We Are Familyyyy!

Summary

The Chisme Corner with Vee Rivera

Episode: "We Are Familyyyy!"

Release Date: February 11, 2026
Host: Vee Rivera
Guests: Nieces Aliana ("Ally") and Vivi ("Bibi")

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Episode Overview

This special Galentine’s Day episode of The Chisme Corner celebrates “the girlies,” emphasizing the bonds of family and sisterhood, especially among the women in Vee Rivera’s life. Vee is joined by her nieces, Ally and Bibi, for an unfiltered, laughter-filled conversation that explores culture, generational differences, childhood memories, growing up, and the messier/funnier sides of family life. At its heart, it’s about belonging and loving who you are—no filters, no shame.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Galentine’s Day and the Power of Sisterhood

• Opening Vibes (01:21–02:16): The trio sets a warm, festive tone, calling out the importance of female friendship and family connections on Galentine’s Day.
• Vee introduces nieces Ally (making her long-awaited podcast debut) and Bibi, discussing their close-knit, sisterly energy.
• They reminisce about watching the Super Bowl and the joy of seeing increased Latino representation on a national stage:
  • Vee: "I was so proud to see so much, like, representation of us, especially as, like, Latinos on a big stage like that... I’m just so happy to be Puerto Rican." (02:46)

2. Growing Up, Moving, and Family Ties

• Ally reflects on moving from New Jersey to Delaware, finding “peace” and happiness in a less hectic environment, plus being able to see her family more often. (05:00–05:19)
• Cute stories abound: from sibling-style bickering, fake wrestling, and “rolling down the stairs,” to the occasional heartfelt sleepover.
  • Bibi: "She’s always smacking me... she’s always pushing me around and pretending to fight me." (06:57–07:07)

3. Dreams for the Future: Independence, Careers, and Cheerleading

• Vee asks the girls what they look forward to most about growing up:
  • Bibi can’t wait to “buy my own house and live peacefully” for some quiet and independence. (07:34)
  • Ally is focused on finding a job she’ll enjoy and financial independence, influenced by hearing her parents vent about work. (08:31)
• On education: Both weigh the value of college versus trade schools, with Ally leaning towards cosmetology.
• Cheerleading as inspiration and anxiety: Bibi dreams of Navarro College for its famous cheer program but worries about sharing dorms (and possibly dangerous roommates!), while Vee reflects on her own similar aspirations and parental fears.
  • Vee: "I want to be there. God forbid something happens to you... you’re gonna want your mom or someone close to you there, you know, so that terrifies me." (10:11–10:26)

4. Childhood in New Jersey—The Good, the Bad, and the Wild Stories

• The girls and Vee swap gritty tales about life in New Jersey: from shootings, cops, scary neighbors, and distinguishing between “fireworks or gunshots” (16:20), to a man escaping into Vee’s window during a police chase.
• Vee: "We were peak everything. We got the first of everything. DVD players... the Internet thrown at us. We had no idea how to use it—we were just using it!" (29:41–30:13)

5. Generational Differences and Pop Culture Nostalgia

• There’s compare-and-contrast between the 90s/early 2000s and today’s world: technology, school, pop culture icons (special love for Wendy Williams and her unfiltered pop gossip), and how “peak television” used to be more open and humorous.
  • Vee: "I love Wendy Williams. She will forever be an icon." (28:44)
• Ally and Bibi react with playful disbelief at old school tech—Blackberrys, Sidekicks, and AOL chatrooms—while Vee schools them on the joys of BBM and sidekick status.

6. Friendship, Confidence, and the Art of Not Caring

• Open chat about what makes a good friend: sass, motivation, humor, positivity, and the ability to stand up for oneself.
  • Bibi: "If one of my friends can’t stick up for themselves and I have to do it for them, then it can’t be like that... you gotta let them learn." (20:41–20:58)
• Bibi, feisty and confident, even expresses a (funny, slightly wild) wish: "I always wanted to be bullied... so I can teach you a lesson!" (21:48–21:59)
• Vee stresses the importance of confidence, setting boundaries, and self-acceptance.

7. Parenting & Overthinking: The Kids’ Perspective

• Ally and Bibi agree that adults “overthink parenting,” sometimes being “smothering” or “helicopter parents.”
• Vee affirms her need to protect them, but also acknowledges the struggle to avoid being overbearing, noting: "It’s hard, parents. It’s hard. ... But even then, if you’re an auntie, you still feel that same way." (17:19–17:29)

8. School Culture, Trends, and Cringe

• The girls describe what’s cool (style, individuality), and what’s “cringe” about adults on social media (talking about kids, trying too hard to do TikTok dances, calling everyone ‘pookie’).
• They reflect on how family traditions and celebrations have shifted, including how Valentine’s Day is more about friends and less about crushes as kids get older.
• The move away from childhood gifting in school and the new value of “Galentine’s” style celebrations.

9. Affirmations, Self-Acceptance, and Motivation

• On hyping themselves up and self-love:
  • Bibi: "For me, it’s my personality... I can be too much, but then I can like slow it down... my personality brings out me." (23:59–24:19)
  • Ally: "If I find a new hobby that I’m good at, I just stick to it... I love that I’m able to be good at different things." (23:27–23:41)
• Both give advice to other kids:
  • Bibi: "Stick to your dreams, you have to make it worth it, you have to be your best self." (42:00–42:20)
  • Ally: "Don’t worry too much about popularity... Focus on your grades, focus on having fun, the things that matter." (42:29–43:40)

10. Names, Nostalgia, and Future Self Messages

• The girls talk about names they’d give their (future) children, from the unique (“Tsunami—because it’s powerful!” (49:07–49:23)) to traditional family middle names.
• Messages to their future selves focus on doing what they love, being at peace, and not worrying too much about money or popularity.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Vee on Representation:
  "To see Bad Bunny up there, and so many Latinos... I’m just so happy to be Puerto Rican." (02:46)

• Bibi on Independence:
  "I just hate, like, being around people that much. Like, I love being around people, but I also hate at the same time." (07:39)

• Vee on Parenting:
  "As a mom, there’s so much going on. I have to protect you guys, but I try not to be overbearing. It’s hard." (17:19–17:29)

• On Generational Differences:
  "I wish you guys were, like, born in the early 2000s, because that was, like, peak television and pop culture." (29:01)

• On School and Hyper-vigilance in NJ:
  "I got really good now, that I know how to identify—like, growing up—the difference between fireworks or gunshots." (16:29)

• Ally on Advice for Kids:
  "Don’t worry too much about popularity. ... Focus on yourself, focus on your grades, focus on having fun—the things that matter." (42:29–43:39)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Galentine’s Day intro and Super Bowl representation: 01:21 – 02:46
• Moving to Delaware & family togetherness: 05:00 – 06:14
• Dreams for the future (college, jobs): 07:34 – 09:03
• Cheerleading ambitions and roommate fears: 09:03 – 11:05
• Scary NJ stories & growing up ‘on alert’: 12:34 – 16:29
• Thoughts on parenting & overthinking: 17:02 – 18:25
• Friendship and confidence: 19:51 – 21:59
• Old school pop culture (Wendy Williams, tech nostalgia): 28:17 – 32:38
• Cringe social media trends: 33:04 – 34:05
• Favorite family memories & traditions: 34:20 – 36:46
• Personal affirmations & advice: 41:58 – 43:40
• Future selves & dream day: 36:49 – 39:58
• Galentine’s Day as self-love/friendship: 44:48 – 47:15

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Tone & Style

• Warm, playful, and big-sisterly: Vee keeps it candid and affectionate, with a blend of heartfelt encouragement and laugh-out-loud moments.
• Relatable and real: Genuine family banter, real-life chisme, and confessions of both fear and pride.
• Culturally grounded: References to Puerto Rican heritage, urban upbringing, multigenerational traditions, Latina pop culture, and language.

