Full Show PT 2: Tuesday, March 24 [Vault]

Summary

---

The Bert Show - Full Show PT 2: Tuesday, March 24 [Vault]

Date: March 24, 2026
Summary by Section, with Timestamps, Quotes & Key Topics

---

Episode Theme & Overview

This episode dives into lighthearted and real discussions about hobbies that become obsessions, modern wedding planning, body image and relationship double standards, and the hazards of getting tattoos inspired by love. With the whole Bert Show cast, callers, and plenty of wit, the team explores the funny, awkward, and authentic moments that come from everyday life.

---

Section 1: Hobbies or Obsessions?

Timestamps: 00:45 – 11:32

Key Discussion Points

• The crew discusses when a partner’s hobby crosses over into obsession and begins to impact shared spaces or relationships.
• Stories included: video games at dawn, model train villages taking over basements, ceramics run amok, animal-themed décor, collectors of dolls and stuffed animals, and grown adults with full-on Disney or sports décor.
• Callers share "intervention" moments with loved ones whose collections have gotten out of hand.
• The conversation pivots on when it’s time to confront someone or set limits for a healthy relationship-décor balance.

Notable Quotes

• Host: “When do you draw the line at your girlfriend or boyfriend’s hobbies? … When do you have to go to your partner and say, you know what? We need to talk?” (00:45)
• Co-host: “I have a friend who collected dolls as a kid and still had them out… You can’t.” (06:05)
• Caller: “My best friend … for a good eight years there, she had a Darth Maul shrine.” (07:21)
• Host: “If Katie was big into … our whole kitchen looked like a Chick-fil-A cow … I think that’s where you’d have to say something.” (05:28)
• Caller: “I always joke that my house looks like a five-year-old’s bedroom threw up.” [on her Mickey Mouse themed home] (10:45)

Memorable Moment

• The hosts and callers acknowledge the fine line between innocent passion and home décor overkill, poking fun at their own obsessions, and admitting sometimes interventions are necessary—often with a dose of humor.

---

Section 2: Wedding Planning – “No Stress” Style

Timestamps: 13:13 – 24:08

Key Discussion Points

• Lindell talks about her engagement, explaining why she and her fiancé skip the “fiancé” label (“It’s just a weird word, kind of pretentious.” — 13:46), and how Mormon tradition and her personality lead to a quick, no-fuss engagement.
• Lindell has completed 85% of her wedding planning within six weeks and describes a chill, decisive approach.
• The hosts marvel at her ability to not stress, contrasting it with the norm of wedding-related anxiety, indecision, and over-preparation.
• Discussion covers the etiquette and practicality of wedding registries—how much to register for, whether it’s okay to add items later, and balancing expensive gifts with affordable, useful items.

Notable Quotes

• Lindell: “I have gotten maybe, like, 85% done.” (15:48)
• Co-host: “You should put your email address online so women … could call you and hate you.” (23:28)
• Host: “She may end up writing the ultimate wedding guide … ‘Plan your Wedding in 30 Days or Less.’” (23:34)
• Lindell: “I didn’t realize how difficult registering was… I took control because I didn’t want him registering for, like, random stuff like video games or something.” (18:54)
• Lindell: “My best friend told me … Lyndall, you only registered for, like, 20 things. … People will be mad when they go to buy you a gift, and they can’t!” (20:02)

Memorable Moment

• Lindell’s friends and the hosts joke about writing a wedding planning guide for the non-neurotic, as most listeners envy her calm.

---

Section 3: Relationship Double Standards & Body Image

Timestamps: 25:54 – 37:59

Key Discussion Points

• The show discusses the societal double standard regarding weight gain in relationships—how men “can” gain weight without much consequence, while women feel more pressure to stay slim.
• Several honest, candid calls from women admit that their partners’ significant weight gain has affected their sexual attraction and relationship satisfaction.
• The hosts explore whether it’s easier (or more appropriate) to confront a man about weight gain than vice versa, and how different genders communicate about appearance.
• There’s notable advice: be direct with men, as subtleties don’t translate; humor is used to deal with discomfort.

Notable Quotes

• Jeff: “I think you can be rougher on a guy about his weight gain than a guy can be about a woman.” (31:11)
• Co-host: “Like, she could say to him, I don’t want to have sex with you anymore.” (31:20)
• Caller Melissa: “He weighs 265 pounds and I can’t get him to work out to save my life… [I’m] pretty much … not even sexually attracted to him anymore.” (30:44)
• Caller: “Oh, yeah. Like he always says, ‘what happened to your sex drive?’ and I’m like, ‘what’s happened to your belly?’” (34:24)
• Co-host: “If your guy’s getting fat, tell them, hey, you’re puffing out a little bit there.” (33:30)
• Caller: “Every 30 pounds a man is overweight, he loses an inch down there.” (37:01)

Memorable Moment

• The brutally honest callers reveal how hard it can be to talk openly about a partner’s weight, admitting the conversations are both awkward and necessary.

---

Section 4: Love Tattoos Gone Wrong

Timestamps: 39:22 – 50:08

Key Discussion Points

• After news of Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green’s breakup, the crew explores the peril of getting your partner’s name as a tattoo.
• The team lists celebrity tattoo mishaps (Megan Fox, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie) and opens up for listener stories about tattoo regrets.
• Funny, cringe-inducing stories are called in: from a Winnie-the-Pooh with someone’s initial, to whole names tattooed across the back, to a lizard for “Lissy” that led to a breakup.
• Tattoo removal stories and the notion of a “cover-up” parlor are suggested as a business idea.

Notable Quotes

• Jeff: “You gotta be absolutely 100% confident that the person’s name you’re tattooing … is gonna be in your life forever. And that’s a child.” (40:49)
• Co-host: “He has since had a picture of an angel tattooed on his back with red hair. And he said, it’s me. … I was like, yeah, you’re weird. Go away.” (46:56)
• Caller: “My Mother’s day present was two inch letters from love handle to love handle on his back that said Christine. That is not what I asked for for Mother’s Day.” (47:57)
• Host: “I would open a tattoo parlor only for coverups. Like that would be the name. Cover up tattoos and just see how much business I get.” (49:56)

Memorable Moment

• The parade of tattoo horror stories proves that “forever ink” can be risky, hilarious, and, sometimes, the subject of an actual lawsuit for removal costs.

---

Section 5: Humor, Empathy, & Real Talk

Throughout

General Vibe

• The Bert Show maintains a genuinely funny, compassionate, and genuine tone throughout their discussions, addressing both the humorous and sensitive sides of the topics.
• Memorable running jokes include giving everyone whisks as wedding gifts, “painting the basement orange”, and poking fun at their own quirks.
• The hosts’ approach: open up space for listeners’ real experiences while never taking themselves too seriously.

