Abby & Morgan’s Top 3 Best & Worst Things About Life Right Now

Summary

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The Bobby Bones Show

Episode: Amy & Morgan’s Top 3 Best & Worst Things About Life Right Now

Date: June 6, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode, Morgan is joined by fellow show member Abby for an in-depth behind-the-scenes conversation about the best and worst aspects of their lives right now. The two dive into topics like embracing “free will” as adults, habits shaped by childhood, foodie adventures (or lack thereof), restaurant pet peeves, driving personalities, and listener-submitted questions about their backgrounds, music, CMA Fest, and more. The tone is light, humorous, and authentic, with both hosts sharing personal quirks, frustrations, and memorable stories.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. On Free Will and Breaking Old Habits

Timestamps: 02:30 - 07:36

• Morgan reflects on the realization that adulthood comes with true “free will”—and how she may not be using hers creatively:

  “There are so many shoelaces I can put in shoes that aren’t just the boring, normal ones that come with it.”
  — Morgan (04:10)

• Both Morgan and Abby admit that certain childhood habits linger, like not painting walls in their homes or feeling compelled to eat dinner before dessert, even as adults.

  “Why have all the white walls? Because I’ve rented my whole life … but at your house, you can do anything!”
  — Abby (06:00)

• They discuss how arbitrary rules, like “no dessert before dinner,” stick with them, and how, as a teen, Morgan would order dessert first at restaurants—a habit she now tries to revive.

2. Foodie vs. Drinky: Diverging Approaches to Going Out

Timestamps: 09:16 - 17:01

• Morgan is a self-described foodie who loves exploring new restaurants, meticulously curating lists of the best desserts, appetizers, and meals in Nashville.

• Abby prefers simplicity and familiarity ("chicken, rice, beans") and would rather explore a city’s sights than its cuisine, with the notable exception of coffee shops and cafés.

  “To me, to really explore and understand a city is to … eat something there. What does immersing look like for you?”
  — Morgan (13:14)

  “I like to be walking and seeing what I can run into … I get the coffee, I’m in a good mood, then I get to walk around and explore.”
  — Abby (14:00)

• Abby admits to sneaking drinks in disposable coffee cups while on vacation, coining herself a “drinky” (14:55).

  “You’re a drinky, I’m a foodie.”
  — Morgan (14:47)

3. Restaurant Annoyances and Becoming ‘That Person’

Timestamps: 21:47 – 36:47

• Morgan shares her frustration as a vegetarian, recalling multiple recent incidents where restaurants added meat despite her requests. She has reluctantly become someone who sends food back—something she previously avoided:

  “I have become the person I never wanted to become … Now I have in all of these scenarios because I’m tired of spending money if I’m not getting what I want.”
  — Morgan (23:27)

• Abby confesses she avoids sending food back, even when her order is wrong, feeling it’s “wasteful” or not wanting to be a “Karen” (25:01).

4. Driving Styles & Road Rage Confessions

Timestamps: 27:03 – 35:13

• Abby confesses she’s developed serious road rage since living in Nashville, especially triggered by slow or erratic drivers.

  “My road rage is out of control … It’s a side of me you’ll never see.”
  — Abby (27:03)

• Morgan discusses Nashville’s “melting pot” of driving personalities and shares a story about pulling an illegal-ish u-turn to escape a traffic jam (31:54). Abby admits her rage doesn’t extend to breaking the rules, just honking at violators.

5. People-Pleaser Habits & Assertiveness

Timestamps: 35:15 – 36:47

• Both recognize the struggle between wanting to be “nice” (tipping for bad service, accepting terrible manicures) and standing up for themselves as adults.

  “There have been so many times where I have paid for things I should not have paid for.”
  — Morgan (35:56)

• They touch on the difficulty of being honest when dissatisfied and how their facial expressions give them away anyway.

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Listener Q&A Highlights

School Backgrounds & Academic Drive

Timestamps: 40:02 – 47:54

• Abby attended The Independence School ("bougie" private school on Wichita's east side); Morgan went to public Mays High.
• Both were A students with pressure (internal or parental) to perform—Morgan’s motivation was social privileges, Abby’s was perfectionism.
• Discussion about being "book smart" but struggling under trivia pressure, and how their different school experiences didn’t alter this.
• The pair reflect on being social in school, with Abby focusing on extracurriculars but rarely attending parties.

Music Royalties & Future Releases

Timestamps: 48:12 – 49:48

• Abby confirms she still receives minor streaming royalties (“like $8, maybe quarterly”), and hasn’t been actively promoting her music.
• Encourages listeners to check out her songs—her favorite is “Hometown.”

CMA Fest and Social Life

Timestamps: 50:01 – 52:22

• Both plan on attending CMA Fest activities in Nashville, with Abby going to night shows at Nissan Stadium and Morgan hosting stage events.
• Abby shares her mom is a big part of her country music outings.

Wedding Updates & Planning Reflections

Timestamps: 52:24 – 54:55

• Abby is starting the process of looking at dates and venues for her wedding, leaning toward a local (not beach) wedding in 2027.
• Morgan offers advice from her own recent wedding: make it “individually uniquely yours” rather than focusing on others’ expectations.

Life Management

• The discussion wraps with reflections on “life management” and how managing one’s time, boundaries, and personal quirks is a never-ending process (49:42).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Adulthood & Free Will:
  “I’m in a whole new world now. And now I’m looking at everything else in my life like, where have I used my free will incorrectly?”
  — Morgan (05:31)

• On Family Food Rules:
  “I have to have some good food first before I have my sweet treat … but when I was a kid in high school, my favorite thing to do was go to restaurants and order dessert first.”
  — Morgan (07:27)

  “We never even got appetizers. … The bill would come, it wasn’t even—do you want a dessert menu?—no, never, growing up.”
  — Abby (08:20)

• On Being a “Drinky” vs. “Foodie”:
  “You’re a drinky, I’m a foodie.”
  — Morgan (14:47)

• On Restaurant Pet Peeves:
  “I have become the person I never wanted to become … Now I have in all of these scenarios because I’m tired of spending money if I’m not getting what I want.”
  — Morgan (23:27)

• On Road Rage:
  “My road rage is out of control. … I get on the road, and oh my gosh, don’t get me started.”
  — Abby (27:08)

• On Life’s Ongoing Challenges:
  “There’s always something. Every time I’m like, ‘Okay, if I just get through this hump, then I’ll be to this point,’ and then there’s something else.”
  — Morgan (49:21)

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Fun & Relatable Moments

• “If you ever see [my coffee cup], you’re going to be like, Abby …” (on smuggling White Claws) — 15:19
• The ongoing debate: is it okay to send your food back if it’s wrong? (22:58 onward)
• Abby’s honest road rage eruptions when her mom is present — 27:03

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Closing Thoughts

The episode is jam-packed with authentic, funny, and often self-deprecating conversation between Morgan and Abby, offering a rare glimpse into the habits and hangups that shape adult life. Whether it’s about using “free will” to paint walls, exploring new restaurants, dealing with restaurant mistakes, coping with road rage, or the struggle to please others, their stories are relatable and revealing. The listener Q&A section provides further insight into their backgrounds and evolving priorities.

For fans or anyone new to the show, this episode is a great showcase of the endearing, real-life personalities behind the mics.

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Transcript

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[Morgan]

Happy, Happy Weekend. I don't know the rest of the words. I just know the beat to it. What is that?

[Abby]

What's that from? Oh. Oh. Never give back bad memories.

[Morgan]

That's what I was Survey of softball and or like all Happy Birthday. Is it the Happy Birthday song?

[Abby]

That's what I had to do when I was a server. I was like, happy, happy birthday from all of us to you.

