Judged for Ethical Non-Monogamy? How to Handle Critics, Bullies & Moral Authority

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Alright y'all, before we
dive in, a quick heads up.

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This show is raw, real, and
definitely not rated pg.

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We're talking about adult themes, sexual
content, and the kind of stuff you

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probably don't want blasting through your
speakers at work or around your kits.

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So grab some headphones, pour your
drink of choice and get comfy.

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Oh, and just so we're clear, we are not
licensed therapists, counselors, or sex.

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Couches.

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Sex coaches.

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Sex coaches,

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not sex couches

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or just a couple of people sharing our
lives, experiences and sexy adventures.

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An ethical non-monogamy.

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So with that, pull up a
chair and enjoy the show.

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And.

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Hello, and welcome to another
episode of Beyond Monogamy.

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I'm Adam,

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and I'm Pris.

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And today we're coming in hot
with a quickie episode because

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apparently the internet.

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And society still have a lot of opinions
about how we should be living our lives.

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Yeah.

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Today we're talking about
something we see all the time.

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People outside the lifestyle judging
us, assuming they understand ethical

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non-monogamy, and acting like
they're the moral authority on what

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relationships are supposed to look like.

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Look, this isn't a rant epi.

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Well, okay.

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Maybe it's a little bit of a rant episode.

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Mm-hmm.

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But it's really about understanding
why the judgment happens, how to

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handle it without losing your shit,
and why their discomfort doesn't

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mean you're doing anything wrong.

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Yeah.

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So if you've ever had someone say, I could
never do that, or That's not real love,

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or my absolute favorite, that never ends.

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Well, yeah.

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This one's for you.

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Yeah.

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Well, before we jump in, make sure
you follow the podcast wherever you're

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listening, especially on Spotify, you
guys, and check out everything that

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we've got going on@beyondmonogamy.com,
including events, webinars, and

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ways to connect with our community.

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'cause it's a rather large community.

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It's,

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yeah.

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So we're gonna jump into this because,
you know, I gotta, I gotta tell you

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this, uh, this kind of hit me today.

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I, there was a comment.

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On our YouTube today, and this is
why we're talking about this today.

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There's a comment on our YouTube today.

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There's always a comment on

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our YouTube.

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And it was on our parenting episode.

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And this person decided to get very
preachy and shaming me and shaming

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us about uh, you know, having us
not basically she was saying that we

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were bad parents because we weren't.

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Only solely with each other.

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Oh,

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that made us bad parents.

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Yeah.

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No, she got cheated on.

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But you know, it's these people with the,
they feel like they're the moral authority

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on telling others how to live their lives,
and frankly, I'm fucking sick of it.

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And so, yeah, I typed
back a little comment.

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I, I said, I said a few things.

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Now I, I do not fight back.

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I really, really do my best not to.

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I do the fighting.

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I, I don't like conflict if I can avoid
it, because frankly, a good portion

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of my youth, I was pissed off all the
time and I got into a lot of shit.

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Mm-hmm.

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And I was not a very friendly person.

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I don't want to become that person again.

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Yeah.

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And so I do my best to
stay away from conflict.

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That's why everything is love
and happy and roses, blah.

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I love it.

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But every now and then I
see, you know, comments and

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I, I,

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the space isn't

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real.

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I'm glad that you didn't tell me.

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'cause one, I don't feel good.

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I would've gone off on her

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probably,

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but I don't I can't stand
judgy people like that.

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Oh, man.

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It, it's,

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I mean, you, I

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can't either.

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Society has raised us to be monogamous.

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That's just the way it is.

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And you know, I mean, if you really wanna
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all religious, go read the Bible again.

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Like if that's where you
wanna go, go read it again.

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Like it's not even that,
or especially like.

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Traditions.

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Right.

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Latinos and act actually
every tradition, but I'm just

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specifically telling you about mine.

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You were raised not to get divorced.

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You were raised to be with one person.

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I mean, it's just, it's, you
know, it's the stereotypical you

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heavy duty cancer.

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Yeah.

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Shouldn't be with the, your same gender.

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You shouldn't have sex before marriage.

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Just all those things
that were given to us.

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I mean, people.

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Be realistic.

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And monogamy is everywhere.

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Monogamy is everywhere.

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And

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people seem to feel superior.

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No.

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Uh, at the fact that they're
monogamous and they feel like

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everybody who isn't is, is just bad.

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Just bad

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is bad.

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Just bad at everything.

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That person doesn't realize what a

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great

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parent we are.

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There's parents, we are, you
know, it's a, it's a damn shame.

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Yeah.

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Uh, but, uh, yeah, this person
took time out of their day to

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put this judgmental comment.

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Normally I would let it
kind of roll off my back.

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I would just leave it be, yeah.

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Um, I kind of fought back on
this one, and I'll tell you why.

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We have a lot of people who
are new into the lifestyle,

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who reach out to us oftentimes.

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Mm-hmm.

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Who want to explore the lifestyle,
and I hear it all the time.

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These people, they're very,
very scared to be able to.

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Explore the lifestyle and do these
things because they're afraid of, of

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what will happen if it's found out.

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Of course.

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Right.

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Uh, because what's gonna happen,

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you feel very, you feel very shameful.

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You feel very you feel less than,
you feel like you did something

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really, really, really wrong.

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And everybody around you
does a good job of making

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you feel that way.

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Making you feel that way.

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Unfortunately.

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The world that we live in,
the way we were raised,

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the world we live in.

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I mean, it is.

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It's the world that we live in and
this is not like just starting.

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People have been shamed for so
many things for so long, especially

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in relationships that, yeah.

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It's the world that we freaking live in.

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I mean, and it's gotten a lot better.

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I will say that the, the, because
the community has become larger.

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Mm-hmm.

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And, uh, you know, a lot of this stuff
is becoming more and more mainstream.

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It's not fully mainstream,
but it's becoming that way.

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Uh, and the conversations are being had.

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Yes.

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Which I think is great.

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Yeah.

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But you know, there's just something.

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About a bully that fucking triggers me.

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And I, like I said, I'm a very

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same,

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very happy person all the time,
but the moment I see a bully,

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same, uh, I turn into a person
that I am not the proudest of.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, but I handle, I handle that shit.

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And I, I don't.

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I'm lucky that it doesn't
really cross my path very often.

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Yeah.

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Uh, now I will say that I've
gotten better regarding social

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media because like I said, social
media is not even fucking real.

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Uh, it's, it's a place where
everybody thinks they have a voice

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and people will say whatever.

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A lot of times it's just a troll.

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You know what I mean?

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Yeah.

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But it's the judgment from.

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Everyone outside of that community.

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Yes.

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I mean, we experienced it.

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When, when we came

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out,

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I had friends and family and Yeah.

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I had a lot of people just judge me.

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I had ex-partners judge me.

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It, it, I was drug
through the mud for sure.

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Um, regarding my lifestyle.

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Oh, you know, for

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sure.

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It,

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it was.

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You and me both.

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Yeah.

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And I got drug in, in
both of our families.

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Uh, through the mud.

