Full Show PT 1: Friday, July 24 [Vault]

Summary

The Bert Show – Full Show PT 1: Friday, July 24 [Vault]

Date: July 24, 2026
Hosts/Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy & The Bert Show Cast
Episode Focus:
A relatable, lively dive into body image quirks, relationship standards, and family drama—anchored with real listener stories and the hosts’ authentic, humorous takes.

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Episode Overview

This episode encapsulates what listeners love about The Bert Show: honest confessions from the hosts, fiery debates on dating dynamics, and an emotionally charged "wedding dress war" between two sisters—all with signature wit and unfiltered group therapy vibes. From Bert’s personal body image battles to an intense sisterly conflict over their mother’s wedding dress, the team keeps it real and raw, taking calls and weighing in with candid insight and plenty of memorable moments.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Bert’s “Naked Phobia” & Body Image Insecurities

Segment Start: [01:05]

• Bert's Confession: Bert opens up about his longstanding discomfort with nudity—even when alone.
  • “I don’t like to be naked. Naked. Naked. At all.” – Bert [01:16]
  • He avoids mirrors and keeps covered after showers.
• Epiphany Moment: After watching Tyra Banks' show about nudity, Bert tries to analyze his phobia.
  • Realizes it's not a size issue but about his body hair.
  • “It’s not a size issue for me. It’s a body hair issue for me.” – Bert [06:25]
• Group Chimes In:
  • Other cast members, like Joanna, empathize, recalling similar childhood teasing.
  • “They called me ‘Tarantula’…That’s so mean.” – Joanna [07:14]
• Takeaways: Childhood teasing about body hair left long-lasting insecurities. Bert feels more comfortable when “manscaped.”
• Notable Quote: “Stuff you don’t forget, even as adults.” – Bert [09:09]
• Listener Engagement:
  • Listener Lisa calls in with similar feelings, especially around significant others: “If I don't get waxed…there is no way I'm being...I have a robe by my bed.” – Lisa [09:27]
• Recurring Theme: The lasting impact of body shaming and the struggle to overcome it.

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2. Dating Standards & The “Why Do Women Settle?” Debate

Segment Start: [11:38]

• Joanna’s Rant: Joanna vents about women putting up with bad behavior from men and lowering standards.
  • “Why aren’t we out there saying, ‘I’m not gonna take this crap from a guy?’” – Joanna [11:41]
• Bert’s Perspective:
  • Men will “stretch every single limit that they can” if women let them.
  • “People would rather be with somebody for the wrong reasons than alone for the right reasons.” – Bert [15:16]
• Cassie’s Insight:
  • Many women don’t believe they deserve better treatment until later in life.
• Emotional Factors:
  • Fear of being alone, societal pressure, and learned patterns from family contribute to settling.
• Listener Calls:
  • Alison brings up “daddy issues” and seeking connection.
• Debate Heats Up:
  • Male callers (Jason, “Voice Disguiser” Jason) push back on generalizations, saying many men are good partners.
  • “No girls really want to see that [nice guys]. They want the jerks… it’s kind of hard for us nice guys to really try and get noticed.” – Jason (caller) [21:02]
• Hosts Respond:
  • Some women admit to thinking they could “change” a bad boy.
  • Others argue the solution is to “set the standard from day one.”
• Notable Quote:
  • “Guys will step up to [your standard]. If he doesn’t like you, then you don’t want to be in a relationship with him anyway.” – Host [25:50]
  • “You are not your little sister’s mother just because your mother passed away.” – Cassie [44:21]
• Advice Given:
  • Encourage women to assert boundaries early instead of playing “catch-up” in unhealthy relationships.

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3. Listener Story: The Wedding Dress Family Feud

Segment Start: [29:04]

Context:

• Lee (Younger Sister): Wants to wear their late mother’s wedding dress for her own wedding.
• Molly (Older Sister): The dress was given to her by their mother before she died, intended for Molly’s own wedding.

Core Conflict:

• Lee argues: Since Molly is no longer engaged, the dress should be shared.
• Molly maintains: The dress was specifically given to her, reflecting their mother’s wishes.
  • “She gave it to me to be worn at my wedding.” – Molly [31:15]
• Panel’s Perspective:
  • Some hosts feel Molly is being selfish; others empathize with her sense of loss and her interpretation of their mother’s intentions.
• Ethical Quandary:
  • Is honoring a (possibly ambiguous) parental wish more important than mending a sibling relationship?
  • “She's more important than this dress…your relationship with your sister is more important.” – Cassie [42:21]
• Listener Stories:
  • Callers share examples of siblings sharing dresses, urging for compromise.
  • “I know a family where four girls shared the mom's dress…by the time the last one got married, the mom had passed.”
• Underlying Tension:
  • Molly hints at disapproval of Lee’s fiancé for cultural reasons.
    • “Well, I mean, he's Colombian.” – Molly [48:37]
    • Molly articulates their mother might not have approved, adding complexity to her refusal.
• Notable Emotional Climax:
  • “I'm so sad for her.” – Cassie [49:53]
  • The hosts lament the rift and the apparent impossibility of compromise.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

• “I have confided… I’m a bit of a naked phobic. I don’t like to be naked.” – Bert [01:06]
• “It’s not a size issue for me. It’s a body hair issue for me.” – Bert [06:25]
• “They called me Tarantula. And then when I was young, this kid gave me a postcard with the picture Chewbacca on it.” – Joanna [08:00]
• “People would rather be with somebody for the wrong reasons than alone for the right reasons.” – Bert [15:16]
• “Why aren’t we out there saying, ‘I’m not gonna take this crap from a guy if he doesn’t call me…’” – Joanna [11:41]
• “No girls really want to see that [nice guys]. They want the jerks… it’s kind of hard for us nice guys to really try and get noticed.” – Jason (caller) [21:02]
• “You are not your little sister’s mother just because your mother passed away.” – Cassie [44:21]
• “She would support Lee in any decision…but I…maybe she wouldn’t approve [of the fiancé].” – Molly [39:26]
• “I'm so sad for her.” – Cassie, after realizing the impasse between sisters [49:53]

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Important Timestamps by Segment

• Bert’s Naked Phobia & Body Image: [01:05] – [10:01]
• Dating Standards & Relationship Settling Debate: [11:38] – [28:32]
• Wedding Dress Family Feud: [29:04] – [51:23]

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Tone & Takeaways

• The Bert Show stays true to its brand: fun, self-deprecating, and disarmingly honest.
• The hosts don’t shy away from personal vulnerabilities, using their own stories to fuel debates on universal themes (body image, self-worth, family).
• The strongest emotional punch comes from the wedding dress debate, highlighting how grief, family legacy, and cultural issues can collide.
• The episode invites listeners to reflect on their own boundaries—whether it's taking off a towel in the gym, standing up to a boyfriend, or letting go of a cherished family heirloom to preserve a relationship.

