WEDS PT 1: 2026 Country Music Predictions! + Bobby On His Baby Getting TOO Many Gifts + The BEST Compliment For Women

Summary

The Bobby Bones Show – Episode Summary

Date: January 7, 2026
Episode: WEDS PT 1: 2026 Country Music Predictions! + Bobby On His Baby Getting TOO Many Gifts + The BEST Compliment For Women
Hosts: Bobby Bones, Amy, Eddie, Morgan, Raymundo
Podcast Network: Premiere Networks

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Overview

This episode of The Bobby Bones Show is filled with the cast’s lighthearted predictions for 2026 in country music, personal stories about baby updates and gift-giving anxiety, and a fun debate on what makes a genuinely flattering compliment for women. There are also relatable mailbag moments, advice for college freshmen, and candid discussions about parenting and childhood activities. The show maintains its warm, conversational, sometimes self-deprecating tone as Bobby leads lively interactions among team members and listeners.

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Key Segments & Highlights

1. Rumors of a 25+ Hannah Montana Tour

• Miley Cyrus’s rumored Hannah Montana tour in 2026 may be for ages 25 and over, sparking confusion and debate.
  • Bobby: “I think the intention is you don’t want a ton of screaming 12-year-olds dominating a concert. Because there’s a difference in a kid’s concert and an adult concert.” (04:38)
  • Amy wonders if the true fans are already older: “I would think most Hannah Montana fans are older now, right?” (03:07)
  • Eddie asks why stars like Taylor Swift don’t have that rule; Bobby clarifies Miley started with a kid-centric audience.

2. Flu Season PSA

• Bobby discusses rising flu cases and the uncertainty of flu vaccine strains.
  • “The flu vaccine, just so everybody knows, is a guess. For the most part, they’re trying to guess what variant…” (05:11)
  • He advises high-risk listeners to get vaccinated and describes how being sick makes him reflect on better times: “When I’m really sick, I have to go, there’s going to be a time when I’m not sick anymore.” (07:34)

3. Mailbag: Should You Go to a Concert with an Ex?

• A listener asks for advice after a messy breakup but has tickets to a now sold-out show with her ex.
  • Amy: “Messy breakup… the fact you’re already having to question it. I think it’s just a, oh, no.” (09:33)
  • Bobby: “10 out of 10, don’t go with them. 7 out of 10, give him the tickets. Unless it was messy and that he really screwed you over, then you keep the tickets and you go, but you don’t go with him.” (10:39)

4. 2026 Country Music Predictions

• The crew makes bold, sometimes wild predictions for the year in country music:
  • Eddie: Suggests a “legend passes away” but gets vetoed (11:22), predicts Bailey Zimmerman gets arrested (12:34), clarifies it’s a misunderstanding.
  • Bobby: “I have Riley Green gets engaged.” (12:55). He also predicts Zach Bryan and Gavin Adcock settle their feud and that Jelly Roll may get some face tattoos removed.
  • Amy: Jokes, “Bobby leaves country radio to become a stay-at-home dad.” (12:10)
  • Other predictions: Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman reunite (Eddie, 13:36), Florida Georgia Line gets back together (15:42), Old Dominion breakup (Amy/Morgan, 18:14), and Megan Moroney wins Entertainer of the Year (Bobby, 17:22).

5. The Best Compliment for Women? (“You Enchant Me”)

• The crew reacts to a trending article claiming “You enchant me” is the best compliment to give a woman.
  • Amy: “Never heard that before. I feel a little weird.” (24:21)
  • Bobby: “It feels like they’re casting a spell on you more than a compliment.” (24:25)
  • They agree genuine compliments focused on character feel good, but the phrase “you enchant me” is awkward and outdated.

6. How (Supposedly) Average Guys Can Be Attractive

• Bobby and Eddie rate advice for men to be more attractive aside from looks:
  • “Be kind” – Amy insists it’s huge, Bobby says it’s only helpful if you’re already attractive.
  • Giving compliments is discussed as a mood-improver.
  • Don’t curse, hold eye contact, don’t be racist – the last one causes laughter for being obvious (“That’s a given.” – Amy, 30:03).
  • “Don’t peep” (Bobby, 30:42) and the list devolves into playful banter about obvious “non-bad behaviors” making a man more attractive.

7. Bobby’s Baby Gift Resentment & Nursery Update

• Bobby admits feeling “a little resentful” that all holiday gifts lately have been for the upcoming baby and not for him.
  • Bobby: “It’s a onesie. What the crap? That’s not for me.” (31:14)
  • He reflects on gifts as his love language and shares updates: the nursery (“the guest room with baby crap in it”), setting up a TV for himself, and sticker shock over high-priced designer baby clothes: “I saw a thousand dollar... baby set.” (34:09)
  • Amy teases Bobby’s “super baby” label and promises a special diaper surprise from his wife (36:33).

8. Listener Call-ins & Advice

• Ava, a college freshman, seeks advice for her spring semester
  • Bobby: “Second semester is kind of like shrinking your circle… it’s more about setting your habits and your disciplines…” (41:48–43:51)
  • Amy agrees that getting to know professors and setting a pattern is key.
• Parenting and gift-giving advice
  • Misty wonders if she’s overspoiling her grandson with birthday gifts so close to Christmas.
  • Bobby: “Whatever you would do for him if his birthday was in May, I would still do for him today. Don’t penalize him…” (51:11)

9. Advice on Children’s Activities

• Eddie shares his son's blend of athletics and chorus, and his own resistance to music classes for him.
  • Bobby challenges: “You try to live a life you didn’t get to live through your kid because you weren’t a good athlete. ... That’s so wrong.” (48:04)
  • Discussion on breaking gender and activity role stereotypes.

10. Naming Babies and the Importance of Initials

• A listener warns about potentially problematic initials.
  • Bobby: “My friend Darius. His name is Darius Icarus Knowles... D I K...” (55:11)
  • Laughter ensues over what kids could make of certain initials.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On Country Music Predictions:
  • “You’re predicting a death.” — Bobby Bones (11:24)
  • “Keith and Nicole get back together.” — Eddie (13:36)
  • “Jelly Roll gets some of his face tattoos removed.” — Bobby Bones (13:29)
  • “Florida Georgia Line gets back together. One more.” — Eddie (15:42)
• On Complimenting Women:
  • “It feels like they’re casting a spell on you more than a compliment.” — Bobby Bones (24:25)
  • “Enchant the crap out of me. You look hot with your hotness.” — Amy (25:06)
• On Baby Gifts:
  • “It’s a onesie. What the crap? That’s not for me.” — Bobby Bones (31:14)
  • “We got a lot of baby gifts over Christmas in lieu of my gift that I would normally get.” — Bobby Bones (31:39)
  • “Super baby means it's super baby, like it's the babiest it could possibly be.” — Bobby Bones (35:11)
• On Unhelpful “Don’ts” for Attractiveness:
  • “Don’t be racist. That’s just ugly.” — Bobby Bones (30:03)
  • “Don’t grope.” — Amy (30:39)
• On College Advice:
  • “The second semester is where you really have to form your discipline.” — Bobby Bones (41:50)
  • “If you tell people your goals, they are so much more likely to help you achieve them.” — Bobby Bones (43:51)
• Fun closing (naming kids):
  • “Darius Icarus Knowles... D I K.” — Bobby Bones (55:11)

