Then vs. Now

Summary

Chrisley Confessions 2.0 – "Then vs. Now"
August 12, 2026 | Hosted by Todd & Julie Chrisley

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Episode Overview

In this nostalgic yet candid installment, Todd and Julie Chrisley dive into how life, marriage, technology, friendship, wellness, and family have changed across generations. With their signature humor and honesty, they compare the “then” and “now” of everything from dating and parenting to shopping, social media, and physical wellness. Interspersed with personal anecdotes and playful banter, the conversation offers both laughs and thoughtful commentary on navigating the modern world while staying grounded in values and connection.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Podcasting and Family Projects (00:00 – 04:47)

• Julie shares she's experiencing some "FOMO" over not being featured on the podcast Two Sons and Me, prompting discussion about the differing roles of family members and intentions behind their shows.

  • Julie: "I’m having a little FOMO because I’ve not been asked to be a guest on Two Sons and Me yet." (02:00)
  • Todd clarifies Two Sons and Me is intentionally a male perspective-focused show and teases the idea of Julie creating a podcast with Savannah and Chloe.

• Todd describes his vision for Two Sons and Me:

  • Healthy communication between a dad and his sons
  • Insights into how different generations of men approach relationships
  • “I want two sons in me to have healthy communication between a dad and his sons… I want the content to be helpful, relatable.” (03:29)

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2. Marriage, Social Media, and Authenticity (04:47 – 11:41)

• Julie introduces her notes on "Marriage in the age of social media," reflecting on how privacy and boundaries have virtually disappeared.

  • Julie: “Everybody didn't know all your business, and now everybody shares everything... I just think people would be in such better shape if they would keep certain relationships off of social media.” (05:38)

• Todd’s advice: “Less is more. And 90% of what you’re seeing on social media is not real anyway.” (06:19)

• Both agree the pressure to maintain false images leads to mental health issues.

  • Julie: "You start believing your own BS." (06:59)
  • Todd reflects on AI-altered images, insisting, “Do not take me back 20 years, because that’s not what I look like today… there needs to be a certain authenticity.” (07:15)

• Aged wisdom: Todd, now 58, expresses growing comfort with his identity and a desire for self-improvement for his own well-being rather than for external validation.

  • “For the first time in my life, I feel safe. And I think that a lot of the reason for that is because I have come to terms with who I truly am and not who I want you to think that I am.” (10:42)

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3. The Changing Landscape of Dating and Relationships (11:42 – 23:26)

• The couple discusses how dating has evolved, especially with the rise of social media “menus” like Instagram and dating apps.

  • Todd: “This generation has what I call a menu service… Instagram and Facebook and TikTok and X allows you to order from the menu.” (17:07)

• The ease of digital selection diminishes commitment and effort in relationships, leading to more casual and disposable connections.

  • “In our generation, you had to work to get in order to have a date… when you work for something, it’s harder for you to let it go.” (18:01)

• Changing gender roles: Todd observes that many young women now embrace traditionally masculine, noncommittal dating attitudes, leading to confusion:

  • “Women today have taken on that male persona of a guy… Men are now looking at it like, you’re a dude, so I’m gonna treat you like a dude.” (21:12)

• Family standards: Todd is outspoken about the type of people he wants his children to bring home, emphasizing integrity and strong values.

  • “Don’t be bringing these hoes up in my house and thinking you’re going to camp their feet under your mama’s table, because that’s not happening.” (23:04)

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4. The Loneliness Epidemic and Meaningful Friendship (27:04 – 30:57)

• Julie brings up the paradox of increased digital connection but heightened loneliness.

  • “People are feeling more disconnected than ever, even with all this connectivity…” (27:29)

• The Chrisleys distinguish between online “followers” and genuine friends.

  • Todd: “If you end up at the end of your life with one best friend… how lucky are you? And how many more did you need?” (29:30)

• The value and rarity of life-long, deeply nurtured friendships are celebrated.

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5. Wellness, Aging, and Navigating Health Fads (31:57 – 41:21)

• The rise in wellness focus across generations is discussed, with Julie poking fun at Todd’s habit of ordering every new health product he sees.

  • “This is your guy. This is your guy.” (32:06)

• Todd shares about being data-driven with tools like Hume, and their shared journey into nutrition, exercise, and wellness.

  • “When you talk about wellness for me today, it’s way different than what it was years ago because I never worried about it.” (34:11)

• The importance (and confusion) of health trends—diet styles, supplements, and conflicting information—leads them to agree on hiring a nutritionist.

• Family rituals like home-cooked meals and special recipes (oatmeal cookies!) are recounted with warmth and humor.

  • Todd describes the joy of unexpected home baking from Julie and his nostalgic love of eating with old friends. (43:01)

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6. Then vs. Now – Generational Contrasts (46:06 – 55:14)

A light-hearted back-and-forth comparing daily life changes, including:

• Maps vs. GPS: Julie can still read a paper map, Todd refuses.
• Phone calls vs. Texting: Missing the anticipation and human connection of old-fashioned calls.
  • “Maybe that helped to curtail some of this…” (46:39)
• Taking and developing photos vs. instant smartphone pics (and editing).
• Waiting for TV episodes (appointment television) vs. streaming and binge-watching.
  • “I miss the anticipation.” (49:28)
• Writing checks vs. Venmo, encyclopedias vs. Google/AI: Marveling at technological evolution’s pros and cons.
  • “Google over an encyclopedia, hell, yeah.” (53:11)
• Kids playing outside till dark vs. scheduled playdates.
  • “If a mother’s got time to schedule activities, she’s got too much time.” (53:29)
• Family dinners every night vs. eating on the go.
  • The Chrisleys cherish and have maintained the family dinner tradition.

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7. Parenting Styles: Discipline Then vs. Gentle Parenting Now (55:14 – 56:43)

• Todd: Unapologetically old-school, credits stricter forms of discipline with better outcomes.
  • “Let me tell you what gentle parenting has got us. Teen takeovers… You need belt to ass.” (55:26)
• Julie laughs off Todd’s tough talk, highlighting shifting societal and legal norms.

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8. Miscellaneous: Retail, Spending Trends, and Final Banter (56:44 – 61:03)

• Brick-and-mortar shopping vs. online: Todd laments the decline of department stores and catalogs.

  • “Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus have saved my life over the years… They have been my retail therapy.” (57:08)

• Outlandish modern purchases: $2,500 smart toilets, $10,000 coffee machines, and $300 olive oil prompt laughter and playful arguments.