---

Useful Timestamps Guide

| Topic | Start | Quote/Highlight | | ----------------------------------------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------- | | Hobbies vs. Obsessions | 00:45 | “When do you draw the line…” | | Grown-up Collections & Disney adults | 05:28 | “The pig theme… now half the house is oink.” | | Caller: Mickey Mouse house | 10:07 | “I always joke my house looks like a 5yo’s…” | | Lindell’s laid-back wedding planning | 13:13 | 85% done in 6 weeks | | Wedding registry etiquette | 18:54 | “Register for more than 20 things!” | | Relationship weight/attraction double standard | 25:54 | “It’s more important for a woman to stay thin…” | | Callers on sexual attraction & weight | 30:44 | “Not even sexually attracted to him anymore” | | Directness with men about weight | 33:03 | “You’re getting kind of doughy here…” | | Love tattoos that ended badly | 39:40 | “She got his [name] tattooed on her hip…” | | Caller: Winnie-the-Pooh tattoo gone wrong | 47:05 | “Now we’re not together anymore…” |

---

The Bert Show’s Real Takeaways

• Hobbies are great—but not when they take over the house (or your relationship).
• The “no stress” wedding may be possible if you’re decisive, practical, and less invested in perfection.
• The body-image double standard is alive and well; direct talk matters, but approach does too.
• Tattoos of lovers’ names almost always end up as regrets—or cover-ups!
• Humor and honesty go a long way in handling life’s awkward bits.

---

Note: Ads, intros, and outros have been omitted for clarity and focus on core content.

Transcript

[Tyler Redick]

Tyler redick here from 2311 Racing Victory Lane. Yeah, it's even better with Chumba by my side. Race to chumbacasino.com let's Chumba.

[Jeff]

No purchase necessary VTW Group void where prohibited by law. CTNCs21 sponsored by Chumba Casino the Bleacher

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

Report app is your destination for sports right now. The NBA is heating up, March Madness is here, and MLB is almost back. Every day there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the Bleacher Report app. For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I can follow the teams I care about, get real time scores, breaking news and highlights all in one place. Download the Bleacher Report app today so you never miss a moment.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

The Burt show so Katie and I had a conversation recently about when do you draw the line and at your girlfriend or boyfriend's hobbies. And this could be husband and wife as well, because we have a friend who now she cannot sleep through the night because her boyfriend has this consistent routine of getting up about 3 o' clock in the morning to go play video games like before work. Like will he play through breakfast and then he will go to work. So she will go to bed with her boyfriend, everything's fine. And she said she used to be a deep sleeper, but she sounds when he gets up now and I guess she wakes up and wonders where he is. And found consistently he gets up and he goes and plays video games.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Is it because he has insomnia and in video games it's just kind of what he does to sort of pass the time rather than lay there wide awake.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I really have no idea. I just know it spawned a conversation about, well, this is kind of his hobby. It's his thing and he's picking an odd time to do it. But then we also heard about another friend whose husband. They bought a home and the home had a basement. And one of the agreements was that he liked mod trains. That was his hobby, right? So there was a corner of the basement in which he was able to. And like, you know, a lot of guys, when you're a kid, you have their table and you, you know, at least with my brother when he was a kid, let me say that he would nail the tracks on this big wooden table and his big elaborate train set, you know, when he was a kid. Well, some adults still have those train sets. So this husband had put that train set in the basement and over time it went from the corner of the basement to the fact that it took up the entire basement.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It's like a village down there.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yeah, the whole thing.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And, you know, that was his goal from the beginning.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, of course.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

I'm gonna cover every square foot of this basement.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And he does. And now he has. And so she's now her basement and her house, if you go, you know, is the. Like, you walk into, I guess, a West Virginia mountainside where there's, you know, the painted hill with the grass, and he's got the little trains and the little people and everything. I mean, I can just. Im having his little conductor hat as he sits on his stool with his little remote control, but still. And then we thought, well, when do you go too far with a hobby? Because we thought, you know what, the entire basement, like, when do you have to go to your partner and say, you know what? We need to talk?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I didn't. My aunt actually did this to my grandmother, and both of them are passed away. So they're negotiating this up in heaven now.

Okay.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And they probably really still are, because I'm sure those conversations, God's like, come on, seriously, guys.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

My grandma got involved in ceramics in her old age and would paint, you know, where you make the stuff, and then she would put it in the wall.

Can't wait to get old to get into something like that.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Can't get away with it in my 30s, but in my 60s, I'm so there.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I would be a ceramic artist.

And she did. And she did other things, like, she did knitting and stuff like that. But, like, ceramics or what, that was the big one. So every year, for every holiday, every one of her kids, so my dad and all my aunt and uncle, aunts and uncles would get ceramic stuff. And most of them would have to do with the holiday. But then some of them would just be random, probably because all of the, like, the gingerbread houses were taken. So it'd just be like a random ceramic goose, you know, but it would be one, because who wants one goose? Nobody really wants or not a goose. A swan. The swan's the white one, the prettier swan. So it'd be like a white swan, but who wants really a white swan? So then you would get, like, three of them over the next three holidays. So you would have a complete set, and then you have the little ducklings. And when my aunt moved from New York, upstate New York, after my uncle retired, she moved to Arizona, and she gave, like, boxes of ceramics back to my grandmother, who was heartbroken, but she was moving into a smaller house. Like, this is a house she give it back. They lived in for years. But she thought she was doing the right thing. Like, where she was like, hey, I'm.

She's not gonna give him to Goodwill or something.

We're moving from this four bedroom house that had our home office in it where we raised our family, out to Arizona. We're moving into probably a one bedroom maybe. Maybe a bedroom in a guest room house. We just don't have space for it. My grandma was just heartbroken. And like, I remember I was only like 12 years old at the time, but I remember the intervention that took place with my aunts and uncles just having to explain to my grandmother that, like, hey, you're a little out of control with the ceramics.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

See, sweet. I mean, I guess you. Yeah, that's. That's sweet with it. Someone does ceramics. But now something that's not sweet is. I know. Like back when the whole cow pattern was big, the whole black and white,

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

like, oh, the dairy cow, the chick fil a cow pattern, or roosters.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Also, this also applies to the rooster phase, is if you go into somebody's kitchen. That's another thing. If I was. If Katie was big into our whole kitchen looked like, like you said, a chick fil a cow or, you know, the rooster thing going on.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Rooster theme. I know people who have the pig theme.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

The pig theme. Like, I think that's where, you know. Oh, I started collecting pigs when I was 12, and now half the house is oink, oink. And then you'd have to say something.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah. I have a friend who, when she was a kid, collected some sort of doll, some sort of collectible doll. I don't even know what type it is, but I'm sure dolls.

That generation's American Girl.

Yeah, it would be like that. But I don't even know what the name of them are. But if you are into that, you would know what this brand name is. I guess. Apparently each one's very expensive and elaborate and blah, blah, blah, whatever. But, like, for a long time, like, she would still have them out, and I would be like, you can't.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

What's the stuffed animal theory? The stuffed animal thing.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah. I mean, I understand the collectible value of them or whatever, but dolls are creepy. When you pass the age of what?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Well, 15, I think we're taught all these things seem to be like you've taken things from childhood and you're applying them to adulthood because the stuffed animal that takes up all your bed or the Car. I really don't understand why you have stuffed animals in the back window of your car. I don't understand that either.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Beanie Babies.

