Vault: Is Jenn living with her boyfriend?

Summary

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The Bert Show: Vault – Is Jenn Living With Her Boyfriend? (July 28, 2026)

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid segment, The Bert Show team gather to debate the thorny, sometimes hilarious topic: What does it really mean to be "living together" in a relationship? The discussion is sparked by questions about Jenn's evolving relationship status, as the cast explore where to draw the line between dating, spending the night together, and full-on cohabitation. Personal anecdotes, playful interrogation, and plenty of banter invite listeners into the group’s dynamic, making for a deeply relatable and funny exploration of modern relationships.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Defining "Living Together" – Where's the Line? (1:00–6:00)

• The team launches into the discussion by polling each other on what constitutes “living together.”

  • Mortgage or Lease: All agree that if both partners are on a mortgage or lease, it’s straightforward cohabitation.

    “Obviously you're living together if you are both on the same mortgage or lease, right?” – A (01:50)

• But things get murkier when:

  • Only one partner is on the lease, but the other moves all their stuff in.
  • Both partners maintain separate homes but spend every night together.

• The group hypothesizes about the "key ring test": Does having a key to your partner’s place qualify as living together?

• Jenn’s Dilemma: Jenn, clearly the focal point, resists the label despite spending every night with her boyfriend and having exchanged keys.

  • The others tease her about “living in denial” and challenge her justifications.
  • Key quote:

    “Would the definition of living together be where you guys are with each other in the same place seven nights a week and he has a key to your place, access to it all the time?” – D (03:23)
    “I wouldn't consider that living together. No, that is not.” – E (Jenn) (03:39)

Scenarios and Hypotheticals (4:09–7:00)

• The cast constructs playful scenarios to tease out where everyone stands:

  • If you bring your pets over for a full week, does that make you cohabitants?

  • What about closet space, dresser drawers, or even toothbrushes in each other's bathrooms?

  • “If he's got enormous amounts of space in your closet or vice versa… that's living together.” – D (05:00)

• Jenn maintains that these actions don’t constitute cohabitation, insisting on the importance of each partner retaining a separate residence.
  • The group counters with personal and imaginary situations, highlighting how tightly entwined Jenn and her boyfriend’s lives have become.

Household Duties and "Official" Cohabitation (5:51–6:15)

• As another marker, Bert sides with Jenn, noting household chores as a litmus test:

  • “If you're living together, you have to share household duties. It's not like she’s done his laundry.” – A (05:54)

• Jenn admits to only occasionally doing his laundry, not in a sustained, domestic way.

The "Escape Hatch" Argument (10:23–10:36)

• Listeners call in, many echoing Jenn's perspective: as long as each person keeps a residence, there's an "out," which makes it different from truly living together.

  • “You have an out. If you have a fight, you have a place to go.” – F (10:23)

  • Jenn insists:

    “It's just building up to that next thing… but I wouldn't say that we live together.” – E (Jenn) (10:29)

The Gateway to Cohabitation and Traditional Milestones (11:29–12:01)

• The conversation closes on the idea that Jenn and her boyfriend are in a “gateway” phase – deeply enmeshed, but intentionally waiting for a bigger relationship event before combining homes for good.
  • Jenn says:

    “I'm attempting to do things differently so we won't move in together until something big happens.” – E (Jenn) (11:41)

• There's some gentle ribbing about the prospect of marriage, underscoring that everyone in the studio (and at home!) is invested in Jenn's next steps.

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Memorable Quotes & Moments

• “I feel like I have committed a crime, and I'm, like, in one of those movies with, like, the light bulb swinging over my eyes.” – Jenn (E), on feeling interrogated (06:38)
• “You're moving. You're in the process of moving in together without the boxes. He's slowly moving into your place. I mean, he's not doing it on purpose, but you guys are living together.” – D (06:53)
• “Weeks? Do you mean 52?” – F, when Jenn dodges how long it’s been since she spent a night alone at her own place (07:44)

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Key Timestamps

• 01:00 – Start of the conversation: What’s the definition of “living together”?
• 03:23 – The “key exchange” as a threshold test
• 05:00 – Shared closet/drawer space debate
• 05:54 – Bert’s “household duties” argument
• 06:38 – Jenn’s mock-interrogation moment
• 07:41–08:04 – Jenn admits it’s been “weeks” since a solo night
• 10:23 – “Having an out”: Listeners’ perspectives
• 11:41 – Jenn’s plan to “do things differently” this time

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Tone & Style

True to The Bert Show’s signature voice, the conversation is fun, fast-paced, and good-naturedly teasing. The authenticity—the cast keeps it real about relationship awkwardness and ambiguity—makes the subject matter engaging and relatable. Even as Jenn resists her colleagues’ ribbing, the affection and humor among the team keep things from ever feeling mean-spirited.

