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I will never forget when I first started noticing symptoms of low iron, because I'm pretty sure my mom walked into her house and the first thing she said to me was, abby, what are you doing with your lips? Because she literally thought that I had put concealer all over my lips because I had no color to my face. I basically had no red blood cells functioning in my body. And it made sense when I went to the doctor and had that checked that I was actually even into the anemic zone at this point because I was so, so low on iron and a lot of other symptoms I was having started to make a lot more sense. I was having extreme tiredness, exhaustion, fogginess, headaches. All of this suffering from low iron. What I was surprised to find out though, is that over one in three people worldwide suffer from low iron, but most don't even know it. Iron deficiency can exist even before anemia develops, meaning you may feel symptoms long before anything looks serious.
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Well, Abbey, correct me if I'm wrong, but we had a friend that you noticed wasn't feeling well and you suggested that they take some iron and immediately they were feeling better. Right?
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Yeah. The next day she's like, I actually already am feeling different. And then obviously, weeks later is when it really gets into your system and you feel like a whole new person, honestly.
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I was gonna say something, but that's too far. Yeah. You know what I was thinking of?
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In the bedroom, it slept.
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Oh, my gosh, I can't.
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You guys didn't actually wait for marriage?
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Do you wanna answer that or me?
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You answered.
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Okay, great.
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Well, actually, don't answer that, oh, gosh, we're in here to say you guys are soulmates from previous lives.
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I just don't believe in soulmates, honestly.
A
Wow, you said that so fast. Y' all have sex every day.
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We're getting into it.
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I don't want my parents to listen to this.
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What's up, dude? And welcome back to the unpl.
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I like this filming. In the morning, I feel like, a little bit more alive. The afternoon, I'm like, yeah, our kids.
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Are with grandma, so we can have some alone time to ourselves. Yeah, with all of you watching us anyway.
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It's fun to do.
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Anyway. We're having a great time, guys. We were a little disappointed. We looked at our analytics and apparently 63.8% of you aren't subscribed that are watching the videos, so that hurt my feelings. I'm not gonna lie. I was a little nervous.
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Maybe they just don't have a YouTube account.
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No, they have a YouTube account. Everybody has a YouTube.
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No, for a while I had favorite YouTubers and I was like, man, I just wish I could help him out, but I don't have an account. You can't subscribe if you don't.
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Did you think that it cost us?
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I did, a long time ago. But guess what? Good news, guys, it's free. So I would just encourage you to quickly make an account. Subscribe to us. Share.
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If you like it, give it a. If you don't like it, you shouldn't share it. Why would you share a podcast if you don't like it?
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No, if they don't like it, they're probably not here. Let's hope. I mean, gosh, don't torture yourself if.
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You'Re watching this because you don't like us. That is some commitment.
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I wanted to bring up our fight last night.
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Oh, my gosh. Okay.
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Speaking of couple goals.
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Abby, I don't. I'll be honest, I don't remember what the fight was about.
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I would only bring it up if it wasn't, like a huge deal, but we resolved it.
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Walk me through what happened.
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Do you remember?
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I don't remember.
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Okay, well, I was really locked in on Beast Games episode five.
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Oh, and you were getting frustrated because our kids were running around in circles.
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No, no, no.
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They were being very loud and I was like, babe, we could just put them to bed and then we can watch Beast Games in peace.
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I thought they would like to watch Beast Games, but they really are way too young for that.
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You think a 2 and 3 year old wanna watch Beast Games?
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Auggie? Sometimes likes it. But anyway, no, this is after the kids were asleep. I got those distractions to bed.
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Okay.
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And then you are sitting next to me, and you're not paying attention at all to the show, and you turn to me and you're showing me your phone. You're like, I can't believe. And then you start talking. And I was like, just trying to find the remote so quick. Cause I hate to miss any second of really any show I'm watching, but especially Beast Games.
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I wanted to show Abby something on my phone. And then I was really excited about it, and I was like, babe, look at this. And she's like.
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It was like the pinnacle moment of this episode. And you're like. And I'm like, just wait. I was just trying to find the remote so I could pause it. I was willing to stop everything and give you all my attention, even in the most spinful moment. And it just really rubbed it through.
B
Let's be honest, babe, this was halfway into the episode, and there wasn't really anything pinnacle going on.
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You weren't paying attention, so you have no clue. It was a really big deal.
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I'm sorry. Who's gonna take care of our children where they're sprinting around our living room?
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They were asleep.
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Oh, they were asleep.
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Anyway.
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You're right. You're right, I'm wrong. You're right. Listen, listen. Read my lips, baby. You're right, I'm wrong. I love you.
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I love you. Afterwards, I just looked at him.
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I was like, I'm your right or.
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Die about this, by the way. And then he's like, okay. And then he walked away. And then. And then he just came back down. He's like, I'm actually sorry I was wrong.
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Today's episode, we're addressing your assumptions about us, but we're gonna start off by reading a review from someone who left this on Apple podcast. Thank you guys for leaving us reviews.
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Yeah, quick thing, if you're not already following us, nplannedpodcast on Instagram. I would love for you to follow us. And we love hearing from you guys. And speaking of hearing from you guys, thank you to everythingara she says. Or he. I actually don't know. They say it's probably a woman.
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Let's be honest, 90% of our viewers are.
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Yeah, that's why I assumed. But I should never assume. You know what they say, that makes an ass of you and me.
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Oh, gosh. You learned that from your grandma.
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Yes, I did. So it's okay to say it. Love this episode. Love Yalls episode. You are very open and honest and vulnerable, and it truly feels so real and genuine. Thank you for being friends that I get to chat with each week. I look forward to Wednesday and now Fridays so much more because of Unplanned Wait.
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That's so cool that she's tuning into Always Here as well.
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So sweet.
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Thank you for watching both of our podcasts. That means a lot.
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Gosh, we really don't take it lightly. So thank you so much to all of you that have left a review or rated us or just follow us. It really, really is so special. It's not something we take lightly.
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Not at all. All right, well, baby, without further ado, let's get into addressing assumptions. Okay, our followers have about us.
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This is spooky. Why are we doing this?
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I'm actually pretty excited.
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I don't know any of these, but I feel like I could probably guess a couple of them. Okay, the first one.
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I don't know what that means, but I'm ready.
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Yeah, but hopefully those didn't make the list. Number one, you guys didn't actually wait for marriage. Wow.
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Wow.
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You've seen this?
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Gosh, our grandma listens to this. Guys, we're seriously gonna ask these questions.
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Why does he.
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Okay, why bring this up again? Oh, my gosh. Do you want to answer that or me? You want me to answer it? Okay, great. Well, actually, don't answer. Oh, gosh. Yeah, but you. You answer it, then.
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No, you answer it.
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Basically, we did not do it till marriage, but we did other things because we were so into each other. What is happening right now? Are you gonna need to give you the. I'm like.
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That was literally so much tmi.
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We've talked about that so many times before. I can't believe people are asking.
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We weren't perfect angels, but we really did.
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And guess what? Nobody is. If you actually talk to people who are like, yeah, talk to them, and then they'll probably say the same thing. I'm just serious. Some people. Some people save kissing for marriage. And you know what? That's amazing for them, but that. I. I actually like you, so I want to kiss you.
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And I would say we tried our best, but we really did, actually, technically. Wait. Yes, we did.
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Yes, we did. Okay, if we're getting into technicalities, and.
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I would recommend that for everyone. I really would. Number two, you never cuss on the podcast, but you cuss in real life. Wait a minute. I just said ass, though. And you know what our grandma says it's in the Bible.
B
So that's what she says. That's what Abby's grandma says. Is that the.
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I think your grandma said that.
