he died.

[C]

R. It's a Hawkeye.

[A]

Yeah. He's like, yeah. D. Get his teeth, sweetheart. I think we've done enough to this. I think we've done enough to this, man. You get his teeth, I'll get his ankles. Oh, we got to get his hands. We got to get his arms, his forearms. Got to get his knees, his fingernails. Now she'll be sitting there with a crown on. We got to get her into a dress. She's got butterfly wings on, just holding the hanger. We gotta save the castle. And it'll be, I'm. I'm. I'm Anna Charles. Anna Rue's Elsa, and Scotty is baby Elsa. And we got to get everybody. We gotta save everybody and then get back to the castle. The castle's in her office. We got to close the doors.

[C]

Yeah, yeah.

[A]

And then she stays on the look for bad guys. Good. Yeah, yeah. She's like, oh, that bad guy. We gotta go get him, hold him down. Then we'll be kind of debriefing, kind of just relaxing. We'll finally get to the couch of the living room. Like, hey, Rue, let's just take a load off. Let's relaxed. We've done a lot of playing, a lot of chasing, a lot of running. We've been getting all the bad guys.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

I just want to let you know, I tied him down and I. I taped him down, is what she said. Oh, I taped him down, and then he died because I put coloring all over him. I put all the colors on top of him. Like, sweetheart, you saved. You saved the kingdom.

[C]

Can it. Can I just say one. I. I did have a question of. When she's asking questions, do you ever pitch it back back to her? Do you ever ask her why she thinks it's that way? Like, of, hey, why are they in the woods? Like, do you do.

[A]

That's a good. That's a good idea. I love that little dad hack within the storytelling. Yeah, that's a good idea because sometimes you get. You get caught up in fielding all these questions, and you're like, sweetheart, like, we gotta start relaxing. She'll be. She'll be. She'll be, like, laying on her bed listening to the story, and next thing you know, she's, like, sitting up on the edge of the bed, like, listening. So, like, she's enthralled. Bald. Yeah. And her little brain. Her little brain's going. And she's asking all these questions, and I'm like, sweetheart, we gotta lay back in bed. Because one, I want to get. I want to read the story. Like, sweetheart, we got to use. You know, I know you're asking a bunch of questions. I love that you're asking all these questions, but it's also bedtime. We need to get you laid down and let that continue reading the rest story because we got about Six pages to go.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You know what I mean? But that's a great call.

[C]

Yeah. Doug. Well, I just thought that could be something fun to just like throw a question back there and be like, I don't know, why do you think they're in the woods?

[A]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

Be like, well, woods is where the animals are and there's a wolf. You'll be like, a great point.

[E]

Good point.

[A]

Let's keep reading and see. See if you're right. See what comes of it.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. Or like, do you think he's mean or is he mean? I don't know. Does he seem mean?

[A]

Challenge her to use that creativity on her side. I love that.

[C]

Love.

[D]

That fits what you did with R. And her outfit where she comes down the stairs and you say, why'd you pick those?

[A]

And things I've been doing. We've been doing a much better job with all that stuff. Like just holding in. In the first comment of, oh my God, you look so beautiful. Charles. She came out over the weekend, was like, hey, brace yourself. Rue looks like a poodle. The way she made me do her hair, she had like a couple braids here. Goes down into a ponytail. The ponytail is also a braid. And she wanted all these, all these ribbons, all these ribbons, all these bows just in her hair. She comes out. I'm like, I'm glad you kind of prefaced that and told me because it's not as bad as I was thinking. But yeah, she's kind of decorated like a poodle right now.

[C]

That's so epic.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

We. You were talking about the storytelling. You were talking about. I said, do you ever pitch it back to her? And there was one other thing that I wanted to say about the storytelling or the reading of books. Oh, the whole tiger. I tied them down, they're dead now, blah, blah, blah. Like, I know that maybe some people listening are like, like, I don't know how I feel about that. My personal opinion on it. I think it's pretty cool that a three year old is starting to understand the concepts of life, death, bad guy, good guy. Like, I think it is a good time for those types of story arcs and like, real life things. She's getting a small grasp of it, but she's getting a grasp of it.

[A]

Yeah, I don't mind that it's happening. It's more of the shock as a parent. Parent with your first one is starting to familiarize themselves with those concepts. Yeah. And you just kind of feel out of your depths and like, should we be, should we be talking about this. Look, we got the story. Charles bought the book.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So I guess this is okay.

[C]

This is on Mom.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Does she know that? This is. We're pretty deep. Like, we're. We're talking scissors and we're cutting open stomachs of wolves. Like, yeah. Like, we have to. We have to read the story of the wolf just coming in and taking over the village and eating all the. The children.

[C]

That's pretty cool, dude.

[A]

Yes. Witches, bad guys.

[C]

Yes, dude.

[A]

The only thing I don't like is how the king or the prince, they always get the girl with zero work. And now I'm starting to understand it as a girl, dad. Like, yeah, some of these stories, I kind of hate them because it's not going to be some Prince Charming that shows up whenever he bedazzles you with something. You fall in love with them. That's how that goes. That's how that goes down, bro. Like, this dude ain't working at all. He's just the king, and he's got the world. So he's like, hey, I want you to come back with me and be my wife. And she comes back with him. Be. Why? I'm thinking that's not how works.

[C]

Stuff doesn't just get handed to you.

[A]

Yeah, I'm excited for when those questions come. I don't know how I'm going to handle them, but I'm going to handle them.

[C]

I think the king could have done a little bit more there. What do you think, honey?

[A]

Yeah, that.

[C]

That.

[A]

That girl right there, he's Snow White. She's pretty weak, mentally. This guy kisses her, and all of a sudden she's gonna get married to.

[C]

Him, and she gets all goo goo gaga. What do you think about that, honey?

[A]

Yeah, I want to hear a little bit about Jared. Demon Semen Team six. We talked about it at the beginning, and he said he did a couple things.

[C]

Damon.

[A]

Yeah. Just get into the couple storytellers.

[C]

All right, so we went down to Franklin first off the beam. INS. That is McKenzie, Jared's girlfriend, and then Jared Beam.

[E]

Damon.

[C]

They live together. They're just down the road from us. And I've been meaning to hang out with these guys, like, purposefully hang out with them because of our proximity, but we also very much enjoy their company. Jared's a gem. For anybody that's listening to. For the dads, if you want to see more content on Jared, beaming, check out anything busing.

[A]

Yeah, there's a lot of Jared Beam and lore out there.

[C]

Ton of lore, ton of demon Lore, which is what we call him, but was very excited because it was going to be his first time really hanging out with Scarlet. And so we brought Scarlett to Franklin. They had the best attitude. Because Scarlett was having a tough morning. We had to postpone departure time to Franklin, which ended up making us miss the Franklin Farmer's Market, which was the whole point of us going to Franklin. But the. The Beemans had the best attitude ever. We got down there, grabbed lunch at Culinary Food Dropout.

[A]

Is it.

[C]

Is that the name of it? It's something like that. It's like Culinary Dropouts.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Fantastic brunch. But it was really a day that Jill and I got to let loose. And we're having some drinks at brunch.

[A]

Oh.

[C]

We were walking around outside with, like, Scarlet in the stroller and demons. Like, hey, yo, God, can I help carry that backpack? Yo, Kai, push.

[A]

Let me know what you need, man. Let me know what you need. I'm here.

[C]

Hey, let me know what you need. And he was being so helpful.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Here you go. Go change your diaper.

[C]

I think I did. I tell this when we were recording of him being, like, he helped with one thing while we were in Franklin. He goes, yeah, make sure to tell him about that on the podcast.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. Cuz what he do.

[C]

I think. I think it was literally like, helping me hold the backpack. Like, it was something to me was.

[D]

That he and I. I don't want to quote him incorrectly. Pushed the stroller the whole day. Or like he. He pushed the stroller a ton is how it was worded.

[C]

He pushed the stroller a ton. He did. He helped with. Hey, can, you know, can I help carry this so you can concentrate on Scarlet? He was putting on a great display of being a semen team sixer friend, but very much felt the pressure from Coop's performance, if that makes sense.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

And it didn't. It didn't feel fake at all. It did feel fake at all.

[A]

Didn't feel performative.

[C]

No, it did not. But you could tell there was some pressure there. Like, hey, Coop, set a bar.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And I need to make sure that when Sherman's on the podcast, it's not going to be like, well, Demon didn't do.

[A]

Yeah, Demon stunk.

[C]

But, dude, it. It's very. It was a very great day from the standpoint of just a reminder to Jill and I that we can go out there and live life. We can hang out with friends. Seeing Scarlet interact with McKenzie, she was obsessed with McKenzie, just staring at her the whole Time wanting to hold her one to hold on to her fingers. Seeing Jerry, who Coop has identified as being a baby guy, he is very pro baby. He thinks babies are cute. He wants to hold him. Jared is not a baby guy, and he would tell you that. But seeing him throughout the day and he. He even said something at the end of the day. He was like, yo, I kind of get, like, this whole baby thing. He was like, yo, yo, baby's kind of rip. Like, I can see why people have these. So it was very fun to, like, kind of see him going into the day of, like, how is this gonna go? And then Scarlett had, like, an all star showing. Zero cries, zero blowouts, zero. So there, you know, Jared's probably sitting there going, oh, Sherman's had two beers, and now he's, you know, having an espresso martini. And we've been going around all day and hanging out all these little shops like nothing's changed for him. This is great.

[A]

It's kind of a good life.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

He's kind of rich, doing a great job, Bob. You know, indirectly recruiting a papa team sixer.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. But, you know, reminding him behind the scenes of, like, hey, it is not all sunshine and rainbows. And this is quite literally my first drink, I think, in. I mean, six months, seven months. But it was a good. Like, that was a great day for me to get to kick back and.

[A]

Yeah, let the hair down.

[C]

Oh, dude, feel the wind. Yes. And that's. That day is what helped lead into that conversation that I had with Jill on Sunday.

[A]

Tone setter.

[C]

It was a tone setter. It was a complete tone setter of, like, hey, we're in love. And, like, we love each other. We love having.

[A]

I love you, baby. Hey, I love you. And I'm gonna remind you tonight, I'm gonna.

[C]

Let me give you a little reminder.

[A]

That Shockwave opening night.

[C]

Let daddy remind you real quick. Truly was. It was just a reminder of, like, we do love each other and we are together for a reason. Like, we enjoy each other's company and we get to continue living life with each other. And it's not just a bunch of checklists of things that we need to check off of for Scarlet.

