Morgan & Eddie Reminisce On Their Favorite (& Not So Favorite) Childhood Memories

Summary

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Podcast Summary:

The Bobby Bones Show — "Morgan & Eddie Reminisce On Their Favorite (& Not So Favorite) Childhood Memories"
Host: Morgan (WebGirl Morgan)
Guest: Eddie
Date: April 11, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this episode of "The Bobby Bones Show," Morgan and Eddie dive deep into their childhood experiences, how those memories shaped who they are today, and how adulthood, trauma, and evolving family routines influence their personalities and preferences. The episode weaves together humor, vulnerability, and nostalgia as both reminisce about growing up, share lessons learned, and reflect on transformations into adulthood. The episode closes with a candid discussion about stress-free weddings and living in the moment.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Routine vs. Spontaneity in Adulthood

Timestamps: 03:00–08:39

• Adapting to Routine:

  • Morgan: Prefers routine and organization unless traveling. Routine provides her sense of safety and helps manage her anxiety (03:07, 10:21).
  • Eddie: Started as a spontaneous person, now craves routine due to family responsibilities and kids' activities (03:37, 05:29).

• Vacations & Planning:

  • Eddie: Used to "freeball" vacations (travel with no itinerary), but now appreciates the structure his wife brings to trips. Realizes planning allows them to do and see more (04:21, 04:33).
  • Morgan: Loves having an itinerary for trips to maximize experiences and avoid stress (04:31).

• Turning Points:

  • Both agree that having children and the resulting chaos prompted shifts toward needing structure in their lives (06:02, 06:50).

Quote (Eddie, 05:58):
"Now I'm like, I feel lost when I don't have a plan."

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2. How Trauma Shapes Routine and Personality

Timestamps: 10:21–16:41

• Morgan:

  • Explains her need for routine is rooted in past chaotic relationships and trauma. Consistency signals safety to her brain and body (10:21, 11:58).
  • Overanalyzes herself to understand her behavior; seeking data and understanding as opposed to pure acceptance (14:08).

• Eddie:

  • Draws parallels between Morgan's experiences and his adopted son's need for consistency, as recommended by therapists for trauma (11:06).
  • Admits he leans more toward acceptance than deep analysis of his own patterns, but respects Morgan's approach to self-understanding (14:17).

Quote (Morgan, 12:54):
"Consistency was the only way that I could start to tell that somebody I could trust them."

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3. Parenting, Forgiveness, and Giving Grace

Timestamps: 16:41–18:38

• On Parenting:

  • Discuss how no parent is perfect and everyone carries something from their childhood, even with "the most perfect parents of all time" (16:41).
  • Highlight the importance of apologizing and explaining mistakes to children as part of healthy parenting and healing (17:25).

• Giving Grace:

  • Morgan reflects on learning to give her parents grace, recognizing everyone is figuring out life for the first time (17:54).

Quote (Morgan, 17:54):
"It's their first time figuring this out too—whereas all our first time going through life. So why am I gonna be hard on them?"

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4. Summer, Kids, and the Disruption of Routine

Timestamps: 21:22–22:19

• Eddie: Summer is stressful for parents due to the loss of the school routine; relies on camps and the pool to add predictable structure.

• Morgan: Reminisces on camps/pool adventures and contrasts her childhood with her fiancé’s more outdoorsy upbringing.

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5. Childhood Memories: City vs. Country

Timestamps: 22:19–34:36

• Eddie’s Childhood:

  • Grew up spending every weekend at his father’s ranch hunting, working as a “ranch hand,” building fences, caring for animals, and missing out on city sports or parties (23:10–27:21).
  • Admits he "hated it" then but is grateful now for the skills and experiences (26:09, 26:34).
  • Eventually found social life in small-town weekend dances and became friends with “ranch kids” (30:29).

• Morgan’s Childhood:

  • Typical “city kid.” Spent summers at the pool or sports, but cherished special visits to her grandparents’ rural properties (27:21–28:43).
  • Enjoyed spending time with grandparents, gardening, horseback riding, and connecting with nature. Found these rare countryside visits magical (29:01).

• Contrasts & Reflections:

  • Both wanted what the other had—the grass is always greener.
  • Eddie acknowledges his ranch life with his dad deeply shaped him even if he didn’t appreciate it at the time (34:36).

Quote (Eddie, 31:44):
"It was such a big part of your life...I wish I had these moments, and that experience is probably what shaped you."

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6. Universal Childhood Experiences and Social Media

Timestamps: 34:36–43:10

• Discuss viral social media videos that resonate because everyone thinks their experiences are unique, but millions relate.
• Eddie describes feeling seen by relatable dad videos, especially about family chaos at the drive-thru (35:14, 35:55).
• Morgan recounts her irrational fear of cutting tags off mattresses, only to discover many share the same anxiety thanks to viral posts (38:12–39:43).

Quote (Eddie, 42:56):
"You are helping the world [with videos like that], making people feel they're not alone."

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7. Humor, Relationships, and Wedding Reflections

Timestamps: 43:10–50:50

• Morgan and Eddie share couples’ inside jokes about "Dream Braden," where significant others get blamed for things done in dreams (42:05).

• Both laugh about relatable married life and perimenopause content on social media.

• On Weddings:

  • Morgan inquires about Eddie’s low-stress Hawaii wedding as she plans her own and seeks validation for keeping things simple (43:34–49:30).
  • Eddie praises the intimacy and lack of pressure of his small wedding, confirming for Morgan that the best memories come from enjoying the experience rather than chasing perfection (45:04, 47:47).
  • Both agree post-wedding, what mattered was just being married, not the minute details or social expectations.

Quote (Eddie, 50:02):
"Hey man, it's your day. Whatever you need to make it a better day or easier for you—do that."

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• Routine & Growing up:
  "Now I'm like, I feel lost when I don't have a plan." — Eddie (05:58)
• The Effect of Trauma:
  "Consistency was the only way that I could start to tell that somebody I could trust them." — Morgan (12:54)
• Parenting Realities:
  "It's their first time figuring this out too...so why am I gonna be hard on them?" — Morgan (17:54)
• Childhood Grass-is-Greener:
  "The grass is always greener. Doesn't matter where you are." — Eddie (31:51)
• Relating on Social Media:
  "You are helping the world...making people feel they're not alone." — Eddie (42:56)
• On Weddings:
  "Hey man, it's your day. Whatever you need to make it a better day or easy for you—do that." — Eddie (50:02)

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Additional Highlights & Fun Moments

• Eddie and Morgan’s playful debate over terms like "freeball," its origins, and the evolution of slang (06:07–06:35).
• The inside joke about Morgan's analysis versus Eddie's acceptance, paralleling show member Amy's deep-dives (13:15, 15:26).
• Laughter about drive-thru chaos, relatable parental impatience, and the universal frustration of ordering food with family (35:25–36:16).
• The recurring theme of enjoying life’s moments over obsessing about “doing it right,” especially in weddings and milestones (49:30–50:17).