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I mean, your, your family started
claiming that I was having sex with

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men while wearing weird costumes.

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Yeah.

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What the fuck?

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Yeah.

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Like what a,

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but they're like, that, that,

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you know what I mean?

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Like that.

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And that was the, the lie
that was spread about me.

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Yeah.

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On, on that side.

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Uh, you know, on my own
side, uh, Lord knows what was

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said, which is funny because.

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Family full of cheaters.

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Ugh.

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You know, whatcha gonna do

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Same.

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They're gonna judge, right?

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Yeah.

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They're gonna judge because
that's how we were raised.

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Mm-hmm.

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Uh, we were raised to judge others for,
you know, whatever, whatever we can.

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Mm-hmm.

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And you and I, we seem to really break
the mold except for right now, where

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we're judging the people who judge us.

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I am a very judgy person.

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I am not one, I'm not too proud.

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I am a very judgy person.

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I will.

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Sit with my daughter and we'd
be judging people and she's

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like, mom, stop judging people.

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I'm like, I know I shouldn't, but I do.

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Um, I don't, I don't.

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It's between me and whomever.

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Like I'm not out there
like in the world judging.

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I mean, sometimes I'm,
but it just depends.

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Just depends who it is.

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Okay.

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Depends what you're doing.

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Um, but I don't judge my friends.

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I don't, you know, I rarely judge people.

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Actually, I've never judged
anybody in the lifestyle.

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I will tell you that.

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Yeah.

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I judge people who I do not know.

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Yeah.

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It's not people that I know, so, yeah.

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But yeah.

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I'm very judgy.

263
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Sorry, people.

264
00:09:03,699 --> 00:09:05,499
And you know, I'm, I'm usually not.

265
00:09:05,529 --> 00:09:05,949
You're not?

266
00:09:06,249 --> 00:09:06,909
No, I'm usually not.

267
00:09:06,909 --> 00:09:06,969
No.

268
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I give everybody the benefit of the

269
00:09:08,409 --> 00:09:08,529
doubt.

270
00:09:08,529 --> 00:09:12,009
I, I can guarantee you never
are like, I can vouch for you,

271
00:09:12,069 --> 00:09:16,839
but I, I will say that I, if there's
anything that brings out a very,

272
00:09:16,839 --> 00:09:19,599
very not good sign of me mm-hmm.

273
00:09:19,839 --> 00:09:20,949
It's, it's bullies.

274
00:09:21,009 --> 00:09:21,279
Mm-hmm.

275
00:09:21,339 --> 00:09:23,379
Uh, and we've run across them in.

276
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Pretty much every sense of the word.

277
00:09:26,129 --> 00:09:26,219
Mm-hmm.

278
00:09:26,579 --> 00:09:27,959
In this lifestyle.

279
00:09:27,964 --> 00:09:28,204
Mm-hmm.

280
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And I think that there's several
people who have been seasoned in

281
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this lifestyle who have seen it.

282
00:09:33,704 --> 00:09:33,989
Oh yeah.

283
00:09:33,989 --> 00:09:35,369
Maybe felt it.

284
00:09:35,579 --> 00:09:35,819
Yeah.

285
00:09:36,329 --> 00:09:36,599
Um,

286
00:09:36,599 --> 00:09:39,239
I mean, to be honest, there's
bullies in the lifestyle.

287
00:09:39,659 --> 00:09:39,959
Yeah.

288
00:09:40,499 --> 00:09:40,679
Like.

289
00:09:41,654 --> 00:09:44,174
I have called out a
bully in the lifestyle.

290
00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:44,654
Yeah.

291
00:09:44,864 --> 00:09:49,184
Like they are in the lifestyle and it is
what it is, but it's for other reasons.

292
00:09:49,364 --> 00:09:51,824
Some people like popularity
and whatever, but Yeah.

293
00:09:51,854 --> 00:09:54,074
You know, everybody's
got different reasons.

294
00:09:54,074 --> 00:09:54,134
Yeah.

295
00:09:54,434 --> 00:09:59,894
And you know what sucks is, you
know, I, I just figure that you

296
00:09:59,894 --> 00:10:02,834
know, most times people are jealous.

297
00:10:03,334 --> 00:10:03,694
And, and for

298
00:10:03,699 --> 00:10:03,994
sure,

299
00:10:04,174 --> 00:10:06,304
and I'm not even talking
about in the lifestyle.

300
00:10:06,309 --> 00:10:09,364
I'm, I'm going back to the people who
are outside, outside of the lifestyle

301
00:10:09,484 --> 00:10:10,084
for sure.

302
00:10:10,114 --> 00:10:13,849
Um, most of these people who
like to bully people mm-hmm.

303
00:10:13,849 --> 00:10:14,489
Like us mm-hmm.

304
00:10:14,494 --> 00:10:16,114
Who are living our life happy.

305
00:10:16,984 --> 00:10:17,074
Mm-hmm.

306
00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,944
Most of the time they're just jealous of
the fact that we're living a happy life.

307
00:10:21,004 --> 00:10:21,184
Yeah.

308
00:10:21,244 --> 00:10:23,464
We have a very strong relationship.

309
00:10:23,469 --> 00:10:23,569
Mm-hmm.

310
00:10:24,129 --> 00:10:27,874
And we get to partake in
this other side that isn't

311
00:10:27,964 --> 00:10:28,084
mm-hmm.

312
00:10:28,474 --> 00:10:30,124
That they can't obviously

313
00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:30,309
No.

314
00:10:30,979 --> 00:10:31,459
They can't.

315
00:10:31,609 --> 00:10:34,689
And if they do, they're doing
it unethically, you know?

316
00:10:35,439 --> 00:10:38,429
And I mean, people really
do confuse like what we do.

317
00:10:38,669 --> 00:10:39,509
It's different.

318
00:10:39,839 --> 00:10:40,619
It's not wrong.

319
00:10:40,919 --> 00:10:41,669
It's just different.

320
00:10:41,699 --> 00:10:42,569
It's just different.

321
00:10:42,574 --> 00:10:43,034
Just different.

322
00:10:43,034 --> 00:10:44,129
And it's not for everybody.

323
00:10:44,369 --> 00:10:45,539
It's not hurting anybody.

324
00:10:46,019 --> 00:10:51,079
You know, it's funny is, is uh, the
content that I put out and the content

325
00:10:51,079 --> 00:10:56,299
that we put out with the podcast
it's more of a. Having a conversation

326
00:10:56,299 --> 00:10:58,129
with my wife about our experiences.

327
00:10:58,129 --> 00:10:58,219
Mm-hmm.

328
00:10:58,454 --> 00:11:01,759
And we're talking about
this very large arena.

329
00:11:01,849 --> 00:11:02,059
Mm-hmm.

330
00:11:02,389 --> 00:11:06,379
But what I don't understand is, you
know, we're not, we're not pushing it

331
00:11:06,379 --> 00:11:12,859
on people, but people from the outside
will come in and go, well, how dare you

332
00:11:12,864 --> 00:11:14,359
live like this and this sort of thing.