  • “I love my toilet, I don’t care.” (59:44)
  • Julie teases Todd: “Oh, so I can’t stand for a towel to dry my ass on, but you’ll spend [it] for a bottle of olive oil?” (60:22)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On social media pressure:
  • “You start believing your own BS.” – Julie Chrisley (06:59)
• On healthy communication and masculinity for sons:
  • “I want it to be helpful. I want the content to be helpful, relatable.” – Todd Chrisley (04:11)
• On friendship:
  • “If you end up at the end of your life with one best friend, how lucky are you?” – Todd Chrisley (29:30)
• On modern dating:
  • “This generation has what I call a menu service… there’s no blood, sweat, and tears in swiping right or left.” – Todd Chrisley (17:07 & 18:23)
• On parenting:
  • “Let me tell you what gentle parenting has got us. Teen takeovers.” – Todd Chrisley (55:26)
• On aging and self-acceptance:
  • “For the first time in my life, I feel safe. And I think that a lot of the reason for that is because I have come to terms with who I truly am…” – Todd Chrisley (10:42)
• Playful closure:
  • “On that note, we’re gonna figure out how many uses we can get out of this bottle of $300 virgin olive oil.” – Todd Chrisley (60:42)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:31 — Julie’s FOMO and Two Sons and Me
• 04:53 — Marriage in the Age of Social Media
• 10:42 — Todd on Self-Acceptance
• 17:07 — Dating Apps as ‘Menu Service’
• 27:29 — The Loneliness Epidemic & Friendship
• 32:08 — Todd’s Health Product Consumerism
• 46:06 — Then vs. Now: Generational Game
• 55:26 — Parenting Styles Compared
• 57:08 — Retail Therapy and Shopping
• 60:22 — Olive Oil Banter

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Summary Conclusion

“Then vs. Now” is a classic Chrisley episode packed with laughter, nostalgia, and refreshingly direct takes on how the world has changed. Todd and Julie remind listeners of the importance of authenticity, connection, and intentionality in an era of digital convenience and fleeting trends — always with a wink and a punchline.

Transcript

[Todd Chrisley]

Welcome to Chris the Confessions 2.0. How are you today?

[Julie Chrisley]

Good, good, good.

[Todd Chrisley]

Early day. Yes. Busy day.

[Julie Chrisley]

Lots going on.

[Todd Chrisley]

Lots going on. It's going to be crazy for the next, really, two months.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I'm looking forward to it because we've got a lot of exciting things happening in these next two months, and some of you will get to see those results.

[Julie Chrisley]

Some.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, really, all of you will. But at any rate, okay, there's something

[Julie Chrisley]

I want to you about. I have had. I can go in my phone right now. Text messages, calls, everybody that I talk to. I am. I'm not gonna lie. I'm having a little fomo.

[Todd Chrisley]

What is it?

[Julie Chrisley]

Everybody is talking about Two Sons and Me.

[Todd Chrisley]

Oh, my God.

[Julie Chrisley]

And just how funny it is. My friend called. She's like, my daughter's listened to it, and they have laughed for days. My other friend texts me, this is hilarious. It is so fun.

[Todd Chrisley]

I mean, and we don't intend it to be that way. I think it's just the way that it's happening because it is so organic. It's just us talking. And I have had so many people send me messages on Instagram. My friend Stephanie, she sends messages every week. When she listens to it, she goes, I swear to God, I love Chase so much. Y' all are the funniest human beings I've ever seen in my life. I just thank God that I got to grow up with you, you know? So there is a lot of people that. That are talking about it, and even the company is saying that it's. That it's doing. Yes, folks, it's doing insanely well.

[Julie Chrisley]

We know that you love our Chrisley Confessions 2.0, but if you haven't checked out Two Sons and Me, you're missing out.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I mean, listen, I think they have found it because the numbers on Christie Confessions and Two Sons and Me are running kind of.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh.

[Todd Chrisley]

Just to let you know.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay. Well, you know, I. Like I said, I'm having a little FOMO because I've not been asked to be a guest on Two Sons and Me yet. So I'm.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, it's. Because it's Two Sons and Me. It's not mom and Me. You know, maybe you and Chloe and Savannah could do, you know, whatever you want to name it, Something creative.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, I mean, surely you're going to have guests on there at some point,

[Todd Chrisley]

but it will be. Guys, it's not females. We're not bringing females. Females on Two Sons and Me, we're not. It's. It's it's just going to be a guy podcast. Okay.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, there's women that listen to the podcast, too, and you should hope that they do.

[Todd Chrisley]

I understand that. But if they're. If females are listening to it, they're listening to what guys are talking about. So I want, like, we're going to bring Ernest on. There's a lot of, you know, country music artists that I want to bring on. And there's a lot of. There's a lot of guys just around the country that I see on Instagram that are dads, that are stay at home dads, are that, you know, are kind of navigating relationships and breakups and searching for the right wine and, you know, so forth and so on. Because I have this. I don't know, I'm just so inquisitive about this. This younger generation, about how men. How those young men look at women and what. And exactly what are you looking for when you're looking for a woman?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because, you know, at the end of the day, all you hear this young generation, Thomas, tits and ass, tits and ass, tits and ass. But they don't ever talk about what it's attached to, that there's a head, that there's a brain, that there's a heart. And so I try to get. And you know, because I talked to Chase and I talked to Grayson about this, I want two sons in me to have healthy communication between a dad and his sons and with the guys that come on. So that the other guys that are listening to this. And yes, there's a lot of you guys that are listening, whether you want to admit it or not. I want it to be helpful. I want the content to be helpful, relatable. Yeah.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, you've got three generations, because there's 10 years between Chase and Grayson says a whole generation.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right. And it's.

[Julie Chrisley]

You have you.

[Todd Chrisley]

So, I mean, it's doing good. So I know that that took a lot for you to bring that up.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh.

[Todd Chrisley]

To talk about how great this thing is going.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm so proud of it.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, it is, like I said, I'm

[Julie Chrisley]

having a little bit of fomo. And the fact that I haven't been since I am, you know, the partner to one of the people and two sons and me and I brought into this world the other two. So, I mean, I think I would have a little bit of relevance. I'm not sure.

[Todd Chrisley]

But, you know, if it's bothering you that bad, I'll make sure you get to watch it before anyone else does.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, okay. Let's. That's very kind of. Very kind of you, but you touched on something again. It seems like we're kind of just on the same page most of the time. I had actually written something out about marriage in the age of social media. And you were talking about the boys and the younger generation and finding someone and how that looks versus how it looked when we were dating.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, it's a whole different world. You know, you went from. I mean, I remember the days before the cell phone.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

So, you know, social media definitely affects relationships.

[Todd Chrisley]

Absolutely. And not always unrealistically.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. Well, I think, you know, we had a sense of privacy where you had

[Todd Chrisley]

a sense of pride.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, everybody didn't know all your business, and now everybody shares everything and it's shared in real time almost, you know, so it's. It's everything. And I. People have gone to the extreme with it of, yes, you can highlight certain things, put on social media, whatever, but not to share everything, you know, and it's. I just. I just think people would be in such better shape if they would keep certain relationships off of social media.

