Mini-Ep 451: Party City

Summary

Forever35 Mini-Episode 451: Party City – July 9, 2025

In Mini-Episode 451 titled "Party City," hosts Doree Shafrir and Elise Hu delve into personal anecdotes, listener interactions, and insightful discussions around self-care, relationships, and workplace dynamics. This episode, infused with humor and authenticity, offers a blend of lighthearted stories and meaningful advice, embodying the essence of Forever35.

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1. Recapping Recent Adventures

Milk Makeup Event: Doree and Elise share their experiences attending a Milk Makeup event hosted in collaboration with Amazon Beauty. The event, held at Milk's unique photography studio, featured interactive elements like a claw machine dispensing the popular Cooling Water Jelly Tint.

• Doree Shafrir [05:00]: "It was fun to, like, check out Milk makeup. They had a claw machine where you could, like, get a little blush lip combo."

• Elise Hu [06:00]: "My daughter Issa was like, don't come home without a cooling water jelly tint."

The event also provided networking opportunities, including a chance encounter with Justin Theroux’s new wife, adding a touch of celebrity to their evening.

Elise’s Trip to Zion National Park: Elise recounts her rejuvenating trip to Zion National Park, highlighting the awe-inspiring experience of exploring the park on E-Bikes. The shift to device-free days aimed to foster deeper connections and mindfulness.

• Elise Hu [08:28]: "The freedom and the beauty and like the vastness of just seeing the park on bike was incredible."

Elise emphasizes the mental and emotional recharge gained from immersing in nature, aligning with Forever35’s focus on self-care and personal growth.

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2. Listener Questions and Community Insights

Cleaning a Tutu: A listener named Liz, an expert from a nonprofit dance organization, provides practical advice on cleaning tutus using a vodka and water solution to eliminate odors and bacteria.

• Liz's Advice [11:00]: "To properly clean a tutu, create a vodka and water solution in a spray bottle... Let it dry thoroughly before storing."

Doree and Elise express their gratitude for such specialized listener contributions, showcasing the supportive Forever35 community.

Managing Charging Cords: Another listener seeks solutions for preventing the theft of charging cords by establishing designated charging stations in shared living spaces.

• Liz's Solution [12:06]: "Instead of having personal charging cords, chargers belong to a location... It helps cut down on charger theft and being suddenly caught powerless with no charger."

Elise connects with Liz over their shared alma mater, Mizzou, reinforcing the podcast’s community-driven approach.

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3. Workplace Dilemmas: Advice and Reflections

Relocating vs. Taking Severance: A long-time listener faces a challenging decision between relocating for her job or taking a generous severance package to move closer to family in Southern California as she prepares for motherhood.

• Elise Hu [19:44]: "Given the uncertain economy, I'd probably take security over relationships."

• Doree Shafrir [21:33]: "If you're not pregnant yet, I'd try to find another position at the company and save up enough money while working that you can get pregnant and move and have a cushion."

The hosts weigh the pros and cons, ultimately advocating for securing financial stability while also considering long-term personal goals.

Dealing with a Distracting Coworker/Friend: Another listener, Tori, seeks advice on managing a coworker who is also a friend, whose behavior has become increasingly distracting and negatively impactful at work.

• Doree Shafrir [27:02]: "This is when you involve your manager. I think you need to tell your manager you want to move to a different office."

• Elise Hu [28:26]: "She's already had a conversation or a series of them where she was like, this isn't cool."

The hosts recommend professional intervention and setting clear boundaries to maintain a productive work environment.

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4. Product Recommendations and Community Shoutouts

Block UV Clothing: Listeners are introduced to Block UV's range of UV-protective clothing, suitable for both humans and pets. The discussion highlights the importance of sun protection, extending care to furry friends.

• Doree Shafrir [33:16]: "They also have a bark UV section and they have a sun shirt for dogs."

• Elise Hu [34:05]: "We know how adorable Oscar looked in his Kirkland brand hoodie."

UV Protection for Pets: The hosts emphasize the practical benefits of UV-protective attire for dogs, especially post-surgery, ensuring pets remain safe and comfortable during outdoor activities.

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5. Closing Thoughts and Community Engagement

As the episode wraps up, Doree and Elise encourage listeners to reach out via call, text, or email with their questions and thoughts. They foster a sense of community by highlighting listener contributions and expressing appreciation for the shared knowledge and support within the Forever35 family.