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Final Thought

The episode ends on a note of unity and joy:

“We are family, I got all my sisters with me…” (52:08)

Message: Celebrate yourself, your dreams, your culture—and, above all, your sisters (by blood or by choice).

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For more episodes, follow Vee Rivera on Instagram @BeautifyMe, and tune into The Chisme Corner for all the unfiltered stories and chisme you didn’t know you needed.

Transcript

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[B]

I got all my sisters with me.

[C]

All right, Cheese Malsas. Welcome back to another episode of the Cheeseman Corner. Today is a very special episode because it is Galentine's day weekend. Yes, we call it Galentine's day because it's for the girlies, right?

[B]

Yes, it's for the girl.

[C]

It's for the girlies. And right now I have my most amazing girlies with me. You guys, if you have been following me for God knows how long, you've seen my niece Ally. She's finally on the podcast. Y we're gonna put like little cheering noise in there cuz she's been dying to come on the podcast and I've been promising her and every time baby doesn't want to do it, every time we try to do it. The last time Bibi was like not wanting to do it. And then we also have my beautiful baby. The she's here too. Everyone loves when Viv's on the pod. Cuz you're so fun. Yesterday we had some fun. We had the Super Bowl.

[B]

What?

[C]

I guess it was like a Super bowl party. It was just us.

[D]

It was really just us.

[C]

It really was just us. But we celebrated bad bunny and we had so much freaking fun. What did you guys think about the performance?

[B]

It was so good.

[D]

It was really good.

[C]

It was so good.

[B]

It was amazing.

[D]

I was I'm I'm sick. So I.

[C]

It was kind of like, yeah, BB's a little sick. So if you hear her, like, sniffing and stuff, I feel like I'm the same way a lot. Like, I get sniffles a lot, especially in the winter. So sometimes I have to, like, edit out when I'm sniffing. It's so annoying.

[D]

It's going to happen every, like, every time.

[C]

But, yeah, we had a really good time. I was so proud to see so much, like, representation of us, especially as, like, Latinos on a big stage like that, because you don't really see that often. So I was really, really proud, and I'm just so happy to be Puerto Rican. I'm just so proud. But anyways, I wanted to talk to you guys and, like, catch up on, like, I don't know what's going on in, like, Ali. You're, like, in middle school now, which is insane. I know. If people have. If people have followed me, you know, people have been following me since you were, like, little.

[D]

I know.

[C]

Like a baby. So everyone's always, like, dming me. Like, I can't believe that's your niece. Like, she's grown up so big, and people always say we look alike.

[B]

I don't know. I feel like we do.

[C]

I think we do more like. Yes. Like, I feel like I look like you. Yeah. Me and Ally look more like mother and daughter. And then you and my Belize and my sister look more like. Like, mother, daughter. It's so weird. We always found that so weird. And we also have, like, the same vibes. Like, Ali is like, me reincarnated. Like, she loves beauty. She loves makeup. She loves hair pink. Like, we are literally, like, the same person. And then Vivi, while she does. She does, like, a lot of those things. It's not like her main. Like, she's like my sister.

[D]

She's more tomboy.

[C]

Like, she's a little more. Yeah, tomboy. Like, just chill.

[B]

I'm surprised she's wearing this right now.

[C]

Really? Vivi can be really girly, though.

[B]

She can be girly sometimes I can be girly.

[D]

But the most thing. Like, the most, like, tomboyish thing I'm wearing. Wait, is that even a word?

[C]

Tomboyish?

[D]

Yeah. I'm always wearing something baggy.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And a hoodie.

[D]

In a hoodie. I'm.

[C]

Yeah. But I feel like that's Alli, too. Like, that's kind of, like, the style right now.

[B]

Because it's winter, like.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. But even in the summer, baby's like, that. Like, she still wears all Black. She's wearing, like, sweatpants and hoodies in the damn summer.

[B]

I love.

[D]

I love sweatpants and I love, like, black shirts. I just love black T shirts. Like, I. I love, like.

[C]

Yeah, like. Yeah, that's just your vibe.

[D]

Oh, no, I like graphic. Graphic tees.

[C]

Ally. So you have been. You lived in Delaware for a year now?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

How do you like it?

[B]

It's so peaceful.

[C]

You love it? It's so like, I always wanted to get your opinion because I feel like we've never actually talked about it, but I feel like there was such a huge difference in you when we moved out here.

[B]

It's like I'm so much more at peace and I'm happier because I can see her more now.

[C]

Yeah. What about me?

[B]

Yes. I could see you. Well, obviously you.

[D]

But I'm the stitchedest baby.

[B]

But, like, it's because, like, every time she would leave my house, she would, like, cry or something.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Going back to Delaware.

[C]

You guys always missed each other.

[D]

I remember one time when I was in New Jersey and then I, like, left crying. Like, I was in the car, and then when I was in the car, we were driving away and I just got, like, so sad and so emotional that I just started crying.

[B]

Fell down the stairs.

[C]

She fell down the stairs.

[B]

Sometimes we be like, roll down the stairs in my old house and she rolled, like, literally rolled down the stairs and we just rolled.

[D]

We call it the around the world.

[B]

Because she actually was spinning.

[D]

Like, we pretend to do my around the world trick all the time.

[B]

Anyways.

[C]

Well, I'm glad that you like it. It definitely is a big change from living in New Jersey.

[B]

Yeah, big change.

[C]

But I'm glad that you girls are, like, together. We get to hang out all the time. Like, for instance, today you guys don't have school till Monday and we were able to, like, hang out and do the podcast. Like, we get to like, you guys get to have sleepovers and it's just so.

[D]

I'm learning how to crochet.

[C]

Not that last time you stayed over my house for, like, three days. That was on you.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

You wanted to.

[B]

I wanted to that time. But like, the rest of the time she's like, can you please stay? Please?

[C]

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

[D]

The only reason you want.

[C]

Ali don't like sleepovers like that because.

[D]

You didn't want to leave. Like, I don't know.

[B]

Because I was actually, like, not annoyed by you.

[D]

Yeah. Cuz I actually.

[C]

You guys get annoyed by. You guys get annoyed by each other a lot.

[B]

Yes, by her.

[D]

She.

[C]

Y' all are like sisters.

[D]

She's always smacking me.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[D]

She's always going, like, pushing me. She's always pushing me around and pretending to fight me.

[C]

Fight my.

[D]

Fight.

[C]

Fight my.

[B]

Fight me.

[D]

She's always pretending to fight me. And then. And whenever I'm trying to play with her, she's like, why are you always so annoying?

[C]

You guys are funny. I have some questions that I want to ask you guys just because I feel like it would be interesting to get your opinions and your hot takes on them. So I'm going to start with this. What's something you guys can't wait to do when you're older?

[D]

To be honest, Buy my own house and live peacefully.

[C]

Because.