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I think maybe both of our grandmas say that ass is in the Bible, so it's okay. So we can say ass on this podcast. We just. We wouldn't say anything else.
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No, we definitely try to. Not to. Especially around the kids.
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Yeah, definitely not around the kids. It's funny, though. Like, just in the past couple months, I've started. I've started to curse. I feel like I'm. I'm becoming an adult.
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Yeah. It's giving me the ick. I gotta be so honest with you.
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And you know what? You are okay. You were valid in feeling that way. That is okay.
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Like, you say it sometimes. I literally told you this last night. I was like. That doesn't sound pleasant.
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I was gonna say something, but that's too far. But, yeah, you know what I was thinking of? You know what I was thinking of? Oh, my gosh. I can't. Oh, my gosh. End the episode. End the episode right now.
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I'm sweating. Anyway, next.
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Oh, my gosh.
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We can cut that.
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We can cut that. That has to say. That's so funny.
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I'm sweating. I'm actually really sweating.
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I can't breathe.
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Okay, okay, next assumption. We're moving right along.
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That's so fast, Matt. Sorry. Mute, mute it.
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All right. Okay. Assumption number three.
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Okay.
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Matt loves Abby way more than she loves.
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Agreed.
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I gotta be honest with you. It's true. He's obsessed with me.
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Wait.
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And. No, I'm just kidding.
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No, that's true. I believe that's true.
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You really believe that's true?
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Yeah, of course.
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You believe that you love me more than I love you?
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Yes. Now, in the past. Cause argued you, maybe, but I feel like I love you more now, actually.
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Yeah, I would agree with that. I'm just kidding.
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Really?
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That's so sweet. No, I feel very loved by you and.
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But you think you love me more than I love you.
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My love for you is, like, steady. Like, it's like bedrock. It's like foundation. And you are like a puppy dog, like, in love. You know what I mean?
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Or it's just like.
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Like, it's just more obvious.
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It's a ton at once, and then it, like, slows down, and then it just. And then it hits again. It's like these waves of, like, puppy dog crackhead spurts of energy coming up.
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I mean, yeah, but it's never like. But puppy dog's never, like, upse with you. You know, I mean, never, like, you never question whether or not puppy dog loves you.
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Yeah.
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But sometimes it's just really intense.
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Yeah.
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And some it's just more obvious.
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I'm obsessed with you.
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I'm like, bedrock.
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I'm freaking obsessed with you.
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Thank you. I love you a lot.
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I love you too, baby.
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Okay. Wow, guys, who made this list?
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Hey. We have a producer now that compiled these, so thank you. Shout out to Emma for compiling this. It feels like also you guys all submitted these on my Instagram, so thank you to everyone that, like, did this on Instagram.
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Yeah, this one says y' all have sex every day.
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Wow. We really are. We're getting into it.
A
I don't want my parents to listen to this.
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Yeah, I don't think your parents listen to our podcast, though, do you?
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That would be great. I don't think they do.
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Good. Okay.
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Your parents do.
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My parents definitely do. They're crazy, so.
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But don't.
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I'm okay with them. I'm okay with them knowing we're crazy.
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Okay. Yeah.
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This is weird now. Let's save that one for later. Let's come back to it. I can't answer that right now. It's too early for that. Okay, guys, it's 9:30. Okay. We just woke up number five.
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You guys poop with the door open.
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We do. Actually. Actually, you know. You don't. I do. You don't. Well, no. Now we both poop with the door closed. Wait, we both. It's. It's evolved over time. We both poop with the door closed. Now, we used to poop with the door open, but then we're like, guys, that's. That's smelly. Why would we have the door open?
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I don't think we have, like, a strict one. I feel like sometimes it's close.
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Yeah.
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If we're going not anywhere other than our bedroom, though, then the door is certainly closed.
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Is it clear that I haven't taken my ADHD medicine today?
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I assume you just got rid of that.
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I actually have a refill that I've been meaning to pick up from the pharmacy.
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Yeah, see, that's right.
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So I need to go do that.
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Okay, here's the next assumption. You guys are mad rich, like billionaires.
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Oh, my gosh. No. I mean, I.
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No, we are. We have a lot of money.
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Well, we're. We're. Well, okay, how do we answer that? We're not billionaires. There's.
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Did you know there's billionaires. But, God, we're in a season of blessing.
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Did you know that when we met Tony Robbins, he's one of 3,000 billionaires in the world.
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Oh, yeah. There's people that are richer than us.
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Oh, yeah. But I was just like, I. I didn't realize how few I was. So I just thought that was really cool. I was so nervous, that interview. Anyway, back to being rich. You guys made us rich. Can we just be honest with that? Like, we. This wouldn't have ever happened with, Without. Without the dudes we have.
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Definitely. I mean, I don't think, I mean, okay, the word rich has seriously bad connotation. And honestly, even growing up, I didn't like that word at all. And I, yeah, didn't really like people that I titled that way. But we are in a. We are making more money than I ever thought we would ever make.
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100%. I think the crazy thing too is we started this hoping for it just to be maybe some side money. Maybe. Like, I grew up making videos for every school project because if I needed to do a presentation or a speech, there was this rule that you can make a video instead. And I just honestly enjoyed making videos. So I would do that for every school project. Worked on the high school TV crew. And then when Abby told me that people were vlogging on the Internet and it became their job, I was like, even if I can make like 500 bucks a month doing this on the side, that'd be the sickest thing to get paid for making videos. And so started it up. It didn't work. At first. I got super disappointed. I was super frustrated because I'd post every week, working 40 hours a week, and then it just didn't work. And then eventually it did work. So anyway, long story short, we started off in low income housing when we started the YouTube channel in 2019, and now we're obviously not in low income housing anymore. So. No, I mean, that's all because of you guys and your support. Seriously, couldn't have done it without you guys.
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Well, and your hard work too. Something we're very grateful for every single day. And also it's a very big responsibility that we are generous with it and steward our money. Well. Yeah, anyway, that was a long winded answer. We're not billionaires. And actually I will say, like, we are doing very well, but the estimations, if you were to Google it, are incorrect. I can just tell you that for a fact. Yeah, if you were to Google our net net worth, it is not right. But that's fine. I mean, heck, I'll never forget the day that my pawpaw, who has since passed.
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That was funny. Yes.
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He googled our net worth when we were at their house, and he was like, abby, whoa. And I was like, papa, that ain't right. You can't believe everything on the Internet. He didn't know that.
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And you can't blame the people that calculated that figure because they went off of our total YouTube views times a like, $8 CPM.
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I feel like some of them are just pulling it out of there.
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Which is $8 per thousand. Yeah. 8 bucks per thousand views. But if you do the math, that makes us, like, worth something crazy. However, we never made that Money because, like, 99% of our views on YouTube are from YouTube shorts. We had a lot of shorts go viral. We have a lot of viewers on short form content, and if we only had ever relied on long form content, our views would be literally, like, 99%.
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If that was all accurate, though, they would still have no way of figuring out. Figuring that out.
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I know. It actually makes me think about, like, celebrities when you look at their network.
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Yeah. I don't believe.
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I don't think it's true. I think it's all.
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It could be way higher or way lower.
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It's way. It's all smoke and mirrors.
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And that was a very long answer. I just. I feel like money is very taboo, but I also just want to be real.
B
Like, I know. Yeah.
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Look at each other at the end every day, and we're just like.
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We feel so great.
A
How was this our life?
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Yeah. No, seriously.
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Next one. Abby makes Matt get pedicures.
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Oh, my gosh.
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Why? Have you seen his toes? Do they look like they've been pedicured?
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Yeah, I actually. Hey, speaking of my toes, guys, I wore shoes for today's episode, so you don't have to look at. Look at my toes. Hey, if you're into feet picks, go look at last episode because my feet. My dogs were out.