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Notable Quotes:

• Elise Hu [08:26]: "It was incredible... Everything's large and vast and everything's gonna be okay."

• Doree Shafrir [11:55]: "I had no idea this is how you're supposed to clean a tutu."

• Elise Hu [12:25]: "I'm excited about, and lucky for my daughters, I have some vodka around."

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Conclusion: Mini-Episode 451: "Party City" offers a heartfelt blend of personal stories, practical advice, and community interactions. Doree and Elise’s candid conversations not only entertain but also provide valuable insights into everyday challenges and triumphs, staying true to Forever35’s mission of exploring self-care and personal growth with humor and self-awareness.

Transcript

[Dory Shafrir]

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[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

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[Elise Hu]

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[Dory Shafrir]

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[Elise Hu]

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[Dory Shafrir]

Hello and welcome to Forever35, a podcast about the things we do to take care of ourselves. I'm Dory Shafrier.

[Elise Hu]

And I'm Elise Hu. And we're just two friends who like to talk a lot about serums.

[Dory Shafrir]

And this is a mini episode where we hear from you, we share your comments and your thoughts, and we answer your questions to the best of our ability. But please remember we are podcast hosts. We are not experts. We always encourage you to seek support first and foremost from a medical and or mental health professional as needed.

[Elise Hu]

And we're catching up for the first time in a couple episodes because I have been on summer vacation, so it's really good to see you. I'm excited to catch up. Yeah, I'm excited to hear what the listeners have in store for us. But thanks for bearing with us. But yeah, I'm used to catching up with you a few times a week. And so I've missed you.

[Dory Shafrir]

I know. I missed you too.

[Elise Hu]

We haven't even told folks about our milk makeup event that we went to.

[Dory Shafrir]

Oh, my gosh. Yes. Well, that. I think that was the last time I saw you. That was like, right before you left for Zion. Yeah, we were invited to this event for milk makeup that they were doing, like, in conjunction with Amazon Beauty. And it was a very. And like, I don't go to that many events, but this one happened to be like, not that far from my house. And you had no excuse. Yeah, I had no excuse. And Elise said she would come from, like, across town. So I was like, okay. And one of my friends was in town and came with me for like, the first portion of it, but Yeah, I don't go to that many things. And I sort of forgot about the whole, like, influencer world, which is like, a very different world. It was fun. I mean, it was, like, fun to. To, like, check out Milk makeup. And they had some cool. They had, like, a claw machine where you could, like, get a little, like, blush lip combo.

[Elise Hu]

Yes. The big product that my daughters are really into for milk is the cooling water jelly tint, which is kind of like that jello y thing, which was exactly the product in the claw machine.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yes.

[Elise Hu]

So my daughter Issa was like, don't come home without a cooling water jelly tint. And thank goodness they were handing them. Handing them out from that claw machine. And Rob actually succeeded. Yeah, Rob came along. Dory's friend came for part of it. We met, like, a workout influencer.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yes, totally.

[Elise Hu]

She. She teaches at Barry's, so she told us the good days to go to Barry's and the days not to go to Barry's, like, because I never want to do anything about my weak butt syndrome or my dead butt syndrome. So I'm like, okay, I can't go on Tuesdays. So we got good intel about Barry's boot camp. But, yeah, it was. It was funny because it, like, the. The venue was amazing. It's in the Milk photography studio. So Milk started as a photo studio, so where you can rent gear and lights and all of those things. And you can. And a lot of, like, fashion photography happens there.

[Dory Shafrir]

And it is still. It is still like, a working studio.

[Elise Hu]

Okay. And so they use that for the Milk makeup event. So you can imagine the venue was really unique and awesome, and the food was great. I was very happy with the fries. Dory and Rob were chowing down on the hand rolls. They enjoyed those. Yeah. Rob was like, this is good party sushi. And so that was good. But, yeah, the crowd was a little cheesy. A little cheesy. And I don't know. I mean, I think. I think I got there a little bit later. We saw Justin Theroux, Dory's friend wasn't sure whether it was Justin Theroux, but it was definitely his new wife.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah, my. My friend was like, that's Justin Theroux. I was like, no. And then Elise was like, oh, look, it's Justin Theroux. And I was like, oh.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah. You couldn't recognize him without his tank top, his signature, like, sleeves off of his shirt.