[Todd Chrisley]

But what have I said to our family in raising our children all these years? Less is more.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And 90% of what you're seeing on social media is not real anyway.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

It's either been edited, filtered, you know, staged, you know, whatever. And I think that we as a society are starting to see that the pressure of living this fakery has become too much. Because I do believe that it causes mental issues.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

It affects your mental health.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, you start believing your own bs.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes.

[Julie Chrisley]

I mean, really, you put something out there and you've, like you said, you have gotten ready for it and you're performing and you've edited it and you've done all this and you really, in your mind, start believing that it's real.

[Todd Chrisley]

That's right. That's right. And, you know, it's a. There was a photograph that some work that I'm. That I'm doing now on a project they had had come up with this photograph, you know, to. To post and I showed it to you and I said, this is dangerous, this whole AI stuff and all this stuff, changing stuff around. I said, don't. And I. And I sent a message. I says, do not take me back 20 years. I said, because that's not what I look like today.

[Julie Chrisley]

He might in a few months.

[Todd Chrisley]

But, you know, I said, that's not what I look like today. And we're going to work with what you have.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because there needs to be a certain authenticity.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. Because it's relatable.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, it, it's just. For me, it's, it's healthier.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because it removes so much of the stress of you having to get up every day and constantly battling with what's looking back at you.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I think that at 58 years old, for me, I just am, I'm more comfortable with who I, who I am today than I've ever been in my life.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I've earned some of these. I've learned every, every line that I have.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

I've learned.

[Julie Chrisley]

And that's, that's a lot of growth for you because you still have times when you let people get into your head about certain things. And I'll tell you all the time, don't pay attention. This is somebody that doesn't even know you. This is somebody that's never seen you in person. They don't know anything about you.

[Todd Chrisley]

I think that when you grow up and you grow up with certain, a certain way and you're taught that your outside appearance is the most important, that unless that's corrected early on, it doesn't get corrected.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so I grew up being told every day, make sure your hair's a certain way. You know, my mother took us to Florence Hilly at the beauty corner to get our hair cut every other week. And she made sure that our clothes were perfect, that everything was from the outside. Everything looked great.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

I would have liked to have had more conversations now that I'm old enough to understand. I would have liked to have had more conversations of, don't worry about that, it's okay. You are so. You are such a good looking kid on the inside that it didn't matter outside looks like. But I didn't grow up with that.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so I, I still live to a certain degree based on the way that I was raised.

[Julie Chrisley]

We all do.

[Todd Chrisley]

And, you know, I in turn raised my children a lot of. And in that same vein of what I was raised, and now I find at 58 years old that I don't need you to think that I look great. I don't need you to think that I look 20. I don't need you to think I look 30. What I need for you to see when you see me is some is a man who has many layers of life, who has survived them all, and who hopefully has become better because of those layers. What I want you to see is that I am a man that loves my children, that I am in love with my wife and that I'm in a place that I feel safe.

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[Todd Chrisley]

For the first time in my life, I feel safe. And I think that a lot of the reason for that is because I have come to terms with who I truly am and not who I want you to think that I am or who I'm trying to become for someone that I have no relationship with. I want to always get up every day and be better today than I was yesterday. But I want to do that for myself. I'm no longer trying to do that for you. I'm no longer trying to do that for my children. I want to be better today than I was yesterday because it makes me feel better about who I am. And if I'm doing that, then I am ultimately being a better husband and partner to you, a better parent and, you know, confidant and advisor to our children, and a better friend to the people that I choose to call friends. Right. And trust me, that is a choice.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

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[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

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[Todd Chrisley]

Mike, the gray doesn't bother me. I mean, I would do it and probably will go back to it. I just feel better about myself. And I think that, you know, you and I were talking the other day about wellness and, and I was in the car and I said to you, I said, but Julie, I feel better today. What did I say to you?

[Julie Chrisley]

You feel better today than you did 20 years ago.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I do. I feel healthier today. I understand that a lot of it is a mindset.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

But it's also, you know, which is how I started Good Guy because of Savannah. She started Good Girl. And I saw what it's done. I started reading her testimonials. You know, when I looked into it and I saw the lives that Good Girl had changed and I thought, wow, why can't I do this with Good Guy? And you know, I just pay attention more to about what I'm eating, how much I'm eating. I pay attention because weight was never a problem for me.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right

[Todd Chrisley]

But I think that for me that I want to be the healthiest 60 year old that's out there or as healthy as any 60 year old out there. I want to mentally be as strong as any 60 year old man out there, but I also want to be the best me that I can just be for me.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

And that's amazing. I want to get back to this though, before we go. And it's crazy because literally about three pages in, I have something on wellness. So we, and we don't, we don't talk about this folks like beforehand. We don't, we don't kind of, we like everything that we say here to be authentic and be just the first time that we say it. So it's just crazy that it happens in. But getting back to the whole relationships and social media and why these kids today when I say that, you know, like our kids age, why relationships are so hard, is it because of social media? Is it because you have access to so many people at, you know, your fingertips? Is it, is it too easy for a roaming eye or you know, a textbook message or a photo or. I think all those things, you know, we just, we had it, I guess, but not in the same way because we didn't have that social media like that.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I think that growing up a young man and a young woman has a roving eye now because you're looking to find that person that you're going to settle down with, you're going to procreate with, build a life with.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

So I think that you, that you have, that I say that this generation has what for me, what I call a menu service. Instagram and Facebook and TikTok and X allows you to order from the menu.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you, and, and it's as easy as that. There's no work put into this relationship. You scrolled, you swiped left, you right or whatever it is, you picked out what you wanted or you filled out a profile. Okay, I want someone that's 6ft 5 inches tall or I want a girl that's 5 foot 5 or whatever, you know, it's a menu, right. And you don't, you're not, you're selecting something that for the most part a lot of this stuff that you're selecting that you're checking on, that you require, that ain't what shows up.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And in our generation, you had to work to get in order to have a date, in order to build a relationship, in order to have a marriage.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And when you work for something, it's harder for you to let it go. It's harder for you to be abusive to it. It's harder for you to not take care of what you put the blood, sweat and tears in.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And there is no blood, sweat and tears in swiping right or left. There is no blood, sweat and tears. And sending a direct message saying, hey, babe, what's up? I see you about 2.3 miles from here. You know, I've got a back seat.

[Julie Chrisley]

Ah.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, I mean, horrible. I mean, you're back in the day. Backseat was pretty good. But, you know, we did it because it was an effort. You put forth an effort.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

So I had to put forth an effort to take you to Applebee's that first day.