[D]

I just hate, like, being around people that much. Like, I love being around people, but I also hate at the same time.

[C]

You want, like, your own space.

[D]

I want my own space.

[B]

Okay.

[D]

I just feel like having my own space is just, like, really nice. And then also just having my own job.

[C]

Well, you're definitely gonna have to have those things when you're older, so, like, you ain't gonna be living with me till you're 30s. As much as I would love to be with you forever. No, I need to.

[D]

I need sleepovers with you. So we can have margaritas and. And margaritas, but it's.

[C]

You're definitely my daughter, so you can.

[D]

Have margaritas and wine and beer, whatever you want.

[C]

And watch Gilmore Girls or something. And we can watch Gilmore Girls and stuff.

[D]

We still have to finish Gilmore Girls.

[C]

Yeah, that's like, our thing.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

All right. That's a good. What about you, Ally? What do you. Can't you. What's something you can't wait to do when you're older?

[B]

I can't wait to, like, find a job that I'm happy with, that I can actually, like, look for, afford to go to work because, like, my parents complain about work all the time.

[C]

It's interesting that you guys are thinking about work already.

[B]

Yeah. Because, like, I want money. That part.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

A good, steady job.

[C]

Do you guys think. Are you guys interested in going to college at all? Or do you guys just want to be, like, entrepreneurs and start your own business and do your own thing?

[B]

I love to do business, but I feel like what I want to do, what I want to do in the future. I think I need, like, school after.

[C]

What do you. Well, you want to do, like, esthetician, right? Or cosmetologist. Yeah, cosmetologist. Well, that's like a trade school Though, so that's pretty not. It's like pretty fast. You can get through that fast. It's not like a four year college, so that's good.

[D]

I actually just watched cheer, which was about Navaro college.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And I love them now so much. I just loved it so much. I got so mad because my mom told me that Monica retired.

[C]

Yeah, I know. Vivi wanted to go to school.

[D]

Now I feel like cheer is a really big part of my life. And Navarro, if, like, if we were to go to Navarro, it would be like really cool.

[C]

Oh my gosh. I can't imagine you moving to Texas.

[B]

That's Texas. Out of everything Texas.

[C]

I would have to move to Texas.

[B]

You can't leave your daughter.

[C]

I'm not leaving her. Like, I would move to Texas. I don't care if dad comes with me. I don't care if anybody I like. Yeah, hell yeah. You would need Matt. You would need support there. Like, I wouldn't leave you by yourself.

[B]

You don't know anybody.

[C]

Yeah, like that's. I mean, I would let you do that there, there. I mean, you can dorm there and stuff, but I would just be like, cheer is such a competitive and like physical sport. Like God forbid something happens to you and like you're hurt. I want to be there.

[B]

End up in a wheelchair like you to need. You need help.

[C]

Oh my God. But like, yeah, but I think about those things, like, if you're too far away from me and you end up like something bad happens to you, like you're gonna want. You're gonna want your mom or someone close to you there, you know, so that terrifies me.

[D]

The only thing that really terrifies me is that in college where you have dorms and you can, you have to share with someone for your two first years or like you can buy your own dorm.

[C]

Like, I don't know if you have to share, but I don't know exactly how that. I think it depends where you go. I don't know.

[B]

I said you can get an apartment.

[D]

If I did share, I would be so scared. If I'm living with someone that like, hates me and like actually like wants to kill me.

[C]

That's very rare. That's very rare to happen. Most people who. Most people who go to college and have roommates and like live with people, they end up making really good friends and like, yeah, you'll be fine. You have to make it work. Like, that's just how it's going to have to be. Yeah, guys.

[D]

You guys are going to hate me. For saying this, but, like, I always wanted to go to a board boarding school.

[C]

Yeah, she wants to. She was like, she just wants that experience. You know what's funny? I actually was the same way when I was young. Like, I wanted to go to boarding school so bad, but we couldn't afford it. And even when, like, I went to a charter school, like, one of the best charter schools in New Jersey, so when I graduated eighth grade, they had us interviewing with all these high schools and stuff, and there was this one high school that I really wanted to go to, and. And it was. It was a couple hours away. It was a boarding school, so it was like, basically college. Like, you just stay there, and you don't have any of your parents aren't there. Like, you just live on your own as a high school. As a high schooler, which is kind of scary to look back on now, because I'm like, holy shit. Like, we're still kind of young, like, you know, but you'd be living on your own, and, like, you got to handle your own. You got to handle your own. You got to do your homework. You got to keep up with all your schoolwork. You got to, you know, be responsible. Like, you learned a lot of responsibility and stuff. But, yeah, Mama wouldn't let me because it was just. It was too much. I think she was also scared of, like, letting me go anywhere too far, too. The place that I wanted to go was not New Jersey. Like, it was another state.

[D]

Yeah. I do not trust New Jersey anymore.

[C]

Why?

[D]

I. It's just scary. I don't know.

[B]

There's this one.

[C]

There's always a lot going.

[D]

And after watching Scream, and she gets killed in the alleyway.

[B]

Don't anymore.

[C]

You're wild.

[D]

Jersey.

[B]

I have the craziest story, basically, in New Jersey, like, there's, like. Where I used to live, there was, like, stores, like, right next to the parking lot. And one time I saw, like, blood on the floor next to a store. And this lady was just screaming at, like, a cop or something. And, like, they were like, calm down. Calm down, lady. And I don't know what she was saying, but, like, blood, and. And there's a random lady screaming. It was so creepy.

[C]

Yeah. And you know immediately that that's not a good scenario.

[D]

One of my friends has someone who lives in New Jersey, and they said that, like, they've, like, found someone dead, like, on the street.

[C]

I've seen shootouts before right outside of our apartment building. Like, that's something that I was, like, kind of used to Like, I remember one time I was in my room and I don't know what I was. I think I was just like doing my homework or something and mama was in the shower and then I heard someone like, on my. So like, outside of my windows was the fire escape. So you could go down like in case of a fire or whatever. So I heard someone like, outside of my window. And I look and it's a guy literally on my fire escape. He was trying to get into my window because he was. Yeah, he was trying to like, escape. Escape from. I guess people were looking for him or they were trying to, like, they were trying to catch him. So he was trying to come into. Into my window. So I had to go tell mama and I'm like, she's in the shower and she comes outside and she's in a towel and she's wrapped up in a towel. She's wet, she's dripping wet. And then she looks at the guy and she's like, what the hell? And we knew him from the block and stuff, so it's not like it was like some rando, but it was just crazy because we were like, I mean, we don't have conversations with this guy and he's trying to get into our house. So he was just like. He was just like, I need somewhere to like lay low for five minutes. And we. My mom was like, no. Like, get the hell out. Like, was like, you cannot be in my daughter's room. Like, get out. Oh my God, it was so wild. So he ended up. He was like, just. He had to get out because my mom's like, what the hell? Like, you're gonna. You're bringing danger into my. Into my apartment. It was wild. I just remember. I just remember mama freaking out. And then he left. Cuz he was just like. He sees two women freaking out, so he's just like, I'm out of here. I remember that so vividly and it was like so crazy. And then I also remember like one time just hearing like gunshots outside. And they were like. Because I was. It was in the middle of a place in Newark where there was a lot of gangs. So they were always. It was like the Latin King always against like everybody, whoever else. So everyone was very territorial where I lived. So I was like dead in the heat of everything. Like it was. That's why I stayed home. That's why I literally was like home all the time. I never stepped foot outside unless I absolutely had to. Like, I never just randomly went outside, I never played outside. Like I never got to do any of those things ever.