333
00:11:14,359 --> 00:11:16,269
It's like, well, how dare me?

334
00:11:16,779 --> 00:11:17,559
How dare you?

335
00:11:17,739 --> 00:11:20,469
Like what, what are you
even, who even are you?

336
00:11:20,969 --> 00:11:22,469
Who even the fuck are you?

337
00:11:22,529 --> 00:11:22,859
I mean,

338
00:11:22,859 --> 00:11:25,199
like where, what street
did you walk off of?

339
00:11:25,289 --> 00:11:25,409
Yeah.

340
00:11:25,409 --> 00:11:30,269
Because, uh, you're a crockpot, you feel
like it's okay to say whatever you want

341
00:11:30,269 --> 00:11:34,379
to people online and it is not okay bro.

342
00:11:34,384 --> 00:11:34,864
It's not okay.

343
00:11:34,864 --> 00:11:36,304
And sis is, it's not okay.

344
00:11:36,689 --> 00:11:37,739
It is not okay.

345
00:11:37,769 --> 00:11:38,219
No.

346
00:11:38,339 --> 00:11:42,229
You know, I'm a, a big believer
that we treat everybody with

347
00:11:42,229 --> 00:11:44,839
respect whether you know 'em or not.

348
00:11:44,869 --> 00:11:47,989
You just give them that
respect until they, you know.

349
00:11:48,514 --> 00:11:49,924
Push it to where you shouldn't.

350
00:11:49,924 --> 00:11:50,584
I agree.

351
00:11:50,764 --> 00:11:54,664
Um, and I feel like that's
a really good rule of thumb.

352
00:11:55,354 --> 00:11:58,974
And it's not only should it be
applied to the lifestyle, it

353
00:11:58,974 --> 00:12:00,804
should be just applied in life

354
00:12:00,954 --> 00:12:01,554
in general.

355
00:12:01,554 --> 00:12:01,734
Yeah.

356
00:12:01,734 --> 00:12:02,484
Just in general.

357
00:12:02,484 --> 00:12:02,574
Mm-hmm.

358
00:12:02,574 --> 00:12:03,264
100%.

359
00:12:03,414 --> 00:12:03,504
Mm-hmm.

360
00:12:03,964 --> 00:12:07,479
But definitely in the lifestyle
guys, it definitely helps.

361
00:12:07,479 --> 00:12:09,999
I mean, it's, it, it challenges
every single thing they

362
00:12:09,999 --> 00:12:10,989
believe about relationships.

363
00:12:11,489 --> 00:12:13,379
Um, like I said, it's
what we're raised in.

364
00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:18,229
It's what the society, it's what
the world, I mean, L-G-B-T-Q.

365
00:12:18,529 --> 00:12:20,809
We've been fighting that fight for years,

366
00:12:21,139 --> 00:12:21,379
a very

367
00:12:21,379 --> 00:12:22,099
long time.

368
00:12:22,099 --> 00:12:25,959
Years, man, and there's so many
people that don't agree with it.

369
00:12:26,769 --> 00:12:30,579
Who gives a shit, it doesn't affect you.

370
00:12:31,359 --> 00:12:32,379
Get over it.

371
00:12:32,829 --> 00:12:33,129
Yeah,

372
00:12:33,279 --> 00:12:34,569
like get over it.

373
00:12:34,569 --> 00:12:38,589
If it doesn't affect you one bit,
it's not affecting anybody around you.

374
00:12:38,949 --> 00:12:39,549
Get over it.

375
00:12:39,819 --> 00:12:40,449
Get over it.

376
00:12:40,449 --> 00:12:46,899
I mean, especially us,
we put our children first

377
00:12:47,109 --> 00:12:47,679
all the time.

378
00:12:47,739 --> 00:12:48,849
They don't even know us.

379
00:12:48,849 --> 00:12:49,899
Don't even judge us.

380
00:12:49,904 --> 00:12:50,044
Yeah.

381
00:12:50,544 --> 00:12:50,784
Fuckers.

382
00:12:51,284 --> 00:12:51,704
Yeah.

383
00:12:52,154 --> 00:12:52,724
Damn right.

384
00:12:52,994 --> 00:12:53,354
Yes.

385
00:12:53,354 --> 00:12:54,044
I second that.

386
00:12:54,914 --> 00:12:55,694
I second that.

387
00:12:56,084 --> 00:12:56,324
Yeah.

388
00:12:56,324 --> 00:13:00,974
So as you can see to all of
those people who are maybe newer

389
00:13:00,974 --> 00:13:02,924
and you know, haven't dealt.

390
00:13:03,464 --> 00:13:07,694
With this sort of pressure from the
outside, but you know, I, I'm telling

391
00:13:07,694 --> 00:13:12,944
you now, expect it, uh, if it, if it
ever comes out, it, that's the kind

392
00:13:12,944 --> 00:13:14,564
of attitude that's had out there.

393
00:13:14,774 --> 00:13:15,074
Yeah.

394
00:13:15,204 --> 00:13:18,954
It's not a very loving one,
you know, it's, it's the, the

395
00:13:18,954 --> 00:13:20,844
ugly side of things, frankly.

396
00:13:20,904 --> 00:13:20,994
Mm-hmm.

397
00:13:21,354 --> 00:13:21,829
The fact.

398
00:13:22,749 --> 00:13:27,939
You know, I'll be very honest with you,
we both had our families and when we

399
00:13:27,969 --> 00:13:32,139
came out as poly, 'cause we didn't come
out as, as we were swingers before that.

400
00:13:32,859 --> 00:13:37,779
But when we came out as Poly and
Chris came out as bisexual, that's

401
00:13:37,779 --> 00:13:40,959
when we lost a lot of these people.

402
00:13:40,959 --> 00:13:40,969
Mm-hmm.

403
00:13:40,984 --> 00:13:41,144
Who

404
00:13:41,439 --> 00:13:42,549
were family members.

405
00:13:42,549 --> 00:13:46,149
Now the people that stuck
by us, those were the people

406
00:13:46,149 --> 00:13:47,349
and, and they were friends.

407
00:13:47,709 --> 00:13:48,699
We lost a lot of friends.

408
00:13:49,359 --> 00:13:51,579
There was a lot of
people that stuck by us.

409
00:13:51,639 --> 00:13:51,879
Mm-hmm.

410
00:13:52,539 --> 00:13:55,359
Um, and those were the
people that we really valued.

411
00:13:55,359 --> 00:13:56,619
Those were the people that we still

412
00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:56,919
mm-hmm.

413
00:13:57,339 --> 00:13:58,779
Uh, highly regard.

414
00:13:58,959 --> 00:13:59,109
Mm-hmm.

415
00:13:59,829 --> 00:14:06,599
Um, it's kind of like the toxic people,
just, it's, it's a cleansing Yeah.

416
00:14:06,689 --> 00:14:07,634
When it's found out.

417
00:14:07,864 --> 00:14:08,154
Yeah.

418
00:14:08,464 --> 00:14:10,354
Like it's, uh, you just.