[Julie Chrisley]

That's right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And then to take you to see that movie, Legends of the Fall. That's where I got my first kiss, folks. But. And I still carry those ticket stubs in my wallet to this day. But I think that there's no work and there's no commitment to things.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. Things are very disposable.

[Todd Chrisley]

Very, very disposable.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, it's. You know, if it doesn't work, we'll go the next.

[Todd Chrisley]

It doesn't work. I'm back on Instagram.

[Julie Chrisley]

Not a big thing for these kids today.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, Mama says. Mama says this is the hornets generation she's ever seen in her life.

[Julie Chrisley]

I mean, you know, we. I don't know, I think it was just a different time, and we took, like, the thoughts and just going from one to the next to the next to the next. I mean, you were just a. That's all that you can say, right?

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, you don't need to talk about me like that.

[Julie Chrisley]

But now it's just. What do they call it? A body count or something like that?

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I don't. I don't know about that. But, I mean, I've. You know, I don't talk about such as that because it's just not professional.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

But, you know, coming from a reformed who got you, I would say that it's just not okay. I mean, you've got all these. All these young girls today.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, that's not.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm going to. I'm gonna. I know how you get, because you are. You are Gloria Steinem's illegitimate child.

[Michelle Marrow]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

You have all these young women today that take on this role of. I'm going to control what I do. So therefore, if I choose to sleep with you, it's my choice. You had nothing to do with it. And women today have Taken on that male Persona of a guy goes out here, he has sex with a girl, pulls his pants up and he goes on back on his job. Women have taken on that Persona of, yeah, I was, you know, I screwed him last night. One great. Wouldn't I tell you to keep swiping? You know, but you've taken on that more masculine role these women have. And men are now looking at it as if like, you're a dude, you're a dude. So I'm going to treat you like a dude. And guys, guys, because I'm, I'm raising young men, young men are not interested in looking for that diamond in the rough. Because that diamond in the rough is not out on every corner. She's not hanging out in every bar, she's not on Instagram being that easily accessible.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

You got to look for her.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

But if you put forth that effort in searching for. Because I looked for you, look how that turned out.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

The greatest day of your life.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

You was, you was begging for me to find you.

[Julie Chrisley]

I was. But I mean so much.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I look at, I have no envy to be 35, I have no envy to be 28 and have to be out here doing what my 28 year old son or 29 year old son or 30 year old son's doing. I have no envy in that because I have not seen my sons with any girl that could come close to the mother that raised them. And they now as they're getting into that age group of I need to settle down.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. This is more like chase, chase.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right. But when you start, when you start looking at where he is now and you start saying, okay, I'm going to settle down, he wants that. But in order to have that, you've got to be that.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And he's. And my boys have never been that. For someone else's daughter, for her to become that. And when my, when my boys, when my boys get to a place to where they realize that what their mother is and what their mother has been to them and the kind of wife that they have seen you be to me, when that becomes the number one focus for them, that's when we will find our right daughter in law.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay?

[Todd Chrisley]

Because I ain't interested in the scrubs. Don't be bringing these hoes up in my house and thinking you're going to camp their feet under your mama's table, because that's not happening. You know, I don't allow that. I'm not interested in it. I don't care if you go out here and do whatever it is you're going to do. Go do that in your house. Do that wherever you're doing it. You're not bringing it up in our house.

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[Julie Chrisley]

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[Julie Chrisley]

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[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, so let's move on after that. So after talking about how everything is accessible, right. You can connect with millions of people, literally just never have to leave your bedroom.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

I read something that we are in the midst of the loneliness epidemic.

[Todd Chrisley]

What does that mean?

[Julie Chrisley]

It basically means that people are feeling more disconnected than ever, even with all

[Todd Chrisley]

this connection connectivity that they have. Which tells you how empty it is. That's right. That tells you how empty it is.

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, adult friendships. Is there a difference between a community and your followers? They're not the same.

[Todd Chrisley]

They're not the same.

[Julie Chrisley]

It's not your friends, it's not your people, it's not your circle. Circle.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love my followers.

[Julie Chrisley]

Me too.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I love to communicate with them and chat and I would be friends with a lot of them if I ran out, if I had that organic relationship.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I don't become friends with someone on social media.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you know how, as my mother says, well, you know, he's queer as hell, Julie.

[Julie Chrisley]

That just means he's weird. You got what she said.

[Todd Chrisley]

You got to work for my friendship. You got to show me that you're a good, decent, honest human being.

[Julie Chrisley]

And you have met people through social media that you become friends with. Who? I mean, I'm sure there are people you know, right?

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't have no friends that I've met on social media that I became friends with. Who you talking about?

[Julie Chrisley]

I don't know.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Let me think about it.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah, you need to, because I ain't got the five friends.

[Julie Chrisley]

Shut up.

[Todd Chrisley]

But.

[Julie Chrisley]

But I do think that's where the disconnect comes. People think that followers are mama friends equate to your community. And we. We know the older you get, the smaller your circle becomes.

[Todd Chrisley]

That's right. And let me tell you something, my mother, because on Facebook, which, you know, I don't do any of that, but on Facebook, it says your friends.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And how many years have mama has mama tried to convince me that all these people are her friends?

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, yeah. But really, they. A lot of now we know are. We run into them all the time out all across the country.

[Todd Chrisley]

But if you. Listen, if you end up at the end of your life with one best friend.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. You've done something.

[Todd Chrisley]

How lucky are you?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And how many more did you need?

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Yeah, it's true.

[Todd Chrisley]

If you ended up with just one.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, it's true.

[Todd Chrisley]

How many more did you need? And, you know, I look at my life and I think about how fortunate I am because I do have those long standing friendships.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And. And I have worked hard to nurture those friendships.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And to make sure that I was there for them when they were in need and as they have been for me emotionally. And I've never had to ask any of my friends for anything. And, you know, can you help me pay this? I've never had to do any of that. But they have been there. You know, Stephanie's been there for me emotionally my whole life as a friend. And then, you know, of course, I met Terrence, and Terrence has become like Terence just has blended so well within our family and with our kids and whatever that I'm like, wow, God, thank you. Because you keep dropping these people in our lives that are now such good, great, wonderful people.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you. And I have my relationship with Jay that, you know, it's. I'm blessed with the friendships that I have, but I like, I don't have people that I don't know where you're thinking that. I have friends from social media.

[Julie Chrisley]

I was thinking there was a couple people you've met.

[Todd Chrisley]

I mean, I've slept with people on social. See, I got your attention.