[Lindell]

Yes.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You know, there are people listening right now who have had to do interventions on their significant others.

Yes.

I remember Jessica doing an intervention on her childhood best friend who was over Winnie the Pooh ing her kid.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, no, you don't. Don't push. Don't push Winnie the Pooh or push these things on your kid.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

He had like an Eeyore onesie in his Christopher Robin room. You know what I mean?

[Caller]

Yes.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

What did you just say?

I was just saying that there's sometimes that, that happens at Disney when, like a parent really likes a certain character and is like pushing it on their kid.

Yeah. Then you end up overdosing on it.

Right. Or the people who don't have kids and are way into Disney, like, that's a little bit over the top too. Like, we were talking about this with. I was talking to a girlfriend last night saying that those kids on boards, big adventure, like they know which princess is all theirs. And she said she had a friend in college who she cheered with who was so obsessed with Disney. Like, she would. They would go to college cheerleading competitions in Orlando and she would get up early in the morning and leave the rest of the cheerleaders and go to the character breakfast. Like, by herself. Yes, by herself as a college student because she was so into Disney. And then she would go back to meet up with her cheerleaders and they'd do their ESPN competitions and all that stuff.

I get Disney. By yourself. Because then you can do what? Ride when you want. The character breakfast.

Character breakfast. By herself. And she was in her 20s.

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Hey, Amy. Welcome to the bird show.

Hanging on to the pets.

[Caller]

Yeah. My best friend, she's since grown out of it, but for a good eight years there, she had a Darth Maul shrine.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Darth Maul.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Star Wars.

[Caller]

Oh, yeah. There was a blow up chair, Pens cup.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Now, wait a second. There's nothing wrong with that. Okay.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You're like, no, no, no, no.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Cheers.

[Caller]

I go to Dragon Kong with her. But I mean, it was a shrine.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

She's in her 30s and you're like, that's enough. You gotta stop decorating with your childhood cartoons. That is not the theme of your home.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Okay, you know what?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Wait a second.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I'm out of this conversation now. No, but I. But then when Katie and I talked about these, like, and I appreciate the call when Katie and I talk about these things, we also talk About. Well, you know, if is it, you know, or would. Would they be doing other things that you'd rather not them be doing if they weren't like into this hobby? You know what I mean? Like how, how much do you fuss at somebody, you know, who is doing something like the train set or, you know, whatever.

[Jeff]

Right.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

When it's an innocent thing. Yeah, it's an innocent. Yeah, like her Star wars stuff. But it could be just as obnoxious with college football. Like if that. But that's acceptable.

That's only acceptable because you're into it.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

No, no, I'm saying that sarcastically. I do think that college, the college football thing or the, or the NFL or any of the sports thing is the same exact thing as everything we're talking about.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Guys. I agree with you. And if you are over the top, any sports team. And that's the theme of the decor of your home.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Not just your, you know, game room that you watch the game in, but it's like everywhere.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Right.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That's too much.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That's the same thing.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And keep in mind, you're talking to the girl who painted her basement orange.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

But that was the viewing sports was the small trim.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Kendra, I give you that. Speaking of decor in the house, My entire house is.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Is what?

[Caller]

Mickey Mouse.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

Really?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Even the kitchen, the bathroom.

[Caller]

I got Mickey Mouse flatware and a toaster. And the snow globes sit above my counters in the kitchen.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So explain the obsession slightly. Explain it to us though. Help us understand it.

[Caller]

I've just always loved Disney. I grew up in California and I moved to San Diego in college and I was 89 miles from Disneyland, so I got to go every other weekend. And I even have Mickey Mouse tattooed on my wrist.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Are you. Are you a married gal?

[Caller]

No, I'm not.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

What does a boyfriend say when they first see your house?

[Caller]

They don't really freak out too much because most of it's like collector stuff. It's not like I have like little stuffed animals all over the house. But some people walk in and go, oh no. And I always joke that my house looks like a five year old's bedroom threw up.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Do you have like Mickey Mouse wallpaper or anything?

[Caller]

No.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

Okay.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Do you have kids?

[Caller]

No.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And how about the theme? But I think that. Yeah, but there is over.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Consolidated to one area.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Overkill.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It's anything in quantity is a. Is becomes an obsession and it becomes odd.

[Lindell]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It becomes your decor of your entire home. Then maybe it's a little bit.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yeah, it is. Just when is it. When do you have to do an intervention. So I guess maybe when it spills past a room into another room when

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

you're baking with your Mickey mouse oven mitts, time to say it's when. To say when. The Birch show

[Howie Mandel]

the global gaming league is presented by Atlas Earth, the fun cashback app. Hey, it's Howie Mandel and I am inviting you to witness history as me and my how we do it gaming team take on gilly The King Wallow 267's Million Doll Gaming in an epic global gaming league video game showdown. Plus a halftime performance by multi platinum artist Travy McCoy. Watch all the action and see who wins and advances to the championship match right [e-mail] that's globalgamingleague.com in partnership with level up expo.

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

The bleacher report app is your destination for sports right now. The NBA is heating up, March madness is here, and MLB is almost back. Every day there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the bleacher report app. For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I can follow the teams I care about, get real time scores, breaking news and highlights all in one place. Download the bleacher report app today so you never miss a moment.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

The global gaming league is presented by

[Howie Mandel]

atlas Earth, the fun cashback app. Hey, it's Howie Mandel and I am inviting you to witness history as me and my Howie do it gaming team take on Gilly da Kid and wallow $267 million gaming in an epic global gaming league video game showdown. Plus a halftime performance by multi platinum artist Travy McCoy. Watch all the action and see who wins and advances to the championship match right [e-mail] that's globalgamingleague.com in partnership with level up expo.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

A lot of life change is happening on the bird show. Tracy about to squeeze out a kid.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Tracy's about to give birth to her first child.

[Jeff]

And then we got squeeze out a

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

kid Lindell squeeze out an orange.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And then Lindell has decided that she really likes her boyfriend and is gonna marry him.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I think that's awesome. You're just so not romantic. Lindell is in love and her and her boyfriend are now going to enter matrimony and spend the rest of their life happily ever after.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It's now her and her fiance.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Her fiance.

[Lindell]

That word just is so weird. Like, you can't say boyfriend. And I think fiance is just a weird word, kind of pretentious.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Have you ever introduced him as that?

[Lindell]

No. I'm like, oh, yeah, my boyfriend.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Has he introduced you as his fiance?

[Lindell]

No. Both of us think it's a weird word.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So you're just not gonna use it?

It's a weird word, but you only are allowed to use it for a short time, so go for it.

[Lindell]

Yeah, but it's just strange. People, I don't know, I'll say it to. Just so they understand the, you know, relationship.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

But, well, Lindell is, I think, understand

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

the relationship, meaning he is mine.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah. Get away from his hands on.

