Mama Bear Drama (feat. Julie Chrisley)

Summary

Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley

Episode: Mama Bear Drama (feat. Julie Chrisley)
Date: August 26, 2025
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Episode Overview

This candid, laughter-filled episode of Unlocked with Savannah Chrisley features Savannah and her mom, Julie Chrisley, (“Mama Bear”) opening up about life after Julie’s release from prison, the challenges of returning to “normal,” family roles and routines, generational clashes, and Savannah’s romantic future. The conversation is raw, honest, and relatable, touching on identity, expectations, transitions, and mother-daughter love, laced with their signature wit and playful jabs.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Julie’s Return & Adjusting After Prison

• Life Post-Release: Julie discusses her feelings of being out of prison for a little over two months, the struggle of transitioning back to daily life, and the unrealistic expectation that everything (and everyone) would just “pick up where we left off.”

  “Everyone just thought we would pick right back up where we left off, that we would be the same people we were before we went. And I just don’t think it’s possible.” (Julie, 02:16)

• Mental Preparation: She had mentally prepared for a longer sentence, organized thoughts, and expected to “hit the ground running” for when her husband would eventually join her post-release.
• Redefining Roles: There’s gratitude for Savannah taking care of the family, but some tension in resuming motherly duties and establishing new boundaries.

2. Navigating Family Dynamics & Routines

• Parent-Child Tensions: The mother and daughter animatedly debate household routines, nutrition choices, and cleanliness. Savannah took a structured approach with Chloe during Julie’s absence, while Julie jokes that Savannah is “making this way bigger than it is.”

  “She [Chloe] drinks sweet tea, like, on a rare... once or twice maybe.” (Julie, 04:30)

• Guilt and Gratitude: Julie acknowledges Savannah’s sacrifices but notices some reluctance in returning to the old “mom is in charge” dynamic.
• Generational Habits: A passionate (and humorous) debate erupts about laundry, reusing towels (“hard no” for both!), chaos vs. order, and which approach is truly healthy or reasonable.

3. Mother-Daughter Banter on Cleanliness and Responsibility

• Household Chaos: Julie laments Savannah’s habit of leaving lights on, laundry everywhere, and clutter, saying she feels like “a handler” picking up after Savannah.

  “You’re like a tornado... I feel like you could literally have... a handler that just walks behind you, picks up, turns the light off, puts stuff back in the refrigerator, gets these clothes off the floor. It’s crazy to me.” (Julie, 11:54)

• Savannah’s Pragmatism: Savannah insists she’ll pay for cleaning help, sees her time as too valuable for chores, and prioritizes her happiness:

  “A business mindset is calculating what your time is worth. Is that time wasted cleaning the house? Yes. I’d rather pay someone to do it.” (Savannah, 15:32)

4. The Realities of Prison vs. the Outside

• Mutual Understanding: Savannah asks if Julie now grasps the stress Savannah faced during Julie’s incarceration. Julie says, “It really is tougher on you guys out here than it was on us in there,” due to an inability to control outside events while incarcerated. (Julie, 07:51)
• Perspective: Both agree that, in some ways, being on the outside supports the inside; dealing with daily life, responsibilities, and unexpected stress is at times even harder.

5. Relationships, Standards, and Future Partners

• Savannah’s Standards in Dating:
  • She wants someone “at least on my level” to avoid resentment (21:16).
  • Acknowledges a tendency to over-give in relationships and intends to be more cautious:

    “I am very much a giver. I feel like I just have to stop that.” (Savannah, 22:03)

• Julie’s Ideal Son-in-Law:
  • Someone successful, “a good decent person,” ideally 10 to 12 years older, and childless.
  • Worries Savannah’s strong personality could “walk all over” a timid partner.
  • Honest about unpredictability: “I have no idea. You are all across the board… it’s going to have to be somebody strong, because if not, he’s going to be crying at my kitchen table every day.” (Julie, 26:16)
• Savannah’s Relationship Philosophy:
  • Jokes about older partners and references Anna Nicole Smith.
  • Wants a partner who appreciates her brains and drive, not just looks.
  • Feels her achievements are sometimes overlooked by her own parents.

6. Weddings & Future Family Life

• Savannah’s Evolving Vision:
  • Used to want a big wedding, now prefers something intimate (“like Italy or the Cayman Islands!”).
  • Discusses her annoyance at family traditions and expectations.
• Julie’s Sentimentality:
  • A big wedding means a lot to Savannah’s father; their hopes remain for “at least Chloe” to follow that path.
  • The emotional weight of not being included in life milestones is acknowledged.