[Dory Shafrir]

You know what? You know what else? And I feel like this is the case with, like, a lot of celebrities in real Life. He was like smaller than I, than I was like picturing both like height wise and just sort of like stature.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah, he seemed slight. He didn't seem built slight.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah. Anyway, so, yeah, so that was, that was very fun. But I want to hear about your trip to Zion.

[Elise Hu]

I want to hear.

[Dory Shafrir]

It was. It looked amazing.

[Elise Hu]

It was incredible. And I took little video clips so that I could make a TikTok about it. I just haven't gotten around to doing. Wasn't too hot. The most magical part was renting the E Bikes because the main drag that takes you straight through the middle of the park is closed to cars from I think March through October. So the only way to really cut across Zion through the middle of it is if you're on a bicycle or if you're in the shuttle that takes visitors through. And gosh, the freedom and the beauty and like the vastness of just seeing the park on bike was incredible. And they only let us rent to 12 and up. So Ava had her own bike. Rob and I both took one of the sisters. So I think Rob had Issa and I had Luna. And it was just so much fun. And it gives you that real awe effect, you know, where you feel I am but a speck of dust in time. Yes. Everything is large and vast and everything's gonna be okay and the rivers will keep running. And so I think we all need that. I think St. Brene Brown talks about this all the time, that we need awe and wonder. And so I got to feel that. And I'm back feeling recharged.

[Dory Shafrir]

Good.

[Elise Hu]

It'll last for like 12 minutes. But for now.

[Dory Shafrir]

But for now.

[Elise Hu]

Feeling good. Feeling good.

[Dory Shafrir]

Good, good, good. And your kids had fun?

[Elise Hu]

They had an incredible time. And you know, we did like no device free vacation days because I just, you know, I. I wanted them to like actually pay attention to what was happening and. But that meant sometimes we had to drive into. Cause we were staying about 45 minutes away from the actual park entrance itself. And so I didn't have the devices to help distract the kids in the car ride. Oh yeah, yeah. So that was a little hard for us right. As adults. Like, oh wait, the grown ups are talking. Don't talk to us. The grown ups are talking.

[Dory Shafrir]

Oh my God. That's.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah, we can talk a little bit more about it on the Monday episode too. But yeah, it was a good time. Thank you to the listener who suggested so many of the places that we went.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah, that's. That's very cool. So Elise, remember someone asked us about how to clean a tutu.

[Elise Hu]

Yes. I, I had a mom friend ask about this, and we had a mom out front to the. Yeah. And we put it out to the, to the Forever 35 family.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yes. So we, we got a response.

[Elise Hu]

Oh, thank God. Because I think my answer. And your answer was like, why would you ever clean it? How many times do you wear it? Do you need to clean it?

[Dory Shafrir]

So. And this person is. Is an expert, which is, you know, why I love our listeners, because they're experts in. In fields like tutu cleaning that we are not. So this person wrote. Hi there. My name is Liz, and I direct a nonprofit dance organization in Maryland. This is my first time texting in and I can answer your tutu question. To properly clean a tutu, create a vodka and water solution in a spray bottle. You want the solution to be more water than vodka. Turn the tutu inside out, hang it upside down, and spray the solution all over the tutu to eliminate odor and bacteria. Let it dry thoroughly before storing. Thanks for the show. It's the highlight of my week.

[Elise Hu]

I had no idea this is how you're supposed to clean a tutu.

[Dory Shafrir]

I mean, me neither. This is why our listeners are so amazing.

[Elise Hu]

I'm excited about, and lucky for my daughters, I have some vodka around. I've got my Tito's vodka from Austin, Texas, which is my go to. Yeah, I mean, I hate to waste it on this spray solution, but if I must.

[Dory Shafrir]

If you must, you must. And you know, it is. It is supposed to be more, more water than vodka.

[Elise Hu]

Okay. Okay.

[Dory Shafrir]

So, you know, you don't. It doesn't have to be like a full bottle of vodka. Thank you so much, Liz. And then we also got. This is like, everyone is answering your. Your questions here about, about things that you need. Need solutions for. Someone else wrote in to say Elise brought up having her charging cords stolen by her daughters in a recent episode. And I wanted to share the system that I started using when I was at Mizzou with roommates and still use now. Living with a partner, instead of having personal charging cords, chargers belong to a location. For example, when I lived with two roommates, we had a designated kitchen counter charger, a charger that belonged to the outlet next to the couch, and we each had a charger that was for our room as well. Now with my boyfriend, we have a by the couch charger, a desk charger, and we each have a charger that lives next to our side of the bed. It can take a bit of trial and error to figure out where chargers are actually the most beneficial to the most people.