[D]

I remember when we were in New Jersey, right, mom? And basically what happened was that my grandpa, we call him Shorty. So we just saw a bunch of cop cars just going down.

[C]

Oh, yeah, I remember that.

[D]

And then we were like, oh my God, what's going on? There's like 10 cop cars.

[C]

It was like 20 cars deep over there.

[D]

We didn't hear anything, but we looked on like the news to see what was going on in like that driveway.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And then it said like a cop got shot there and a 14 year old or something.

[C]

Yeah, the 14 year old killed a cop.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

It was crazy.

[D]

I was like, we didn't hear anything, like, luckily, but there was like 10 whole cop cars going across the street. Just like, we're freaking out.

[C]

No, it was bad. And we found. We. When we found out, we were like, that is so sad. Like, it was insane. It was literally a child. He was a child that like killed a cop.

[D]

I was just asking Chudi what has been going around.

[C]

Yeah. Now she's like news reporting all the time. Like, what's going on out here? And he's like, too much. Like, you don't even want to know.

[B]

Everything's happening.

[C]

It's always something out there.

[B]

Like, I can't even. I couldn't even tell if it was fireworks or gunshot.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Like, I'm like, wait, is somebody shooting us?

[C]

I got really good now that I know how to identify, like growing up. So now I know. And it's so funny. Cuz on the Ring app here, people are always. Anytime someone is like doing fireworks out here, someone writes in the Ring app like, oh my God, I just heard gunshots. And I'm like, that was a firework. Like, that was not a gunshot. Like, I already know what a gunshot sounds like. Like, that's not it.

[B]

It's insane.

[C]

It's so funny. But yeah, it's. It's crazy. Growing up in Jersey is definitely. It's an experience. It's a lot. What do adults overthink? Way too much.

[D]

Parent parenting. Wait, parenting. Parenting.

[C]

Paddington.

[D]

Paddington.

[C]

Parenting. Parenting. You think we overthink parenting?

[B]

Yes, sometimes.

[C]

Do you think parenting is easy?

[D]

No.

[B]

No. But it's like sometimes it's not that.

[C]

Sometimes we do too much.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

But I think that means that you're a good parent because I think the people who aren't overthinking parenting and aren't.

[D]

Stressing about parenting care, but into like.

[B]

But sometimes it's like you're smothering sometimes yeah, you don't.

[C]

I mean, I don't think people want to be helicopter parents. I think just because of the time that we're in. In, like, the world, everything is so scary. So we feel. I think. I mean, I'm just making me personally, as a. As a parent, as a mom, I just feel like there's so much going on, and I'm like, I have to protect, you know, you guys as much as I can, but I try not to be overbearing. But it's hard, parents. It's hard. And I think if. If you got. I mean, I don't know if you guys will ever have kids. I know you guys say you want to be the rich aunties, but even that. Even then, if you're an auntie, like, you still feel that same way. Like, I still feel that way towards you, Ali. Like, I still look at you both as, like, my kids. So it's always gonna be like, I don't know. I just don't want anything bad to happen to you guys, and I want you guys to go in a direction where I know you're gonna succeed, so we have to push you. What?

[D]

All the time, I'm always thinking, like, since I'm a flyer, it's like, I always see people getting hurt.

[C]

Mm.

[D]

And then I'm always like, these people are screaming when they break their arm. Like, it can't be that bad.

[C]

I'm like, you think a broken arm is not that bad?

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Jesus Christ.

[D]

I always think to myself, how. How does this feel? And then I'm always. I'm like, I wanna have a broken arm. But I'm also like, I don't know. It's like. It always pops up in my head. It always is in there. It's always at the back of my head.

[B]

When I was younger, I wanted a broken arm so bad. Like, Or a broken leg.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Because it looked cool.

[C]

Oh. Like, when. When someone has, like, the cast and stuff. I can relate to that. I think.

[B]

Sign my cast.

[C]

Yeah. I can relate to that. I mean, I didn't want to go through the hurt of, like, what happened, but I thought it would be cool to, like, just because, like, the attention. Oh, yeah. Everyone's like, I want to sign your cast. That's so funny. I wonder if anyone else has felt that way.

[D]

I'm pretty sure everybody is a universal thing.

[B]

It's always.

[D]

It's always like that for me. I'm always like, well, my ankle's hurting.

[C]

So like, how cool would I look with a brace? On. Oh, my God. Yeah. People are gonna know that I, like, do something.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

They're gonna feel so sorry for me. I'm gonna get all the attention.

[C]

That's wild. What makes a good friend to you guys? What do you think makes a good friend?

[D]

You wanna go first? Yeah, I love going first, to be honest. Probably sass and motivation.

[C]

Sass, Sass and motivation. That's what you look for in your friends.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

And then also just like, how funny they are. Because I need someone to make me laugh. I need something to be funny. I'm always trying to make things funny. So if my friends are feeling bad about something and they're just can't get out of their head, I'm always trying to make the situation funny.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

And then they're always laughing and that's how they get better. And then, you know, I feel like to be funny is just something that I have to have in a friend. Like, they have to have same.

[B]

Okay, like, I need funniness, but also, like, you have to be happy. Like, like positive.

[C]

Like positive, positive.

[D]

But I also need friends that can actually stick up to themselves because I. Yeah, I feel outgoing. If one of my friends can't stick up for themselves and I have to do it for them, then it's not. It can't be like that.

[C]

Yeah, well, I mean, you don't have to always stick up for people.

[D]

I know, but I.

[C]

You got to let them learn how to do that too. And, like, build self confidence. Like, and I feel like confidence and building that takes time. Not every, you know, kid or child is going to have that immediately. So it's just about growing into that, into their confidence and stuff.

[D]

I don't know why, but people know not to mess with me because they know, they know that I have skills that if they want to fight me, then fight me.

[C]

Damn, girl.

[D]

Like, mind you.

[B]

Fight me if you.

[C]

Want to fight me.

[B]

Come on, let's go.

[C]

Energy.

[D]

Like, my friends are like, I'm gonna fight you. I'm like, fight me then.

[C]

But y' all are like, playing around. You're not being serious.

[D]

Whenever people are giving me sass, then I'll give them sass back. I. I will.

[C]

You're unbullable.

[D]

I'm.

[C]

Yeah, you got to be unbullable.

[D]

Yeah, but I always, I always wanted to be bullied for some reason. Like, oh, everybody that gets bullied, like, I want that to come to me for some reason.

[C]

Why? Cuz you want to show them a lesson?

[D]

Yes.

[B]

Let's teach you a Lesson.

[D]

Let's teach you a lesson.

[C]

She's waiting. She's waiting to get bullied. Oh, the Fugler. Hold on. We have to do that here with us. She's our little Fugler. Do you have anything to say?

[D]

I don't know why, but like everybody, I feel like the only reason they get bullies because they don't stand up.

[B]

For themselves is let it happen.

[D]

They let it happen for me. I feel like I want to get bullied because I know that I can stick up for myself.

[B]

You just want to, like, I want to show up.

[C]

That's a verse I've never heard of. Anyone say they want to get bullied before.