[Morgan]

Where was it? It was like Chili's or something. It feels like it was one of those chain restaurants that we love. I knew. Okay, there it was. Well, Happy weekend. We just did the Happy Birthday song. Happy weekend.

[Abby]

That's so funny. Wait, is that what it's from, or. You said it was softball.

[Morgan]

Maybe I remembered it was softball, but I think they made chants to it. I don't know where the origin of that comes from, if it's a happy Birthday song or if it's an origin of something else.

[Abby]

That's funny.

[Morgan]

You know, obviously, the, like, origin Happy birthday song that I know is happy birthday to you, so I don't know if that one is, but anyways, Abby joins me this weekend.

[Abby]

Hey, what's up?

[Morgan]

I appreciated that you just jumped in with me and you knew it, and it was just like a beat that had come to my head, and I recalled, you know when random things just come to your head, you're like, oh, I forgot. I knew that.

[Abby]

Oh, yeah, they come to my head all the time.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that was one of those moments.

[Abby]

Random. Thanks.

[Morgan]

So it was Red Robin, Happy Birthday song, Happy weekend song.

[Abby]

All things collectively funny.

[Morgan]

And that brings me to the first thing I want to talk about, because we just used our free will so correctly. There's this huge concept talking on online lately of people talking about their free will. You become an adult, and you get to have your own free will to do things that nobody can really stop you from doing. Right. That's free will. And so this concept has been kind of floating around me lately, and I've just been thinking about my life and how I've not been using my own free will correctly. Well, you know, when you get a pair of tennis shoes or sneakers, you're really excited about them, and you just immediately go and wear them. I realized I don't have to wear the shoelaces that come with them.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

There are so many shoelaces that I can put in shoes that aren't just, like, the boring, normal ones that come with it. And you know what sparked all this? So my. I was getting my ceremony shoes, which I'm not wearing heels. I'm wearing sneakers. And I got, like, plain white sneakers. And I was, like, trying to do our wedding color. And then I was like, that feels weird. And I was just experimenting with laces. And I was like, as I was doing It I realized I have never done this with any of my other shoes, but how cool would it make the other shoes to do it?

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh. You know what's funny that you brought this up. The other day I had on, like, shoes and the shoelaces are too long. They drag.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Abby]

You know, way too long. Yeah. And there's just, like, getting dirty. And a co worker was like, you know, you can change them. I was like, oh. Like, oh, yeah, you can.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Abby]

But yeah, I've never even thought of that.

[Morgan]

Right.

[Abby]

And I just don't.

[Morgan]

Maybe it's free will. Maybe it's like, I'm not. Not creative enough. Maybe my brain just doesn't go there. I don't know what it is.

[Abby]

That is. So you can change an entire shoe because. Yeah. I just have, like, so many plain white ones you can clean.

[Morgan]

Like, say you have an old pair and you've worn it out. You can clean that pair, get it, like, pretty back to brand new, change the laces to something fun and have a whole different shoe. My ceremony shoes are going to have full on sparkle shoelaces.

[Abby]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Morgan]

I didn't even know those existed.

[Abby]

Me neither.

[Morgan]

I'm in a whole new world now. And now I'm looking at everything else in my life. Like, where have I used my free will incorrectly?

[Abby]

Right. Oh, I have one. Okay. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Something come to mind.

[Abby]

So, like, I have my own house.

[Morgan]

Right.

[Abby]

That I've had since, like 2018. And I was like, I've never painted a wall that's. That's a thing. Like, they're white. Like, why? I had. So I finally, like, two years ago or. So I painted like, the door.

[Morgan]

Your front door or.

[Abby]

Yeah. But the inside of it. Not yet. We can't change the outside somewhere. Yeah. But I was like, wait a minute. Why did I not do all the creative colors now? I don't live there anymore. So I don't. But I'm like, that is so that right there. Why have all the white walls? Because we've. I've rented my whole life. And you can't paint.

[Morgan]

Yep. And you can't even put nails in walls sometimes when you rent.

[Abby]

Right. But at your house, you can do anything. You can literally do anything.

[Morgan]

Yep. Yeah. Like, it's almost like we're understanding that we can break.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

This invisible free will. Free will wall that exists because of somebody and we learn that we can do it. And that is totally true. All of my walls are the same color that I got besides my podcast room.

[Abby]

Oh, really? Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I changed. I finally, like, changed those to a green color. And I'm obsessed with that room because it's a different color. But tell me why I can't then go to the other rooms of my house and be like, well, let's just change one of these colors. I can't. It's like, there's something that stops me from being able to do it.

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh. Yeah. Also, like, my fiance, his kids, he'll be like, okay, you can have a piece of candy if you eat all your dinner. And so, like, that's kind of in my head. And then they go to bed, and I'm like, wait a minute. That doesn't apply to me. I can go eat whatever I want

[Morgan]

right now for dinner?

[Abby]

Yeah. If I want ice cream, I can go get it right now.

[Morgan]

You start acting like the kids. I'm like, these are my rules, too.

[Abby]

It's just like, in my head, I'm like, did I eat all my dinner? Oh, wait, it doesn't matter. I could do whatever I want.

[Morgan]

That's so real, though, because we do. I still do that as an adult. I'm like, I have to have some good food first before I have my sweet treat.

[Abby]

Huh? Yeah.

[Morgan]

But when I was a kid, you know, it's so funny. And I. I don't know if that's. You know, you become an adult and you. Your foot put in society and you've fallen to the societal standards or whatever, but when I was a kid in high school, my favorite thing to do was go to restaurants and order dessert first.

[Abby]

It was.

[Morgan]

Yes. I would go to Applebee's. Okay. They have a triple chocolate meltdown. That was my favorite dessert. And I would go there, and I would order it first, and I would eat dessert first.

[Abby]

Oh, my God.

[Morgan]

And then I'd save room for food, for whatever room I had. But really, the dessert is what mattered to me, what I wanted.

[Abby]

That's.

[Morgan]

So I would eat it first.

[Abby]

I never got desserts at restaurants. It was never a thing. Like, we.

[Morgan]

That's a family trait.

[Abby]

It is.

[Morgan]

So did your family not order appetizer, sodas, dessert?

[Abby]

No. Never even appetizers. Like, we're just like, no, we're full. Like, anytime. The bill would come. It wasn't even. We didn't even look. They're like, do you need a dessert menu? I'm like, no, that. Never. Growing up.

[Morgan]

So you went straight to restaurants. It was a water. It was a meal.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Gone.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Isn't that crazy? That is crazy.

[Abby]

Because we'd always be so full. I mean, like, if they. We would go to places they had bread or, you know, like a Mexican restaurant, chips and salsa. But when it came to desserts, I'm stuffed. Like, I can't.

[Morgan]

It's so funny how much our families play that role and how you do it. So how do you do it with your fiance and his kids?

[Abby]

Yeah. Like, he'll be like, do you guys want, like, ice cream or something? Or he'll want to look at the dessert menu. And I'm like, what? Can we go?

[Morgan]

It's time to leave. It's time to wrap this party up.

[Abby]

Yeah. Like, you guys have room for me? Like, I always take half of mine to go. I don't know. I just, I guess don't eat that much. But, yeah, it's wild to think of everybody's, like, different. Like, dessert menus. I'm like, those don't even exist. And then you're over here, like, ordering them.

[Morgan]

Before, I was using my free free will correctly in that situation for a long time. But, yeah, when I go to restaurants now, I will. Especially now, because when I go out to a restaurant, I'm trying a new place. I. That's always my goal. If we are deciding to go out to eat, I'm trying somewhere new. Living in a place like Nashville, there's so many options that if I keep going back to the same place, there's no point in me spending money to keep going back to the same place over and over again. In this type of city, I will. If we have people visiting, there's a favorite, you know, we really craving something, whatever. But if we just decide on a random Friday to go out to dinner, it has to come from one of the new restaurant lists that I have in my phone. And when I go to one of these, I have to try everything to know if it's a full experience. Because there are some places I love strictly for their dessert. Some places I love strictly for their appetizers. Others I love the entire meal.