[A]

Yeah, exactly. Hey, Deke, we got to put the pressure. Chef, we got to put the pressure on him. Make sure he follows up. They get a date night logged in. Have to help or we gotta help.

[B]

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[E]

Hey, there. Dr. Jesse Mills. Here, here. I'm the director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health, and I want to tell you about my new podcast called the Mailroom.

[G]

And I'm Jordan, the show's producer. And like a lot of guys, I haven't been to the doctor in many years. I'll be asking the questions we probably should be asking but aren't, because guys.

[E]

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[G]

Depends which bone.

[E]

Well, that's true. Every week, we're breaking down the unique world of men's health, from testosterone and fitness to diets and fertility and things that happen in the bedroom.

[G]

You mean sleep?

[E]

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[H]

What up, y'?

[G]

All?

[H]

It's your boy, Kevin Stage. I want to tell you about my new podcast called Not My Best Moment, where I talk to artists, athletes, entertainers, creators, friends, people I admire who had massive success about their massive failures. What did they mess up on? What is their and what did they learn from it?

[A]

I got judged horribly. The judges were like, you're trash. I don't know how you got on the show.

[D]

Boo.

[A]

Somebody had tomatoes.

[C]

I'm kidding.

[A]

But if they had tomatoes, they would have thrown the tomatoes.

[H]

Let's be honest. We've all had those moments we'd rather forget. We bumped our head, we made a mistake, the deal fell through. We're embarrassed. We failed. But this podcast is about that and how we made it through.

[A]

So when they sat me down, they.

[H]

Were kind of like, got into the.

[C]

Small talk, and they were just like.

[A]

So, what do you got? What ideas And I was like, oh no. What?

[H]

Check out not my best moment with me Kev on Stage on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, YouTube or wherever you get your podcast.

[A]

We gotta help our guy. We gotta help our guy in the teams police, please. But I love that you were kind of recruiting a little bit. I love the demons getting in the mix. The Seaman team Sixers as the captain back there. Like father fatherhood, it rips. It has its very low moments, but it creates a bunch of extremely your best moments in life. We actually just shouting out some more comments. We have some new dad comments. I got one here from Jonah Maggard on Instagram. Magard Maggard. Doesn't matter what your name is. You. He's a PT Sixer. Been a short time listener, but already addicted. As everyone else says, Wednesdays are not my favorite day of the week. I'm a PT sixer with a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Both girls. Oh, shout out Jonah. My type of guy. Hashtag girl dad. I've been in the trenches since day one and hate missing out on any event or opera opportunity with my girls. They're my number one priority. Love that you all can be so relatable, genuine, supportive and other dads that have daily struggles. I personally struggle with the transition from one to two kids. Our first daughter is a big dead eye girl and it was hard for me to bond with the newborn girl for the longest time. Especially. Especially since she was boob. Especially since she was boob. Okay. But fast forward to a year later and now we have a great bond and I can balance balance time for both of them and still help mom out. Love what y' all are doing. Look forward to seeing what other dad hacks and advice Y' all have. P.S. our one year old still isn't sleeping through the night and I've been meaning to try the cabbage trick soon. If it works, I will let you know. Shout out Jonah. Shout out fatherhood. I go through the same stuff with my one year old, Scott Zilla. We have a great relationship, but she's addicted. Addicted to mom. She's addicted to mom right now. And we got another one here from Brandon K. Moffitt. Moffat. Brandon Moffat. Maybe the case silent9 on YouTube. Fellas got introduced to this spot by my buddy and wanted to get through all them before I commented. This guy gets it.

[C]

He gets it.

[A]

Happy to be here and happy to say I'm gonna be a first time dad to a baby girl in March. Shout out Brandon. She's an I.V.F. baby, let's go. And we're so grateful to finally be parents. Thank you Will for sharing your experiences with IVF and all that comes with with it. Stoked to be a girl dad and member of PT6. That's big time boys.

[C]

We're lucky to have you dude. We're lucky to have you.

[A]

Yeah man. And shout out you, you and your wife, your wife in particular. For the IVF journey we got Anthony.

[C]

Patron 4631 on YouTube Yoshim, fellow PT sixer with a five month old and a wife who is a nurse here. And my wife's nickname is Jelly Bean. Lol. Well my lol lol. My Jelly Bean is also having a really hard time dealing with what she sees at work and relating it back to our daughter. Do you have any tips to share on things have worked for your Jilly Bean would be awesome if she could talk about it when she's on the podcast. Love you boys. You helped me through these first five months. First off, congratulations on the five month old and shout out, shout out, shout out. And as far as advice goes, I actually was taking the dogs on a walk last night and was answering some DMS and a guy reached out to me essentially saying that his wife is in nursing and also struggles what she see sees at work. Being open, Anthony, being open with your wife to have those conversations and talk through, do those things with your wife but asking her the questions that will help prompt that. Instead of just expecting her to bring it to you and then you have the conversation and be open to have it. Ask her some questions that kind of like help open the floor for her of like how was work? Blah blah blah. Do that as like your first kind of hey, how was work? See how she answers that. And then and do you see anything hard today? Were there any kids that were just like kind of breaking your heart etc and giving her the opportunity to go, oh my gosh, you know what? There was this one and da da da. Because I feel like being able to be that person to bounce off those feelings with somebody. That's a great first step of of helping them process that.

[A]

I love that.

[C]

That would be my advice.

[A]

That's great advice. I crack. I'd crack a cold one to that advice.

[C]

I dude, speaking of crack a cold one. Crack a cold one. Does go to communication by the way for this week.

[A]

Okay, dive in. Crack a cold one to communication. Or this week is more of like sip a hot one. Yes, we have a hot chocolate flavor with liquid IV where you, you Know you get your hot water, it is getting the colder times of the year. And liquid IV has this hot chocolate flavor. So you just throw it in the hot water. And again, more electrolytes and than any leading sports drink, more better hydration than 16 ounces of water. You just throw a packet in your water. Whether it's cold water, they got a bunch of flavors. Cotton candy's my favorite flavor flavor to go with the cold water. I do enjoy this hot chocolate on sipping a hot one. If you want a hot beverage that also gives you electrolytes and hydration, vitamins and minerals, all the fun stuff, it's Liquid IV. You go to Liquid IV, you can use code BUSS and you will get 20% off. From the boys to you, from the dads to you.

[C]

Yes, you will.

[A]

PT6 to you, you and yeah, sip a hot one. Crack a cold one. This week is for communication communicado with.

[C]

Your spouse because we, I mean we've been bringing it up all day today with all of our stories and then especially that comment. Last one here, Paxton Hancock on Spotify. One shelf and fat staff. PT60 from day one here. Listen to the first epi on the way to our first imaging appointment. Appointment. And now we are in the hospital awaiting the birth of our first little girl, Hayes. Flooded with emotions and watching love of and watching the love of my life be an absolute warrior as they poke and prod her for this induction. 4 cm and counting. The bed quote unquote for me sucks harder than a shop vac. Good baby mama, soon to be wifey can't eat anything and is starving.

[A]

Good, good.

[C]

Prayers up. Rain down PT6 out.

[A]

PT6 out. I actually have an one getting admitted to the hospital as well. And shout out you baby Hayes. Welcome to the world.

[C]

Welcome to the world.

[A]

Milk team six. Mom, come on. We just got a minute. This one's from David Gutierrez.

[D]

Gutierrez.

[C]

Gutierrez.

[A]

David Gutierrez. We just got admitted to the hospital. My wife's water broke. Now we wait for our sweet baby girl to be born. Shout out girl dads man. Ready to earn my couch badge for the second time. I'm good. Staring at you, Sherm. Repeat offender. This is baby number two. But first girl. Very excited to be a girl Dad. I love the podcast. I wanted to call and leave a voicemail, but baby girl's about 10 days early with the holidays right around the corner. What family traditions are you looking forward to? It's a great topic. We what we got, we got Thanksgiving next week, holiday season, holiday traditions. I'll tell you what I'm not looking forward to.

[C]

Please.

[A]

The pressure that comes with gift giving, the stress that comes with giving. As a guy, it's like my love language is not even close to gifts. Like, I always appreciate if I do get a gift. If there's a thoughtful gift, it kind of reminds me. He's like, fuck, I wish I thought, you know, I wish I could put my intention toward a very thoughtful gift for somebody. It's just a reminder that I suck at gifts. And so the stress of gifts.

[C]

Are you talking about. About to Charo? Are you talking about in general?

[A]

In general? In general.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

It's a little like, even. Even with Charo, like, like I get to where I'm two months out and I'm like, I need to get on gift giving. I need to get. And then I procrastinate. So a tradition I'm not looking forward to is gift giving. The family. As a new parent, I would say the family dynamic around the holidays is a lot different. You get to have to, as the parent of the kid, like, say you got the grandkids. I'm the only one. I'm one of three boys. I'm the only one with kids right now. So I almost have the leverage of making people come to me. Yeah, because then you got to travel with kids and you definitely, like, don't want to do that. If family members have other kids, I know when my brothers, when they have kids, that'll come into the fold. But the family dynamic kind of shifts because you maybe you had a tradition of going to your parents and maybe that's a few hour drive or you got to get on a plane, and now that you have kids, it kind of all that goes through your head. And then if you have, you're married to your wife, she might have family traditions to where you're trying to up back, balance what the scheduling looks like. And God forbid there's other siblings that also have kids. So then you're trying to map out and plan all these things. That's where a lot of stress and pressure comes into play for the families and for yourself individually, because you want to, you want to care for and make sure it's a priority for your parents or your family that wants to see the grandkids, but also prioritize your wife's parents who also want to see the grandkids. So not looking forward to those scheduling conflicts right now. We don't have them right now. We hold the leverage. Yes. Charles, the only one, she has a brother. She's the Only ones with kids. I'm the only one in my family with kids. So now you have the leverage of getting your family to come to you, which is a nice. Which is great leverage to have.

[C]

Needed that reminder, by the way, you. You have said that before, maybe two or three episodes ago. Of like, Sherman, you hold all the leverage. Like, you. You got the kiddos, you got. This is how you approach par.

[A]

The. The parents. Parents, they'd be on you to pressure you to still come or make it in. It's like, hey, listen, I love you. I hear you. Here's how our world has changed. And you just got to know in the back of your mind, you got the kids.

[C]

You got the kids. And you can metaphorically hold them hostage.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And be like, hey, you do what I say. You come this way.

[A]

You don't have to be that aggressive. Maybe you can. Maybe you're at a point to where you do. Do say, like, I got the kids. What are you gonna do? What are you gonna do? But creatively, like, in their brain, it's like, hey, we got to solve this problem. This. This problem is hanging in the balance. Ultimately, they have to be the one that bends the knee. Yeah. Because they want to see the kids.