7. Identity, Worth, and Parenting

• Validation and Self-Worth:
  • Savannah reveals a desire for acknowledgment at home, saying she sometimes feels “dumbed down” rather than celebrated for her accomplishments.
  • Julie pushes back, emphasizes they always believed in Savannah, but also recognizes the family’s dynamic of teasing as motivation.
• Resilience & Drive:
  • Both agree Savannah’s unrelenting drive (“my strategic abilities are what got y’all home”) is a defining trait—one she hopes her children inherit.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Transitioning Home:

  “Certain days it seems like I’ve been out forever, but then, you know, something will happen or I’ll see something and it’ll seem like I really had just got home.” — Julie (01:52)

• On Letting Go of Control:

  “You can’t live outside and in there. You can’t try to have control over situations... So you have to let go of that.” — Julie (07:51)

• On Clutter and Chaos:

  “You’re like a tornado… I have done more laundry than when I was in prison working at the laundry!” — Julie (11:54)

• On Standards in Dating:

  “I cannot be with someone who is not at least on my level, because... I’m going to breed resentment at the fact that I’m always paying for stuff.” — Savannah (21:16) “If you give something with the right heart, you’re still doing it for the right reason.” — Julie (22:31)

• On Perfection in Relationships:

  “Nobody’s gonna be like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re the best thing that ever happened to me’ every day... It’s not Instagram perfect every day.” — Julie (25:14)

• On the Unpredictability of Savannah’s Choices:

  “You have no type. You just literally, you’re from one end of the spectrum to the other… it’s going to have to be somebody strong, because if not, he’s going to be crying at my kitchen table every day.” — Julie (26:14)

• On Validation and Family:

  “Finding someone who appreciates and looks at me like, ‘Oh my God, way to go. I’m so proud of you. You’re so smart.’ I’ve literally never heard those words from y’all.” — Savannah (31:43) “How many pardons have you seen happen since the day y’all got pardoned? None.” — Savannah (33:29)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:54–02:16: Julie reflects on reentering life after prison, transition struggles.
• 04:16–06:54: Banter on routines, mom/daughter roles, raising Chloe, and food choices.
• 07:12–08:59: Prison experience versus outside stress—a perspective switch.
• 11:38–16:46: Mother-daughter clashes on household chores, order, and responsibility.
• 17:01–19:43: The “reusing towel” debate and humorous household pet peeves.
• 21:11–25:38: Standards for romantic partners, resentment dynamics, “giver” tendencies.
• 25:52–30:41: Julie’s hopes (and doubts) for Savannah’s future spouse, wedding vision, and unpredictability.
• 31:43–33:11: Savannah discusses needing recognition at home for her accomplishments.
• 33:11–34:13: Closing thoughts on family dynamics, validation, and foreshadowing for next episode’s drinking/addiction discussion.

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Tone & Style

• The dialogue is open, honest, sometimes blunt—but always underpinned by love and humor.
• Both Savannah and Julie slip easily between deep vulnerability (“my strategic abilities are what got y’all home”—Savannah, 33:13) and playful teasing (“You’re like a tornado. I have done more laundry here than in prison,” Julie, 11:54).
• The episode is peppered with moments of self-reflection, generational differences, and genuine affection, making it relatable to anyone navigating family transitions or redefining personal identity.

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This summary provides a deep dive into the central themes, humor, and heartfelt exchanges of the episode, complete with attributions and timestamps for listeners wanting to revisit important moments.

Transcript

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[Savannah Chrisley]

This week's episode of Unlocked. I am super excited because before mom left, we did a podcast together, and it seemed like everyone loved it. You loved the vulnerability of it, and you also just loved us together. So I now have mom back on the podcast. Welcome.

[Savannah's Mother]

Thank you.

[Savannah Chrisley]

So y' all actually have your podcast back now?

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes. Chrisley Confessions 2.0.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes. And what days does it come out?

[Savannah's Mother]

Comes out on Wednesdays.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Okay, so this will be launching on Tuesday, and then you guys can listen to their podcast on Wednesday.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes.

[Savannah Chrisley]

How does it feel? How many months out are we?

[Savannah's Mother]

Let's see.

[Savannah Chrisley]

May 28th.

[Savannah's Mother]

May 28th, June, July. Just like two months.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Oh, my gosh. It seems so much longer.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, just a little over two months.