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For listeners new and old, this episode is a raw, real, and sometimes hilariously cathartic journey through the messiness of being human—The Bert Show, at its genuine best.

Transcript

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Copyright 2026 RJRVC. The Birch show so, Jen Hobby, I took your advice yesterday.

[G]

Okay?

[B]

I have. I have confided, I have opened up and I have told you guys. I'm a bit of a naked phobic. I don't like to be naked.

[E]

That's right.

[B]

I don't like to be naked. Naked. Naked. At all.

[E]

And you're gonna work out of this year.

[G]

Like, we get it that people don't like to be naked in front of, like, you know, friends or, you know, even when I'm, like, changing clothes with girlfriends around, like, I try to be modest about it, but Bert doesn't like to be naked when he's all by himself.

[B]

No, don't like it. I just don't like. Yeah, I'll avoid mirrors. Naked. I can't be in the house by myself.

[A]

Naked. Let me ask you this question, and I have question. I have an issue asking you about nudity, but because this is odd. So if you get out of the shower. Right.

[B]

Yep.

[A]

And you, like, would you step in front of the mirror in front of your vanity to brush your hair?

[B]

Yeah, I want to avoid a mirror.

[E]

I just.

[A]

Yeah, but like, with no towel around you.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

For a couple seconds to have a towel around. I prefer. Yeah. I mean, I won't be there naked very long. It'll be. It would just be long enough to probably dry off. And then.

[G]

You and Stacy don't walk around naked.

[B]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't walk around naked ever. But I figured out why yesterday. I had sort of an epiphany yesterday after you told me that Tyra Banks was having her show yesterday. On nudity and being scared about being nude. I did watch it yesterday. TiVo, didn't. We watched it last night, first of all.

[A]

Now, were you naked when you watched it? Because you said you were going to.

[F]

That's right.

[B]

I didn't.

[D]

Why?

[C]

I didn't.

[E]

You were supposed to be naked last weekend by yourself.

[B]

I'm not really putting forth the effort that I should be to get over this fear, to be honest with you. But she gave me some good ideas watching the show last night.

[G]

Okay.

[B]

Places I. That she talked about last night, being naked or things that you should be comfortable doing naked made me realize I don't do any of them. Like one of the questions she had on the show. I can play this for you.

[E]

Okay.

[B]

And by the way, what an unwatchable woman.

[E]

Oh, my God, I've never seen it.

[B]

So annoying.

[G]

Everything goes back to her.

[B]

It wasn't even so much that last night, Stacy and I were both watching it for 15 minutes and she's like, do we have to continue to watch this? It was so. Maybe she just had a bad day. Tyra, not my wife.

[A]

By day, you mean life.

[B]

This was one of the poll. They were taking, like a nudity poll that she talked about.

[A]

How long is it normal to be

[B]

in the gym locker room without a towel? A, never.

[A]

B, a few minutes longer to shower,

[B]

or C, the entire time you're getting ready.

[A]

Is this A.

[E]

Are we in the Caribbean?

[A]

Yeah.

[B]

What's that?

[E]

I'm sorry, Were you in the Caribbean? Obviously.

[A]

Steel drums.

[E]

Yeah, in the. In the locker room with me.

[B]

The whole show is terrible. It's really bad. I mean, there's nothing great about it. So it made me realize that I have never, ever been in a guy's locker room naked or taking a shower. So as she's bringing these things up, even though it's unwatchable show, I'm thinking, okay, these are little things that I can do to get me more comfortable being naked. So. And I'm sure you guys have all been in locker rooms. No problem. Showering, being naked.

[H]

Yeah.

[F]

He's got to wipe the sweat off of you. So you got to get in the shower.

[G]

I mean, you got to do it as privately as possible. There's some women, though, that will walk around and get ready completely naked in a gym locker room or, you know, post hot yoga classes, and they're just walking around like, ew, come on.

[A]

There's guys who do that, and they're generally older for some reason.

[B]

Yes.

[A]

And they just. They're totally cool with it.

[B]

And, like, you should be way more confident in your body in your 20s than these dudes are in their 60s, and they're walking around with, like, their taffy all hanging out, and it's like they got no problem at all.

[H]

Zero.

[B]

So that's one thing I can do. Okay, here's another one that made me think, okay, this is something I got to do more often.

[I]

How long is it okay to stay naked after you're in?

[B]

Just a few minutes. The question is how?

[E]

You hear him from the. Now we're in a gospel choir, and then somebody's, you know, such a crappy show.

[B]

You can't even understand what the question is because the music is so loud.

[E]

Where am I going?

[B]

He's asking, how long do you remain naked after you're intimate?

[E]

Okay, so these noises are. Okay, we're in the bedroom now. Okay.

[A]

Are you asking general people or, like, Ben Roethlisberger?

[B]

Oh, I don't know that they ever got naked.

[I]

So for.

[B]

For a normal person, the answer is what, Jen, would you say immediately? Do you. No rush. I mean, no rush. No rush, Melissa?

[E]

Yeah, no.

[B]

No rush.

[F]

None at all. You can stay naked until morning.

[E]

Yeah, I'm usually. Until I have to go somewhere.

[J]

Yeah.

[B]

Then you're naked.

[H]

Yeah.

[G]

Yeah.

[B]

Okay. Not for me. Really?

[H]

No.

[B]

Within minutes.

[G]

Really?

[B]

Within minutes.

[G]

Oh, my God.

[E]

I think Katie would be offended if all of a sudden I did within minutes.

[B]

By the time Stacy gets back into the room, I'm like, I'm in America.