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh, that's amazing.

[Morgan]

And then I create a list from that of, like, this is the best for this type of thing. If you want just dessert, get this here. If you want to have like a fun happy hour appetizers, get this there. And I've curated my own little oh, my God thing from that.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But that's become a thing for me, and I think it's because my parents very much were also foodies.

[Abby]

In a way.

[Morgan]

Foodies mean we, you know, growing up in Wichita. We had Olive Garden and. And very seldom mom and Pop places. It was mostly chain restaurants.

[Abby]

So, yeah, we went to the same places all the time.

[Morgan]

Yeah, like, I think we went to Olive Garden all the time. And then on the border, and then we had one mom and Pop place, which was Timberline, and another mom and Pop plays Red Cajun Bayou Grill. Those are the two, like, local spots.

[Abby]

Did you go to Amarillo Grill? I was really young, so, like, it may have been. It switched and changed to something else, but we switched to Timberline after Amarillo. Amarillo Girl was so good.

[Morgan]

So did you love Amarillo Girl more than Timberland?

[Abby]

Yeah, and I was really sad. I was probably like 7 or 8 when it switched over. I just loved. Was so fun. It was just like that old country feel. Like the way they had it decorated in there and, you know.

[Morgan]

Okay, do you have a favorite restaurant ever? Do you have a top restaurant in the entire place of all the places you've ever been lived?

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh.

[Morgan]

That's number one.

[Abby]

Okay. I. I love Bella Luna. I just love it.

[Morgan]

I do love Bella Luna, too. That's a good choice.

[Abby]

The hummus, you can't beat it. I. Any time I get hummus anywhere, I just compare it to Bella Luna, and I'm like, it's never going to live up to it. It's just so creamy. I love the salad there. Get, like, the Bella Maggie house salad. It's just like their Mediterranean salad, and it's the best. I'm not really a foodie. That's the thing. That's where we, like, differ. Like, I'm just so kind of boring. Like, I just love, like, chicken. Like, I love a chipotle rice bowl. I'm just so simple with, like, chicken, rice, and beans.

[Morgan]

You don't put any of the yummy good stuff on it. It's just the basics.

[Abby]

I'm like, a little bit of cheese and, like, the pico. But I don't go out of my way to be like, oh, I want to try this new dish. It's kind of boring. Like, for me, it's boring of me that I don't want to expand out.

[Morgan]

It's not, though. I mean, do you get bored when you're eating?

[Abby]

No.

[Morgan]

So you see? But I wish I was in that way because it would make my eating habits a lot easier because I could just keep eating the same meal all the time. But I get bored with food. Like, I'm not a good meal prepper. I can do it for about a week of One food and then I need to change the next week to do something different. So you can meal prep and you can have the same thing over and over again and you're fine.

[Abby]

Yes. Like, when you travel, do you love being like, oh my gosh, I can't wait to, like, try all these different restaurants. Like, oh, I want to do this. I want to, like, scope it out.

[Morgan]

Yes, kind of like that.

[Abby]

That's.

[Morgan]

That's half of my travel is trying new food and new places.

[Abby]

To me, that's so daunting. I'm like, I don't care. Let's just get to life and go explore.

[Morgan]

You go to a new place you've never been and you go to Chipotle.

[Abby]

Yeah, I. Yeah, probably. If it's. If it's the easiest thing. I don't want to, like, search. I don't want to wait an hour to get in if it's popular. I'd rather, like, see the city than be in a restaurant.

[Morgan]

Okay, let me ask you this, because to me, to know a city, to really explore and understand a city, is to do something there and eat something there. Those are my two ways where I'm like, okay, this is how I immerse myself into whatever the city has to offer. What does immersing look like for you? Going to a city?

[Abby]

Like, walking around, seeing what I run into. Like, I went to Asheville and we just like walked around, saw the history. There's like a cute little. Well, it's like an old arcade. It was an arcade at one point. It has like a glass ceiling and it was just so cute to walk through. There was like a double decker bus that was coffee. So I'm kind of that way with coffee, I guess. Like coffee.

[Morgan]

You'll try new coffee shops.

[Abby]

Yeah, that's. That's more my like, vibe.

[Morgan]

I feel like that's a popular one. I think a lot of people go to new cities and want to try new coffee spots.

[Abby]

Because then I get the coffee, I'm in a good mood, then I get to walk around and explore. That's kind of my. I like to be like, what is it? When you're like, in it, Immersed? Yeah, just like immerse like the.

[Morgan]

You're really immersed into the daily life.

[Abby]

Yeah, I'd rather be walking and seeing what I can run into and oh, that's cute. Instead of like, you can see top

[Morgan]

tier feeling when you're walking around exploring. Because I'm with you. I love exploring. That's one of my favorite things. But when you're exploring and you stumble upon a really cute place to have a meal or have a drink or whatever. And you're like, this is awesome. And this is what the locals go and hang out at. Do you do that at all?

[Abby]

No, mine's usually just like a drink. I like to see the drink menu. That's fun.

[Morgan]

You're a drinky.

[Abby]

Yeah, yeah, I'm a foodie.

[Morgan]

You're a drinky.

[Abby]

A drinky bar. Like, I like going to bars. Cute little where you can just go in, grab a drink and then leave. Go to another one. I'd rather bounce around.

[Morgan]

You want to be. You want to go to a city that has open container laws where you can walk around?

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You are a drinky. We have discovered your name.

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh. You know what we do? Like, when we're out of town, we'll put like White Claw in a coffee cup, like to go on with the lid on it, like in the hotel and walk around and people are like, now it's a joke. Because they're like, oh, you got some coffee? Or oh, night. You got decaf. That's smart. And we're like, yep, got the coffee. So we're like walking around in the evening. I just love having just like a cold white claw walking around.

[Morgan]

It's any time of year.

[Abby]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

Even in winter. You want a cold white claw?

[Abby]

Nah, no, not that.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Abby]

But like, if it's summer, like, oh, pour me that. Let's go.

[Morgan]

That is so funny. And also, I know people are listening and they're like, she has a problem. But like, if that's your fun thing, I get it.

[Abby]

Like I said, I'm on vacation. I don't do it, like, after work. I like every day when you come

[Morgan]

in here, you have a coffee cup full of a white cloth.

[Abby]

If you ever see that, you're going to be like, Abby. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Then at that point, I will be sitting you down, checking in on you. How are we doing?

[Abby]

It does sound like a problem.

[Morgan]

But just on vacation, that's so fun. I think that's fun to do, you know, as long as you're safe and everything.

[Abby]

One white cloth.

[Morgan]

Have you ever spiked coffee while walking around? I feel like that's a thing people, people do.

[Abby]

No, I don't like to mix it.

[Morgan]

No, Separate. So yeah, you have coffee in one hand and a white claw in the other, and you're the happiest person ever.

[Abby]

I won't do that. No, I. I only. I like drinking in the evening. I'm so picky and weird. I don't like day drinking.

[Morgan]

You are very specific. I mean, we've discovered this over the course of time. Fry butts being the most annoying one that we love to talk about.

[Abby]

I'm not a day drinker.

[Morgan]

You have. You are very particular about certain things.

[Abby]

Yeah, I think because it's just I know what works for me and if I start day drinking, I'm just not gonna. I won' through the night or I just won't be productive. I don't want to be like out of it, you know, I like to be like present in the moment. And if I start drinking at noon,

[Morgan]

see, but that is where I would come in and say to wrap a pretty little bow on this particular topic is that you are not using your free will correctly. Need to switch it up a little bit, you know, try some new things, get a little wild.