[Jeff]

Back off.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And I think part of this with Lindell is religious because Lindell's Mormon, so they're having. And her boyfriend is too. Fiance, rather, is too. So I think that is one of the religions that doesn't have long engagements, generally. But I also think, Linda.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Well, there's a reason why. Yeah, because, you know, the honeymoon, don't

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

do it till you're married.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Right. So once you green light the fact that you're about to, then why would you have a long engagement?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

The second part of that is I just think Lindell takes care of business. I think that's just the way she operates. I think even if it wasn't a religious thing, I think Lindell would just be like, we're engaged now. Okay, let's get this marriage out of the way. Go.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Now, Linda, what I find fascinating is because I'm assuming we're gonna talk about how the plans are going for your wedding, and I want to keep this. Capture this and have this audio. And then, like, the day before your wedding or the day of your wedding, I want to talk to you again. Well, you may not be here the day of your wedding, but you know what I'm saying, like, closer to time,

[Lindell]

see if I panic just to see

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

if it's going as smoothly as it's gonna sound like it's going right now.

[Lindell]

Yeah, it actually is going really, really smoothly. I think the most stress I've had is my parents stressing me out more just by, like, getting an event facility, getting catering. And they're more stressed out about it not being all set up. But I didn't have any problem finding, like, where I wanted to the reception, getting a catering company.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And this is gonna make women hate you. But what day did you get engaged?

[Lindell]

Um, January 21st.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So six weeks ago?

[Lindell]

Pretty much, yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Percentage wise, how much done are you with wedding planning?

[Lindell]

I have gotten maybe, like, 85% done.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Now, are you one of the girls that has always known exactly what you wanted, so as soon as you were proposed to, you just had ABCD in line, like, already you knew what you wanted?

[Lindell]

Um, no, I.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Because I think that's the biggest thing for most women is in the decision making of what they want.

[Lindell]

Exactly. I have tons of girlfriends that have, like, little notebooks or folders or lists of like, this is what I want for my wedding. And I just never wanted to do that while I was dating. It's kind of like counting your chickens before they hatch. Like, what's the point?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So I would almost think that would be bad luck. Yeah. Jinx.

[Lindell]

So I never did that. And I. Over the past couple of years, all most of my friends have gotten married. So it was a good experience for me to see what I didn't or did like about their weddings and kind of make a mental note. And so when it's come time for me to do stuff, it's just been a lot easier.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It doesn't seem like you would agonize over decisions. Like, if somebody presented to you, caterer, said, you can have a, B or C, you would just look at it and be like, I like B. Done. I'm very like, you're not gonna be overly dramatic of whether the chicken is rosemary or not, or whether it's, you know, grilled or fried or what. You're gonna be like, yeah, that sounds good.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

You may end up being the person to write the ultimate wedding guide, you know, because everything is cool. She's not stressed out, but she laid

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

back about the whole thing.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

But I am curious about what it is that your parents have done that has caused stress in your life.

[Lindell]

It's just them. Like, my mom is awesome about it, but she'll call, like, every day or every other day. Like, when I didn't have a reception site yet, she's like, you need to find one. You need to find one. And I was like, okay, okay, I'll find one. So every day I would look, but if I hadn't gotten a couple of lists down for it wasn't good enough or whatever. So everyone else is just like, are you okay with everything? Totally fine. But it was just my parents. My mom's very anxious and she has anxiety towards it. So I understand where she's coming from, but that was the only stress that I was feeling was her being anxious.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Are you the only girl?

[Lindell]

I'm the oldest daughter.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Okay. So this is the first and the first to get married. Okay.

And what about your fiance? Who's more stressed, you or him?

[Lindell]

Neither of us are. Both of us. Like, he's taken care of. Like, he's got assigned things to do and I've got things that I'm taking care of. So it's just very laid back. It's very different.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Lyndall's very down to business decision maker.

[Lindell]

Oh, yeah, that's pretty good.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So the thing that I wanted to ask you about because I was looking at the notes from one of our meetings. When did you realize that you have not registered for enough? That seems like something you can't really go back on. Like, once it's done, it's done, Right. Can you go back?

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

You can ask.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Is that cool to do, though?

A lot of people have to.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Well, I think that it is. What's uncool is if you only register for things that people can afford. Like, I think that if you assume all of your guests are going to be able, especially now, to afford the fine china and the fine, you know, everything.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Then I think that that's what I think is rude. If you. If you register at one nice place and then one, you know, everyday place, then I think that way you're covering everybody.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Like a Tiffany and a Target.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yes.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And I think you also have to register for things not just in like the bulk. Like, I think if you register for plates and bowls and cups and all that stuff, you have to register for them outside of just a place setting.

[Lindell]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Because if somebody can't afford your whole place setting, say it's an expensive place setting, like, they could at least get you a portion of that, but you have to register for it in a different way in order to do that.

[Lindell]

I didn't realize how difficult registering was. And Mike has been. My fiance has been so good about coming and going and doing stuff about first time about like registering for stuff. And he was like, you know, I really want to be there and both of us can pick out everything.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, he just wants to use that cool little gun.

[Lindell]

Oh, yeah. Except I used it. I took control because I didn't want him registering for, like random stuff like video games or something.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Don't.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, my God, that's hilarious.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That's a gadgetry part.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That's very Lindell move.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That would actually be.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, that'd be awesome if GameStop was one of the places you registered.

[Lindell]

There's a lot of places I'd like to register at, but I don't think they'll let you.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That would be. That might be worth. I think everybody's calling for Miley now, but that would be a good one to write down for later. What were you surprised to find on your registry?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That's funny.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Like, you go online and look at it all of a sudden, like a plasma television from Best Buy. I didn't register for that. And then it dawns on you, are you kidding me?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yeah.

[Lindell]

I actually had a friend who registered for Reese's puff cereal because they were registering at Target, and they were like, but I'm hungry right now. I want some cereal. So as a joke, we bought them the Reese's puff cereal. Cause it was on the registry. So what's funny?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That's funny.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That's awesome.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And they were stunned.

[Lindell]

Oh, they totally would.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So at what point do you decide I need more stuff?

[Lindell]

My best friend told me. She asked how everything was going and asked if we'd registered, and I said yes. And she went and looked at the registry and was like, lyndall, you only register for, like, 20 things. You have to register for more. And for me, I was like, but this is all I think I need. And it's. Nothing's, like, super extravagantly priced. It's like, maybe the most expensive thing was, like, 50 bucks. But she's like, lindell, people will be mad when they try and go buy you a gift, and they can't because you only have registered for 20 things.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah, it's true. Because they want to get you what you want, and they want to know, like, you know, from the registry, like, what your colors are and stuff like that. So if you don't have enough on there, they're gonna be disappointed.

[Lindell]

Yeah. And so it's been. I've struggled with going back and, like, registering for. Maybe I need napkins or, you know, just stuff that I don't think of. And she's like, you'll need, like, a tablecloth eventually. You'll need, like, nice linen napkins or something.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Or fun stuff, like a waffle maker. Yeah. Or food processor or something.

[Lindell]

It's just stuff that I don't think about. And I definitely don't have the whole. Like, I register for mostly kitchen stuff because I don't have, like, you know, a whisk. The normal things, like mixing measuring cups.