[Julie Chrisley]

You're so bad. We better move on from that. Okay. And you. You touched on this a little bit again, which goes to show you that we're kind of on the same page. Everyone being obsessed with wellness now we Talk about it all the time on this podcast between good girl, good guy, everything that we do, things that we do, you know, what works, what doesn't work. I feel like there's so much thrown at us that's like what works right? You know, is an ice bath or is it a sauna or is it a red light therapy or protein, everything GLP1 switch.

[Todd Chrisley]

We know, we know work.

[Julie Chrisley]

We know work.

[Todd Chrisley]

My peptides work.

[Julie Chrisley]

Lifting weights versus cardio.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes.

[Julie Chrisley]

Expensive skin care versus drugstore fines. You know, vitamins. You know you are the worst. I'm not going to lie about seeing something on social media and then saying order me this, order me. He is the consumer. Like we need to do a study on him. Because people that are trying to hawk everything on social media.

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't buy everything, everything.

[Julie Chrisley]

This is your guy. This is your guy.

[Todd Chrisley]

I don't buy everything guys. But if it's well, health and wellness, I am intrigued by that. Like I'm consumed with hum right now. Hum. I'm consumed with that because it tracks my body fat, it tracks my weight, it tracks my heart rate.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

My sleep pattern.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, we said we're going to get,

[Todd Chrisley]

we're going to do the new aura

[Julie Chrisley]

rings so that we can do track that. And I don't know why we want to track it because I feel like also you're one of these people that

[Todd Chrisley]

like as obsessive, you always obsessive about

[Julie Chrisley]

it and I feel like if you see that like you'll be, if you see this you could get up and say okay, I feel good. But if you see that your sleep score is low, you're going to be like oh God, I don't feel too good. I feel so tired. But if it's only because you saw that sleep scene score. So I know this is what's coming. I know it, I know it. So I don't even know why I even reminding you to go get this crazy ring because I know that's what you're going to do.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love, and I hope I'm saying this correctly, Hume. Is it Hume?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love the data that's behind that, right? Because it tells you what is the date. What is the thing that gives you the. Your internal age? What is that called?

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh yeah, that's why you like that because you got a good number.

[Todd Chrisley]

What is it called?

[Julie Chrisley]

Good and positive about.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm going to tell you about it but what does it call?

[Julie Chrisley]

Is it your biological age? No, no it's not.

[Todd Chrisley]

Cuz you're the biological age. Is how old your cells are.

[Julie Chrisley]

Is that what it is?

[Todd Chrisley]

I think that's what it is.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, maybe that's it.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love. That tells you that. It tells you your heart rate. It tells you, you know, you. You. You have to put in what your age is now, right? And then you stand on this scale and you pull the thing up, right? And it collects all this data just from the hand imprint that you have and of your weight. And plus, you know, we had all this blood work done and whatever, Right. But when you talk about wellness for me today, it's way different than what it was years ago because I never worried about it.

[Julie Chrisley]

Because you're young, right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I've never had. Like I said, I never had a problem with my weight. I was always the same size, all of that. But I will tell you that I did start feeling sluggish, you know, in those 28 months that I was, you know, incapacitated.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

I did start feeling a little bit sluggish and. But working out helped to. And I had never. Which we'd had personal trainers come in our home, and I was never motivated to do it, but it was the thing that I could do that would clear my mind while they're in Pensacola, right. And I'm pushing now for the federal prison system to bring those weight piles back, to bring the, you know, to have these gyms so these men and women can go in and work out every day because it helps with mental clarity, it helps with anxiety, and it helps with blood pressure and heart rate and all of that. But that's when I really started saying, I have to really. I can't rely on being young anymore, right, To. To fix everything. And then, of course, when I got home, I was still into that, in that phase, but I was now able to have way more access to the things that. That could help me.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

And then I. I started working with my doctor out in Fort Worth that is huge on the biological numbers, and he works with athletes and all that. And so when I started, Judah was like, oh, here we go. Here we go. Because now if he's going to do this, he's going to make sure that I'm happy to do this. And I don't do it to make you do it. I do it because I want you to not outlive me. I want to be the first to go because I'm selfish like that. Because you would be better being, you know, if something happened to me than if something happened to you.

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Well, you would.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because I just think that women do Better. I do think women do better when they have that loss of a spouse.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, honey, I hate to tell you this, but you're going to outlive me.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, based on Hume's clock, it says I will outlive you are, but you really are. I hope that that's not the case.

[Julie Chrisley]

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[Todd Chrisley]

This again goes back to how you age. Because if you can remember from the time that we first got married and throughout our marriage, I used to say, I hope you go first. And why did I want you to go first?

[Julie Chrisley]

Because that means you would have taken

[Todd Chrisley]

care of me, that I had taken care of you for my last day. To your last day. And I did not want to trust that with anyone. As you get older, I think that we do become somewhat more selfish. Now I'm like, I don't want that to happen because I don't know that my heart could stand it. And I know that I will have never experienced that kind of loss or that kind of loneliness. So now I'm like, God, please let me go first so that way I don't have to worry about that. But on the wellness side of it, I feel like that if I keep you doing the same things because we know what my blood work says, we know what Dr. Peach has said, you know, if I can get you to that Point, then I feel like that we're going to be together that much longer. Does that make sense?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. Yeah, I hear that.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you know, you don't. You did not hit the DNA jackpot. And, I mean, would you agree with that? You did not hit the DNA jackpot.

[Julie Chrisley]

I don't know. Like, my mother, her people live long. It's my dad, but I feel like I take. Yeah, but they age.

[Todd Chrisley]

They don't age well. And I want you to.

[Julie Chrisley]

Did you just say that about my family?

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, your daddy has said worse about me. Just tune into the episode. But I'm just saying you didn't hit the DNA jackpot. And when you look at my blood work and your blood work and where my metabolic is and all that stuff and versus where yours is, but men's stuff is way different than women.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

But what I will tell you about Hume is that you and I had, like, three scores that were very. That we were. That were. It was so scary.

[Julie Chrisley]

So I'm not in such bad shape after all.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, but it was, like, so scary because, like, we were literally, like, one point apart on certain things. And then the one thing that I was like, 15 years younger than you.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh. And that's a lie. That's a lie. But, you know, I think it. It's for me. And I don't know if it's like, I got a little ADHD brain going on my ass, but it's hard because you. I see, like, okay. And I'm going over, like, telling my age, but, you know, back to okay, you calorie count well, then no. Then you do low fat, Then you do no carbs. Then you do vegetables. Now you got the carnivore diet where you just eat meat all the time.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I thought they said it's bad for you.

[Julie Chrisley]

Then you got people saying, you know what? You got to do this, you got to do that. And I feel like you're thrown. Like, what do you decide to do? Like, it's trying to find the right balance. Because then they say something's good, then ten years from now, they'll say, no, that was bad for you. You shouldn't have been doing.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I think that, you know, I mean, folks, what we're getting ready to do is we're getting ready to hire a nutritionist that is going to come in and put our meals together for us, and that's going to educate us.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, so what happens to all these things you send me?