[Abby]

Right? Yeah. We're so opposite in that it's.

[Morgan]

No, but it's. I love that I. I love seeing life through other people's experiences and how they see life and how they want to enjoy life. That's cool to me.

[Abby]

I should try. I should try, you know, looking up

[Morgan]

some good restaurants, dabbling in the restaurants

[Abby]

dabble in the food.

[Morgan]

You're gonna eat really good at one place. You're like, oh, I've been missing out this whole time. I promise you, you will.

[Abby]

I know I probably will.

[Morgan]

And then you'll be like, okay. But I still don't want to put in the effort to do this. So like, while I know this, this is still not my personality.

[Abby]

I know it's good, but.

[Morgan]

But at least one place when you go order dessert first. Yeah. Do you like dessert? Are you a dessert person at all?

[Abby]

Cheesecake.

[Morgan]

Okay. Go somewhere and order cheesecake first.

[Abby]

Oh, okay.

[Morgan]

And just see what that experience does like for you. Because every time I did it, I was like a little five year old kid again, just living my best life. It helps that I was in a meat eater because I would get a triple chocolate meltdown and then my meal would be mozzarella stick. So it's not like I was really doing well in the meal area. Yeah. So I was what you call a grapetarian for a really long time in my life. Yes, that's what my fiance loves to call it. He was like, I was that way at one point too. And it is very much a thing. You eat just bad foods instead of. Because going out to eat, that's honestly what your options are. If you go to a place like an Applebee's or somewhere that has, like, a bar menu. Most of the time, your options are appetizers.

[Abby]

Mm, no. That became my meal. Yeah.

[Morgan]

And I loved it, which is why I love appetizers. But now that I eat other things, it's just grown. Now I have dessert, appetizers, and meals, which is why I am stuck to only eating out every so often. And we have come full circle.

[Abby]

Oh, I love that.

[Morgan]

Oh. All right, we're gonna take a quick break. We'll be right back. I turned off news altogether. I hate to say it, but I

[Abby]

don't trust much of anything.

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It's the rage bait.

[Morgan]

It feels like it's trying to divide people. We got clear facts.

[Abby]

Maybe we can calm down a little.

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[Morgan]

Now Speaking of restaurants, Abby, I have become. I just hit the mic as I was doing that. I'm wearing a flowy shirt today, and I kind of feel like a bird. I see it every time I.

[Abby]

Cute.

[Morgan]

So, like, thank you.

[Abby]

Flowy and freeing. It's like wings.

[Morgan]

It is like wings. And I felt in that moment that I had wings until I hit the microphone. I have become the person I never wanted to become. At restaurants, particularly. I don't know what is going on, but as a vegetarian, I typically do have to change orders. Like, I'll get things without meat. And the last four times I've eaten out somewhere, I've gotten meat on my food. Even though I've specifically stated, please do not put the meat on my food.

[Abby]

How's that happen? Is it like a salad with meat and then you say, no meat?

[Morgan]

Yeah, sometimes it's a salad, sometimes it's a pasta. I got a breakfast burrito where I didn't want the bacon on it. It's any number of things. People, you know, they love to do that. But what was even wild about some of them, like the breakfast burrito. I got it. It's in my hands, and it's labeled no meat. I'm like, sweet. I'm so excited. I take a bite and I'm like, immediately spit it out. Because I could taste there. There was not only bacon, there was also sausage.

[Abby]

What? And it was even labeled.

[Morgan]

It was labeled, wow, me. And I had got it, like, with my fiance. And I was like, well, check yours. Make sure you're like, yours isn't the vegetarian one. And he took a bite, and his was also me. I was like, I. I don't understand. I don't. I don't get it. But now I have in all of these scenarios because I'm tired of spending money if I'm not getting what I. I can't even eat something if you give me stuff with meat on it. And so I have been sending things back.

[Abby]

You're a Karen.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

You're officially a Karen. I am. No. I don't know. I don't know if that warrants that. Like, when you tell them, no meat, do you say, I'm a vegetarian, or you just say like, no meat, please?

[Morgan]

Well, every time at least lately, I think with a lot of people's dietary restrictions now, a lot of servers come over and they're like, do you guys have any special diet restrictions or anything we need to be aware of? And every time that happens, well, I have to also be like, if you also can do gluten free too, that'd be great. But most of the time they can't. So I'm like, I'm vegetarian. I just. If I order something that might have it, let me know. Because also, there's some places I go to with a menu where I cannot read everything and understand what the ingredients are. So I'm just like, is that what saved?

[Abby]

Can I have that? Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

And so I typically tell them upfront, it's not like an unknown thing. So not only that, it's. I couldn't imagine being somebody. What's that meat thing where you can't eat meat, that you're, like, allergic to it?

[Abby]

It just comes out of nowhere. Yeah.

[Morgan]

And if you go to a place and you order something without me and you take a bite and it has meat and it could literally kill you. Thankfully, I'm not one of those, but, like, I feel like there's just certain things you have to be very aware of. It's not happening lately.

[Abby]

Yeah. Isn't that awkward sending it back, though? So awkward. So awkward. I feel horrible.

[Morgan]

I feel horrible every time. I'm like, can you please give me another one of these without me? And they're like, oh. And they're normally so apologetic, but I just, like, wish it didn't even have to happen in the first place, you know?

[Abby]

Oh, yeah. Oh, that happens all the time to me. And I never send it back.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Abby]

Oh, like, all the time.

[Morgan]

Do you eat it or do you just not eat?

[Abby]

No, like, if it's. I'll get like a grilled chicken sandwich or salad, you know, grilled chicken on it. And it. They brought fried chicken and I'll just eat it. I don't like to be that one to send it back. And my fiance's like, just send it back. I'm like, no, that's wasteful.

[Morgan]

I know, it is wasteful, but it's also like, it's hard because then you're not getting the experience that you're paying for.

[Abby]

Exactly. And you have to remember, like, if you're paying for something, like, it's at least owed to you for it to be what you're paying for. Like, if it's free and you're just at, like, a free buffet or whatever for, like, an event, you can't complain. But, like, yeah, if you're paying for it, you're the one that said it

[Morgan]

and had a restaurant somewhere. Now, like, that meal alone is every bit of $20.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So I'm going to give my $20 of what what I wanted. I know. And even as a server, like, I know that I would want to know if somebody wasn't happy, but it's still uncomfortable. And I just. I have become that person. And now every time we eat out, I try and say at the very beginning, I'm like, I am a vegetarian. Please do not put meat on my food.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's all I ask of you. If you want to mess anything else up, that's fine. I'll figure it out.

[Abby]

I would do that. Be like, just so it's not often later.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah.

[Abby]

When I have to send it and

[Morgan]

my fiance has to check every bag. If we get takeout food, he has to check the bag before we leave. Because I would tell you nine out of 10 times, I've gotten home with things that had meat on them.

[Abby]

Why do they love putting me on your food?

[Morgan]

They really want me to eat meat, apparently.

[Abby]

Wow.

[Morgan]

So now he's had to, like, learn a new habit. When we go out to eat, like, to get takeout, I'm like, did you check the bag? Are we good? He's like, yeah, you're good. Or, like, sometimes he'll forget. I'm like, you have to check it before we leave.

[Abby]

You do. Because they forget to put stuff in.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I don't trust it anymore lately.

[Abby]

Yeah, a lot of. A lot of things. And I'm like, how is that missing? It's, like, completely missing everything. Like, no dressing. There's no.

[Morgan]

So you have seen now how I've become a person I never wanted to become. Have you had that moment lately? Maybe not with me or restaurants. Tell me about it.

[Abby]

Make me feel good. My road rage is out of control. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Do you have rage?

[Abby]

It's a side of me that you'll never see.

[Morgan]

First of all, do you have rage outside of a car?