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

Good.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, my shopping's done. Congratulations on your wedding. Here, beat some eggs.

[Lindell]

So I record for practical things, and

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I'm trying to figure, if I have a whisk, I don't have one.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I don't know what.

I don't.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I don't bake.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I don't Cook.

[Lindell]

And everyone's like, you're just getting married. You need to have stuff. Oh, yeah. So just stuff like that, that everyone should have registered for that.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I didn't, but me and Melissa just

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

don't know what it was.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I don't know. I haven't been in the kitchen in four years.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I'm just curious. With your whole wedding process, do you think you'll stress about anything? Like, if you can predict something that would make you anxious or stressed out about, is it gonna be your hair, makeup, what you're wearing?

[Lindell]

Probably makeup. Cause I don't wear makeup. And I've been told I can't not wear it on the wedding day, but I was like, I don't even know how to put on makeup, so.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

But you don't. Right? Like, somebody comes in on your wedding day and does your hair.

[Lindell]

Exactly. But still, that whole process, I don't even know, like, what I'd want to look like. You know, just stuff that I don't even take into consideration everyday.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Don't you get, like, a consultation beforehand? Like, they do it beforehand to see if you like it, and then you

[Lindell]

can play with the colors and stuff.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

What if you realize. What if this whole thing happens and you realize during this conversation that you've been planning your wedding completely wrong?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Or are people getting on your nerves about how, like, well, you're. Are you cool? I mean, because instead of it being okay for you to be cool, everybody's saying, well, okay, wait a second. You're gonna freak out before this is over with. You know that. And you're thinking, no, really? I'm not sure.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

It's odd that she's not at all.

[Lindell]

As you asked that question. The only thing I've realized is as I go to different stores looking for, you know, ties for groomsmen, or just checking out invitations, talking to the owners of those stores or the people working there, as I explain to them what I want, they'll be like, hmm, yeah, that. You know, that's really not in season right now. That's probably not in vogue. You shouldn't do it. I'm like, these are my colors and I will be doing them. Or they'll be like, you know what? That's probably not the best color. I'm like, well, see this piece of fabric I'm holding up? This is the bridesmaid's dress, and the ties will match it. I think it's funny that you go in with something and I'm like, you're supposed to be selling me your items. Don't try and sell me something else. And they think that they know best about somebody else's wedding.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, they're trying to help because of, you know, whatever, it's in season or in style or whatever.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

So it's a little of both. They're trying to help, but they're also trying to push internal items out.

[Lindell]

Here's my new not on sale. So that's the only frustrating part.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, good luck for.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Well, congratulations on being. On things being almost 80% complete and you're not stressing out. So good for you.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You should put your email address online so women who have been planning the wedding for a year and aren't Even close to 80% could call you and hate you.

[Lindell]

Nice.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You should. That would actually be a good, like a no stress wedding guideline. Plan your wedding in 30 days or less. And Lindell, you should write it.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That's what I'm saying. That's her. That's your ticket. You're going to be the best selling wedding authority.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Most people can't do it.

[Lindell]

Yeah, most people.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Too many decisions. Yeah, there's too many decisions to make and they stress over every little tiny decision. Like you. You can just.

Yeah, there might be people.

Don't look back.

There might be people now stressed out over your wedding. I can't believe she hasn't had her hair and makeup consultation. Like there are probably like wedding planner type people who are anxious going, oh my God, the whole day is going to be ruined. Lindell. I need to get a hold of Lindell.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And people who are stressed out, they don't have a whisk. Well, now I'm.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Now there's two painting in my studio.

I'll buy everybody a whisk next week, I promise.

[Jeff]

Hey, the Birch show.

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

The Bleacher report app is your destination for sports right now. The NBA is heating up. March Madness is here and MLB is almost back. Every day there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the Bleacher Report app. For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I can follow the teams I care about, get real time, scores, breaking news and highlights all in one place. Download the Bleacher Report app today so you never miss a moment.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Can you grab one more thing?

I'll come back up for you.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

At Amica Insurance, we know you'll always find ways to look out for the people you love. And with Amica Life Insurance, we'll help build a plan to make sure you always can. We're here to help protect the life you've built.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Really,

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

amica, empathy is our best policy. Visit ameca.com and get a quote. Today,

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

The Bleacher Report app is your destination for sports. Right now, the NBA is heating up, March Madness is here, and MLB is almost back. Every day there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the Bleacher Report app. For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I can follow the teams I care about, get real time, scores, breaking news and highlights all in one place. Download the Bleacher Report app today. So you never miss a moment.

[Jeff]

So I think there's sort of like a. I think there's a common thought when it comes to guys, and I'm speaking in generalities here. That and it's a double standard in most relationships, that women are supposed to stay thin. And if a guy gains weight, he's just a guy. He's just a guy. Like women, He's a lovable big guy. It's more important for a woman, I think this is the general theory. It's more important for a woman to say thin because men are attracted, for the most part, to thinner women, whereas women are more attracted with their ears.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And what they say the argument would be visually stimulated. Men are more visually stimulated.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Right.

[Jeff]

There you go. Men are more visually stimulated. Women, you got to get in their head, you got to get in their heart. So if a guy puts some weight on, it's not a big deal

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

as long as he's thoughtful and appreciative and everything else. A woman will take the appearance thing

[Jeff]

with a grain of salt and maybe tolerate it. It won't bother her as much as it bothers a guy.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

She sees it, but it's not gonna be a deal breaker.

[Jeff]

So I think that's the common theory. But I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago, Stacy and I did, actually. I overheard Stacy and her girlfriend talking, and her girlfriend is married to a guy. And I guess they've probably been married about, I don't know, six, seven years or so.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Okay.

[Jeff]

And her husband has put on a whole bunch of weight.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

How much?

[Jeff]

I'm gonna do the math on this because I've known the guy for a long time. I'll say £50. 50-050-maybe. And back in the day, the dude was an athlete. He was the baseball player, football player, one of these guys that anything you put in his hands as far as the ball goes. His natural athlete. Right.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

So when they met, he was like all muscle and now he's like Mr. Beer Gut.

[Jeff]

I would say he's never been all muscle, but he was certainly thin and athletic. Okay, all right. He's not thin anymore. He's turned into the beer drinking softball player on the weekends.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Okay, you mean the beer drinking, like cooler at each base softball league?

[Jeff]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's just a big dude now and he even jokes about how big he is. And I think she jokes with him about how big he is also. And I don't think he knows that it bothers her, but she was complaining quite a bit.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Like she's not sexually attracted to him anymore.

[Jeff]

She wouldn't come out and say that. But when you put all the conversations we had about it together over the weekend, you could really tell she was kind of grossed out by him. No, she might have actually used the word grossed out.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Grossed out.

How could you tell she felt that way? Well, she said it said, I'm grossed out by him.