[C]

Well.

[A]

And thankfully, look, we're going to do our own Thanksgiving. Look, we're going to do our own Christmas here. We would love for you guys to come. My wife's parents, they're coming in. What are you going to do? Yeah.

[C]

And thankfully, you said that to me and it opened up a great conversation with my mom of like, you know, because my mom wants to know, like, hey, what are Yalls plans? What are Yalls plans? And I just straight up said, mom, the learning lesson this year is Jill and I need to do a way better job of making plans. We need to do a way better job of telling people what our plans.

[A]

Are and thinking about what us as a family. Only once. First.

[D]

Yes.

[C]

And my mom had the most epic answer of all time.

[A]

Oh. And goes, tell us more.

[C]

Well, Sherman, you know, just keep in mind, you guys are the shot callers. You're the ones with the kids in the. In the full time job.

[A]

So shout out your mom.

[C]

I know. I was like, oh, yes. Because she was like, that's what you needed to hear.

[A]

You could hear some pushback. You could hear something different. I know people are. There's a lot of family dynamics out there. And God bless them all. Small. Everybody's trying to figure it out and try to, like, win with their situation. But shout out your mom for that answer. I know that probably gave a lot of relief off your shoulders.

[C]

She. And then she followed up with a great follow up. She said, all I need to know is dates. That's all I need. She was like, I. I have no dates that have been thrown to me. If you just give me dates that work, then I will come to you. I promise.

[A]

She comfortably put it back in your court. Hey, you hold the cards. We want to be around you guys no matter what. You just let me know what date dates. Mama bear is going to be there.

[C]

Mama bear will be there. Because she's like, that's great. I don't want to be in Jill's hair. I don't want to be in your hair. What's a. What's a week?

[A]

Respecting the other parents on the other side. The in laws on the other side. Like, hey, you guys, just let us know we're down for whatever. That's the fluidity and flexibility.

[C]

Literally. A million kisses to Ms. Amy. Because I, you know, we have done a poor job of planning.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

And taking your philosophy, putting it together with Miss Amy's, I'm like, we, we have a good plan going going forward into 2026.

[A]

Yeah. Do you have any? So for Thanksgiving for us, since we've been in Nashville, one thing that we've done is we'll go over to the Low Wands for Thanksgiving. We. Last year we had Scotty. Charles was two weeks postpartum. So it was, hey, right. We're gonna, we're gonna, we're gonna cater in a meal, a Thanksgiving meal, because we don't want Charl to do any work. You guys can come over. We'd love to have you. You can see Scotty for the first time. But we had a Thanksgiving at our house because Charles was two weeks postpartum.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

The couple years before that, I want to say we went to the luan. And it's been just a different dynamic because it was when I was transitioning out of the NFL when I was playing football, you know, everything was based around the football schedule. So we're getting into a world to where we can now create some of these family traditions for Thanksgiving for Christmas. I know what I'm excited about. Like, we're getting into our new house. Our new house gets done here by the end of the year. So we'll be in a new house next year to where it's going to have a lot of hosting capacity. My eyes. My season to me goes to, like, whatever's easiest. This year we're Going to the Lawans parents just came down for Scotty's birthday. We had all the parents, the families over. So that way knocked that out to where? Okay. I can't expect them to travel down again for Thanksgiving. So I'm assuming we're going to do Thanksgiving apart. And then Charles parents are going somewhere else for Thanksgiving. So it just makes it easy to go to the Luans. Just do a family thing. We got the food there. Our own tradition that we're going to start is your boy's going to start doing Bar 3 on Black Friday morning. Eat all the food. I'm going to hit a bar three class. You can. You guys can. You guys are more than welcome to join me if you want to take your significant other and sign up for the class Friday morning. I'll get you guys the details. But we could sweat it out on Friday morning.

[C]

Black Friday continually go. Going to do part three? Is that what you're saying?

[A]

I'm thinking in my brain this could be a good Thanksgiving tradition. Follow up. I don't know what Thanksgiving is going to look like for us traditionally moving forward once we're in our new house. Yes, again, I know we got the kids. Brother just got engaged, his wife. I'm sure families will be getting creative.

[C]

Congrats.

[A]

So traditions for Thanksgiving is going to be looking forward to the future. One tradition I have, it's I want to ask the audience, what is the best way on Thanksgiving to eat a turkey? Is it baked? Baked? Is it smoked? Is it fried? Is it bold? Is it all the above? I love a good smoked turkey. I know people can break their foot off in a baked turkey. I grew up on baked turkey, so I like the new flavors of a fried turkey or smoked turkey. I enjoy a smoked turkey.

[F]

Let's leave it there and pick it back up. That's a good spot to stop.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

When we come back, we'll go into the turkey debate.

[A]

Okay. Just know that's how I ended the energy. I enjoy a smoked turkey. All right, we're going to take a quick potty break. This potty break is presented to us by ollipop. Sherm. Did you know that there's a new Ol Pop and spongebob collaboration going on?

[C]

Absolutely. I've had a few. They are fantastic.

[A]

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[C]

Or crisp apple.

[A]

Is that what it is?

[C]

I believe crisp apple because I had to do a quick Google because I don't know if you saw on Instagram and this may be diving into something for an ad read. But Ollipop called me out because they were like you, you've never had classic Grape. I was like, never had it. They're like, you gotta have it on the show.

[A]

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[C]

And HB and Olipop. Listen, I will have a classic grape and a crisp apple on camera this week. That is a promise because I told him I wanted to save it for a special Occasion.

[A]

So you go ahead. We got. We got more. We got more to get to.

[C]

We got more to get to. What else is great for special occasions like holidays?

[A]

Cozy furniture. Oh, you.

[C]

You nailed it. It is Wayfair. Yeah.

[A]

Yes, it's Wayfair. It is way fair furniture.

[C]

Way fair cozy furniture. And they have a lot more than just that, Will. Especially around the holidays. They are the one stop shop for decor, for furniture. Maybe you're going to be hosting at your house and you need some kitchen utensils. You need some stuff to kind of spice up up your event space, your home as your hosting family for the holidays. The holidays are here. And get what you need fast with Wayfair. From bedding and linens to decor for every room in the house, Wayfair is the one stop shop last minute guest prep. Refresh your guest room with bedding, throw pillows and action chairs for way less. Why is Wayfair the best place to get gifts?

[F]

Gifts?

[C]

It's because they have fast shipping for last minute decor and hosting essentials. That's for gifts too. And that's important for the dads. Those last second gifts. I know I'm forgetting stuff left and right.

[A]

We're gonna forget stuff anyway. We're gonna be. We're gonna be. It's gonna be Christmas time. We're gonna be. We're gonna be saying, hey, gifts on its way.

[C]

Oh, yeah, honey, did you get anything for the girls? Yeah, I got it on Wayfair.

[A]

It's coming tomorrow.

[C]

But that's, I mean, that's literally what I'll say. Say it's coming tomorrow. It's coming from Wayfair for the kids room. Maybe you want to refresh it, get some exciting holiday decor. You can even get a Christmas tree. I was looking on Wayfair this morning. They. They have a really good Christmas tree selection. So if you subscribe to Christmas, maybe get your tree on Wayfair. Wayfair makes it easy to tackle your home goals and your gift list with endless inspiration for every every space and budget. Head to Wayfair.com right now to shop all things home. That's W A Y-F-A-I-R.com Wayfair Every style, every home. Is it Wayfair. Every style, every home. Is that what they do?

[A]

Maybe.

[C]

Am I making that up?

[A]

You might be. Let's get back to this episode.

[F]

Yeah, we're wrong.

[A]

What did I say earlier?

[C]

Yeah, you say, hey, listen, people break their foot off in a. In a roasted turkey. But I like a smoked turkey. What?

[D]

What?

[C]

How do you guys do your turkey?

[A]

Yeah, I like a good smoked turkey.

[C]

Let's go. Hey, I like a good. I do like a good smoked turkey. I smoked my first turkey last Thanksgiving. I think I told this story on the podcast, but Jill's stepdad just cutting into that thing and taking the first bite and give me the look of approval. Not only the look of approval, but the head knot. Oh.

[A]

Just the aura of that smoked turkey going in your mouth, bro.

[C]

And seeing the smoke ring too, because I use cherry pellets, so it gave.

[A]

It, like, a nice little buddy.

[C]

Nice little pink. Pink.

[B]

And.

[C]

And when you're cutting it, you go, oh, my bird has a little pink on it. Oh, it's not cooked all the way.

[A]

That's the smoke ring. That's really. Hey, shut your punk ass up.

[C]

You knew. Hey, you knew the smoking birds, Aren't you, Chef?

[A]

What are you. Oh, so, Chef Jack. This is a dude who can. Who can sling it in the kitchen right now. Where are you going with your chef?

[F]

I. I am a bacon roast traditional, by the book, the way our founding fathers intended, wanted it to be. That's how I am. OG OG OG OG we did a smoked turkey two years ago. That was my first ever. Like, Wednesday night. Go hang out with all your friends. And I had one bite and threw up. So we've never done that since. We're a roast turkey, people. I'm. And this year is actually a special year, guys. This is the first year that my father is passing on the responsibilities of baking the turkey to me.

[A]

And see, my hairline looks terrible right now, but I'll go ahead and take that off and give a clap for that one.

[C]

That's a true semen team sixer right there. That's a captain that's entering into PT6. He's taking the right steps. His girlfriend is hearing. Oh, Dad's handing me the reins on turkey duty this year. Buddy pressures. Pressure's on.

[F]

I think I'm gonna film it, so if you guys want to see that, I can film it and edit together and show you guys how I'm gonna do it. Love that, but I'm traditionalist. I'm in charge of the gr.

[A]

You ever take it outside and roast it over a fire?

[F]

No, but that would be sick. We don't have the.

[A]

You're talking about founding fathers and all this. You're feeding us. Like, you ever go outside out back and just eat in the woods?

[F]

Yeah, we could do an outside roast, but I think. I think the way they would do it back in the day is find like a big Dutch oven type thing in there and then put the coals on top. Like a true bake.

[C]

Yes.

[F]

Baking wasn't a thing just because the oven was. Was invented.

[C]

Yeah, it was the Incans. Incans and Mayans would do the underground ovens. If you've never seen an underground oven.

[A]

Never have.

[C]

It's really. It's actually very sick.

[D]

Intricate.

[C]

Intricate and really cool.