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Conclusion

This episode is a heartfelt blend of nostalgia, personal growth, and lighthearted banter. Morgan and Eddie’s honest reflections on childhood, trauma, routine, and the realities of adult life offer comfort and humor for anyone navigating the messy journey from kids to grown-ups. The takeaway: embrace what makes you feel safe and happy, give yourself (and your parents) some grace, and don’t get caught up in perfection—enjoy the moment, whether that’s a trip to the ranch, your wedding day, or just managing the summer routine.

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Quick Reference Timestamps

• 03:00 — Adapting to routine vs. spontaneity
• 06:50 — Kids & the death of spontaneity
• 10:21 — Trauma & the need for stability
• 16:41 — Parenting mistakes, forgiveness, and grace
• 22:19 — Childhood summer memories
• 23:10–27:21 — Eddie’s ranch life stories
• 29:01 — Morgan’s magical countryside visits
• 31:44 — Reflections on childhood shaping adulthood
• 34:36 — Social media & shared experiences
• 35:55 — Eddie’s “drive-thru dad” frustration
• 38:12 — Fear of cutting off mattress tags
• 42:05 — “Dream spouse” inside jokes
• 43:34 — Stress-free weddings and what matters
• 50:02 — Advice: make your day your own

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Transcript

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[Morgan]

Happy weekend. Eddie is joining me this weekend on Best Bits. What's up, Eddie?

[Eddie]

What's up, Morgan?

[Morgan]

You excited to do this or are you bummed?

[Eddie]

No, I'm excited. I'm excited.

[Morgan]

Says the guy who you know Every weekend in part three, we answer questions. And Eddie wrote in. He was like, can we get rid of best?

[Eddie]

When's that? You're going to stop doing best. Best bits? He wants to know you're like a

[Morgan]

hater while also secretly loving it.

[Eddie]

No, no, I really do. It's just. It's a. It's just a little schedule inconvenience. That's it.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

You know, but I mean, once I'm

[Morgan]

here, all adult life.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean? Anytime something new pops up that was not originally a part of your plan, it's a big inconvenience as an adult.

[Eddie]

Are you a. We're gonna just jump right into it, Morgan.

[Morgan]

I mean, we always do.

[Eddie]

Are you a routine person or do you like spontaneity?

[Morgan]

I am all routine unless I'm on a trip and I can be a little spontaneity. Spa.

[Eddie]

Spontaneity. Isn't that weird? Like, why is that word so hard

[Morgan]

not coming out of my mouth the right way? That's about the only time. Or if I just have. I've gotten all my stuff done that I need to get done, and then I can have some moments of now. I'm not going to try and say

[Eddie]

the word because it's not spontaneity. It's just interesting because, like, you grow up a certain way and it's funny. Like, you think as a person, like, I am this kind of person.

[Morgan]

What kind of person are you before you go into this?

[Eddie]

I started very spontaneous. Like, I didn't like any plans. I liked, like, let's see what the day brings. And then let's just do whatever and see where the night goes. Right. Like that. I was that kind of person forever. And then I would say in the last five years, I'm like, no, no, no, no, no, no. We gotta do this. I gotta have my coffee every morning. It's gotta be this mug.

[Morgan]

Like, you've gotten into some routine.

[Eddie]

Yeah, even. And this is the crazy one. When we. When we travel, like, when we go on vacation, I used to be like, why are we planning stuff? Like, let's just. If we're going to Puerto Rico, let's just go to Puerto Rico and see what happens. Like, let's just.

[Morgan]

Oh, you would straight up free ball it.

[Eddie]

Freeball it. Besides hotel, I've never called a freeball

[Morgan]

in it, but that's what it is. You're free balling.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So you just plan a flight in a hotel and that was it.

[Eddie]

Correct. And a rental car. Whatever. No, no, Plans, like, we're not gonna. We're not gonna go fishing on Thursday. We're not gonna go ziplining on Friday. We're not. Like, none of that. It was just like, let's just see

[Morgan]

how it goes opposite. I love an itinerary.

[Eddie]

See, I did not. Now my wife does itineraries, and it's awesome. We get to do so much more.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Because if you. Here's the thing. I love being spontaneous. I think there's always a time and place for it, and you need it in your life. Because if you have everything as a routine and organized, you're. That's kind of a sad life. Right. But something about having itineraries, especially for big trips or big moments in your life or, like, having consistency in your life, does provide a lot of happiness. And itineraries on trips specifically allows you to do and see more things. Otherwise, you may not plan for things, and you may go and XYZ is closed or it doesn't have available reservations.

[Eddie]

And you just wasted two hours.

[Morgan]

Yep. And you. And you were trying to figure it out, and then you didn't spend any of the time trying to figure it out, actually visiting the place you were at.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Morgan]

So, like, you need both on trips, for sure. Like, scheduled out, but then, like, four hours. It's open to interpretation. Whatever happens, happens.

[Eddie]

But even, like, home life, like, if I don't. Because every day I wake up and, like, all right, I look at the calendar, like, what do we have today? Work works, whatever. And then after work, we have a baseball game. And then we have a baseball basketball practice. And then dinner, like, whatever.

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[Eddie]

It's all written out, and I love it. And sometimes I'll get up and there's nothing there, and I'm like, oh, what's going on today? You know, like, I need to know what's going on. It's a weird thing that I've never, ever depended on. And now I'm like, I feel lost when I don't have a plan.

[Morgan]

When do you feel like that shifted? When. When your kids started to have more activities?

[Eddie]

Probably. I think they initiated it because. Yeah. You had to have order with kids or else it's chaos.

[Morgan]

You cannot freeball.

[Eddie]

Cannot. Still. Still sounds bad to say, but it's called free ball. Do you know what free balling is?

[Morgan]

Well, I wasn't taking it the dirty way.

[Eddie]

Do you know what it is?

[Morgan]

I have a feeling now what you're referencing.

[Eddie]

No, what is it? But what I'm referencing is what it is.

[Morgan]

Okay. You're not. You're not wearing underwear.

[Eddie]

Correct, Right, correct. Free Mullen.

[Morgan]

But it has multiple meanings. It's taken on multiple meanings.

[Eddie]

It's kind of like, what's the other one they use?

[Morgan]

Raw dog.

[Eddie]

Raw dogging.

[Morgan]

People use that in everyday, like, vernacular.

[Eddie]

I know, but when it's first being used, you're just like, wait a second, what?

[Morgan]

Like I have used that term before and people looked at me, I was like, no, no, no, not that guy. Different guy, different vibes. So maybe you're right. Maybe I'm using it.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but, so you can't freeball really when you have kids because it's just chaotic and whatever. So I think they were the initial, like, reason we started having to be a little more organized. But it's bled into now to just us. Because like when my wife and I, like, if we go on a little mini vacation, I start kind of freaking out when like, we don't have anything planned. Like, what are we gonna do tomorrow? You know, or we, or for us, like anytime it's just us two, it's like, let's just lay in bed. And like, let's just stay in bed for as long as we can.

[Morgan]

Okay, so I have, I have two follow ups here. One, was your wife always a planner before you or was she also before kids? You guys were both that way, spontaneous.