[A]

Do you get dressed? Do you just put, like, shorts and a T shirt on? Or do you re. Put on the whole gimp outfit that you were wearing when you started?

[B]

The whole what? Gimp outfit?

[A]

Gimp outfit.

[G]

The morph suit.

[B]

Oh, yeah.

[A]

Oh, my God. You need to wear a morph suit under your clothes.

[B]

That's sexy. But none of this is sex, right? Like, I should be there, and I should be able to be naked. Here's what I realized yesterday after watching the show, and this is going to kind of gross you guys out a little bit.

[A]

Oh, Lord.

[B]

It's not a. It's not a size issue for me. It's a body hair issue for me.

[E]

Which you've always had.

[B]

Which I've always had. So. And. And that's really it for me. Like, when I manscape, I'm fine. But when not, that's when I'm insecure, and that's the whole thing for me.

[E]

But when you manscape, you're fine to walk around naked in the house, even by yourself.

[B]

I still wouldn't be entirely comfortable with it, but at least I could do it.

[A]

Aren't you going to Tracy's laser hair people?

[B]

Yeah, I'm going to Ideal Image, but I'm only having my arms and my chest done. And I don't. No, I can't go back.

[A]

You gotta get the speedbag done.

[B]

I can't go back there. So that's really the issue for me.

[E]

So it's just. It's the hair issue.

[B]

I think it's the hair because you've

[E]

been self conscious about that since you were a kid.

[B]

Yes. Joanna can understand this because she said she had the same problems when she was a kid. We just. We're hairy people.

[E]

What'd she call it? They call her Tarantula. Her brother or something like that. That's so mean.

[G]

So mean.

[E]

But I'm sure she walks around naked, though. I mean, I don't think she has the same nudity issues.

[B]

Well, I don't even know that she

[E]

walks around here naked.

[A]

Joanna, when you put a robe on, it's embarrassing.

[K]

God.

[B]

Are you comfortable naked?

[C]

I will say that it is. It's. No, I'm not comfortable.

[H]

Really.

[C]

And I guess it's the hair thing.

[I]

Really.

[G]

Wow.

[C]

I hate hair. And I. And I don't like to be touched either. Especially if I haven't shaved my legs. Like, do not come near me.

[F]

Really?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

I think that's it for me too.

[C]

So now you know. Don't make fun of us when we're young, because now I would be walking around naked, but I won't because I got made fun of as a young person.

[E]

That's so sad.

[B]

Your brothers, like, they called you a tarantula and stuff.

[C]

They called me Tarantula. And then when I was young, this kid gave me a postcard with the picture Chewbacca on it.

[F]

Oh, no.

[C]

On the back. Yeah.

[B]

Stuff you don't forget, even as adults.

[C]

I remember his name and everything.

[G]

Do you shave your arms?

[C]

Yes, I do.

[B]

I mean, why don't you go to do the ideal?

[C]

Working on it.

[E]

Oh, what was that dude's name, by the way?

[C]

His name was bj.

[E]

Bj.

[B]

The guy, he's got his own set of problems. BJ Jones.

[E]

You never forget BJ Jones. You got a funny name.

[B]

I saw. I told you guys when I was much younger, I was. Obviously, I'm the shortest adult in my group now. And I was always the shortest kid as well. And I was insecure about it as a kid. So my parents put me on growth hormones, which didn't do Any. It didn't make me taller, it just made me hairier. So I was like a hairy 5 year old kid that was getting crap about it all the time. So even as an adult, I'm still really insecure about it. So I think if I can do these things, if I shave, I think I could go to the locker room, I think I could walk around my house so long as I'm totally and completely scaped. But you said like that cat, that Austin Powers had the hairless cat on his cat.

[A]

Maybe, maybe ideal image just has a vat that they can dip you in from the head down. Like they just hold you by the hall and just dip you in there for 10 seconds.

[B]

And I go there, but I just can't go back there that side to do it. I just way too insecure. Hey, Lisa.

[F]

Good morning.

[J]

Hi, Bert and Joanna. I totally know exactly how you feel. I'm the same exact way. And like, if I don't get waxed or anything, there is no way I'm being. I like have a robe by my bed. So. But like if I'm by myself, I'm fine. But around the boyfriend I'm like, where's my T shirt?

[B]

Yeah, it's a hair issue.

[E]

Yeah, we have. Yeah. Anyway, whatever. We have issues in our house because there's too many windows. And that's the thing is because, I mean, because we have to remind ourselves there's windows there. We don't care.

[B]

Really. Yeah.

[A]

Your neighbors are like, hey, Melissa, thanks for the five things I need to know tonight.

[K]

Yeah.

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[C]

Hi.

[B]

It is venting time.

[J]

It is.

[B]

She's worked on the birth show too long. She's reached her capacity of complaints.

[C]

Okay, I think because I work here and I hear it here, and then I work at a restaurant where I'm surrounded by women as well. I am just. Just overt females just not having standards for themselves when it comes to men and putting up with so much crap and then complaining about it, but going back to them and then complaining and then going back to them. I just don't get. Where did we lower our standards? When did we realize, like, oh, well, I can take, you know, take what I can get at this point. You know, why aren't we. Why aren't we out there saying, you know what? I'm not gonna take this crap from a guy if he doesn't call me when he says he's gonna call or if he doesn't, you know, take me out on a nice date. Why are we just settling and just being, you know, happy, you know, just with whatever we can get. I just don't get it. And it's annoying. It happened with, you know, I feel bad, but it happened with psycho sue, you know, putting up with the crap with the guy coming back. And then this girl at work was telling me that her boyfriend just up and left and didn't call her and tell her where she was go where he was going. And I said, oh, so he's your ex boyfriend now? And she's like, no, we're still dating. And I'm like, what in the hell

[F]

are you guys thinking?

[B]

I'll tell you what some of it is, is some of the messages that guys get that we feel like we can take Advant and the not so psycho Sue. Fiji and tool example is a great example. If I'm a guy and I'm on the outside looking in on this whole thing, and I hear what tool has done to Fiji and how she knows all about it, and at the end of the day, she gets back with them again. As a guy, I'm like, I can get away with anything I want.

