Justin Martin Didn't Expect Marriage Counseling in Year One

Summary

Duck Call Room Podcast Summary

Episode: Justin Martin Didn't Expect Marriage Counseling in Year One
Date: August 6, 2026
Hosts: Si Robertson, Justin Martin, John-David Owen, John Godwin, Jay Stone, Phillip McMillan, Jacob Mayo

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Episode Overview

In this episode, the Duck Call Room crew dives into a fun and surprisingly heartfelt conversation about marriage, premarital counseling, relationship advice, and the realities of tying the knot. With plenty of laughs, classic Duck Dynasty wisdom, and real talk about relationships, the group shares personal stories, advice, and anecdotes about what it takes to make a marriage work. The highlight centers on Hunter’s (guest) upcoming marriage and the counsel he seeks from the crew, sparking honest and hilarious debate on everything from proposal etiquette to why counseling isn’t just for people with problems.

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Main Discussion Segments

1. Rocky (and Botox) Banter

[00:07–07:00]

• The episode kicks off with a joking discussion about a new Rocky movie, confusion over names (“Mike” vs. “Rocky”), and aging movie stars like Sylvester Stallone.
• The conversation slides into commentary on Botox, plastic surgery, and the social pressure to look young:
  • "It's a plight on the beautiful women of our country that's making them all look like ghouls." – John-David ([03:39])
  • The crew playfully debates Si trying Botox or dyeing his hair.
  • Si jokes about "growing old gracefully" ([06:42]).

2. Snacks, Ingredients & Powerlines

[11:03–14:33]

• Andy from Tennessee’s lackluster review of Buc-ee’s snacks leads to commentary on Reese's Oreos, mysterious food ingredients, and food conspiracies.
• The group spirals into joking about growing up under power lines and “playing with electricity” as Si and the guys swap childhood misadventures.

3. Hunter’s Relationship Journey

[15:32–23:39]

• Hunter reveals his plans for his girlfriend to move nearby and seeks marriage advice.
  • Si predicts “trouble” because the couple will finally face “up close and personal” realities ([16:13]).
• The group pokes fun at the difference paperwork (marriage license) makes in a relationship; paperwork means, “you give them roughly 51% of your stuff to leave.” ([17:51] – John-David).
• Debate arises over the tradition of asking a dad for permission, with various hosts revealing whether they asked, told, or skipped the process:
  • "No, I told him. I said I'm taking your daughter, and you ain't got nothing to say in it." – Si ([18:19])

4. Classic Duck Commander Marriage Advice

[24:21–34:43]

• Si delivers his legendary bar advice for finding a partner, suggesting you “pick the ugliest thing in there” – but follows up with the belief that “the Almighty has got one for everybody… it's already picked out” ([25:03]–[25:21]).
• The group jokes about talk of baby names, wedding expenses, and the dangers of spending big on a lavish wedding that, as Si illustrates, might not last ("he spent $150,000... lasted six months." – [28:59]).
• Memorable moments include Si’s low-cost wedding ($20 to the preacher) and Christmas trees at John-David's wedding.

5. The Big Question: To Counsel or Not To Counsel?

[34:43–44:50]

• The hosts reflect on whether they had premarital counseling, admitting that those who did found it valuable, especially as marital challenges cropped up:
  • “We did premarital counseling … and it’s served us well for 35 years.” – John Godwin ([35:14])
  • “We went back to marriage counseling after a year. … I strongly encourage marriage counseling, by the way. Just for a quick tune-up from time to time.” – Justin Martin ([42:14]–[42:41])
• The advice highlights:
  • Don’t scar each other with words or bring up the past ([36:21])
  • Get rid of “excess baggage” before marriage ([36:47])
  • Shared faith and laughter are crucial ([37:11], [37:41])
  • Never go to bed mad ([43:29])
  • You can’t change your spouse's quirks; “you knew I was like this when you married me” ([49:11])

6. Phil Robertson's Greatest Hits

[32:08–34:43], [51:08–53:05]

• The show revisits Phil's classic standards for a wife: "Can she cook? You're gonna be there for 50 years, and you don't even know whether she can cook or not. What kind of thinking is that? Well, we'll just live off love. Not really. You'll starve to death." – Phil Robertson ([32:10])
• Another iconic Phil moment: “Keep that thing in your pocket. You won’t have nothing to worry about.” ([34:16])

7. Bible Verse & Spiritual Foundations

[51:08–53:06]

• The crew closes on a serious note with Phil Robertson’s reading of 1 Corinthians 15 and his reflection on the importance of faith in his life and relationships:
  • "I stood on [these verses] from the time I was converted, and I'm still standing on it... I love them all, whether they hate me or not. That's fine. And we just continue to preach the gospel." – Phil Robertson ([51:17]–[52:33])

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• On Botox and Aging:

  • "If you look at somebody's face and it don't move… Botox. Like they smile and nothing happens." – John-David ([04:27])
  • "Grow old gracefully, amen." – Si and crew ([06:42])

• On Marriage Paperwork:

  • "After paperwork, you give them roughly 51% of your stuff to leave." – John-David ([17:51])

• On Classic Marriage Advice:

  • "Pick the ugliest thing in there… the Almighty's got one for everybody… it's already picked out." – Si ([25:03]–[25:21])
  • "You don't want to take your kids to your wedding." – John-David ([24:12])
  • "Don't try to change your woman... everybody's got little quirks." – Si ([48:51]–[49:15])

• On Learning & Counseling:

  • "Strongly encourage marriage counseling… just for a little quick tune up from time to time. Nobody is ready for what you're fixing to do." – Justin Martin and Si ([42:41]–[43:07])
  • "Never go to bed mad." – Si ([43:29])

• On Laughter in Marriage:

  • "We laugh a lot, which is really important… most of the time she's cracking jokes on me." – John Godwin ([37:41])

• On Food and Marriage:

  • "If your woman cooks bad food, leave her. Don't eat it. Take it out and throw it in the trash." – Phil Robertson’s advice, relayed by John Godwin ([47:23])
  • "Can she cook? Well, we'll just live off love. Not really. You'll starve to death." – Phil Robertson ([32:10])

• On Faith Foundation:

  • "Your relationship with Christ is so important together, and also separately ... you’re both going to grow toward the same direction." – John Godwin ([37:11])
  • "If you do do that, you won't have many problems." – Si ([37:41])

• Phil Robertson’s Spiritual Anchor:

  • "I stood on [these verses] from the time I was converted, and I'm still standing on it ... we just continue to preach the gospel." ([51:17]–[52:33])

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Key Timestamps

• Marriage, moving in, and “trouble” is coming: [16:01–16:29]
• Marriage paperwork & asking for permission insights: [17:51–18:34]
• Si’s “find the ugliest one” advice: [25:03]
• Big wedding vs. big cash dilemma: [27:49–28:59]
• The power of counseling: [42:14–43:07]
• Never go to bed mad: [43:29]
• Phil Robertson’s Bible verse/final word: [51:08–53:06]

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Marriage isn’t just romance—get ready for real work and real quirks.
• Premarital and ongoing marriage counseling are hugely valuable; nobody’s truly prepared.
• Laughter, communication, honesty, and shared faith are cornerstones of successful marriages.
• Don’t invest all your funds in a wedding; invest in the relationship.
• Classic Duck Commander wisdom still holds: don’t try to change your spouse, and make sure someone in the relationship can cook!

