Unveiling Authenticity: Confronting Body Dysphoria, Celebrating Self-Worth, and the Influence of Role Models

Have you ever stood in front of the mirror, wrestling with feelings that your reflection doesn't match who you truly are? Victoria and I get to the heart of body dysphoria and self-esteem in our no-holds-barred discussion, where we reveal our personal battles and the transformative power of embracing our authentic selves. From the societal pressures to conform to a certain look, to the poignant journey of Victoria's decision to love her natural hair, we unfold the layers of what it means to find beauty and confidence in being unapologetically you.

But it's not all about appearances; it's about the essence of what makes us truly attractive. Weaving through tales of laughter, love, and the pursuit of happiness, we uncover the emotional foundations that form the bedrock of genuine connections. We discuss the importance of investing in ourselves, growing from our past, and the often overlooked emotional allure that outshines any physical attribute. Through candid confessions, including our own missteps and moments of vulnerability, Victoria and I navigate the murky waters of self-worth in the face of relentless cultural and media influences.

Switching gears, we grapple with the weight of responsibility that befalls our public figures, like Taylor Swift, and the messages they send to impressionable minds. How should role models navigate their influence on young fans? We discuss this alongside the importance of parental guidance and educational policies in sculpting the attitudes of our youth towards appearance and behavior. And as we touch on the complex issues teens face today, we share a personal family ordeal that tested our strength and resolve, teasing a glimpse into our hopes and dreams for the future – including a shared aspiration to pen a book. So, grab that glass of chocolate milk and join us for a journey of heart, humor, and a touch of redneck wisdom.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:02

Howdy y'all. It's another Unstoppable, with my wife, that lovely Victoria, and Michael, the redneck, sitting here drinking chocolate milk Out of my glass I acquired from a local pizza shop. It was given to me, y'all. It was given to me, I promise so, Victoria.

Speaker 2: 0:24

Yes.

Speaker 1: 0:26

Other than sexy. How are you?

Speaker 2: 0:29

Oh, I love my delusional husband, so this is the perfect time to talk about one of the things that teenagers are really having a problem with, as well as young adults. Oh, hormones. No, okay, well, yes, but no, and it's body dysphoria.

Speaker 1: 0:52

Body dysphoria. Say the word again.

Speaker 2: 0:55

Dysphoria, dysphoria.

Speaker 1: 0:57

Yeah, okay. What is body dysphoria?

Speaker 2: 1:02

Did you ever see the movie Shallow House? I did Shallow House Syndrome, where a woman looks at herself or a man looks at himself and sees something completely different than what is really there. It's a lot, of you know, low self-esteem you know, low self-worth.

Speaker 2: 1:19

A lot could be from trauma from childhood not good enough, never going to be good enough. You know one flaw in their eyes but nobody else sees it kind of thing. You know I'm never thin enough, I'm never going to be pretty enough, I'm not going to have the right eye color, I'm not going to have the right hair color. And women are. So I know I can speak that part for women. I can't speak on it for men. But women are so hard on themselves trying to be the quote unquote norm. And I hate the word normal because there really isn't normal but not anymore, no but we all want, like I have curly hair.

Speaker 2: 1:58

Everybody was curly hair, straight hair, straight hair, curly hair. It took me years to embrace my curly hair because when we dated back, you know, in doom buggy day, you didn't even know I had curly hair. I straightened my hair daily just for me, for you, because you told me you only like straight hair and it was something, and I mean my hair was gorgeous, gorgeous. What is it now? Like four feet long?

Speaker 1: 2:24

it's still gorgeous, but curly and red.

Speaker 2: 2:28

Uno wants to join in Uno come on so I would literally go and straighten my hair to make my man happy, my man happy and my maiden, and thing is is that people will never be happy enough like you think about it today.

Speaker 2: 2:54

And there are so many things. You have hair extensions, you have eyelash extensions, you have you fingernail extensions. People even get fake toenails, where they make their toenails longer. They get fillers in their face, they get fillers in their lips and you know everything, even the butt implants. There is like everything, and you don't really know what is behind all of that. And I have to say I am one of those body disorder people because I have a ton of scars.

Speaker 2: 3:31

This has never been debated and I have always been told by many people that I was never going to be good enough and that if I ever really had parents, it would be like Freddy Krueger and the elephant man had a baby is what I would say. I was their offspring.