[D]

I say, well, if you're gonna, if you're gonna do this to me, then I'm going to treat you like that too.

[B]

Because I just want to roast them.

[D]

Exactly. In my head I always make up scenarios of me getting bullied, but it never happens.

[B]

People just know not to bully you.

[D]

People just know. Cuz I stick up for my friends too.

[C]

Yeah, I know, you've told me that. She sticks up for her friends and I always tell her, like, just be careful because, well, you don't want to take on other people's problems either. Like you don't. If it got nothing to do with you, it's got nothing to do with you. Like, period.

[D]

Yeah, if people start talking about me.

[C]

Then we gotta like, I, I know what it's like. Like you want to stick up for your friends and be there for your friends and you can do that without starting problems for yourself. So you just gotta be. Yeah, exactly. Like be careful how you do that. Okay, so what do you guys love most about yourselves?

[B]

I like how like, if I find out that there's a new hobby that I'm good at, I just stick to it.

[C]

Yeah, like. Yeah, you're very good at.

[B]

It's so fun to like find hobbies. And I love that I'm able to like be good at different things.

[C]

Yeah, I love that you get to see what fits you best and what you like. And I think it's so important to have hobbies and things that you like to do.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Outside of just regular everyday life. Things that we have to do. Like, it's nice. Yeah, baby. What about you? What do you love about yourself?

[D]

For me, it's my personality.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

I feel like my personality is really the thing that gets to me because it's like I can be too much, but then I can like slow it down. And that's what I love about me. Because I just like, love how if I think this and my other friends think that, then it's like, I'm not.

[C]

Then it's okay.

[D]

Yeah, it's like there's something about my personality that really. It brings out me.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

You're very non judgmental. Like, you're not. You're not like a judgy person. Like, you accept a lot of. Except, you know. Yeah. Like, you understand what people. Who people are and what they like. And you're just like, okay, if you like it, I love it. You know, like, it is what it. Yeah. I mean, I think everyone's a little judge. Everyone's got a little judgy and. But at the end of the day, if you. You can judge people and then just be like, yeah, that's. But that's none of my business. Like, it is what it is. If that's what you like, that's you, you know, like, I'm not gonna. I'm not gonna put you down for it. You know, sometimes I think that people.

[D]

Are just trying to be like, oh, my God. Like, you like her. Like, you like that.

[C]

Yeah. People get. People can get. People can get judgy. How do you guys hype yourself up when you're nervous?

[D]

I always go like, like in my head, I scream. I'm always like.

[C]

Like, you got to scream it out.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Wow.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And then, like, I also just like think about calm things. Like, I think about what I'm gonna get afterwards or what I might not get afterwards because, like, during cheer or something. Yeah. During cheer competitions, like, I'm always scared for. From judges watching me and stuff.

[B]

Yeah.

[D]

So I always think that the judges are really not. They're really not judges. They're just people looking at us.

[C]

Yeah. They're like regular humans.

[D]

What's different and saying what. What can be improved?

[B]

For me, I like, I really just think about something that's gonna happen next. Like, if I get this over with, then this will happen.

[C]

Like, the outcome of it. Like, I gotta just get through this so that I can, like, see the light at the end of the tunnel.

[B]

Like, I'm nervous during like a presentation in class or something, but I'm like, it's okay. I have lunch next period.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I have to work.

[C]

I'm gonna have food.

[B]

I'm gonna have food.

[D]

It's okay.

[C]

It's okay.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay. What makes someone cool, like, really cool.

[B]

Style.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

I love seeing people's style because I see people in my school that actually have, like, good clothing items that like.

[C]

Like different styles and stuff. I. I like people that would have, like, different styles and don't try to fit in with the crowd and, like, have their own. They just like what they like, and they do their own thing and they don't care.

[D]

There's people who like cyber trucks because. Tell me why you love that ugly looking car.

[B]

It's actually in my car.

[C]

I hate cyber because it's so bad. Every time we're driving and we see a cybertruck, I feel like it messes up Vivi's mood. Like, she gets so angry.

[D]

It does. I want to punch the person who's driving the car.

[C]

She gets so bad.

[B]

Who looks at that car and is like, I want that car now.

[D]

No, because tell me why it looks.

[C]

Like being judgy now. My.

[D]

My cat. My cat. I want to go into it because.

[B]

It looks like a cardboard box.

[C]

It looks like her litter box.

[D]

Yeah, Robot.

[C]

It's a little. It's a driving, walking litter robot. Like, so, so bad. I literally hate cybertruck. So I agree with that.

[D]

Poop on cyber drugs.

[C]

I don't like them at all.

[B]

They're so ugly.

[D]

I know.

[C]

What trends do you guys like right now? Is that trendy? Like, it's like, do people love trending?

[B]

At some point it was trending.

[C]

I guess anything can be trending if you're on that side of the Internet.

[B]

Trending right now.

[C]

Like, what's even trending right now? I have hobbies.

[B]

I feel like I should know.

[C]

I don't know.

[D]

Starting my crochet.

[C]

I don't really know trends. I feel like any trends right now.

[D]

I don't really have any.

[C]

I guess maybe we just. I don't know.

[D]

We haven't been doing any dances lately. We haven't been learning dances. We haven't really been.

[B]

Just tick tock.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't even know. I don't know what's going on with tick tock trends or anything. What?

[B]

Oh, no, we're not doing that.

[D]

Please.

[B]

Okay. No, please. The same day, it was Wendy Williams and she had that show, and she was like, guess who's jealous of Beyonce.

[D]

Who?

[B]

Beyonce. She's so messy.

[C]

I don't know what you're talking about.

[B]

Wendy Williams is so messy, and I love her. She's amazing.

[C]

I miss Wendy Williams so bad. She was like, peak pop culture gossip.

[B]

She would talk about anybody, girl.

[C]

Like, I love her. She did not hold back. I love Wendy Williams. She will forever be an icon.

[B]

Love her.

[C]

Love her so much.

[D]

I just, like, learned about her yesterday. So.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Of her funniest moments. She's hilarious.

[C]

She would just sit on her chair, wear her cup of tea.

[B]

She'd like, clap if you care. Clap if you don't care.

[C]

I love her. Oh, my God, I miss Wendy Williams. I wish you guys were, like, born in, like, the early 2000s, because that was, like, peak television and, like, pop culture. Like, everything was so. Everything was so fun and, like, open and people could say whatever they wanted and no one took everything. So, like, to the heart, like. Yeah, there was more humor. Like, it was just. Oh, I loved. I love being a 2000s baby.

[D]

So I don't really.

[C]

Yeah, you're like. You guys are like, you know, I wasn't born after Y2K vibes.

[B]

I wish I was born in Y2K, though.

[C]

I was born in 91. I was born in 1991.

[B]

Y2K, 2000s.

[C]

I was born in the 1900s. So dinosaurs. I was born in 1991. And that was. I. I don't know. I love the 90s. I will forever love the 90s over any. I love the 90s. It was so fun. We were literally the. We were the generation that got the Internet thrown at us. And we had no idea how to use it. We was just using it. Like, we were peak everything. We got the first of everything. DVD players, like, something that.

[D]

That can help with that. Help introduce that.

[C]

What's she doing? Oh, my God. Yes. My little. My little lip phone. Yes. We had little landlines like, we've had.

[B]

I want, I want.

[D]

I want to.