[E]

So as a guy, are you saying that men react to whatever women do. So if a woman wants higher standards for men, then they'll step up and do it.

[B]

Yes. And I feel like there's this underlying still current that women are so desperate to be in relationships that we can pull more crap because you allow us to. And again, using the Fiji tool analogy here, look at all the crap that that dude pulled. She is so desperate to be in a relationship, though, as she jumps back in. And as a guy, you hear that, you're like, game's on.

[F]

Yeah, it's an insecurity thing. And then I think it's an age thing, because you don't go through too many relationships being in your late teens, early 20s, and you're just starting to figure out what you want. So you're gonna put up with more when you're younger until you figure out exactly, you can get a nice guy.

[B]

I see With a lot of old.

[F]

I think women don't think they deserve the standards that they want. I don't think we think we deserve a nice guy. I don't think we deserve to be treated well. I think that's just. It comes with time and age.

[C]

At what point do you stop feeling like that and start taking. Take the, you know, stand up for yourself, have your standards. Make, you know, have him come pick you up at your house, have him open the door for you, have him pull out your chair for you to. Don't settle. There are so many guys out there, and it infuriates me that these girls keep going back to this crap. I cannot tell you how pissed off I am at my friends who do this that keep going back to that. And I tell them over and over again, there is a guy out there who will treat you nicely and who will treat you like a lady with respect, because that's the key word. He needs to treat you with respect.

[G]

And I think it's easier to set those standards at the beginning of a relationship, because once you have all of your emotions all wrapped up in it, then it's like you can't even see straight, you know, Because I have friends like yours. They're in relationships, but their emotions run so deep for those guys that they. It's like. It's like they screwed it up at the very beginning, you know, and it's like, it's hard to go back and start over again unless you get out of those relationships and hit the reset button. It's like you can't, you know, teach an old dog new tricks kind of

[B]

thing, you know, I think at the base of it. I still feel like this probably pertains more to women than it does dudes, but maybe both is that people would rather be with somebody for the wrong reasons than alone for the right reasons.

[E]

But I also think that's on everybody because people give single people a hard time. You know, like, you can't have one without the other. You can't tell a single person, especially women with their girlfriends. You can't tell her, oh, well, what's wrong? You haven't been in relationship for two or three years or whatever and then turn around and then get mad at her if she gets in a relationship and had settled for somebody. Like, I think it's all relative when you putting pressure on people.

[B]

Here is Alison. Good morning. You're on the Burke Show.

[I]

Good morning.

[J]

Oh, my gosh. I agree with this so much. I just had this conversation with a friend not too long ago, and she always, always, always has to be in a relationship and it's always gotten so much worse, especially over the past year. And it has to do with the daddy issues. It's always the daddy that has to make this issue so bad. She's long for that connection with someone and it's only making it worse that no one can fulfill that for her. It's so sad to watch.

[B]

Is that consistent, do you think, like, in the women that y' all are talking about, if you know anything about their family history, Weak fathers equal weak daughters in relationships?

[C]

I can say that with my friends. I do have a couple that have who had zero or very turbulent relationship with their fathers. And now it's resulting to not so good choices with their men that they're with. But I don't know if that. I mean, I can't generalize that. I can just say that, yes, within my group of friends, that is true.

[F]

I think it's with relationships that you see growing up too. You see your mom and dad's relationship, if that went well, and what your mom settled for, even if what your dad settled for, you're gonna mimic that.

[B]

Dudes are calling up disagreeing totally. Hey, Jason. Good morning. You're on Q and A. What's going on, dude?

[I]

How are you guys represent? Dude, I am going to disagree wholeheartedly.

[J]

You know, to lump every guy into

[I]

this one category, I think is pretty wrong.

[J]

And you guys gave the example of

[I]

tool and Fiji and whatnot. But you have to understand that's a

[J]

pretty extraordinary story, even by Birch show standards.

[B]

You know what I mean?

[E]

Joanna said there's so many guys out there. Why Are these girls going back to these same guys? So Joanna did say that there is, you know, there are plenty of good guys out there. But that's not the only reference we have to women putting up with crap. Because, you know, everybody's referenced several friends of theirs.

[B]

You know, let's bring it in studio. And Wendy, I don't mean to be disrespectful to you, but I mean, here it's the same type situation where Wendy was going out with this dude a couple of years ago who, I mean, not physically, but mentally abused her. Yet there's still this connection to the dude. And she's nervous that when she gets back, she's sort of gonna get back with the dude.

[F]

And it's a fear of being alone. And I think a lot of women have that fear of being alone for the rest of their lives or until they're 30. And every. There's this age where you have to get married and pressure to be in a relationship. All your friends are getting married. There's a pressure there. And then you think, if you lose this person, there's not going to be somebody out there. You're going to just be this lonely person on an island all by yourself. Which I'm not saying is right, but it's just how. How you feel in that moment.

[G]

And what I try to get across to my friends that are in these relationships is like, as long as you are still putting up with this guy and this relationship and this crap, you're definitely not going to meet somebody else. Because all of your thoughts and your energy and your time and your effort and everything is wrapped up in this one person. Whether you're broken up or not, or if you're in that broken up state, like where you are, but still sort of hung up on it, guess what? Your mind space is completely occupied by all of that. Of course, somebody new's not walking into your life right now and not dealing with that because you can't let go of the past. You can let go of the past and just like, just drop it and be able to move forward. Of course, then somebody new is going to walk into your life.

[E]

And I think another thing that I find in women that is concerning is it kind of goes with what Wendy said about the fear of being alone. So many women identify themselves by who they're dating, and it starts in high school or junior high school. Like, it starts in. What all women want to talk about are the guys they're dating. Where when you're in a group of guys that's not necessarily everything that they're talking about about in their lives. And so I just think that the fear of being alone, as a woman, you have to think about everything about your life. And what is that fear of being alone? What's so bad about being single? What's so bad about being by yourself? What's so bad about having the time to be able to commit to yourself rather than because you're going to be in a relationship? It's going to happen. There's going to be a guy that's going to come along. But I still don't understand the concept of what is so bad about what's that fear from?

[B]

Jason wants to be on the Voice Disguiser. He's like, oh, hell no. Hey, Jason. Good morning.