[Elise Hu]

And.

[Dory Shafrir]

And obviously sometimes you still have to move a charger for some reason, but it helps cut down on charger theft and being suddenly caught powerless with no charger. Hope it helps. Liz. Oh, another Liz. That's so fun.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah. And Liz, I just want to say M I Z to Liz. I am a fellow Mizzou grad. Probably weren't there at the same time, but this is an excellent solution.

[Dory Shafrir]

I love this solution.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah, I can look at this right away. It's a great one. I'm going to start the kitchen one like now. I'm just going to say the one that's plugged in here doesn't leave.

[Dory Shafrir]

Lives here. Yeah, this is where it lives.

[Elise Hu]

Charger. I might label it. I've got that little label maker.

[Dory Shafrir]

Oh, that's a good idea. Right. This is the kitchen charger.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

Don't move it.

[Elise Hu]

That's right. That'll be on the label as well.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yes. This means do not remove, right?

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

All right. Well, Elise, before we take a break, I just want to remind everyone they can call or text us at 781-591-0390 and email us at forever35podcastmail.com we also have our website, forever35podcast.com. We have links there to everything we mentioned on the show. Our Instagram is Forever 35 podcast. Our newsletter is @forever35podcast.com newsletter and our favorite products are @shopmy US Forever 35. And after the break, we have some work related questions.

[Elise Hu]

That's for you, Dory. I feel like you're the expert. All right, we'll be right back.

[Dory Shafrir]

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[Elise Hu]

Okay, here it is. Hi Elise and Dory, longtime fan writing in for some advice. The company I've worked at for the last five years recently decided to relocate my position to a place I have no desire to live in. As a result, My options are now 1. Find another position at the company or 2 Leave and take a generous severance of 6 months starting in January. As far as layoffs go, this one is pretty kind. While I love the company, they have a small list of cities we're allowed to live in, and I don't love my current location. I'm preparing to become a mom in the next couple of years and I'd love to move back to Southern California to be closer to friends and family there. Plus the thought of taking a month off after 16 years of working non stop feels tempting. If I find another job at my current company, which is very doable, I'd be stuck here for those early child rearing years, but make a lot of money doing so, albeit with limited community. I'm single, so that feels daunting. Or I could use this as an opportunity to move back home but face a frightening job market where I could be unemployed for up to a year, which is what I keep hearing from people. It's a real clash of my values, which are security and relationships. So I'm curious, what would you do? Find another job internally or take the severance? Would love to hear your thoughts. Love the show.

[Dory Shafrir]

What do you think, Elise? I'm. I'm very curious to hear your thoughts.

[Elise Hu]

This is such a tough one, given the context of the uncertain moment and uncertain economy that we're living in right now. Yeah, because I've been reading, partly because this summer has been so such a roller coaster. I've been reading about the job market and how we don't really know what the labor market is going to look like even by fall. So in this clash of values, which is security versus relationships, because it's 2025, I'd probably take security over relationships, even though that's probably not like, not my natural inclination. It's just, it's the. It's the year itself, you know, and the. The economy that we're in that makes me feel uncertain. I don't know. I mean, if that's such a binary choice. This is so nuanced, which is to say, like, I'm not trying to devalue or dismiss the importance of family and how important and how, like my craving. We've talked about this in previous episodes. I have craved having family nearby in those early child rearing years, which I haven't had and you haven't had either. And I often think, like, that's. That's such a missing ingredient or has been a missing ingredient in an otherwise very fulfilling life. So the other complicating factor in this scenario is the severance. That's a pretty good severance. You can do a lot with that time. So, yeah, I mean, my quick answer is I'd probably find another position at the company and stay in a less desirable town. But because of the severance, the severance is tempting if you want to move back to Southern California. Where are you on this story?