[Todd Chrisley]

Listen to me. Let me finish. We're going to hire a nutritionist that's going to come in. I've talked to you about this. That is going to help us and give us a healthy approach towards food. Now, like last night, I mean, I am into oats. So last night I wanted oatmeal cookies.

[Julie Chrisley]

Now this is what he says. Now this shows you I. Now I'm not patting myself on the back, no.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because I'm going to tell y' all folks right now, these was the best damn oatmeal cookies I've ever had in my video.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm gonna do a video this week with these cookies because they were really, really good and they were not hard to make.

[Todd Chrisley]

And Savannah sent them to me because she's still in the Caymans because I think that she's becoming a companion citizen because she's there so long. But she sent me this recipe because she knows that I love oatmeal cookies too. And I sent them to her. And folks, not many people have it quite as good as I do because I can send my wife a recipe that I see on Instagra and either that day or the next day, I have that recipe. But I sent you this, you had made yesterday pulled pork, barbecue potato salad, baked beans and I don't know what else. And which was a great meal. But I ate no bread and

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I

[Todd Chrisley]

was up, I went and got in the bed, you know, later on and I thought, God, I wish I had that oatmeal cookie. And I sent, I sent that message down to you and I said it would be great if you could make those oatmeal cookies. I'm thinking she's going to come in like she normally does, folks, and says, todd, why are you asking me for this at 8 o' clock at night? But 9 o' clock she comes walking in and she has a plate, she has the plate of cookies and it was only one, which kind of. I want to talk about that too because that kind of put me off that you felt like, okay, I was only entitled to one.

[Julie Chrisley]

Not that you were only entitled, but I just didn't, you know, you did do your little something something. I didn't think you'd be able to eat.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I can't take my Peptides now because I have to go on a two week kind of fast with that because of something else I'm doing. But

[Julie Chrisley]

I brought him a cookie. But now.

[Todd Chrisley]

And folks, this cookie was this big.

[Julie Chrisley]

It was big.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm like, oh my God, this freaking looks like a store bought cookie that you would buy in the middle of the Mall. That's what I'm thinking. I'm thinking this is not going to be worth a shit if it's this big. It's not going to be good, folks. This was the best damn cookie I've ever had in my life. It was. It was the right. Everything about it. The consistency was perfect. The flavor was perfect. And I said, oh, my God, FaceTime Savannah. Now, because I got that recipe from her. You FaceTime Savannah in the Cayman. And she. And you turn the phone around, she goes, is that that oatmeal cookie? And I said, I can't be talking to you right now because you're not going to mess up my moment. I ate four of those cookies. I had to go downstairs and get the other three, and I had to just stop because I got sick at my stomach because I had eaten so many so fast.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I felt like me and Lisa Cheek, when I felt like that. When me and Lisa Cheek was in high school eating star crunches one right after the other, I felt like me and Lisa Cheek was eating that plate of cookies. I did. Because, you know, Lisa used to bring me star crunches.

[Julie Chrisley]

I know.

[Todd Chrisley]

And it was my favorite cookie. And we would sit outside the cafeteria, me and her would eat our star crunches together. Lisa, if you had been sitting here with me tonight, honey, we would have finished off that plate of cookies. So you need to do that recipe.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm going to this week. I'm going to post a video of it.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Like. Yeah, yeah.

[Julie Chrisley]

So it'll be good.

[Todd Chrisley]

So speaking of that, about Lisa Cheek. Lisa's a girl that I went to high school with, who I love dearly. And Lisa's always had a weight issue and. But she always had the sweetest, kindest personality. And someone sent me an article, or it's not an article, but where she had said, I don't need you to tell me I'm fat. I know I'm fat. She has always had that ability to. To strip you of what you thought you was going to use against her and able. In order to marginalize her. And so this thing was sent to me and it was. She had gotten a speeding ticket. No, she had gotten pulled over. And because she didn't have her seatbelt on, they were giving her a ticket for a seatbelt. And I could not help. But I laughed for 20 minutes because it was so typical Lisa. Lisa said, whose business is it if I don't wear this seatbelt? Who's going to get hurt? Me. Who was I hurting if I didn't Wear this seatbelt. No one. And she went through a whole litany of why this seat belt is more for you and as the law and has nothing to do with me because it's my right to, whether I want to put one on or not.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

And so when I brought that about the Star Crunch, it made me think about that message. So. Okay, go on.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay. Okay. So let's go to something else. Let's talk since we've kind of been reminiscent of past, future, then and now game.

[Todd Chrisley]

Okay, you said then and now or then?

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, and now. Let's talk about maps versus gps.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I ain't gonna go with either one of them.

[Julie Chrisley]

No. And I can read a map, folks. I can take you all across and

[Todd Chrisley]

take you all across the world with a paper map.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I can't even use ways I wouldn't put it on my phone.

[Julie Chrisley]

Phone calling someone's house versus texting. Do you miss it?

[Todd Chrisley]

I do.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

I do.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. But you can't be sneaky. Somebody can call you at your house.

[Todd Chrisley]

But guess what? Maybe that helped to curtail some of this.

[Julie Chrisley]

I'm saying it goes right along with

[Todd Chrisley]

what we've been talking about, but really it didn't. Because, like, if I was horn around or doing something and I was dating somebody else, I just lay my phone off the hook, and they'd think I was on the phone and I was out doing what I was doing.

[Julie Chrisley]

For you young children, that's the phone that was hooked to the wall. And if you laid it off the hook, it was busy.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yes. And, you know, for you young kids, like the ones we've raised, Savannah was in London six, five months ago, whatever it was. And she called FaceTimes me, and she goes, dad, what is this? And she turns it around. I said, savannah, shut up. That's a landline. She said, what? And I said. She said, I'm trying to order ice, but I don't know what you're supposed to do with this. You remember that?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I said, savannah, put your finger in the hole and push it around. And she did. She said, oh, my God, I'm gonna buy these for my house. This is the cutest thing. I felt like I was anxious, ancient. When she's saying, yeah, I'm gonna have one of these in my house. It's so cute.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. Yeah. Landlines for cell phones. I mean, what did we even do? I don't even remember.

[Todd Chrisley]

I mean, I'm gonna tell you what we did. We lived off of anticipation, which was a wonderful thing.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

Because when you told someone, I'll see you tomorrow, you went to bed that night thinking about, I'm going to see them tomorrow.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

And you didn't rehash and talk things over. Not all night long.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, you had all. We had one line.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Have a party line. We had one line. And my mama could unplug your ass from her bedroom.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes.