419
00:14:10,949 --> 00:14:12,239
Get rid of the negativity.

420
00:14:12,329 --> 00:14:12,779
Yeah.

421
00:14:12,784 --> 00:14:13,074
Yeah.

422
00:14:13,079 --> 00:14:15,269
Um, and of course sometimes
they're just strangers.

423
00:14:15,269 --> 00:14:17,849
They're just people that are,
just have nothing better to do.

424
00:14:17,849 --> 00:14:23,369
And you can choose to ignore it or
you can choose to partake in telling

425
00:14:23,369 --> 00:14:26,639
them off, which I would totally do.

426
00:14:27,119 --> 00:14:27,449
Yeah.

427
00:14:27,569 --> 00:14:29,399
Well, you know, we handle
things differently,

428
00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:30,209
but yeah.

429
00:14:30,209 --> 00:14:34,009
On the average, who are the, take
it like a grain of salt, guys.

430
00:14:34,009 --> 00:14:34,909
Like it's gonna come.

431
00:14:35,329 --> 00:14:36,559
Do what you will with it, but

432
00:14:36,799 --> 00:14:37,129
Yeah.

433
00:14:37,669 --> 00:14:37,909
Yeah.

434
00:14:37,909 --> 00:14:39,709
They're just projecting on the, on you.

435
00:14:40,009 --> 00:14:40,279
Yeah.

436
00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:45,079
And you know, really it, like I said,
it's, it's really usually not about you.

437
00:14:45,109 --> 00:14:45,379
Yeah.

438
00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:49,129
Like this person, whatever
they're going through.

439
00:14:49,159 --> 00:14:49,339
Yeah.

440
00:14:50,029 --> 00:14:52,609
And I always try to keep that
in mind whenever I deal with

441
00:14:52,609 --> 00:14:54,679
somebody who's rather difficult.

442
00:14:55,129 --> 00:14:55,459
Yeah.

443
00:14:55,669 --> 00:14:58,759
I always think whatev, whatever
this person's going through

444
00:14:58,759 --> 00:15:00,649
right now, it's gotta be major.

445
00:15:01,149 --> 00:15:05,349
That they felt the need to
see this and respond to it

446
00:15:05,354 --> 00:15:05,514
mm-hmm.

447
00:15:05,734 --> 00:15:06,674
The way they responded.

448
00:15:06,674 --> 00:15:06,954
Mm-hmm.

449
00:15:07,719 --> 00:15:11,019
Um, that that is a person that
most likely needs to get laid.

450
00:15:11,019 --> 00:15:11,079
Yeah.

451
00:15:11,499 --> 00:15:15,909
But either way, I mean, they,
they have their, their hand

452
00:15:15,939 --> 00:15:17,614
in their beliefs and Yeah.

453
00:15:17,619 --> 00:15:18,849
And this sort of thing.

454
00:15:18,909 --> 00:15:20,109
And hey, you know what?

455
00:15:20,499 --> 00:15:24,049
Good for you but have some respect.

456
00:15:24,259 --> 00:15:24,349
Yeah.

457
00:15:25,234 --> 00:15:26,764
Don't push it on other people.

458
00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:28,594
Do not push it on other people.

459
00:15:28,594 --> 00:15:28,924
Yeah.

460
00:15:29,134 --> 00:15:29,464
Yeah.

461
00:15:29,944 --> 00:15:32,064
But I don't think it was about me.

462
00:15:32,064 --> 00:15:32,754
How about that?

463
00:15:32,814 --> 00:15:33,774
I, it wasn't baby.

464
00:15:33,954 --> 00:15:34,014
Yeah.

465
00:15:34,194 --> 00:15:35,274
It wasn't about you at all.

466
00:15:35,274 --> 00:15:35,304
I

467
00:15:35,459 --> 00:15:35,819
don't think so.

468
00:15:35,849 --> 00:15:36,139
Yeah.

469
00:15:36,189 --> 00:15:37,779
Don't, so they just want Don't think so.

470
00:15:38,244 --> 00:15:39,444
They just had nothing else to do.

471
00:15:39,654 --> 00:15:39,714
Yeah.

472
00:15:39,714 --> 00:15:40,884
Maybe they run out of coffee.

473
00:15:41,334 --> 00:15:42,294
Oh man.

474
00:15:42,324 --> 00:15:43,614
Maybe they stu their toe.

475
00:15:44,574 --> 00:15:45,504
If not, I hope they do.

476
00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:45,924
Yeah.

477
00:15:46,424 --> 00:15:48,944
There's one thing that people.

478
00:15:49,874 --> 00:15:51,044
Seem to think about.

479
00:15:51,044 --> 00:15:56,674
It's like I said, they feel
like monogamy is the superior.

480
00:15:56,914 --> 00:15:58,204
It's like the superior brand.

481
00:15:58,234 --> 00:15:58,294
Yeah.

482
00:15:59,014 --> 00:16:02,674
So if you're not monogamous,
then maybe you're,

483
00:16:02,679 --> 00:16:03,454
you're less than,

484
00:16:03,634 --> 00:16:03,964
yeah.

485
00:16:04,204 --> 00:16:06,214
Like you're less than,
like, you're not important.

486
00:16:07,114 --> 00:16:07,364
Pretty much.

487
00:16:07,984 --> 00:16:11,134
I mean, who even said thinks that?

488
00:16:11,134 --> 00:16:11,194
Yeah.

489
00:16:11,254 --> 00:16:14,334
Like that's the most
ridiculous thought ever.

490
00:16:14,754 --> 00:16:14,904
Yeah.

491
00:16:15,084 --> 00:16:16,854
And like what about.

492
00:16:17,354 --> 00:16:21,364
An ethical non-monogamy
relationship is so bad.

493
00:16:21,864 --> 00:16:25,254
Like what is so bad that
you're sharing your partner?

494
00:16:25,754 --> 00:16:26,684
You don't own him.

495
00:16:26,774 --> 00:16:28,034
You don't, she doesn't,
you know, it's like,

496
00:16:28,064 --> 00:16:28,154
no,

497
00:16:28,394 --> 00:16:32,744
we, we, yes, we made a vow and we
are very devoted to each other.

498
00:16:32,749 --> 00:16:35,324
Our relationship comes first.

499
00:16:35,834 --> 00:16:37,634
Our relationship comes first.

500
00:16:37,694 --> 00:16:40,024
Everything else is down the line.

501
00:16:40,524 --> 00:16:40,824
Yeah.

502
00:16:40,884 --> 00:16:41,034
Like.

503
00:16:41,799 --> 00:16:46,559
You know, it's not, we're, we're
in a relationship together.

504
00:16:46,559 --> 00:16:48,269
We raise a family together.

505
00:16:48,269 --> 00:16:49,169
We love each other.

506
00:16:49,829 --> 00:16:51,779
What about that is so wrong?

507
00:16:52,499 --> 00:16:53,129
I don't get it.

508
00:16:53,819 --> 00:16:54,479
I don't get it.