[C]

We experience cell phones, like, for the, like, smartphones and everything like that. Like, I don't know. It was just such a good time.

[B]

What is it called? Blueberry.

[C]

BlackBerry.

[B]

BlackBerry.

[D]

Blueberries.

[C]

Yo. Like those little hats, you know, you still have.

[B]

Cleaning out my room.

[C]

And I found it and my sister was like, oh, my God, Ally has your first BlackBerry. And I was like, bro, don't ever turn that thing on. Like, do not turn that thing on. It's a phone. I'm going to show you how it looks. Oh, my God. This was my everything. And then the BlackBerry had, like. You know how there's like, AOL had, like, chat rooms and stuff like that? Have you ever heard of aol?

[B]

No.

[C]

AOL was called America Online. So that was like the first Internet thing that we had in the 90s where we can go online and go on the Internet.

[D]

Oh, is it like that big tv?

[C]

No, it's not a computer. That was the only way we were able to get online. And they had, like, chat Rooms that you can get into and stuff like that. But I just remember when I had my BlackBerry, there was a thing called BBM. So it was a BlackBerry messenger. So you only. It was, like, exclusive only to BlackBerry. So if you didn't have a BlackBerry, you couldn't have a BBM code. So everyone would take your code and you can, like, talk through, like, chats and stuff like that through the BBM Messenger. Like, it wasn't text messaging or anything. It was like, you could have all your friends in there, like a chat room and, like, just have, like, have different conversations with whoever had, like, a bbm. Like, I used to love it. It was so fun. So it was. It was dope. Because, like, Whoever had a BlackBerry, like, oh, give me your BBM. Like, it was just. Was it like. It was so dope. Yeah. I'm gonna show you BlackBerry. This is how it looks.

[D]

Oh, dad has one of those. I'm pretty sure I've seen those before. I've definitely.

[C]

No, that was mine. That. Dad never had a BlackBerry.

[D]

Really?

[C]

No, I had a BlackBerry. I ended up just giving Elliot when she was little to play with. Yeah, but that was the. Oh, my God. It was amazing. I don't even know how I used to type on them little keyboards. Oh, my God.

[B]

You mess up so many times.

[C]

I think they still have them now. Like, people. You can buy them. But no, I've never. I haven't seen anyone with a BlackBerry in years. Like, and then we had sidekicks. Oh, my God. I gotta show you. You guys know what a sidekick is?

[D]

No, I wasn't born in the 1900s, Mom. 1900s.

[C]

Shut up. So this was a sidekick. This was a T Mobile sidekick. And it was like this little triangle thing and it would flip up. So you would flip it up and.

[B]

Then you can type a Nintendo ds.

[C]

It was. I guess. Yeah. But it was so dope. Like, if you had a T Mobile Sidekick, like, you were it. Like, you were dope as hell. Like, you were the it girl.

[D]

That's what I was about.

[C]

So I love. Yeah, you were that girl. What do adults do on social media? That's cringe.

[D]

Talk about their kids.

[B]

It's like, I hate when they, like.

[C]

I guess I'm cringe because I talk about you a lot.

[B]

Except for you.

[C]

We're just proud of y'. All.

[B]

It's cringe. Like, they're like, oh, Gen Z does this thing. But this was, like, out when. No, years ago. Like.

[C]

Like comparing.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Generations and stuff.

[B]

Tick tock dances.

[D]

There aren't even a thing anymore. When they're doing Tick tock, they were.

[B]

Doing like, whipping, ain't it?

[D]

Tell me why. I remember when we saw that grandma doing. Doing the Gabriella dance.

[B]

Oh, my God, she was terrible.

[C]

Oh, my God. Well, Gabriella is not that.

[B]

It's when old keep up with the trend.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And they're like struggling, like, trying too.

[D]

Hard when they're calling us pookies or just like, good morning, Pookies.

[C]

But y' all are Pookie. Y' all are my pookies. So I can call you pookies.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

I don't care. All right, so that's cringy, I guess. Noted. All right, I have a good one. What is your favorite family memory?

[B]

Oh, I don't remember, like, any family things.

[C]

You know, I feel like we do so many family things together. Like all of us.

[D]

My favorite family thing.

[B]

Oh, going to Las Palmas like every once in a while. Just all of us, like, oh, I love Las Palmas. I loved going there because the food was amazing. We used to go there for every birthday.

[C]

Yeah, I remember we went there when Bibi was like 1. She was like 3 weeks old.

[D]

My favorite family memories, like, my favorite family memories of what? Like, is when we went to jungle, like every single time we went to jungle gyms.

[C]

Yeah, that's just the time. I do that, like yearly. Yeah, that's a tradition that I do. I take you guys there every summer. I love. I like traditions. Like, I like doing things that I know, like every year we're gonna do, like, I love that when we would go. We were at a point going to Ocean City, like every year, but then we kind of stopped. I think your phone is ringing, Ally. Yeah, I like when we do. We have like little traditions and stuff that we do. I think on my favorite. What was my favorite vacation every year? Yeah, I love. My favorite family memory was when we all went to Ocean City that one time.

[B]

Oh, that was so fun.

[C]

We had such a good time. Like, it was just so much fun. We all stayed in that room to get. And then the. The whole. The little Airbnb together. We went to. We went to what you call it, Ripley's Believe it or not. And then we did the escape Room all together. Like, that was so fun. We had a really good weekend. We had a really good weekend that time.

[D]

One of my favorite memories was when we went to New York and then we went to the museum. The wax museum.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

And then. But then I got so scared cuz they had a spooky part of the museum.

[C]

Oh, yeah. I don't even know. I didn't even know that. That was a of part. Part of that. At that point.

[D]

It was supposed to be.

[C]

I don't think any of us knew. It was so crazy.

[D]

I saw the nun. I remember I freaked out. I started crying.

[C]

That was a fun trip too. Was that the trip where you kicked the rat? The dead rat? Yes, that was the trip. It was.

[B]

I kicked a rat in the red. I have a picture.

[C]

He was laid out in the middle of the New York street. And this poor freaking rat, she went up to it, just kicked it. And we were just like that.

[B]

That's like, why would you do that?

[C]

Like, why? What are you doing? Kick them right in the head.

[D]

I swear, I think that rat is kissing me.

[C]

I hope he is. I hope his soul haunts you for.

[B]

The rest of his life, because why.

[C]

Would you do that? It was so sad.

[D]

Right in the moment.

[C]

If you could design your dream day, what would it look like?

[D]

Oh, God.

[B]

Oh, Phoebe's ready.

[C]

Okay, try not to eat into the microphone. That's so annoying.

[D]

Cool.

[B]

Okay, I'll go first then. Because I'm not eating.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

My dream day is waking up like early, like seven. And then like, that's your dream day, waking up. Like waking up at 7. And then we go to, like, we go to a beach. It's gonna be summer and we go to a beach and we stay there for most of. Not most of the day, for like three hours.

[C]

For like. Yeah.

[B]

And like, we have the best time ever there. Like, the beach is empty and everything. And we're just there. And then after that, we go to American Dream. I don't care how long the drive is, we're going to American Dream. We're gonna have fun there. We're gonna go to the water park and we're gonna go to the amusement park.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

And then we're gonna go shopping there. And then we're gonna. We're gonna go to a trampoline park and just like jump around and everything. And then after that, we're gonna have the best dinner at like Olive Garden or something.