[A]

That's what we need to see from Chef.

[C]

We do.

[A]

We need an underground oven.

[C]

We need an Incan underground smoke.

[F]

I'm going to be in the backyard.

[C]

Of my parents house.

[F]

My dad's gonna come home. What are you doing? I got a shovel out there like I gotta make. A boss man says make an underground.

[A]

Oven, but you can't just buy a turkey from the store. You have to go hunt one.

[F]

Oh, even better. Oh, dude, that'd be fun.

[C]

I have my license for turkey this year, and Delaney Walker has given me an invitation to come shoot one on his property.

[F]

I can get a. Can I get a day pass?

[C]

Pretty sure I can get. Day pass is very cheap.

[F]

I'll come out there and we'll shoot turkey.

[C]

You can use your hands. Your bare hands.

[A]

Yeah, if we were about it, that'd be sick.

[C]

That would be sick.

[A]

And when I say we, it's Chef.

[C]

Yeah, you.

[A]

If he bleeds the brand, he'll go out there and kill a turkey for Thanksgiving. Make an underground ink and oven and then roast one.

[F]

You spend too much time with the mediator crew. That's what they do.

[C]

Chef, your co owner in fantasy football is the Lany Walker. And you were sitting right there when he invited us to his property. That invitation was for you as well.

[F]

I would be happy to go.

[A]

And the question would be, how great do you want to be?

[F]

I want to be the best.

[C]

You gotta shoot Delaney a text today.

[F]

All right, I'll get in touch with him.

[A]

The opportunities right there.

[F]

I've never turkey hunt.

[C]

I could. I've never hunted. Could he call Delaney right now and ask him? Is that okay?

[A]

Yeah, I don't care.

[C]

Do you want to call Delaney and see?

[F]

Yeah, we'll see if he answers.

[C]

Because getting Chef out there to shoot a turkey and cook it would be epic. Yeah, that's a semen team sixer right there. That's a sicko.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, dad.

[A]

And he can't. He can't.

[C]

Look, dad, you're giving me turkey duty.

[A]

Just go so far you can't Google inking oven. You gotta go seek out an Incan. Is that what. Is that what they are?

[C]

That's what they are. Seek out. You gotta go down to Peru and Chile.

[A]

You can't take a plane. There were no planes back then. You got. You gotta go down and ask an Incan. How do you make these underground ovens? Cuz I got Thanksgiving next week for the dad fresh for me to cook.

[C]

I gotta cook a turkey. My dad gave me turkey. Did he said.

[F]

Big deal.

[C]

Did he answer?

[D]

I'll do.

[F]

Dial him.

[C]

Oh, dial him.

[A]

Dial. Oh. We were trying to fill the conversation while you're calling.

[C]

Me now you're fine.

[F]

I don't think he'll answer.

[A]

I'll give him a shout.

[F]

You want to.

[A]

Well, see if he answers.

[C]

Your call. Is it ringing?

[F]

Yeah, it's ringing.

[C]

We'll follow. We'll follow it up with him. He's a busy man.

[A]

Delaney's a busy man. Man.

[F]

It's probably odd that I'm calling him too, cuz I usually text him fantasy updates.

[D]

All the makers don't kick themselves on Lany Walker Lane.

[C]

True. Is there a Delaney Walker Lane? Your call has been.

[A]

That feels like an ignore.

[C]

We'll get. We'll get.

[A]

We'll get him online. We'll see if we can hunt some turkeys on his property. We'll see if chef can hunt a turkey.

[F]

That'd be sick.

[C]

That would be so sick about making.

[A]

Your old man proud.

[C]

Proud.

[A]

Just walking in with that bird.

[F]

No, I don't. That big hunt family.

[A]

Oh, you're not a hunting family.

[I]

No.

[F]

Don't let the accent fool you.

[A]

The accent did fool me.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

No, I. I've. That's a big joke around my friends is I'm. I have a very Southern accent. Not by design, but I'm not like insanely Southern person. I love football. I like beer. Yeah. I like a lot of things. I don't know where this is.

[C]

Hey, I will. I will tell y' all this. As far as. As far as getting your first turkey. I got mine with a rifle, not a shotgun. From range. And you get one of them birds down and you get them nice and plucked, they're ready to go right then and there. I'm all in.

[A]

I like football. I like drinking beer. I like a lot of things.

[C]

I like, like.

[A]

I don't know where I was going with that.

[C]

I like the American flag.

[A]

I like tradition.

[C]

I like. God, I don't.

[F]

I don't know what to do with.

[A]

My hands right now, but I don't how I feel.

[C]

Never killed a turkey. Yeah, but I'M open to it. Are you open to it, chef?

[F]

One million percent.

[C]

Okay, good, good.

[A]

And for the comments, too. Fried turkey, smoked turkey, baked turkey. Are you a fried guy, Derek?

[D]

I'm a deep fried guy now that I live in the same south. We were, we were ham people up north. We weren't really turkey too much. And so my dad make a ham no matter what. I think smoked is great. I think baked is great. I think they're all great. Now that I've had a deep fried turkey with the crispy skin and the ease it takes to get into it, which I know is a little bit of a, I don't know, taking the easy way out for it, but man, a deep fried turkey, I love that down here. Love it.

[C]

I couldn't agree more. And to set up PT6 for next week's episode. Just like Will said. Said, let us know how you prep your turkey. Let us know if you're more of a ham family. Maybe you're a Texan, because I know my family did this a lot. Maybe you're a beef tenderloin on Thanksgiving. My grandparents always had a beef tenderloin. My dad always did a beef tenderloin on Thanksgiving. Leave in the comments. What's the meat that you're going with? And hit us with some of those sides because we're going to do a full breakdown next week. Full breakdown of what's going to be on the plate.

[A]

Yeah, we need videos of dads making turkeys. No, I'm thinking I'm going to Taylor's, but I just might make a smaller turkey and smoke it up.

[C]

Yeah, that'd be fun.

[A]

Get the Monarchs on the feet safely.

[C]

Yeah, we're. We're talking about Monday next week. We're trying to save Monday of next week, like in the evening for some turkey shenan.

[A]

Turkey shenan.

[C]

Because I might throw a bird on Monday morning. Morning. Let it smoke the whole day low and slow.

[A]

Hey, by the way, Sherm, I just want to tell you, you look good in that merch. I know people have been at. People been asking where they can get the. For the dads, the Christmas theme merch. The holiday merch. There's a new line out right [e-mail] it is out now. So now you can go shop till you drop. Get ready for holiday season, man. If you're a milk team sixer. Get your hubby. Hey, get your hubby some of this. Nice. For the dad's merch or for the dad's merch.

[C]

Get your, get your hubby some of this merch. That's another comment, and I'm not trying to force anything on this podcast. I had multiple dads, but a ton of Milk Team 6 are saying, where's the Milk Team 6 merch? Where is it? You keep talking about it. You keep acting like you're excited about it, but where the results? I don't see anything on the website for the Milk Team Sixers. I think you and I may just have to put our heads together and. And design. Design something for the boss.

[A]

That's the problem. Like, I. I feel all of those questions are justified and we operate this business, but they have to understand, just like their husband, just like all the men in their life, it's a bunch of dudes operating this business right now. We're excited about it.

[B]

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[E]

Hey there. Dr. Jesse Mills here. I'm the director of the men's clinic at UCLA Health, and I want to tell you about my new podcast called the Mailroom.

[G]

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[E]

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[G]

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[E]

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[G]

You mean sleep?

[E]

Yeah, something like that.

[A]

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[E]

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[G]

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[E]

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[C]

All new episode of iHeartRadio's Las Culturistas. Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Award winner Sarah Paul Paulson spills on red carpet hacks.

[A]

We saw these pictures and we were.

[C]

Like, what is the story with this? She gets real about the inspiration behind her roles. Oh, no. There is no end to how people will behave. And she puts hosts Matt Rogers and Bowen Yag on notice.

[A]

I don't think so, honey. I feel very, very triggered by this.

[C]

Open your free iHeartRadio app search Las Culturistas and listen to the full podcast. Now, we're talking about going to Delaney Walker's property to go shoot a turkey last second, right before Thanksgiving.

[A]

Chances we get excited about stuff.

[C]

That priority is over. Milk Team Sixers right now. Does that. Does that paint a picture for you?

[A]

Yeah, you. You have these grand ideas, and then the weekend comes, football's on, and the Bud lights out.

[C]

Buddy, wait for off season. Yeah, Milk Team Six. Just wait for the off season.

[A]

You're talking about Milk Team 6, where my wife's on my ass for Lane Kiffin News.

[C]

My wife's on my ass because I still haven't got the little cage for our dogs. They got sleeping kennels now.

[A]

Yeah. Well, when can we get your focus for Milk Team Six merch? Tell me where Lane Kiffin's going and I'll be able to direct my attention there.

[C]

Tell me where I can get a kennel where my dog's not gonna freak out and have PTSD throughout the night, and then we'll get the Milk Team Six shirts. I. I do have a. What are the odds? I forgot to do last week. And then we can jump into emails and calls.

[A]

Yeah, sounds great.

[C]

Okay. This was a huge thing on the stream. This happened on the stream two weeks ago. And Milk Team Sixers. Speaking of, here's a really fun prank that you can pull on your husband. Jill did not have the intention of pulling a prank on me, but she texted me a year from the day that we found out that she was pregnant with Scarlet by sending me a picture of a bunch of positive pregnancy tests and just left it at that. It was just a bunch of positive pregnancy tests for about 25 seconds, followed by A year ago today. And, buddy, those 25 seconds, bro, you were pacing.

[A]

You were starting to sweat. She goes, oh, my God.

[C]

Sitting there, seeing six positive pregnancy tests. Here we go again. I mean, thank God I'm on a dad podcast. I guess. I don't know. Yeah, buckle up, buckle up, because this one, unlike Scarlett, was not planned like this.

[A]

Before you got to the weekend, before you got to the conversation on Sunday, all the stressors. The stressors going on. You got pregnancy tests popping up right in front of your face.

[C]

Face literally just sent me this. And I know right below it it says, a year ago today, that was not there. When that image first came through, I replied with, you just scared the out of me. Holy. She replied, hahaha. Oh, Sherman, like, that's just crazy that I freaked out.

[A]

You are silly.

[C]

Oh, silly.

[A]

Sher.

[C]

So the what are the odds? Is what is. Is the chances. What are the odds that you have a child born on the same day as your first child? Do y' all want to go ahead and take a guess at those odds?

[D]

That's some parameters.

[A]

Say.

[C]

Yeah, dear. I just.