[Abby]

No. No. If somebody does something, like, to me or, like, my family, I get, like, mad. But not to someone. Like, I'm not rage. Like, you know, like, I hold it inside, like, bottles up.

[Morgan]

Oh, you're a volcano that likes to erupt.

[Abby]

Yeah, volcano. And I get on the road. Oh, My gosh, don't even get me started. Like, I'm already getting triggered just thinking of, like, this car in front of me today that was going so freaking

[Morgan]

slow in the fast lane. I. I imagine you're in the fast lane also.

[Abby]

Okay, so this is like a one lane you can't pass. So you're just like, hello, roads.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

How's it going? Like, oh, my gosh, it drives me insane. There's so many bad drivers in Nashville. But I like, I don't do it when anybody's in the car. But my family was in town recently, like a few weeks ago, and I was like, doing it in the car, and I'm like, abby, you don't do this. This is not who you are.

[Morgan]

What does your mom respond?

[Abby]

Like? She's like, it's okay. Like, we're gonna get there. You know, it's okay. They're fine. But she understands, like, the frustration because she's been driving here too, and it's good crazy. It's. It's a lot crazier here than in Wichita.

[Morgan]

Driving it is one. You just have kind of a melting pot of people here. So everybody has different variations of what they're driving. I don't know if anybody's ever realized this, but we all have driving personalities. And it's all based on where we learn to drive, where we grew up, where we were taught around. Like, you have Texas, where they go so, so fast. You have like rural areas where it's just slow pace of living. And then you have people who didn't learn how to use a roundabout or don't know what a four way stop means.

[Abby]

Don't even say those because maybe they

[Morgan]

don't have them in their town. You know what I mean? Like, so we all have driving personalities, and Nashville has like 5,000 driving personalities.

[Abby]

When you come to a. Oh my gosh. A roundabout is not a stop sign. It's a yield. It's. If no one's in it, you can go. Like, if no one's literally there, no need to stop. You just keep on going with the momentum. Like, this is me.

[Morgan]

So do you feel like your road race has gotten worse over time?

[Abby]

Yes, it's gotten worse. It's getting worse.

[Morgan]

Is your road rage a volcano of other things from your life?

[Abby]

You know, that could be. I could be taking it out on these drivers. Yes. Because I usually. I didn't used to honk. Now I honk.

[Morgan]

Oh, you're a honker?

[Abby]

Yes.

[Morgan]

A long honk or like a nice honk.

[Abby]

It's a nice honk. Unless they're being crazy. They like slam on their brakes or like doing something illegal. A lot of people try to. They're in the right lane and they decide they want. They need to like turn there, you know, so they slam on the brakes so they can like get over. And I'm like, you can't do that. Like you're gonna cause a wreck. Like, you have to just keep going straight till you can turn.

[Morgan]

We've talked about this a lot. I see this all the time where people will be like, oh, I was supposed to get off there and they'll like cut everything off to go over. And I'm like, there is a moment where you can do that, but most of the time people have gotten past where the moment where they can do that.

[Abby]

Yeah, like if you're putting other people's lives in danger, that's when it's just like, what is going on. I've seen that so many times on the highway where it's like they're cutting like on the grass and stuff, like to get over the other way. And I get that it's inconven if you go the wrong way because you have to turn around. It'll add five minutes. But.

[Morgan]

Oh, I listen, I will admit I. I might have done something a little illegal the other day when I was driving. Speaking of driving on grass. Well, there's an exit by my house or on ramp to. To get on the highway. And this on ramp is just always packed. It's a horribly congested area. The infrastructure was not prepared for how many people live over there? That's the situation. Right. So 99% of the time I'm good, there's a little bit of traffic and we'll get through it, whatever. But on a rare occasion that everybody just decides to not use their brains on how to use an on ramp, mind you, this on ramp has three different incoming lanes from three different places. So it's rough. It's really rough. But people don't understand that they have to keep moving or they need to get over to stay out of other people's way because it also leads to. To another exit. It's a really horrible infrastructure. But there was one time where I turned on it and I was so worried I was going to be late somewhere. And it was standstill traffic, not moving. It was backed out onto the street. And I was like one of the, I'd say one of the five cars that was in like on the on ramp. And I realized like, I was Watching my gps the time just keep going up and up and up. And I made an executive decision and I just pulled a little ue, pulled myself right on out of there and went another way because I was not about to. I was at just enough of the point on the ramp where I still could get out of it.

[Abby]

Oh.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean?

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But I was definitely going the wrong way on and on ramp with traffic because I had to get out.

[Abby]

Oh, that stresses me out.

[Morgan]

Like, I was on, like, the shoulder.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But I was like, I'm adding to this traffic. It's only gonna get worse. And there's another route I can go that will make this smoother for everybody else. That is here. So I'll just do a little get out of here. I found out later that it was a major pile up and people were sitting there for like an hour and a half, so.

[Abby]

Oh, no.

[Morgan]

Ultimately, it was worth the call, but I felt very illegal.

[Abby]

Glad everybody's good.

[Morgan]

I'm really. I did it very. I did it very slow and safe. I was not a, you know, a little.

[Abby]

Because everybody was kind of stopped anyway. It's not like everybody was like flying.

[Morgan]

No.

[Abby]

Right.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So I maneuvered out of there, but I. I feel like hearing what I'm hearing. I was pulling an Abby move.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Right there.

[Abby]

Oh. I don't do that. I don't break the law. I just get mad at other people.

[Morgan]

You're just getting mad at other people breaking the law?

[Abby]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan]

So would you have honked at me?

[Abby]

No, I wouldn't have. I think it's like, I feel like I'm a really good driver. I'm very self aware, you know, And I. I don't know, like, Kansas. I think it was easy to be that way because it wasn't crazy. When I go back home, people are like, abiding by the speed limit. Like, they're going like 40 and a 40.

[Morgan]

Well, that's also in Kansas. They will pull you over for going 41 and 40.

[Abby]

That's the thing. Like on Kellogg.

[Morgan]

Yep.

[Abby]

They're sitting there clocking and so driving personalities, right? Yeah. So people aren't in a hurry, but here everyone is in a rush to get everywhere. But then sometimes they just do it where it's so unsafe and they're like racing on the highway. And it's like you're either going like 20 and a 40 or you're going 70 and a 40. There's no in between, you know, And I think that's what frustrates me. Most because I'm like, you really have to just, like, be on top. You have to be paying attention all the time. Yeah, you do.

[Morgan]

You have to keep your head on a swivel for sure. What do they call it? Defensive driving?

[Abby]

Yes. Defensive. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Super. You're being defensive for everybody else. Just to make sure. I've seen people purposely slam on their Blake brakes to try and get hit, so that scares me, too. So I try not to follow very closely to anybody.

[Abby]

Yeah. I don't, like, I'm not trying to

[Morgan]

be in a scam.

[Abby]

Right. I don't want to, like, tailgate anybody because they will do that. Like, they get mad at you, and I'm like, I don't want to make them mad. But I'm just like, why are you. I'm ready for the break.

[Morgan]

So I. I am over here sending things back, and you are over Road rager. Oh, we have become. Is it old age, like, as we get older?

[Abby]

I think it is, yeah. Less patience is this. Mine's less patience.

[Morgan]

I think mine's more annoyance now. Mine might be more boundaries. I have more boundaries now. I was like you once, where I would just, like, I would have just not ate. I would just be like, it's fine. I just won't eat.

[Abby]

Yeah, I know.

[Morgan]

I'll just eat whatever appetizer we got.

[Abby]

It's like, those me. Have you seen that? Where it's like, I'm the type of person that when you get your nails done and they just look, like, absolutely terrible, and they're like, you like them. And you're like, I love them.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Abby]

But you. And you hate them. You, like, you walk out, you're like, these are terrible, but I still tip them, like, 20 bucks.