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For fans of Duck Dynasty and anyone navigating marriage, this episode is packed with advice that’s equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. The camaraderie and transparency from Si, Martin, and the crew create a one-of-a-kind blend of backwoods humor and practical life lessons.

Transcript

[A]

Foreign.

[B]

David, have you been doing your push ups every day?

[C]

Yeah, I do push ups every day

[B]

because I saw the new Rocky movie that's coming out. Oh, I love it. Did y' all see it? I am. What does it say? I am Mike. I don't know. Can I promote that?

[D]

Mike.

[B]

I am Rocky. Yeah, the guy's name was. They want him to be Mike on there. But anyway, it's Sylvester Stallone. Yes, but like, they wanted to change his name.

[D]

They wanted to be like Mike.

[B]

No, I'm confused.

[D]

Well, you got to buy Michael Jordan or Rocky.

[A]

Rocky. Rocky.

[B]

But Sylvester Stallone, question mark.

[D]

Who put a question mark on the prompter?

[A]

They made another one.

[B]

Yeah, there's a new one coming out, but it's going to tell the story about Sylvester Stallone and him writing that. He wrote the whole, you know, movie.

[C]

Oh, new movie.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

I'm very confused.

[B]

Okay, wait. Wait till I play Rocky. That's it. Okay, thank you.

[C]

And you thought for some reason it was I play Mike?

[B]

No, because on when you watch it, when you watch this, it. The guy they. They want him to call be Mike or something.

[D]

Boy, how bad would that movie have been if it had been named Mike?

[B]

No.

[F]

Mike.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That would have stinked.

[C]

And then instead of Adrian, it would have been like Sarah. Just Mike and Sarah. Not Rocky and Adrian. That movie stinks on ice side.

[B]

Did you watch all the Rocky movies? Did you like them?

[A]

It wasn't bad.

[B]

Wasn't bad.

[D]

The best. Rocky. Rocky and Bullwinkle. I missed those cartoons.

[C]

I wish I could say Rocky Road was the best, but I don't really like nuts that much. But I do like ice cream.

[A]

Fair. I came out. I can't believe they're making another one.

[B]

So I can get all the. The new rock.

[C]

Hold on. This isn't a. This isn't a Rocky movie. This is a movie about the making of the movie Rocky.

[B]

That's right.

[C]

So the main actor is actually playing Sylvester Stallone making the movie Rocky.

[D]

But it's a great trailer.

[C]

No, he's too old.

[B]

Yeah, he's way too old.

[C]

How old is Sylvester? Also good name.

[B]

78. I'm guessing 80.

[C]

80.

[D]

If your name was Sylvester, would you go with Sylvester or Sly?

[C]

I'd probably make you say the whole thing. Sylvester Stallone.

[A]

Sylvester.

[B]

I mean, Sylvester.

[C]

His middle name is gardenzio, so.

[D]

For real? According to Wikipedia, boy, kindergarten was tough on him.

[B]

So that's why he's so tough.

[D]

Gardenzio. Gio.

[B]

Yo, Garden.

[D]

Where's he from? He from Philly?

[B]

I think so.

[A]

Well, Sylvester's getting long in the tooth.

[D]

You ain't young.

[C]

He's from New York City. He was born in New York City on July 6, 1946.

[A]

46. Oh, he's two years older than me.

[B]

Oh, yeah. But yeah, you're in better shape than him now. Sigh. Martin. Size of six Million Dollar Man. He's got new lungs, new teeth.

[D]

Oh, I know.

[C]

Well, Sylvester Stallone has new eyebrows according to that photo.

[B]

Wait. He seems dubious about something.

[D]

And he's got a lot of botulinum toxin in his face, too.

[A]

Oh, that's too much pasta. That's what it is.

[D]

Too much pasta.

[A]

Yeah, too much pasta.

[C]

I think that has more to do with needles.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[D]

That's another five letter word. Botox.

[B]

Botox.

[A]

Bo.

[D]

We need to get size and Botox.

[C]

I. I actually never been more against something in my entire life.

[D]

I think it'd be hilarious just one time if he does it once.

[A]

What is box in is a plight

[C]

on the beautiful woman of our country that's making them all look like ghouls. I said it. Yes, that's what it is.

[D]

There's your Instagram clip.

[A]

It's on the face lifts.

[B]

Well, no size. It's like they, they. What is it, Martin? What's in this?

[C]

I'm going to get.

[D]

You're going to have to look at it.

[B]

It's like a filler. And they shoot it.

[D]

It's botulinum toxic.

[B]

They shoot it into your. And it feels the.

[D]

A bunch of women that are on Instagram and social media all take this toxin while they're worried about plastic water bottles killing them. It's incredible that you would inject yourself with something called toxin, but yet microplastics will kill you. Do you see the irony here, people?

[C]

I don't know, all the women's faces just look like this now.

[D]

Yeah, they're tight. If you look at somebody's face and it don't move. Botox. Yeah, like they smile and nothing happens. Botox 100%.

[C]

Yep. Everybody on this fight to not look old.

[D]

Yeah, who cares?

[C]

I've been looks old and he's still.

[D]

I've been looking old since I was young. I'm fine. And the words of Phil Robertson, time has not been kind to me.

[A]

Right?

[D]

And I'm cool with that.

[B]

Hey, but I want to take sign and get his hair dyed darker.

[A]

Why?

[B]

I just do. I want to do it. We're going to do it. And then when he comes back to the podcast, he's just going to look different.

[C]

I had a Whole. I had him a whole haircut lined up. No showed.

[D]

Wait, what? You're getting your hair dyed.

[B]

I'm on. I'm going to get. Yeah, I'm going. I'm going to take it.

[A]

I want a trim.

[C]

We had that lined up trim for

[A]

the haircut and then a trim for the beard.

[B]

We're going to brush a little.

[A]

I look like a bush.

[C]

Your beard's left side. The side I sit on. It's very.

[A]

Like, when I get up in the morning, it's scary to look in the mirror. I'm saying it's just everywhere.

[C]

Is that a new.

[D]

It's because you got them teeth.

[C]

Is that a new.

[D]

You didn't care about this when you didn't have all your teeth. Now you care.

[A]

Hey, I don't know. I don't care one way or the other.

[D]

This is like when big guys get skinny and concede a tally whacker again. They start running around on their wives. Y' all act like it ain't true.

[C]

Not me.

[A]

I got no.

[C]

I'm not saying I got mad again. Didn't want to do that. Too many women were cat calling me. They said, hey, you, skinny legs. That's. None of this is true. I don't know why

[A]

doesn't add to that.