[Jeff]

Right. And I think here the general thought with guys is like, they don't, you know, she doesn't really care if I'm putting the weight on. It's, I still am who I am and she still loves me. And I wanted to ask women, is this an isolated incident or. And you've probably never said this to your man before, but you're really turned off by his weight gain. Because I think your guy in the relationship doesn't know that.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Yeah, I think guys don't have the 24, 7 body conscience, you know, mentality that women do.

[Jeff]

No. 404-741-Q100.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I do think to your woman, it's a reflection of whatever else is going on with you, you know what I'm saying? Or a lack of, you know, a lack of concern for yourself or lack of taking care of yourself or you're eating or you're not, you're not taking care of yourself because of something else like that, you know, like to me,

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

especially with him, if, you know, like, if it, if you're consistently a certain body type, it's one thing, but for this guy to put on £50, how, how long did it take him to put the £50 on?

[Jeff]

I think they've been married, you know, five, six years or something like that.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

So consistent.

[Jeff]

Right. So now he's just, yeah, he's a big dude.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Because the first thought I had when you said that is, what else? I mean, is he was there a Dodge, was there a job change? Was there? Yeah, you know, anything else like that?

[Jeff]

I just think he's always. He's been a lazy dude. He's just lazy.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Well, I know women who played sports in college and stuff, and they. Where they don't have a coach and they don't have teammates and they don't have all that going on, and then they leave school, then they don't work out.

[Jeff]

This guy is. He almost endorses his. He's almost bragging about it and he doesn't know it, but it's driving her crazy. And I think it's because most guys think that it doesn't matter if they put the weight on. The wives are going to be. And girlfriends are going to be attracted to them either way. Hey, Melissa, go ahead.

[Caller]

Hi. I love y' all guys.

[Jeff]

Thank you.

[Caller]

I met my husband now about four years ago, and when I met him, he was in the Marine Corps, you know, aviation, the whole thing. Anyway, 160 pounds and was all muscle. And so today, four years later, he weighs 265 pounds and I can't get him to work out to save my life.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Over £100 more than he was four years ago.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Jeff]

So when you say you can't get it is bothering you? So you're stating that. Yeah, the weight gain has definitely bothered you.

[Caller]

Yes.

Like, I'm a very fit, skinny person. I eat good. And he just eats crap all day and won't go to the gym with me.

[Jeff]

Is it to a point between us that you're just not even sexually attracted to him anymore?

[Caller]

Pretty much, yeah. Like ex life has just gone down the drain.

[Jeff]

See, I would think guys, I think you can be rougher on a guy about his weight gain than a guy can be about a woman.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You think?

[Jeff]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, guys don't have the.

Like, she could say to him, I don't want to have sex with you anymore.

[Jeff]

Oh, no, don't get carried away there.

[Lindell]

Crazy.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

How tough can she be?

I think a girl can come up to a guy and go, hey, I gotta be honest with you. You're getting a little fat. And a guy won't. Whereas I think you say that to a woman. You say that to a woman and she will crumple to the floor. You say it to a guy and he'll be like, what?

I don't know if a guy could handle that.

[Jeff]

Now again, you're thinking with a woman's mind. You're thinking like, if a guy said that to you and understand what you have told us about A woman's history and how you all always body conscious that, like Jeff said, I think it crushes you. But I think you could be more brutally honest with a guy about this than a guy.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I think if you're trying to get a guy to change, I think you have to be that brutally honest. Because again, it's not to steal the title of the book, Mars and Venus book or whatever, but it is two completely different languages. So you're trying to talk to a guy using women's language words that would soothe you, right? And you're trying to say, hey, let's eat healthier together and all that stuff.

Go to the gym together. And the guy thinks some time outside.

And you don't. What you don't understand what you don't understand. I got a whole new one. Screw Mars and Venus, here's mine. Guys are like bulldogs. They're very simple. Like, they're very. Their mind only processes one thing. So if you say, let's eat healthier. If you say to me, let's eat healthier, I'm gonna go, I don't wanna eat healthier.

[Jeff]

Doesn't taste good.

[Caller]

Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I don't say to the guy, hey, you're getting fat.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

And say that to the guy, really eat healthier.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You're losing weight.

Hey, I just wanna let you know you're getting fat. And I'm gonna start going day. I'm gonna take dog on a three mile walk every day. You wanna come with me? Cause you're getting fat.

[Jeff]

If Stacy tells me, look, I gotta tell you, you're getting kind of doughy here. It's turning me off. That's all I need to hear.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah, back to the gym.

[Jeff]

But if she had first I'd be like offended. Damn. What are you talking about? But then I'd look at it. I think a guy knows, but you could. That'll motivate him.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And then what would she say if you said. If she said hey? If she came to you and said, hey, don't you think you should be seeing Dolvett four times a week rather than just two in your mind? You'd be like, uh, I'm good with two, right?

[Jeff]

I'm fine. I don't even like it in there.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yes. Guys, don't. Guys, do not process things beyond the words you use. Do not try. Do not try to be nice and kind and say what you think girlfriends want to hear and expect guys to translate that. If your guy's getting fat, tell them, hey, you're puffing out a little bit there.

[Jeff]

Beth here wants to be on the voices geyser. Go ahead, Beth.

[Caller]

Hey, guys. I love you guys. I'm so excited to be on the radio with you guys.

[Jeff]

Thanks for calling. Thanks for being part of the show.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

We're excited to be on the radio with you.

[Caller]

Oh, good, good. Well, yeah, I met my husband, I guess, what, eight years ago, and we've been together several years, and I have a little bitty boy, and I put on £70 when I was pregnant and I lost all that weight plus like 10. And I mean, I've worked out like crazy, and I cannot get him to lose a pound. I mean, he's gained probably 50 pounds and it's all in his stomach. So it's like a total turn off

[Jeff]

to a point again, that you're not sexually attracted to him.

[Caller]

Oh, yeah. Like he always says, you know, what's happened to your sex drive? And I'm like, well, what's happened to your belly?

[Jeff]

Right? You're £50. Has happened to my sex drive getting in the way.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I want that thing off me. Get that?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I mean, physically.

[Jeff]

Yeah, look, one of the most important

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

things to us, that's something to maneuver around.

[Jeff]

You don't want to make it difficult. We want to make it as easy for y' all as possible. Look, the one thing that every guy wants more than anything else, let's be honest, is sex. Right? So if you can subtly tell him that this is having an influence on why you're not having sex with him, there is no greater motivator.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Wait, but you're just being hypocrite.

[Jeff]

You said subtly tell him, hey, it's turning me off. You put all that weight on. It's kind of turning me off is a lot different than, look, you're not getting sex because you're fat, okay?

[Caller]

But if he was to say that to me, like, I would lose my mind. And that's why I guess I don't say it to him.

[Jeff]

But I couldn't even say those words with Stacy. I couldn't say, hey, you're putting a little weight on, and it's totally turning me off. Even that wouldn't work

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

with a guy.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

We understand that, though, because a woman, I mean, Wendy, Jen, and myself at some point, multiple times this morning, have thought about our body, like, thought about how we feel, thought about how fat we feel or, you know, what we need to do and what we're eating today or how much we. That is constantly going through the three of our minds as we're sitting here.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Intern, Joanna, in the back is turning Joanna.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

That is. It's a constant. Constant. That's the inside voice we have constantly, is about our body, about food, about working out, about something in our head. And guys don't have that. So, yeah, I mean, it's understood why you can say one thing to one and not the other.