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They were out.
B
They were out. Remember that?
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Oh, yeah. You put them away.
B
Yeah. Last time.
A
So I don't make you get pedicures. You probably could stand to get them.
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Probably.
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I don't care. I personally don't care what your toes look like.
B
My heels are kind of nasty. I'm getting that, like, old man heel.
A
Yeah. Already.
B
What is that?
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I think it's fungus.
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Gosh, do I need to get, like, athlete's foot spray? My dad used to have that at our house. He would have the spray. It's like an orange bottle, and you spray it on your.
A
Oh, my gosh you're already there.
B
Sorry, I'm like outing my door.
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I'm already there.
B
Ok? Exposing my father.
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We're already there.
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He's gonna disown me.
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B
Reads reels like Instagram reels. Yeah, I like it though sometimes, honestly what I do is I'll listen to audiobooks, okay?
A
But most of the night I'll be in a book.
B
Can I tell you honestly what did I do last night?
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You want to tell him you're playing Minecraft.
B
My brother with me and my brother.
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You just told me to say it and then you all defensive because it sounds lame. Okay, it is lame.
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And then when he and he and he had to get off for work and then it was still, like, 10:30, and I'm like, dude, kids don't wake up till 8. Or. No. 7:30. 7:30. 7: 30. Okay. Anyway, I kept playing Minecraft, and I was listening to a finance audiobook, which is so much fun to listen to a book while you play. While you play a video game. So relaxing. Actually, it's over stimulating, but I love that.
A
I'm happy for you.
B
Thank you.
A
No, Matt doesn't read books.
B
No, I do.
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I just claim to.
B
I just read Wedding. The Wedding People. That was a really good book.
A
You like. Two months out of 10, you did read it.
B
I'm finishing up. I read Dune this past year, guys. I'm reading Dune Messiah. That's really good. I reread all the Hunger Games. Dune Messiah. Yeah, it's, like, weird. It's, like, set, like, extremely far in the future. It's like Star wars, but, like, way more deep, a lot more lore.
A
Blasphemous.
B
I think it has parallels to our modern society, but it's, like, just to make you think and stuff.
A
But it's interesting.
B
Yeah. I mean, anyway. Yeah, you read a little bit. Timothee Chalamet is in the new Dune movies, and those are really great actor. And he's great. And I think him and Kylie are a cute couple. We should have them on the podcast. They would never come on.
A
Okay. This one says Abby always gets what she wants.
B
Yeah, she does.
A
I can't disagree, but I would like to think that we compromise a lot.
B
I do think we compromise a lot. That's what marriage is about.
A
Can I give myself a little credit right here? Because I do get what I want, but I also pick my battles.
B
Yes.
A
And I will say I certainly pick my dad.
B
I will say you did make the decision that we are moving two times.
A
A row, but I never hear you that.
B
But what I do want to say is our new house is great.
A
Yeah. I'll give you that. Matt, I do feel like I get what I want, but I do think I pick my battles wisely.
B
Yeah. Yeah. I love you.
A
I love you.
B
I'm happy you're my wife.
A
Abby secretly runs marathons. Where did that one even come from?
B
I think they just think that you're crazy fit, which is true. Abby is extremely fit. And she goes to Burn Boot Camp, which is. It's like women's CrossFit, and it's really freaking hard. There's videos of me on the Internet trying to do a burn workout, and I'm, like, dying.
A
Yeah.
B
So hard.
A
That's not running marathons. And just to put things. I'm flattered. I'm very flattered. But just to put things in a little perspective here, I did the turkey trot this past Thanksgiving.
B
Oh, yeah, we ran. That was kind of fun, running together.
A
Let me just tell you. Three miles was, like, plenty. I think I will go into running when I'm, like, older, but now is not my time. Next. It says Matt is the fun parent and Abby is the disciplinarian. Gosh. I kind of think that's a little bit more true, though.
B
Really? I don't know. I feel like we can be both.
A
Addie, what do you think? You discipline.
B
I'm the fun one. Yeah, I guess I am the fun one.
A
Dang it.
B
But I feel like I do this. I feel bad when I discipline them.
A
That's the problem. That's why she does it. I gotta do it.
B
I don't like doing the disciplining, but I do discipline them. You feel like I'm being mean if I discipline them? I know.
A
Me, too.
B
I don't want to be the mean guy.
A
I know. Me, too. But I'm also like, we're raising boys.
B
Yeah.
A
They have to become men. We talk about. We tell them all the time they need them. I'm like, why do we have rules in our household? And I was like, because we're growing. You guys are gonna grow up to be, or. No, no. I say because becoming a good young man starts now. Now.
B
That's so sweet. You're a really good mom.
A
Thank you.
B
You're like, the best of the best of the best. Yeah.
A
Thank you. You're definitely the fun parent. And so. But I do always want them to know that we have rules and we have expectations for a purpose. It's not because we're trying to be mean. It's not because we don't want them to have fun. It's because they're going to become good young men.
B
That's right.
A
Next one. So, yeah, that one was honestly pretty accurate. Matt has more social bandwidth but also more social anxiety than Abby.
B
Honestly, it might be true. There's been quite a few podcasts where, like, we'll interview someone, and Abby's like, I cannot talk to someone for hours. And I'm like, babe, like, I'm fired up. Like, let's go do another. Like, I feel. I'm feeling so. I don't know. I think I'm an ambivert. I learned that from Vanessa Van Edwards, who we had on the podcast. And essentially, an Amber is A mixture of an extrovert and an introvert. So I think there's times where I enjoy being by myself and, like, listening to an audiobook, playing Minecraft. And there's also times where I want to be extremely social. So, yeah, I think I'm like, most.
A
People I do want to call out. I don't think you have more social bandwidth than me.
B
You are more. So you plan all the social events.
A
I'm like, the one bandwidth is, like, how long I can socialize.
B
Oh, I see. I show up. I don't know if this show up. Yeah.
A
But I will say, like, there's a lot of times with people over, sometimes you'll just disappear. Disappear.
B
Yeah. Maybe you do, actually. You do.
A
I'm like, where did you go, Matthew James?
B
Abby's great. Abby. Nabi's in a really good.
A
No, it's not. It's not better.
B
You're such a. You host the best parties. Abby's having people over at our house, like, multiple times per week.
A
This one says you guys overthink.
B
I definitely do.
A
Yeah.
B
That's something that I've always struggled with my entire life. But I. I love. I love how quick you make decisions. I'm very inspired by your confidence. Like, you just. You have such confidence, and you can command a room. Like, you can walk.
A
You're giving me way.
B
Seriously. No, you can walk into any room and you can make every. Yeah, well, you just make people feel like you're, like, the. You're like, the fun person to have around because you're. You're just 100% yourself and you aren't very insecure. But then you're like. You're kind, and you're always thinking about other people.
A
I think you overthink, but it's because you really care.
B
I really care, actually. Yeah. That's a good. I really, really care.
A
Do you think I overthink?
B
I don't think you do. I don't think that's something you do. Also, the imposter syndrome thing, I thought that was funny because I feel imposter syndrome, but then something you told me once. We can get that out if you don't want it. But.
A
Wait, what? Remind me what imposter syndrome is.
B
Yeah, we can cut this out if you don't like it, but basically, imposter syndrome is where you feel like you're an imposter. Like, sometimes we'll be at these events or. Okay, here's a perfect, perfect example. We're about to sit down and interview Tony Robbins, who has and He. He's been a consultant for kings, queens, presidents. Like, we're talking Princess Diana, Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton. Tony Robbins is a very, very powerful, influential man. I am crapping my pants to do this interview. Abby sits down like she owns the room. Like, you, you were not. But you were not. But it was so good. Like, you just are so. You're not phased.