[C]

That is a very energetic, fun filled day. That sounds very tiring for me.

[D]

My dream day is a little bit fictional.

[C]

Okay.

[D]

But it's fun. So basically I wake up. I wake up in the best feeling bed ever. And when I get dressed and get ready and stuff, I just go on the unicorn and our Pegasus, we fly and then we fly to the beach and. Yeah, Blackjack. And then basically when we fly to the beach. We go into the water and we, like, go scuba diving. And then we find, like, these aliens. And then, like, we, like, be friends with the aliens. And then after that, we go to, like, we go back home. I go back home. And then we, like, hang out with the aliens and stuff. And then after that, we have some martinis and margaritas.

[C]

Girl, enough people gonna be like, why are you girl. Why is your girl talking good?

[D]

This is my dream for the future, okay? And then basically after we find the aliens and have our stuff, and then we go and we have the best night at. At Titi's house. And then after that, in the morning, we go straight back to the house. And after that, we have to, like, clean up everything in the house. Because I actually like organizing stuff, actually, thanks to me.

[C]

Well, it gets. She let. We let it get messy, and then we organize. But then because she's still a kid, so. So I try not to get on her, like, every day. Like, you have to organize your room every day, but at least once a week, I make sure she organizes and cleans her room.

[D]

Yeah. But then also, like, on my dream day, we. I feel like if I say this, it's gonna be too much like Ali's story, but I really wanted to see say it.

[C]

What?

[D]

What? Like, we had to go to a trampoline park and we bought, like, every slushie that they owned. And, like, we bought, like, everything that was on their menu.

[C]

That's fun.

[D]

And we just, like, spent the whole day there.

[C]

Okay, that sounds nice.

[D]

And then we did an escape room.

[C]

Okay, well, that sounds nice. I do have.

[D]

Everybody had to go back clean.

[C]

The Pegasus is funny, cuz. This reminds me of a story of when you were little. Remember when you were really into My Little Pony? My Little Pony, Tell me why. My Little Pony, Tell me why.

[D]

Hi.

[C]

We went to the park one time, and BB had brought one of the little ponies with her. Whatever. And I remember someone went up to her and was like, oh, my God. Like, I don't know what the child was saying about, oh, I love their pony. Whatever. And Bibi was like, it's not a pony, it's a Pegasus. Gosh. She said, gosh, Gosh. And I remember it was so freaking funny. Like, I remember texting your dad and I was like, yo, your daughter is so hilarious. Like, I don't even know where the she gets this from. Like, she was just like, it's not a pony, it's a Pegasus. Gosh. And the child, the girl just looked at me be like, all right, whatever. Like, it was so funny. So now every time I think of My Little Pony, I just think of Vivi yelling at this poor little girl that, it's a pegasus.

[B]

It's a Pegasus.

[C]

It's a Pegasus. Gosh. We're gonna end it on, like, two questions. Okay. What would you tell your future self?

[B]

I would say.

[C]

This is interesting.

[B]

I would tell them that, like, I don't know.

[C]

I would. Any words for your future self right now?

[B]

I would say, like, I hope you're doing what you love and you don't have to worry about, like, money and everything. Like, you're just at peace.

[C]

At peace and happy and fulfilled. Yeah, I would love that.

[D]

I would ask my future self if they're flying cars and if we have flying makeup products.

[C]

I don't think. I don't think we're getting flying cars anytime soon. Even when I was little, I used to think at this time in life we would have flying cars. Like, the. The most we have is self driving cars. All right, well, what advice would you give other kids your age? It's the last question.

[B]

You can go first.

[D]

I would tell them to stick to their dreams. And whatever you do, you have to make it. You have to make it, like, worth it. Like, you have to have it so it's worth it.

[C]

Like, oh, I love that.

[D]

Like, you have to be your best self. You have to be the best. Okay.

[C]

Period.

[D]

Pookie.

[B]

Thing. That's what.

[D]

That's what I mean. That's. That was a last year thing.

[C]

What about you, Ally?

[B]

I would tell kids my age, like, don't worry too much about, like, popularity. Cuz that's like, that's how kids are failing in my grade these days.

[C]

Yeah. They just trying to keep up and being funny, being popular and being the funny one and being. Yeah.

[B]

Still be funny and stuff and talk to, like, people in the school and be popular and stuff. But you also need to, like, still.

[C]

Pay attention, focus on your academics. Right.

[B]

Because you want a future people.

[D]

Yeah, focus.

[C]

I get that. I get that some people. Some people only have, like, their egos. Like, they just want people to inflate their egos, and they only care about what other people think of them. And those are the people that actually be on social media, too. And they start just living for social media and, like, only caring about social media. And it's sad.

[D]

Yeah.

[B]

Y' all just need to focus on education.

[C]

Yeah, focus on education. You heard it here.

[B]

For real, like, you need a future. You don't. You're not Gonna be people in a few years. So there's no point in entertaining them.

[D]

Exactly.

[B]

So you should literally just like one more.

[C]

Focus on yourself.

[B]

Yeah. Focus on your grades. Focus on having fun.

[C]

The things that matter.

[B]

Yeah, things that matter.

[C]

I agree.

[B]

Does not matter.

[C]

Do you guys still celebrate Valentine's Day like in your classes? Like do you guys buy?

[D]

We.

[B]

I don't celebrate anything.

[D]

I don't think I did it last year. No, I don't think I did it last year.

[C]

I don't think you guys did last year either. And I'm like, I. I love buying like the cute little cards and stuff and like getting those little things out. I love passing things out. But I asked baby. I'm like, do you guys still do that? Cuz I never. Last year. I don't think you got anything. I don't know. So I got to ask your. I'm going to ask your teacher.

[D]

Last year we got a Christmas party. I'm pretty sure.

[C]

And yeah, I don't remember Valentine's Day though. That was like two years ago.

[B]

Oh wow.

[C]

Yeah, I remember. Those are cute. I got those on Amazon. Amazon has really cute. I was going to show you BB2 but I was like I don't want to order anything. And then you guys. Yeah, no one's giving out anything. I don't know when that.

[D]

I can really just give out things just so then.

[C]

Just because.

[D]

Just because.

[C]

All right, so if you want to do it, we can get something.

[D]

But I'll probably just pass out.

[C]

It kind of ends like in middle school, right?

[B]

Like, like nobody does that.

[C]

No one does it.

[B]

No.

[C]

Did you get asked to be someone's valentine?

[B]

No, nobody does that. Like in my age now. Nobody.

[C]

Get out.

[D]

Someone asked.

[C]

That's not, that's crazy. Someone asked a baby.

[B]

Yeah, yeah.

[C]

She talks and he gave. Oh my God, this is so funny. He gave her these two little bath and body works hand sanitizers. Cuz she loves. She goes to school all the time with her little backpack, her little purse and she got her hand sanitizers and her lotions. Like she's just, oh my God, this girl is me. So he bought her that and then he also got her the little lotions. And it was so funny because I. Someone was like, he probably took it from his sister's bedroom. I was like, could you imagine if he like stole it from his mom.

[B]

Or sister Stole it from his mom.

[C]

And they're, they're looking for their hand sanitizers and BB's there it was because.

[D]

When I opened the Bottles. They're brand new. Like, when I opened the hand sanitizer bottles, it didn't look. Look like it was.