[Eddie]

Both that way.

[Morgan]

Now as being the mom, has she become the planner? Do you ever plan things?

[Eddie]

No, she's the planner for sure. I never plan anything, but she's the planner. But when we're on vacation, she, that's almost like a vacation from her planning. And then I'm just like, whoa, whoa, whoa. Like, why, why do we stop planning all of a sudden? You know, like, I like the lane in bed. I do. But like it's almost noon, like, what are we doing?

[Morgan]

And that's why, that's why I asked that. Because she's trying to have a vacation from her life.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And her planning is part of her life. So the only way you're going to plan on a vacation and make her happy at the same time is when

[Eddie]

you do it for me to plan the vacation. But then at that point I'm just like, yeah, let's just free ball it.

[Morgan]

And then you're mad when it happens. Now you're at that point in your life where it actually like, oh, our money's valuable, our time's valuable. I think that's a part of it too. A realization of just how important things are. Time, money, being two of them. And when you go on a vacation and it feels like anything was wasted. Yeah, you could probably feel that way.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

So maybe that's where it's coming from. Just more appreciation for things.

[Eddie]

Just part of growing up, I guess. It's just weird to me that I always thought, like, oh, I'm this kind of person. But then, like, people we evolve into kind of what fits our personality versus, like, we have this personality, you know,

[Morgan]

it was funny because the. The friend that I was FaceTiming with this week, where we were just catching up on everything, and she was such a type A person in college, so. Type A?

[Eddie]

Yeah. Who was it? A college friend?

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah. Her name's Beamer. That's what we called her.

[Eddie]

I love it.

[Morgan]

Now she's like, I'm a type B mom. Like, I never thought that would happen. And it was just.

[Eddie]

What do you mean she doesn't take control on her parenting?

[Morgan]

No. Like, she does. She's just like, I really thought I'd be so strict about certain things. What he puts into his mouth, how he acts, where he's around, what he's doing. She's like. But I'm so chill. I just really didn't anticipate that coming. And I think it's funny how much life circumstances really dictate our personality.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean?

[Eddie]

Yes, for sure.

[Morgan]

Because I think when you're forced to no longer have control, you have to either, like, let life happen or life's going to happen to you kind of thing.

[Eddie]

And I think for me, too, like, I think that work has kind of made me used to that structure because Bobby is so, like, this is how it's going to be. We're going to do. Even when we're, like, doing bits, we're going to do this and then we're going to do that, and then we're going to shoot a video after that. It's like he has to here and there. He has to be like, these are the three things we're doing in the next.

[Morgan]

Like, it's very structured to get things done in the time that we have.

[Eddie]

And I've never been like that. But the fact that we've been doing this for how long and that's how he is. I think it's kind of blended. Blend bled into my normal, everyday life. That now at home, I'm like, hey, gun. I got to keep that up.

[Morgan]

You know, it's funny you say that, too, because consistency for me is when my body feels safe. I've realized because I've been in Some very chaotic situations. I've had relationships that were very, like, turmoil driven, right? And so they were very chaotic. And I never realized how much my body craved, like, consistency and routine. And when, even when I get out of that, even when, if I go on a trip and I do have plans and I do have an itinerary and I'm all organized, it's still out of my ordinary. It's not consistent with my normal life. And my body just, like, responds to that. Anytime there's something inconsistent happen, it's like everything in my body, like, I'm a cat, the hair's on me, like, stand up. I do not handle inconsistency well anymore.

[Eddie]

It's crazy. Like, you're saying this stuff and you have trauma in your life, right, from this stuff. And some people may be like, oh, you know, it's pretty normal. People go through that, whatever. But trauma's trauma, okay? And one of my boys who we adopted, like, he had trauma and he speaks the same way you're speaking, and mostly the doctors do or the therapists do, but now he understands that too, is that he needs that consistency every single day. Anytime we try to do something like, hey, we're going to do this, all of a sudden he kind of like, whoa, whoa, hold on. I thought we were going to do this. And he asked so many questions. And we used to be so annoyed by it, like, oh, my gosh, like, why do you need to know everything we doing? But now it's kind of. It's this exact same thing you're talking about so big trauma, A trauma, B trauma, C trauma. I mean, it's all trauma.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah. And the way that it comes out and, like, manifests, it's very much that, like, you'll probably find anybody who's experienced any type of trauma like, that they have this desire to control things. And that's why, like, I always ask so many questions, because I want to be in control. I need to know what's happening so I can tell my body to calm down. And I'm the only one that I feel safe enough to do. So. I've gotten a lot better over the course of the last several years where I've let people in and I can trust other people with me to know that I'm gonna be safe. But it took me a long time to get there, you know, to feel that and let go of that and find people that were safe enough for me to trust that. So consistency was the only way that I could start to tell that somebody I Could trust them. Right. Like, it's how I started to understand relationships better. When people were inconsistent with me, I was like, I can't handle this. This is not for me. And respect, if that's for you, but it's not for me.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And I learned that very early about myself, like, after those situations happen that I needed that to, like, make myself feel confident again.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And so consistency is so much a part of my routine. Like, it's not just like the routine side. It's more what that replacement routine kind of represents.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So I totally understand that experience he's having.

[Eddie]

And it sounds like you are talking, like, almost like when Amy goes off on her, you know, like her in depth stuff, you know, like, it sounds like you're. You're overanalyzing yourself.

[Morgan]

It feels that way.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Right. It's what it sounds like. But I've learned that you're not overanalyzing yourself. You're actually understanding yourself, which most of us don't. I don't think I take the time to understand myself. I recognize the trends, but I don't do what you're doing and be like, well, what does that mean? Does. Oh, is that. Is that connected to my trauma on this? Or, oh, am I doing A because of B? Like, I don't do that, but you do, which is cool. And like, it's funny because people sometimes sound like, oh, they're overthinking it. No, they're. I think we all have kind of the same thing, but some people like to understand what it is, and some people just like to accept it.

[Morgan]

Yeah. And I know. And I think you're on that other side. Right. That acceptance totally where you can handle it. You can kind of take it, and it can kind of breathe through you and move and you move through it.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

I'm someone that has to have data. I have to have information to fully make a decision. And that's why I. I more am aligned with an overanalyzer, because I need the information to feel safe.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know, and I'm getting out of that a little bit more. I think once you go through enough things, like. Because once you understand it, it's easier to work through. It's easier to become more acceptance where it just kind of passes through.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And you're not running through life, like, with a head chopped off.

[Morgan]

No. I mean, that was so much a part of what my health was related to, was like, I was living in fight or flight, was. My body was just constantly, like, on overdrive, working to keep myself feeling safe, which was crazy to even learn, like, realize how much it impacted me. Not just my mental health, but my physical health. And like you, I mean, even crazier to that further extent is that being now in, like, the safe relationship that I'm in, I've had to, like, learn, unlearn a lot of things.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that's hard.