[Savannah Chrisley]

And does it seem longer than it has been since you've gotten out of prison?

[Savannah's Mother]

You know, it's kind of twofold. Certain days it seems like I've been out forever, but then, you know, something will happen or I'll see something and it'll seem like I really had just got home.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Savannah's Mother]

You know, so I think it just depends on the day, literally, or sometimes in my life, the minute.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What. What has been the hardest thing?

[Savannah's Mother]

The hardest thing, I think, has just been transitioning back into life. I think that everyone, you, all the kids and everybody else just thought that we would pick right back up where we left off, that we would be the same people that we were before we went. And I just don't think it's possible. No, you know, I think it's.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I didn't think that it's a shock.

[Savannah's Mother]

To you because, you know, in my mind, you know, I was in prison for 28 months. In my mind, I was prepared to be there for another year and a half. And then, thank God and President Trump and you, that didn't happen. It changed so quickly because when you're in prison, you have nothing but time to think, you know, And I think, you know, thought about, okay, what I was going to do when I got out and how I was going to get ready because I knew dad. Dad wouldn't be out when I got out, and I would have to get things going so that when he got out, we would be able to hit the ground running.

[Savannah Chrisley]

So in your mind, you had already had somewhat of a grasp on what you would have to do when you got out.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes, yes. And so, you know, that all was changed, you know, because, you know, we got the pardon. So it's been a lot. Just a process, you know, just to take back. Take back our life in a way. You know, I know you and I have talked because, you know, you did. You had the kids. And so, you know, I was so grateful and so appreciative of that. But, you know, I think there's been a couple of times when we've gotten back that I've kind of sat back, let you still do. And then you've been like, you know, jumped in there, did it, whatever, and we've kind of. Then there've been times I've been like, okay, now I'm the mom. I'm back. You know, So I think it's just that this period of. Of just trying to navigate through that.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, yeah. I mean, even, like, Chloe was on a good routine. I didn't let her have sweet tea, all this sugary stuff.

[Savannah's Mother]

She's still on a good routine. I don't know what you're talking about, Mama.

[Savannah Chrisley]

She drinks sweet tea, like, on a rare.

[Savannah's Mother]

Once or twice maybe.

[Savannah Chrisley]

And she eats crappy foods. No, she does not, Mom.

[Savannah's Mother]

That's not true, Mama. Do not. That's not true.

[Savannah Chrisley]

She. Y'. All. I was like, no, this isn't happening. And, like, the. What's it called? Because I'd gotten her. Which maybe, you know, whatever. We still did our fun stuff, but, like, protein yogurt.

[Savannah's Mother]

Oh, yeah. And that stuff is horrible.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It's so good. I love it.

[Savannah's Mother]

Horrible.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I love it.

[Savannah's Mother]

Like, she doesn't. And then it was about a waffle. Okay. Your dad actually went to the Sam's or Costco with me. He bought the waffles he wanted. They're in the freezer. She's like, why are these in the freezer? And I'm like, because this is what your dad wanted. Well, we don't eat those.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It was not. I can't.

[Savannah's Mother]

I can't eat that with her. She just. You know, it's easy for people to get on this kick of one little thing and run with it. Savannah, don't be putting that in your body. Don't be doing that. As she stops at the tanning bed.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes. But I will be the first to go and get my face injected with some Botox. Right? Yeah.

[Savannah's Mother]

I think I sent you something on Instagram.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah, but if you can even cut out. If you can cut out, like, one or two terrible things.

[Savannah's Mother]

But listen. But this is what I say. You cut out the one or two things that didn't mean anything to you. I've said this many, many times. Everybody has their hards. It's easy for somebody that's £100 to be like, why do you eat that? How can you not control what you eat? Just like, it's easy for somebody like me. Okay. I don't drink alcohol to be like, why do you need that drink? So it's easy for us to always have something to say about something. That's not your vice.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah, but if I didn't just say, if I didn't love y', all, I would. You're making this way bigger than it is. If I didn't love y', all, I.

[Savannah's Mother]

Wouldn'T say, oh, my God, I'm gonna eat the high protein yogurt. Yeah, that doesn't taste good.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It tastes so good.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, it doesn't taste like chalk.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, it doesn't. It tastes so good. I love it tastes so good. But so obviously there's been a difference in that. But y', all, like I said, I'm getting out, I'm getting out. And I've told them you won't hear from me.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, okay, whatever. She's telling a story. Cause we will when she needs something.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, they will. Honestly, I think. Don't you think our relationship will get better when I'm gone?