Speaker 1: 3:49

So to take a line out of a movie with Cher called the Mask. You remember this movie. That movie was amazing, amazing, right, but there was a line in there. I don't know the kid's name. Back then he was a kid, probably mid-20s, I guess it's actually a true story. So the line was he stated to somebody and I don't recall that the context, but he said you take off your mask and I'll take off mine, yep, and and how true is that today? If, if and women.

Speaker 2: 4:19

Forgive me, y'all forgive me oh, we're going to have a her, here we go.

Speaker 1: 4:23

I am not a proponent for all this damn makeup and can come umbrellas and eyelashes and all that. I don't want to. You do not. And people can see the real you. It's very attractive and and ladies, men find this very attractive.

Speaker 2: 4:39

Don't put on all that whale blubber and they don't want the coyote ugly either, where they want to nod and say, hey, well, that's going back to your self-esteem and all that. Right.

Speaker 1: 4:50

You know they need to accept themselves for who and how and what they are.

Speaker 2: 4:54

And you know, not try to hide the beauty that's underneath.

Speaker 2: 4:57

See, I admit I'm a hypocrite in some ways because I can find beauty. Like, anytime we go anywhere or at the hospitals, I see the most beautiful people you know. If, if they have had an accident or they have scarring, I think they're gorgeous and I am. I am literally jealous of these people because I'm like how are you so comfortable and I have a hundred times more than you. It's not a competition, it's not, but this is my personal thoughts. It's how can you walk out like that? You are gorgeous and you have self-esteem and I'll tell them that you know you, you're gorgeous, you're beautiful and they tell me I make their day.

Speaker 2: 5:31

But I am like dressed from wrist to ankle 12 months of the year and it sucks and it is the worst thing ever. You would never want someone you love to be jailed by the occlusion of not comfortable within your own skin. It is really. It is really a incarceration. It is because you think about it every single day, every day. There's not a day that goes by, you don't? It sucks, it really does. It's like you're never gonna be out, never, ever, ever. You know, I wanted so badly forever to like have that really short, short, short, ridiculous hair that you couldn't pull Like that short.

Speaker 1: 6:14

There's a reason behind that, though.

Speaker 2: 6:16

Well, no, I wanted it before that, like when we dated and I didn't know if I could pull it off and I was more concerned about what people would have thought because I was notoriously known for my incredibly long red hair Like everybody knew me for that and I was more concerned with oh, what if?

Speaker 2: 6:32

people thought, oh my God, there's the hair, it's not there anymore. And then that was it. So the longest time I didn't cut it. But then when I had to have one of my gazillion surgeries and they had to shave part of my head and use part of my scalp to rebuild part of my eardrum, I was all like I'm gonna cut it because I didn't have a choice anyway. Right, and the problem is is that body dysphoria is just another issue that these kids are gonna have and it's not fair. They don't need to be so worried. I mean, people are so judgmental. How can people? Body dysphoria really is starting in earlier and earlier every year and you go and look at these beautiful worlds and maybe they're not what society thinks they should look like. But who the hell is society and who?

Speaker 2: 7:20

the hell are they to tell us what is and isn't, and so maybe they haven't grown into where they're supposed to be yet and they get made fun of who. They're going to be made fun of the person that identifies as a cat, who has cat litter in the toilet, in the bathroom. I mean, you don't expect to get picked on and made fun of, because that's how you identify, but you're going to make fun of this, this girl who might not be the size that society says she should be, and that's not fair. That's really a not fair thing. I mean, you and I are much different physically than we were 25 years ago when we dated.

Speaker 1: 7:58

I'm 271 pounds. When I met you I was probably right about 200-ish because I got out of the Air Force Probably about maybe 224. So yeah, I put on a lot of weight. I happen to say it's all muscle You're about to bust out laughing, aren't you?

Speaker 2: 8:19

No, but I've never seen you unattractive ever, except maybe when you're sleeping and drool's coming outside of your face hey, that's uh, that's me faking it it's not you faking, you don't know what are we talking about, right?

Speaker 2: 8:35

so you know, I've never seen you look that ever. And you constantly, you know, make comments that you're this big old fat guy. But I don't see you that way and you're not a big old fat guy. But you know, I ate my emotions. When I lost my arm, I didn't take a single pain med. I didn't take anything for pain or to help relieve the anxiety or pain that came with it, and I ate it anxiety or pain that came with it and I ate it. And I just sat in a corner and threw food in my mouth and I'm miserable because of it. And my husband lies to my face because he tells me I, what you, what you do, come on now because you're like no, I can't tell you, boss, you can't do this question, that every man, every man you're not every man you are not every man.