[Morgan]

Like, we'll have disagreements, and he's like, I make a lot of jokes, and he has to look at me and be like, is that really a joke? Or do you feel that way? And that's like a deep thing that you're just overcompensating with the humor. And I'm like, not that that was a joke, or sometimes, like, that was not a joke. That was real. I felt that way.

[Eddie]

I love it.

[Morgan]

And it's funny because he has to kind of point it out, because I will point it, protect myself. I protect myself with humor. Or, like, just, you know, writing it off. Yeah, but it's. It's an interesting thing to, like, work through that stuff. And your son's probably going to have to go through those experiences.

[Eddie]

I think they said the doctors were talking about that and how the trauma, it takes double their life. Like, if the trauma was from, like, you know, one through five, it takes double that time for them to even start working on fixing that trauma, you know? So, like, I think, and I'm paraphrasing, I'm not really exactly sure how they said it, but. So if it happened for five years, then it's gonna take not 10, but 15 years till he's 15 for him to actually, like, all right, I can work on this.

[Morgan]

In that time, he doesn't gather anything else. Correct.

[Eddie]

Which we're trying our best not to add to it. But, I mean, it's normal. Like, it's normal when you come into a family that's not, you know, yours. You're not used to that family. You're not used to how the. The family dynamics are or how even me and my wife's routines, like, you're not used to that. And so it takes a while to get used to that and then accept it in it and all that stuff. So it's very complicated. But, well.

[Morgan]

And, you know, honestly, Eddie, something I've learned is, like, everybody's going to have something from their childhood. You could have the most perfect parents of all time.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

And they could have handled you wrong based on who you are, not knowing that they did that. Right. And so I think there also, as you get older, There becomes a lot of grace for your parents and the things that they did and like, how they did support you and how they didn't. So you can support yourself now. And it, It's. It's interesting. Like, the whole just psyche and stuff is. Especially with kids is hard. But I feel so bad for parents because you feel like you have to be perfect and nobody's ever going to be perfect. No, you're going to make a mistake and it's going to have an impact. But your hope is that you've loved them enough that that helps them through it.

[Eddie]

For us, like, I think we go really big on explaining ourselves, you know, like, and if we do mess up, apologizing for it and letting it be known that, like, hey, what we did there was not right. Like, sorry, we did that. And then it's really. They're like, okay, cool. And hopefully that carries on to, like, you know what? They accepted it. And I accept. I accept that, like, it's. It happens because. Yeah, we're human too.

[Morgan]

No, it's. It's something that I love to say. Like, when I look at my parents, I'm like, it's their first time figuring this out too.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Whereas all our first time going through life, like, so why am I gonna be hard on them? Because of what happened in XYZ situation. You know what I mean? Like, it's now on me to figure that out.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

That's my ownership of. Of what happens. So.

[Eddie]

And it's so funny because kids look at parents and being like, oh, well, like, they know everything. Like, they're.

[Morgan]

That's what we teach kids.

[Eddie]

We don't know anything.

[Morgan]

You think about, like, your teachers, like, growing up. I'm like, dang, they really. They were. You know what I really think about my teachers and they going home after class, popping open a bottle of wine or cracking open a beer or going

[Eddie]

out with her buds, like, until 11

[Morgan]

and then coming to hungover on a Saturday, but they'd be walking in Monday and respected the crap out of them because they were an adult, you know?

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Nobody has it figured out.

[Eddie]

Nobody ever.

[Morgan]

Solid joke. Okay, we're gonna take a break.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. We came in hot.

[Morgan]

You really did come in hot. You started that. I love it. We'll be right back.

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[Morgan]

So funny that we started off with something very vulnerable. I loved it, though. I like seeing that. I like seeing dad Eddie.

[Eddie]

Well, sometimes, like, you come. You come in and you're like, hey, what's going on in your life? And like, we didn't have to do that this time. We just kind of like, let me tell you what's going on in my life.

[Morgan]

It is. And you talk about the kids Are they like thriving? Summer's almost here.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Are you ready?

[Eddie]

Summer. So stressful time because I know it's. They don't, they don't go to school. So we put them in as many camps as we can, keep them busy.

[Morgan]

You're telling me. All those camps that I was really excited to go to were definitely not for me.

[Eddie]

Those are the best things ever. For the parents for sure. Because like, yeah, man. Again, routine.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Summer just throws routine under the bus and like you don't exist now. Now like the kids are home all day. Figure something out. The pool, the pool becomes part of the routine. Maybe a little summer vacation. We don't know. We haven't really planned anything yet.

[Morgan]

What when you think about your childhood? Because my fiance and I were talking about this on the walk. I don't know what sparked it, but he was talking about he saw a kid with a bike. He's like, I had something like that and my brother would ride on the back on the pegs and we'd ride around the neighborh and that's how we'd spend our time. And I was like, well, I went to the pool and I'd eat Eminem cookies and waffle fries and that's how I spent my time. So like very different experiences or thinking about like how we spent our time as kids.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So what did you do?

[Eddie]

This is funny. It's funny because my in laws, my in laws were in town for like three or four days or whatever. And I think we're at a place in our life where everyone's trying to learn more about each other because we're all getting older, you know, like I've known my in laws for a long, long time, but rarely do we sit around and just talk about like what were you like as a kid? Or like, you know, we don't talk about that stuff.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And this time around we did talk about. My mother in law was asking me, you know, like, what did you, did you like the outdoors growing up? And I was like. And it brought back all of these memories. What's funny about my childhood is my dad didn't have a lot of money growing up and so when he, he got a little success, he was a businessman, like entrepreneur businessman. He got a little success when I was, I don't know, like six, it's like seven years old. And he started buying properties and like. Cause he loved to hunt. And so he would buy these ranch. He would buy like dearly or he would get deer leases or whatever or buy a ranch or something. And every weekend of my life was going to the ranch or going to the deer lease and hunting. And my mother in law was like, did you like hunting? I'm like, I loved it for a year. Like, loved it until it just became my life. Yeah, like, every week was going to the ranch and like, there were no other kids out there. Just me and my brother and my sister later on. But like, and it was just us and it was me with like a stick or a gun and like, just walking around the woods looking for arrowheads and rabbits and like, really, that was like my. A lot of my childhood. And I dreamt of the pool and waffle fries and like, that's funny, I dreamt of that because I never was in town for like summers. And when summer came around, my dad was like, pack the bags, we're going to the dearly. Like, for weeks.

[Morgan]

Did you bring the whole family or was it just you guys? Like, what, what did it look like?

[Eddie]

It was at the very beginning, it was just me and my brother, my dad and all his buddies. And sometimes his buddies would have kids and like, we would play with them. But then once my sister was born, my mom and my sister would come, and then it became a whole family thing. And then my dad bought a ranch that he wanted to build, like, into like a ranch ranch with a house with like, you know, nice, good quality fences, exotic animals, cows, horses. Like, he wanted to do all that, except he didn't want to hire people to do it. So me and my brother were like the ranch hands.

[Morgan]

And so we did not sign up for this.

[Eddie]

No, we really didn't. And like, it just. That was a crazy era of my life where, like, all we did was work on the ranch like cowboys. Except we weren't cowboys.