A
Is it delusional?
B
I don't know what it is. No.
A
Let me tell you what.
B
I'll be happy. I'm so, like, inspired, honestly, by that.
A
I just fully believe a person is a person. I. I really don't want you to think that, like, I don't respect and, like, honor the work that they do. I just think everyone's a person.
B
Yeah.
A
You know, I mean, that sounds dumb to say, but, like, you know, that's good.
B
I think that's really good. And I think it's good to have that mentality of, like, we're all just people. It doesn't matter if you're an unhoused person or a freaking billionaire. You're just a person.
A
This one is honestly along some of the same lines. It says, match struggles with comparison more than he admits. I feel like you admitted a lot, man.
B
We're getting into my. Like, should I just pull out my. My diary and just read it to you guys? No.
A
You do need to journal more.
B
I do. I've started journaling. That's been great, actually. Journaling is so healthy. Like, it's so good. Just get your ideas.
A
You've been doing it more.
B
Been doing it more, but, yeah, I would agree with that.
A
Abby has to keep Matt in line if he gets too hyper or off track when trying to focus.
B
Yeah.
A
Yeah.
B
It's kind of a given.
A
Yeah. Chimney Matt would thrive in a.
B
Did you just say Jiminy?
A
Yeah.
B
Can you explain? I don't know what that means.
A
I don't know.
B
Jiminy. Who taught you that?
A
Jiminy.
B
Who taught you? Jim. That has to be Terry Bismillah or Vicky Bismill.
A
Does anybody say that?
B
Nobody else says that. I've never in my life heard someone say that other than you, Abby. That's straight from your grandparents. You spent so much time with their grandparents.
A
Jiminy Cricket.
B
Jiminy.
A
That's what it comes from.
B
Jiminy.
A
Jiminy.
B
Oh, my gosh.
A
You're right. No one does say that. Why would you say.
B
Nobody says Jiminy, Jiminy, Jiminy.
A
Okay. That would thrive in a normal 9 to 5 more than people expect. That is not true.
B
No, I think that would be my Kryptonite Like, I love that with what we do, you guys, we can, like, create stuff out of thin air. Like, it's like we want to film a vlogumentary of going to Europe with our family, and we can. And actually, I want to do that. I think it'd be actually. Really.
A
Yeah, I feel like. I just feel like routine makes you feel dead inside.
B
Yeah, no, that's actually part. Yes, yes, that's it. Like, it takes all the fun and spontaneity out of life. I just want to live on the.
A
Edge, which is probably one of the biggest perks of what we do, is that you have that, like, flexibility. But then I'm over here trying to create routine out of a very not routine job.
B
I don't like the routine.
A
Routine makes me feel alive.
B
I can have.
A
I'm not that boring, but actually kind.
B
Of I can have routine. I also love it when we can try to, like, make videos on our YouTube channel that, like, we can have fun. And our audience can have fun, too. Like, when we go to Disney with our family, that's so much fun. But I haven't been able to figure out how to make those videos, like, more, like, entertaining, because it's.
A
Well, we also just.
B
It's like, we're going for us.
A
We want it to be fun.
B
Yeah. So it's, like, not. I'm still.
A
I don't want the kids to think that we're taking them to Disney to make a video.
B
Exactly. So I'm like. I'm still trying to figure out how to find the person. Perfect fusion of, like, what our viewers want to watch and then something that we can authentically enjoy.
A
Yeah.
B
So that's the struggle, because some of.
A
It, like, we're, like, we're not willing to make that sacrifice.
B
Exactly. So we put our. We put our family first. But I. Yeah, I like. I hate routine.
A
This one says you actually hate doing social media.
B
Oh, man. Actually love this. I really, really.
A
I certainly don't hate it either.
B
Been loving making videos since I was 12.
A
I mean, I think that social media has been such a blessing, like, to our lives. Seriously.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
Very, very, very grateful.
B
Oh, yeah.
A
And grateful to you guys because you're the reason we get to do this. You don't always agree with how much you share online.
B
Ooh, I would disagree with that. I feel like we're. I feel like we're pretty aligned.
A
This wouldn't have lasted as long as it has if that was, like, a point of contention for us.
B
Yeah.
A
That's not to say there's not a lot of, like, conversations about it.
B
Totally.
A
But I feel like we both really respect. It's like, if I don't want to share it, then there's no pushback from you. And then if you don't want to share it, no pushback.
B
For me, the biggest shift we ever had with that was three. Wow. That was. We're coming up on three years ago. Griffin was just a couple months old, and I came to Abby and I.
A
Was like, oh, yeah.
B
I was like, babe, I think we should stop showing our kids faces online. And she's like. She's like, that seems a bit extreme. Like, why? Like, that kind of like, we just had it. Our kid was a couple months old, and I was like, no, I think we should. I think it, like, I think we need to, like, really make sure we're taking. Maybe it's an extreme move, but I was like, let's make sure we're always putting our kids first. And you're like, all right. And then we just stopped showing Griffin's face. We'll show their profile sometimes we'll show the back of their heads, mainly. But it's like, we just don't want them to be like, we're okay with us having a pair of social relationship with people. We don't want our kids having that.
A
Yeah, well, there's so many reasons for that one. Yeah, that's one of many reasons.
B
Yeah, we could.
A
Yeah, one of many, many reasons. But, yeah, that's a good call out. Like, yeah. You're like, I don't feel comfortable. I was like, oh. And I was like, oh, yeah. Good shout.
B
Yeah. And we were lined. It was just like. It was like a very simple conversation. Aligned. But other than that, like, there's never been anything that we needed to really find alignment in. I mean, we find we run videos by each other. If there's something that we're like, oh, this is kind of personal to Abby or personal to Matt, we'll be like, hey, how do you. Are you comfortable with this? We don't need to. We can cut this out of the video.
A
Or even if it's like a post. This video, I'm making something vulnerable. I'm like, hey, double check here. Yeah, this isn't too much.
B
Exactly. So I think that's really good because.
A
I trust you a lot.
B
Yeah.
A
This one says Matt reads comments way longer than Abby does.
B
I do. I actually. If you see people reply to you in the comments, it's probably me. Do you really? It's mainly me that does the comments. Right.
A
On my Instagram, I reply to comments.
B
Oh, okay. So if you do Abby's Instagram, that's Abby responding to comments on TikTok and YouTube.
A
Yeah. If anything just says Abby, then it's me.
B
Yeah. And then for Matt And Abby on TikTok and YouTube, that's me talking.
A
This one says you've changed opinions just to avoid getting clipped out of context.
B
Oh, dang. I would disagree with that. I think. I think that we still stay true to ourselves. We might just be a bit careful sometimes with talking about certain topics just because we know how easy it is to clip something and how easy things can be taken out of context online. Also, too, when we've had videos go viral for the wrong reasons, it usually was just because, like, I approved it and didn't run it by a female who would have just been like, matt, you're an idiot. This is like the dumbest clip you could post.
A
Females are way better at, like, hearing things.
B
That I'm dumb. Let's be honest. You're not dumb in certain areas. You can agree with that. Come on. Yeah, you can. I'm stupid in some areas.
A
No, no, no. I would use the word naive.
B
Naive. That's better. That's the nice way of saying.
A
I haven't changed my opinion. But I think we are more cautious about. Yeah, we're way more careful. Yeah, probably still not careful enough. Gosh dang it.
B
Yeah. We're talking about our sex life on the Internet. How stupid.
A
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B
No. Haven't done that.
A
No.
B
We block. If someone's just like leaving tons of hate comments, we'll block them. It's like, you're not welcome here.
A
We don't know someone in real life.
B
But yeah, there's never been a mute.
A
Or block in real life. No. No.