[D]

I just want. Are we setting some parameters? What are we giving you?

[A]

We're giving them an answer. Our guess, a percentage.

[C]

Right.

[D]

I think I won last time, and there was a lot of anger towards me.

[C]

They're winning.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

There's a comment that. That broke down the map. Well, I will say saying, no, no.

[A]

No, no, no, no. He. He's talking about one comment that had.

[C]

Mathematical equations in it. They did. They proved mathematically that Derek was close.

[A]

No, he wasn't.

[C]

Yes, it was.

[A]

No, no, you weren't.

[C]

Yes, I was.

[A]

No, you weren't.

[F]

Is this a percentage?

[C]

This is a percentage guess.

[F]

Oh, this is going to be another fiasco.

[A]

I would say. 0.0273.

[C]

Locked in. In.00273, I'm going to go 0.25.

[A]

So you're 0.2525.

[F]

Yeah. 365 days in a year.

[C]

25%.

[A]

Go ahead.

[E]

Yeah.

[D]

Zero point.

[I]

Sorry.

[F]

Is this assuming that. Is this assuming that the couple tried to have kids on the exact same day the first one was born?

[C]

This is the odds of your second child being born on the exact same day.

[A]

But it.

[F]

Well, that's.

[C]

Not that you're trying for it, but just what are the odds of that happening?

[F]

025.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

And just.

[F]

Doing the deed on the same day.

[C]

Just to reiterate rate, you are saying 025%, not 025. Correct. Okay, 50%. Yeah, it is.01%. There's a.01% chance you won.

[D]

You said 00, right?

[A]

I said 002025.

[C]

So it was chef.

[D]

Maybe.

[C]

Maybe.

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

To your comment, your burner account comes.

[C]

In and says, hey, here's the map. This is what's going on. But that was your. What are the odds brought to us by fanduel.

[A]

Thank you for thank you, fanduel. Let's get to the hotline again. If you want to be featured on the show with the voicemail, just call into 601 the Dads, and we will read your voicemails in real time. They will be recorded, but we will feature young the show.

[C]

And you can also, by the way.

[A]

My old man, he DM'd you not too long ago, saying he wanted to send in a voicemail, but you never responded to him. He felt like I needed to handle that.

[C]

Oh, no.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

On Twitter or Instagram, who knows?

[A]

That's the Duke of Bonaire.

[C]

Yeah. That makes me sad. I'll find that.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

I'll find that. And that. That's a. An apology not only to your father, but to PT Sicka. Bios. I took not a true sabbatical, but I really tried to chill on social media and, like, being on it when I'm at home. I need to prioritize time reaching back out to these PT sickos. They're sending me some really cool stuff in the dms and I did some last night, and it was. It's always fun, dude, getting to read through those. Yeah, I forget that those are there. I need to dive back into that. So please tell Billy, after Billy that I'm. I will find that and we're gonna figure it out and we're gonna get him on the voicemail.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

Saying, derek, we should have an episode where it's just all of our dads do a call in.

[A]

Yeah, that'd be fun.

[C]

That would be.

[F]

That'd be like a fun, special episode where we'll dedicate, like, half the episode to it bothers.

[A]

Oh, that's what I was thinking, too. Good. Father's Day episode.

[C]

We. We have one titled.

[F]

Ah.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

Just.

[A]

Ah. Yo, what's good, boys? Just got off my leave. First day back to work. It's already been crazy. We are in the trenches. Like I. Dude, I'm telling you, we are. We're in them. Three to four times last night, I just wake up, but it's a beautiful cry. And you know what I said? I said, good, good. I'm glad that I. I didn't get enough sleep and I had to drink a freaking cold brew this morning.

[D]

Good.

[A]

You know, he's already pooped on my wife's hand about three times. Good.

[C]

Embrace it.

[F]

This is.

[A]

You only have about, man. What, Two years of this and it's over. So I'm excited. I'm pumped up. Got Home from the hospital a few weeks ago and now we're back into the swing of things. I'm actually heading to work right now, but love you boys. Hope to hear back from y' all on the show soon. Shout out, man, you're in the trenches. Look, Scotty, right now at 12 months old, she's a year old and I'm wondering If there's a 12 month sleep regression out there because there's a couple a few times over the weekend. We didn't get a whole lot of sleep over the weekend because she just. I don't know if it's like the separation anxiety. When she wakes up, she realizes mom or dad, mainly mom isn't there. Like she's been clinging to mom, but I'm talking, just yelling, bro, screaming. I had to go in there on Sunday night six times. And after the last time I hear her screaming and you know, I'm laying in bed and I just let it go. She probably screamed scream for like 30 minutes. Her rhythm would go down to where she's falling asleep. A couple minutes go by, so I'm getting in that light sleep and then I just hear it again. I'm just like, scotty Joe, just go to sleep, sweetheart. Go to sleep. She just kicks back the minute, like, you know, I'll go in there and I'll try and pat her and soothe her without picking her up. So it's not like, you know, creating that. That comfort of she has to be in somebody's arms all the time. Yep. And I would get her to go to down and two out of those six, I would say I picked her up and she immediately goes to sleep when you pick her up. So it's like this, this. What is it? What's. What's the word I'm looking for? This like the singing.

[C]

Oh, the. You're just trying to break the clinging, like the contact.

[A]

So. Yeah, yeah, the contact needing the contact to be picked up out of the crib to go to sleep. I'm like, we can't have that. You got to break. Like it's always been a mission. Just you're. You're leaning on other things where they can help self soothe themselves back to sl. And she's been a stud at sleeping, dude.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So for whatever reason, I'm like wanting to look up. Is there like a 12 month or a year sleep regression? Because I'm just like, bro, she's had us in hell for a couple nights. Last night she did phenomenal, thank God. But it's like an hour into her sleeping. And then after the hour, in like every 30 minutes, she'll just get up like screaming or upset about something. Like, sweetheart, just go to bed. You know how to do this, bro. There's your llama right there. There's all your stuffies. Yep. Snuggle up to him. Go back.

[C]

No, four months is a big sleep regression.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Age that Scarlet has somewhat hit, but it's really just kind of turned into her like waking up super early now. Yeah, like she's still sleeping, but she's like waking up super early. And this dad, he remained anonymous. But what he'll learn is the next stage, which I kind of loved, is when they are crying in the middle of the night and you go in like Will is talking about. For any new dads, they'll say, instead of picking up them up, because then you'll have to pick them up every time.

[A]

Right?

[C]

You set the standard of just going in there, placing your hand on their stomach or on their chest and just kind of lightly rocking them back and forth. And you could do a nice little like. Or you could sing to them. Whatever you want to do to put them back. But that moment that you know you're in some deep is when you step over their crib to put the hand on the chest and pass you out. And they're just smiling, bro. When they see you, they're smiling, you're like, oh, I'm cooked.

[A]

It's gotta be trying to roll over to like grunt and sit up. I'm like, no, no, no, no, you gotta go back down. It's like, this is not play time. Yeah, because you're right. You're trying to do your best to train them to kind of self soothe. Like, you let them know that you're there, that you're there. You're not making eye contact with you. I'm like kind of looking away. And I'm on a knee because Scotty likes to sleep on her stomach. So she'll be like. She'll be like her butt, her little butts tooted up and stuff. And I'm like patting her on the butt. I'm just like looking, looking away. I like try and seek a look. And if she's looking at me with a smile or whatever, I'm just like going to look away. You're trying to help get it to where they're not just dependent on eating contact from you. Because you pick her up and put her in your arm and she'll just be like.

[C]

And their little brains, you know, their little brains when they've been crying and then they see their favorite person, they're like, yes, it works.

[A]

Yeah, crying works. What? Scotty will start like, what? I'm thinking of how she's manipulating the system. She'll take the stuffies and like throw them out of the crib and then be like yelling standing up in the crib. And I'll be like, hey, I. There's a camera up there. I see you, bro. You're trying to do this to get us. Come up here. You leave these out. I will not come back.

[C]

You did that.

[A]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Ain't nothing else that did that. You did that.

[A]

Scott, lay him down. She starts trying to sit up. Pick her up. No, it's. It's bedtime.

[C]

I can just picture her doing a Will Compton Grunt as she's trying to get there.

[A]

Well, it gets to a point too where you'll go up so much and you'll just be fuming that you can't get any sleep. And I'll just be, you know, like in your arm like this. And they're trying to like hyperextend their body. And you're wrestling them, squeezing them like, no, no, no, you're not getting out of this pretzel. They're shaking them, patting them extra hard.

[C]

You are my sunshine. My.

[A]

Like waterboarding with the pass. Like, they'll be like, you'll be like, shove it in their mouth.

[C]

Jill always gets so busy. She doesn't want it. She doesn't want it.

[A]

She gonna take it?

[C]

No, she wants it. Trust me. But yes. Good luck to you. Good luck, sir.

[A]

Trenches never stop.

[C]

They never stop. Code Brown is our next call in.

[I]

Hey boys, My name is Troy. I'm from Wisconsin. I'm the dad of a two and a half year old daughter and a five month old son. Son calling just before 7am Central time, just before the kids wake up, I got a couple minutes of peace and quiet. Just wanted to share a funny story that just happened this past week. So my two and a half year old daughter is in the midst of starting potty training and has been dealing with some constipation issues, which apparently is normal for the potty training age. And we've been trying all sorts of different things, trying a lot of high fiber foods, prune juice, reached out to her pediatrician, all this fun stuff. It had been about five days since she had pooped last and it was, you know, dada's turn to give the bath and I took her up there. She had prune juice earlier in the Day, day. And I think you can see where this is going. But something between what we had been trying in the previous days and that warm water relaxing the bowels.

[A]

Yeah.

[I]

Let it all out right there in the bathtub. And unfortunately, it happened to be Dada's turn to give the bath, so had a code brown up there. And that was a wild experience. On one hand, it was good. That's she finally pooped. On the other hand, it was bad for Dada dealing with the cleanup. So a little bittersweet moment. Just like many things of being a dad, it's the greatest in the world, but it's also literally shitty sometimes. So thought you boys would like that story. Love the show. Just picked up my first piece of for the dads merch. Excited for it to arrive. Keep doing what you're doing. My favorite podcast. Podcast out there for sure. So thanks again and talk to you again soon.

[C]

Troy.

[A]

Nothing like in the tub.

[C]

Nothing like it.

[A]

And talk about a frenzy that happens mentally. If you're the dad on. If you're the one on the wall for bath time, it is scary. Like, for me, I. Nothing more terrifying, nothing more of a nightmare than just everywhere. Nobody got to pull them out of the tub. They're dripping. They're staying on the towel.