[Morgan]

We were just like, I was just regular old kids. Taught you how to do it from your dad.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. And so we would dig holes, we would, you know, make hay bales, we would feed cows, brand cows. We would inject horses, you know, with like, their medicines. We would, like, you name it. We had ostriches, emus, pigs. Like, we had everything. And it was crazy. Like, and that was all the way through high school.

[Morgan]

So at what point did it stop being fun for you, truly? Like, or do you look back and you're like, oh, a lot of that was really fun.

[Eddie]

I hated it. Like, I look back at it and I say, I'm glad I did it because I learned so much about working with my hands, you know, like hard labor. Like, I can build Anything now. Like, I can fix anything all. Because that's all we did. Like, hey, we're not getting any water. This pipe's busted. Like, what do we do? Let's figure it out.

[Morgan]

You know, you learned how to do a lot of skills that you probably wouldn't have learned otherwise.

[Eddie]

A lot of skills.

[Morgan]

Is that why, though, now you're, like, primarily the exact opposite?

[Eddie]

Probably. Now I'm like, hey, will you hire someone to fix that? Because I don't want to do it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, not as much that part, but, like, you're just more of a city person now. I think you really like cities.

[Eddie]

Oh, my gosh. And then the weekends, like, I want to do nothing. It's funny you say that, because I think there. There are weekends when we're stuck in basketball gyms all the whole day, Saturday, and I look around like, wow, it's Saturday. And look at all these city people, like, in a basketball gym. And I really would dream of that as a kid. Like, all my buddies would be playing sports, and they'd be playing, you know, in these tournaments, and I'd be like, I wonder what that's like. You know, they probably have, like, orange slices and snacks and, you know, because I never got to do that when I was, like, in middle school.

[Morgan]

You know, it's funny that you say it on that side, because I was, like, the opposite of you. So, yes, I would spend a lot of summers, like, hanging out at the pool or playing sports or going to camps or whatever. But my grandparents had property. Both of them. Both sets my grandparents did. And it was my favorite thing to go out and spend time on the property. And so I was, like, the direct opposite. Like, we had. My. My dad's parents. They had, like, a double wide trailer that sat on this huge lot of land. And my dad had horses. His brother had cows. Another. Another brother had more horses. And they were all on this land, and they had a pond, and we'd go fishing, and we'd. And my grandma loved to garden, so I'd help her in the garden. And we had a beagle at the time who'd run around with us when we'd ride, like, horseback. R. It was my favorite thing. And my dad would. It was so funny because especially as we got older, like, I was really the only one that really wanted to go out there. It was like, I loved. I loved this life. And he'd pick up a McDonald's breakfast for me, you know, like, the big platter.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I'd eat pancakes. Yeah.

[Morgan]

He'd eat my sausage and my bacon, and I just eat my little pancakes in the car. Because it was like, it was outside of Augusta, Kansas. It was on, like, this description, small area of town. And I just sit there eating my pancakes. Took about an hour and a half to get there. And we get there, and, man, I just, like, lived my best life on that farm.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And then my other grandma, she lit. She was a big, like, scientist and ecologist. Scientist, ecologist. Am I saying that correctly?

[Eddie]

I think so.

[Morgan]

Like, her and. And her ex husband at the husband at the time were, like, really big in nature and preserving nature and stuff like that.

[Eddie]

This is your dad's mom.

[Morgan]

This is my mom's side now. So, like, both of them had. And my grandma still lives on this land, like, still. Still to this day. She's 88 now.

[Eddie]

Dang, that's awesome.

[Morgan]

And we'd go out with her and we'd search for arrowheads, and she has a whole collection. And she. You know, she had horses. We never. We can never ride her horses. Those were like. She just wanted to have horses. And, like, we buried our. Our pets on her land. Like, it's crazy to me, but those moments, like, were few and far between for me. So, like, I lived it up when I had those. So I was the exact opposite of you. You wanted what doing, and I wonder what you were doing.

[Eddie]

And I mean, I. I wanted both, you know, Like, I just wanted a little bit of, like, life, because Monday through Friday I had friends and, like, a life. And then the weekend was like, hey, we're having a birthday party, or we're all gonna do this on Saturday. Well, not me, because I've gotta go to the ranch.

[Morgan]

So. You wouldn't even participate in other things on the weekend. It was a requirement. Like, that was what your family did.

[Eddie]

Yes. And then when it. When we got to high school, when I was like, maybe like, you know, sophomore, junior year in high school, there was a little town probably, you know, 25, 30 minutes away from the ranch because the ranch was about two hours from my house. So when we went to the ranch, it was middle of nowhere, but this little. There was this little town. And my brother and I would, like, you know, he was old enough to drink, so he'd pick up, like, some beer on Saturday night, you know, and, like, I would ride along and we'd go into this little town and they'd have dances.

[Morgan]

Okay, that's cool.

[Eddie]

You know, like, little, like, it was kind of like the veterans, the. The VFW Was like the veterans hall. Oh.

[Morgan]

Where they had, like, full blown dances.

[Eddie]

They'd have a full blown dance with. With a band and the whole town would show up. So me and my brother would be like, all right. We dress up in our wranglers and like, you know.

[Morgan]

And how old were you when you were going to these dances?

[Eddie]

I was probably a sophomore. Freshman, sophomore in high school.

[Morgan]

Okay, so you were in high school?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I was in high school. And then, like, the girls were like, who are these dudes? Like, we've never seen these guys in our life. So we became friends with everyone quick, like, quickly. And so, you know, this little town, a population, you know, 200, 300, whatever. Like, we got to know them pretty well. So that was my weekend friends and then I had my weekday friends. So, like, I think I finally.

[Morgan]

You found it.

[Eddie]

I got the hang of it, you know, Like, I still need a life. And then my parents were very happy because I had my little social group on the weekends. And I'm still friends with some of those people, so it's really cool. Like, I'm still friends with the ranch people, and I'm still friends with, you know, my city people.

[Morgan]

It's funny, though, because I feel like it was such a big part of your life. You're talking about it now, and like, you know, you look back, you're like, dang, I wish I had, like, these moments. And I feel like that experience in general, being out there is probably a lot of what shaped you. Yeah, you are.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Morgan]

You know, even though, like, I know they're still there. We always. We always want the other side.

[Eddie]

The grass is always greener.

[Morgan]

Always.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

It doesn't matter where you are. It doesn't matter what you do. So it makes sense that you felt that way. But I feel like so much of that was a big part and probably spending a lot of time with your dad, looking back on it now.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Morgan]

Is like, fond memories.

[Eddie]

I would.

[Morgan]

I would think so. If you were playing sports and doing other things, I don't know that you would have had those.

[Eddie]

Who knows?

[Morgan]

You know?

[Eddie]

And it's funny because, like, with my dad, like, at the time, I hated everything he wanted to do because it was like, we're building fences, like, we're gonna build corrals.

[Morgan]

I want to hang out with my friends and throw a football.

[Eddie]

Look, you're making us some work, like, every weekend.