[C]

Boys, why do you want your hair?

[F]

Your.

[C]

So your hair and beard trim is for you. Who's the color for.

[A]

It ain't for nobody. I'm just. Hey, y' all said I. You wanted to do it. I don't care.

[B]

He's just gonna do.

[D]

Hey, you won't get a little haircut. I'm all in on that. You go like jet black, and I'm gonna have a problem.

[B]

He's gonna look like Jace.

[D]

Now, Jay said that Jace get on that just for men bag from time to time, don't he? He does it himself.

[B]

Hey, I think so.

[C]

Does he?

[A]

It's a word. Okay. Or a little phrase. Grow old gracefully.

[C]

Amen.

[B]

There you go.

[A]

Okay.

[B]

But you do have new eyes, new teeth, new lungs.

[A]

Change the outcome.

[C]

Hold on.

[A]

Going to hell in a handbasket.

[C]

Lungs are Botox, yo.

[A]

No, that. I've got to read up on this.

[C]

What?

[A]

Because I remember something on watching something on a show, and they was doing something with needles and what sign? The ejector.

[D]

Mm.

[A]

And they was, yo.

[D]

Oh, yeah. That's where they put it right there. Around your eyebrow.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And it makes your wrinkles.

[A]

I was going, yeah. You know what come to my mind was, you know, plus, I mean, who. Who was. Who was that? Somebody had a facelift and they pulled it too tight.

[B]

Was it Dolly Parton?

[D]

No, no, he's been lift. Not there.

[C]

No, she'd been lifted there too.

[A]

It was a man.

[D]

A man man.

[A]

Yeah, it was a man that had a facelift.

[B]

Did he sing in Vegas?

[A]

Hey, I'm serious. The doctor must. Hey, the doctor must have sat on him and then hooked him up with some pliers that wouldn't give. And I mean, when he stressed him, he stressed him. I can't remember.

[C]

Who was Simon Cowell? He apparently had a bad one.

[A]

Who played the Bandit?

[B]

Oh, Smokey.

[A]

Yeah, the Bandit on. On the show.

[B]

Burt Reynolds. Yeah, Burt Reynolds.

[C]

Burt Reynolds got a face?

[A]

No, no, that's who it was. I think years ago. Reynolds.

[C]

Hold on.

[A]

And it made him look like a Chinese. I'm serious.

[C]

If. If you don't. In front of you,

[D]

when you add the A, there's a problem.

[C]

Burt Reynolds did have a very bad face.

[D]

Let's see.

[A]

Wait, it wasn't Burt Reynolds. That looks like that back wasn't him.

[D]

That looks like a wax music.

[A]

No, that one. That wasn't him.

[C]

I'm telling you. That's what all this is doing to our people. They look like ghouls.

[D]

They do look like the old ghost.

[B]

Really.

[A]

That is what Botox is. They put some kind of junk in you. It's a smoke your face off.

[B]

They inject it and it fills up like wrinkles. I think that's what is boils down to maybe.

[C]

And then they all got.

[A]

That's when you're going a little too far.

[D]

They get them side. Tell them women. Tell them they're beautiful.

[A]

I know.

[C]

Hey, they are. Then they got dye themselves orange. Don't make no sense.

[D]

Are we still talking about women or.

[A]

That's like war paint.

[C]

Oh, that's the president. Love you, don.

[D]

He got both.

[G]

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[D]

That's because it ain't a diet. It's actual weight loss, ain't it?

[G]

It is actual weight loss.

[D]

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[G]

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[D]

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[C]

Andy from Tennessee stopped at the Crossfield Tennessee Buckies last weekend on his way to Knoxville.

[A]

It was disappointing.

[C]

It was packed. But he got the overbite peanut butter candy and a brisket sandwich. And I gotta tell you boys both were just kind of.

[D]

That peanut butter candy is not very good. I fell for that one.

[C]

I've never had that.

[D]

That's the one at the cash register. It's not very good.

[C]

I'm a big.

[B]

Looks good.

[A]

You should have got some chocolate covered almonds.

[C]

I'm a big believer.

[D]

Delicious.

[C]

If you're eating peanut butter and chocolate. There's this guy named Mr. Reese.

[D]

He figured it out.

[C]

He nailed it out. No reason to get away from his.

[D]

By the way. Let's talk about that for a second. If you've missed out lately on your chance to garner diabetes, there is now a Reese's Oreo.

[A]

What?

[C]

What?

[A]

What?

[D]

That is phenomenal, especially in milkshake form. I found that out in July. Oh, the lake is. They made those into milk shakes.

[C]

Oh, you, you, you got to make that yourself. Yeah, that ain't like a rig you can get at the, at the dq.

[A]

He ruined a good milkshake by putting

[D]

peanut butter Oreos in it. Yeah, wrong answer.

[A]

You run a good milkshake.

[D]

Arisi's Oreo is fantastic.

[C]

Reese's Peanut Buttery Cream. That's not even peanut butter in a Reese's. No, it's peanut buttery Cremay Cram Oreo Cook.

[G]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah, it's good.

[B]

That's got to be.

[D]

They're good. And I don't really love Oreos, but that was, that was a good combo.

[C]

You know what though? I just went to their website and When I do see that there's that many ingredients I'm starting to think that those conspiracy theories may have a point.

[D]

Soy niacin is good for you.

[C]

What's a partially defatted peanut that's bioengineered. I want my peanuts fully fatted not partially defatted.

[D]

Where's that?

[C]

I just like. By the way the second to last ingredient in a Reese's Oreo is chocolate.

[D]

And it's covered in that artificial flavors.

[C]

The number four.

[D]

Why is there flour in there? Huh. Look at that.

[A]

Oh you'd be shocked. A lot of stuff that's in something.

[D]

The rest of it all kind of checks out.

[B]

There's also a bioengineered food ingredient.

[D]

Oh yeah. Peanuts or wheat like. Yeah.

[B]

So did you eat all. All those chocolate covered almonds already that John David brought back from Bucky's?

[A]

Nope. I ate one bag of.

[D]

You don't want to look at the ingredient list on a Bucky's brisket sandwich. That's why that yellow piece of paper so long.

[A]

What?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't really care.

[D]

I don't either. Is it good?

[C]

The microwave is going to fry our minds anyway.

[D]

And we carry around a little torch in our pocket and put it up to our head all day long.

[C]

I grew up under power lines.

[D]

There you go. And you. You're moving there.

[B]

You can't tell yet. Even closer to nobody could tell.

[C]

Do you. If you get in my parents pool it just the right way and you keep one foot grounded and you have a cut on the other foot. It will shock you.

[B]

Really?

[D]

That's awesome.

[C]

True story.

[D]

I don't want to power line through now.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

If you ever have like a cut on your hand just go put it in the water and put your other hand on the ground next to the pool and you'll. It'll give you a little jolt. That's where I grew up. Might be what's wrong with me.

[A]

He grew up.

[D]

Didn't mess with your fertility.

[A]

He grew up with playing. Playing with electricity.