[Dory Shafrir]

Okay. I like, mostly agree with you. What I will say is that you say, I'm preparing to become a mom in the next couple of years. If you said to me, I'm pregnant or I want to get pregnant in the next six months or something like that, I think I would probably lean towards take the severance and move to Southern California. But because you say you're preparing to become a mom in the next couple of years, this is sort of a more distant timeline. And as I know, with fertility stuff, stuff doesn't always happen on the timeline that you want it to. I am also leaning towards taking the job security over the relationships. Now, because you're not pregnant yet, this is. You're kind of, like, preparing for this life that isn't your reality right now. And I think what I would do in your position is I would try to find another position at the company, if that's even an option like you say it is, but it might not be. So, like, try to do that. If you get a job and you start, like, preparing to become pregnant, then I would start looking. I would start looking while you have a job, for a job in Southern California. Like, I would buy yourself some time and try to get that other job or at least save up enough money while you're working that you can get pregnant and move and have a cushion. Because I just, I. I feel like it. It's like. It's tempting, I think, to just, like, take the severance and go, but it's like you're being forced to do something on a timeline that maybe wasn't exactly what you were envisioning.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

So, yeah, I mean, I will also say, like, you know, I've been writing this column for Slate, this workplace advice column for Slate, and this tactic by companies is becoming very common where they're telling people, oh, you know, you gotta relocate if you want to keep your job. And what ends up happening is people relocate and then they lose their job anyway. So I would hate to see you relocate for this job, because I do think it is a way for the company to be doing layoffs without actually doing layoffs. So I would be really careful there. So if you can find A different job at your same company, and you can either stay where you are or relocate somewhere that you want to live that you would keep living in. Maybe that's Southern California, then great. But I would not relocate to some other place that you don't want to live in for this company or for this job, because that feels very risky to me. So I hope that helps. But yeah, I mean, these. These are like, thorny, tough questions.

[Elise Hu]

There's no right answer. Yeah, depends on so many factors.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah.

[Elise Hu]

All right, Dory, I have another long one for you.

[Dory Shafrir]

Okay, great.

[Elise Hu]

Dear Dorian Elise, I'm hoping I can draw from both your expertise regarding workplace and friendship, given an issue I'm having that intersects between these two categories. To start, my issue is my coworker slash friend's behavior has become increasingly distracting at work, making it more difficult to get my job done. And I don't know how to distance myself for context. I have known this person for a few years. We worked together at a previous job briefly and hung out a few times outside of work as friends. I wouldn't consider her a close friend by any means, and the friendship was mostly initiated on her end. I moved on to another job and about a year later she ended up also leaving the previous job and taking the same position I held. And now we shared a small office together. To be clear, I did not know we would end up working together, nor did she. At first, things seemed copacetic. We chatted a lot about our personal lives. I helped her learn the ropes. It was nice to have someone with whom I shared some history at the new job. She was always very chatty about everything, mostly not work related, which was fine when we weren't busy. But our workload steadily increased in the past six months. As the workload increased, her pleasant chattiness, which was at worst annoying and distracting, started becoming more negative gossipy, and then progressed to straight up constant angry venting. I empathized with her, offered support where I could, encouraged her to ask for help and go to management, but that only did so much. I turned a corner on how I felt towards her as a friend and a co worker when on a few occasions when we were particularly overwhelmed at work, she lashed out and was blatantly rude to several of our support staff. This behavior was addressed with the parties involved and she met with our manager. I don't feel she has taken any accountability for her behavior and she continues to play the victim and wants to vent to me about it. I don't want to be this person's Friend or office mate. I have tried just ignoring her and I've tried to say gently, I don't want to hear about the interpersonal issues she's having. I have not talked to my manager directly about this yet. I like my job, although it's not perfect, but she is making it to the point where I don't want to go to work. How do I approach this? Also, I think a themed month on careers would be awesome. Thank you guys for all the wonderful content and parasocial friendship. Who. I took that one to read because I want you to answer it. Tori.

[Dory Shafrir]

This stinks. I'm so sorry. It is complicated by the fact that you share a small office with this person. So my typical advice to sort of like gray rock them is tougher because you share an office. I think that now is the time that you go to your manager. I think this is when you involve your manager. I think this is an issue that you have tried to deal with on your own. This person has not changed their behavior. The, the behavior towards the support staff was addressed, but your own, like, interpersonal issues were not addressed. And I think you need to tell your manager you want to move to a different office and then you can really just gray rock this person. You only engage with them when you need to engage with them on office related things, on work related things, and you just don't engage with them on anything else. This person sounds like they need help sort of beyond the parameters of, like workplace management. Like, it sounds like they have some deeper stuff going on. But I, I would bring this to your manager. This feels like it's above your pay grade to kind of try to work this out on your own because you've already tried and it hasn't really worked.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah. So that's my advice.

[Elise Hu]

It's good advice.

[Dory Shafrir]

Thank you.