Speaker 1: 9:26

What is the?

Speaker 2: 9:26

question that every man, every man? You're not every man, you are not every man. What is?

Speaker 1: 9:30

the question Do. I look fat, see men. How would y'all answer that, ladies? How do y'all want us to answer it?

Speaker 2: 9:37

You called me a cow the other day.

Speaker 1: 9:39

I call you a cow all the time.

Speaker 2: 9:41

No, you said did you move.

Speaker 1: 9:44

I thought that's what you said. I have lost hair.

Speaker 2: 9:47

I'm the one who wears hearing aids. Don't say what I don't wear my hearing aids. You don't have any that are active.

Speaker 1: 9:53

That's correct, Right. So let me ask you If and you pinpointed these girls, specifically these young girls.

Speaker 2: 10:03

I can speak on their behalf behalf.

Speaker 1: 10:04

I can't speak on the way. If they were on a road to self-discovery, right to better themselves, how would they go about doing that? If their self-esteem is low? What do they write a list and say, okay, I'm going to repeat this list in front of mary every day?

Speaker 2: 10:17

well, it's funny you said that, because I actually, and this was not rehearsed, we just go off the cuff. Now let me guess I've written a book you read that book?

Speaker 2: 10:25

it's a workbook for teens about body dysphoria and how they can help overcome it. They have to work within themselves. They need to realize that the people who have spoken so negativity, so negative about them are the ones that really need to be the one looking in the mirror, because it's those of us that have a good heart and the best pure intentions are the ones that end up needing that extra assistance. And when you see, you know you could go out with the hottest guy ever anywhere. And he opens his mouth and you end up not going on a date with just him, but you end up going on a date with just him. But you end up going on a date with him in a mirror. He's not very attractive anymore. He kind of lost that. You know hotness if you will.

Speaker 2: 11:13

But then you go out with a guy who's cute, but he makes you laugh and he makes you smile, and that's the. That's what. Something just fell. That's the. That's the what something just fell. That's the. The guy that becomes the most attractive man who you have ever laid eyes on, because you feel that connection to somebody, somebody who can make you laugh and make you feel wanted. That's the person who is the most attractive person you've ever put your eyes on.

Speaker 1: 11:45

So how can they obtain this workbook?

Speaker 2: 11:48

Well, one of them is on Amazon and you can look up under Victoria Curie and then pretty soon and we'll let you know when we're releasing we're putting together our catalog of all different things, where we have some courses and we have different workbooks where you can come on and you can just digitally download them, so you don't have to wait. You can save it to your computer and actually fill in the blanks on the computer or you can print them out. It's whatever you want to do and it really helps you take a good look at yourself and realize that you are worth so much more than you give yourself credit for. I mean, let's take this, for instance.

Speaker 2: 12:27

Let's look what are you pointing at. There's a cat in our yard, our whole property is recorded on camera and my husband is infatuated with whatever this is. So let's think back, babe, to how much time and energy we have spent on the wrong people, and I mean you think about how much time you have given them, even when you knew deep down inside that they weren't the ones, that they weren't the one who made you happy, that they weren't the one worthy of your love and devotion. You think about how much of you you give them. How is it that they're worth all of that but you're not worth a little time to dedicate to yourself, to make yourself the person you deserve to be?

Speaker 1: 13:23

You're right. There's some country songs saying that I gave her the best years of my life and you got the rest, something like that. And you know it's sad that it took me going through two marriages to get to my last marriage and to find my soulmate.

Speaker 1: 13:43

I had her back. I had her back then, way back yonder, but I didn't know what I had and so, you know, just soiled my raw oats elsewhere, so to speak, and just wasted a lot of time, a lot of heartache, a lot of lies, I would say borderline depression, because there was a point where I was going to the job and I had liquor in my coffee mug on the way to the job site. It just got that bad in my second marriage. But yeah, you're right If we, you know, just don't waste that time.

Speaker 2: 14:22

Right. And you have to realize that when you give somebody who isn't worthy of you all of that time, it starts to begin to take a toll on you and things about you change and you don't even realize it. And I'm not talking about you yourself, babe, I'm talking about people in general. If it is a reflection back on you, then you could speak about that if you want. But I'm saying like for me.