[D]

That's better than pissing on electric fan

[A]

or sitting there and playing with a wall socket.

[B]

Spark plug.

[C]

I've. I've done that too. That was a bad call.

[A]

I'll pay on spark plug.

[C]

I've never peed on a spark plug.

[D]

That's just Mr. Glasscop.

[B]

It only takes one time.

[D]

That's what Phillip said his name was.

[A]

I'll tell you that.

[D]

I asked him if that was his given name or a nickname. Wow. What a life.

[B]

Man.

[C]

What do you guys want to talk

[D]

about what a time to be alive.

[C]

What just happened? Y' all just went to your. Both of you just went.

[B]

We got it. We got an alert.

[A]

Everybody just went dead.

[B]

We got an alert on our phones over here.

[A]

Alert? Hey, what kind of alert?

[B]

Something secret about Hunter.

[A]

Oh, something stupid about Hunter.

[B]

Something secret.

[A]

Oh, something.

[B]

He's going to North Carolina. Oh, tomorrow.

[C]

You eloped?

[F]

No, I'm not eloped.

[C]

Why did you say the man eloped?

[A]

I thought. I thought that was a secret.

[B]

Are y' all getting married before you run out back here?

[F]

No.

[A]

And they run off and got mad with my.

[F]

My. My grandmother gave me great advice on that.

[B]

What'd you say?

[D]

Why about a cow when you get to milk for free.

[A]

Hey, I had heard that you. You was moving down here, right?

[F]

Yeah. Yes, sir.

[A]

Has she moved down here yet?

[F]

We're moving her down here this weekend.

[A]

Oh, this weekend. Okay. Trouble is fixed to happen. Boy.

[F]

Trouble.

[C]

Why is trouble afoot?

[A]

Because they're together.

[C]

Oh, you think now that they're going to be in the same town, it could be trouble.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Yeah. The long distance. The long distance love affair is over. This is getting up close and personal now.

[B]

It's going to be harder. Sigh

[F]

Well, I was asking.

[C]

Well, what a rain cloud on this day? Good grief, man.

[A]

No, it ain't a rain cloud. It's a love cloud.

[F]

A love cloud. I was asking a bunch of people advice on marriage.

[D]

Oh, yeah. You got the right guy.

[C]

Let's.

[F]

So I didn't know if I wanted to just go ahead and get married whenever she moves here or. Or not.

[A]

You do got serious and got serious in a hurt.

[F]

This is someone. Do you all want to talk about this?

[A]

Let's talk about it also.

[C]

Hold on. You just said it got serious in a hurry. They've been dating for like over a year.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. But hey, now they're talking about. Hey, doing it.

[E]

Okay.

[A]

Getting married. Okay, well, it's serious. Okay. The fun. The fun is over. Business now, buddy.

[B]

The hard part.

[G]

The fun's over.

[D]

Now work begins.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

Paperwork got involved. Hunter. It's gonna suck from here on out.

[D]

The old be a real turning point for you.

[A]

They've worked on me. Nothing.

[C]

Paperwork don't mean nothing.

[A]

No, it don't mean nothing.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, contraire. No, it means a lot.

[A]

No, it don't.

[C]

Now, before paperwork, you can just so you. See you later. And you never have to speak to him again.

[A]

No 100%.

[B]

That paper.

[D]

After paperwork, you give them roughly 51% of your stuff to leave.

[F]

Yeah.

[A]

That's the only thing about your paperwork.

[C]

That's pretty big thing.

[B]

So I got a question.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

I want to know if Hunter asked her dad. Have you talked to her dad yet?

[F]

Her. Her dad is passed.

[B]

Okay.

[F]

So now you talk to him.

[C]

Okay.

[A]

No, he didn't.

[B]

No. You know, like, I don't know if y' all asked the. Your. Your wife's dad for permission, so did you ask?

[A]

No, I told him. I said I'm taking your daughter.

[B]

You said that?

[A]

And I said, you ain't got nothing to say in it. Did you? Yeah, I did.

[B]

Was he a big man?

[C]

No, I don't think I technically asked. I just let him know it was about to go down.

[B]

You did? What about.

[C]

I knew they were for it.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

It wasn't like a Willie. Well. Yeah.

[A]

I wish I had Willie here right now.

[B]

Oh, yeah. It was bad on him.

[A]

Johnny didn't want that.

[G]

No. No.

[A]

I wish I had woolly here on this one.

[C]

Most people were on Johnny's side at the time. We didn't actually see the vision.

[B]

What about you?

[D]

Yeah, but I asked dad and mom because her parents are divorced, so. Yeah, I thought to both of them

[C]

anyway.

[D]

Seemed like the right thing to do.

[B]

Yeah, I think.

[C]

I mean, you know, you gotta go make a. You know what you gotta do that. It's part of it.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Part of the gig.

[A]

All right.

[D]

Hunter doesn't have to. Who's the father figure in her life, though? Like grandfather or something?

[F]

She was raised by mainly women, so I don't think she has any.

[B]

Put them all in a group text

[C]

and ask them right now on the show.

[F]

I wanted to ask her. Mom.

[D]

Uh huh. You should.

[F]

Not right now.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

So like the advice.

[C]

Mom, if you're listening, be prepared for a phone call.

[F]

So I asked my grandmother advice. Well, actually, I asked both my grandparents and my grandmother gave me great advice.

[C]

You asked me and Martin for advice too, which.

[D]

Hey, wait, we didn't give you which grandmother?

[F]

My dad's mom.

[C]

The one from Pennsylvania?

[F]

No, I don't have a grandmother from Pennsylvania.

[D]

Oh, my.

[F]

My grandfather. My. My grandfather lives in Pennsylvania and he was divorced. My mom's mom just passed away like.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

A few months ago.

[D]

Yeah, I knew that one. Okay. Okay. So I thought there was still more. I thought. Okay, we're good.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

All right. Trying to math. All you joneses are way up down there.

[F]

And I was born early, so everyone's still alive.

[C]

Oh, I thought you meant like premature because that's only like six or seven.

[F]

Started early.

[D]

Were they married?

[F]

No, but I went to their wedding. That's good

[D]

on the outside.

[C]

Were you the flower boy?

[F]

No, I think I was the crying one.

[D]

God, some things never change.

[A]

Anyway,

[C]

I love humans.

[A]

How old are you, huh?

[F]

I'm 25. I'll be 26.

[D]

He's at a real turning point.

[A]

How old is your woman?

[F]

Also 25. Yeah. We're two months apart.

[C]

I like it. Okay, so what was the advice, Grandma? So, okay, we're never gonna get to this adventure.

[D]

Hey, you headed out of town, ain't you?

[C]

Headed out of town. But you know what's coming with me?

[A]

What?

[C]

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[D]

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[C]

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[F]

So I was asking questions about marriage, but I was worried it was still a little bit early because we've been dating long distance. And she said that makes a lot of sense. Since you've been dating long distance, you've only got to spend time with each other one week to a couple days. Every three to four Months for a year.