[C]

Stay right here.

[A]

I'll get cold. Well, that's happens when you in the tub, put this talon. Stay warm, Drain it, refill it. Oh, I.

[C]

He didn't have a super thick Wisconsin accent, but I loved how it came out whenever he said D. Oh, yeah. You know, Dada, it's D. Stern.

[A]

That's a man that eats some cheese, man.

[C]

That is a man that eats some cheese. And hey, good on you, Troy. Way to stay in the trenches. Way to fight. Fight it. Bath time is such a sacred part of our, like, night. Night time for Scarlet. She loves it. And if anything goes awry, that makes her have to come out of the tub. Like, if I'm about to put her in and the little ducky thermometer, I look at it, last second, I go, oh, 109. That's too hot. You know, Scarlet let me adjust the temperature. Well, I already held her over the water. She thought she was about to go in. She goes ballistic.

[A]

He's trying to get in some action. Some splash zone action.

[C]

Put me in the damn pub. I don't care if it's 112.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Do you warm up to them? Do they like bath time?

[A]

They love bath time.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

Scotty loves bath time. We'll get him in the Bath together where Scotty's on her little. Her little seated thing. And they splash each other back and forth. Oh, dude. R loves it. Rs always trying to take the check, check the temperature. Too hot. It's not too hot. Okay. It's a little spicy, but it'll. You'll warm up to it.

[C]

She said that. Or years ago I said to her.

[A]

I'm like, just, just stand there. Like, just stand with your feet in first. It'll warm up. See, it's not that bad. I'll start splashing or she'll spaz out. I don't know. Can't get out now.

[C]

I want to. I want to see you in the trenches more. I'm sure you want to see me in the trenches.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

I was laughing this morning, carrying out those boiled peanuts and holding Scarlett's backpack and her little milk bottles. I went to open the front door and the boiled peanut juice just all over my jeans. And the first thing that shot in my head was, I wish Will was here to see that. That just be like, oh, buddy, you in the trench is good.

[A]

Yeah, it sucks at times.

[C]

It does, but it's what makes it great. Thank you for calling.

[A]

Thank you for calling in, Troy. We do have. Go ahead.

[C]

Just another reminder. I feel like we haven't said this on the show in a while, but for any new listeners, when you call in and we select you for the show, we send you free merch.

[A]

Yeah, we have forgotten to say that you get Troy. He just bought his first piece. He's going to be getting some more merch now.

[C]

Yeah, you're going to be getting some more stuff. So when we reach out to Troy, we'll make sure, sure we'll, you know, hey, what'd you buy? Because we want to give you something that you don't already have.

[A]

And again, if you want to be featured on the show, let your voicemail be heard. 601 the dads. We'll get into these emails if you're on again. If you're on international soil beyond the pond. Yeah, you can write in or email [e-mail]. I have one here from Megan Paxton.

[C]

Come on, Megan.

[A]

Megan Paxton.

[C]

Milk Team.

[A]

Milk Team six here. Ever since we had our little girl in February, my husband has been locked up in for the dads. He's such a huge fan. He even wore the PT6 shirt to the top of a 10 and a half mile hike in Montana for a honeymoon just so we could take a picture and tag you photo attached below. This is our beloved pt6 are right here on top of the mountain after a 10 and a half mile hike. He's always talking about which PT6 piece of clothing accessories he should get next. He's been trying to get me to listen to an episode which happened to be the one where you share of Jill's sweet treat and Sherman's misunderstanding. I'll lollipop and chobani sweet creamer. Let's just say obsessed is an understatement.

[C]

No.

[A]

I have had one of these drinks every day for the past 10 days. I've tried five flavors so far and I'm definitely planning to try more. Classic grape is in the top three. So shout out Jill because this drink is seriously phenomenal and something I look forward to every day now. And if you could do a shout out to my husband whose name also happens to be Will, shout out the boy Willie PT86, that would mean the world to him. He's a rock and we couldn't do it without him. He just started a new job and is working so hard to provide for our little family. And we are so grateful for a dad like him and the examples like the you two to follow after you guys do an amazing job. So excited for the next episode. Coming straight from the good life. Go Big Red.

[C]

Go Big Red.

[A]

Let's go.

[C]

Go Big Red. That guy.

[A]

Shout out Will.

[C]

That got the eyes watering a little bit. I love hearing milk. Team Sixers being proud of their hubbies. Yeah, that's pretty sick. Sick. You sound like a stud, Will.

[A]

Yeah, I mean, Will, he's.

[C]

I mean, come on.

[A]

Keep crossing it. Top of a 10 and a half mile hike mountain in Montana.

[C]

Honey, honey, get a pick of this.

[A]

Yeah. Oh, now he Will ain't climbing up here now.

[C]

He hasn't wanted pictures our entire relationship, but now all of a sudden he wants pictures.

[A]

And again, it's. I talked about it on social media. They're now a proud sponsor for the dads. We're trying to get the Ollipa Team six Drink made Ollie pop continues to show up.

[C]

They continue to show up.

[A]

Classic grape T her top three. You got one right now.

[C]

I got one right now.

[A]

Crack it open. This is your first taste of a classic grape.

[C]

Yeah, this is my very first official sip.

[A]

You should feel a lot of pressure.

[C]

Of a classic grape. Ollip. Here we go. You have a classic grape too.

[A]

Cheers.

[F]

We got cheers that won't.

[A]

Hey. Cheers.

[D]

Cheers.

[A]

Come on.

[C]

Yeah, dude, that's strong.

[A]

Hey, come on.

[C]

That's strong. That Reminds me of like childhood, like grape juice flavors, but like with the pop and fizz of soda. Like that's very strong.

[A]

Come on. I'm telling you. 9 grams pre prebiotic fiber, 2 to 5 grams of sugar. You like a little, you know, if you're on a little. I'm not drinking soda. But you like to switch it up from water or something bland. Ollie, pop is the move and we have to get crisp apple in here.

[C]

Yeah, that's.

[A]

That's crazy cuz that one is changing my life from the inside side out.

[C]

That not. And that's not anything to be said like how good SpongeBob is.

[A]

Oh, we love SpongeBob. SpongeBob. Not a shot at all at SpongeBob, but whoa.

[C]

That was. Yeah, yeah.

[A]

So we got a call in. Now you see why we got a call in last week. We got an email this week.

[C]

I. I want to hit up Adam. I saw they hit us up on Instagram. I want to hit him up and say, hey, I know what you're talking about now.

[D]

Olipop sent him a care package.

[A]

No.

[D]

Yeah. They had reached out on X and they said, check your DMs, we want to get to you some. Which started a X conversation about people overseas saying that they received Olipop. To which Olipop said, how the F did you do that? It was a very funny little X thread. So shout out to Adam.

[A]

He got needs to be arm in arm with four of the dads.

[D]

That's.

[A]

That's all I'm saying.

[C]

That's all we're saying.

[A]

That's all we're saying. Have you guys tried the classic grape yet? Which have you. Which ones have you tried?

[D]

Vintage cola, root beer, the strawberry vanilla cream soaked soda.

[C]

I. Grape.

[D]

I hadn't tried it until your obsession with it. Unbelievable. I'm not a grape guy. With. Yeah, so good. My favorite's still 10 toes down cream soda. And then the strawberry vanilla was delicious, Chef. What are your favorites?

[C]

Yeah, what are your favorites?

[A]

Yeah, Chef.

[F]

Oh, that's so nice you guys asked. Fellas, I have a confession to make.

[A]

Don't do this.

[F]

I have not, not tried Ollipop yet.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

I would explain, but that's. I don't believe in, you know, making excuses. I just haven't been good enough.

[C]

We gotta. We gotta change that right now. That's gotta change right now.

[A]

Well, hey, may I ask why this? Just because. Look, look, look, for the dads, we're a small. This is, you know, we talk about small businesses. This is a small podcast. For the dads, we got a couple brands taking shots with us. Brands that we love. Wayfair Ollipop. There's been a couple we said no to because it's like we want stuff that we enjoy. We want this community to trust everything that we're kind of saying. We're collaborating on. We're engaging with fans with.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And Olipop is one that has came to the forefront and sponsored this show that we. We are beyond excited about, that we are belated about. Belated sponsoring means giving us. Giving us money. They're now like, we would be, you know, shout out. No free shout outs. This is what we do for Olipop now they're like, no, we want to. We want to support this brand. We want to be arm in arm with this brand. This brand gets us going because they love our product. And we got a group of four. Four. A group of four. Four for four. The dad Dads that in my mind, I go home and I. My wife's like, how's work today? And I'm like, the. The. For The Dan. The 4. The dads guys bleed the brand. Yeah. And are truly on board with the vision. They represent everything we're about. You're the captain of ST6 of semen team 6 and you want to tell me that you haven't tried a brand that is in the foxhole with us? Do you got their six? You don't? Well, no. Is that.

[C]

No, no, no, no, no.

[A]

He is right. He is.

[F]

He's right.

[A]

Am I not spitting facts right now? He's right.

[C]

I. I think you're making really good points. I think you're making really good points here. Here's where I would jump in. Okay.

[A]

I can't wait to hear your leadership right now.

[C]

Has he fallen short so far? Yes. But he is willing to redeem himself and he is willing to do it right here on camera to show up us and to show Olip that he may be belated to joining us in the foxhole. But he is elated to join us in the foxhole.

[A]

That's the word I was searching for earlier when I said belated.

[F]

No, truly.

[A]

Hey, I might not have a brain, but I have an idea.

[C]

I knew where you were going.

[A]

I knew where you were going. This brand that is belated did.

[C]

Dude, I lost it when I was belated. They are. I do what you.

[A]

Man. I'm so passionate when I'm.

[F]

It was one of those things. It's not intentional at all. I just hadn't gotten around. I've been on a no soda thing, which the wonderful leader of this podcast has let me know that this is actually, actually not a soda, but anything carbonated I've tried to stick away from. So that was kind of the intention behind it. But let me just say, guys, I'm all in now. And just to prove it, I'm gonna try. We'll try the classic grape, and I'm also gonna try the vintage cola. Come on and give you guys some thoughts.

[C]

Oh, he's gonna love it.

[F]

Holy.

[G]

That's good.

[F]

That's actually really good.

[C]

Good.

[A]

Yeah, that's, that's really good.

[F]

That's very solid.

[C]

I just want a graphic. I just want a quote graphic of. Yeah, Chef on Holly.

[F]

And the people that know me know that whenever I think something's really good, you'll get like three or four words out of me and then I'll go right back to whatever I'm eating or drinking.