[Morgan]

No, thank you.

[Eddie]

But really, like, and. And I learned how to cook out there. I learned how to smoke meat out there, you know, because that's. You got real wood. You're using real wood. You got a smoker. Like, that's how you. How you eat out there. We used to make. It was called pan de campo in Spanish, which in. In English means, like, camp bread. So it was just like a homemade bread that you would make out of, like a cast iron thing over an open fire.

[Morgan]

Have you made that since?

[Eddie]

I feel like I have not made it since. And I thought about that. I'm like, I should definitely try that because it's been, I don't know, like, 30 years since I've even tried that.

[Morgan]

Does it look like a. Like a regular loaf of bread or does it look like sourdough or something?

[Eddie]

It looks like naan bread. Like.

[Morgan]

Oh, like, not like the. Like you eat with hummus.

[Eddie]

Yes, yes. It almost looks like a pizza. Like pizza dough.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

But that's what you. That's your bread.

[Morgan]

Campfire bread.

[Eddie]

Campfire. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Camp bread.

[Morgan]

Camp bread.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I love that. I feel like you need to make that.

[Eddie]

I know. I should definitely do that.

[Morgan]

See, and like, those. Those stories are cool and they're so unique.

[Eddie]

You're right. You're right. And like, life out there is so cool. Like, it's. It's like you said, it's like, it's beautiful. Like, I remember the most beautiful nights ever out there. The most beautiful sunsets out there. The sounds of, like, the crickets and the coyotes howling in the. In the distance and like the firecracker, like, all that stuff. It was so beautiful and perfect and I. And I miss it, but living it. I was like, man, this sucks.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Like, all my. My friends are throwing a party right now.

[Morgan]

You're like, I want to be at

[Eddie]

the party with my friends, a rager. And I'm not there. And then I show up in school on Monday and they're all talking about it. I'm just like.

[Morgan]

I was just gonna say there's a left out feeling in that.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Because you weren't part of the things that everybody else was doing.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Morgan]

But now probably at this point in your life, you're like, I got a lot more actually than I. You know, in those moments. You wanted, like, the immediate happiness.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

But you got the long term happiness.

[Eddie]

Correct.

[Morgan]

And I just didn't know it at the time.

[Eddie]

And I do feel like everything happens for a reason. So, like, I'm glad I had those experiences.

[Morgan]

Yeah. So that's so cool.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

But also just like, it's funny because you think about a lot of people say this on social media, they. It's like, oh, we don't have any original experiences. Right. Like, everybody's like, somebody will talk about something. And they're like, how, how are you? In my head, that's something I've experienced before. And you think nobody else ever has.

[Eddie]

Oh, right.

[Morgan]

And social media has taught us that, like, we've had a lot of not unique experiences because we're all the same.

[Eddie]

Isn't it amazing when you see a video and it's just like, wow, they literally made a video about my life.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And it has 50 million likes.

[Morgan]

So there's 50 million other of us who feel the same way.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's a video I saw. It's so funny. And it was. It's me. It's a dad ordering at McDonald's and he's so impatient. And it's like, are you impatient?

[Morgan]

Ordering at McDonald's with my family?

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah. Like as soon as we pull into McDonald's, into the parking lot, getting ready to go through the drive thru, I'm like, everybody, please have your order ready. Like, please, before we get there, have your order ready. And then sure enough, we get to welcome McDonald's. Can I take your order? What do you want? I don't know if I should get nuggets or burger. Oh, my gosh. Order. Sir, are you still there? Yeah, we're here. Give me a second, please.

[Podcast Host]

I'll just do.

[Eddie]

I'll do a burger. Cheeseburger. Cheeseburger. Okay, I'll take a cheeseburger. Happy Meal. Forget the cheese. A Happy Meal. Cheeseburger. And then do you want to drink? Yeah, I'll just do a, I don't know, Coke or something. No, no. And then my wife's like, no, they're having milk. Okay. No, coke. Milk for that. And it's like, oh, my gosh. You know what? You order this, I'm out.

[Morgan]

Do you, do you think about like the. Oh, okay, wait, hold on. I'm gonna take a break. Come back and made me think of something.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Morgan]

I always think about the drive thru workers and the things that they hear and experience.

[Eddie]

For sure.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean? Because like you're talking to a speaker, so you don't think they, they. And I think some of those also have cameras.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

So they can see you. Not. I don't know that all of them do, but I think about the things that they're witnessing and experiencing when people don't think that they're being watched or listened to. You know what I mean, and like they're seeing your chaos in your car. The next person pulls up and like it could be affair happening. Right. Like a little affair is going on and you know, talking about that or the next one is like somebody committed a crime and they're in it. Like, I think about drive thru people often.

[Eddie]

You should have a drive through person. Guests on your podcast would be fun.

[Morgan]

Tell me your craziest stories. I just. It's always the people who like. And it's so sad to think of this way. It's like the people who like, don't aren't seen. You see them when you come up to the drive through and interact with them. But like their job is relatively unseen and you're speaking into a speaker. You don't think of it as a person.

[Eddie]

And I wonder like, you know, when you talk to someone on the phone, do you visualize what they look like?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I wonder if that's what every drive thru person does when they.

[Morgan]

There's like bets going on. Okay.

[Eddie]

This guy, it sounds like a fat dude, you know, or this guy sounds like a middle age. Like, whatever.

[Morgan]

For sure he drew Elba. Yeah, for sure that's what he looks like.

[Eddie]

Or. Or this is. He's driving Mercedes. Like, for sure.

[Morgan]

Like all the things that would be a fun game.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

If you're a drive thru employee to. To make bets like that. But I think about just people like that in general. Like the stories that they have, the experiences that they have. And I mean, those are where my favorite stories come from.

[Eddie]

Same. I know everyday stuff, but. But to your point. Yeah. It's amazing how many people share the same similar life things. What's like something. What's like a video you've seen recently where you're like, oh my gosh, they nailed my life.

[Morgan]

Well, I was talking about one, so. And I've had so many of those, they're just not coming to mind right now. But I did post one where I was talking about how I. Like, I always felt like the cops would get called if I cut tags off of things.

[Eddie]

Like from the mattress.

[Morgan]

Mattress, the sofa, the light, the. You know, like.

[Eddie]

Cause it says against the law.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Blow dryer. You plug it in. I still have tags on things.

[Eddie]

Do you know why it says that?

[Morgan]

Why?

[Eddie]

No, I'm asking.

[Morgan]

No, I have no idea. Because my entire. I'm not kidding you. My entire life, I literally thought I would go to jail for. Like somebody would know I tripped some censor and I'd be going to jail.

[Eddie]

I think there Was like, a Muppets or a Kermit cartoon, like, a long time ago. An episode where, like, Kermit's in jail, and they're like, oh, what did you do? He's like, cut the tag off the.

[Morgan]

That has to be what it's from.

[Eddie]

Yeah. No, no, no. So. So the reason that's not for you, it's like, they mean it.

[Morgan]

Why is it on my thing?