[Todd Chrisley]

So.

[Julie Chrisley]

And I remember before the call waiting days, so somebody was on the phone, somebody tried to call. It was busy.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah. And then I would put an emergency phone call in in order to get them to hang that phone up. And they charged you 75 cents for that. And mama got pissed off and told me that she'd cut the cord off the phone if I did it again.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God. That's crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

She's always been cheap.

[Julie Chrisley]

And then, okay, what about, okay, smartphone, we take a picture of everything. Right. I mean, I remember having this little camera and it had the film in it and you had to go and have the film developed. Yeah. She had to wait for your pictures.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

You didn't have them instantly, and there was no modifying them.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right. Whatever the picture was, was this what it was. And that's what you looked like.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. And the Polaroids, which Polaroids have kind of come back over.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, they. They keep threatening. They come back and then they're out.

[Julie Chrisley]

But that was all we had. Like, we didn't have any other options. It wasn't just like this, like, fun thing to do. Right. Netflix and streaming versus.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm just going to tell you, I love streaming. Streaming because it allows me to watch the show all the way through.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I will also tell you that I missed the anticipation.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. I'm gonna say that's the one thing about, you know, when we were away, you know, because we had our TV schedules, you know, and so you had to, like, put down what you wanted to watch. Well, if whatever show it was we had to watch, we just had, like, basic cable. Right.

[Todd Chrisley]

So you did. I didn't. I had Showtime.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

I had Skin a Max.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God. Okay, now I'm talking about in prison.

[Todd Chrisley]

Oh, I didn't have that. I didn't do that.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay, you had just regular cable in prison?

[Todd Chrisley]

No, we had those little things that you plugged into the tv. It was like a. What is the thing? It's a little thing that you. A stick.

[Julie Chrisley]

We had regular, like, in the wall cable. Right. In the wall cable is what we had. So. But if there were shows, whatever it was, you know, we waited for the Premiere. And then we waited every Friday night.

[Todd Chrisley]

So it was anticipatory.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah. You know, we watched. Had our shows. We watched on Thursday night on whatever. And we had to wait every week. We couldn't just sit down and watch three or four episodes.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, it's like right now with Dutton Ranch.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

On Paramount. You know, you. You have to. We have to watch it every Friday night.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. And it is kind of fun.

[Todd Chrisley]

It's that destination television.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. So, yes, I think it's kind of cool. But maybe we're showing our age, you

[Michelle Marrow]

know, VRBO makes it easy to claim your dream summer spot with early booking deals from homes with pools to poolside loungers. When you book a vrbo, you don't

[Todd Chrisley]

have to reserve any loungers.

[Michelle Marrow]

They're all yours. All you have to do is book

[Julie Chrisley]

early book with VRBO writing checks versus Venmo and everything being done.

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, I don't know how to do any of that.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, you've never really written a check, but, I mean, I dare say our kids probably wouldn't know how to write a check.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, they don't. You know they don't. Savannah just had you to write her

[Julie Chrisley]

checks the other day for Savannah before. And I'm sure the other kids. And Grayson sure wouldn't know how. He can't even sign his name.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I do want you to teach me how to do Venmo so I don't have to keep hunting you down to send money to somebody or whatever.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, I mean, it is easy. Now. This is really gonna. We're gonna really show our age with this.

[Todd Chrisley]

Honey, I'm 58. I ain't worried about showing my age

[Julie Chrisley]

encyclopedia versus Google and AI Google. No, but you remember when you had encyclopedia. Like we had a whole set at our house of encyclopedias.

[Todd Chrisley]

Tedious.

[Julie Chrisley]

And when we had to do a project or anything like that, you went based off of whatever it was, found the encyclopedia. There were an alphabetical order. You looked up, did your research in there, and that's how you did it.

[Todd Chrisley]

I wrote a paper. I bought a set of encyclopedias. This guy came to our house when I was growing up, and mom and daddy was at work, and he told me he needed to sell these encyclopedias because he had a child that was sick or whatever. And I said, my mom and daddy are buying. I bought a whole set of encyclopedias, and mom and dad didn't even know it. And the man came back to get his money, and I got my ass tore up by daddy, too.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my gosh. No, we Had.

[Todd Chrisley]

That's why I never liked the encyclopedia.

[Julie Chrisley]

But I mean, think about it. Now you can literally put into AI, I need a 500. I don't know how to say based on whatever. And within seconds, it spits it out. I mean, we had to actually do research and write it out.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right?

[Julie Chrisley]

You know, think about the kids. Grayson, he's always just used a computer for school. Not right. Handwriting something out. I mean, I had to go through. I mean, I had to sit on him just about to get him to learn how to do his name in cursing.

[Todd Chrisley]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

Because everything was done on the computer.

[Todd Chrisley]

But. But I will say that, listen, technology has been a wonderful thing and is

[Julie Chrisley]

in a lot of ways.

[Todd Chrisley]

In a lot of ways. But Google over an encyclopedia. Hell, yeah.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, for sure.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

For sure.

[Julie Chrisley]

Let's see. Let me see the other things. I've got kids playing outside until dark versus scheduled activities and entertaining our children.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, first of all, if a mother's got time to schedule activities, she's got too much time.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, I mean, I do think it's different today. I'm not going to lie. You can't really. The way we did. We played outside. I remember you got to worry about

[Todd Chrisley]

somebody stealing your child.

[Julie Chrisley]

My grandmother in our back in her backyard. We played. Like today. Like today we would play outside. We would make mud pies. We would. I mean, do.

[Todd Chrisley]

I made mud pies when I was married to Amy Hyde during the summer that year. And I played husband, she played wife, and she made the mud pies. I remember that.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, now we didn't.

[Todd Chrisley]

We didn't. You know, we didn't.

[Julie Chrisley]

I don't want to hear it. But now we were not.

[Todd Chrisley]

We were just husband and wife and name on.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay. But now, you know, it's. It's a. It's a schedule. It's a play date. I don't remember having play dates when I was growing up.

[Todd Chrisley]

Do you know, we played out in the yard with our friends and, you know, we had some of the most beautiful girls in Oconee county that lived on the other end of our block, the Finleys. And, you know, they. We played with them. We rode our bike to the. To the swimming pool there in town. We rode to the convenience store waters.

[Julie Chrisley]

And it's really sad that you can't do that anymore. And in most places, I mean, there may be some that you can still. Family dinners every night versus eating versus eating on the go.

[Todd Chrisley]

Family dinners.

[Julie Chrisley]

And I would say that we. We've tried to instill that in our kids. That was always Important for us to eat, have a family dinner. Like, I feel like that's kind of a loss art.