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Segment Timestamps (MM:SS)

• 03:07 – Miley Cyrus and the rumored 25+ Hannah Montana tour
• 05:11 – Flu season and flu vaccine explanation
• 09:04 – Listener mailbag: Concert with an ex
• 11:17 – 2026 Country Music Predictions Segment Begins
• 24:21 – Best compliment for women (“You enchant me” debate)
• 29:28 – How to be attractive for “average” guys
• 31:14 – Bobby admits baby gifts = less for him
• 41:28 – Ava in Austin: College freshman call-in/advice
• 51:11 – Misty: Birthday gift advice for grandkids
• 55:11 – Baby names and unfortunate initials

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Overall Tone & Takeaways

The episode is quintessential Bobby Bones Show: playful, irreverent, and full of warm banter. The cast’s predictions are outlandish but fun, and the baby updates are refreshingly honest. Listener advice is down-to-earth and genuinely helpful. Compliment debates and attractiveness tips veer into comedic territory, but always with a sense of inclusion and optimism.
Perfect if you want a dose of laughs, a touch of wisdom, and a glimpse of country music’s future according to Bobby and crew.

Transcript

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[Caller]

Transmitting across America.

[Bobby Bones]

This is the Bobby Bo show. Let's go. What's up, everybody? Welcome to Wednesday show morning studio. Morning. Miley Cyrus is having a Hannah Montana tour and it's ages 25 plus. I guess she doesn't want a bunch of screaming kids in there.

[Amy]

Well, I would think most Hannah Montana fans are older now, right?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. But still, I think kids probably still watch that show if it's on streaming somewhere. It's a very safe show. Yeah, but even. Even if both of these cases are true, it's weird there would even be an age limit. Like, right. 25 plus. So she's not done an official announce, but she's mentioned she worked on something really, really special to commemorate the show's 20th anniversary. And there are rumors that are coming from a few places that I believe that it could be a 25 and up only show. So here is a clip. This is her someone talking about if they do this concert tour, how sad she'll be. So Miley Cyrus decides that she's going to go on tour and celebrate where it all started from. If you came up watching Disney channel, you know that Miley Cyrus is Hannah Montana. So she wants to do a Hannah Montana tour in 2026. But she said only 25 and up. And that's very unfair to us 2002 babies. I feel like we deserve to be at that concert. Molly Cyrus, we deserve to be at the concert. Miley Cyrus, they deserve to be at that concert. That's funny. I think if this does happen and this was something they were seriously thinking about, I think they'll adjust the rules because of this.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Morgan, your thoughts?

[Amy]

Oh, well, one, I'm definitely going to this concert. I love Tana Montana. It was one of my favorite shows to watch when I was a kid. And maybe she's doing this because she wants that generation that like grew up with her to just be able to go and enjoy it. And I don't know why you would, but maybe that's the intention behind.

[Bobby Bones]

I think the intention is you don't want a ton of screaming 12 year olds dominating a concert. Because there's a difference in a kid's concert and an adult concert. Not that everybody's next it up there.

[Amy]

Maybe she's doing like Hannah Montana.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I don't think that's the case, but I really do. There is a massive difference in a room filled with half nine year olds and half Adults.

[Eddie]

But doesn't Taylor Swift do it? Like she has lots of kids at her concert, but I guess they're stadiums.

[Bobby Bones]

They're stadiums, but also there are a lot of kids there. But she was never a kid based product. Hannah Montana was a kid based product.

[Amy]

Yeah. And I will say going to the shows, like going to see Jonas Brothers when you grew up with them, do have a bunch of like kids screaming. And it is a different experience when you're like, no, no, no, they were, we were all young together and why are you here and you're all yelling and it's loud. I, I do see a potential for that. Maybe that's why.

[Bobby Bones]

And a ton of kids at a concert is annoying because they just scream the whole time.

[Amy]

But I, yeah, I guess she could open it to like, you know, 18 and up.

[Bobby Bones]

Make it a voting rule. If you voted, you can come to.

[Amy]

The so then those 2002 babies.

[Bobby Bones]

The flu is rapidly on the rise. I have three friends that got the flu during the break. So flu cases on the rise in the US due to a new variant known as subclade K. I was more of a subclade L guy myself, but K is the new one. The CDC reports at high levels of the illness are in more than half the states, like, higher than normal. And the flu vaccine that is out now may not be the perfect match for the subclade K, but it does offer some protection. The flu vaccine, just so everybody knows, is a guess. For the most part, they're trying to guess what variant of all the letters is going to come through and hit America. Now, there are some parts of that vaccine that help regardless of the variant, but it's specific to a couple or few different variants that they're predicting because it's already existing kind of on the outer edges. And you know why diseases like the flu, you know why they're so prevalent in winter, right?

[Amy]

Because we're more contained.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. We're more indoors and we're spreading it so much easier because we're a lot closer to each other.

[Eddie]

I thought it was cold fronts like the weather.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what normal people think. And I don't hate you for it, but it's because we're all indoors a lot more. And so if you are high risk, older adult, pregnant woman, chronic health conditions, get the flu vaccine, get the shot. I get it. And the flu, if you get the real flu.

[Eddie]

Oh, it's a nightmare.

[Bobby Bones]

It is a nightmare because you can get sick. It's like a little light version of the. But if you get the real flu. And I've had it like, twice in my life. I've had the. The. Hey, I got the flu probably 10 times, but I've had the bad flu twice. It takes three weeks to get rid of. Like, you can't build back from it.

[Eddie]

And your body just feels like it's dying inside.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I'm big, big flu shot guy. When I'm sick, I have to imagine the future.

[Amy]

Like, when you're.

[Eddie]

Get you through it.

[Bobby Bones]

When I'm really sick, I have to go, there's going to be a time when I'm not sick anymore.

[Amy]

Wow. I'm like. Sometimes I go dark. Like, I'm like, I just.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, my bad, my bad.

[Amy]

I don't want to harm myself. I just am like, maybe this is it. And.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, you think you're dying.

[Amy]

Yeah, like, I'm. And I'm like, okay, maybe that would feel better. But, I mean, I'm not gonna hurt myself.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, you said dark. That's not dark. That's like mid. That's.

[Amy]

No, you're like. You're thinking of the future of when you feel better, which is a better approach than me. When I'm like, maybe it'd be better off if this was just it.

[Bobby Bones]

Maybe you'd be better off. You're just dead.

[Amy]

Yeah. Because it's, like, so painful.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Like, when you're in that much pain, I'm like, just make it stop. But, I mean, I'm not actually gonn hurt myself is my point.

[Bobby Bones]

I have to get through it. By going, I will be healthy again.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

And I will look back at this and go, man, that sucked when you were sick, but here you are, and you have been healthy before. And then I have. I tell myself I'm gonna be healthy again. I'm gonna just appreciate it way more than I ever have.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

When I'm healthy again, I'll be like, I love life. And then I get healthy and I forget I was even sick.