[Savannah's Mother]

Do I think that our relationship will be better? Not that our relationship is bad, Because I don't feel like that at all.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, it's not. No, not at all. Like, I think it's just been a challenge. Because also, I guess before we touch on that going back to. Do you understand now when I would come and visit you and say, like, I remember at one point, because there was so much shit going on out here, and I said, it's easy for you to say because you're in here, and you just deal with what's in your four walls every day. I'm outside dealing with everything. Do you. Do you understand that now, being in. Because I know dad and I talked the other day, and dad was like, it's a lot like. And now I understand, like, everything you were dealing with out here when we were just in there.

[Savannah's Mother]

Absolutely. It is. Because, you know, and I don't want to talk prison lingo, but everyone has to do their time the way they have to do their time, meaning whatever you have to do in order to get through each day, each week, each month, each year, that's what you have to do. And you can't live outside and in there. Like, you can't try to live outside. You can't try to have control over situations, and you just can't do it. So you have to let go of that. So. Absolutely. Because in there, I couldn't control it. And, you know, and it really is. It really is. From where we were in a camp, it really is tougher on you guys out here than it was on us in there. From many. From many perspectives, you know, just because you were having to deal with everything. We couldn't deal with it because we were in prison.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah, that's what I've said. At times, I think it's harder for the people on the outside than it is on the inside.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, I agree.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Now, not.

[Savannah's Mother]

Not from. Not from the conditions, not from, you know, treatment treatment, not from, you know, just missing out on things with your family and your loved ones. Nothing compares to that and that you suffer from for that, but just from the perspective of, you know, like just everyday crap, you know?

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[Savannah's Mother]

And has their household set up the way they have it set up. You know, like, you drive me crazy because you won't turn a light off. It does not matter. I will walk through the house all day long and turn lights off.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Mom, I'm not even there. It's everybody else.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, it's not everybody else. I will watch you when you walk out of the house, I will walk into your bedroom. The bedroom lights on. The seven or eight bathroom lights on. The closet lights on. I mean, literally there will be eight or ten lights that I turn off when you walk out the door. You're like a tornado. You're like a hurricane that just comes through. Clothes, laundry. Listen, I have done more laundry.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Oh, my God, Mom.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, but I worked in prison at a laundry and didn't do as much laundry.

[Savannah Chrisley]

The laundry seems like a lot to you because you wore the same thing every day. Like, I have to have pajamas, potentially workout clothes, and an outfit that's not a lot. And I do not reuse towels.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, we know that, but, Savannah, it's just everywhere. It is a. It is a hot mess.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, I'm.

[Savannah's Mother]

I feel like I just walk around and pick up. Like you could literally have. You know how you have those people that are just like a handler or whatever? Like, I feel like you could have that person that literally just walks behind you, picks up, turns the light off, puts us back in the refrigerator, gets These clothes off the floor, you know, it's just crazy to me.

[Savannah Chrisley]

So much chaos that I'm like, at this point, screw it. Like, Aaron knows we went to Vegas. Like, as soon as we walked in the room, which I don't know, she, like, unpacked her clothes. I was like, why are you unpacking clothes? Like, she put it in a closet. And I was like, nah, I'm good. So I didn't even have to pack my suitcase where I left, because it was basically already packed. Oh, my God.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't even know how you know. You don't know where happy stuff is.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, I don't.

[Savannah's Mother]

It doesn't.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I don't. You're right.

[Savannah's Mother]

It's. It's a shame, because if we wore the same size, I'd have a whole new wardrobe, and you wouldn't even miss it.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But when I get moved. When I get moved.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah. Okay.

[Savannah Chrisley]

All my stuff's going to be organized. We know where it is.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, well, I can tell you right now. Your pantry is organized right now.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes, it looks like.

[Savannah's Mother]

Because I did that.

[Savannah Chrisley]

We did that.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay.

[Savannah Chrisley]

We did that.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, we.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, she does this thing where she measures the pantry with, like, actual tape measure, and it's wild. I just. When it comes to a home, I just don't really.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't want to do all that now. You know why? And I say this. It is the biggest disservice that we did.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, it's not. Because y' all had housekeepers.

[Savannah's Mother]

It's the biggest disservice that we ever did for y'. All, because none of you pick up after yourself. None of you do laundry.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Like, Aaron bought me a tape measure. Did they bring that stuff here? That is amazing.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yep.