[Morgan]

Literally same. Yes, I get that. I feel that it's hard. There's some situations where it's not where I'm like, clearly, okay, There's a right and situation in here of how to fix it. But I will absolutely admit there have been so many times where I have paid for things that I should not have paid for.

[Abby]

I'm like, tried their best. If they think they look good, okay.

[Morgan]

But then you spend the next three weeks hating them.

[Abby]

And yeah, life. I'm like, should you be honest in that situation? Should you? Because they're not going to get better. They're just going to keep doing terrible.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I mean, you should. But it's, like, also, like, getting a bad haircut that I think what's hard in some situations, though, if it's bad enough and it Impacts me enough. You'll see it all over my face. I don't have a very good poker face.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I'm pretty. Like, I'm like an emoji with my face.

[Abby]

They'll already know. Yeah. Without you saying anything.

[Morgan]

And so I don't think I'll be able to keep it hidden. But if it's something that doesn't, it only impacts me, like, nobody else is going to see it or something like nails, really. I would just be like, it's fine. And then, like, run out.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Never will never be back here again. That has happened to me before. I have been told that I, like, have very ugly toes and stuff. I still go back because.

[Abby]

What in the world. You're the person.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

Doing your toes. Told you that.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Well, listen, they gotta use the cheese grater on me sometimes. I was blessed with my. My dad's feet and he knows this. I get very frustrated at pedicures, but I'm also very ticklish. So it's just like, a whole experience for me. I get pedicures maybe, like, twice a year because I hate it so much.

[Abby]

Why would they say something?

[Morgan]

I don't know, man. Yeah. I don't know if they know that I know, but I knew they said the word ugly. Yeah.

[Abby]

You can tell in their, like, tone or.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

Their face. They're like.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And they're not bad. But I don't, you know, like, I. You have to use a cheese grater. I get it. It's not a fun experience. So, anyways, we're gonna take a break and we'll be back. We're gonna ask some listener questions. I turned off news altogether. I hate to say it, but I don't trust much of anything.

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[Morgan]

It feels like it's trying to divide people. We got clear facts.

[Abby]

Maybe we could calm down a little.

[Ryan Reynolds / Ryan Seacrest (advertisement voices)]

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When Kohler, the global design leader in luxurious kitchen and bath products, came to me and said, martha, we need an ambassador for our timeless, elegant, durable test iron products. I said, I'm in. Now let me see the factory. Weeks later, I was suited up in coveralls and work boots, walking through their Kohler Wisconsin cast iron foundry. I stood next to the molten iron furnace, saw the hand applying enamel, and touched the gorgeous finished products waiting to be sent out into the world. Since 1883, Kohler cast iron products have been forged and finished by the incredible craftspeople right in Kohler, Wisconsin. I'll tell you, I gained a newfound respect and appreciation for Kohler's cast iron craftsmanship. So now I'm lending my discerning staff of approval to my most beloved Kohler cast iron products for their durability, beauty and timelessness. Shop my Kohler Cast Iron favorites curated on Kohler.com bring the warmth, character and enduring style of these timeless products into your kitchens and bathrooms. As the Kohler cast iron ambassador, I say, long live cast iron.

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[Morgan]

It's listener Q and A time where

[Ryan Reynolds / Ryan Seacrest (advertisement voices)]

Morgan and a show member answer almost all your questions.

[Morgan]

All right, are you ready for some listener questions?

[Abby]

Ready.

[Morgan]

We have from Karen. She knows. She says, we know. Morgan went to Mays High School. Where did Abby go to school in Wichita?

[Abby]

The Independence School.

[Morgan]

Yeah, she was at the Bougie School.

[Abby]

It was on. On the east side on Douglas.

[Morgan]

Yeah, she. She was on east and she was at a nice school and I was out west at a public school.

[Abby]

Yeah, it's like a college prep school. Very serious about our studies over there. Uhhuh.

[Morgan]

So were we. I was so serious. My parents were. That's why I had a 4.0. If I got below. If I got below an A, I got grounded.

[Abby]

Yeah, I didn't. Yeah, I did not want below an A. I don't. I never did. So my parents didn't need to do that. My brother was not a student. But. Yeah, your parents, like.

[Morgan]

Wait, so that was your desire, was to have that.

[Abby]

Yeah. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. I was like, I'm like a perfectionist. I need to be perfect, and I try to be at everything, and I'm like, oh, my gosh. I can't miss this question on the test.

[Morgan]

So what did you. What was your GPA at school?

[Abby]

It was like, all A's, so.

[Morgan]

Yeah, you got a. You had a 4.02.

[Abby]

Yeah. In college it was like. Like 3.95. And I was, like, so mad.

[Morgan]

Same.

[Abby]

You know, I.

[Morgan]

There was so much like, it's not fear. Fear isn't the right word. And I appreciate it because it gave me the hard work ethic and stuff that I needed, but I was so afraid to get a B that I, like, didn't. So when I got my first B, it was like when I was in high school and I was taking college algebra, and she was. I think it was a she. She was about to get. I had a. I had some. It's really weird. I had some really horrible math teachers. And then my favorite teacher ever was also a math teacher, and math was my worst subject. So a lot of weird things for that. But it was also my only B I ever got. It was in college algebra. And I remember crying to the teacher, like, I cannot get a B. This isn't okay. Like, I'm gonna get in trouble if I get this B. And she's like, well, you're gonna have to deal with that.

[Abby]

I was like, this is horrible.

[Morgan]

What am I gonna do? And. Yeah. It was in that moment, though, that I learned that I now was grown and I. Yeah.

[Abby]

So yours was more like your fear of getting in trouble.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

From your parents.

[Morgan]

And it was like. It was out of a place. I definitely think of love, of them just wanting me to succeed and really focus on things and not lose my attention to things. And both of my parents had vastly different experiences with, like, school and stuff growing up. They. They grew up in rural communities and things like that. So school was really important that we did. They wanted us to succeed in ways that they didn't get a chance to. You know what I mean? So it was a. It was an interesting thing, but I definitely look back at that time, and I was afraid. I wanted to socialize, and so the only way I could socialize was getting straight A's.

[Abby]

You know what I want to know that I think is so funny? Because I am, like, so bad. You got better. You've gotten a lot better. Like an easy trivia. I mean, you, like wondering, right? Yeah. You want A season I had.

[Morgan]

I had a strong there, and now I've just been going back downhill.

[Abby]

But I'm, like, so bad and I look so dumb on the show. Like, I look just like the biggest idiot. But, like, I was so good in school. Like, I'm book smart.

[Morgan]

Are you See, this is where we also might differ. Are you test smart or are you not like it are. Because cumulative tests were so rough for me.

[Abby]

They were hard for me. Okay.

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Yeah.

[Abby]

Oh, I had to take them a lot because I just. The time limit and, like, the reading. That's where I struggled. You had to read the stories and comprehend it. No, I would read it and it goes out. It's not even in my head anymore.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Like, good at memorizing. I could remember information and retain it for a short time, but once I used it, it was out.

[Abby]

Yes. It's the memory. Just memorizing everything. Yeah. And so, like, that's why we suck. Yeah. Like, school subjects when we do on easy Trivia, like science and math, I can do those. When it comes to, like, movies, I'm like, no, I don't know. Or history. No, you're not.

[Morgan]

We're not comprehensive smart. We're very isol smart.

[Abby]

Yeah. We have our subjects. Oh, my gosh. It's funny we're talking about this because I'm like, I'm a perfectionist. But then on Easy Trivia, I'm like, don't even know what.

[Morgan]

Oh, Easy Trivia gave me anxiety for so long. So long. Yeah. And then finally, I just had to accept what I was. I was not good at trivia. I've never been good at trivia. You take me to a trivia night. Horrible. I know nothing.