Speaker 2: 14:44

You know, growing up, being told up, if you eat that roll, you're gonna look like your mom, or you know. You know she used to take care of herself and now she lets herself go and doesn't put on makeup unless she's going out with her son, like these were things I heard all the time. So I got to that point where I was like I don't want to roll, or uh, nope, I don't want that because I was. I became obsessed about not looking like my bio mom, or my bio step monster, as I call my stepsister, because they were. My stepsister was a larger person and my bio dad had the fear of god in me about how nobody I mean we're talking young, young, primitive age nobody would want a person that looked like that, which is that's not true. I mean sorry, but I think melissa mccarthy is gorgeous and she's a bigger woman, sammy she plays sammy she does, but in the movie I like her yeah

Speaker 2: 15:38

I think she's gorgeous. You've ever seen her out on a talk show or whatever? She's beautiful. She's absolutely. Christy metz, who played in this, is us another larger woman she's. She has an absolutely phenomenal, beautiful voice, absolutely beautiful.

Speaker 2: 15:51

I mean, I don't think you have to be a size zero and I think that's kind of unattractive, like seeing your skin and bones and all that you know, to me isn't attractive and I think it's giving the really wrong impression to the girls today. Like, I know, I'm going to lose a lot of people over this and that's fine, but we all have opinions. Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one and that's what makes chocolate vanilla. I'm sorry, I'm going to go ahead and say it up front. I'm sorry, I am not a Swiftie. I'm not Ask for air. I'm not because I don't like her at all.

Speaker 2: 16:26

Why let's taylor swift for a second taylor swift. Country singer in the beginning, pure country girl, you know, had some good songs in the beginning. Now let's just talk fact, nothing but facts. No hoopla, no, nothing, facts only. She writes songs about her relationships. Fact you go out with her as a man. It's public hoo-ha everywhere the the super bowl. Was it a super bowl? It was the taylor swift show because they kept showing her and her private suite drinking alcohol, being.

Speaker 2: 17:04

However, she writes songs placating the relationship, downgrading the guy she was with, bad mouthing the individual at one point in time. She cares and she makes money on it. She goes out on stage and wears outfits that I think are incredibly inappropriate for teenage girls and younger to be wearing. I mean, there's girls that are like elementary age, that love taylor swift and they want to dress like her. They want to act like her, they want to be her. And I mean there's girls that are like elementary age, that love Taylor Swift and they want to dress like her. They want to act like her, they want to be her. And when you see her, you know she's drinking or she's got a new boyfriend every other day, or whatever the case may be, and she's had a plastic problem and you know what, keep your shit private.

Speaker 2: 17:42

I'm sorry, but you go back and listen to any of these songs that she writes and she just destroys you go back and listen to any of these songs that she writes and she just destroys her previous relationships. So, in general, what does that teach a girl? It teaches them. You can dress in these ridiculous outfits. You can see it's agreeing with me. You can. I thought I did. You can wear ridiculous outfits, be in relationships, come and go as you. Please change them like you change your underwear and then badmouth people and it's okay, it's not okay. It's not okay. I mean, what are your thoughts?

Speaker 1: 18:33

about it Like even when anyone wants to play a Swifty song, I can't, I can't do it.

Speaker 2: 18:34

I can't listen to her. I can't support it.

Speaker 1: 18:34

I just can't. What are your thoughts about it? I have none. Why? I don't care anything about it.

Speaker 2: 18:37

What are your thoughts?

Speaker 1: 18:38

on J-Lo None.

Speaker 2: 18:40

Why I?

Speaker 1: 18:40

don't care anything about her.

Speaker 2: 18:44

But I mean, don't you think if you're in the public eye, like, and you have the eye of these young girls, don't you think that you really should be a little more impressionable to them than to give them the message that it's okay to see someone call them out for every tiny little detail and make money on them? I don't think that's right. I think that's another way of body to support you, because you're just showing some of these kids cannot pull off and wear some of these clothes for one reason or another. I mean, like there's plenty of clothes that I can't wear because I'm one arm. It's not because of a weight thing or a size thing, it's a, you know, just a life thing. And and you know, then you get looked down upon because you're not the real whole swifty, whatever. I just think it's ridiculous. I think that there are not true role models out there like there used to be. Who was your role model growing up?

Speaker 1: 19:47

Superman.

Speaker 2: 19:48

Seriously.

Speaker 1: 19:49

I didn't have one.

Speaker 2: 19:51

But I mean, you know, we watched like what was that? A Wonder, no Super Friends, or whatever it was on TV, the cartoon, wasn't it Super Friends?