[D]

So you can last forever like that, by the way.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

But if she's moving down here, that gives us a chance to date in person longer term. And then I will have the bad

[C]

days together, if you will.

[F]

Exactly. So I will get to know her on a different level. And at that point, you know the

[D]

bad part of that? She gets to know you on a different level, too.

[C]

Oh, you got quirks, buddy.

[F]

I'm great. Quirks and all.

[D]

You're talking about a guy that did exactly what you're doing so really well. Yeah. Brittany was from Nashville, so we were long distance for a little while. Then she moved out here that first little bit. Tough E, buddy. Buckle your seat belts. All I got to tell you, that's

[F]

what everyone keeps telling me.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

That's fine, though. You figure it out. Then you look up, you're 11 years in, two kids in like. Everything's good, man.

[C]

What are you going to name your kids, Hunter? We just really press fast forward there.

[F]

She wants to name the firstborn Avery.

[C]

Hold on. If y' all have talked about baby names.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

It's time.

[A]

It just. Yeah.

[C]

What you gonna do? Hold off for which. What are we waiting on? I just get started, son.

[D]

Yep.

[C]

I. I mean, I don't really have

[F]

a good answer now.

[D]

Sign that paper, though.

[B]

Oh, yeah?

[G]

Yeah.

[C]

Sign the paper.

[D]

You don't want to take your kids to your wedding.

[B]

That's right.

[D]

Given to understand. That's a little awkward.

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

You know, the best advice. The best advice comes from some unusual places. And when my middle son Blake started dating, he went to psy for relationship advice. He went to psy. You remember that sigh when Blake asking you about dating?

[A]

I remember what I told him, too.

[C]

Oh, boy.

[A]

I said, hey, you're at the age now that you're going in the bars, drinking a few beers. I said, let me give you some good, sound advice. Oh, good. When you first walk in the bar, I said, what you do is you stop after you knock the saloon doors open and you and you read the room.

[C]

Gotta find the ugliest by that.

[A]

I said, you picked the ugliest thing in there.

[D]

I wonder how many of theirs barometer I was.

[A]

Well, here's the thing. It'll make any difference because, hey, the almighty has got one for everybody.

[D]

Yeah, he does.

[A]

Already picked out. That is true. I really believe that. Okay. I really do. You really don't have nothing to say about it. One's already picked out for you. And the best part is how you're going to meet and how it all comes together.

[D]

That's a love story.

[A]

No, no one is just. It's amazing. Okay. Really?

[D]

Is y' all gonna get married in Madison square Garden?

[B]

What?

[C]

How stupid was that?

[A]

Bing, bing, bing, bing. I don't think he's got the money to rent it.

[B]

Huh?

[D]

Got t. Swift money.

[C]

Do you think he'd be here if he had t Swift money?

[D]

I just hope he drafted now.

[A]

You got it. You got it in somewhere that you need to discuss.

[D]

What is it, Taylor, Kelsey or Swift?

[A]

It's how much money are you going to be stupid enough to spend on this?

[B]

Oh, that's a good question.

[C]

Yeah. What kind of wedding, y'?

[E]

All?

[A]

I don't know. I'm serious.

[D]

Shotgun, baby.

[F]

Oh. Haven't planned that far.

[C]

I just want side to perform it well.

[A]

Well, no, no.

[D]

Would you like us to get ordained and we can do it right here, cameras and.

[A]

All

[C]

right.

[A]

We could bring a preacher here.

[C]

You're a preacher?

[A]

No, I am.

[F]

You can come to the wedding.

[A]

I can't marry people legitimately. I could do it fakely.

[B]

Fakely.

[A]

It could be fun, too.

[D]

I think you should have sigh, write

[B]

your vowels and you can't change any

[D]

word in it, but yeah, you don't get to see them till the day and you just open them up and start reading.

[A]

That's right.

[D]

Hey, you good looking heifer.

[B]

You heifer.

[A]

Back to the money, though.

[D]

Back to the money.

[C]

Back to the money.

[B]

Where's the money?

[C]

It's all about the money, boys.

[A]

Hey, I'm in Germany. I got a good friend that works

[C]

with me with the money.

[A]

Okay, look, and he's. He's. He's a GS12. So he makes very good money. Probably about what, 150, I think.

[C]

$150,000 a year in 1962.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

Whoa.

[A]

Yeah, yeah. He was making Rolling. Rolling.

[C]

Yeah.

[A]

So, hey, his daughter fall in love. She says, okay. And he asked her, he said, well, you know, here's what I'll do for you. I will give you and your young man $100,000 or I will pay for the wedding that you want.

[D]

Show me the money, Jerry.

[A]

Yeah. So people ask me, what were you doing? Give me the cash.

[B]

Yeah, that's what I do. Give me the cash.

[A]

I said, give me the cash.

[D]

If it's going to be cash, I'll take 80.

[A]

But anyway, a little break. Oh, look, we go the wedding now. It is fabulous. Okay.

[D]

A lot worse everywhere, huh?

[A]

Yeah, I know there's. You can tell the boy has spent some serious money at this joint. Okay. Like, about 150 grand. Because everything was super. You know, it was. It was really good. You know how long they. You know how long the marriage lasted?

[D]

How long?

[A]

Six months.

[B]

Yeah, you know what? That's sad, but it's true. No, it happens a lot.

[A]

It lasts six months and then it's over. And he spent $150,000 on that stupid excursion.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Excursion. On a cruise. Oh, are the weddings an excursion?

[A]

Well, yeah, it is.

[C]

I need to figure out how many Christmas trees my in laws bought for our wedding.

[A]

You know what it cost me for my wedding?

[B]

I had Christmas tree like Corey's wedding.

[A]

I think I gave the preacher $20.

[C]

You $20?

[A]

Yeah, I think I was what my wedding cost me.

[B]

And a cigar band and a cigar man.

[A]

Christine said something silly about a $16 ring, but I'd never heard of that or never seen it.

[C]

That was just.

[D]

That was when you tell yourself a story so many times, you actually start believing it.

[A]

Oh, no. Hey, that's my story. They wrote a song, but that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. Boys.

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

Hunter. Have we helped you,

[C]

Hunter?

[F]

When I got married, me advice.

[C]

When I got married, Hunter, they. They put like, 30 Christmas trees in the church because we got married in December, and I bet that was expensive. And I would like to have that money instead of those Christmas trees because we don't even have those Christmas trees anymore.

[D]

Do you sink them as a brush top somewhere?

[C]

I think they gave them all out at church the next Sunday.

[D]

Oh, that's nice.

[A]

That was good.

[D]

30 families get a Christmas tree. That's nice.

[C]

Oh, yeah, we had Christmas trees all over the.

[D]

How old were you?

[C]

Oh, way younger than Hunter. Yeah, I was 21.

[D]

Oh, so you were in your 20s?

[C]

By the time I was Hunter's age, I had a couple kids.

[F]

I could not imagine getting married or having kids at 20.

[A]

Kids.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

How old are you?