509
00:16:54,629 --> 00:16:58,109
But, you know, this is something
that we have had to deal with

510
00:16:58,169 --> 00:16:58,679
Oh,

511
00:16:58,859 --> 00:17:00,119
uh, for a very long time.

512
00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:00,949
Forever.

513
00:17:00,949 --> 00:17:03,799
Uh, you know, we've, we've
had to deal with comments like

514
00:17:03,799 --> 00:17:05,959
this from, from strangers.

515
00:17:06,169 --> 00:17:06,439
Yeah.

516
00:17:06,739 --> 00:17:07,549
It comes up.

517
00:17:07,789 --> 00:17:08,884
Oh, it's the weirdest, frigging thing.

518
00:17:09,109 --> 00:17:10,999
It's so, it is so weird.

519
00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:12,109
It's the weirdest thing.

520
00:17:12,109 --> 00:17:17,489
Like I, I mean, first of all, monogamy
relationships, you're gonna get

521
00:17:17,489 --> 00:17:19,319
cheated on one chime or another.

522
00:17:19,469 --> 00:17:20,129
It's gonna happen,

523
00:17:20,249 --> 00:17:21,119
like it happens.

524
00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:24,059
If there's one person out there
that has never been cheated on,

525
00:17:24,509 --> 00:17:25,859
I would love to hear from you.

526
00:17:26,699 --> 00:17:27,809
But it exists.

527
00:17:28,589 --> 00:17:29,969
It's, it's what it is.

528
00:17:30,469 --> 00:17:31,219
But that's okay.

529
00:17:31,719 --> 00:17:34,629
Yeah, I never quite
understood that equation.

530
00:17:34,689 --> 00:17:38,859
Like, your man's gonna cheat on you and
you're gonna be like, ah, it's okay.

531
00:17:38,979 --> 00:17:39,969
He still loves me.

532
00:17:40,269 --> 00:17:41,019
The kids,

533
00:17:41,259 --> 00:17:42,639
he's a refinery worker.

534
00:17:43,419 --> 00:17:44,469
Nah, no, no.

535
00:17:44,949 --> 00:17:45,159
Yeah,

536
00:17:45,159 --> 00:17:47,349
you just, it's ridiculous.

537
00:17:47,949 --> 00:17:48,249
Yeah.

538
00:17:48,249 --> 00:17:53,929
You know, I mean, where we came
from cheating is celebrated.

539
00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:54,409
Oh man.

540
00:17:54,409 --> 00:17:57,859
I guarantee that the men that
reach out to me, I guarantee you.

541
00:17:58,359 --> 00:17:59,709
That most of them are married.

542
00:18:00,129 --> 00:18:04,839
You know, that's, and that's the
thing is it's how they come at you.

543
00:18:04,869 --> 00:18:05,049
Mm-hmm.

544
00:18:05,569 --> 00:18:10,909
But a lot of times, like there was a,
there was a situation not too long ago

545
00:18:11,329 --> 00:18:19,059
where a guy just decided to, uh, kind
of berate you on one of our reels.

546
00:18:19,929 --> 00:18:24,299
Basically was saying how you know,
he's been trying to contact us.

547
00:18:24,299 --> 00:18:24,389
Oh yeah.

548
00:18:24,719 --> 00:18:29,429
And he's been trying to get more
information about how to get in with

549
00:18:29,519 --> 00:18:33,779
the, in-crowd of the lifestyle and that
they are new couple and this and that.

550
00:18:34,389 --> 00:18:36,604
And, and that we were being gatekeepers.

551
00:18:36,639 --> 00:18:36,939
Oh, yeah.

552
00:18:37,054 --> 00:18:37,894
That we were being gatekeepers.

553
00:18:37,894 --> 00:18:39,514
That we were being gatekeepers.

554
00:18:39,544 --> 00:18:40,139
We're on social media.

555
00:18:40,639 --> 00:18:41,389
We got a website.

556
00:18:41,889 --> 00:18:44,619
Um, so that that gentleman we
figured out just wanted to,

557
00:18:44,709 --> 00:18:45,574
he was just sl into, just slide

558
00:18:45,574 --> 00:18:45,939
into my

559
00:18:45,939 --> 00:18:47,319
Ds, sliding into her dms.

560
00:18:47,324 --> 00:18:47,724
That's

561
00:18:47,724 --> 00:18:50,559
all was, and I'm the wrong
person to slide into my dms.

562
00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:55,449
And really, I mean, she, if she gets
any hint that you are trying to.

563
00:18:55,869 --> 00:18:59,709
Put the, the rozen bag on
her, then she's not having it.

564
00:18:59,829 --> 00:19:00,999
She's not gonna answer.

565
00:19:01,059 --> 00:19:02,049
She's gonna leave it be.

566
00:19:02,049 --> 00:19:02,139
Mm-hmm.

567
00:19:02,499 --> 00:19:06,589
Now, this guy decided to spice
it up a notch and he decided to

568
00:19:06,649 --> 00:19:08,419
call you out thinking, I guess.

569
00:19:08,629 --> 00:19:08,719
Mm-hmm.

570
00:19:08,725 --> 00:19:09,739
It was just you.

571
00:19:10,129 --> 00:19:10,459
Yeah.

572
00:19:10,889 --> 00:19:13,269
On there and, you know, not

573
00:19:13,269 --> 00:19:13,984
my bulldog.

574
00:19:14,584 --> 00:19:16,129
I, it, it rubbed me the wrong way.

575
00:19:16,129 --> 00:19:18,099
It did way, first of all,
you don't attack my wife.

576
00:19:18,159 --> 00:19:18,279
Yeah.

577
00:19:18,859 --> 00:19:24,094
But second of all this, this was a. A
learning opportunity for this person.

578
00:19:24,274 --> 00:19:24,364
Mm-hmm.

579
00:19:24,604 --> 00:19:31,434
Uh, because the way he was
acting was impatient and pushy.

580
00:19:31,884 --> 00:19:32,064
Yeah.

581
00:19:32,274 --> 00:19:34,134
Which are two huge red flags.

582
00:19:34,134 --> 00:19:34,194
Yeah.

583
00:19:34,194 --> 00:19:37,794
That we tell all the newbies
whenever we talk about this.

584
00:19:38,229 --> 00:19:40,869
If you're looking, you're, you're
trying to look for red flags.

585
00:19:41,169 --> 00:19:46,999
You run into pushy people, people who are
impatient people who get pissed off real

586
00:19:46,999 --> 00:19:48,619
quick because they don't get their way.

587
00:19:48,679 --> 00:19:48,769
Mm-hmm.

588
00:19:49,009 --> 00:19:50,449
Those are all red flags.

589
00:19:50,449 --> 00:19:50,659
Mm-hmm.

590
00:19:50,724 --> 00:19:53,119
Those are people you
do not wanna play with.

591
00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:55,549
Those are the ones you wanna
be, you wanna steer clear of.

592
00:19:55,579 --> 00:19:56,119
Totally.

593
00:19:56,299 --> 00:19:56,809
Totally.

594
00:19:56,869 --> 00:19:57,109
I mean,

595
00:19:57,109 --> 00:19:59,959
and right off the bat, by
the way he reacted Yeah.