B
Irl. Nah.
A
I feel like there was one point where I was like, I might need to block my mom if we're like talking about.
B
Oh my gosh. About sex.
A
Yeah. But honestly, I think she just learned how to.
B
Why is it? I guess it's just your audience dictates what you say so much. Right. Because, like, if you're from. If you're around your girlfriends or if you're a dude and you're on your.
A
Your.
B
Your bros, you can talk about sex. You can talk about things that are like, appropriate in that context, but you're not going to talk about the same things like with your grandma or your. Or your parents.
A
I'm gonna tell you, no one is currently blocked that I know personally in real life.
B
Maybe that's why it feels more comfortable with me. Like it hasn't been like, not we don't talk about sex, my parents. But like it's been brought up and for my parents and it's not as weird because my parents actually had a talk with me when I was a kid to explain what that was.
A
We've also cracked in. My parents have.
B
Oh, we've cracked into it with your parents.
A
Yeah.
B
Okay.
A
Yeah.
B
But it makes your mom uncomfortable.
A
Yeah, it does. So I try not to that much, but she's just more reserved. No, I would say just more polite. She's more private. That is. That is exactly what it is. Okay. Matt thinks Abby could run the entire business without him. Oh, where did you get that impression?
B
This is crazy. I think she's the more. I think she's the talent.
A
Shut up. I could not run this without you.
B
I'm like, you know and you know that. Do you know what the first thing people say to me if they recognize me in public is? Oh, my gosh, hi. Where's your wife?
A
No, they do not say that.
B
No. If people get a picture with me when I'm not with you, they'll be like, can I get a picture with Abby? And I'm like, oh, she's not here. I'm like your. I'm like your sidekick.
A
No. When I see people, people are like, you're Matt and Abby. To me as an individual.
B
That's so funny. That's so funny.
A
So I think it goes both ways. But I certainly could not do this by myself, and Matt knows it. He might not admit it.
B
He's a. I couldn't do without Abby. This is. Stop.
A
That's not true.
B
We're a power couple. I love you. Couldn't do without you, baby. Love you.
A
This one says, since getting more public backlash, you are more cautious with what you say and how you appear erring on the side of caution.
B
I feel like we already answered that.
A
You guys nailed that one. Nailed it. And if you think that we're doing things just to get people riled up, think again.
B
Think again, partner. We're that dumb? We're from Missouri.
A
Honestly, that is a reason why it's happened a couple times.
B
You're from Illinois. Ten minutes from Missouri, though, is where you're from. So.
A
Yeah, we're not from Chicago. That would have helped.
B
Yeah.
A
Anyway, our Missouri audience is not happy about that. And Addy's our Missouri audience.
B
She's offended. She's from Joplin.
A
Being in the spotlight all the time is overwhelming, and you wish you could take it back.
B
I'm in a comfortable place with it. Right. Like, people recognize us. It's fun. It's cool. But it's not like, we, like, what? We can still go to Disney World with our family and, like, enjoy it. Like, I think it'd be. It'd be really hard if you were a level of fame like Mr. Beast, where you can't even, like, go somewhere without getting swarmed no, we're not. Like when, like when we ran into Mr. Beast at Disney, he had like a whole entire squad with him, which was totally.
A
He couldn't walk out of the car.
B
Yeah. They were waiting for the area to be cleared. Well, because it's just a. It's a liability. Like people. People swarm in and then there's like.
A
I wouldn't like that you could have.
B
Like a freaking flash mob form. So I think that's. I feel very lucky that we're a level of fame to where it's not.
A
That you've worried that being good examples leaves less room to be fully yourselves. I feel like I lean fully on the full yourself side rather than the good example side, which, I mean, that we can have different opinions on. But I don't feel like I like my main. I always want to like, make sure that I'm showing up online as like a positive, like a light being genuine.
B
Yeah.
A
And being like, hopeful. Like, I want to always spread a message of hope and like, especially hope towards like marriage, family.
B
Yeah.
A
Women like things like that. But I definitely err more on the side of being myself rather than necessarily a quote, unquote, good example.
B
Also, I was. I've been thinking about this. What do you think our mission statement should be as a podcast? Because I feel like. Because of what. What we are as a couple, like, authentically and what we started on YouTube as. I feel like our mission statement is that we're promoting positive, healthy relationships and families.
A
Yeah.
B
I feel like that's. It's as simple as that because I think we just. We see the value in healthy relationships and healthy family dynamics and that's like, what we're all about.
A
Yeah, I feel like that's great. I think we should formulate something.
B
Yeah.
A
Revisit that. But also, I feel like a big part of our podcast too is like, the fact that, that like some of the best things happen in unplanned circumstances.
B
That is really cool.
A
That's like. Yeah, I feel like that. I like that. That quality about our podcast. Like, it's kind of like spontaneous, like planned.
B
It was unplanned. That. And that's Started dating when we did like you. It's kind of also. Can we talk about. It's actually so cool. I'm so happy for you. I wish. I selfishly wish I could switch places with you, but you were like, crushing on me before we started dating, which is kind of sick. Like, to get to marry your. Your like high school crush. I wish I was you.
A
You wish you married your high school crush.
B
No, I wish. No, I wish that I had been crushing on you the whole time because that would make it even more special for me.
A
Yeah. You know, I won. See, I always get what I want.
B
You do? I mean, you're. You're smart, you're beautiful, you're funny. Like, who doesn't want to be around you?
A
Stop. You're nice. I don't really know where you're going with that.
B
What do you mean?
A
Oh, you're wishing that you crushed on me.
B
Yeah, I wish. Like, I would have had a crush on you at 14 and then, yeah, got to marry you.
A
Well, I got what I wanted. I'm the winner.
B
I mean, I did fall head over heels my senior year of high school.
A
You got what you wanted.
B
I, like, was legitimately hyper fixated on you. I'm so obsessed.
A
That's sweet.
B
Yeah.
A
This one says you have a lot of help. House cleaner, baby slitter, sl. Nanny.
B
Yes and no. I think.
A
I think we have a lot of help.
B
What's funny for this one is, like, we do have help, but then we use extra time to then like, like throw, like, invite our family over, have parties at our house, host events. So there's like never a dull moment here. But I think it's good. Like, Abby's constantly cooking for friends, family, hosting gatherings. And so we do have house cleaners, but they come every other week. And then we pick up our house, like, they. To vacuum and like, clean the toilets and stuff.
A
They like deep clean it.
B
Yeah, they'll deep clean. But we have to like, organize, pick up all that.
A
Yeah, I think that's typical. But yeah, we do have cleaners that come.
B
That's been super helpful. I love that.
A
We do. We have child care part time so we can work. But.
B
Yeah, yeah, but I mean, I don't know, the child care part time is like, significantly less time than they would be at school. Like, what is it, four hours Monday through Friday that we have child care.
A
Yeah.
B
So that's pretty. Like, we're with our kids and they're.
A
Also napping with working during that time.
B
Yeah. So it's like, it's almost like we have child care for two hours. I mean, you. The reason you do that, the reason you have childcare during their nap is because then it gives you more time with the kids because you get the mornings with them, afternoons after working and then the night.
A
So, yeah, I mean, we do still have to work, whether or not people like to recognize this as a job, which is fine.
B
Yeah.
A
I think it's nice having the support because then we can do more for other people. Like you're saying, too.
B
Yeah.
A
And also, like, I also don't want people to compare themselves to me. Like, moms watching this, being like, oh, my gosh, like, she works and she cooks and she cleans and she. It's like, no, we do have help, so I don't want. Like, that's an unhealthy comparison if we're not honest about that. So. Yeah, and we're really thankful to that. And that doesn't diminish the fact that we also work really, really hard.
B
Yeah.