[F]

25. I turned 26 in, like, two weeks.

[C]

I had Carter. Yeah, get after it, son.

[A]

That's right.

[C]

I had Carter at 25.

[A]

Ride Clyde rides. What?

[D]

That would have just been tough for me. I'm glad people can do it.

[C]

It was easy for me. Duck dynasty. Banjo noise.

[D]

At 25, I still didn't know I'd take care of myself.

[C]

So what advice do you seek, Hunter?

[D]

Get married now or later?

[C]

Because, I mean, I think.

[A]

You know what I think?

[D]

Yeah. We've already told you. Text. You can read all that to the people if you want to.

[F]

No, no, no, no, no, no.

[A]

In the words of Phil Robertson. Head up to the justice of the peace.

[C]

Make it happen.

[B]

Yep.

[D]

I'm just glad his woman listened to Phil. Found him a homely one. Found her a homely one.

[C]

Found a ho.

[D]

That's a joke, Hunter.

[C]

He's calling you homely.

[F]

Yeah, I got that.

[C]

That is the greatest scene of all time. I went and found that and ripped it and I got it on my phone just to send to people.

[D]

Now find your old homely one.

[A]

Well, it is good advice.

[B]

Nobody in this room took it like

[F]

her mom's a cook.

[C]

My wife can cook.

[B]

She ain't homely.

[C]

Yeah, well, it's hard to find that, but I pulled it off. Phil would be proud of me.

[E]

See, the first prerequisite for marrying a

[D]

woman, in my opinion.

[E]

Can she cook? You're gonna be there for 50 years, and you don't even know whether she can cook or not. What kind of thinking is that? Well, we'll just live off love. Not really. You'll starve to death. She don't have to be a pretty

[D]

girl just because he looks a little homey.

[E]

That's all right. Hard to get a pretty one.

[B]

Hard to get a pretty one to

[A]

cook and carry a Bible anymore.

[B]

Good grief.

[C]

That right there should have.

[A]

Hey, he did have some good little. That should have told the whole world

[C]

that Duck Dynasty is here, and it is going to be a big freaking deal, cuz. That's unbelievable.

[D]

I. Oh, God.

[C]

Not really.

[A]

You'll see it have some good little, little phrases.

[D]

She ain't got to be pretty. Find you a homely. So what if she looks a little homely? She's hard to find a pretty one that carries a Bible and cook anymore.

[A]

Oh,

[D]

So Olivia can cook?

[F]

Oh, yeah. She's amazing. She made me, like, banana bread the last time she was in. I was.

[C]

Banana bread's always a solid.

[F]

Like, I knew I was gonna marry her, and now I'm like, now I know.

[A]

And made me a big banana bread.

[C]

So he said, I'm here.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Hey, Phil Robertson approved. Can she cook that? Not really.

[A]

That reminds me.

[F]

The last time Phil gave me relationship advice.

[D]

Phil Robertson?

[F]

Yeah.

[D]

What'd he take?

[C]

Please, Lord, tell us.

[F]

It was. It was about an ex girlfriend. He was like, you still dating your woman? I was, yes, sir, I am. He's like, better get married. That was it.

[A]

Yep. Better get married.

[B]

Better get married.

[F]

That was all the advice I got. And he did his thumbs up as well.

[B]

Better get married Jones.

[C]

See, that's what I'm with, Bill. 19. Hey, you're. You're an adult. Do it. You'll figure it out. Or you won't.

[D]

He ever tell you to keep that thing in your pocket?

[C]

Won't be no trouble.

[F]

I know for a fact he. He did. I can't remember when.

[D]

I think he told everybody that. Keep that thing in your pocket. You won't have nothing to worry about.

[C]

Best advice I ever got.

[D]

Yeah. I'm like, how do you get it?

[C]

True words never spoken.

[D]

I'm like, how do you get it to your pocket?

[A]

Oh, my goodness. You need a pocket knife.

[D]

Hey, keep it in your pocket. You won't have nothing to worry about.

[A]

You'll put it in your pocket. Hey. Cut you a hole in the pocket.

[D]

Yeah.

[F]

Well, since we're on this topic, what advice did y' all get from anyone? I guess, like, before marriage?

[D]

Oh, oh.

[C]

I was a cocky young thing, and so I didn't really take anybody's advice. I had it all figured out. That led to trouble.

[D]

We did some premarital counseling with Alan. Lisa. 10 out of 10 recommend if you.

[C]

Yeah, we didn't need that because I had it all figured out. 10 out of 10 don't recommend that.

[B]

Well, we did premarital counseling with Kellett and his wife Susan, and they were very good. And it's served us well for 35 years.

[A]

Oh, hey, did you do premarital counseling? Give us some of the stuff, though. I know the man.

[D]

No, no. Are you kidding?

[A]

I. I was a player, so I didn't need. I knew all of it.

[D]

Okay, there's why y' all sit together there.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Me and Philip both went to counseling. There's a reason we're together. There's a reason we all work.

[C]

Well, me and Allison did our marriage testimony one time at a. At a church thing, and we're up there talking, and I said, and you know, before we got married, we didn't do premarital counseling because I already had all the answers figured out and the valves and didn't. She could just ask me. Clearly a joke about a bad decision a 19 year old kid made. They didn't get it.

[A]

They were like, oh, they didn't get the joke.

[C]

Look at this guy. I was like, I now know better. Nobody laughed. It was weird.

[A]

I wanted to know some of the stuff that y'. All. That.

[C]

What you trying to.

[A]

Counselors, y'. All.

[C]

Oh, buddy, you've been married for six.

[B]

I'll tell you some of that.

[C]

Maritals.

[B]

So what we've learned that I feel like has worked over all these years is we don't ever Say anything that scars each other. We don't even. We bring. We don't bring up the past to scar each other with our words. And if you do that, then you have to communicate. And I feel like that's a really important thing in America.

[A]

One of the best ones I ever heard was, okay, I've got two individuals

[G]

sitting here,

[A]

big bag you got behind, you know that in the ocean, like,

[B]

they're dragging their path.

[A]

You got a bunch of junk that you got with you that you need to get rid of. And that goes for both of you. You both got excess baggage that you don't need. Get rid of it.

[G]

There you go.

[B]

And the other thing I would say is your relationship with Christ is so important together, and also separately, if you're doing right and doing things you're supposed to be doing and so is your wife trying to do better, y' all are going to both grow toward the same direction. Well, and that's powerful.

[A]

If you read in the Bible enough, God will tell you how to treat each other.

[B]

That's a lot of stuff that we covered in pre marriage.

[A]

Very sound doctrine.

[B]

Yeah. You can't go wrong with that, because if you.

[A]

If you do do that, you won't have much. You won't have many problems.

[B]

And you know what? We laugh a lot, which is really important. Hunter. We laugh a lot. A lot. At me most of the time, because she's cracking jokes on me.

[F]

Well, she's the funniest person I ever

[B]

met, so, yeah, she is funny. Who, Olivia? Oh, no, Alicia, my wife. I was like, yeah, she is.