596
00:19:59,959 --> 00:20:01,074
And the way he did everything.

597
00:20:01,574 --> 00:20:03,134
What that's supposed to work now.

598
00:20:03,139 --> 00:20:03,279
Mm-hmm.

599
00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:03,584
Mm-hmm.

600
00:20:04,064 --> 00:20:04,334
Yeah.

601
00:20:04,334 --> 00:20:07,904
We're gonna go introduce you
to the imaginary in-crowd that

602
00:20:07,904 --> 00:20:09,104
you think we're a part of.

603
00:20:09,134 --> 00:20:09,284
Yeah.

604
00:20:09,644 --> 00:20:09,944
Nope,

605
00:20:10,574 --> 00:20:10,784
bro.

606
00:20:10,784 --> 00:20:11,714
We podcast.

607
00:20:11,714 --> 00:20:13,364
How popular do you think we are?

608
00:20:14,024 --> 00:20:15,884
Like, I barely leave the house.

609
00:20:16,274 --> 00:20:17,204
Do you even leave the house?

610
00:20:17,264 --> 00:20:18,224
Uh, every now and then.

611
00:20:18,644 --> 00:20:19,664
I did five miles today.

612
00:20:20,084 --> 00:20:22,094
I saw you showed it to me.

613
00:20:22,094 --> 00:20:23,294
I'm so proud of you.

614
00:20:23,414 --> 00:20:23,924
That's what's up.

615
00:20:24,344 --> 00:20:24,794
Anyways,

616
00:20:24,794 --> 00:20:25,574
I'm so proud.

617
00:20:25,904 --> 00:20:27,854
But you know, my thing is.

618
00:20:28,354 --> 00:20:32,854
This fucking guy, he had just
quite a set of balls on him.

619
00:20:32,914 --> 00:20:33,634
Good for him.

620
00:20:34,264 --> 00:20:37,804
But I, I made it real clear
that the way he was acting

621
00:20:38,494 --> 00:20:40,204
wasn't even gonna work anyways.

622
00:20:40,234 --> 00:20:40,324
Mm-hmm.

623
00:20:40,954 --> 00:20:46,704
And then it's like, why
would you contact her dms?

624
00:20:46,764 --> 00:20:48,654
We have other ways to contact.

625
00:20:49,154 --> 00:20:52,424
You know, we, if you listen to the
podcast, which you know, I don't know

626
00:20:52,424 --> 00:20:56,084
if he does or he doesn't, but he is
reaching out to us for her content.

627
00:20:56,264 --> 00:20:56,474
Mm-hmm.

628
00:20:56,774 --> 00:20:58,724
He should know that we have a podcast.

629
00:20:58,724 --> 00:20:59,024
Mm-hmm.

630
00:20:59,189 --> 00:21:02,264
And if he knows that we have a podcast,
then he should know how to contact

631
00:21:02,264 --> 00:21:03,554
us because we say it all the time.

632
00:21:03,704 --> 00:21:03,794
Mm-hmm.

633
00:21:04,544 --> 00:21:06,194
Www beyond.com.

634
00:21:06,824 --> 00:21:07,604
And guess what?

635
00:21:08,104 --> 00:21:12,154
There is a 100% anonymous beyond
monogamy, confessional that you

636
00:21:12,154 --> 00:21:14,944
can tell us all your stories, all
these things that you can tell us.

637
00:21:15,444 --> 00:21:20,574
Hundred percent
anonymous@www.beyondmonogamy.com.

638
00:21:21,474 --> 00:21:26,364
And also what's there, our email,
you can leave us a voicemail.

639
00:21:26,544 --> 00:21:26,634
Mm-hmm.

640
00:21:27,234 --> 00:21:31,964
And there are several other social medias
that are listed that you can reach out.

641
00:21:32,324 --> 00:21:32,624
Yeah.

642
00:21:33,164 --> 00:21:34,454
So there's a lot of channels.

643
00:21:34,604 --> 00:21:35,204
There's a lot,

644
00:21:36,074 --> 00:21:36,284
yeah.

645
00:21:36,284 --> 00:21:36,879
There's a lot of channels.

646
00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:40,349
And for some reason it was
your dms that he chose?

647
00:21:40,349 --> 00:21:40,409
Yeah.

648
00:21:41,099 --> 00:21:42,899
And didn't attempt anything

649
00:21:42,899 --> 00:21:42,989
else?

650
00:21:42,989 --> 00:21:43,109
No.

651
00:21:43,109 --> 00:21:47,689
And then he wanted to attack me and I was
like, excuse me, do you, if you listen

652
00:21:47,689 --> 00:21:50,769
to the podcast, you know I'm not gonna
answer you, like I'm not gonna answer.

653
00:21:51,219 --> 00:21:52,719
So then after all of that,

654
00:21:53,219 --> 00:21:54,389
he finds us somewhere else.

655
00:21:54,659 --> 00:21:55,709
Two weeks later.

656
00:21:56,209 --> 00:21:57,229
Two weeks later.

657
00:21:57,319 --> 00:21:57,529
Mm-hmm.

658
00:21:57,949 --> 00:22:00,409
He messages.

659
00:22:00,909 --> 00:22:02,139
On SDC

660
00:22:02,319 --> 00:22:02,349
Uhhuh

661
00:22:02,849 --> 00:22:05,189
and proceeds to continue to talk crap.

662
00:22:05,489 --> 00:22:06,014
And it's like,

663
00:22:06,334 --> 00:22:09,359
it's like, wow, you're
still sour about this.

664
00:22:09,389 --> 00:22:09,809
Wow.

665
00:22:10,309 --> 00:22:12,319
I I, I don't get it.

666
00:22:12,619 --> 00:22:12,949
Yeah,

667
00:22:13,339 --> 00:22:15,259
I don't get it, but I don't really care.

668
00:22:15,759 --> 00:22:16,959
And you know where he's from, honey

669
00:22:17,459 --> 00:22:17,999
Corpus?

670
00:22:18,089 --> 00:22:18,329
Mm-hmm.

671
00:22:18,599 --> 00:22:19,259
Of course he is.

672
00:22:20,054 --> 00:22:20,564
Sorry guys.

673
00:22:21,064 --> 00:22:21,304
Sorry.

674
00:22:21,304 --> 00:22:22,054
I was born and raised there.

675
00:22:22,054 --> 00:22:23,374
I can talk shit about it all I want.

676
00:22:23,674 --> 00:22:25,294
Well, you know, it's just that attitude.

677
00:22:25,324 --> 00:22:25,504
Yeah.

678
00:22:25,564 --> 00:22:28,474
It's that attitude and that's
typical behavior of a lot of

679
00:22:28,474 --> 00:22:29,494
people that we have met in the

680
00:22:29,494 --> 00:22:29,614
past.

681
00:22:29,614 --> 00:22:30,094
Yeah, it's

682
00:22:30,884 --> 00:22:34,184
And that's why we clocked
that behavior immediately.