A
You miss life before kids and feel guilty about it.
B
You know, I used to, but I don't anymore.
A
I agree. I actually did, too, early on. Like, I loved my kids so much, but I was just like, how can I? It was. It's a big adjustment to make, and it's like, you love your kids so much, but you're like, there's a part of you that's like, man, I. There's a lot of freedom I had before that I didn't. That I don't have now.
B
And part of me was like, like, in this, like, oh, no, I miss our single us now. I'm like, the opposite, where I'm like, I want four children. You know? Like, I never. Abby, I seriously. I said four when I was a kid, and then we started having kids, and I was like, oh, frick, we are not having four kids. And then after. After everything that happened in the fall, I am 110% four kids.
A
Sweet.
B
So down for four.
A
I do think that if you're, like, early on, like, and you have a baby and you're thinking, like, you're feeling guilty about, like, missing that, I just think you need to give it a little bit more time. I really think that you will fully adjust. And, like, now, like, I love. Like, I fully love our life. And, like, I don't miss. I don't miss. Obviously, I look back really fondly on aspects of our life before kids, but I don't miss it.
B
No.
A
And so there was a time, though, when I was missing it, and you just have to grieve that change. I also want to shout you out, Matt, whenever are around people with babies, which is so funny because I feel like you say on this podcast all the time, like, I don't like the baby stage. I don't have. Whenever we're around people with babies, you are the one holding their baby 95% of the time. You love babies, Matt.
B
I do.
A
Or you're just amazingly good at them, and you can't help it.
B
Well, I think I held our babies a ton. You did like, all, like, I would work while, like, wearing our kids. And then I think I was just. I like, oh. Like, I don't know. You can sometimes get into this, like, what did I do? Like, where I have no minutes to myself. I'm either wearing a kid or changing a poopy diaper.
A
You're, like, an extremely active father when it comes to babies.
B
I feel like I hit. I feel like I hit, like, a phase that a lot of, like, moms back in, like, the 40s hit, where they're like, this is so much like. I feel like I hit that. Seriously. But then I. But then they got older and it got easier, and I'm like, I love this. I want a million.
A
You're amazing. Like, I'm like, you love babies. You're amazing with babies.
B
I do love you babies.
A
And you're always.
B
I'm actually really excited.
A
Random people's babies.
B
Hey, next time we have a baby, I'm really excited to hold that baby a lot.
A
You say that a lot. That's really sweet. Okay, so I just want to expose that about you. Like, you're, like, saying one thing, but you're, like, behind closed doors really differently.
B
I'm a secret. I'm a secret baby lover. Guys. I love babies.
A
You are, like, always holding them. Even people that we don't even know that well, they're like, do you want to hold? And you're like, yeah. And then you end up pulling their baby the whole time.
B
Good at it, too. I get this. You're amazing with it because there's a special hold. I'm pretty sure that Griffin and Auger were both colic because I did the special hold. I did it with Griffin all the time, babe. Because he would start screaming, and it would get him to.
A
He did spit up.
B
It would get him. I think he had so much indigestion, but it would get him to, like, relieve whatever gas or stuff was trapped, and I would just hold.
A
I can't even do that. I can't physically do that. Oh, my gosh. This one. We feel like we've talked about this.
B
What is it?
A
You regret getting married so young?
B
Nope. Best decision.
A
I wouldn't recommend it for everyone. Surely I would.
B
Yeah. I feel like if you're gonna send it, you gotta got to be 150 million percent in.
A
Yeah. I mean, you have to commit.
B
You gotta burn the ships, homie. Unless it's like, look, like, if you're. This is dark, but if you're like, in, like, a not safe situation, that's a different. Like, if we're talking, like.
A
No, that's. That's always assumed.
B
Okay. But yeah, anyway, we burnt the ships and we were like, we're setting.
A
My best advice, though, if you actually are considering getting married young, is surround yourself with other married people, even if they're older. Because I think if you continue to have your same young and single friends, that's gonna be. Be a real. That's gonna make your life a lot harder.
B
Gosh. I honestly. And we did that.
A
We surrounded a lot of married couples.
B
I go back and forth on. On this. I wonder if I regret not marrying you sooner. Like, I wonder if I. Yeah. Like, I wonder if I wish we would have, like, eloped freshman year.
A
I loved my one year of living with my girlfriends.
B
I did, too. But it's like, marriage is so good. And. Yeah, I don't know, because it's like.
A
I think it would. We would have been totally fine to get married.
B
I just did a boys trip with my buddies. We went snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding all in the same day. Because you can surf now in Arizona at the surf park and. Which is in Mesa, Arizona. And then Flagstaff, Arizona, has snowboarding. And we have a half life in our backyard, but which I built. It was actually really cool. I need. I still need to post. I still need to post the whole video. But anyway, where was I going with that? Oh, I love my college roommates because we do yearly boys trips. But I still. I think I regret not marrying you sooner.
A
We would have been totally fine and married each other.
B
Oh, my gosh. Yeah.
A
Okay, next assumption. Abby gets hit on now even more than before the kids. And it messes with Matt's head. There's two assumptions in there.
B
I love doesn't mess with my head. I actually get hit on. I hype her up when she gets hit on. I think it's kind of. I'm like, yeah. Well, it actually makes me feel good because I'm like, yeah, my hype is my wife is really sexy and you are jealous.
A
Don't get hit on. It's fine.
B
I also don't think the people hitting on you probably weren' looking to check if you had a wedding ring first. They just think you're hot and hit on you.
A
I don't get hit on.
B
You do sometimes.
A
I can't think of one time not.
B
Like, it's not like a weekly Occurrence. But there's been times. It's funny is when you're pregnant. You look so pretty when you're pregnant. And you've had people. You've had men hit on you.
A
When you look like an ogre.
B
You've had people hit on you pregnant.
A
That was a really odd person that did that. Really odd person. No, I don't get hit on.
B
There are two things you. I look like an ogre. Ogre.
A
No, I don't get hit on. And it does not mess with Matt's head. Matt is the least jealous partner. Honestly, I wish you were more jealous.
B
Really?
A
Yes.
B
I really like you.
A
I actually really don't care, but you could be a little bit more jealous.
B
You're super hot.
A
You judge people who choose not to have children.
B
No, not at all.
A
No. I, I. If you don't want kids, gosh, don't.
B
Have them, because that would be a bad decision.
A
If you want. That would be a really sad reality for that child.
B
But I think. I think if you're in this situation, though, I think your brain eventually comes around and you're like, I love this.
A
You know, not for everyone.
B
I guess. Not for everybody.
A
I think for me, it's not. It's just like, I don't understand it because I have.
B
I don't understand either.
A
I can't remember a time when I didn't want to have kids.
B
I can't. I never had a time where I didn't want kids. I think timing of kids may be a thing for me at one point, but, like, the. I love. I love it. So, yeah, I don't understand that. Yeah, I don't understand that. Honestly. Does not want kids.
A
I get it. But I also, like, I can understand.
B
Not wanting kids until you're like, 35 or something, or 30 or 40 or whatever, depending on when you want to start having kids. I can understand that. But. Yeah, then not wanting them at all. I don't know. I don't get it. But everybody's different.
A
Yeah, I. I can fully understand that. Everyone works a little differently. So. Okay, this one says, Abby's parents still live with you. Y' all just never mention that again. Lol.
B
Do you want to address this one?
A
It's not that big of a deal. They don't live with us.
B
We had a massive falling out.
A
No, that's not true.
B
It was bad.
A
Just this space that we're in.
B
We're not on speaking terms. I'm sorry.
A
We love my parents. They live very close. We see them basically every day.
B
Our kids Are super close with them. Kind of like you were with your grandparents.
A
Yeah, no, we are super, super close, but they don't live with us.