[I]

Good morning, Good morning.

[H]

How are y' all this morning?

[B]

Good, man. Why you want to be on the Voice Disguiser?

[H]

Because my girlfriend listens to this radio station, and I don't want her to know.

[A]

Okay, this radio station.

[E]

Go for it.

[H]

You know, y' all are, you know, y' all are generalizing. Yeah, I mean, you know, it doesn't make sense to the fact of.

[C]

I would like to say. I did not generalize. I did say there's a lot of great guys out there.

[B]

Well, anytime.

[H]

Yeah, but you're generalizing the fact that a lot of. A lot of these guys are abusing these women where. I know. I know everyone I know that's in a relationship, every one of those guys takes an extra effort into making sure that they make that their relationship is in great standing, you know, no matter what the situation may be with, you know, my best friend, you know, he's loved his wife since high school, and her father has had an issue with it, but he makes sure that she's happy no matter what. Of course, there's all these great guys out there, and, you know, no girls really want to see that. They want the jerks. And, you know, it's kind of hard for us nice guys to really try and, you know, get noticed.

[E]

I think he's got a point.

[B]

It's another great angle.

[E]

I do think he's got it.

[B]

So why are y' all choosing, like, like, those guys?

[C]

I, I, Yeah, Joanna, I can't speak for them because, I mean, my friends always made fun of me because I always dated the really nice, dorky guys. Those were the ones I, I liked. So I can't answer that.

[B]

You can speak to this, Jen.

[G]

Yeah, I'm dating a nice guy now, but I didn't always. I don't know, I think it's just. I don't know what changes. I mean, maybe it's because I'm a little bit older now and. Or maybe it's like that I've learned I deserve to be treated a lot better.

[F]

And I think you think you can change a guy too if he's a

[C]

bad boy, oh, I'm going to be

[F]

the one woman who's going to turn him around. I'm going to be the one woman he's going to propose to and get married to and he's gonna be this good guy eventually, but makes you feel special, right.

[B]

And it gives you an excuse to be with somebody that you don't really think that you should be with.

[F]

Maybe.

[A]

Or is it being with the guy that you think all the other women want? Like, so you're almost putting on a show like you, you.

[G]

No, it's not that. Wendy hit the nail on the head. We think we can change you.

[B]

Hey, Summer, Good morning. You're on Q100.

[J]

Good morning. Okay, so why is it that just like, guys see that women put up with a lot of things, so why does that excite them? Why don't they just want to act right where they're like, oh, here's someone I can take advantage of. Do you know what I'm saying?

[A]

I don't think guys think.

[J]

Why can't it just be like, oh, she's into me, let me not be a jerk. You know what I mean?

[A]

I don't think guys think that way.

[E]

Is their own standard.

[A]

Yeah, guys don't say, ooh, this girl. I can really take advantage of this girl. I think guys, I think men. This is a generalization. So whatever, email me f you the generalization. I think guys will stretch every single limit that they can. Like, I think like, if you give

[G]

them an inch, they'll take a mile kind of thing.

[A]

If you give them an inch, they'll take every bit of that inch. So if from the beginning of the relationship it's totally cool for the guy to say he's going to pick you up at 7:30 and he rolls in at 8:15, you go, no problem. I understand things happen. Rather than stand there with your arms crossed going, hey, that's kind of jacked up because I got it ready for you and put the guy on his toes. Women, I think are so generalizing, but whatever. I think women are so nervous about losing the guy because they don't want to be alone that they're like, oh, it's totally cool. You're 45 minutes later, the guy's like, hey, I'm call you on my way home from work. And he doesn't do it. And you don't call him out on that. Like, you don't pick up the phone. You know, he's in the car from 5:30 to 6:30. You don't call him at 6:15 and go, Dude, I thought you were going to call me then. The guy's going to totally take advantage of that.

[E]

And I just want to reiterate the message I'm hearing from you guys, saying that you react to the woman. So, you know, whether it's fair or not, it sounds like the woman is responsible for the men's behavior. From what you guys are saying.

[G]

Setting the standard.

[A]

Setting the standard. The guy's responsible for his own behavior, but the woman who puts the bar wherever it's gonna be sets the bar.

[B]

Yeah. Hey, Mike, Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[I]

Yeah, what's up? I just want to say that I think out of all of you, Wendy has the best head on her shoulders. I do a lot of actual of watching people's behaviors and relationships. And I had a question for Jen and Melissa and you were giving great advice, but I want to know, do you actually follow that advice about how you should. You should be able to just set these standards and puff on these guys that are treating you badly?

[E]

I don't date men and women.

[G]

No, wait.

[E]

But my point is, I don't date men, so I'm not self conscious about being demanding. So when I'm dating other women, women are very expressive. And when you have two women together, we talk about and we communicate and those standards or limits or whatever, it's not that women don't take advantage of it. I've been in crappy relationships, but I do think for some women, they're afraid to tell men how they feel about it because they don't want to come across as rude or a bitch. And I don't mind being a bitch.

[B]

I got your back on that. You don't have any problem with that?

[E]

Yeah, and I'm not embarrassed by it and I'm not ashamed of it.

[A]

I just want to follow up what I said before is women, I don't think women should be afraid of setting the standard from day one because a guy will step up to it. Like, guys don't what you don't understand. And you can correct me if I'm wrong because maybe this is just me, but guys aren't aware of the limits you're Putting on them. Like if the guy says, I'm gonna call you tonight between six and seven and we'll figure out what we're gonna do. And he doesn't call you by 7 and you call him on that. If you're nice about it. If it's seven o', clock, the phone rings and you're like, hey, what's up? It's Wendy. You said you were gonna call me. It's 10, between 6 and 7. Are we doing something tonight? The guy doesn't think, oh my God, what a bitch, I can't believe she's doing that. And like think negatively about you. The guy will adjust his behavior because

[B]

he knows that depending if he likes you or not.

[J]

Yeah.

[A]

And if so, if he's into you

[G]

and if he doesn't, he rise to the occasion.

[A]

And if he doesn't like you, then you don't want to be in a relationship with him anyways. So women shouldn't be afraid of setting a bar somewhere for the guy. It's.

[B]

Women don't like to play that game.

[A]

It's not a game.