[B]

Well, I'm to buy them for him.

[C]

Yeah, that's what I. I was thinking that maybe, but it was so funny.

[D]

It had the thing over it, so it wasn't used.

[B]

Like, unopened.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

Okay, good. I was like, I hope he's not taking out from his sister room or.

[B]

Something, because I know shopping.

[C]

Yeah. I was like, that was. That was what I was thinking. Like, the sentiment behind it was like, oh, he probably asked his mom to, like, get this for her, but that's just, like, kind of big. I was like, wow. He like, really? He like, you then? And baby was like, yeah. He was like. She was like, yeah. I said, yeah. But, like, he gave me this. I was just like, oh, my God. Like, this is happening.

[D]

Like, I remember. I remember one time, one of my friends literally said this guy was going around the classroom asking, like, how. How can I get this girl to like me? I was like, oh, my God. Jesus.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[B]

Oh, my God.

[D]

People be doing everything. Like, people would be doing anything just to get someone. Like.

[C]

But yeah, she told me, and I was just like, I don't think you had a Valentine before that, right? Like, you've never had a valentine before.

[D]

I actually just get Valentine's Day from, like, my friends or something.

[C]

Yeah. But no one's, like, asked her yet, so when they happened to. When it happened this, like, last week, I was just like, h. Okay.

[B]

Somebody, like, asked me to be their Valentine, like, first grade, and I was. I didn't even know how to spell Valentine at that time. So I was like, what does that mean?

[C]

All right, so Valence, I guess Valentine's Day, we're going to celebrate with our girlies this year. Like, I feel like Valentine's Day has become more for, like, the girlies and, like, friends. Like, girlfriends. Yeah. Like, no one's trying to be asked to be their valentine by a dude anymore. Like, we want to. We want to celebrate with our girls. Like, we want to have our girlfriends, and we should have, like, a little Galentine's Day party. Like, just us. It would be so fun. Yeah, she would love it. I love showing up. Oh, my God.

[D]

I remember one time when that one song with, like, Bruno Mars, I forgot what it was called, but it was like, the song Bruno Mars, it was like, or something.

[B]

Oh, abate.

[D]

They did, like, a trend with it. And basically, like, I. I always, like, thought in my head, if we, like, played this game. Because it was like a game.

[B]

It was a drinking game.

[D]

It was a drinking game. But, like, we can do it for the kids and we can do, like, juice boxes or something. And then like, the grown ups can do, like, margaritas or, like, count how.

[C]

Many times Bibi said margaritas.

[D]

Did I tell you?

[C]

She just likes to say the name, like, Margaritas.

[D]

That one time I was reading a. A story, like, we're like reading a story in the classroom, and we had a test on it, but one of the girl's friend's name was Margarita.

[C]

Margarita.

[B]

Who would name their child Margarita?

[C]

Hey, listen, like, you must. I used to have a girlfriend in high school. Her name was Margarita. She was like, Ecuadorian or something.

[D]

Yeah, but it was like. It was like, about people. Like, they're like Puerto Rican. They're like, in pue.

[C]

Well, sometimes those names are passed down from, like, grandmothers and things like that, so. But yeah, I feel like in this generation, maybe a lot of people aren't naming their kids Margarita anymore.

[B]

They're naming their kids basic stuff.

[C]

Yeah.

[D]

Like Haley and John.

[B]

So many Aaliyah in my.

[C]

That's your dad's name?

[D]

Jonathan. Jonathan. Oh, that is.

[B]

Oh, wait.

[C]

Oh, wait.

[D]

I actually didn't realize that. No, like, it was like, it is amazing.

[C]

It's a basic name. It's like Amanda or something. Like, they're just. They're just like normal names. Names, you know, they're. They're not like, we got you no shade. But it's like, they're just. Yeah.

[D]

My child's name is gonna be Tsunami.

[C]

Oh, my God. She did say this. And I was just like, girl, can we not.

[D]

Tsunami is a cool name. I like it. It's like a cute little name. Cute.

[C]

I'm gonna call her Su.

[D]

That's exactly what I need. I wanted Tsunami. But the main reason I would name my child Tsunami is because tsunamis are really powerful, and that really just, like, gives out, like, power.

[C]

You like the. The meaning behind the name.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

There's probably a lot of other names that mean powerful, too.

[B]

Just saying something special.

[D]

I never heard, like, any name, like.

[B]

I never heard any influencer who has the name Tsunami.

[C]

Really?

[B]

Yeah, it's like T X, U.

[C]

Well, that's a cool. That's a cool way to spell it. I don't know how to Sume. Tsuname. That's cool. It's T S U N A N A M I, M I. Tsunami.

[D]

And the only reason I asked you, like, what your middle name is, because.

[C]

What'S my Middle name?

[D]

I. I don't remember. You don't remember my middle name her?

[B]

Like, I don't even know your name.

[D]

I wanted to name her, like, your middle name.

[C]

You want to name your daughter my middle name?

[D]

Yeah, like, I. I, like, I want to give her your savior name.

[C]

That is so cute. My middle name is Josette, by the way. Yeah, and then they were gonna nickname me. They were gonna call me, like, Josie, like, as a nickname, like, Josie. But I think from what I heard, I don't know, there was, like, some beef that people had in the family with some girl, some girl named Josie. So my mom was like, nah, like, we're not calling her Josie. I don't know. It was, like, funny. So I don't know. Yeah, I was like, what the hell I got to do with me? I don't care. But I kind of liked it. I was like, josie is a cute. That would have been a cute name, like, Josie to call me. Imagine if my name was like, Josie or, like, something different. Well, I was originally supposed to be a boy. Like, I wasn't even supposed to be a girl. Like, they told my mom I was going to be a boy. So when I was born, when I was born, they didn't have a name for me, so they ended up having to take my. My dad's sister's name. Her name is Sheila Betsabe. So they took her middle name and gave me that name. So that's her middle name, and that's my name.

[B]

I was supposed to be named Ariana, but then, like, one of my mom's cousins, like, took that name for their child, and then she, like, just came up with Aliana.

[C]

I loved Aliana. I was like, yeah. When she told me Ali Eliana, I was like, yes, Ali. Like, I love that name. It's so cute. Ali. Ali. Yeah. Because I love. I think about, like, the nicknames behind the names, too.

[B]

I like. I love. I love the nickname Ally.

[D]

Yeah.

[C]

I love Ali. It's just so cute. It's so, like. It's just so chic and so, like, poised and, like, classy. Ally, like, you're just like, an alley girl. All right, guys, well, I think this was a really fun episode. I hope everyone has a really great Valentine's Day. No matter how you celebrate, where you celebrate, who you celebrate with, make sure you're doing it with your girls. That's all I'm saying.

[D]

Because, as you know, last podcast, I said something at the end, so I'm gonna say it again.

[B]

We are family. I got all my sisters with me.

[C]

We are family here at the Cheeseman Quarter. I love that so much. All right, guys, I will be back with another episode next week. And if you guys want to tune in on YouTube to watch this episode, make sure you go, subscribe, leave a review. And yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed the episode. Make sure you follow me on Instagram at Beautify Me and follow the podcast at the Cheeseman Corner. Until next time, take care of yourselves. And remember, there's always more room for Chisme here at the Chisme Corner. Bye.

[B]

Bye.

[C]

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[D]

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