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Takeaway

The episode humorously but thoughtfully captures how modern relationships blur the lines between dating and cohabiting, especially as adult routines and roles mingle. Jenn’s resistance says as much about personal pacing as it does about definitions—and The Bert Show proves that friends and listeners alike will always have an opinion!

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Transcript

[A]

Hey, everybody.

[B]

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[D]

Refreshers contain caffeine. You're on the Burt show. All right, let's have ourselves a generic conversation here about the definition of living with somebody.

[E]

Okay. Oh, here we go. What?

[D]

I said generic.

[A]

What do you mean?

[D]

Okay, well, we can start with you.

[A]

Why don't Jen, why don't you define

[D]

exactly what living with somebody is? Jeff, you want to start?

[A]

Why don't. I think. Because, I mean, obviously Jen is uncomfortable by this conversation. Why is that?

[F]

I don't get it.

[A]

I don't know. So why don't we let Jen throw out some scenarios and then we could vote or you know what? No, I'll throw out some scenarios and then you guys just in the form, you know, just I. If you agree.

[D]

Gotcha.

[A]

Okay, good. Fair enough.

[F]

Yes.

[A]

All right, Jen, do you want to play along or do you need to go make a doocy?

[F]

Oh, Jeff, she already did in the last song, so.

[A]

All right, obviously you're living together if you are both on the same mortgage or lease, right?

[D]

Oh, that's a giving.

[E]

Sure.

[A]

You're living together. So those people are living together.

[F]

Right.

[A]

Then there's also, I guess, leading up to one person is on the mortgage or lease and somebody else packs all of their boxes and moves in. You're living together.

[D]

That's the only place that they have.

[A]

Yeah, it's the only place out of the two of them.

[E]

If they don't have another place, then they're living together. That's it.

[G]

Right.

[A]

Then they're living together. Right.

[F]

That's another scenario.

[A]

Yeah. I think we're working. We're kind of working backwards here, Jackson.

[F]

Exactly. Yes.

[A]

So let's be patient.

[F]

Yes.

[A]

Okay, so we Are in agreement. That's right. Okay. Now there are situations where people might have two places. Okay. And if they have two places, it is. I think it's. Do you think that they could have two homes yet still be living together?

[F]

Yes.

[D]

Like, for example, Jen's the only one that disagrees.

[G]

So let's.

[E]

You know what?

[F]

Why Jen?

[D]

Where are we going with this? Where are we going with this?

[E]

Jen, when you live together, it means that you move in together, right? Like, that's it. Like, all you do is, like, you have one place and you're living together.

[F]

Hey, Jeff, can I ask. Can I have a scenario and see what you think? What if you spend seven nights a week together?

[A]

Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. Like, you could have two separate places, but if the people are together 100% of the night, are they living together?

[D]

I would say yes to that.

[F]

Do each of them have a key

[E]

on their key ring?

[F]

The one that I use all the time? Yeah, I think if the key's on the key ring and not like in your cup holder in the car or somewhere where you just have to dig for it a couple times a week. If it's something you use every day.

[D]

Well, I think Jen here is probably the perfect one to ask because she's in one of these beginning relationships right now. So Jen here, would the definition of living together be where you guys are with each other in the same place seven nights a week and he has a key to your place, access to it all the time?

[E]

I wouldn't consider that living together. No, that is not.

[D]

You weren't living together.

[A]

And is that something that you wouldn't consider living together because you're trying to justify things in your own mind, even though everybody else in the world would say that you're living together?

[E]

I don't think that's living together.

[A]

Did you buy a hairdryer for his house?