[Eddie]

Because it's for the person selling it. Like, all the information on how to care for it, the manufacturer, where it comes from, whoever's responsible for making it, all that information is on there. So they're telling the people that sell it don't cut it off, because the customer may need that at some point.

[Morgan]

Okay, then it should say sale. Do not cut off. Customer can. Like, why didn't they specify?

[Eddie]

Once you buy something, you can do whatever you want. That's so funny. Like, but you're not alone. You're definitely not alone.

[Morgan]

Right? And there was so many people who call me, was like, oh, my gosh, I'm gonna go cut mine off. Like, I literally. I was cutting. I was, like, going through my house cutting things off and, like, looking around, like, is this the moment?

[Eddie]

Or. It has, like, important information. Like hair dryers. Like, don't put this in water. So, like, you cut that off. Maybe somebody doesn't know. Like, oh, let me just put that in the bath.

[Morgan]

It is true. Like, that's probably why.

[Eddie]

But I love that they have to put. Though, like, it is against the law under the penal code 417.

[Morgan]

It terrified me for life.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

So that was one of them. And there was a whole lot of people that related to that one. What's one that. That comes to mind for you?

[Eddie]

Is there any just. I mean, I saw. I sent one to my wife recently because it was like, my wife, when Amy talks about perimenopause, like, that's my wife. Like, it's the same thing. They're going through the same thing. And it was, like, how to control my perimenopause. And it was this lady, like, doing dishes, and she had a. Like, she had a rope tied to her belt to, like, the actual, like, counter as she was doing the dishes. And she tried to walk away and do something else, and then it pulled her back, so it keeps her focused on the dishes. Because part of that is, like, you're so spacey that you forget you're doing dishes and you go do something else.

[Morgan]

Oh, my gosh. And you're like, okay, this is our life.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Yeah. I sent that to my. Yeah. Because my wife will do the dishes and then leave the water running and then go, like, in the garage. And I'm just like, is she just done with the dishes? Like, is anyone gonna turn the water off? And for sure. That's a perimenopausal thing.

[Morgan]

That's funny.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

So now is, like, your whole feed perimenopause thing.

[Eddie]

A lot of it is. I mean, a lot of my feed is a lot of those videos of just, like, I don't know, just funny stuff that married couples go through.

[Morgan]

Yeah. The couple one are funny because I'm like, I didn't realize other people were experiencing that.

[Eddie]

Have you seen the one? And it's older now, but it was where this couple is sitting on a couch, and the guy is like. And we might have talked about this. And the guy is like, hi, my name's. My name's Henry. I just want to come on here and apologize to something I did to my wife. I wasn't faithful to my wife. And the wife's just sitting there, like, quietly next to him, and he goes, apparently, I slept with another woman in my wife's dreams, and I want to apologize for that. And the wife is like, mm, yes.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Eddie]

And I feel like every guy has gone through that where, like, my wife will wake up and be like, I had the worst dream ever. You had a girlfriend? And I was like, what? And then she's mad at me all day.

[Morgan]

Yep. This is a real thing.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

There was one time I woke up and I had a horrible dream, and Brayden looks at me. He's like, what is going on? Like, did I do something? And I was like, you were not very nice in my dream. And he was. And so now we start referring to that one as Dream Braden. He's like, was Dream Braden a jerk again? Is Dream Braden being a jerk? Like, do I need to worry about something? And we reference him as, like, a different person. It's like, he was like, I'm gonna help you. Det. Because I'm not that person. That did not happen.

[Eddie]

So true.

[Morgan]

It's so funny, though. Like, it's just wild that those are all like, I know People across the entire world are having similar experiences as life goes on.

[Eddie]

I know. And I really appreciate the people that make videos about it. Like, I really, really do, because you are helping the world. Like, by doing that, you're making people feel that they're not. Like, they're not alone. And, like, it's so helpful. It really? Does.

[Morgan]

Does it make you feel better because you, like, realize you're not the only dude that's a jerk in a dream.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Or it makes me feel that I'm. I'm not the only one that loses their patience in a drive thru with a family. Like, I love it.

[Morgan]

I know. I. I think about those a lot. I don't even know how we got on that.

[Eddie]

I don't know either.

[Morgan]

We were talking about something. I was like, it made me relate. I don't remember now. I can't remember. Anyways, anything else you want to touch on before we get on?

[Eddie]

That's it, Morgan. That's it. It's been fun.

[Morgan]

So fun. Hey, question.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

When you got. I want to know because I'm like so deep in all my wedding planning and stuff right now.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And you guys eloped. Ish. Hawaii.

[Eddie]

Yeah. But it wasn't really elope. Well, I guess. I don't know. We talked about the rules of elope.

[Morgan]

It's hard. It's the only way to reference that. Like, if you got married elsewhere and then you come back here.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You have a different, like, reception.

[Eddie]

Like, my sister eloped.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Eddie]

She went with her fiance and got married. And I think only the parents were there.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Eddie]

Okay. I wasn't even invited. And it's my favorite thing in the world to make her feel bad about it. I love it. I'll be like, oh, my gosh, I forgot it was your anniversary. Oh, maybe because I didn't go to your wedding.

[Morgan]

You're the one every bride hates. I'm learning a lot of things in all of this.

[Eddie]

Yeah. So, yeah, we got married in Hawaii. It was just. It was us, our parents, our siblings, and a best man and a maid of honor.

[Morgan]

Okay. So small, very small wedding.

[Eddie]

That was it.

[Morgan]

What was your favorite? Because this is what I'm trying. I'm like, look, gosh. Oh my gosh. Social media, like, I love it, but there's so much out there to consume and so many people have thoughts and opinions and things to say. What was your favorite thing that you still remember about that time?

[Eddie]

Dang. I think. I mean, all of it was great. Like, and I love the fact that nobody was there. Like, I really did. Because there was no pressure.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I think we're probably 30 minutes late, you know, at starting the wedding. Like, who cares?

[Morgan]

You're on your own timeline.

[Eddie]

It's just us. We're all here, you know, like, and I don't even think that it was on us. I think that the photographer or somebody was late, somebody wasn't there yet. Maybe it was, like, the videographer. And, like, they were stuck in traffic in Hawaii. I'm like, there's traffic in Hawaii. But. But nobody cared. Everybody was just like, that's cool. Like, we have time. You booked us for, like. Like, you know, two hours. So we were late, and we went. There was no clock. And we got married. And there was no rush to get out of there. Like, I loved that because I feel like if you had a big wedding, a big ceremony, like, everything's gotta be on time. There's so many people involved that it's can't. It's gotta be done this way or it's not good. And, like, that's not fun.

[Morgan]

No. And that makes me feel really good about our decision. And that's why I keep asking people, I was like, what was your favorite thing? Because there's so many options and things to add, and I think there's so much that gets lost in weddings.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

And I'm like, I need to know the things that really mattered to you on that day. So I make sure I'm, like, on the right path. And obviously, everybody has different things that they love and priorities and whatever. But that was a big part of why we decided in this direction. We had multiple reasons, but that was one of them, where it was like, I didn't want to be stressed. I wanted to get married and actually get married and enjoy the fact of getting married.