[Abby]

I.

[Morgan]

Now I'm a little bit better because we play easy Trivia so much. And I play my little solitaire game. That really helps me to bring things back to my mind. But that's about all I got, honestly.

[Abby]

I know. It's just. It's weird. Just not my thing. Not our thing.

[Morgan]

And Lunchbox loves to blame it on our education. So I. But I love this contrast because we had very different educations.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And we both.

[Abby]

What does that say?

[Morgan]

So it doesn't matter.

[Abby]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Did you have a question and all of that before? We just dialed on our. Our knowledge of things.

[Abby]

Oh, where we went to school. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Abby]

Did I have a question?

[Morgan]

No. Yeah. You were like. You were asking something about easy Trivia. Then I.

[Abby]

We.

[Morgan]

We derailed.

[Abby]

I don't think so.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Abby]

Just.

[Morgan]

No, he drew. But you. You enjoyed Your school time?

[Abby]

Yeah. Yeah. No, I love school. I love studying.

[Morgan]

Really.

[Abby]

I don't. I don't want to go back now that I've, like, worked. It would be hard for me to go back, but in the time I was like, oh, I spent all my time, like, in the library in college.

[Morgan]

You were like a little school nerd.

[Abby]

Yeah, it's. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Was it because you thrived, you felt like you thrive in that environment, or was it because you just loved.

[Abby]

I love learning. Yeah, I did love learning, but I wanted to know everything that was on the test. Like, I wanted to be able to be like, I want 100 on this test. I have to know everything about it. It's weird looking back.

[Morgan]

Did you cry when you got your. Because it seems like you got a B at one point or a C or D. I don't know.

[Abby]

What was that from? I don't remember what class that was. Oh, it was like philosophy or something.

[Morgan]

Philosophy chart.

[Abby]

No. Or maybe. Yeah, psychology. I took a few psychology classes and I think I got like, yeah, B. I didn't cry, but I was just like, oh, my gosh. No.

[Morgan]

Did you go drink away your fears?

[Abby]

I didn't drink in college.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

When did you have your first drink?

[Abby]

I think I was, like, 21. It was like, after. It was my 21st birthday with my family. But, like, you're telling.

[Morgan]

Oh, we really did have vastly different growing up experiences.

[Abby]

No, actually, it was before. It was like a frat party. I was like, 20. I think I was too scared to, like, use a fake out. So I didn't do that. Like, my friends were using fakes, and I was like, I can't do that. I'm gonna get in trouble.

[Morgan]

That's fair. I think I would have been scared to use a fake also, but I used my sister's real id, so.

[Abby]

And you?

[Morgan]

I wasn't afraid. Yeah, we look like twins. And it's a real id, so, like, nothing can happen, right? That's fair. That's crazy that you didn't have your first dream. Maybe that's why you really enjoy your white claws now.

[Abby]

Yeah, that's probably it. I think I'm getting it all out later in life, you know, when most people started. What?

[Morgan]

I started way too young, so don't look at me. But that's funny.

[Abby]

A lot of my friends drank in high school and they were going to parties. They were getting, like, mics or whatever. Minor in conceptions and all that. And I was, like, so into, like, running and cross country and track. That I was like, I do not want to ruin it. Like, I don't want to start drinking and get into that and not run. I was too competitive.

[Morgan]

Were you social in high school?

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Did you like going to things? Because I feel like you're such a social person now.

[Abby]

Yeah, I was going to, like, all the football games, like, everything. Basketball games, but I just, like, wasn't drinking. I just didn't go to parties. I went to all the school functions and things. But when it was like a house party, for sure. Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan]

I love that, though. That feel that feels very you.

[Abby]

Like.

[Morgan]

I love that. That's wild. I think I'm just sitting here shocked because we just had such different experiences on other sides of the city.

[Abby]

We really did. Like, you're on the west side, I'm on the east side.

[Morgan]

I mean, I was just drinking random fields, you know, it was fine. I was learning a lot about myself.

[Abby]

That's fun, though. I. That would be fun. I wish I wouldn't have been so, like, uptight, but.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but then there was moments where I wish I was uptight. So, like, the grass is always greener on the other side, for sure. Like, we would both had things that we wish we would have changed, but we are who we are because of it, so there was a reason. Are there checks still rolling in from the music you've released? That's from James in Virginia.

[Abby]

I think I got one last year was like, $8, so. Yeah, it's only, like, I think, annual. It's really not much. No, that's quarterly, so I guess it was like eight. I don't really keep track because it's really nothing like to shout.

[Morgan]

You're rolling in the dough, though, man. $8 can buy you a coffee.

[Abby]

Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

To go walk around a city.

[Abby]

Exactly. I will use that for my next coffee. And remember that.

[Morgan]

Treat yourself to a coffee.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Or a white claw in a coffee cup.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Whichever. Preferred.

[Abby]

No, the streaming has gone down significantly. And that's where the money is. Like, the more streams you get, the more money. So my songs, like, I don't promote them really, so they're not getting many plays. So you do. Not much.

[Morgan]

Anybody listening here? Go listen to Abby's music.

[Abby]

Hey. Their Hometown. That's my favorite one.

[Morgan]

I love that song. It reminds me of Wichita.

[Abby]

I know it does.

[Morgan]

Okay. Are you gonna put out new music?

[Abby]

Yeah, I'm still thinking about it.

[Morgan]

Okay. I'm not gonna push you because I know. I know that's gonna add more stress to your life.

[Abby]

My life it's never gonna. I was telling somebody the other day, I'm like, I'm waiting for things to get less crazy, and they're like, they don't get less crazy. Like, oh, okay. There's always something.

[Morgan]

I have realized that about life, you know, that's where I don't enjoy free will, is that there's always something. Every time I'm like, okay, if I just get through this hump, then I'll be like, to this point. And then there's something else that comes in. I'm like, never mind. It's just forever.

[Abby]

It is. It's just how you, like, manage it, I guess, which I'm not great at that.

[Morgan]

Management of our life.

[Abby]

Yeah, yeah. Life management. I was gonna say time management, but life management.

[Morgan]

We got a lot of names on this podcast so far. Life management, Drinky driving personalities. We've come up with a view. I like this. I know. Sadie wants to know from Ohio if we're doing any of the CMA Fest activities.

[Abby]

Oh, yeah, My mom's back in town. She's like the party girl. And I. She makes me want to go along, like, as living here, you know, living here, it's like. Gets to be a lot. Like going to Broadway, which I still love to do that, but it gets to be a lot. But we're gonna go to all, like, all the night show.

[Morgan]

So fun. And you. The night shows. Me, Nissan City.

[Abby]

Yeah, Nissan. Yeah. Yeah. She buys tickets every year, so I go along.

[Morgan]

Well, you guys go do any of the daytime stages or walk around, any of that.

[Abby]

Yeah, I need to look at the schedule because I love going, like, Riverfront, all this. I just like going back and forth and, like, seeing who we can see. Because Riverfront always has really good ones like this. Because I know you're doing that, right?

[Morgan]

Yeah. So Thursday I'll be with you at Nissan. We doing some stage stuff at Nissan on Thursday night. And then Sunday, I'll be at Chevy Riverfront front stage, doing stage stuff there. And then I'm also going to Shabuzzi's brunch that Mike sent us the invite for. Did you say yes to that?

[Abby]

I didn't. Why? I think it's like, three hours, isn't it?

[Morgan]

Yeah, but you can go for a little bit.

[Abby]

Yeah, it's true. What day is it on?

[Morgan]

It's on Sunday, maybe.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You and your mom should totally go to that.

[Abby]

Oh, that was. She would love that.

[Morgan]

I feel like you guys would thrive at brunch and jaboozi.

[Abby]

I know. It's really cool. It's like elevated western wear and like, that's so cute.