[Amy]

That's like, in college. Like, if we drank too much, you'd be like, I am never drinking again. Ever, ever, ever. The next night, you're like, all right.

[Eddie]

Give me a beer.

[Bobby Bones]

Hello, Bobby Bones. Months ago, I bought tickets for my boyfriend and me to go to a concert that sold out very quickly. They were expensive. It was his birthday. But we're not together anymore. We haven't talked much until yesterday when he asked me if I still wanted to go to the show together. The breakup was emotional. I'm still kind of hurting, and I'm Worried that going together might feel like a date. Or worse. Is going to a concert with your ex months after a messy breakup a terrible idea, or am I overthinking it? Signed, Trouble with tickets. Oh, yeah. You're ready to go, huh?

[Amy]

Well, I mean, I hit a keyword. Messy breakup. And the fact that you're already having to question it. I think it's just a, oh, no.

[Bobby Bones]

But I think it's a no too, because there are still feelings attached. And also, to be fair, he may just be inviting you because there's a sense of obligation. If you bought him the tickets and you had planned to go, oh, I.

[Amy]

Was thinking, like, does he still for sure have the tickets, or is she the one holding the tickets?

[Eddie]

Sounds like he has.

[Bobby Bones]

I bought tickets for my boyfriend. I don't know. Either way, I don't think it's a good idea.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I didn't buy tickets for my boyfriend. I'm saying that's.

[Amy]

That's the line.

[Bobby Bones]

It is.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

He said, I bought tickets for my boyfriend. And we haven't talked much since yesterday and asked. Maybe she has them. I don't know. If you bought them for him, though, he should still have the tickets.

[Amy]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

It's a gift. Yeah.

[Amy]

So she needs to if. If he's reaching out. Because, see, what I was thinking is that he was reaching out being like, hey, we still going that concert? And maybe she has them in her email. So, yeah, she should probably just forward them and be like, hey, have a great time. Like, bye, Happy birthday.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't think you should go.

[Amy]

Right. Me neither.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm for sure on that. I'm only kind of sure you should give them to him. I do feel like you should give them to him, but if he was, like, a jerk and he cheated on you, you keep on yourself.

[Amy]

Oh, heck, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. So I'm only like 7 out of 10 on that part. 10 out of 10, don't go with them. 7 out of 10, give him the tickets. Unless it was messy and that he really screwed you over, then you keep the tickets and you go, but you don't go with him.

[Amy]

Yeah. And if you don't want to go give them away, be like, oh, those tickets, I gave them away.

[Bobby Bones]

If you don't want to go, sell them. Because it sounds like it's a big show.

[Amy]

Oh, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Sold out.

[Amy]

True.

[Bobby Bones]

You can email us anytime. Mailbagobbybones.com if you have any questions, you want advice? Mailbagobbybones.com Just put Anonymous inbox in the subject line. Bones. Now, country music predictions for 2026. We're looking to the future. Eddie just asked me, how hard do we want to go on these?

[Eddie]

I have a couple options.

[Bobby Bones]

What's. What's the. What's the least hard?

[Eddie]

A legend passes away.

[Amy]

Oh, yikes.

[Bobby Bones]

You're predicting a death.

[Eddie]

Like, I. I don't want to, but, I mean, that's kind of where my mind went. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Is one of the initials P? Yes. No, don't do that. You can't.

[Eddie]

Okay, that's why I asked.

[Amy]

Why would you.

[Eddie]

That's why I asked.

[Amy]

If that ends up happening, it's Eddie's fault.

[Eddie]

No, it's not. I'm just saying, like, this is. These are predictions. But that's not mine, though, because I.

[Bobby Bones]

Was going to have that.

[Eddie]

That.

[Bobby Bones]

That same person retired, like, was like, I'm. I'm done. I'm going to retire from making it ton of money.

[Eddie]

Yeah, that could be an option.

[Bobby Bones]

Dolly. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think she kind of retires.

[Eddie]

Okay. She lost her husband, you know, she was sick or.

[Bobby Bones]

No, you'll have to keep going. I'm just saying, I think Dolly retires. That was going to be one of mine, Amy.

[Amy]

Well, mine is that Bobby leaves country radio to become a stay at home dad.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, that's not real.

[Amy]

That is real.

[Eddie]

I mean, that's the dumbest prediction.

[Bobby Bones]

She wasn't even trying.

[Eddie]

What? Amy? You think Bobby's gonna just leave country?

[Amy]

You want me to predict that somebody dies?

[Bobby Bones]

No, but that one's not even real, Eddie. What else do you have?

[Eddie]

Oh, my. This one's good. Bailey Zimmerman gets arrested.

[Bobby Bones]

What? Bailey Zimmerman's a dad.

[Eddie]

Oh. What? Polar opposites.

[Bobby Bones]

Or. Or the same. It could be the same night.

[Eddie]

I did. I did also write though. It's a misunderstanding, though.

[Bobby Bones]

And then I write not really his. I wrote not really his.

[Eddie]

Both can be true.

[Bobby Bones]

I have. Riley Green gets engaged.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I thought about that one.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Some of these are kind of low hanging fruit based on what they already have going on in their lives. I do have, and I said this last year, that Zach Brian and Gavin Adcock settle their beef.

[Eddie]

Oh.

[Bobby Bones]

And they. Maybe they don't record a song together, but there's something they end up doing together for a reason. And they hate each other. Yeah. But I do think they'll do something. Another one is, I think, jelly roll. And again, this is just based off of what I've heard him talk about. Get some of his face tattoos removed.

[Eddie]

Wow.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be crazy to go along with his transformation body.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

I have one more.

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Eddie]

Keith and Nicole get back together.

[Amy]

Nah.

[Eddie]

I mean, how awesome would that be? They just, like, go on a date, and they're like, you know, let's just give this a try again.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm interested. I'm interested to hear more.

[Eddie]

I just feel like it all ended. I mean, mostly it's just for me because, like, I was so heartbroken when this. When that ended. To me, they were the unbreakable country couple.

[Bobby Bones]

It was weird.

[Eddie]

So weird. And I think deep in my heart, I'm just like, say it ain't so. And now I'm predicting they're gonna get back together.

[Bobby Bones]

That'd be awesome. I have no inside information on that. I was also shocked when I read they were getting divorced. And I have a relationship with Keith a little bit outside of doing things professionally. That's a good one.

[Eddie]

Maybe they won't get married this year, but they'll get back together.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. That rascal Flats break up again.

[Eddie]

That's possible.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Cause what are they doing, a tour?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Yeah. Amy, do you have any other ones?

[Amy]

Well, you hated my first one, because that's not real. You may.

[Bobby Bones]

You.

[Amy]

You don't know yet. You're not a dad.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. What else?

[Amy]

Once the baby comes out, you might be like, this is awesome.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, go ahead.

[Amy]

Could Chris Gaines come back?

[Eddie]

No chance.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. I don't hate it. No way. I don't hate it.

[Amy]

I think there's something, I think a.