B
I can walk around naked in my own house now. That's kind of. That was actually really nice the first time I did that. I was like, I don't have to put on clothes to walk around in my own home, outside my own bedroom, like in my own. You know, that's just kind of cool.
A
There are different perks. I will say that.
B
Yeah, totally.
A
But yeah, no, we still have a great relationship and we love them. This place that we're filming in though would not be here if that was the case. Oh, yeah, Same with our other studio.
B
Yeah, we. Our old studio. Like I said, if you guys watch the YouTube video, we used to drive 45 minutes to the studio to record. So it's nice having an at home studio now.
A
Yeah, it's very convenient. But we love them very much. You guys are superstitious.
B
No.
A
This is their evidence though. What is it because we don't show our babies faces.
B
Oh, you. I think, I guess they think we're superstitious because we don't show our kids faces. It's not superstition. It's just, you know, having an extreme protection in for our kids just because we don't. We don't understand the Internet.
A
I don't even think it's extreme, honestly.
B
Yeah, I. Oh, here's the thing. I don't want people to think that we like are out here judging everyone that shows your kids online.
A
Oh, yeah.
B
Like I. That's every. That's every family, that's every parent's decision. And you just have to assess what's best for you and your family and your kids.
A
Decisions. Yeah, yeah, but no, we're not superstitious. I think we're very much not, actually.
B
Yeah, not at all.
A
Abby saves money. Matt likes to spend. Oh.
B
What do you think?
A
If we were to sway one direction, that would probably be the direction. Really?
B
See, I feel the opposite, I think.
A
Oh, really?
B
Okay. So like, when I think about money, I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to finances. I almost got my degree in finance before I dropped out to focus on social media, but anyway, got 15 credit hours left but still got in the alumni magazine for Missouri State, which is kind of a flex. Honestly.
A
Where are you going with it?
B
Anyway, what I'm saying is I love. I like reading books about money. And what I've learned is you. You. Okay, like finance one, personal finance 101, save more like you need to. Or spend less than what you make. Personal Finance 101. Spend less than what you make. If you can't figure that out, if you're. If you're taking out debt for everything, buying car. A car, buying, you know, student loans. If you're taking debt up for everything, it's going to F you over long term anyway. Long story short, I like buying assets. So assets could be real estate. It could be ETFs, which could be a half pipe. No, Abby, Abby. But seriously, like, the half pipe is not a fraction of what we've been. What we invested last year. So it's just like, we put money aside.
A
I'm not saying you're financially irresponsible. You're more apt to spend money than me.
B
Oh, okay. I guess I just look at very, very financially. I look at percentages, and I look at our revenue, and then I'm like, okay, we're out. We're giving away 10 of revenue to charity, and we're giving away X amount of percentage to our employees because we have to pay them. Like, they have to pay their bills, right? And health insurance is freaking expensive. And so anyway, so, like, we have all that, and then it's like, okay, how much of this can I put aside for. To build assets so that we can one day when we're, like, old, have, like, money that just works for us while we're, you know, you're on a.
A
Side road, you spend more money.
B
Fine.
A
And it's because you're involved with the money more than me. So, like, for me, I'm like, I don't see it. So we don't have it.
B
I was not gonna spend it four years ago. Was.
A
But I spend a lot more money on certain things, like parties.
B
I felt guilty.
A
I spend a lot more money on that.
B
We're one month from now, probably when this episode's out, we're coming up on when I put in the order for our Tesla Model Y. That felt. I felt so guilty doing that. You shouldn't, because it felt. I was like. Like we had the money. Cash to buy it, but I was like, this feels so. It just felt like it was a dreamly bougie purchase. But I love. I really love that.
A
I don't think we're talking about cars. We're just talking about, like, random things. Like, I. Can we. Can I be honest with you?
B
Like, what's a random thing? Like, my half pipe.
A
I'll just actually bring up one that we haven't even talked about. Privately. Leap.
B
What?
A
I show up. There's some motorized miniature vehicle for our kids on the front door. It's like a plasma.
B
It's a spaceship. It's a plasma bike for a kid. It was.
A
It's not a plasma. It's motorized.
B
Oh, it's a motorized. It's a motorized car for our kids to ride. Anyway, Griffin and Augie really wanted to ride this kid's, like, little car.
A
Yeah.
B
And I looked up on Amazon. It was 200 bucks, and I bought it for that.
A
Well, there you go. I probably wouldn't have bought that.
B
Oh, that's fair. Yeah. What? I love her. I like buying stuff for a kid.
A
I know. You know, I'm not saying it's bad. I'm just saying I don't say. I don't. I wouldn't say that. I spend.
B
They need it, babe.
A
I wouldn't say that. I save money. But I will say you're more likely to spend money. You don't drink alcohol?
B
Er, false. We do on occasion. Not.
A
Yeah, sometimes.
B
Yeah, not that often.
A
I like it.
B
Hey, we had a glass of wine together on Abby's birthday.
A
I really like a glass of wine.
B
That was fun. I really enjoyed having glass of wine with you on our honeymoon. You guys, Abby and I. Oh, we like champagne.
A
Champagne makes me feel good.
B
You know what's kind of crazy? This was six months before you were 21. But I guess we should have. But we. But I guess.
A
Okay, we were in Mexico.
B
I guess we were in Mexico.
A
The drinking age is lower.
B
I think the drinking age should be 18 in America. Hot take.
A
Okay, well, that doesn't actually matter what you think, because the law is the law. Abby is a great singer. Well, you can be the judge. Let me sing a little bit for you. Oh, say can you.
C
See.
B
Abby is a really great actress. Wait, can I say this? The acting school Abby and I went to initially, before we changed our majors and we both auditioned for. We auditioned to get into the same. We auditioned at a ton of schools. We wanted to go to the school.
A
You got in a lot more than me, but you were the token.
B
I got. Wait. I got wait listed cuz I could dance. I think that's why. Because a lot of these guys couldn't.
A
You're very talented.
B
I took dance.
A
No, you're very talented.
B
I did a decade of dance. But anyway, these. This school. Yeah. So Abby was immediately told on the day that she auditioned for the acting program. You're in. Like, she's that good that they were like, we want you. I Got wait listed for acting.
A
You got in so many other programs I didn't get into. So what Matt's trying to say is I have other strengths. Singing, not one of them. And you know what?
B
I feel like acting is my weakness. I feel like I suck at acting.
A
I took private voice lessons. My parents paid money that they worked very hard for for me to learn how to sing. And you know what? Some people just got it and some people just don't got it. I don't got it.
B
Did you know I think my song on Spotify hit 3 million streams, which is actually kind of sick.
A
And Matt's a great singer, so.
B
Thank you, baby. Wait, I actually want to see.
A
I actually sometimes feel insecure that Matt would be more into me if I could sing better.
B
Babe, it's at 2.95.
A
Well, we're only listening to it 5,000 times.
B
Oh, my gosh. Well. Oh, it's actually. You have to listen to it 45,000 times.
A
Okay. My math is so bad.
B
But yeah, 45,000 streams away from give me your worst. The wedding song that I wrote from that hitting 3 million. Thank you, guys. And I like right now is at 1.7.
A
Proud of you.
B
Thanks, baby.
A
I keep singing. You like it when fans say hi to you in airports? I saw you guys at SLC last year. Abby's so sweet. Oh, that's nice.
B
That's really sweet.
A
Thanks for saying hi. Yeah, we do like it when you say hi.
B
We really like saying hi to everybody. For real.
A
We like when you say hi to us in airports. Hi to us in public spaces.
B
The only thing we don't like is if you're like situation. If you're like recording us or taking pictures of us without our permission, that's. That's what we don't like.
A
Feels a little uncomforty.