[F]

No, no, she's not funny. It's my girlfriend.

[B]

There you go.

[C]

She's that funny.

[F]

Olivia.

[B]

Yeah, that's. That's great.

[C]

And you've never said, hey, I. We've had professional comedians in here, and your girlfriend's funnier than them.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

And you never thought, like, hey, maybe we should bring her on the pod because she's hysterical.

[F]

She'll come with me next week.

[C]

She's sit right there.

[F]

Yeah, she's too scared for that.

[C]

She's the funniest person you've ever met. Yeah, John Chris, right now.

[D]

I will.

[F]

I would tell that to his face. Well, we're going with respect.

[A]

Next week, we're gonna bring. You gonna bring her, and we're gonna cancel you and her marriage counseling on the pod.

[D]

I don't know about that one, man.

[F]

She might be a little too scared.

[A]

Oh, yeah. Live podcast.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

We should never do anything.

[B]

No editing.

[A]

No, we're definitely running as it. As is.

[C]

No, kids watch.

[A]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

You say crazy things.

[A]

Don't.

[F]

Well, hey, also, I love you, John, Chris.

[A]

Let's start. For these two young people.

[B]

I do it really well, but.

[C]

She's that funny.

[F]

She's hilarious, man.

[A]

Oh, boy.

[B]

Well, it's.

[A]

I.

[C]

That's funny.

[B]

You're big on humor in a relationship. You know, that's an important thing.

[A]

I don't know. Because if you ask my wife what's the best part of being with me.

[B]

Yep. I know what she's gonna say.

[A]

The teeth is that, hey, I've laughed for 55 years over the whole thing.

[C]

I thought recently.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

And Christine don't mind. She loves hearing your stories because she laughs every time you tell one.

[A]

But mark, what it is. When she first saw me, okay, she made a assumption of what kind of person I was. And then when she actually got to spend a little time with me, she found out that I'm fun to be with, and there will be a lot of laughter.

[D]

Funny. Funnest person I know. Wearing polka dot socks today.

[C]

I thought you kind of gave off that vibe. Pretty immediate. Did you used to be crusty?

[A]

Well, she said I was actually lame. Well, no, lame. Kind of hard to get going, so to speak.

[B]

Like, I'm shy. Inverted.

[A]

I had a lot. I had a lot of my friends in high school say that about me.

[B]

Yeah, I believe that because when we go places. Side does he likes to check it out before he starts opening up and talking to everybody, you know, it takes him a little while.

[A]

I know what gets me is when we went to the guy that was just here.

[F]

Oh.

[B]

Oh, yeah. Idols aside, we went to Florida.

[A]

No, other place.

[B]

Kentucky.

[A]

Kentucky.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

Okay. Yeah. There was a young lady, you know, just come up, sit down, and started telling me her whole life. She said, well, I'm living with a guy and all this, you know. And I said, darling, you need to marry him.

[B]

Sound like Phil.

[A]

No, no, because I did. I said, hey, look. Because she was asking me for advice. She said, what I don't need to do? I said, well, first thing you do, I said, hey, quit living with a guy until he puts a ring on that finger.

[D]

You listening, Hunter?

[A]

And I said, because, hey, there's one person you want to be right with. And I said, that'd be the man upstairs. Yeah. It's his way, and he'll bless you, do it your way. Then you go. You're gonna have a lot of problems.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

So, hey, y'. All, actually, you said, both of you. You said you love each other. Hey. Then put A ring on.

[B]

That's exactly right.

[A]

Because look, hey, that don't change Nothing makes it legal with him.

[B]

Yep, that's right.

[A]

That's the important part. I said all. You do the paperwork in it. I said this, you know, period matters. But I mean it. Paperwork won't keep you together.

[B]

That's true. And now I'm curious to know if the premarital counseling helped Martin and Brittany. Would you say it did?

[D]

Not as much as the counseling. After a year, we went back to marriage counseling.

[A]

Like. Yeah.

[D]

A little over a year into it.

[A]

Well, then you have something now.

[D]

You know, we had a baseline. No, am I understood?

[A]

Hey, you had a year of foundation to come back when they say something. I know. I know what you talk about.

[D]

Oh, yeah. Hey, I. I strongly encourage marriage counseling, by the way. Just for a little quick tune up from time to time.

[B]

I do too.

[D]

Like, tune up.

[A]

Yeah. Because. Because, hey, here's the. Here's the bottom line. Nobody is ready for what you're fixing to do.

[D]

I've said it.

[A]

And you don't have no idea who.

[D]

Things we all suck at.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

Marriage and parenthood. You've never been either.

[A]

And you don't know.

[D]

I mean, really, you don't. Yeah, like.

[A]

And, hey, it's okay.

[D]

Yeah, that's fine.

[A]

Yeah.

[D]

But go to somebody who does.

[A]

Yeah, well, no, no.

[D]

Go ask questions. Yeah. Go get some. Go get some tips and tidbits.

[B]

So, Hunter, I'm going to say laugh a lot, flirt a lot, go on dates a lot. No matter how long. When you get married, as long as you're married, keep having fun, you know, do things together.

[A]

And never go to bed mad.

[B]

That's right. And that's a hard one, too.

[A]

I'm serious.

[B]

I slept on the couch a lot in my life. I never went to the bed, though.

[F]

God gave that advice. And I do listen to a lot of the advice that y' all give in here, and it has helped me.

[A]

Well, no, no, that was one of the things I told all these guys. I said, I used to think you was a bunch of dummies. Y' all got to answer all those questions these people sent in about relationship. And I says, I wish I had a good. Y' all got some sound advice given people.

[F]

Can I ask a quick question about premarital counseling? I've never. I've only recently heard of people doing that. Why?

[D]

Why?

[F]

Why do you do that?

[C]

Because you don't know what you about to get into.

[F]

But isn't that kind of like.

[D]

Oh, let me tell you What Jace told me. This is a good one. And I think Jace told everybody this, that. That I'm aware of. He said, Within 90 days after y' all get married, you're going to come home and she's going to be crying, and there is nothing you can do about it. There's no reason. There's no nothing. He said, so what you do, you turn around and you leave.

[B]

Turn around and leave, he said.

[D]

He said, you go over there, you hug them and you leave, he said, and you come back about an hour or two later, he said, and everything will be fine. He said, I think it's just the reality has set in that I'm stuck here.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And I be dead. Gum about day 70, it happened.

[C]

I was like, what'd you do?

[D]

I left. I went. I said, I love you. I left. I turned around, walked out. Hunter, I'm 11 years in, so.

[C]

Just saying, well, no, no.

[D]

Well, he's like, sticking around is only going to make it worse because you cannot fix it in that moment. Can I raise my hand, turn around and leap?

[A]

I didn't. I didn't cry.

[C]

But the woman. Oh, you were the.

[D]

No, it's supposed to be the woman. It wasn't me.

[B]

Christine turned around and walked me.

[A]

It was. It was me because finally. I just. It finally hit me. I said, can't really believe I did this.