[Bobby Bones]

Weird association with negativity and failure with Chris Gaines, where the music was actually really good. And there was a different reason that Chris Gaines was launched other than just an alter ego. It was going to be a movie.

[Eddie]

Yeah. All that.

[Bobby Bones]

It was him doing, basically, Method for a movie. Yeah.

[Eddie]

But the movie didn't come out right. So we were all like, what?

[Bobby Bones]

But all the music was made. Yes. And I admire somebody who tries something crazy even if it doesn't work.

[Eddie]

I think Garth's like, you know what? Mark that one down as a loss. Moving on.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. I think he just wrote it off as a loss.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

You don't think he ever just, like, dips into character at home?

[Bobby Bones]

He puts the wig on, man. You could have been the biggest thing ever, Chris. Add anything else?

[Eddie]

I mean, I just thought of this one. Florida Georgia Line gets back together. One more.

[Bobby Bones]

I feel like one of them really wants it, and one of them doesn't need it.

[Eddie]

I agree. From podcasts that I've seen. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

They're trying to change the narrative. On their breakup because BE Tyler is the one that still has hits bk it's been doing his thing, but differently. BK called me and was like, it's all political. And now they're like, no, it wasn't political at all. But, like, BK called me, was like, I had a Trump banner, and Tyler hated it. And we. And now they're trying to, like, change that.

[Eddie]

I said the other clip I saw was Tyler saying, it's not political.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it was for sure political because BK called and was just screaming at me that it was political.

[Amy]

Maybe they thought it was political.

[Bobby Bones]

And then he was going, and Tyler's the one that hated you, and he's the one that got. Got us fighting with you.

[Eddie]

Dang. This all on the phone?

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Wow.

[Eddie]

It's crazy.

[Bobby Bones]

It's crazy. The whole conversation I put on speaker so I guess other people can hear it because it's so crazy. Yeah. I think they'll probably do something. I don't think it's long enough for them to get back together, because I don't think people care yet. If you give it five more years, people will care.

[Eddie]

It's.

[Bobby Bones]

They just broke up, what, a year and a half ago? Two years ago. So I don't think that's bad. How do we feel about Zach Brown and Kendra Scott's engagement?

[Amy]

Are they. They haven't got married yet.

[Eddie]

God. And think about that.

[Bobby Bones]

That gets called off or do they get married?

[Eddie]

I don't think they get married. So they are engaged? Yes, but no date.

[Amy]

I guess I thought they got married.

[Eddie]

Somehow, but I feel like that's gonna end.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang, dude, you are hater.

[Eddie]

Oh, dude, my crystal ball says it's going to end.

[Bobby Bones]

Dang.

[Amy]

No, he's not hater. Like, one of his things was reuniting.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I. I'm gonna throw this one out there. I think maybe Megan Maroney wins Entertainer of the Year.

[Eddie]

That'd be cool.

[Amy]

Yeah, that would be.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, she's a monster for saying which.

[Amy]

Or just ACMs or CMAs.

[Eddie]

Ooh.

[Amy]

Because one's sooner than the other.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, either one. Yeah.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I think Megan Ronnie wins Entertainer of the Year. Maybe not this year, but eventually. But I'll predict that for this year. Okay. Anybody have anything else?

[Eddie]

That's it.

[Amy]

Morgan, do you have anybody that do have a few?

[Bobby Bones]

Go ahead.

[Amy]

I have Thomas Rhett leaves country music and becomes an actor.

[Bobby Bones]

Do you actually leave country music, though, if you become an actor, or do you just not put out music for a while? Like, you don't announce. I'm Done with country. Like, maybe he doesn't put out music.

[Amy]

Yeah, like, maybe he focuses on acting.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know.

[Amy]

I feel like I see him as an actor.

[Eddie]

Has he acted before? No.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's why It's a bold prediction.

[Eddie]

Yeah, it's pretty bold.

[Bobby Bones]

I like it. Okay.

[Amy]

Old Dominion breakup.

[Eddie]

Oh, wow.

[Bobby Bones]

Don't do it.

[Eddie]

That would be terrible.

[Amy]

They're so good. But also, they're really good solo, too.

[Eddie]

They just got on the Walk of Fame. They can't.

[Bobby Bones]

That's true. Eddie, bring up a great point.

[Eddie]

Not.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, wow. Okay, go ahead.

[Amy]

And then I had Tucker Wetmore wins Male Vocalist of the Year.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, Raymondo, do you have any? Yours will probably be wild if you do. Yeah, I got one that's just normal and two that are pretty wild. Give me the normal. Oh, the normal is kind of my lane. I hate to be this guy, but there's gonna be a major divorce in country music. Ray does this every year.

[Eddie]

Who though? That's so stupid.

[Bobby Bones]

This has been since, like, 2015. Okay. Then I got Langley and Maroney do a song together because they hate each other. I don't think they hate each other. I think there was a little discomfort for a while, but I don't think they hate each other. But okay, that's a prediction. That's all together. Yeah. And then I do believe this one strongly. I think multiple artists are gonna pander with Bobby having a baby, and they're gonna come out with songs about a baby so that you'll play it on the radio. I'm just telling you, you're gonna be listening to the radio this year and be like, there is oddly a lot of songs about babies on the air this year.

[Eddie]

This is the year.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Amy]

Never heard that before. I feel a little weird.

[Bobby Bones]

It feels like they're casting a spell on you more than a compliment.

[Amy]

Yeah, it feels like. Or they're like they have crystals in.

[Bobby Bones]

Their pocket and they're casting a spell.

[Amy]

Or it's like too scripty. Like, who would genuinely, organically say that?

[Bobby Bones]

The passage argues, according to the article, that the most meaningful way to compliment a woman is is by recognizing who she is rather than how she looks. Praise focused on character presence and emotional impact feels deeper. Okay, I don't argue with that. But to say to someone you enchant me feels really odd. It's just a weird choice of words. You enchant me as a powerful example because it conveys admiration that goes beyond looks. But sometimes, don't people just want to be told they look good too?

[Amy]

Yeah, but I mean, I think that there's a way to say like, oh, hey, you look good, or you look really pretty today, or enchant the crap out of me. You look hot with your hotness. Whatever.

[Bobby Bones]

If a guy said to you, hey, I hope this isn't weird, but you enchant me.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's weird, right? And anything you have to preface with I hope this isn't weird.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, that's true. I shouldn't have said that.

[Eddie]

He threw that in.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, the guy may not say I hope this doesn't feel creepy.

[Amy]

Yeah, forget that you enchant me.

[Bobby Bones]

Hey, I just want to say you enchant.

[Amy]

No, it doesn't. It's just not part of my vernacular. Like, if it was, then I guess it would make sense, but, like, that's not. Like, would you ever say that?

[Bobby Bones]

No, never. It feels like if I do say that, I have to be in New Mexico.

[Eddie]

Oh, the land of enchantment.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Like I have to be there or Lord of the Rings party or something. Maybe the word enchant just feels weird because of that. It feels like Elvira back in the 80s.

[Eddie]

They're like spells.

[Amy]

It feels like from a different time.