[B]

Not the game, but just like the all in. Like what you just said is if he likes you, then he will cater to you. You're absolutely.

[A]

It's not even catering.

[B]

I know what you're saying. They will meet the standard that you're setting. Yeah, but women are so scared to set that standard because they feel like guys are going to bail on them.

[A]

But then why do you want to be in a relationship with a man?

[G]

Want to be with them.

[F]

You don't want to be alone.

[B]

And that's where I think women have the problem, is that they want to be with anybody. Yeah, with somebody.

[A]

Yeah. I think you should. I think if you throw it out, I think you would be surprised. I would challenge women, and I'm sorry guys, but I would challenge women to spend the next, you know, the month of May or the next two weeks or even a week even, and just set the standard.

[G]

But that works. If you're the beginning of a relationship, once you're already in it, it's a harder adjustment.

[A]

Oh yeah.

[G]

Way harder adjustment. Like I make the analogy to like living with a guy. Like I would never ever do that again. Because guess what? Once you move in with him and live with him, what's the reason for him to. To do, like propose? What's the reason for him to move forward with any of those next steps and plans and all that other stuff? What's the point? You're already there every day.

[C]

Well, I just think women need to go back and start over. Maybe get out of those bad relationships and start over from the beginning and set the standards.

[B]

Stop complaining to each other about it.

[C]

Stop complaining.

[A]

Especially stop complaining to Joanna because she's sick of you.

[B]

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All right, this was Lee a couple of days ago. She's pretty upset at her big sister.

[J]

I'm engaged and I am supposed to get married in September. Okay, so my mom died a few years ago and she promised my older sister the her wedding dress that my mom got married in. But now my sister is not with that guy anymore. She doesn't even have a boyfriend. She's kind of nowhere near getting married. I really, really, really want the dress now.

[B]

What's not in that is. Mom's passed away. So big sister Molly here was engaged when mom passed that dress on to her. Mom passes away, engagement dissolves, wedding dress sitting there in Molly's closet. Younger sister Lee gets Engaged once. The wedding dress. And Molly's like, no, that's. That's not gonna happen.

[A]

No.

[B]

No, I don't think so. So here's Molly now. Hey, Molly.

[I]

Good morning.

[B]

You're on the voice disguiser.

[I]

Good morning. Hello.

[E]

Good morning.

[B]

How are you today?

[I]

I'm all right. Okay.

[H]

All right.

[B]

Did you hear your younger sister on with us a couple of days ago, or did you hear, like, through the grapevine? She was on.

[I]

I heard it through the grapevine. I did. And then I actually. Yeah, then people told me exactly kind of what she said.

[E]

Okay.

[I]

And I kind of feel like I'm getting slammed for something that one keeps forgetting is like, this was. It's not just me being like, no, this is my dress. It's the fact that my mother gave me that dress for my wedding and not with the instructions for me to wear it on my wedding day. And, like, I know this one didn't work out, but there will be future weddings.

[G]

Of course there will. Why can't you both wear the dress? That's what I don't understand. Why you want to be so selfish and keep it alone for you and not share it with your sister. She was both of your mother. Both of yours. Mother.

[B]

She was the mother to both of you.

[G]

Thank you. It's like Twitter. Exactly what I was thinking.

[F]

Correcting grammar.

[B]

Yeah. So why can't you share it?

[I]

Because that's. My mom didn't want it to be shared. She gave it to me to be worn at my wedding.

[G]

She gave it to you because you were engaged at the time.

[I]

Yeah, and she loved my fiance, and she loves, like, the fact that she was just so excited for that marriage that she was happy to give us that dress, and she gave us. She gave me that dress for the wedding. And again, this is my mom, and she didn't want the dress to be. I don't know. She just didn't want the dress to be worn maybe by both kids. That's why she gave it to me.

[B]

Let me ask you this question, then. What if the roles were reversed? What if Lee got engaged while your mom was still alive? Would you be saying that that dress was specifically for Lee or was it for both of you guys?

[I]

Well, if my mom had given it to Lee with instructions that it was just for Lee, then, yeah, that's fine.

[E]

Oh.

[B]

Whatever

[I]

my mother would have wanted. And she's unfortunately passed away now, and it's. I mean, I don't understand why people don't have. You don't understand. You have to honor whatever that person's wishes were no matter if you agree with them or not, because they defend themselves. I should defend what my mother wanted?

[A]

Did she give you the dress with the explicit instructions that this is only for you to wear, or are you interpreting or interpreting her? Because I'm guessing she gave you the dress and said, I want you to wear this at your wedding. That's very different than I want you and only you to wear this dress. Did she?

[I]

I think it would have come up. She didn't say, oh, this would be so amazing that you and your sister could do it.

[A]

But your sister wasn't engaged at the time.

[I]

No, she's. My mom's. Never met the guy that she's marrying,

[F]

so that doesn't make a difference. But what if the situation was reversed? What if you were the younger sister and she was the older sister hanging onto the dress? You're engaged and it's your mom's dress.

[E]

No offense, she can't figure that out. She can't relate to that because she's the older sister. I mean, this is an argument I made before, is that, you know, she and Molly. I'm the younger sister. And my advice to your younger sister was just to leave it alone, because I felt like there was no way to convince you. I have an older sister. Our father's passed away, and I know that I would not be able to get anything out of Melanie's hands that she has white knuckled. That was Dad's that he gave to her because I understand how sacred it is, because they're gone and that's all you have left. And I get that. I do think it is selfish for you not to allow your little sister the same opportunity. But I told her that I didn't think you could be convinced because an older sister has never had to adapt to anybody else's wishes, but the younger sister always does to yours. So, I mean, I just think that it's hard for you to understand what your little sister's going through. I mean, is that fair?

[I]

I mean, yes. I mean, I'm not. I'm not in her shoes. I'm trying to be in my mom's shoes and what she would think of this wedding.

[H]

Oh, come on.

[B]

No, hold on a minute. Hold on one sec. Plenty of people want to talk to you about this. So Molly here, the older sister, says, look, this is the way that mom wanted it. She didn't give me explicit instructions that the wedding dress was mine, but it should be implied that the wedding dress was only to be Worn by me.