Speaker 1: 20:00

I don't know which cartoon you watched. Mine was Hannibal Bear. That's part of it. Okay, super Friends.

Speaker 2: 20:07

Yeah, no.

Speaker 1: 20:14

Look it up, look it up, look it up. It was so. What about if, if you know, some of these teachers can have a class on this and encourage you know that one student? Because they see the students every day. They see their, their demeanor, how? They dress demeanor and you know they understand what's going on in their classroom. What about a compassionate word or kind of word? Hey, cynthia that's where I hear the kids laughing and giggling. But I think it really looks pretty on you. It brings out your eyes.

Speaker 2: 20:46

Right, and the ones that are in there. You know I've always said that faith, raise your arms, touch your toes. If something shows, go change your clothes, and that's, you know, been how it is. But when you're in school, if you're wearing booty shorts, they should send you home.

Speaker 1: 20:58

Oh, my god, because I leave for work so early in the morning. I see kids get on the bus or at the bus stops and it is. Is man? There's some stuff that you know. I think they're street hoeing, so it's crazy.

Speaker 2: 21:17

Some schools will allow them to show their midriff, which I think is completely not okay. Allowing them to have these caffeinated monster drinks in school, I don't agree with either. But that's not what we're talking about tonight. But it's literally like show some respect for yourself. You know you're trying to get attention and it's the wrong kind of attention that you're drawing to yourself by dressing and you know the parents say oh, it's, you know, not my fault.

Speaker 2: 21:50

I'm trying to play the insta game. Who the hell bought it? You know, and if you didn't buy it and they went out and got it on their own, don't tell me you don't do their laundry, or you don't put the laundry away, or you don't go in their room and you don't see it hanging in there, or it's stashed away somewhere. Don't tell me. You know I'll give you the benefit of the doubt if you honestly say, well, I didn't buy it. Okay, you didn't buy it, but at some point in time you've seen it and the minute you see it I would cut it up and make it into a dust cloth be that responsible person call a parent and go through their stuff.

Speaker 1: 22:23

You know if there's something in there that is inappropriate, I'm not allowing our daughter to wear it.

Speaker 2: 22:31

No.

Speaker 1: 22:31

And I just got rid of a pair of shorts that were too small.

Speaker 2: 22:35

Because, well, they were not. And then she had a little growth spurt and got a little taller. And now you know, and in all fairness, our daughter's gone through a hell of a weight loss, up and down being all the surgery she's had. We're talking about massive weight journey and she has like all sorts of size clothes in her room but we're trying desperately to get her to go through and then we donate the sizes that no longer fit to, uh, shelters of domestic violence and other organizations.

Speaker 2: 23:09

But the minute we saw it, and you know, she's never asked where they've gone to, because, and you know what, when she was little, when she was little, what I would do is, if the parents are listening and they've got younger kids is I would get long t-shirts, like you know, four or five sizes too big, and guess what?

Speaker 2: 23:30

Those were pajamas. She could wear them to sleep and she loved them because they were that soft cotton t-shirt, you know, and then, of course, sleep shorts or whatever underneath, and then, when that summer rolled around, she could wear it for a t-shirt, right? So it was a universal piece of clothing that you didn't have to keep going out and buying clothes for, because in the beginning they could wear them as nightgowns, right, but our daughter of course has to have everything match, even her nightgown pajama. I mean them as nightgowns, right, but our daughter of course has to have everything match, even her nightgown pajama. I mean not her nightgown, but her shirt and shorts, and everything has to match. But that you can still. You can still do that, everybody's agreeing with me well, they don't want to hear that that's because everybody's agreeing.

Speaker 2: 24:17

But I'm just saying, like, start out, get them, you know, four or five sizes too big, and if it goes down to their feet, it goes down to their feet, but they'll be comfy and then, you know, as they continue on and they can wear it as a regular t-shirt or a shirt around the house or a cover up to the pool. But there is no reason. Okay, I'm to show you a picture. I saw prom dresses that some people sent to me and it has girls that are 15, 16, 17 years old where they're wearing see-through, total see-through, and then underneath it is what do they call those with boyfriend panties, where it goes up their crack and you can see the.

Speaker 2: 25:00

How do I know? I don't know, I don't know the name of them. I don't wear panties, except that one time.

Speaker 1: 25:08

In Bairdville. No, no, it was a cheerleader's outfit.

Speaker 2: 25:10

I have that picture, and it was one time, hey, step up. And then I'm talking about foams. They had like a backless shirt and then they had like a backless shirt and it was just wildly inappropriate to go to. And then you're going to prom. Number one, Number two, everybody knows what's supposed to happen.