[Savannah Chrisley]

See, look. Now I have a little main tape measure.

[Savannah's Mother]

None of you.

[Savannah Chrisley]

This is great.

[Savannah's Mother]

Oh, throw it down. Just throw it in the floor. Go ahead. None of you pick up after yourself. It's like. It's like a bathroom, Mom. Now, when dad and I leave our bathroom, like, we would typically get ready in the morning.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Mom, you literally left your shit on the bathroom counter this morning.

[Savannah's Mother]

Wait just a minute. Let me just finish. He would have his side. I had my side. But when we left out of there, there's nothing on our counters. There's nothing anywhere. I'm saying the house that we lived in before we went to prison, that was how it was. That was how it was. We lived in Atlanta.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Okay, Whatever you say.

[Savannah's Mother]

Well, the thing about it is, if I left something. If I left something on the bathroom counter, I can assure you. And I'll know it'll be there when get home, because you're not going to put it away.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I would rather spend my time doing things that I enjoy.

[Savannah's Mother]

Well, yeah, which is. But there's certain things you have to do.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But also, too, a business mindset is calculating what your time is worth. What's your time worth? So is that time wasted spending cleaning the house? Yes. I would rather pay someone to do it.

[Savannah's Mother]

But, Savannah, you can pick up after yourself. You live by. You are going to be living by yourself. Your house should. If I lived by myself, I have.

[Savannah Chrisley]

A housekeeper that's coming once a week.

[Savannah's Mother]

If I lived by myself, my house would never get messed up ever, ever, ever. Because guess what? If I wa. If I eat something, I put it in the sink, I wash it, I dry it, and I put it away. No, you're not doing that. Yesterday, I come in. Lemonade's left on the panel.

[Savannah Chrisley]

That was sad. I hadn't even been at the house. That was dad.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, I can walk in there right now. There's a Starbucks cup on the counter. There's a Diet Coke can or two on the counter. Then there's maybe an iced coffee cup on the counter.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Who does that? Like, you didn't.

[Savannah's Mother]

You weren't raised that way.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It's really triggering you.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, it's bad.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, I have realized that I would just much rather spend my time doing the things that I love.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, well, that's a great. You know, that's a great philosophy to have, Savannah, but it's not realistic.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, if I marry right, And I work my ass off, then I'll be okay.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, well, then do you.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Savannah's Mother]

Don't call me to do laundry.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What's your thoughts on reusing a towel? Super random, but we did talk about that, so I'm gonna go back to that.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't. I never have.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I think it's the. I really want to know. I feel like this is a very controversial thing. Do you reuse a towel and do you not. It's very controversial. Do you agree?

[Savannah's Mother]

Not controversial. I just think it's.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It's just like, one of those things that, like. It's a yes.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Like a hard yes or a hard no.

[Savannah's Mother]

Right. And mine's a hard no.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Mine's a hard no. Because dad has always told me. So you're telling me you're going to reuse the towel? You could have wiped your ass with that towel yesterday. And then you're gonna wipe your face with that same side today.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, I'm not doing that. No, I don't mind washing a towel.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Sean's thinking, no, I do not.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't. I don't reuse towels. I don't do that. But the towels are the least of your worries.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What do you. I am. Other than everywhere. I'm a clean person.

[Savannah's Mother]

I'm not saying you're not clean. You just. Oh, my gosh. So she has this piece of luggage. This piece of luggage since I have been home.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I have. The moment they got home, I spent, like, two weeks with them. And then I was like, peace out. I'm gone, and I'm making up for lost time.

[Savannah's Mother]

So she has this piece of luggage.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But hold on. My travel, Cayman Islands, Newport, I don't know, dc. I've just been everywhere.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, so she has this piece of luggage, and it sits right in the walkway to her bathroom. Oh, my gosh. If I have hit my foot on that piece of luggage, I've about fallen. I have tripped, I have stumbled. Who just leaves their luggage out indefinitely? Not me. I've never heard of anything like it. Put your luggage. You come home, you unpack your luggage, you put for me. I on one side, have the dirty stuff and the clean on the other side. So when I get home, I take all the dirty side, put those either in the dry cleaning pile, or I start washing them, put the other stuff away, and then put the luggage away. She just leaves hers out. She's just perpetually packing.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I am, because I don't know when I'm gonna leave next. So wouldn't you love to have your bags, like, already kind of packed? Like, I didn't totally unpack from my last Cayman trip, and so now packing for this Cayman trip is so much easier.