[A]

Can I ask her a quick yes or no question? If she promises only to answer it with the word yes or the word no. Is she there? Molly?

[I]

Yes.

[A]

You can only answer this yes or no.

[I]

Okay.

[A]

You said that you're trying to be in your mom's shoes. Yes. So does that mean that you don't think your mom would agree with this wedding,

[E]

Yes or no? I mean, would your mom agree with this wedding, yes or no?

[I]

She would support Lee whenever, like, whatever she would want.

[F]

So yes.

[E]

She can't answer yes or no.

[B]

She's not answering yes or no. Just yes or no. I gotta go to commercials. Yes or no?

[I]

Would she be happy about the wedding,

[A]

yes or no to know that's the problem. You don't think your mom is happy with your with your little sister getting married.

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[J]

I'm engaged and I am supposed to get married in September. Okay, so my mom died a few years ago and she promised my older sister the her wedding dress that my mom got married in. But now my sister is not with that guy anymore. She doesn't even have a boyfriend. She's kind of nowhere near getting married. I really, really, really want the dress.

[B]

Okay. That was Lee last week. And just a couple of minutes ago, older sister Molly called in. This is her take.

[I]

I kind of feel like I'm getting slammed. Not just me being like, no, this is my dress. It's the fact that my mother gave me that dress for my wedding and not with the Instructions for me to wear it on my wedding day. And, like, I know this one didn't work out, but there will be future weddings.

[B]

Yeah. So why can't you share it?

[I]

Because that's. My mom didn't want it to be shared. She gave it to me to be worn at my wedding.

[B]

Okay, so we really have to define two things here before we go to your calls, and people are very passionate about this. First, the instructions. You said your mom gave you instructions about that dress. What exactly were those instructions?

[I]

The instructions was that I was supposed to wear it and that, you know, were there.

[A]

Did she specifically say that your little sister was not allowed to wear it? That's the only instruction that matters.

[I]

She didn't specifically say that he was never allowed to touch that dress.

[B]

Okay. And the second thing to refer back to before we go to calls is the point that Jeff made, which is a very, very, very important one. I think.

[A]

I watch a lot of csi, a lot of Law and Order. But the last thing that you said is, as Bert put you on hold and the reason that we picked you back up is you said, I'm trying something. I'm paraphrasing, but I'm trying to do what my mom would want me to do, or something along those lines, which, in my mind, kind of light bulb went off and made me think that you are putting what you think your mom's wishes would be on your little sister in form of restricting this dress. So the question that you were unable to answer was supposed to be a yes or no question, is do you think your mom would be unhappy with your little sister getting married to this person?

[B]

And this is only yes or no? Yes or no? Yes or no? Yes or no?

[I]

Yes or no?

[B]

Yes or no?

[I]

She would support Lee in any decision, but I.

[A]

Did she think if she went through

[I]

the wedding, she would support and it wouldn't be like, you know, she wouldn't talk to her at Christmas or something like that?

[E]

Would she approve of this guy?

[I]

Maybe she wouldn't approve. Like, she's, you know, she has very high expectations and maybe wouldn't think, like, this guy is of the highest caliber for her daughter. But that's like, coming from, you know, a mom point of view. And I think she just didn't think she.

[G]

Do you approve of this guy?

[I]

Yeah, he's fine.

[G]

Murky water there without your mom. You're trying to step in and play mom to your younger sister, which I

[E]

don't think is fair here is asking.

[I]

She's not asking for my dress. She's asking for my mother's dress, so

[E]

her mother, too, is her mother's dress.

[B]

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[H]

Hi.

[J]

Hey, guys. I love you guys. I'm like a gold star listener. Like, you know how I'm a gold star listening. I've been listening to you guys since I was a age. Middle school. But anyway, yeah, I think you guys are being a little harsh on her. I'm an older sister, so I know how it is. And I just think you guys aren't understanding. And isn't it kind of selfish for the younger sister to ask to use that.

[B]

Noah, go ahead. Wendy, you seem to be less passionate about this.

[F]

I'm an older sister, and I'm an older sister, and I would never do this to my sister. I would be more than happy to share something that was my mother's because we both love my mother to pieces. There is no way I would even think about denying a dress to my sister, especially that belong to somebody we both love and care about.

[J]

Yeah, but this little sister was just like, she's not getting married. She. I mean, the way it was kind of condescending, and she was just like, look, give me the dress. And because I deserve it, it's just like, I don't.

[B]

I think you're interpreting this story based on if you're the older sister, you're the younger sister.

[E]

Absolutely.

[F]

But I think.

[G]

Wendy, I don't. I don't think so, because I think she's giving older sisters a bad name.

[F]

Oh, yeah.

[G]

Because I have a younger. I'm an older sister of a younger brother. And it wouldn't be a dress that we shared, but if it was something to share, to have a part of his wedding day that was from one of our parents, of course I would give it to him. I just. I think she's giving big sisters a bad name.

[E]

I will say, because once again, you know, in my family, we have lost a parent. And so I get the nature of that being a little heavier than a normal situation. But one thing I said to your younger sister, and I will say to you is that she's more important than this dress. So whatever decision you make about the dress, your relationship with your sister is more important because of all the things I don't. I never knew your mother, but I can pretty much confidently say that the last thing your mother would have wanted is you and your sister to fight over anything, let alone this wedding dress that was hers. So she would Feel like she's causing this fight. So I think that your sister's more important than any of this, and I just think that y' all have lost sight of that.

[I]

No, I mean, I don't want it to affect our relationship. Like, again, I love my little sister, and I want what's best for her. And, you know, like I said, I'm going to support her through whatever decision she makes. But, like, she knows this. Like, she knows what I'm talking about. Like, she can't expect, like, the full support what she thinks, like, is entitled to her from our mom.

[B]

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[J]

Good morning.

[B]

Good morning.

[J]

My point is, I'm a younger sister, and I have an older sister that acts like Molly. My mother, too, passed away. And there's more of a possessiveness with the older sister than there is the younger. But my point is that Molly said that her mom loved her fiance and gave this. Wanted her and her fiance to enjoy this dress. So does that mean the dress is just gonna hang in the closet since she's not marrying that guy? Because she can't, you know, she can't say, well, my mom would approve of anybody I married.