[C]

Yeah, you're right back to sipping that.

[F]

Been vintage cola.

[C]

Vintage cola.

[A]

Oh, buddy.

[F]

That is incredible. And Will, what were we saying? It's in it.

[A]

Nine grams prebiotic fiber, two to five grams of sugar.

[F]

So it's.

[C]

You got botanicals, you got plant fibers.

[A]

You are a guy that's wanting to stay away from soda because of all the sugar that it has. Like, I, I, I.

[F]

Drinking if I'm wanting to get away from.

[A]

Yes, you like people. You, you love a good change of like my wife, she's water all day long and she'll ask me, how much water have you drink? I have pure water. And I'm like, sweetheart, you know, it's like, I'll drink some water, but I need something different. I just need something different when I'm drinking, when I'm having a drink.

[C]

Yeah. And where ollipop goes above and beyond is you could just have flavored water. That's like sparkling water. Yeah, I've seen those. Like imitation. So sodas. Yes. They do that part very well. But they also have a ton of healthy stuff. A bunch of biomes are really great for the gut as well.

[A]

What's crazy is we are giving ollipops such a shout out.

[C]

I hope they're too a crazy shout out. But it, but it's coming from the heart. Like, we genuinely are like, yeah, I'll.

[F]

Go, I'll go rate. We'll start vintage cola. I'll get that in 8.2. Okay.

[A]

Okay.

[F]

Which by the way, my scale is there's no such thing as a 10. I'm a very serious person. I would give this like an 8 9. Very good. Refreshing. Doesn't feel heavy. That's a big thing on a soda for those syrupy and you're like I can only have a couple sips.

[C]

This is for those listening and not watching. That was a 8.2 for vintage cola and an 8.9 for classic grape.

[A]

And you have the grape flavor and the difference here because it's like a soda substitute or whatever. Yeah, yeah, whatever. Concepts in your brain. But the sizzle, it's a light sizzle.

[C]

Light sizzle.

[A]

It's not one that's like attacking your mouth as it goes in there. I swear to God. Wait till you get your lips on the crisp apple.

[F]

I'm pumped bloody.

[A]

I'm not you.

[C]

He's like, hey, that will's not trying to be funny. That's serious. I got an email here from an MT Sixer. I got Lexi Morris. She says fellas, I'm a proud milk Team six member member and weekly listener. My husband got me hooked months ago. He's a pt6 sicko and fellow girl dad to Emerson. Our 8 month old baby girl wanted to write in and let you know that the wives love to gush on their husbands. We see the husband, teammate and father you're trying to be. We appreciate that you want to be an intentional husband and father and actively display your effort to to us. While as women we may carry a lot of the worry slash load for our children, we couldn't do it without you. My husband Michael is truly the most amazing husband and father. We've not had an easy go as first time parents and my experience postpartum in my experience postpartum and as a first time mom has still been amazing because of him and how well he has loved me and truly met me where I am. He's one month post a life saving stem cell transplant so just have to give him the shout out he deserves. Michael, I know you're listening so just want you. I'm so sorry.

[A]

It's okay. I feel in my nose too. Brother. We haven't cried in a while. We can get some tears going.

[C]

I know you're listening. I just want you know that your girls love you endlessly and you're our superhero. What an incredible man to fight for your life so you can spend the rest of it with your girls. Take care fellas and keep putting in the effort like you do. As a wife of an intentional partner, I can tell that we appreciate you. I can tell you that we appreciate appreciate you. Dang. Provided pictures of course. Let me Cover my wet eyes with the pictures of Michael with his daughter Emerson and his wife. What a legend, dude.

[A]

Legend.

[C]

What a legend.

[A]

Thank you for writing in. That is Milk Team six.

[C]

What are you. What are you doing? Why'd you have to do that?

[A]

Yeah, why you gotta jerk the teeth? The women have infiltrated our brand. Brand. And now they just give us stories that we just tear up about now.

[C]

Golly and Michael, you are very lucky. It sounds like you have a fantastic wife. I have another one. I think if I read it, will kind of take me out of this.

[A]

Okay.

[C]

Hopefully. Says boys. Just got the news that my wife is pregnant. I've been listening to Busin since the first episode in 2019. I've listened to a couple episodes of for the Day Dads, but hadn't deep dived just yet. With the news coming out for the Dads will be my number one podcast. I'm over the moon, excited to bring a little one into this world. And I was born for the trenches. My question for y', all, my wife is only two to three weeks along. We found out November 14, and now she wants to do a big shebang to surprise everyone on Thanksgiving. This is a brilliant idea, by the way. I love this. With the close relationship I have with my father, how do I not tell him? I'm not great at keeping secrets. And we talk every day. What do I do and how do I act? I know if I ruin the surprise, my wife will be absolutely livid. She will. She will. Would hate to start fatherhood in the doghouse. Please help. Can't wait to be a part of the PT Sickos. Also, cream soda. Ollie Bob is better than grape. Yeah, I said it.

[A]

It always comes back to Ollie Pop. Do you say they're how far along?

[C]

Three weeks.

[A]

Three weeks.

[C]

And they just found out four days ago. And they. And he's saying, I got zip the lip until the 26. The 27th.

[F]

We didn't say his name, did we?

[C]

Oh, we did. Well, we'll knock that part out.

[A]

Gotta knock.

[C]

That's a good note from Chef. We'll knock his name out.

[A]

You better be a bear trap. This is where you just got to remind yourself this is beyond you. Beyond you and your insecurities of keeping a secret. Like, you better be a bear trap, because again, you want to feel you. You know, you love to film the moment, the reaction.

[D]

Yes.

[A]

And capture it, because your dad's going to be elated. He's going to lose it.

[C]

He's going to look like old fat Stafford reading Lexi's email. He's going to be balling.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Or he's going to be trying to hide the tears. He's going to be so excited if you are as close as he's saying. Especially actually, it's like loose lips sink ships.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

What they say. And I would say that this is a great time where you're just gonna. You're gonna have to eat the secret dude. And he'll know something's going on. Yeah, he's got it.

[A]

Just being excited that everybody's coming to town and seeing him and don't do it so much where he's like, it's something up. And then you're kind of putting a weird spot.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Just make it. And if you have to make up a little lie to keep a secret for a really fun thing, you know, I'm all in favor of lying to protect a surprise birthday party or lying to protect a gender reveal or we're pregnant.

[A]

Yeah. Yeah.

[C]

It's like a Santa Claus lie.

[A]

Little Santa lie.

[C]

It's a little Santa.

[A]

A white lie. A little white light. Anonymous. I have an anonymous right in here. Papa Team 6, what's up to the starting lineup for for the bus and dads. Number nine, QB Fatu Stafford Young Jr. Number 51, Mike. Linebacker William Earl One Shelf Compton III. And Team Water boys, Chef Jack a lot. And Derek Drinkwater.

[C]

Is this. That was my favorite watering date. I was like, we're water boys, baby. Let's go, Chef Jackalot.

[A]

Holy.

[F]

That's pretty crazy.

[B]

Oh.

[A]

I just got married on October 25 with see picture below for the boys. My husband and I want to have. Oh, this is a female. Just ripping shots. No, that's a quality shots.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

She knows how to hang, boys.

[A]

She does. She knows how to hang. She knows how to drink a beer and a ollipop. Come on. My husband and I want to have kids, but we don't know when we want to start or what convers. What that conversation is like. Any advice for an aspiring member of Milk Team MILF Team 6? Who. Who bought? Who brought up the conversation first? How did it go? What questions did you have? Etc. Any guidance will be helpful and appreciated. I'm a day one listener of for the dads and a tier one of busing as well. Thanks so much for reading and gbo. Hey, just taking a shot at old fellow ball Chef Jack A lot.

[F]

It's forgiven. Hey, us Tennessee fans, we like the banter.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

Hey, we just have a little fun, man. That's how we do we like to goof around?

[C]

That's a great question, by the way.

[A]

It is a great question.

[C]

How did. How did it come up with y'?

[A]

All? I think we both kind of knew we wanted to get started.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

As soon as possible. I know it's not the same for everybody. Everybody has different conversations. At the end of the day, I don't think you're not going to figure out the perfect setup or the perfect time. You know what I mean? Yeah. Like if you think back to everything that worked out for you, that wasn't a perfect moment.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

That ended up resulting in favor to where you look back on those moments and you think, ah, I'm glad so and so forced me to do this. I'm glad this person said no to me. I'm glad this. You know, these people gave me a shot. I'm glad. I'm glad I ended up doing this and not the perfect moment or the perfect time. And it comes to work out. You think of all those moments. It's no different with parents parenthood. I mean, you're gonna. You're not gonna be able to time up everything. Some people get lucky and they're able to.

[C]

Yeah. Yeah.

[A]

But dude, I'm. I'm telling you right now, they're. The perfect moment is going to be the moment when they come. It's not going to be what you planned on, what you thought about. It's just getting into buds, training, breeding.

[C]

Until dad, we gotta get into buds. That's step one. And I think pre step, if I. If I can add anything thing of healthily pressuring your partner. I think Jill absolutely murdered it by just sending me pictures of you and Charo with Rue looking so happy and just the cutest photos of rude that she could possibly find. Screenshot in that. Sending it to me. She's adorable. Oh my gosh.

[A]

That's a good point. Because you were a guy that didn't know if you were necessarily ready.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And thinking of the conversation advice she's looking for, like.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

As the female wanting to get. Get your. Your guy on board.

[C]

Send cute baby pigs dude of like happy couples that you know he's a fan of. Or maybe it's yalls friends. And look how precious this little baby looks. Oh my gosh. Do you think ours will have blue eyes? Do you think ours would have blonde hair? Do you think, you know, asking those little questions? Because then me very happily in seaming team six at the time I'm reading these texts and I'm looking at R and I'm thinking to myself, wouldn't mind having one of those. That is.

[A]

You got to stop posting photos of.

[C]

R. You had me in hell. It was the you laying in bed next to her, like, selfie video. And at the end, she giggles and kisses you on the cheek and says, love you, Dada. Jill sends me that. I'm like, okay, this is at. At this point, I think Will and Jill are in cahoots. I think. I think they're working together.

[A]

I think that's great advice, but, yes.

[C]

That'S a really good way to help pressure your husband that maybe is thinking too much about his college team at the time. Maybe he's thinking too much about the golf trip coming up.

[A]

Yeah. Maybe the career.

[C]

Or maybe the career. And just sneak in those little. What is that called? Like, the fascist governments loved using it. It's propaganda. Oh, some good propaganda. Some PT6 propaganda.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

There he is. There he is.

