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Carl
want to make your first trip on out to Vegas? Oh boy.
Guest
You know, and the thing is, I've never even had a fellas trip. I mean, at the times that we normally go out, just me and the guys, we may go to the first we've ever been together. Really? Like Macon or something like that. Maybe Panama City.
Jen
Yeah. And you and your wife have three kids, right? So a guy's trip is going to be hard to come by anyway.
Guest
Exactly.
Carl
And you guys been married how long
Guest
now for the last. Going on four. Three.
Carl
Three years.
Guest
Yeah, three years.
Jen
Three years. But you guys have been together how long?
Guest
I've been knowing my wife since 96.
Carl
Okay.
Guest
Okay. That's a long time.
Carl
Were you so out of breath cause you were looking for headphones or were you just stressed?
Host
Yeah, we better explain that because how
Guest
long you ain't been married? Whoa, whoa.
Carl
It's been a marathon, man.
Guest
But you know what? I have my headphones, but every time I bring them, I end up leaving them in my car, so.
Host
Oh, you've been running then?
Guest
But no, I got Wendy's. Thanks.
Host
That's what I do.
Guest
But yeah.
Jen
So.
Guest
All right, so we go. I'm planning on a guys trip to Vegas.
Carl
Is this your. Is this the seed of your idea or another one of your fellas?
Guest
This is the seed of me and my guy. Okay, now it's my. It's my idea to have the guys trip.
Carl
Okay.
Guest
In Vegas. But his thing is now really the biggest. The biggest part is me and my wife, we've pretty much. Since I've been knowing her since 96. We've pretty much shared a lot of first timers, like, first time, a lot of stuff.
Carl
Like what?
Guest
I mean, just traveling. Like, first time we went together was Jamaica. She's never been to Jamaica. Just a lot of. My wife was 21 when I met her.
Carl
Okay.
Guest
You know, I was 24 or 20, 22, 23, something like that. But it's a lot of first timers on everything, you know, so we've never been. I've never been to Vegas. She's never been to Vegas. And I know. I just know that this may cause. Not an issue, but I know she want to go. She want to go with me first, so. And. And I hear that Vegas is just. Every guy has to go. Bert. You've even told me that.
Carl
Yeah, I go to Vegas quite a bit with my guy friends.
Host
I think everybody.
Carl
I think every. It is different. I mean, if you go with a bunch of guys, you really get to be stupid and be 21. Stupid in a way that you can't share that with your wife. Like, it's a cool trip if you go with your wife and other couples, but it's a totally different feel if you're with your boys.
Jen
You can do couples Vegas or you can do single Vegas. And it's two completely different trips, both of them awesome, but just totally different.
Guest
See, that's what everybody always says. One thing about me, I'm not a big gambler, though. What would I do in Vegas that I wouldn't with my wife?
Carl
That's the beautiful thing about Vegas. Now, it used to be you could only go to Vegas to gamble, but now there's so much to do, man. There's so many great bars and clubs, and if you want to go see shows, pool parties, it's. Vegas has everything.
Guest
My buddy said the ranch moved downtown now. Is that true?
Carl
The what did?
Guest
The Ranch.
Jen
The play. The Bunny Ranch.
Guest
Yeah, the.
Host
Oh, you can't go there.
Guest
No.
Carl
Yeah, that's one place you can't go.
Guest
No, I mean, I just want to kind of just visit, just see what it looks like.
Carl
No, you don't.
Guest
You don't. I won't get pulled in. I mean, of course Melissa's looking at me like, come on.
Carl
I'm just looking at you.
Guest
But I mean, seriously, I've heard a lot about this guy, and I just wanted to see, you know, well, the
Carl
Playboy has their own club now. It's on top of one of the hotels. But the Bunny Ranch is. That's legalized prostitution.
Guest
Oh, that's totally. Just totally different. Okay, so I didn't know that.
Carl
Isn't that what it's called?
Guest
Bunny Ranch?
Host
Yeah, it's called the Bunny Ranch.
Jen
Yeah, that's. Yeah, that's.
Carl
That's legal. Hookers. Yeah, those are hookers. You can't do that.
Guest
I thought it was like part of the Playboy Bunny type of ranch.
Carl
Different.
Guest
No, no, no.
Carl
Different, different, different.
Host
You walk in and talk to madam
Carl
when you're at the bunker. When you told Michelle about the idea of going to Vegas, did you say. Did you tell her that it was your idea to get the fellas together and go to Vegas, or did somebody else have the idea?
Guest
Oh, I didn't even bring it. I just said, me and the fellows thinking about going to Vegas.
Carl
Okay.