[G]

Right?

[B]

There's no way to know. So if. So basically, you. You're gonna hold on to this thing until you get married, as long as it takes.

[I]

Well, yeah. I mean, I do plan on getting married, and the dress was given to me for that purpose for my wedding. And, I mean, it's not like I'm being so more possessive than Lee. Like, Lee won't give it up either. She wants the dress just as much, you know, as anything else, too. So it's not like I'm the only possessive one. She could just get over it and get a different dress.

[F]

Are you jealous?

[I]

I have to stand in for my mom here. Like, it's fine. She could have whatever dress, you know, if it wasn't connected to my mom, I would give her. If she wanted any dress I had, I would, you know, give it to her. I even offered to pay for half of whatever other dress she wants to get.

[A]

She should pick out a $40,000 dress.

[E]

You've said something twice that really bothers me in the fact that you're standing in for your mom like, you are your mother's daughter and so is she. Like, when a parent passes away, it is not the responsibility of the child to step in. Unless. Unless your little sister was 10. Then I get it. But you're both adults, so you are not your little sister's mother. Let me repeat that. You are not your little sister's mother just because your mother passed away. So I think you need to get out of that mindset. It is. It's not your responsibility to do that.

[G]

Is it going to make you feel good when you see her walk down the aisle on her wedding day not wearing your mother's dress? Are you going to feel some sort of, like, vindication?

[A]

She won't know because she might not be there.

[G]

I would think that you would feel guilty. Like, once you. Once you get your way and your little sister doesn't wear the wedding gown down the aisle and she's got her brand new gown that she purchased and she's not wearing your mom's, and you have it stashed away in your closet for your special day, are you gonna feel good about that?

[I]

No, I'm. I'm not gonna feel good if my little sister's upset. But she needs to understand, and she already knows that, like, this is not. It's just like, if your mom, all through her life, was, like, never, like, I don't know, never wear white after Labor Day or something at all. It's always, like, adamant about something, or you just knew how she felt about something, and then as soon as she dies, you're like, oh, now I'm gonna just, like, wear, like. Obviously, that's a very, like, not big example, but, like, well, I'm gonna wear white after Labor Day. Like, isn't this fun when, like, Mom's not around that this is how I'm gonna act.

[B]

Like you're using the word adamant, though. I mean, she wasn't adamant that you get the dress in and your little sister doesn't, though. Hey, Amara. Good Morning. You're on Q100.

[J]

Hi.

[B]

Hey.

[J]

I think she's being ridiculous. I mean, this is her sister, and if their mom is gone and what would make her happy would be to wear their mother's dress, I think by all means, she could get it. That is just ridiculous. This would not even be this big of an issue.

[B]

Here is Debbie. Good morning. You're on Q100. Good morning, Debbie.

[J]

Hey, good morning. Listen, I know a family, and I'm an oldest also. So anyway, I know a family where four girls shared the mom's dress. The oldest one asked the mom if she could use it. The mom gave it to her. Gave it to her. The second one was engaged. The older sister had the idea, why don't you wear the dress each time? The girls decided this amongst themselves. By the time the last one got married, the mom had passed. But each time when they would rework the dress just a little, they'd save the pieces that had been taken off. One girl had something put back on. It was always a form of the mom's dress. And the neat thing was they would. Excuse me in the back of the church, display a picture of the mom in the original dress.

[B]

Is there any chance of any kind of compromise for you at all, Molly? Like, would that be an option for you or. It is. This is my dress. This is the way mom wanted it. And there's no halfway.

[I]

I don't know what the halfway would be. I mean, I'm glad that that worked out for that family. But, like, I think that's so sad. What? Like

[E]

I told you. That's. That's why I told you. Yeah, that's why I told the younger sister. It's not even worth the fight. You know, My thing is, I'm sorry for your mother, for your loss of your mother, and I hope that you and your sister can keep your relationship strong or get it stronger. But I knew. I knew there's no compromise. There's none. I mean, she's made her decision, and that's it. So little sister has to say, okay, I have to get another dress now because older sister doesn't want me to have it.

[B]

There's really nothing that anybody.

[I]

I don't want her to have it. My mom wouldn't.

[F]

Why

[I]

your mother never not approve of, like. Like I said, the man she's married.

[B]

What is so wrong with there.

[G]

It was so wrong with this.

[B]

My mom would not approve of what it is.

[E]

Jeff was.

[F]

What is wrong with this guy?

[I]

Save that Jeff is nothing wrong with him there. He is a very nice guy. It's just my mom. Why came from a different generation and she doesn't.

[F]

He's not like. Is he not your race?

[I]

Well, I mean, he's Colombian.

[E]

So he's not Mexican.

[B]

No, he's not Mexican. He's Colombian.

[I]

Colombian. He's very nice and. Oh, wow. My sister's fully aware of my mom. My mom was a lovely person, but obviously everyone not perfect. And you wish you could change, you

[B]

know, so your mom's position you think would have been. She would have been bombed that your sister is marrying somebody of Latino descent. So you're holding onto the dress to protect.

[I]

I mean, not even descent. He is like. He's from Colombia, so he speaks Colombian.

[A]

He's like.

[B]

He drinks Colombian coffee now.

[C]

Just so you.

[A]

Now, before we go too far into this because I obviously would your mom.

[E]

You got it.

[A]

I know. Would your mom be okay with you talking to Bert who has taken Rosetta Stone?

[E]

He hasn't swallowed it like a pill. He's taking a Rosetta Stone with a little bit of whiskey.

[B]

I have to go with.

[A]

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but Bert has made love to the woman we call Rosetta Stone. Is he okay to talk with you? He is laid with Rosetta.

[B]

I am this close to passing a Rosetta Stone right now.

[F]

I'm so sad for her.

[B]

Molly, we're gonna go because there's no way that anybody could say anything today that's gonna make you. You change your mind. So good luck with it. I hope this doesn't get in the way of you and your sister because it's going to. It really is.

[I]

Right? Well, hopefully she can look past the dress and just.

[F]

Well, you can look past the person she's marrying to.

[B]

Okay.

[F]

I'm so mad.

[E]

She's not going to change her mind.

[G]

She's not going to change her mind. From the car stand.

[F]

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[B]

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