[Bobby Bones]

Harry Potter region. I will enchant you. Yes. Okay, so I'm gonna go with a no on that one.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's a no.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. It's a similar vibe, things guys can do to become instantly attractive. So if they're not traditionally handsome, and I would put both Eddie and myself in this category.

[Caller]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

We are not.

[Eddie]

I mean, we're average.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Women wouldn't come up. Be like, I never in my life has someone come up to me, like, you are really good looking. Never.

[Eddie]

Never.

[Bobby Bones]

Or you enchant me. No one said that either.

[Eddie]

That'd be cool. We'd like that.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know what they're up to. I think I'm getting scammed or a spell or something put on me. But. So here are some things they say that if you're not traditionally handsome as a guy, that you can do. Here we go. Be kind. See, I feel like that's such a cop out thing to say.

[Amy]

Being kind is attractive.

[Eddie]

But how do you do that?

[Bobby Bones]

But it's only attractive if the rest of you is attractive. Like, you're not going to see Igor and he's really kind, and you're like, I like to get. Get in his pants.

[Eddie]

He's hunchback.

[Bobby Bones]

I think it's awesome that people are kind, but I don't think that's.

[Amy]

Yeah, but you can.

[Bobby Bones]

It's like an add on.

[Amy]

No, it makes you more attractive. Like, I. I agree with this article. It makes someone more attractive. Just like someone that is attractive if they're rude and not kind, like, they're less attractive.

[Bobby Bones]

But I would say it's a great add on. I don't think kindness makes someone that you think you would never get with makes you want to get with them. I don't think someone could be so kind or you're so turned off by them that you would be turned on.

[Amy]

You didn't make them. No, they're. You didn't say ogres. You said. You said. Yeah. Like, you used y' all as an example. Like, y' all are still good looking. Okay, keep going.

[Bobby Bones]

Next up, give out compliments.

[Amy]

Okay. I mean, I can see how that's attractive, especially of words of affirmation like, are you.

[Bobby Bones]

You.

[Amy]

You're. Am I the receiver of the compliments or y' all just compliment strangers?

[Bobby Bones]

We just compliment, apparently, every walk around. Hey, nice shirt. Nice jacket.

[Eddie]

Whoa.

[Bobby Bones]

Heck of a chin you got there. I think people like to be told nice things about them, and I think they like to. People like to generally be around people that make them feel good.

[Amy]

You can change someone's day. Like, if you think something about someone. I. I know I want to be more vocal about this. Like, if I think, like, oh, my gosh, I love their hair, their nail color, their jacket, or their shoes, and I don't even know them. Like, I want to be like, hey, love your shoes.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, when I'm walking by, don't curse. See, I feel like that's something that no one's gonna notice, you not cursing because you're not doing something. You rarely get noticed not doing something.

[Amy]

Right.

[Bobby Bones]

Like, you're not going to meet someone and walk away and be like, you don't like about the guy. Never said a bad word.

[Eddie]

What if you say stuff like, what.

[Bobby Bones]

The h. So you're making a point. Yeah, yeah, yeah. To not curse.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Let's get freaking out of here. You know what I mean?

[Amy]

Let's get the freak out of here.

[Eddie]

And they're like, wow, he doesn't curse.

[Bobby Bones]

But that was weird. He enchanted me in a weird way. How about hold eye contact for how long? I know, which is such a fine line.

[Amy]

But I mean, if, say you're already in a relationship with this guy and they are able to hold eye contact and really pay attention.

[Bobby Bones]

But that's what we're talking about. This is somebody that is not traditionally handsome that you're trying to con. I know. If someone is not handsome and we're holding eye contacts to you, you think you're about to be thrown in the van. Ye. You're about to be abducted. Okay. What do you think guys can do to be hotter?

[Amy]

They can.

[Eddie]

She's like, work out.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

Lose weight.

[Amy]

No. But someone have a good job. But those are like, okay, the good job doesn't necessarily equate to money. But are they. Do they have passion about what they do? Are they, you know, driven? Are they. I think Kind. I love that. Kind is at the top of the list because I think that that is huge.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm gonna hit you with the last one here.

[Eddie]

Oh, there's more.

[Bobby Bones]

There's one more.

[Amy]

Are they. Wait, let me think. What could it be?

[Bobby Bones]

And it's another. Don't be.

[Amy]

Can he cook?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, so that could be something. That's a good one. Yeah, like cooking.

[Amy]

Cooking. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Good. This one says, don't be racist.

[Amy]

Shut up. That's not on there.

[Bobby Bones]

I promise you.

[Eddie]

That's a given.

[Bobby Bones]

It says it's just ugly.

[Amy]

That's not on there.

[Bobby Bones]

But how do you prove you're not racist? You don't.

[Amy]

Like, who's gonna be like.

[Bobby Bones]

You'd be. This is in a conversation. You'd be like, well, I'm not racist.

[Eddie]

But if I were.

[Amy]

So that is on the list of things that make a man more attractive. Don't be racist.

[Bobby Bones]

For guys that aren't traditionally handsome. It says, don't be racist. It's just ugly.

[Amy]

Well, it's. Shoot.

[Bobby Bones]

But it's hard to be noticed for not being something because there's a lot of stuff. I'm not. I'm not a sexual offender. I'm not a racer. I'm not. Yeah, yeah.

[Amy]

Don't murder.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not an ex convict. I'm not.

[Amy]

Don't rob.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Amy]

Don't grope.

[Eddie]

That's just ugly. Guys.

[Bobby Bones]

I'm not a groper.

[Amy]

Right? Like, don't peep.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, I hope the guys listening to this, I hope they're all a little hotter from this segment. Don't peep. I think that's what we should. We should end this with strong. You have to let people know, though. Hey, just so you know, I've not singly. I've not peeped in one window my whole life. I feel like a heartless person because at Christmas we would get gifts for the baby, and I'd be like, oh, man, I don't want this. I want to give for us or me. I was starting to get a little resentful. Oh, I know. It's like, oh, here's your Christmas present. Open it up. It's a onesie. What the crap? That's not for me.

[Amy]

Yeah, that's definitely for the baby.

[Bobby Bones]

Give me a gift and the baby a gift. Gift is my love language. Like, that's how I know somebody cares about me. They give me a gift. Yeah, that also sounds shallow, but that's you, man. You know?

[Amy]

But gifts are what you love. Yeah. I guess you like to give them and Receive them. Yeah, yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Both. It's my love language outward and my love language inward, so. But yeah, we got a lot of. I think that's also the easy thing to get someone when they're having a baby.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

Because we got a lot of baby gifts over Christmas in. In lieu of my gift that I would normally get, so.

[Amy]

It's still thoughtful, though, like, you're having a baby.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I know. Again, I feel like a terrible person for even having these thoughts, so. Yeah, we do have.

[Amy]

And you're already difficult to shop for.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I think it was.

[Eddie]

So it's easy to buy ones easier, I think.

[Bobby Bones]

No, I know. Now we have pretty much. I will call it the nursery, even though I'm just dead set against calling it that.

[Eddie]

What do you want to call it?