[D]

What day was it? Do you remember? Was it within 90 days?

[A]

It was probably. Oh, I don't know. It was a few days.

[B]

Is this joining the military or getting married?

[A]

No, no, getting married. Okay. Cause. Cause I've always been. You. Got you a laugh about you. You know who I called and talked to about getting married?

[B]

Not Phil. Your mama.

[D]

Your mama.

[B]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[A]

Your mama's boy.

[D]

Yeah, your mama's boy. Yeah.

[A]

I called and, you know, and I actually told Christine, I said, ma, Because I said, you guess who I talked to? She said, what are you talking about? I said I had to call somebody to talk about this. She said, I have no idea. And I said, mama. He said, well, you told me you was a mama boy. I said, and I'm proud of it.

[D]

Yeah, there you go.

[A]

I had all kinds of questions, like, how did you know dad was the one?

[D]

Also, Hunter, some people go back to answer your question, some preachers won't marry you until you complete premarital counseling.

[C]

So.

[B]

And you can get that through a lot of churches, but there's others, too. But I liked going through the church because it was good biblical principles, you know, and that's going to stick with you for a long time.

[F]

This is a completely new concept to me.

[A]

I like this.

[C]

As someone who skipped it, I like

[A]

the advice Grace gave him about, hey, you gonna come in one night, she's

[D]

gonna see sitting there crying within the first 90 days.

[C]

And Jace didn't tell me that. So I was like, what's wrong? I can fix this.

[D]

I can fix it.

[C]

Only made it worse.

[D]

I turned around and left.

[B]

I've got some advice that Phil gave a friend of mine. He said, if your woman cooks bad food, leave her. Don't. No, no. He said, don't eat it. He said you immediately take it out and throw it in the trash.

[C]

Oh, that is true.

[B]

Right in front of her. Yes. And he did. And, buddy, I'm telling you, they had to go to counseling after that because he. He pulled the roast up, you know, and they cut it up. And he took one bite out. He said, nope. Walked outside, threw it away.

[C]

See?

[A]

Oh, the dogs went out there and turned their nose.

[B]

Hey.

[C]

Now, I would say.

[B]

I wouldn't do that.

[D]

How you make a bad roast.

[C]

The concept of that is true.

[B]

It happened.

[C]

You have to be open and honest in marriage and say, babe, I appreciate your effort.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

This ain't no good. I ain't eating it.

[B]

Yeah, it ain't your best, but otherwise,

[C]

you go eat that every Tuesday for the next 50 years.

[A]

That's the thing. If you eat bad food and tell

[B]

her it's good, you're going to eat bad food.

[A]

That's what you going to eat. A bad bunch of bad food.

[D]

But I don't tell her unless she asks.

[B]

But I would say it in a way that.

[C]

Eat it.

[D]

But I'm a big feller, so it's pretty obvious if I don't like something.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

It's like you don't like it.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

There we go.

[B]

Why aren't you eating?

[D]

I just. I'm not hungry. Where's that bag of dots?

[A]

Well, hey, Domino's.

[C]

No app. Here's the best of you.

[A]

Don't try to change your woman.

[D]

Well, why would he? She's the funniest person he knows.

[A]

No, no, no, no. But, hey, she's hilarious.

[D]

Is she witty?

[A]

Both people get in trouble. You're not in trouble because, hey, once they get together, it's a real turning point. Everybody's got little quirks that they have.

[B]

You don't change them.

[C]

I don't have quirks.

[A]

Yeah, everybody's got quirks, though.

[C]

I don't.

[A]

Yeah, you do.

[D]

Oh, he does.

[A]

Yeah, you do.

[B]

He's Got the most we've talked about.

[D]

We all got a touch of the tizzle.

[C]

I'm very quirky, so I'm a quirky person, everybody. I'm less quirky than Hunter.

[B]

Hunter's laughing at that.

[D]

If that's our bar, we've got different issues.

[C]

That's a good point.

[A]

Here's what y' all don't realize, y'.

[F]

All.

[A]

You start to change somebody's. I usually end up getting divorced.

[C]

Yeah, that's true.

[D]

Or miserable.

[A]

It turns into being a nag.

[B]

Yeah, you just keep on.

[A]

You just keep on.

[D]

You just nag, nag, nag, nag, nag.

[A]

Hey, you knew I was like this when. We've been together too long. Why in the world are you trying to change me? Get off of it.

[B]

Yeah.

[A]

No.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yep.

[C]

Oh, Martin. You need a nap, son?

[D]

I'm tired, man. Well, I got a long few days.

[A]

Who gave this?

[B]

What is.

[A]

Big Daddy?

[D]

Yeah.

[A]

Big Russ, Big Ruth, the guy that was at church.

[C]

What?

[A]

Huh?

[D]

No, Russ ain't never been down here.

[B]

Okay, sigh. What is it? I don't know what it is.

[A]

Mustard. This is mustard. And he's got me some bratwurst coming.

[C]

That's what I'm talking.

[D]

He ordered him some pure German bread.

[C]

Germany.

[A]

Well, I had my daughter store, but that one, that wasn't the quality I was looking for.

[D]

I believe these are coming from Yerman.

[A]

Well, that may be. Well, I'll know as soon as I put them on my rotary.

[D]

My Rotary. Brats rolling.

[C]

What a winding episode. And in the middle of it, we gave you Phil Robertson's I'm going to say, second greatest advice of all time. Can she cook? And what are you going to live on, love? Not really.

[A]

You'll spoil a little home.

[C]

And I found this video, and I hope this works. And I'm just going to play Phil Robertson for the last for the Bible verse today.

[E]

Ever since I've been 28, I stood on these verses that I would not budge. First Corinthians 15. Brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, on which you've taken your stand. By this gospel, you're saved if you hold firmly to the word I preach to you. Otherwise, you believed in vain. The apostle Paul wrote this. For what I received, I passed on to you. And I hope everyone is listening to this. This is the most important thing there is. First importance, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures and appeared to these various people. I stood on that from the time I was converted, and I'm still standing on it. I'm humbled by how many that I marched down there and walked out there in the edge of the river that I fished on and duck hunt on, and I baptize them, and they come up. It's one of the coolest things I've ever been a part of. It's reaching out to my neighbor. I love them all, whether they hate me or not. That's fine. And we just continue to preach the gospel.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

So I'm gonna end with that one today. You know, it's cool. I didn't even realize it. He was sitting right here.

[D]

Oh, was it really?

[C]

I. I just. I got chills in the middle of that because. Because I played it and I. I was. I saw it.

[A]

But look at.

[C]

Look at where he's sitting.

[D]

First Corinthians 15.

[C]

I mean, he is sitting right.

[D]

Stand up. The sign.

[A]

Yeah.

[C]

Here. That's the best advice he ever gave right there.

[B]

Boy.

[A]

There you go.

[D]

First Corinthians 15, 1 4. I know that one.

[A]

Yep.

[C]

All right, we'll see y' all next time we're out.

[A]

Sam.