Guest
But the thing that made me wonder if she was gonna have a problem with it, because at one point I was planning on going somewhere like my brother's in the West Indies, going to med school, blah, blah, blah. So I wanted to go over there with him and she wanted to go with me because it was the first time again and she didn't want to. She really. She had an issue about me going over there and not bringing her. And she's never been before. And I understand. She just wants to be a part of the experience. Like, she wants to share all these newness.
Jen
So it's not like a jealousy thing. She's not worried or insecure about what you're gonna do there. It's just like, oh, I wanna go too.
Guest
Yeah. And if it happens, then, you know, it'll be, I've been to Vegas. Like when I went to D.C. for the inauguration.
Jen
Oh, that's right.
Guest
I didn't bring my family with me. So it's still. She's happy for me. And one person got to share that. But she still, you know, it still sits right there.
Carl
And then when you come home, you can't really share that greater time you had either, because you know she's gonna be like, I wish I could have been there with you. Right.
Guest
Me and my wife, we real. That's like my running partner. I love going with her. I have no problem taking my wife out wherever, doing whatever. That's my partner. So I can kind of understand how she feels about it.
Carl
So it's not so much any of the guys that you're going with or what you might get into in Vegas. It's just the point that she wants to. She doesn't want you to have this unique experience without her first.
Guest
I'm pretty sure that is. But I have one good buddy who's pretty loose. But she knows me. But it really. Most of it is just that. Sharing that.
Host
Carl, I love you. That's a sweet, sweet.
Carl
I'd say don't take the trip. Really?
Guest
Yeah.
Carl
Yeah.
Jen
Well, I say go with her first and then go back with the boys on another weekend. Because it's true. I mean, you could have had. It's like robbing a first. Because a first trip to Vegas as a couple is going to be awesome.
Host
The reason that I agree with Jen is because you won't be able to enjoy fully your guy trip with the thought in your mind, you know what? I'm hurting my wife's feelings right now. Because if her issue is only to be there with you for the first time, to see it for the first time, and then you go back with your boys, then you can come back and tell her the places you've been and you can have a good time with your guys, and she's not going to be all upset because she thinks something's going on.
Carl
I would definitely take the trip with your wife first and go with the gu. You don't want to do it in the other order.
Host
I agree. Because it is two different trips. Vegas is big enough that you will not see everything in one in one go.
Guest
That's the first I've heard that. Mostly everybody is like, man, do it. Go, bounce.
Carl
Nah, only because she'll be so bummed that you're actually there.
Jen
And Vegas is a wow experience. You want that first wow to be with her.
Guest
Yeah, Right.
Jen
Because you're gonna. Driving down the Strip, you're gonna be like, whoa, look at that.
Host
Oh, my gosh. There's Paris, there's New York.
Jen
New York. Look at that. Look at that. Oh, the Bellagio. Like, we saw that in Ocean City.
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Jen
Like, you know, like, there's all these wow moments.
Host
It's an adult moment, and you're gonna
Jen
have all those wow moments without her and not be able to share them with her.
Carl
Stacey and I have a rule that, you know, when I take those me vacations, that I'm allowed to go to places that she doesn't want to go.
Guest
Oh, really?
Carl
So she's pretty much like, you can't go to Europe because everywhere in Europe she wants to go. So we can do that together.
Guest
Right?
Carl
But she's got. She doesn't really dig South America as much as I do. So she's like, go anywhere you want and listen to Europe.
Guest
Listening to Jen kind of changed. Kind of made me have another thought about it because I didn't realize that a woman would be excited about that type of Vegas.
Jen
Oh, it's amazing. And the shopping there is ridiculous.
Guest
To die for, huh?
Carl
It's a totally different trip, dude. Do the wife weekend in Vegas first and then do the hangover weekend with your boys. Another weekend.
Guest
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Episode: Vault: The Guys Get His First Vegas Trip Instead of Her
Date: June 1, 2026
This episode revolves around a lighthearted yet meaningful debate: should a married man take his first-ever trip to Las Vegas with his guy friends, or should he experience Sin City for the first time with his wife—since they've always shared their ‘firsts’ together? The cast discusses traditions, relationship dynamics, FOMO, and what truly makes a ‘first’ special.
[07:38] Carl: Shares that he and his wife have boundaries—the “me vacations” can only be places she doesn't want to go.
[07:56] Guest: Aha Moment—didn’t realize women could be so enthused about a Vegas trip.
In typical Bert Show fashion, the discussion is frank, playful, and peppered with friendly teasing, but always circles back to warmth and relational authenticity. The episode blends laugh-out-loud moments (the Bunny Ranch mix-up, ribbing from the cast) with compassionate, real-life relationship advice.
The overwhelming consensus: If you and your spouse always share your first big experiences, let your first Vegas trip be together. That way, you honor your connection and traditions—and you can always plan a wild boys’ weekend once you’ve had that initial couple’s adventure. Vegas isn’t going anywhere!