[Savannah's Mother]

Oh, my God.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Because it's already kind of there. I have an idea of what I'm gonna bring.

[Savannah's Mother]

Well, if you put your stuff away, you would know. Okay. These are all my swimsuits. These are all my dresses. These are all this. And you go right to it.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, we clearly know what bothers mom and what triggers her is my stuff being everywhere. So there's that. But like I said, when I get married, I will have someone that does those things. Not my husband.

[Savannah's Mother]

Know that.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But, like, I will.

[Savannah's Mother]

But you don't know that for sure.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes, because I have standards, though, honey.

[Savannah's Mother]

You can fall in love with somebody broke. What if you fell in love with somebody broke and say, I love them.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Why'D you say aaron? She won't. I just. I've done that. If I was Broke. Yeah. Then being with somebody broke. Okay, I guess what, you know, But I'm not. I work my. I work my butt off to get to where I want to get to.

[Savannah's Mother]

Who was. I think Sofia Vergara said she would not even date someone that did not have a greater net worth than what she had. Like, she said that.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But there's also. I feel like there's so much stigma around someone saying something like that.

[Savannah's Mother]

Well, I think that kind of makes it sound like it's just about the money. And I think it's way more than that. Because, listen, if you are, if you are a business minded person, we like to be with like minded people. So it's not just about make a dollar sign and what they make, but it's that they are a hard worker, they're ambitious, they want more in life, and so they're not going to typically, most of the time, be broke with that mindset.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes. For me, as a successful female.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I cannot be with someone who is not at least on my level, because I know for me, I'm going into it and it's going to fail because I'm going to breed resentment at the fact that I'm always paying for stuff.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, I get that. And it shouldn't be that way. You shouldn't, you shouldn't. One person shouldn't be doing all of it. But you also do have to understand it's not always gonna be 50, 50 either.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, it's not always gonna be 50, 50.

[Savannah's Mother]

Sometimes it's gonna be 90, 10 you. Sometimes it's gonna be 9010 them and you hope at the end of the day that it just, it's a wash and it's pretty.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I also have to do better about how much I do for people.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, yeah. Like I. Yeah. Cause you're a giver in a relationship.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Very much a giver. I feel like I just have to stop that.

[Savannah's Mother]

Right. Well, you set a standard, you set a precedent. When you do that, when you start, just buy, buy, buy and give, give, give, then it becomes kind of expected. I feel like.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yes. And I do it, though, out of love.

[Savannah's Mother]

Right.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Because like I want to do for the people that I love.

[Savannah's Mother]

Right.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But I also feel like it just gets so taken advantage of some people.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, I agree.

[Savannah Chrisley]

It gets taken advantage of because it.

[Savannah's Mother]

But you just have to know. And I still go back to this, though. If you give something with the right heart, you're still doing it for the right reason, you know, like, if I do for somebody, I do because I want to do for them and because I don't do Expecting anything in return or expecting them to do for me because I did for them. You know, that's. I don't. I'm just not that way at all.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No. No. So if you could. What's like I'm asking you two different questions.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What is the type of person that you would like for me to end up with?

[Savannah's Mother]

Oh my gosh, that's a loaded question. The type of person I would like for you to end up with if.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You could have your picture perfect little Tiffany wrapped bow.

[Savannah's Mother]

I think someone that is successful. Someone that is just a good decent person at their core. A good decent person. Someone who is a little bit older than you. I'm not saying, I'm saying no. More like 10 years. 10 years older. That'd be it. Maybe 12.

[Savannah Chrisley]

That's it.

[Savannah's Mother]

Somebody who doesn't have children. Someone. Yeah, those are kind of my things. Just somebody who's a good, decent man.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But what does that mean?

[Savannah's Mother]

This is my thing. But that's the problem with you. What is? That you are just a bulldog. So really, if somebody's nice and good and decent, you gonna walk all over them.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, I'm not.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, you are. You really are. Now I love you and you're mine. And I can say it. And I don't need anybody listening to this to agree with me, but I can say it.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But I think too, like, you haven't really seen where I've been at the past few years. I've had to be a bulldog to get to where I've gotten to. And Savannah. But wait, no, see, there you go.

[Savannah's Mother]

Let me finish.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You're cutting me off.

[Savannah's Mother]

I'm the mother. I am the mother.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But you're rude.