[Jeff]

I think the point that I'm trying to make here, like, if you're a guy and you're listening right now and you think that your weight gain has zero effect on your wife or your girlfriend, what I think I'm hearing here today and what I heard a couple of weeks ago, is that it really does. They're just really not talking to you about it because they think it's going to hurt your feelings.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Because women have eyes and, you know, like, not me, but I mean, the women. I mean, women lay with you and sleep with you. This is the part I don't lay with you and sleep with you and sleep with you. And you know that. I mean, we're not dumb and we see it, you know, but it's just. Yeah, we let it slide and slide. But it seems that if we are working out and we're, you know, in shape and you're not. It seems like if you're both not gaining weight together, that's where the issue seems for men and women. If one's doing one thing and the other one's not, that's where it seems to create the most problems.

[Jeff]

Let me just take one more call on this, and then we'll move on. Go ahead, Katie. You're on the voice disguise.

[Caller]

I was just calling to tell you there was a great motivation and one thing that I had told my husband, for every 30 pounds a man is overweight, he loses an inch down there.

[Jeff]

We did hear that, didn't we? Your husband put on how much weight?

[Caller]

When I met him, he was really, really heavy. And then he dropped, like, 75 pounds, and then he gained back another hundred.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Well, the way you say it to him is. What you say to him is, hey, buddy, you've lost three inches. Like, you know what I'm saying? You put on a hundred and that'll get him in the gym. I had heard that story. I think that Tal or whatever, about the extra weight being related to 15 pounds. And I actually had a girl say, not the brightest girl in an old radio station I worked at. Well, if that's the case, if every £15 you lose, you gain an inch, why wouldn't you just gain and lose 15 pounds over and over? And over again. What she was thinking that every £15 you lost, it grew an inch.

Aw, poor little thing.

[Jeff]

If that was the case, I'd be £530 tomorrow. The bird Show.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

They say if you want to go fast, go alone. But if you want to go far, go together. At Ameca Insurance, we know what matters most to you, and we work even harder to protect it Together. As a mutual insurance company, we're built for our customers and prioritize your needs. Amica empathy is our best policy. Visit amica.com and get a quote. Today,

[Bleacher Report Announcer]

The Bleacher Report app is your destination for sports. Right now, the NBA is heating up, March Madness is here, and MLB is almost back. Every day there's a new headline, a new highlight, a new moment you've got to see for yourself. That's why I stay locked in with the Bleacher Report app. For me, it's about staying connected to my sports. I can follow the teams I care about, get real time scores, breaking news and highlights all in one place. Download the Bleacher Report app today so you never miss a moment.

[Tyler Redick]

Tyler redick here from 23 Xi Racing. Game night's fun until someone spends five minutes lining up one shot. Chalk. Breathe. Rechock. Still aiming. While they figure it out, I fire up Chumba Casino. I can spin anywhere, anytime. And there's always a new social casino game every week. Spins happen way faster than that shot. Play [e-mail] let's Chumba.

[Jeff]

Sponsored by Chumba Casino. No purchase necessary. VGW Group voidware prohibited by Law21. Terms and conditions apply. This should be some kind of law. Actually, it should be the responsibility of the tattoo artist to go. No, I just won't do that because there's too much risk involved.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

We've been telling you this morning in the entertainment buzz that the celebrity couple who loved each other so much, so much so that they tattooed each other's names on their bodies. She got his tattooed right on her hip. He supposedly has hers tattooed somewhere on his body, but now they are over. I'm talking about Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green, who just called off their engagement.

[Jeff]

Now, from his standpoint, I understand it

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

for him to put Megan Fox on

[Jeff]

his body because he can have bragging rights for the rest of his life.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Bert and I actually have matching Megan Fox.

[Jeff]

No problem for now. But for her now, it's gonna be a little bit more of a problem. She thought that she'd be with him for the rest of her life, so she got it Underneath the navel.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Yeah. Right on her pelvis. Like, right on her pelvic bone.

[Jeff]

Yes, she did.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Right in her sexy spot. It was Brian.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Is it just Brian or is it Brian Austin? Since he uses three names that just

[Jeff]

says Brian and, like, cursive letters, she

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

can just cloud it up a little bit.

[Jeff]

Very soft, porcelain, like skin.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Okay, okay.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And then I can. Can't you just say it's brain? Like, have it manipulated and go, yeah, it was supposed to be brain, but

[Jeff]

they messed up tattoo ours, jacked it all up. I mean, you gotta be absolutely 100% confident that the person's name that you're tattooing on your body somewhere is gonna be in your life forever. And that's a child.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You have your child's initials tattooed.

[Jeff]

I got their initials. Yeah, I know. They're not going anywhere. Alice and Hayden. Not going anywhere. So I've got the initials on my shoulder. Look, for me, I wouldn't even put my parents. Well, you guys, I'm not sure. On a date, you got a rough family.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You don't know how that's gonna work out.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

So you gotta be some put mom on or dad. But yeah, I mean. Cause was it. Who was it? Was it Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson who had their names or. Yeah, names tattooed on each other's ring finger and didn't. Did Ashley Simpson and Pete Wentz do that too? Or did Pete Wentz. I feel like Pete Wentz may have her. Something of hers tattooed on him too.

[Jeff]

I mean, there's a long history of celebrities that have done this that have had to go back in and get it all, you know, rearranged.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Like Angelina Jolie.

[Jeff]

Yeah. With Billy Bob Thornton is a great example.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

She had to have Billy Bob lasered off.

[Jeff]

We've got these tattooed pictures of the tattoos and the celebrities up on our website, or we will in a Couple [e-mail] But Johnny Depp had Wynonna forever.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, that's right.

[Jeff]

Inked on his arm in a tribute to Wynonna Ryder. They broke up, so he had his tattoo changed to now read Wino forever. It does.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

That's kind of funny.

What does that mean?

[Jeff]

It means anything, but Wynonna is what that means. Jude Law quoted the Beatles on his forearm tattoo honoring his wife Sadie Frost. And it said, you came along to turn on everything Sexy Sadie. The two divorced after six years of marriage.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Oopsie.

[Jeff]

Law has covered up the lyric with a tattoo of a heart. Then you've got Billy Bob Thornton. Like you said. And Tom Arnold put Roseanne Barr's entire face on his chest.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Oh, that's right.

[Jeff]

You guys remember that one? Look at that. I mean, that's huge. On, like, his left pec.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I have known. I said this off air. I have known someone who got the tattoo of her girlfriend on her back and then they didn't make it. What do you do with it? How do you cover a face?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I've got. I've got the ultimate tattoo. The tattoo Jacked up, whatever tattoo story. Okay, the one benefit here is that it's not a full name, but it's a. And I haven't seen a picture of it, but a guy I know got decided that he and the girl that he was dating would have matching, like a monogramish looking thing. But it was gonna be. It was in a circle of hearts, you know, so it was a whole bunch of tiny little hearts. Then in the middle of that were each other's initials.