[Morgan]

But it is also hard. There's so much going on this weekend. So being everywhere with everything is hard.

[Abby]

I know. It is.

[Morgan]

You guys should. I feel like your mom would just thrive.

[Abby]

Yeah, she would love that.

[Morgan]

I have to ask. I'm not gonna add stress to your life. This is not me. But we do have lots asking if there is a wedding update. Tracy from Washington. She loves you. You're both gorgeous as ever.

[Abby]

Aww.

[Morgan]

While also asking. I had to, like, compliment sandwichy there a little bit. Is there any wedding updates?

[Abby]

Kind of looking into dates. Getting at least a general idea.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Abby]

Yes. Big moves. It is. I'm trying to, like, think about things like, realistically and some venues just kind of looking. Just getting ideas and costs and quotes, but nothing really like, sticking.

[Morgan]

Do you. Are you leaning more into when you might be getting married? Like, what year?

[Abby]

Next year? Yeah. 2027.

[Morgan]

Okay. Looking at next year.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's huge progress.

[Abby]

It is.

[Morgan]

Because before you're like, I have no idea.

[Abby]

I know. I was like, maybe 2030, 2040. I know.

[Morgan]

In the future,

[Abby]

at some point. Okay.

[Morgan]

So 2027.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's exciting. And I. I remember you were kind of looking at potentially here, but also maybe on a beach. But I don't know if that was gonna work out.

[Abby]

No, I think more here. I like logistics of a beach. I want to be where I am. I mean, so I can drive. It's easier to plan things. So I can go do site visits and all that and know more about vendors. Like, there. I have no idea. I would just be like, hopefully this is good.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And based on what you told me about cities and researching, you do not like that.

[Abby]

No.

[Morgan]

So I do not recommend for you. Now that I know that information, honestly really helps me. The fact that I have also had a lot of experience with this. Now don't do it somewhere else.

[Abby]

Now you get it.

[Morgan]

You will have to do a lot of research a lot. And a lot of investigating, a lot of. Of calling. A lot of just doing a lot of, like, groundwork, if you will, versus if you are doing it somewhere you're familiar with. It's a lot easier.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

For your sake. Especially having that information now.

[Abby]

And I think I want more people to be there. Like a beach wedding. It's like a limited, smaller, you know, and I want more people.

[Morgan]

So you wanna do the big wedding thing?

[Abby]

Yeah, I think. I mean, not big, but. Yeah. Like most people that I know because I Want them to be there. There's a lot of people in my life that I know would like to be there, and it would be hard for me to be like, no, sorry, you can't. Like, you can come to something else. Because I had thought about that. I think that's a good idea. I've always wanted to do something like that, to be like, okay, I'll make it small and intimate. But I don't know. I just don't know if that's like, for me. So it's okay.

[Morgan]

It's supposed to be individually uniquely yours,

[Abby]

and that's what I'm trying to remember. It's not about like. Like, you can't please everybody else to be like, oh, I wonder if they'll like this, or if they can make it here. I'm like you. At the end of the day, you just have to go with what you want, because otherwise you'll just go around in circles.

[Morgan]

You will. And you're already gonna go around in circles because there's gonna be a lot of options and a lot of things you can do, and you're gonna start seeing a lot on social media and stuff, and you just have to. It's yours. It's you and your fiance. That's what matters. Whatever you guys want works. You who want a Halloween wedding, and that's perfectly fine.

[Abby]

See, I think that's cool.

[Morgan]

I do too. Like, I love how creative people are. I love when I see people in their weddings, when it looks to me like it's a show is when I'm just like, what, did you get married for us or for you? You know, so be uniquely you. Do all the things that you want to do, however you want to do them. It's the best piece of advice somebody gave me, and I'll yes it onto you as you start looking.

[Abby]

Thank you. Yeah, you're done. So thank you. You got the hard part done. I'm like, oh, most of it.

[Morgan]

But I, I, I have also learned that once you even get the big things done, then all the small things come, and the small things are just as hard as big things. But it's not fun most of the time.

[Abby]

Oh, good. Excited.

[Morgan]

It will be great. You're gonna. Since you're planning for next year, your life will also be easier. You know, I just did it all in one year.

[Abby]

I know.

[Morgan]

For funsies, right? Even though I wasn't one of the girls that had a Pinterest board already planned.

[Abby]

I know. Yeah, me neither. That's crazy.

[Morgan]

It's good, though.

[Abby]

You would think it gives you a

[Morgan]

whole wide open sketchbook to do whatever you want, which is also really exciting.

[Abby]

That's the free will.

[Morgan]

The free will.

[Abby]

And I don't do well. That's. That's too much free will. Like, you're like, no blank slate. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Give me everything.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Oh, my goodness. Okay, well, shout out from Julie. She's in my favorite ICT girls. She is from Kansas. Jody in Oklahoma City said, I love y'. All. Mike said, y' all are perfect. I love the show. And we'll leave on this one. Abby, was the beach everything you needed it to be? Kendra in Ontario.

[Abby]

Oh, my gosh. She may have messaged me on Instagram. Somebody said, I hope you have the. The trip you needed it to be or something. I was like that. That's so cute. Yes, it was. I love the beach so much. That's where I thrive. I just want to live, like, in the sand.

[Morgan]

Just plant me here.

[Abby]

I just love it so much. I never want to get out of the water when I go in because usually I go to California and it's hard to stay in. It's cold and there's, like, bigger waves. But Florida, you can just stay in all day. And I.

[Morgan]

Would you make, like, a hut. Hut above the ocean and live in a hut?

[Abby]

That'd be so awesome. Yeah, I could. I don't. I don't want the sand. I. I don't like the dirtiness. I want to get, like, all the sand off me.

[Morgan]

Now we're going back to the particular side. You're like, plant me there. But, like, in a certain way.

[Abby]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Well, I'm glad. I'm glad it was everything that you needed.

[Abby]

It was so awesome. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

I love that. Well, we're gonna get out of here. Abby, thanks for joining.

[Abby]

You're welcome.

[Morgan]

Tell the people where they can find you.

[Abby]

Instagram at Abby Lee.

[Morgan]

No, literally, can they actually come and find me?

[Abby]

Here's my address.

[Morgan]

I'm just kidding. Phone number.

[Abby]

Yeah, I'll be out and about getting crazy with my white cloth.

[Morgan]

Yeah, he's here with a coffee cup. It's probably not coffee.

[Abby]

Or a bushwacker.

[Morgan]

You love a bushwhacker. And fair. They're so good.

[Abby]

So good. If you haven't had one, try one. Yeah.

[Morgan]

If you're in town for CMA Fest. Bushwhacker, baby.

[Abby]

Broadway Brew House has the best ones. Ones, oh, my.

[Morgan]

I think they're the OG ones, too.

[Abby]

Yeah. They have to be.

[Morgan]

I believe they're the ones who created it or started it. Or I don't know.

[Abby]

Or just maybe.

[Morgan]

Maybe the Bushwacker is like the 1500s. I don't know.

[Abby]

I don't know if they came up with it, but they came up with like the best.

[Morgan]

Yes. We really did. Okay, now actually tell them where you're. Where to find you.

[Abby]

I did. On Instagram.

[Morgan]

You did? I think I interrupted you at Abby

[Abby]

Lee Anderson on the grammar.

[Morgan]

Nobody says a Graham. That was very lunchbox of you.

[Abby]

So was ew. Why did I do that? He's like on the Facebook.

[Morgan]

Yes, the Facebook. The gram. All right, we're getting out of here. You can go follow the show at Bobby Buncho on everything. Abby, thanks again. This is fun.

[Abby]

Yeah. See ya.

[Morgan]

And everybody have a fun, safe weekend. Bye.

[Abby]

Bye.

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