683
00:22:34,184 --> 00:22:34,994
That's why we knew

684
00:22:34,994 --> 00:22:35,564
Exactly.

685
00:22:35,564 --> 00:22:38,234
Sorry, that is totally me
judging a corpus, a corpus guy.

686
00:22:38,714 --> 00:22:39,014
Sorry.

687
00:22:39,764 --> 00:22:41,144
And we know that that's not the case.

688
00:22:41,144 --> 00:22:43,034
Hey, you're married, you're
married to a corpus guy.

689
00:22:43,034 --> 00:22:43,044
Guy.

690
00:22:43,044 --> 00:22:43,179
I'm married

691
00:22:43,179 --> 00:22:43,259
to

692
00:22:43,259 --> 00:22:43,499
a corpus guy.

693
00:22:43,499 --> 00:22:45,464
You know, you know what I'm so
like, obviously that's, that's

694
00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:50,234
not what you mean, but it's,
it's this silhouette of a person.

695
00:22:50,324 --> 00:22:50,444
Yeah.

696
00:22:50,744 --> 00:22:55,634
Who I guarantee you, Hey, his,
his, he probably was a, a couple.

697
00:22:55,844 --> 00:22:55,904
Yeah.

698
00:22:56,264 --> 00:23:00,884
But his lady probably doesn't know
that he's reaching out to other women.

699
00:23:01,064 --> 00:23:02,339
Like he reached out to you.

700
00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:02,659
Mm-hmm.

701
00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:03,259
Mm-hmm.

702
00:23:03,404 --> 00:23:06,744
You know and then when he got
called out on it, he got sour and

703
00:23:06,744 --> 00:23:07,789
it stayed with him for a long time.

704
00:23:08,289 --> 00:23:08,649
Bro.

705
00:23:08,649 --> 00:23:10,209
But hey, you started the battle.

706
00:23:10,509 --> 00:23:10,749
Yeah.

707
00:23:11,319 --> 00:23:14,619
You didn't get answer from the dm.
You should have just left it alone.

708
00:23:15,249 --> 00:23:16,089
That's unnecessary.

709
00:23:17,079 --> 00:23:19,059
And that's bully behavior.

710
00:23:19,569 --> 00:23:20,739
Bully behavior.

711
00:23:20,739 --> 00:23:21,579
Don't care for it.

712
00:23:21,579 --> 00:23:22,929
That was the turn right there.

713
00:23:22,929 --> 00:23:24,159
I was like, where's this going?

714
00:23:24,594 --> 00:23:24,944
Bully,

715
00:23:25,569 --> 00:23:26,409
bully behavior.

716
00:23:26,409 --> 00:23:27,369
You're so smart.

717
00:23:27,374 --> 00:23:27,704
That's right.

718
00:23:27,784 --> 00:23:28,424
I got you, girl.

719
00:23:29,314 --> 00:23:29,744
Thank you.

720
00:23:29,764 --> 00:23:30,184
That's

721
00:23:30,184 --> 00:23:30,224
right.

722
00:23:31,149 --> 00:23:33,009
Yeah, so I, you know, I apologize guys.

723
00:23:33,009 --> 00:23:36,039
I know that this is a little
bit of a negative episode.

724
00:23:36,459 --> 00:23:36,729
Um,

725
00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:38,739
but it has to be had, I mean,

726
00:23:38,739 --> 00:23:40,119
yeah, it has to be said.

727
00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:43,344
A lot of people get judged
in the lifestyle and

728
00:23:43,684 --> 00:23:43,904
Yes.

729
00:23:44,139 --> 00:23:48,939
And you gotta, you know, it's one of those
things where it's, nobody talks about it.

730
00:23:49,089 --> 00:23:49,629
Yeah.

731
00:23:49,689 --> 00:23:50,649
They don't talk about it.

732
00:23:50,649 --> 00:23:54,639
It's not said, you see all the party and
the lights and the this and the, that.

733
00:23:55,344 --> 00:23:56,934
But let's face facts.

734
00:23:57,414 --> 00:24:00,534
There is a negative
connotation with all of this.

735
00:24:00,534 --> 00:24:00,544
Yes,

736
00:24:00,624 --> 00:24:00,744
yes.

737
00:24:00,834 --> 00:24:05,544
And people will judge, and people will
feel that they are the moral authority

738
00:24:05,664 --> 00:24:05,784
mm-hmm.

739
00:24:06,024 --> 00:24:08,184
Over what you should be
doing with your life.

740
00:24:08,394 --> 00:24:08,724
Yes.

741
00:24:08,904 --> 00:24:09,564
And guess what?

742
00:24:09,564 --> 00:24:10,494
It doesn't matter.

743
00:24:11,154 --> 00:24:15,684
You can live your life just the
way they want you to live it.

744
00:24:15,689 --> 00:24:15,819
Mm-hmm.

745
00:24:16,464 --> 00:24:17,844
And they're still gonna judge you.

746
00:24:18,084 --> 00:24:18,234
Yeah.

747
00:24:18,624 --> 00:24:21,034
So that's why you need to
do your own thing, man.

748
00:24:21,744 --> 00:24:22,554
Live your life.

749
00:24:22,614 --> 00:24:22,644
Yolo.

750
00:24:23,604 --> 00:24:24,204
That's right.

751
00:24:25,164 --> 00:24:26,154
YOLO people.

752
00:24:26,154 --> 00:24:27,804
You eat them bacon, cheeseburgers.

753
00:24:27,804 --> 00:24:32,874
You could die from a heart attack tomorrow
and you never got to live that life.

754
00:24:32,874 --> 00:24:33,264
What?

755
00:24:34,044 --> 00:24:34,944
That's so true.

756
00:24:34,944 --> 00:24:35,789
What I'm,

757
00:24:36,024 --> 00:24:37,134
I'm get pea Terry's now.

758
00:24:37,404 --> 00:24:39,124
Hey, there you go.

759
00:24:40,104 --> 00:24:41,394
Those fries are the bomb.

760
00:24:42,144 --> 00:24:42,984
No, you are right.

761
00:24:42,984 --> 00:24:46,304
I mean, it, it's something different
and they don't understand it.

762
00:24:46,874 --> 00:24:47,204
Understand

763
00:24:47,204 --> 00:24:47,734
that is what it is.

764
00:24:47,739 --> 00:24:47,774
Understand.

765
00:24:47,774 --> 00:24:50,174
They're just, they never lived
it and they don't understand it.

766
00:24:50,179 --> 00:24:50,344
So.

767
00:24:50,344 --> 00:24:50,624
Yeah.

768
00:24:50,684 --> 00:24:54,204
And you know, I, I know that there's a
lot of people out there who you know, they

769
00:24:54,204 --> 00:24:57,504
kind of mull over, well, should I wonder,

770
00:24:57,534 --> 00:24:58,704
how do I respond?

771
00:24:58,704 --> 00:25:00,054
Do I get defensive?

772
00:25:00,084 --> 00:25:00,294
Yeah.

773
00:25:00,504 --> 00:25:02,244
Like, how do I respond
to somebody like that?