That's cheesy. Anyway.

Yeah, so each other's initials. And then she was really.

She'd be punished just for being cornballs.

[Jeff]

It was her idea and she's really good in bed.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

But then underneath, it was a little, like, scroll looking thing. That was the day that they met. And that's what the whole thing was designed. She actually designed it, sent it to him. Everything was cool. She is currently outside of. Not in Atlanta because she's doing a residency type thing for school, an away internship. But they made the decision that on Valentine's Day evening, they would both go to get that tattoo on. So they both go and did it. He sends her a picture of it as soon as he goes home. He peels the bandage off, he takes a picture of it. She says, I have a surprise for you. I'm coming home. I'll show it to you then. So she says, I'm not gonna send it to you now. It looks gross. She comes home, sits down with him, and says she went to the tattoo artist on Valentine's Day. As soon as the needle touched her skin, she told him to stop and didn't think the relationship would last forever. She didn't want to do it. So then she waited a couple days because she knew she wasn't gonna see him for like two weeks, figuring, you know what? It's just too much. I'll be able to go back. She went back to the tattoo artist three times, never got the tattoo. Came back to Atlanta and broke up with him. Said that the fact that she couldn't get the tattoo meant was a Sign. Meanwhile, the ink's barely dry on his. And it's big. It's all hearts. It's got the date that they met.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Where is it at?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Dang.

It's on his. Not his bicep. Like I guess the ball of his shoulder. Like where his shoulder joint would be.

[Jeff]

Damn. That's the worst.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Is this someone that has lots of tattoos?

It's his first and only

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

stand out. I want to.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

I actually he did not find this funny, but I suggested that the scroll underneath he should just put another scroll and have it. The day the relationship ended through death date. He did not find it funny.

[Jeff]

I want to take calls on the hall of fame of tattoo mistakes right here. Like you knew it was going to last, but now you're stuck with this every single day. And why? Because. And that would be a very tough one to beat right there.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Years ago, somebody said they came up with tattoo ink that was like removable with a special laser. Do you guys remember that? Darling, you get the tattoo and then if 10 years from now the relationship

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

ends, it's easier to get off.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

They use a special laser on it that evaporates the color in there. So you don't. Because now how many laser treatments didn't you look into it once?

[Jeff]

No, I just.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Painful, apparently.

[Jeff]

I know that it's really painful and it takes a long amount of time and I just figure like another six or seven years it'll be an easy procedure. So I'm waiting on mine. Not my kids names that. That'll always be there. But I got this other arm sub barbed wire. Well, it's a. It's a wave, but it's stupid.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

If you got that ink, Jeff. If you got the. You'd have to say it in private. Listen, dude, give me the ink that

[Jeff]

I can take away from. Yeah.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Hey, I would like to get right here, right across my chest. Jessica, isn't it disappearing?

[Jeff]

Hey, Nicole. Good morning. You're on the bird show. Hi.

[Caller]

Hi.

I was with this guy from for about five years and it didn't work out. And he got married a year after I left him. While he's still married to her. But he has since had a picture of an angel tattooed on his back with red hair. And he said, it's me.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Oh, oops.

[Caller]

And I was like, yeah, you're weird. Go away.

[Jeff]

Hey, Kelly, go ahead. You're on Q100.

[Caller]

Hello. I was with my son's father four years before we had our son. On my 18th birthday, I went and got a four inch Winnie the Pooh with his initial and his shirt.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Now what?

[Caller]

Now we're not together anymore.

[Jeff]

Gone.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Why did you choose?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

What was the initial?

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And Winnie the Pooh seemed so random.

[Caller]

Because he was my Pooh bear. He was a big, nice, cuddly guy.

[Jeff]

Okay, now it makes sense.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Is that why he broke up with you? Because you kept calling him Pooh Bear?

[Caller]

No.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Now you can tell everyone it's because you read that book, the Dao of Pooh, and it really.

[Jeff]

It's all about balance now. Yeah, Just in a different part of my life. Good morning, Dawn. You are on the bird show. Hi. Oh, no, you're not.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Don't ever call.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

She got offended by the poo reference.

[Jeff]

Don't tell me how to run my life. Good morning, Christine. You're on Q100. Hi.

[Caller]

Hi. Good morning, you guys. Okay, so my sister, ex husband came home on Mother's Day and my. My name's Christine. It has nine letters in it. And my Mother's day present was two inch letters from love handle to love handle on his back that said Christine. That is not what I asked for for Mother's Day.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And are you still together?

[Caller]

No. The ex. The ex husband. I don't know what. Oh, and then in the divorce, he tried to sue me for tattoo removal. $1,600.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, that's funny.

[Jeff]

No way.

[Caller]

Yes.

[Jeff]

Hey, Alyssa, good morning. You're on Q100.

[Caller]

Good morning. First of all, I want to tell you guys that I love you. My current boyfriend and I listen to you guys. We carpool to work and we listen to you every morning.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Thank you.

[Caller]

Very welcome. Well, I had an ex who, when we first started dating, I knew it was a rebound and a of couple. Couple days before I was actually gonna break up with him, he showed up at my doorstep with my nickname tattooed on his leg and a lizard, because my nickname is Lissy. And lizard is kind of a nickname too. On his leg about probably about five inches long. And I was so mad at him, I called him an idiot and I just ended it right there. And now he's still stuck with my name on him.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

Oh, no.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

And you're laughing about it.

[Caller]

I know I'm an idiot.

[Jeff]

She didn't ask him to do you better be really confident.

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I would love to know the statistics of tattoo artists. When you know how many of them get first time tattoos or original tattoo orders or they're having to cover up something. You know, what percentage of coverups do they have to perform every day?

[Jeff]

I think if I was a tattoo artist, it would almost be my policy. I would lose the money and say, look, I just can't. Unless it's your mom or your dad or a child, I can't do it. See the guy right next to me?

[Host (possibly named Bert)]

I would open a tattoo parlor only for coverups. Like that would be the name. Cover up tattoos and just see how much business I get.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

You're just not into him anymore. It's called, get it?

[Jeff]

The Birch Show.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

At Amica Insurance, we know it's not just about where you're going, but who you go with. That's why we work even harder to protect what matters most. And as a mutual insurance company, we're built for our customers and prioritize your needs. Amica empathy is our best policy. Visit ameca.com and get a quote today.

[Tyler Redick]

Tyler Redick here from 2311 Racing. Another checkered flag for the books. Time to celebrate with Chumba. Jump [e-mail] let's Chumba.

[Jeff]

No purchase necessary. BTW Group void where prohibited by law. CTNCS 21+, sponsored by Chumba Casino.

[Co-host or Guest (female)]

Support is available 247 with VRBoCare. We're here day or night, ready whenever you need help.

[Amica Insurance Announcer]

Because a great trip starts with the right support.