[Bobby Bones]

It's the guest room. We put baby crap in.

[Eddie]

Oh, okay.

[Bobby Bones]

But we did remove the bed of the guest room. It's just the baby doesn't know what a nursery is.

[Amy]

No, it doesn't.

[Bobby Bones]

There's a bedroom. No, it's for the bedroom for the super baby. But we do have a changing table now and we do have a crib and we have a bassinet. The only thing we're missing from the room is like a rocking chair to. Apparently, you rock a baby.

[Eddie]

Oh, that's nice. Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

But we have the TV up and I did get YouTube TV on it so I can watch.

[Amy]

The baby has a tv.

[Eddie]

I mean, that's for you.

[Bobby Bones]

The Bobby. The Bobby has a tv. Yes.

[Eddie]

While you rock the baby.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

So you need that. We're pretty set as far as we're ready. We're not ready. Nobody's ever ready. I've been told. But what I'm saying is we're physically. Of the things that we have. We're good for the most part. We got it all. It's. It's a. It's a racket. Newborn baby clothes. You buy that stuff and they're out.

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

They grow up. Some babies, I'm told, aren't even newborn baby size. You buy all the newborn baby stuff and the kids already bigger than that.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Amy]

Because some babies are born bigger.

[Bobby Bones]

What the heck?

[Amy]

But you'll know I like you, you know, because they can see the. How big it is inside.

[Bobby Bones]

But not always.

[Amy]

I know they don't have the full.

[Bobby Bones]

They didn't tell us what size it was. They do the sonogram. Yeah. Size two.

[Eddie]

They don't know that until they pull it out.

[Bobby Bones]

That's what I'M saying I gave you.

[Amy]

That book that tells you like now it's the size of a grapefruit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, but that is on every piece of social media. Like my algorithm is pregnancy and that's it.

[Eddie]

Really?

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't make my algorithms pregnancy on purpose.

[Eddie]

What happened? You just stayed too long on one video.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And then there you go.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. It knows what's going on.

[Eddie]

So.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, we're ready. We got a lot of little shoes.

[Eddie]

Those two, man, those two. They're gonna grow out of them real quick.

[Bobby Bones]

We were walking around looking at baby stuff and the fact that they have crazy designer baby clothes.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

I saw a thousand dollar. I don't know what you would call a baby set. What do you call that? It's like an outfit. Outfit, Sure. I guess I need to get my. My word, my baby words right.

[Amy]

It's like a thousand dollars, like just because of the brand.

[Bobby Bones]

No, it's exactly what it was.

[Amy]

Obviously. Yeah, but. And, but I mean, was there logos all over it?

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Oh, for sure.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

And I could. If you're DiCaprio or whomever and you have millions of dollars, I get it. If you buy that even for. Even for me, I like nice shoes, but I don't grow out of them. I. I haven't wear them forever. Seven years. The super baby is going to have this for six weeks.

[Eddie]

Yeah. And what are you gonna do? Just throw it in a bag and give that clothes.

[Amy]

Save it for the next baby.

[Bobby Bones]

I told my wife, I. First of all, I don't tell my wife anything. The conversation I had with my wife. Let's think about my wife. You don't tell her anything. The conversation we had was, hey, as soon as we're done with anything that is newborn and then whatever. When it goes from super baby, what's it go to?

[Amy]

Well, nobody calls it super baby besides you, which is very confusing.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, super baby means it's super baby, like it's the babiest it could possibly be. So let's call that newborn super baby.

[Eddie]

What's after super baby in your category? In your. Yeah. Vernacular, it's newborn would be next.

[Bobby Bones]

No, that sounds like that's the same.

[Eddie]

Okay. Infant.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. Is infant more than super baby?

[Eddie]

Yes.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. When it goes to infant, we're giving all the stuff away to people who can use it right then. And if there's another kid that ever comes around, we have another kid, we'll buy it again. But we're not gonna hold it. And there are people that can use this and need it because it's it's crazy. It's a crazy money haul to have.

[Eddie]

To buy a baby and get a baby.

[Bobby Bones]

This feels like I'm buying a baby.

[Eddie]

This is the expensive one too. The thousand dollar one that you bought.

[Bobby Bones]

I didn't buy it.

[Eddie]

I was just checking.

[Bobby Bones]

There's no chance. So, yeah, we have. We're good. We do have a few things that are more than super baby in case it comes out a little bigger. Than super baby? Yeah, like, like infant, I guess is what stages?

[Amy]

Well, they have like the size would be like zero to three months.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah.

[Amy]

So you probably have some three to six months and then six months to nine months.

[Bobby Bones]

Those are just guesses.

[Amy]

Yes, but generally they'll fit like the baby in those time frames.

[Eddie]

Are you collecting diapers?

[Bobby Bones]

We have diapers. We have diapers. And the super baby ones are small.

[Eddie]

Yeah, tiny little diapers.

[Bobby Bones]

Like a fist.

[Amy]

You're going to have some very, very, very special diapers.

[Eddie]

What?

[Amy]

That I'm very excited about. I cannot wait.

[Eddie]

Huh?

[Bobby Bones]

Okay. Thank you.

[Amy]

This is such a good idea. And once it happens, we can.

[Bobby Bones]

This is your idea and you're already claiming it's a good idea.

[Amy]

Actually, no. It was your wife's idea. But once it happens, after it happens, then we can talk about it because other people are going to want to do this because it's really special and I had never heard of it before.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, that's where I am. In the baby baby update, all the delivery drivers came over and they were dropping off because we ordered a crib and change the table and they only knew Spanish. That's kind of good. Yeah.

[Amy]

You communicated with them like, what did you say?

[Bobby Bones]

A key. Okay, here I would show a key. Yeah, I was.

[Eddie]

Okay.

[Bobby Bones]

I haven't, you know, for 13 years of my life, I had all Hispanic and Mexican friends. That's all I had. And so I don't know Spanish well, but I have like the pillars of a key.

[Eddie]

Yeah. Did you offer them salsa?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I didn't. But they were, they were talking about how much that I knew Spanish and they appreciate that I was even trying.

[Eddie]

No way.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah. And I was like, no, muy bueno espanol. And they were like, they're like, point at me. They're like, I know, it's a couple words.

[Eddie]

That's good.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, it was nice. I liked it. I liked that they felt good.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

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[Bobby Bones]

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[Caller]

Good morning, studio.

[Bobby Bones]

Morning. What's going on?

[Caller]

I am 19. I'm a freshman in college. I go to Concordia University in Austin. And I was wondering if y' all had any advice for me for my spring semester at college.

[Bobby Bones]

So your second semester ever? Yes. Okay.

[Caller]

This is my freshman year of college.