[Elise Hu]

No, I, I, I think she has already tried to deal with it. Yeah. Head on. So, yeah, I'm always wary of leapfrogging the direct conversation with your colleague, which she didn't. She already had a conversation or a series of them where she was like, this isn't cool.

[Dory Shafrir]

But yeah. All right. We are going to take another break and when we come back, we have a couple more responses to some recent episodes.

[Elise Hu]

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[Dory Shafrir]

Hey.

[Elise Hu]

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[Dory Shafrir]

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[Elise Hu]

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[Dory Shafrir]

Okay, if you remember recently, Elise, we had another, like, very thorny question from a listener whose younger relative was in a pretty controlling relationship.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah, it seemed emotionally abusive at this.

[Dory Shafrir]

It seemed emotionally abusive. And this listener was wondering, like, how to address it with the relative who seemed like she might be open to kind of hearing some feedback. And our. And our advice was to sort of like, tread lightly, but, like, let her know that you're there for her.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

So this listener wrote in to say, hi. I was just listening to episode 450, and I think one thing that could help the young girl who is in a controlling and unhealthy relationship is talking about what helped you, as in the listener who wrote in, know when you were with the quote right person, what things made you feel like, oh, this person is the one, and how did that person treat you? Et cetera? Not so much telling her the way her boyfriend is treating her as bad, but showing her through your relationship what she should be expecting.

[Elise Hu]

That's such good advice. Yeah. Modeling and just showing instead of telling is always so solid. And then people are watching all the time, especially young people. And I think that, you know, we forget that because we're so such verbal people and we get into hyperverbal situations. But, yeah, just showing is really important. So that's great.

[Dory Shafrir]

And I. I don't know if this listener was in a relationship, but I think if they have ever been in a healthy relationship, they can kind of point to that. I don't think you need to currently be in a relationship to offer this. All right. And Elise, this is. I think this was. This was something that you brought up as well on the topic of lab results with no context.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah, I was like, oh, what does this mean? I don't know.

[Dory Shafrir]

So this listener says, I went to my ob GYN to Start looking into more aggressive fertility options. She did some blood work, and I got the results back. Upon somewhat informed Googling, my husband is a doctor, though not an ob, I learned the results were either because of a brain tumor or pregnancy.

[Elise Hu]

Oh, my gosh.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah. Thankfully took a pregnancy test and it was positive. My kid is almost 5, and my OB still hasn't reached out to me to tell me I was pregnant. Pregnant.

[Elise Hu]

Oh, my God. On the flip side, your OB still hasn't reached out to you to tell you you have a brain tumor. So that is also. Yeah, you could look at the glass half full option.

[Dory Shafrir]

Totally, Totally.

[Elise Hu]

Oh, that's. That's funny. That's a story.

[Dory Shafrir]

And then our last text is a listener recommended UV clothing from block uv. And that's B L O Q uv dot com. And yeah, their stuff seems mostly, like, workouty.

[Elise Hu]

But that's how we bop around a lot anyway.

[Dory Shafrir]

That is how we bop around a lot. That is very true.

[Elise Hu]

Yeah.

[Dory Shafrir]

There's also this, like, tennis coach I follow named Jane Foreman, and she always has a code for block uv. So if you. If you follow I. Because, like, everything she posts, it's like, use this. I forget what the code is, but it's like, use this code for 20 off. So if you go to her Instagram, which I think is just Team Foreman, you should be able to find her her code. So. Oh, my gosh. But they also have a bark UV section and they have a sun shirt for dogs.

[Elise Hu]

We know how adorable Oscar looked in his Kirkland brand hoodie.

[Dory Shafrir]

Keep your furry friends safe and stylish with our dog sun shirt.

[Elise Hu]

Does their thick coat of hair not keep them safe?

[Dory Shafrir]

Well, you know, harmful UV rays during outdoor adventures. Keeping your dog's coat cool all day long. And then it also says it's perfect for use after surgery to protect sensitive areas. So I could see that.

[Elise Hu]

We've been there.

[Dory Shafrir]

Yeah, yeah, exactly. And they also have kids clothes, which are, like, kind of cute. All right, great. Block UV Noted, noted. Noted, listeners. Yeah. Thank you. All right, well, that brings us to the end of the show. Thanks everyone, for listening, and we will talk to you soon.

[Elise Hu]

Talk to you soon.

[Dory Shafrir]

Bye.

[Elise Hu]

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