[Savannah's Mother]

I understand that you're cutting me off, but I also know that that is born and bred and ain't new. That ain't coming out.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't care how good life you got from this point on.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No. But I'm saying when I'm with the right person, I'm going to with that person. I will be softer and I will be like. That's the thing. I just don't think I've ever really been with someone who has like held me on like a pedestal of like. You're as good as it's ever going to get. You are amazing. I love you. Like, right.

[Savannah's Mother]

But that's not reality to think that's going to be every day.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, not every day.

[Savannah's Mother]

Because I think that's where people. That's where Kids, and I'm saying, kids, your generation, they think that it's going to be Instagram perfect every day. And it's not. Nobody's gonna be like, oh, my God, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me.

[Savannah Chrisley]

No, I'm not saying to say that, but in their actions towards you.

[Savannah's Mother]

Right. Okay.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Okay, so I'm not. I don't want you to say that. If you said that shit to me every day, I'd go kick rocks. I just couldn't do that. I can't do all that gushy mushy all the time.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, so that's what you want me.

[Savannah Chrisley]

To end up with now? What do you think? What's the type of person you think I will end up with? Well, at this point.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't know. I'm afraid to even say at this point.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What do you mean?

[Savannah's Mother]

I just am Savannah. I don't know. You just. You are all across the board. I'm talking from one extreme to the other.

[Savannah Chrisley]

What do you mean? Explain.

[Savannah's Mother]

It's just you have no type. You just literally, you're from one. One end of the spectrum to the other. And I just. I don't know. I really don't know. But I mean, it's gonna be. Have to be somebody strong, because if not, he's gonna be crying at my kitchen table every day. Now, I'm just gonna be honest with you.

[Savannah Chrisley]

So you have no idea. Like, if you, like, what is a scenario that you wouldn't be shocked by.

[Savannah's Mother]

If it happened, that you just run off and got married to somebody older? Just somebody older. I think it'll be somebody older that you would just run off and get married and come back home.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I'm married. Look at this child.

[Savannah's Mother]

And your dad would have a heart attack on the side. He'd just fall out right then and there.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I mean, you really never know with me.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, you.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Would you be devastated if I did that.

[Savannah's Mother]

If that's what you really wanted. No, I wouldn't be devastated, but your dad would. I would be devastated for him because he just. He so always just wanted that beautiful wedding for his girls. And if you did that. Lindsay ran off. She didn't include us in her wedding.

[Savannah Chrisley]

So the only hope is Chloe.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah, the only hope is Chloe. That's it?

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah, that's it. See, that's the thing is I used to want, like, the huge, big wedding, and I just don't. The older I get, the less I want it.

[Savannah's Mother]

Okay, well, at the end of the day, it's gotta be what you want? No.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You know, like. But really, you spend all that money for one day? Yeah, for one day.

[Savannah's Mother]

I know, but it's not just for one day, because you got that picture. Forever, girl. Forever.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I know. Forever. Look at you. Forever.

[Savannah's Mother]

Forever.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I could see myself doing, like, a small wedding in, like, Italy. Okay, well, yeah, like, I don't know, something like that, or, like, Cayman Islands or. I don't know. And then just having a freaking blast. And that's the thing, too. It's like, y' all don't drink.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, we don't. No, we don't. We have to be as sane and as with it as we possibly can. Dealing with y'.

[Savannah Chrisley]

All. Well, I have to drink to deal with y'.

[Savannah's Mother]

All. Yeah, whatever. No, you don't. That's a choice you might make, but it ain't something you have to do. Okay?

[Savannah Chrisley]

Okay. So when it comes to. So basically, we've landed on. You just have no idea where my life is gonna end up? No. Well, that's good. At least there's no expectation, you know? Like, you don't have your hopes set on something and then they're.

[Savannah's Mother]

Oh, honey, I've been doing this a long time. I'm 30 years in. You don't set any. I mean, yes, of course you set expectations for your children, but, like, you don't.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You have expectations. You just don't have, like, your heart set on, like, a dream.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yes, of course I have dreams for my children. No, I want you all to be happy and healthy and successful and. Yeah, I want all that. Of course I have dreams.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You know what I mean? I mean, I may end up with somebody 30 years older. I may end up with somebody like, 15 years older. Who knows?

[Savannah's Mother]

Savannah, No, I do not want somebody older than me drawing Social Security.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, who knows? Who knows where life's gonna lead?

[Savannah's Mother]

Savannah, that was so. God rest her soul, an Anna Nicole moment.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, Anna Nicole Smith, who knows? I just can't deal with anyone. I've tried to go on dates with people that are, like, my age, literally.