[Todd Chrisley]

But look at it. Look at what you've done with that. Because when it's time for dinner, where's all of our kids coming to? Yeah, they still come to the house.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah, Literally. Savannah last night was like, mama, would you make? And I told her. She's like, oh, sounds so good. Punishment then, versus gentle parenting.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm not about all that gentle parenting. Let me tell you what gentle parenting has got us. Teen takeovers. That's what gentle parenting has done. You need belt to ass. I don't give a.

[Julie Chrisley]

Do that anymore.

[Todd Chrisley]

You can.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, you can't. They'll pick you up.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, then they need to. The damn state. And the government does so well with these kids that they take on. That they take on. I'd say the government needs to keep their damn nose out of someone's house, out of your bedroom, and out of your bank account. That's what the government needs to do.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay?

[Todd Chrisley]

They didn't screw to have them. And they not paying for mine. And I'm gonna bust mine's. I have.

[Julie Chrisley]

Yes. Oh, my God, you are so bad.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm not. I'm not. You ask me what was better and then you go sit here like a liberal and try to force your opinions on to me.

[Julie Chrisley]

No, I'm not. No, I'm not. Okay, let's see. Saturday morning cartoons versus YouTube streaming.

[Todd Chrisley]

When I loved my Saturday morning, I

[Julie Chrisley]

think there was something kind of.

[Todd Chrisley]

It was innocence. There was an innocence.

[Julie Chrisley]

It really was. And we talked about watching one episode versus been watching.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I'm not gonna lie, I would

[Julie Chrisley]

rather do YouTube department stores versus, like, online shopping.

[Todd Chrisley]

Amazon department stores.

[Julie Chrisley]

You still want to go?

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Julie Chrisley]

And you know, department stores are closing down like crazy. I mean, from Sachs, Neiman's.

[Todd Chrisley]

Don't say it.

[Julie Chrisley]

Barney's. All these places.

[Todd Chrisley]

Here she goes again, delivering bad news. She loves to deliver bad news.

[Julie Chrisley]

I mean, but it is. It's kind of going to be a

[Todd Chrisley]

thing of the stand at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus has saved my life over the years.

[Michelle Marrow]

Right.

[Julie Chrisley]

They've been your therapy.

[Todd Chrisley]

They have been my retail therapy.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

I know.

[Julie Chrisley]

And I just feel like that you

[Todd Chrisley]

used to say when I would come home and I'd have 15 bags and you say, what's bothering you?

[Michelle Marrow]

Right?

[Todd Chrisley]

You remember that?

[Julie Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Todd Chrisley]

Nothing's bothering me. What are you talking.

[Julie Chrisley]

Right. This is one you'll have a funny story about catalogs versus, like, shopping on your app.

[Todd Chrisley]

Would I rather Do.

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, just. Just talk about it. Because you were a catalog shopper, too.

[Todd Chrisley]

I redid my mama's house to the JCPenney's catalog. I don't know how many times. And I would order all this stuff and redo rooms in the house and I would wait till the stuff would be shipped and then I'd hide it underneath the house because I'd use her credit card card. And then when I got everything together, the wallpaper, the comforters, the drapes, everything, when I got it all together, they would leave to go to work that night at six o'.

[Julie Chrisley]

Clock.

[Todd Chrisley]

And I was Martha Stewart before Martha Stewart knew who she was. And I would put a room together.

[Julie Chrisley]

So I kill my kids.

[Todd Chrisley]

They would come home and my poor daddy, God rest his soul, because he worked all the time. And I can look now and just think that that look he had on his face. Faye, where's that fucking credit card? Because back then you got your credit card statement in the mail and you could just use. The number was on the credit card. Oh. So I would just call the 1-800number and say, yes, my account numbers this and charge it.

[Julie Chrisley]

Bless.

[Todd Chrisley]

It's a miracle that I lived and survived.

[Julie Chrisley]

It really is. It really is. That's crazy. Okay, so before we end this episode, we're gonna do a quick. Just. Would you spend it a 28 avocado toast? Probably 400 dog bed.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, because I don't like dogs.

[Julie Chrisley]

And these were actually. Don't say you don't like dogs.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I mean, I still don't want them.

[Julie Chrisley]

You don't want them. But y', all, these were like, things that people have. I asked people like, what they've spent most on, like, stuff. This one, 300 luxury bath towels. Yeah, I think that's a lot for a bath towel.

[Todd Chrisley]

Yeah. But, you know. But I do spend on stuff.

[Julie Chrisley]

But not 300 for a bath towel.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, but I spend a hundred.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God. I gotta do this one.

[Todd Chrisley]

But I would spend.

[Julie Chrisley]

Somebody literally said this. A 2500 smart toilet.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, first of all, you know, we've spent more than that. I don't care. I love my toilet. I don't care.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay.

[Todd Chrisley]

I love them.

[Julie Chrisley]

Okay. And literally we talked about candles in another episode.

[Todd Chrisley]

And yes, I will spend money on.

[Julie Chrisley]

You will. Somebody spent $10,000 on a coffee machine learning drink coffee.

[Todd Chrisley]

So I wouldn't.

[Julie Chrisley]

Crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

Would I buy one for Savannah? Probably because she drinks. She is a coffee connoisseur.

[Podcast Host/Advertiser]

That's crazy.

[Todd Chrisley]

What about one for Chase? If he could keep up with It.

[Julie Chrisley]

What about a hundred dollar cheeseburger?

[Todd Chrisley]

You know, I don't really love hamburgers. I mean, meat's not my thing, so I don't. I mean, I would probably do it if all of us were going out to do it to.

[Julie Chrisley]

What about a 300 bottle of olive oil, somebody.

[Todd Chrisley]

No, you know that I would do

[Julie Chrisley]

that just to try.

[Todd Chrisley]

Oh, so I can't stand for a towel to drive my ass on, but you'll spend it for a bottle of olive oil?

[Julie Chrisley]

Well, I'm just saying you better bring

[Todd Chrisley]

it to the bedroom with you then.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God, you are so bad.

[Todd Chrisley]

I'm just saying.

[Julie Chrisley]

That note. I'm done with you today.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, on that note, we're gonna figure out how many uses we can get out of this bottle of virgin oil.

[Julie Chrisley]

Virgin oil?

[Todd Chrisley]

Oh, that's right. I was. I was just wishful thinking.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my God.

[Todd Chrisley]

We're gonna see. We're gonna see how many uses we can get in this bottle of $300 virgin olive oil.

[Julie Chrisley]

Somebody else did.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, if you're willing to bring it

[Julie Chrisley]

to the bedroom, we'll try saying virgin oil.

[Todd Chrisley]

Well, I'm just reminiscing.

[Julie Chrisley]

Oh, my gosh.

[Todd Chrisley]

Back in the day. Until next week. Good luck and God bless.

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