B
That feels like a preaching privacy.
A
That's not the only thing we don't like that. We don't like it if.
B
What else?
A
We're in the hospital.
B
Oh, oh. If we're like in the hospital and if you're a nurse and then you're like, can I get a picture with you? But then it's like, is that a hip violation? I don't know. That did happen one time.
A
Multiple times.
B
That happened more than once.
A
Yes. If you're in a medical situation. Not maybe the time.
B
Yeah.
A
Especially to ask for a picture.
B
Yeah. And if anything, but any other time.
A
We'Re very, very grateful and very, very, very, very, very happy to say hi.
B
Yeah. I think that is a hipaa violation.
A
Oh, it certainly is.
B
Yeah.
A
You know what? HIPAA only matters when it's in favor of the hospital medical system.
B
It's so effed up. Babe, we gotta. We gotta like, start a movement to, like.
A
Oh, that's overwhelming. I have so much to do.
B
We need free health care in America.
A
I will join that movement. I'm not gonna start it. Okay. You are super social and don't like alone time.
B
I'm an ambivert, so yes and no. What about you?
A
I'm an ambivert.
B
I'm an ambivert.
A
Matt, you're so unique and special and cool. Super silly. I would say we lean more on the social side, but we also like to be alone, too. You know what? Actually, I gotta be honest. I don't like being alone.
B
I really like hanging out with you.
A
At the end of the day, I do like to be alone.
B
Is this weird? I like taking a bath with you. Can I say that on the. You can say that. That's a good. I think it's. It's romantic.
A
Yeah. Wait, you know what? That's a great example of a time I like to be alone. No, just kidding.
B
The last one I thought of it. Cause I was like, wait, that's a time that I like to be with you?
A
Yeah, it's sweet.
B
But you ate. But I can respect when you want to be alone in the bathroom.
A
You do. And I like it when you're there, too. Sometimes I like it. No, I feel like we lean more on the social side, but we also do enjoy our alone time.
B
Yeah.
A
You guys are soulmates from previous lives.
B
I just don't believe in soulmates, honestly.
A
Wow. You said that so fast.
B
But we both don't. I think that there's a hotter, smarter, funnier guy out there for Abby than me. But we ended up together, and, like, she's got. She's got to deal with what she's got.
A
Stop saying that. You're awesome.
B
Love you.
A
And I don't know that I believe in soulmates or previous lives.
B
I don't know. Yeah, it'd be kind of sick. What if. What if I was like a tree in a previous life and be kind of dope?
A
I mean, this podcast is going to end because of the new one.
B
Oh, absolutely not. How would you say that?
A
This is my final episode.
B
What?
A
I'm retiring from unplanned.
B
No, don't leave, please.
A
Submitting my leave of absence. No, I'm taking a sabbatical. Just kidding. I'm not. This one is not gonna end Sorry about that. Or you're welcome. Whatever your feelings on this podcast.
B
An old school YouTuber would title this episode like Abby's leaving the pod. Exclamation point, exclamation point. And then it's us like this in the thumbnail.
A
You can already market it. It do it, do it if you want.
B
Oh my gosh. But then I feel like people just get so annoyed by that crap.
A
It's like they click on it's not true. They know that I'm always here.
B
Unless you're a 13 year old girl. Oh, that was good. Go check out Always Here. New podcast every Friday, folks.
A
Wait, I heard that that got cut out of the last episode.
B
What?
A
My plug for my new podcast. So I'll plug it right now.
B
Yeah, plug right now.
A
Don't take it out.
B
Hey, don't take it out. If you guys haven't gone and subscribed to always here on YouTube and left them a review on Apple podcasts, you should do that right now.
A
No, no, no. If you haven't even first listen to it, just give it a listen. I think you'll like it. If you like this podcast, I think that it offers something totally different than this podcast. It's very chatty, very girly, very silly. Very silly. So I think that it's just a great one to listen to. If you're, you know, doing laundry, you run in the grocery store, you're in the car. It's just one of those. So it's like it's. You can come to unplanned for certain things and you come to always here for other things. And I think they really go hand in hand. Well, my only insecurity is that maybe I am running my mouth on the Internet too much, too many hours.
B
This is a comment. This is a review from Bri. It says best podcast. I love this podcast so much. I look forward to listening every week. You leave feeling inspired and ready to take on life. Love how genuine y' all are.
A
That's so sweet.
B
From one week ago. Five stars and it's on Always Here.
A
I hope you can hear me with humbleness when I say you'd really love it. I really do think that I'm very proud of what we've done and I'm really thankful to my sister in laws and it's a really, really fun thing to record. So check out Always Here. It's on every podcast platform, whatever platform you're listening to this on. You can also find Always Here. So, so love for you to like join that community and listen to Us Weekly because it's a lot of fun, and I'm really proud of it. This is the last assumption I'm returning to, the one that we didn't answer earlier because it just felt too heavy.
B
Oh, my gosh. Wait.
A
It just felt like too much too soon.
B
You know what I mean? This is funny. We can answer it, though. Hold my hand.
A
Y' all have sex every day?
B
Yes, we do. Is that bad?
A
No, it's not bad.
B
We love each other.
A
That's great.
B
We're married. How do you think we have. How do you guys think that? We had two kids. Okay. I think this happened. How do you think your parents made you think about that for a second?
A
I don't think you have to have sex every day for that to happen.
B
I think you. I think we both have high libidos, and we're young and we want to keep making babies. So we're doing it.
A
We're doing it.
B
It's fun to practice.
A
Wow. You answered that question very differently than what I thought you were gonna say.
B
What? What did you think I was gonna say?
A
I thought. I don't know. I didn't know what you were gonna say.
B
Really? What did you. I feel like you had an idea of what I would say about that question.
A
I don't know. I don't know. That's fine. Very honest, very candid. Very, very out there. Very.
B
I do think I do want to see a world where, like, sex isn't as taboo. Cause I feel like I don't think it is, man. Well, so many.
A
Some people make it their whole job.
B
Well, that's true. We should have a sex expert on our podcast at some point. That'd be interesting.
A
Weren't we going to.
B
I'll just have to take my mouth shut. I'll just. I'll be there in the room, and you'll be the one talking the whole time.
A
I think we just need to talk about it in general terms, not like.
B
Not our own sex life. Exactly.
A
I mean, we've already divulged plenty.
B
Yes, there's plenty out there on the interwebs out there.
A
Well, guys, and I really do have to pee, so I'm asking now while Matt wraps this up. But I love you so much, and I really hope you check out always here. And I really hope you enjoyed this episode, and I love you so much.
B
Thank you guys for being here. We really appreciate you tuning in for another episode, and we'll see you next week. Peace out, dudes.
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Episode: Addressing Your Assumptions About Us
Date: February 4, 2026
In this candid and lighthearted episode, Matt and Abby Howard, high school sweethearts and parents of two, react to and discuss assumptions their audience has about them. With characteristic humor and honesty, they tackle topics ranging from their relationship dynamics and parenting styles to finances, social media boundaries, and personal quirks. The episode showcases their natural, open banter, with both playful teasing and deeper moments of vulnerability, as they aim to “promote positive, healthy relationships and families” while revealing the reality behind their online personas.
Matt & Abby use this episode to pull back the curtain on their real lives. They answer awkward, invasive, and silly assumptions with honesty, warmth, and humor—demonstrating the true dynamic of their marriage and family. For listeners, it’s a refreshing look into the joys and complexities of young parenthood, partnership, and life in the social media spotlight, seasoned with lots of laughter and genuine moments.
To check out Abby’s “Always Here” podcast, search for it on any major podcast platform.
Note: This summary omits sponsor reads and repetitive podcast promos, focusing exclusively on the core content and discussion.