[A]

There he is.

[C]

He. Level one. Hey, guys. How are you, sir? I'm in hell, sir. Thank you. He is fighting. He is fighting Tornado ligaments, gal. He is fighting. Gout's no joke. And he's fighting the good fight of also being a PT Sixer.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

On top of everything, he's poor.

[A]

I know the big guy, man. He said he was on all fours, crawl into his bathroom.

[C]

Wait, are you serious?

[A]

Yeah. And then the dog had to go out, so he had to crawl to the back door, let the dog out. He says he's banging on the glass, begging the dog to come back in so he can crawl back in bed.

[C]

No, you're kidding.

[A]

I'm not joking. I'm not a. I'm not joking. I would guess that in his mind, he probably wish a sniper would have been at the top of a hill and just took him out, because that's how much pain it seems like he's in.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[A]

Right now, he is fighting him down like this.

[C]

I was about to tell him to. To come on the producer camera on my cam. Now I.

[D]

Now I'm like, you guys had gout?

[C]

No, this guy's had G, right?

[D]

Yeah, I've had it. Two flare ups that. That makes you wish your foot just fell up. Like, it makes you wish a car ran over your foot and they had to get rid of it. Yeah, it swells up. It's gnarly. It's nasty. And, like, it's just enough pain for you to be like, I have to do something about this. But it's. The doctors are just like. It's just gout take this, you know, pill and hopefully the Christmas breakdown. It's.

[C]

Oh, God, gnarly.

[A]

Yeah. All I can compare it to, I had a Liz Frank injury, so I was out for. I was like a. Felt like six, eight month. And then the art. The. What's it called? The arthritis.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

After how long? For a while. But yeah, dude, when your foot is. I mean, any injury sucks, but when your foot can't work.

[C]

Damn, dude. Hey, leave some comments.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

T's and peas to Taylor. Leave some comments. And let's hope for the best with the torn ligaments in the gal. Yeah.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Did you have a lesson of the week for us?

[A]

Yeah, yeah, I got a lesson. So Scotty turned one last week, and I was. I. I took some time to sit down and think about and reminisce on how Scotty has, like, changed our lives. Because when you have two, I know leading up to Scotty being born, Charl being pregnant and thinking of the bond we have with Rue, there's a part of you that. That's like, number one, you. You learn how much your heart expands to love your firstborn or your kid when they come, and then the next, when the next one comes, you're like thinking, am I going to even come close to loving this one the same way that I love Rue?

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

But I wrote a little something down, and essentially it is. You don't realize how fast the early years move until your second kid turns one. With your first, you're just trying to survive it. The pressure that comes with every cry, every phase, every sleepless night that feels like it's forever. But with your second, you know how quickly and you realize how much at all, how fast it disappears. My 3 year old is suddenly this little human with jokes and opinions and asking me all these questions at bedtime from the Grimm's Fairy tales. And my one year old is still clinging on to us like we're. We are her entire world. More mom so than dad right now, but she is still very much, like, connected to us at the hip with the smiles and the laughter and the wanting to be held and all of these things. And somewhere in the middle of that chaos, I caught myself thinking, this is it. This is our family. Not someday, but right now. Your oldest teaches you how to be a dad. Your youngest teaches you how to slow down. And both of them, without knowing it, are raising a better version of you. So if you're in it, the tantrums, the teething, the long nights, the regressions, all of it take a second to Breathe it in. These aren't the years you get to through. These are the years that you'll miss in the version of you they remember later. You're building that guy today and in those moments. So that's a little bit of the reflection piece. It's more like, oh, thank you. Thank you, gentlemen.

[C]

Well said, dude. Well said.

[A]

But you. You. You're still, like, learning on the go. Like, you have all the firsts with your firstborn so that you're. You're like, recreating this capacity for your second. They're having their first and, like, having. Having the same excitement, having the same intention, you know, spending that quality time that, you know, the first one had. Even though the first or even though Rue, she's, like, wanting you to paint with her, do arts and crafts. She's Scotty wanting to get in the way and kind of hit because she wants to be involved, be like her big sister, be in the mix and, like, taking those moments that, like, helps you slow down to, like, hey, she's going through her first two. And it. It just. It shifts a perspective of, like, slowing down in those moments. Because now that Rouge 3, I play all the old video videos, and tears will come to my eyes when I listen to her old voice memos, just when she's little and has a cute little innocent voice. And now that she's three and become this wonderful little girl, it. Just As I hold Scotty, you just get reminded that these moments go so fast, because I just wish Rue was. Yeah, I know she's 3. She's little, but I wish she was still 12 years old. And having those moments that they're gone, they're now just by bottled up in photos and vote in videos and voice memos that we hold on to and love to cling to. Like when we're scrolling at nighttime and we're just obsessed with them. Like, we got our first photos in from being at school, and we're. We're clearly just over the moon about them. We want all of them. We want to hang them up everywhere. And it's just such a reminder that having Scotty, like, those moments are happening right now that we wish so much we still had Rue with, that we now have in Scotty. So it helps you to kind of slow down and just see the perspective of it all. Like, when she is having this little regression at 12, 12 months, you're hoping she's doing all right, and you're just having those fun moments where she's laughing, she's, ah, she's being a little Scottzilla. It's just appreciating because time flies. Yeah, we're always going to talk about time. We're always going to talk about communication because we just we lose it on and hopefully one day we do for the dads for as long as we're we're dads. But this is like a time capsule that we'll get to look back to and hopefully our kids come across it one day and listen to us talk about how they were little, the stuff that we went through. And I think think that would be sick if that happens. But. But yeah, man. Kind of some reflection as I was thinking about Scotty turning one because I want to do a video and do all these things and I should probably just give it to Chef so he can make something. But it's tough with how quickly and how much how busy the schedule gets.

[C]

Yeah, I I love that. Lesson of the week. I have a short, quick lesson of the week. RIP it. Mine actually comes verbatim from J. Jill on Sunday when we were having that little powwow come to Jesus husband wife talk. And we had talked on the podcast last week where I was like, I am having trouble having excitement in in the morning to like get out of bed. I'm love season peace. I am having trouble having excitement to get out of bed to go attack the the day to be excited just for the day to day stuff. And Jill just with tears in her eyes had a really great message to me of when we were back in Fort Worth and you were a contractor and you had all the time in the day to have a nap. You would sit there and you would call me and you would cry about how you want want all the responsibilities and all the opportunities that you now have at your job. You would have done anything to shoot the commercial that we got to shoot yesterday on Monday to be able to direct that. And now that you're in it and you have new responsibilities with our child, you have new responsibilities with me as your wife. Sit back back and really find the things in your life that you are thankful for and really highlight those and run those things through your mind and remind yourself how good your life truly is. Because life is good. We do have a lot of stuff that is hard. We do have a lot of obstacles in our way. But God, we have a cute little family of three and we get to go to Franklin, Tennessee and go, go, you know, yuck it up with the beam ends and just be goofballs. And I have a great Job that, like, I'm very excited to, like, be a part of this place. And I have a daughter that lights up when she sees me and when I'm still asleep in the morning. Jill was telling me I might tear up on this part. I'm gonna fight it, though. Jill was telling me that Scarlett stares at me while I'm sleeping because she can't wait for me to wake up. Life's good. There's really good things in life, and we gotta press and lean into those things. That's my lesson of the week. Be thankful. And what a great time of year to be thankful.

[A]

I love that, man. That's great. Gratitude and perspective from Jill. Yeah.

[C]

Good call, dude.

[A]

It's. She's right. Like, that's. That's, like, the correct way of thinking about, like, we used to beg for. For a life that we have or opportunities that we now have that you slip into the monotonies of everyday life so you start to, like, take them for granted.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

You get in these phases of these mental lulls or these lapses, and you just forget that you are. We are living the life that we want to live.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

And so that's great perspective. That's a great way to wrap it all the way back to gratitude, or starting with gratitude, because that's. She nailed that one.

[C]

We. We will always be going up that hill. And. And when we get on top of that hill, there's going to be a new hill that we have to go climb. And there are times that we should take of being at the top of that hill and being happy and leaning into that before we then press into that next hill of responsibilities, problems, issues, whatever. Because life is not going to get easier. Is going to get harder as you often get, say.

[A]

Yeah. There's always going to be issues and problems that we face, no matter what. Well said, man.

[C]

Thank you. Yeah, well said and well said on you. I.

[A]

No, no, no. Well said on you, bro.

[C]

Okay, before you. Before you start Chef jackaling me.

[D]

I.

[C]

Love it when you write stuff, and I'm just going to leave it at that.

[A]

I love it when you say stuff.

[C]

He's not. Cut his mind, dude.

[I]

You.

[A]

That was well said.

[C]

Cut his mic. He's done.

[A]

Is that it? Poison?

[C]

Is it. Is that it feels like it's.

[A]

It a great sewed. What a sewed. As always, it's a great time, great community. Great time to be for the dads.

[C]

Yep.

[A]

Let's gear up for Thanksgiving.

[C]

Christmas merch is out right now.

[A]

Yeah. Christmas merch is out. Crush the west the rest of your week. Go be great. As my daughter Rue would say, I'll do another one. Matter of fact, before we go, when you're talking about, she sits there and waits for you. She's excited for you to wake up. A fun one. Like when you're in bed. This is dad hack, whatever you want to call it. But doing the whole, you know how they get the peekaboo phase, or I'm sure Scarlett's probably getting in that phase.

[C]

She's getting into the funny face. I was putting magnolia leaves in front of my face.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Revealing it.

[A]

Just starting to learn about that concept a little bit. Whenever they're to able. Able to sit or crawl and like, carry themselves, like when you bring them down in your bed, like in the morning time, it's just you wife and the little one, but sitting them there and like doing peekaboo where you're like, under the covers and mom and you know, Charlie be like, oh, where's daddy? Where'd that go? And she'll like, lean up and try and like, lift in the car. She'll lift the covers and see my face and she gets all excited. Dude. That is, though. That. That's a. Those are memories that I'll literally always fondly think about is when they're that little, like, playing the peekaboo game in the bed where you're hiding under the guy covers. It's the best. It's the best.

[C]

It's so magical, dude. It's truly magical. Yeah, those moments.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Being a dad's pretty cool, dude.

[A]

Being a dad's pretty cool, man. Being a mom's cool too.

[C]

Being a mom is pretty badass, dude.

[A]

All right, love you guys. See you next week. Papa Team Six out.

[C]

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[B]

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[C]

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[A]

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[C]

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