[Savannah's Mother]

Well, let's just don't make them my age. How about that? Let's just don't make it my age.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I won't make them your age. Exactly. Maybe you're older. Maybe you're younger.

[Savannah's Mother]

Savannah. Oh, my God. Your Daddy will have 14 heart attacks. Oh, my God. Prison ain't gonna be the what takes him out of this world.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I have lived, Mom. Literally, at the age of 28, I have lived a full life. No, you're not. Mother. Do you know the amount of trauma I have gone through in my life.

[Savannah's Mother]

Absolutely. I know that. But you have not lived a full life at 28. I don't care what you've gone through.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I'm saying the amount of trauma I've endured in my life, most people don't endure their whole life.

[Savannah's Mother]

Exactly. But that's just that portion of your life. You have not lived a full life.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Yeah.

[Savannah's Mother]

So what is like.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Imagine someone.

[Savannah's Mother]

So don't even say that. That sounds crazy to even say.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Imagine somebody that's already done that, though, and they get to, like, relive it through you and, like, you. Oh, yes, yes.

[Savannah's Mother]

No, you just want somebody that'll just baby you and let you do what you want to do. And you have. No, you can do whatever. That's what you want.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I mean, I do love the sound of that.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah. Well, no, I do.

[Savannah Chrisley]

That doesn't sound good.

[Savannah's Mother]

You don't want to be having kids with somebody, Savannah. And you go to the dang back to school. School night. Oh, is this your grandpa?

[Savannah Chrisley]

Well, my kids will probably be homeschooled anyway. My God, they'll probably be homeschooled anyway.

[Savannah's Mother]

So many. Your kids are going to need to go to school.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I excuse you not if I marry someone that's, like, brilliant and I.

[Savannah's Mother]

They still get some of your DNA and.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Okay, well, my DNA, let me remind you, cuz you and daddy always want to talk down to me and make me sound stupid and bad.

[Savannah's Mother]

I'm not saying.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Saying that I can. And that is why finding someone who appreciates and looks at me like, oh, my God, way to go. I'm so proud of you. This is amazing. You're so smart. I've literally never heard those words from y'. All. What?

[Savannah's Mother]

Savannah.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Mom. How much have y' all tried to dumb me down? Do not.

[Savannah's Mother]

Savannah, I have never tried to dumb you down.

[Savannah Chrisley]

For you to say.

[Savannah's Mother]

You act like we have not your whole life said you can do anything you wanted do. You are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Because I do get your siblings to come on here and they will beg to differ.

[Savannah Chrisley]

You do. But then really not even you. It's really more so, dad. But then when I get to that moment of success, it's like trying to dumb me down. It's the older I get. It's because it's like there's this something I don't. That's a therapy thing. That's got to be.

[Savannah's Mother]

I don't know. Because you've been told your whole life you are beautiful. You can do anything you want to do. You are smart.

[Savannah Chrisley]

But how many times has dad gone. And this is not my detriment, and at my detriment, like, made jokes, but.

[Savannah's Mother]

A lot of times he does things to motivate you just to keep going.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Because he knows it motivates me, but it's.

[Savannah's Mother]

Y' all are the same people, really, and it motivates you, and it gives you that drive, and he knows that you're gonna do it. You are gonna bust a gut or go to you know where before you prove you gonna prove somebody wrong.

[Savannah Chrisley]

I will prove somebody wrong. And it'll hurt me.

[Savannah's Mother]

That's right.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Because my kids, I do hope they get my DNA of the fight that I had, because my smarts and my. The way how strategic I was. My strategic abilities are what got y' all home.

[Savannah's Mother]

I listen. I will always say, and how many.

[Savannah Chrisley]

Pardons have you seen happen since the day y' all got pardoned?

[Savannah's Mother]

None.

[Savannah Chrisley]

None. I know. So I'm just saying. I am just saying. Okay, but for this episode, we're gonna cut it short because I don't think anyone's gonna sit and listen to us for a full hour and a half on their way to work. So don't let me forget, at the beginning of the next episode, I want to talk about the drinking thing, okay? Because I think that's something a lot of people can relate to on just like polar opposites. Just because one person in a family has an addiction, do you believe? Everybody does. And. Okay, go from there. But until next time, I'm gonna try to gain some love and respect from my parents.

[Savannah's Mother]

Yeah.

[Savannah Chrisley]

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[Savannah's Mother]

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[Savannah Chrisley]

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[Savannah's Mother]

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[Savannah Chrisley]

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