[Bobby Bones]

So your first semester that tries you a little. You are dumped into a bucket of a new life. The second semester is where you really have to form your discipline. It's a shock to the system. For me, it was a shock to the system to be a freshman in college because I was living somewhere new. I was in a dorm. I was going to class, going to lunch, going to work. Like, I always, like, had autonomy over myself. But it was with. And to me, the school was so much bigger than anything I'd ever been to because I went to a school. We had 60 in our graduating class and we had one of the bigger graduating classes in the history of my high school. So the second semester of college to me was about kind of setting patterns because that first semester was about just trying to figure out how to get to the end of that first semester. Also, second semester is kind of like shrinking your circle because you meet so many people in college or even with a new job and you're just like, oh, this person, that person. Amazing. Amazing. By the time second semester comes around, you're starting to figure out who the people are that are positive influences on you and people that are making your environment right. This doesn't have to be a college thing. It can be you move to a new city thing. It can be Going to a new job type of thing. So I would say that and I would also recommend you do this because you might not have done it in the first semester. Talk to your professors outside of class. Like, set a time. I know some people be like, office hours are lame. Set a time to go and talk to your professor just to get to know them a little better. Because you're probably going to need that relationship at some point. First semester, probably everybody's doing that with the professor. But second semester, not as much. And it's time to get in a habit of doing that with the professors that are probably going to be meaningful. So that's what I would say to do. It's more, more about setting your habits and your disciplines because everything's not new to you. You kind of know what you're made of.

[Amy]

Oh, I, I love that. I, I never scheduled to just meet with a professor. You just like, cuz, like, it's not because you have a question. It's just like, hey, I want to introduce myself. Like, looking forward to your course? Yeah, that and yeah, that's, I mean.

[Bobby Bones]

Because they look out for you if they know and this isn't just a college thing. This is a life thing. If you have a boss at a job and you hardly ever see them unless it's very quick and you're like, I'm just doing my job. I know the boss looking at me. I'm just going to do a good job. And they'll know. Yeah, they'll know. If you're not creating a problem, but you're just going to be known as that. If you go, squeaky wheel gets the grease, it's not complaining. It's also saying, hey, I'm here. Here are my goals. And if you tell people your goals, they are so much more likely to help you achieve them. And that can be a grade, that can be a promotion. Just think about you when people come to you and say, hey, can you help me do this? Absolutely. It's not that you didn't want to help them before. You just didn't know they wanted help. So that is a major part of it. And also, if your first semester you didn't love it, that's okay because you don't have to love it yet, and you may never love it, but anytime you're new somewhere, you just have to like get acclimated before you can realize if it's for you. So that would be my advice. Second semester is awesome because now it's, it's real time. It's Showtime. First semester, it's all. Or new job or new school. The first part of it's just like. Oh, yeah, overstimulation.

[Amy]

Well, you figured out campus. Like, I remember being so. Just overwhelmed of, like, where to park and, like, how to get anywhere and where all the buildings are.

[Bobby Bones]

And everybody else is still wobbling, too. As far as freshmen, you're in your second semester and you're wondering, am I the only one that's kind of going, this is crazy. This is strange. This is weird. Everybody else is still wobbling, too. They may not be showing it. And again, this is a life thing as well, but everybody else is figuring it out as they go as well.

[Caller]

That I did my first semester online classes. This will be the second semester I'm going to be doing one in person class, so.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay.

[Caller]

It'll be different, very different. To acclimate from.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, well, then you're going to acclimate. And on your third semester, take everything I just said for your second semester. Put that in there.

[Eddie]

This is like our first.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get in there. It's awesome. Don't. Don't freak out if it. If it doesn't go your way at first, okay? Not everything goes your way at first. And also, you're learning a lot of new stuff at once, so don't be mean to yourself.

[Eddie]

Okay?

[Caller]

Thank you.

[Bobby Bones]

All right. I hope you have a great rest day.

[Caller]

I have been a very big fan of the show since I was a little kid. My parents would always listen to it on the way to school, and I've grown up listening to it. And the Raging Idiots have been one of the main songs I listen to when I am insecure. And it just makes me go from sad to happy.

[Bobby Bones]

Well, thank you very much.

[Caller]

I even got to see y' all.

[Bobby Bones]

In concert, and you saw Eddie and I, the Raging Idiots, in concert. And you probably thought one of the best shows you ever seen.

[Caller]

It was one of my favorite shows.

[Bobby Bones]

Thank you. She didn't say best.

[Eddie]

No, no, no.

[Bobby Bones]

You notice she said favorite word. That's good. Ava. Good luck with school. You're going to kill it. And if you don't kill it at first, that's okay. You will kill it eventually. Just hang in there, ok? Okay.

[Caller]

Thank you so much.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, bye. Wake up, wake up in the morning. So you know, it's. This is. This is the Bobby Bone store. Now. Time for the morning Corny. The morning Corny.

[Amy]

What does a barber shop serve in winter?

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Amy]

Cold cuts.

[Bobby Bones]

Cold cuts.

[Eddie]

Got it.

[Bobby Bones]

That was the morning Corny. All Right. Voicemail.

[Eddie]

Eddie's son, who's really athletic, and he wanted to do band, and he was like, no, you're an athlete.

[Bobby Bones]

Do athlete stuff. Don't do dance.

[Eddie]

Maybe it was the child's way of trying to.

[Bobby Bones]

His son's way of trying to connect.

[Eddie]

With them or thinking, like, hey, it.

[Bobby Bones]

Could be like that. Or, you know, this is something we could do together.

[Eddie]

So I don't know.

[Bobby Bones]

Just thought that was an interesting take. Thought I'd leave it. Your response to that.

[Eddie]

I never told you guys, but he joined course.

[Bobby Bones]

You didn't want him to do music because he's athletic.

[Eddie]

Yeah, but it's a class now. Like, it's an offered class. It's not something he has to take home an instrument and practice at home. And, like, we won't have time for that. He's a basketball player.

[Bobby Bones]

Dude, that's so wrong.

[Eddie]

What do you mean?

[Amy]

He's not alone in this. There's so many dads that are like him, though.

[Bobby Bones]

Okay, but that's so wrong.

[Amy]

It is negative, because I don't know why y' all are like that. Like, what do you mean, guys, it's like, y' all don't. I don't know what it is. Like, you want these. You, like, think boy athlete.

[Bobby Bones]

You try to live a life that you didn't get to live through your kid because you weren't a good athlete. So you have a kid that's a good athlete, and you're like, to you, it's like, man, if they're an athlete, I get to experience that negative.

[Amy]

When, like, musical stuff is so cool. And you know that because you're also.

[Bobby Bones]

A musician and it lasts longer in life.

[Amy]

Yes.

[Eddie]

You can always do pickup basketball. I tell them that, too. You can play at the why I do for the rest of your life.

[Bobby Bones]

So that's why you need to keep practicing basketball.

[Eddie]

I just think that that's what he's into.

[Bobby Bones]

And.

[Eddie]

And you know what he told me, too. With choir, he joined chorus, but he says he didn't sing. He just, like, lip syncs.

[Bobby Bones]

Then why did he join?

[Eddie]

I don't know. I was like, why? Why are you sing. Probably. Probably. It's totally his style.

[Bobby Bones]

And you're like, yeah, you should join because the girl. Girls in basketball.

[Eddie]

Look, guys, there's four practices a week. There are games twice a week. There are tournaments on the weekends. Like, where are we gonna have time to practice this tuba?