[E]

I did.

[A]

I mean. Sorry. If a girl bought a hairdryer to keep at a guy's house, would that

[E]

be living together hypothetically? Well, a hairdryer is hard to pack in a bag a lot often, and a girl can't live without it. I'm sorry.

[F]

Liv.

[A]

Liv. You know what? Let's go. Cause Jen's doing a lot of interrupting. So let's just go around the room here and then we'll just. I'll call on you and you can give. Let's say in a hypothetical situation, if there was a girl, okay, we'll call her Jill. And she was dog sitting. Like, I don't know, half a dozen critters. There's, like, an abundance of animals at her house. And she goes over to her boyfriend's house. Let's call him pooper man. And she goes over to her boyfriend's house and brings all of those dogs for a full week.

[E]

Mm.

[A]

Would that be living together, Bert?

[D]

I think that's living together, Wendy.

[B]

I think that's living together, Melissa.

[F]

So seriously, the horde of animals went over to the boyfriend's house for a week?

[D]

Yeah, that's living together.

[A]

Okay, does anybody else have any scenarios,

[D]

like, if he's got enormous amounts of space in your closet or vice versa, or there are, you know, like, literally drawers and a dresser that are assigned to him? Guys are living together?

[G]

Yeah.

[A]

Wendy, so what if.

[B]

What if Jill is at her boyfriend's

[F]

house by herself, but he's not there?

[A]

Is that living together? Yeah.

[F]

Okay.

[A]

I mean, as long as. You know what I think the thing is, I don't think it is long.

[D]

Chen is refusing to say that she and her new man here are living together, but they're with each other seven nights a week. They've got keys. They've got real estate in each other's apartments and homes and stuff.

[F]

Are there toothbrushes at both houses? I mean, you have a stash where you get ready at his place and he. I mean, if you are. Yeah, I mean, you're. That's your living space. It's one of your living spaces.

[A]

I'm actually going to take Jen's side on this because.

[E]

Living together.

[A]

No, I'm going to take Jen's side on this because if you're living together, you have to share household duties. And it's not like she's done his laundry.

[D]

Have you done his laundry?

[E]

I hate doing laundry.

[D]

But you have.

[A]

What do you mean, that much?

[E]

I mean, like, a couple pieces here and there, but not like.

[A]

So you have done his laundry?

[E]

Well, like, not much of it. No, not really.

[A]

But you have washed his clothes?

[E]

A couple pieces of his clothes.

[D]

And he's got any. Does he have any space at all designated just for him in the closet?

[E]

A little bit.

[D]

All right. A drawer?

[E]

Yes.

[D]

Hair products and toothpaste and stuff to get ready in the morning?

[E]

No, he doesn't have that stuff at my house. Does he have brush.

[D]

Does he have any of his own real estate? In the shower?

[E]

I feel like I have committed a crime, and I'm, like, in one of those movies with, like, the light bulb swinging over my eyes.

[F]

I just think that if. If Wendy was giving us the Same scenario.

[D]

You'd be all over.

[E]

I don't think.

[F]

I think that you would give her a hard time.

[A]

Yes, you have.

[D]

You're moving. You're in the process of moving in together without the boxes. He's slowly moving into your place. I mean, he's not doing it on purpose, but you guys are living together.

[E]

No, we're not.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

We're really not. I don't see it that way.

[A]

You're totally not. Were you alone last night?

[E]

No.

[A]

The night before? The night before that? The night before. We can go right up till 7:15. We have no obligations until 7:15. How far back you want to go? When's the last time you.

[E]

Why do I feel like I'm being interrogated?

[A]

Because you are.

[D]

We're just looking for a little honesty. Yes, I'm living with.

[E]

I'm not, though.

[D]

Come on. You guys have moved into the living with each other phase. Even though he has his safety nest, you guys are living together.

[A]

When is the last time that you spent the night in your house alone?

[E]

It's been weeks.

[F]

If you mean weeks, do you mean 52?

[A]

Because guess what? Many, many weeks become months.

[F]

So it's a happy situation. You're not in trouble. It's just I find it funny that you. I do believe that you would give one of Wendy or myself a hard time if the situation were the same.

[A]

In a heartbeat.