774
00:25:02,244 --> 00:25:02,724
We've gotten that.

775
00:25:02,724 --> 00:25:03,384
Ask that question.

776
00:25:03,384 --> 00:25:03,564
Yeah.

777
00:25:04,064 --> 00:25:08,384
You can either say, Hey, it's my
business, or you can just ignore it.

778
00:25:09,164 --> 00:25:10,784
Or what is it to them?

779
00:25:11,444 --> 00:25:12,404
What is it to them?

780
00:25:12,404 --> 00:25:12,614
See?

781
00:25:12,614 --> 00:25:13,574
And that's my thing.

782
00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:14,594
So.

783
00:25:15,539 --> 00:25:20,629
Understand that what we're talking
about here, if, if you're dating

784
00:25:20,629 --> 00:25:23,749
others, well that's your, that's
your own personal relationship.

785
00:25:23,779 --> 00:25:23,839
Yeah.

786
00:25:24,559 --> 00:25:27,649
Um, if you're having sexual
relations with others, well

787
00:25:27,649 --> 00:25:29,719
that's your own personal business.

788
00:25:30,019 --> 00:25:36,489
And for anybody to discuss that with
you they've got no business doing so.

789
00:25:36,609 --> 00:25:37,599
They've got no business

790
00:25:37,599 --> 00:25:39,219
if it's brought up at work.

791
00:25:40,044 --> 00:25:43,284
They've got no business talking
and, and that's, that's kind of

792
00:25:43,284 --> 00:25:45,324
how I handle situations like that.

793
00:25:45,354 --> 00:25:46,344
Plead the fifth

794
00:25:46,494 --> 00:25:47,604
when it comes up.

795
00:25:47,784 --> 00:25:50,964
I go, why are you asking
about my sex life?

796
00:25:51,054 --> 00:25:51,234
Yeah.

797
00:25:51,234 --> 00:25:51,684
At work.

798
00:25:51,924 --> 00:25:52,104
Yeah.

799
00:25:52,854 --> 00:25:57,054
I don't understand why my personal
life is being discussed right now.

800
00:25:57,174 --> 00:25:57,384
Mm-hmm.

801
00:25:57,884 --> 00:25:59,294
You have to turn it around.

802
00:25:59,774 --> 00:26:02,474
You have to throw it back
out there because guess what?

803
00:26:02,774 --> 00:26:04,244
This is inappropriate.

804
00:26:04,244 --> 00:26:06,164
You think that our life is inappropriate.

805
00:26:06,664 --> 00:26:07,774
It's inappropriate.

806
00:26:07,774 --> 00:26:11,734
You bringing my sex life to the
table here without my consent

807
00:26:11,884 --> 00:26:12,304
film.

808
00:26:12,804 --> 00:26:13,464
I'm telling you.

809
00:26:13,494 --> 00:26:17,304
I'm, I'm just saying don't
let bullies bully you.

810
00:26:17,424 --> 00:26:20,124
You stand up to 'em,
you say, fuck you, man.

811
00:26:20,454 --> 00:26:21,294
Who the fuck are you?

812
00:26:21,794 --> 00:26:22,694
I'm a person.

813
00:26:22,694 --> 00:26:23,564
You're a person.

814
00:26:23,564 --> 00:26:23,714
What?

815
00:26:23,714 --> 00:26:24,794
Do you make more money than me?

816
00:26:24,824 --> 00:26:25,424
Fuck you.

817
00:26:25,844 --> 00:26:26,444
So what, okay.

818
00:26:26,944 --> 00:26:29,944
By the way, we would love it if
this podcast could get monetized.

819
00:26:29,944 --> 00:26:32,884
So if there's anybody out there
who has a business that's maybe

820
00:26:32,884 --> 00:26:37,294
sex related, or you wanna reach out
to a bigger audience, let us know.

821
00:26:37,384 --> 00:26:37,834
Okay?

822
00:26:38,074 --> 00:26:42,784
You can reach us@www.beyondmonomy.com.

823
00:26:43,264 --> 00:26:44,224
So anyways.

824
00:26:44,724 --> 00:26:48,234
If this episode hit home, share it
with somebody who needs to hear it.

825
00:26:48,234 --> 00:26:49,794
I guarantee you there's plenty of them.

826
00:26:49,974 --> 00:26:50,094
Mm-hmm.

827
00:26:50,334 --> 00:26:55,254
Especially anyone navigating judgment
or misconceptions about non-monogamy.

828
00:26:56,004 --> 00:27:02,594
Oh, if you're new here, go and
check out www-beyond-monogamy.com.

829
00:27:03,074 --> 00:27:03,224
Nice.

830
00:27:03,254 --> 00:27:07,394
We've got blogs, resources, events, and
ways to get involved with the community.

831
00:27:07,499 --> 00:27:07,719
Yes.

832
00:27:08,219 --> 00:27:13,349
So we really hope that this helped shift
perspective a little bit, because at

833
00:27:13,349 --> 00:27:16,889
the end of the day, nobody else gets
to define your relationship except

834
00:27:16,889 --> 00:27:18,689
for the people that are inside of it.

835
00:27:18,899 --> 00:27:19,379
That's right.

836
00:27:19,439 --> 00:27:21,299
So it's you, it's your partner.

837
00:27:21,419 --> 00:27:22,469
Fuck everybody else.

838
00:27:22,529 --> 00:27:25,529
And remember, just because someone
doesn't understand your relationship,

839
00:27:25,529 --> 00:27:26,369
it doesn't mean it's wrong.

840
00:27:26,669 --> 00:27:28,469
It just means it's different from theirs.

841
00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:29,594
That's right.

842
00:27:30,134 --> 00:27:34,304
Make sure to check out our website
again at www dot beyond monogamy

843
00:27:34,484 --> 00:27:37,634
com for upcoming events, webinars,
and everything we've got going on.

844
00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:40,804
And don't forget to follow
the show, leave a review and

845
00:27:40,804 --> 00:27:42,544
connect with us on social media.

846
00:27:42,694 --> 00:27:47,614
Oh, and by the way, I have to apologize
personally, uh, for anybody who may

847
00:27:47,614 --> 00:27:52,384
have tuned into our webinar for on SDC.

848
00:27:52,884 --> 00:27:56,644
This past Sunday it did not go live.

849
00:27:56,644 --> 00:27:57,514
Unfortunately.

850
00:27:57,514 --> 00:27:59,439
There were uh, some
technical difficulties.

851
00:27:59,444 --> 00:28:04,354
Technical difficulties, uh, on SDCs
side UN unfortunately, but that's okay.

852
00:28:04,894 --> 00:28:09,274
We're going to get it rescheduled and
we will keep you guys updated on that.

853
00:28:09,274 --> 00:28:11,014
So just watch our social medias on that.

854
00:28:11,734 --> 00:28:12,184
Okay?

855
00:28:12,454 --> 00:28:15,724
And with that, we really
appreciate you all listening and

856
00:28:15,724 --> 00:28:16,984
we will see you guys next week.

857
00:28:17,224 --> 00:28:18,184
Bye.