[Bobby Bones]

If he said, I'd rather be in band than play basketball.

[Eddie]

Okay, then I say, you're going to dedicate all of this time that you put into basketball in tuba. Let's go for it. But you've been playing basketball since you were 4 years old. Do you want to give that up?

[Bobby Bones]

But now you're pushing him again.

[Eddie]

No, I'm just telling. Reminding him. You've been doing this since you're four years old. You're 12 now, dude.

[Bobby Bones]

You think this is common?

[Amy]

I mean, I think it's very common. And I don't know what we do wrong. I think. Well, I just think that there's some conditioning here. It's clear and like, we need, like, the next generation of men that are less. I mean, we still want mainly very important. I played sports, don't get me wrong.

[Eddie]

But just to play sports is awesome for kids. They learn a lot.

[Amy]

But, like, welcoming a variety is okay. And dad needs to be scared if it's different. Yes.

[Eddie]

Look, I took him to School of Rock when he was four years old. He didn't want to play guitar. He didn't want to play anything.

[Bobby Bones]

He was four.

[Eddie]

Right. But you know what he did it for? Dribble basketball.

[Bobby Bones]

He loved it.

[Eddie]

God wants us to be certain.

[Amy]

Okay. But they also evolve.

[Bobby Bones]

You sound like Lane Kiffin. God wants me to go and pray and see if I want to take this job with LSU that pays me a lot more money. And it turns out he prayed to God and God told him to go to lsu.

[Eddie]

Where is he?

[Bobby Bones]

He's at lsu because. For the same reason. So. Okay, I just wanted you to address that. Let's go over and talk to Misty, who is in Hot Springs. Hey, Misty, you're on the show.

[Caller]

Hi. How are y' all today?

[Bobby Bones]

Doing pretty good. What can I do for you?

[Caller]

Well, today is my grandson's 14th birthday, and I'm raising him. And he just had a huge, huge Christmas. And I've already given him some money this morning, a gift certificate to topgolf, and I'm taking him to the best seafood restaurant in our town tonight. But I have a few other gifts that I'm kind of holding back because I don't want it to be too much. How much is spoiling them this close after Christmas, but it's still their birthday.

[Bobby Bones]

So my wife, whose birthday was two days ago, has a very similar circumstance where it's Christmas and then her birthday and her whole life, I would say 70 to 80% of people just said, here's one day. Here's your stuff. And so she didn't really get to have a birthday completely independent of Christmas, especially at School, because a lot of times they wouldn't be back in school when it was her birthday. So I try to make sure that even though they are close, they are respected and appreciated the exact same way that if they weren't close, that if her birthday was in May, she's going to get that January 5th the same way she would get it if it was May 5th. And. And that feels tough because we've just done all the Christmas stuff. So I would say whatever you would do for him if his birthday was in May, I would still do for him today. Don't penalize him because the consummation of his creation was done nine months before Christmas.

[Caller]

Great idea. I think I'll check him out of school early today and spoil him a little bit.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes.

[Eddie]

That's always good.

[Bobby Bones]

Because over spoiling is okay if it's his birthday and Christmas together. Yeah, that's.

[Amy]

Yeah. I think a great way to put it is just like you did whatever you would do in May, you do it the same because don't hold it against.

[Bobby Bones]

Otherwise you just got a bunch of Christmas presents.

[Eddie]

What do you get for Christmas? Did he get a lot of good stuff?

[Bobby Bones]

I don't know. His birthday sounds like it rocks.

[Eddie]

Yeah.

[Bobby Bones]

He's got gifts to money and topgolf and money.

[Amy]

Yeah.

[Eddie]

And getting out of school.

[Bobby Bones]

Yes. Yeah. What do you get for Christmas, Misty?

[Caller]

He got a lot of computer things. He got a meta quest, you know, VR thing and. Yeah, he got kind of full.

[Bobby Bones]

Good. That's awesome. And it's really cool that you're raising him. I'm sure those circumstances are probably something difficult happen. My grandma raised me, so it's not always the best circumstances when your grandma has to step. Step in. But I think it's really great that you're doing that and give him a great birthday just like you would if it wasn't near Christmas.

[Caller]

All right, I'm gonna do it.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, Misty. Thank you for calling.

[Caller]

Thank you, guys.

[Bobby Bones]

Let's go to Carolina. Roy, who's on the phone in North Carolina. Good morning, Bobby. How are you doing? Doing pretty good, man. What can I do for you? Well, I just wanted to say, what.

[Caller]

Do you think about the Carolina Panthers in the playoffs?

[Bobby Bones]

You pick the Panthers, and unfortunately our.

[Eddie]

Team, the Broncos, are in the playoffs.

[Bobby Bones]

Yeah, I just keep pounding is what I keep doing. So the Panthers made the playoffs, Amy.

[Amy]

Oh, pound keep pounding.

[Bobby Bones]

I. I picked them as my team. They have made the playoffs. They got a big game this weekend. We're going to pound all weekend long.

[Amy]

It's Kind of lucky. The team you pick.

[Bobby Bones]

Lucky.

[Amy]

Well, he picked.

[Eddie]

Don't you think that he picked them and that's the reason why they're in the playoffs?

[Bobby Bones]

No, I think they were probably just a pretty good team. Had a great rookie wide receiver that came in, probably going to win rookie.

[Amy]

Of the year, but you're generally lucky.

[Eddie]

So you brought.

[Bobby Bones]

I don't affect a whole NFL football team. Carolina. Roy, we're going to pound all weekend. All right, buddy.

[Caller]

That's right.

[Bobby Bones]

And so, I mean, if you predicted the Panthers to go all the way, I mean, do you think Arkansas is going to go all the way in basketball this year? I mean, I don't know. If they do, I'll be pounding that, too. You know what I'm saying? All right, Roy, hope you have a great day, man.

[Caller]

You, too.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, see? Let's do one more. This is Adrianne in Mississippi. Hey, Adrianne, you're on the show.

[Caller]

Good morning, studio.

[Bobby Bones]

Morning.

[Caller]

I just wanted to say I remember listening to your conversation earlier about baby names, and I just want to say the initials also are important. I had a friend whose initials were J, E, W. And, you know, kids can be very cruel. And on top of that, she went to Catholic school, so it's kind of like double indemnity. So I just wanted to say, you know, also be mindful of that.

[Bobby Bones]

Of initials.

[Amy]

Yeah. And like, how they may look monogrammed on something.

[Bobby Bones]

I mean, I don't think there's really anything wrong with J, E, W, but I could see where kids can possibly be mean about it. All right, got it. To our listeners out there naming kids. Yeah, my friend Darius. His name is Darius Icarus Knowles is a tough one for him.

[Eddie]

Yeah, I mean, the kids are going to definitely take advantage of that one.

[Bobby Bones]

What?

[Amy]

D Amy. D, N. No.

[Bobby Bones]

Oh, Darius. Icarus. Oh.

[Amy]

I D I Knowles. D I K. Oh, God.

[Bobby Bones]

All right, we're done. Bye, everybody.

[Amy]

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[Bobby Bones]

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