[D]

Here's somebody wants to stick up for you here. Good morning, Q100.

[G]

Yes, good morning, Virtue. I love the show. I just want to say that I disagree with all of you guys because living together is when all of you guys, both of you live under the same roof a long period of time. But if you come and go, that's not living together. You can even have a kid, but that doesn't mean you got to live together.

[F]

But they're not coming and going. They're under the same roof every night. It just is one of two roofs.

[A]

Right?

[G]

But they have two separate houses.

[E]

Two separate houses.

[A]

Okay.

[E]

She has an accent, so she is credible.

[D]

She's from Sudan, by the way.

[A]

Let me.

[E]

Let me ask you that.

[A]

Let me ask you.

[F]

Hang up on them and don't let them say Mr.

[E]

Laugh is so obvious.

[D]

There's no. There's no need to spend that kind of time on it.

[A]

Sudan. Okay, let me ask you guys. Let me ask you guys a technical question because I'm going to. You know what, Jen?

[E]

Let me ask you a technical question. Hold on.

[A]

I call technical question first. So you know, Jessica and I have a place at the lake, two roofs. So technically, according to Jen's rules, we aren't living together.

[G]

Neither is he.

[A]

Even though we're together seven days a week. Just because there are two homes available.

[E]

That's not true. You guys both own them. You own them together.

[D]

His primary residence now, even though it's not official, is your place.

[E]

No, it's not.

[D]

He's there seven days a week.

[E]

No, it's not. No, it's not. It's back and forth.

[A]

Yeah, she was there all last week with the animals at his place. Well, in Acworth. Right. Or Woodstock. Where are you?

[E]

Technical question for you, Bert. You and Stacey lived together before you got married, right?

[D]

We totally did.

[E]

Okay. And when you deemed that you were living together, that's when she moved you out of your old apartment and into hers.

[D]

That is true.

[E]

Over a weekend. Right.

[D]

I would say that I had. I was still living with, like, five other guys at Disgraceland, but I was at her house seven nights a week. So really, I had my safety nest, but I was really living with Stacy.

[E]

But you would say Stacey and I lived together before marriage, when it was your apartment together.

[D]

I would say that. Okay, that's a good point. I would say we officially started living together when she moved me into her apartment when I was on vacation.

[E]

We shared one roof. That's my only point.

[D]

That's what most are saying. Hey, Sean. Good morning. You're on Q100.

[G]

Yeah. Just thinking that if you have two separate places, even though you spend, you know, almost 95% of the time with each other, that's still not living together. You're separate. You have your own space. You still kind of have your own life.

[F]

We have an out. Let's just say for what it is you have an out.

[D]

It's your outhouse.

[F]

If you have a yes. If you have a fight, you have a place to go.

[E]

It's just building up to that next thing, you know, it's like building up to that next level. But I wouldn't say that we live together.

[A]

You mean the boy and girl twins in the pink and blue stroller that you're pushing through Piedmont park together?

[E]

I'm not saying it hasn't been talked about.

[D]

Sylvia, what's up?

[G]

Hey. Yeah, I just wanted to comment that I started to move in my stuff, like, slowly at my boyfriend's apartment, and then later on, he gave me a key. And then later on, I started moving in more of my clothes, more of my stuff, and then we just kind of ended up living together. I mean, we. I mean, we were already living together like when we met pretty much.

[D]

I think the only difference here, I mean, as generally speaking, it's usually the dude that's moving into the woman's place because you guys have nice smelly soaps and everything's nice and smells like girls. You guys use dish towels stuff

[G]

and

[A]

you have pot pori and that smells good. Little bowls of pot pourri that you put on the toilet mat.

[D]

Would you at least admit that this is the, this is sort of the. It's the safe haven right before you officially move in together. I mean, this is.

[E]

But I.

[D]

It's the gateway.

[E]

I'm attempting to do things differently so we won't move in together until something big happens.

[D]

So he officially wouldn't sell his place and live with you before you guys got married in June.

[A]

So is he? Is he?

[E]

Don't say that. Joanna's listening.

[G]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[A]

Joanna's been IMing me saying just get it over with. Get married. Listen, it's the bird show.

[B]

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[A]

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