[Eddie]

It's your marriage, it's your life. It's your wedding. Like, it's all about you.

[Morgan]

1. And to start it off on, like, a calm foot, this calm, like, just. We're going to be married in a place that, like, is so beautiful, which is what I wanted. Like, I wanted to feel calm. And then all we get to do is, like, eat our favorite food in my sweats, like, and dance. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Do whatever you want.

[Morgan]

Fun to me. So that makes me feel good hearing you say that.

[Eddie]

Are you having, like, a little reception after the wedding? Like, what is it, a dinner? Or, like, what are you guys doing?

[Morgan]

So our whole family, like, our. Both of our immediate families that are coming are all staying. We're all staying in a cabin together.

[Eddie]

Cool.

[Morgan]

So, like, we'll all be together getting ready. We'll all be getting. Well after the, like, ceremony on the little area that we're going to, we'll come back and we're catering some Mexican food.

[Eddie]

There we go.

[Morgan]

And we're literally just sitting there. We're bringing a little small cake with Us.

[Eddie]

Cool.

[Morgan]

And we're gonna hang out and play games and I get to go back and either if I want to stay in my dress, I can, or I have like an all white sweat outfit that I can wear that's cool. And just eat food and hang out at the house. So that's like our, our reception. Is that so, so I'm excited. But I, I, that's why I'm asking people. It's just like, I, I, what I'm getting lost in in social media is like, well, you should do this and have this and you have all these things. And I'm like, I just don't feel like any of that's actually important. So I want to know from real human people what they love.

[Eddie]

To me, the best thing about like just the wedding is, is after it's over, like, honestly, like, because you can finally just enjoy yourselves and be married.

[Morgan]

And like, that was the whole point.

[Eddie]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because like, even, and I will say, like, ours was so stress free. Right. But even since it was stress free, like, you know, we wanted to make sure everybody, the few people that were there were good. We want to make sure that the musicians, like, we just had like a little like a violin quartet or whatever. We want to make sure they're good. You know, we wanted to make sure that the photographer is good.

[Morgan]

You're so worried about a little bit the pieces that were still there.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Because you still hired people, people like to be there. Like, did you guys doing that?

[Morgan]

Yeah, well, we hired a photographer and videographer.

[Eddie]

Right.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

So that's still kind of like. All right, well, like I told them to be here. We're paying them.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

We want to make sure that everything's

[Morgan]

being done well and that like. And I'll have like hair and makeup. But like, even all that, like, we're all going to be in the same area getting ready. It's not like we're separated. It's a whole thing. We're going to have a first look when I'm like actually in my dress and stuff. But he's hanging out in there, like, cook me breakfast.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

You know what I mean? Like, it's not a, it's not like that separation kind of where the groom and the brides are like, separated all day.

[Eddie]

Will you be able to let someone else kind of handle all the little details?

[Morgan]

Yeah, my s. That's what's cool about my family is like, if I need them to handle something, they will.

[Eddie]

Cool.

[Morgan]

You know, but there's just not. We're Literally bringing the cake with us. We're gonna have the food. One of his. One of his, like, brothers is gonna go and pick it up after we finish.

[Eddie]

Nice.

[Morgan]

And that's already ready. And then, like. Like, my hair and makeup will happen the morning of. I don't have to wake up at the butt crack of dawn to do it. You know, I'll have my dress.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Like, all of that just won't matter.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

And that's what I really want.

[Eddie]

I think you're on the right track.

[Morgan]

So besides Remy and Hazel, those are the two that I'm worried about.

[Eddie]

Are they.

[Morgan]

Oh, they'll be there.

[Eddie]

They'll be there.

[Morgan]

They're gonna be our little something blue.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Morgan]

We're putting Remy in a little blue dress and Hazel in a little blue bow. And so they're gonna be with us during the ceremony. So. So I think, if anything, that's what I might be worried about is just them too, Making sure, like, they're okay and Hazel doesn't somehow get out of a collar, run away. We have a cat loose on a mountain. But, yeah.

[Eddie]

So that's exciting.

[Morgan]

It's exciting times. But I love hearing that from you because that makes me feel good.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

I'm on the.

[Eddie]

Hey, man, it's your day. Whatever you need to make it a better day or easy for you. Do that.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Eddie]

And when it's all over, you're gonna be like, it didn't matter anyway.

[Morgan]

True. I want it to matter because, like, I'm getting married. Like, that matters. That's all that should matter.

[Eddie]

But it's almost like, have. It's like when you have a baby, it's like the worry of having a baby is like, oh, my gosh, we're gonna have a baby. Like, what are we gonna do? And then once you have the baby, you're like, there's no question anything, like, you have a baby now.

[Morgan]

It is what it is.

[Eddie]

It is what it is. Like, so just do what you can to take care of it.

[Morgan]

Yeah. Yeah. It's so true. We bring so much stress, and I want it. I'm trying to take away a lot of my stress just in general life. Yes, but that's fair. All right, well, Eddie, thanks for being here.

[Eddie]

Thank you, Morgan.

[Morgan]

Where can people find you?

[Eddie]

Oh, you know, at Produce. Already on everything.

[Morgan]

Are you still making videos all the time, or did you give up on that again?

[Eddie]

I'm making some videos I have. Like, so there was a period where I made a lot of videos and. And I just. I just need to edit them. I need to edit them together.

[Morgan]

Are they still relevant?

[Eddie]

Yeah, I think so. I think so. Like, there's some food videos that I did.

[Morgan]

Oh, recipes.

[Eddie]

Yeah, little recipes. Little quick. Like, food ideas that I did. And, like, they're still on my phone. Like, I have all the video and I'm like, I need to put that together.

[Morgan]

There's some things that I've shot on my phone and they're still there.

[Eddie]

I know.

[Morgan]

I just never. I never touch them. There's one video lunchbox night for I Heart Festival, probably four years ago now. Went to try this donut place. I was like, all over online.

[Eddie]

In. In Austin.

[Morgan]

In. No, it was in Vegas.

[Eddie]

Oh, in Vegas. Okay.

[Morgan]

They were like these.

[Eddie]

Oh, I remember. You guys did that? Yeah, Yeah.

[Morgan]

I never.

[Eddie]

Hey, wouldn't you do it this year?

[Morgan]

Yeah, I don't know. I don't know.

[Eddie]

I know. Same, like, once in a while I'll go through my whole, like, library of pictures and be like, oh, that was a good one. I never posted that and I know I took it to post.

[Morgan]

Yep. Never made it.

[Eddie]

Yep.

[Morgan]

You know, living in the moment.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Morgan]

All right, we'll go find him at producer Eddie and you can follow the show and everything like that. Obbyboneshow. Bye, everybody. That's the best bits of the week with Morgan.

[Eddie]

Thanks for listening. Be sure to check out the other two parts this weekend. Go follow the show on all social platforms. Bobby Bones Show. And follow at Webgirl Morgan to submit

[Morgan]

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