Speaker 1: 25:32

How can mom and dad not see their child go out to prom and see their phone or see through whatever?

Speaker 2: 25:39

Some of the moms. Let them borrow one of theirs. I mean, what kind of Okay. You were a male slut at one point. What Thanks Were you, or were you not After speaking with dad, your dad this weekend? Oh my God, just bring him in on this.

Speaker 1: 25:58

I love him. I bet you'll have him podcasting with you.

Speaker 2: 26:02

Oh well, he'll talk all sorts of shit about you. I can't wait.

Speaker 1: 26:06

Y'all don't tune in. Next week, Stop next week, a couple weeks.

Speaker 2: 26:10

Oh yeah, we're doing a roast Michael episode. Oh yeah, we are. You better be careful. You don't know who I've got on the call on. You better be careful. You don't know who I've got on the call on. And this is what I'm saying. Back in the day, if you saw someone dressed like that at school, what went through your mind?

Speaker 1: 26:28

uh, who's?

Speaker 2: 26:28

your mama. She's gonna lay it down right, look, and that's not right. Why can't you just be an elegant young lady who acts accordingly?

Speaker 1: 26:44

I'm going to be the advocate here. I cannot wait. So you're telling me, Ms Victoria, that I'm asking for it if I'm wearing a set of booty short clothes? Absolutely not. Are you saying it's my clothes fault?

Speaker 2: 26:58

No.

Speaker 1: 27:00

That my intentions are for that man to molest me.

Speaker 2: 27:02

No, I can debate this all day long. Absolutely not. No.

Speaker 1: 27:05

Then what are you saying?

Speaker 2: 27:07

It does grab the wrong attention and send out a wrong signal, but you could be wearing any. You could be wearing pants, you could be wearing capri shorts, you could be wearing long-sleeved t-shirt and sweatpants, and if you get assaulted, that has nothing to do with it. Yes, it does draw the wrong kind of attention and draw the wrong kind of people. It doesn't have anything necessarily to do with your clothing. It does not, and people who say that need to go find a couch to go sit on. That's the best way I can say it that was very nice, thank you it is.

Speaker 2: 27:43

I mean, that's what you need to do and I just hate it for these girls who feel trapped because they want to fit in so badly but they feel like this is the way they have to do it and they're worth so much more. And if they're not hearing it at home or they're not hearing it at school and they're getting peer pressure left, right and center, I'll talk to you. I don't care, I'll talk to you and remind you how beautiful you are. If you can't afford the body dysphoria book, reach out to me and I'll send it to you for free. My husband's eyes just about popped out of his head.

Speaker 2: 28:22

If I am not gonna let the the cost of what it took to make it prohibit a teenager from getting the information that they need to get the help that they need. And it's just. If you need someone to talk to, you can always reach out and know that what you say confidentially stays between us. Unless you're threatening to hurt yourself, then I am obligated as a reporter I am, you know, reporting and a reporter that then I have to. But other than that, you know you always have somewhere safe to talk and you're unconditionally accepted. And here's the difference 're actually heard. I want to hear what you have to say and I want to help any way that I can.

Speaker 2: 29:03

So speaking of that.

Speaker 1: 29:05

oh boy, speaking of that, y'all know that we went through a short period of time here back before christmas with with our daughter faith, and we did not do a lot of podcasting during these three, four, almost five months, and so you know we dropped out of our 1% place that we were at because of y'all.

Speaker 2: 29:30

It's not because of us.

Speaker 1: 29:31

It's because of y'all, y'all put us in the top 1% globally of the Most Listed Podcast and we appreciate that with all our hearts.

Speaker 2: 29:39

We stay there over a year.

Speaker 1: 29:40

Yes, so we have currently dropped down to the top 2% now, I believe.

Speaker 2: 29:46

It's still extremely impressive.

Speaker 1: 29:48

But you know this was not our fault and you know we're not going to apologize. But we'd like for y'all to help get us back up there. Y'all take this episode and share it with someone, share it with your daughter, share it with someone and get them to follow us. Faith would greatly appreciate that also. You know saying that you know, the courage that she put out there to interview why she's in a hospital bed.

Speaker 2: 30:16

She was in the ICU. She was not. It's still a hospital bed, okay. Was in ICU. She was not. It's still a hospital bed. Okay, but she was in ICU and remember the day before she coded, the day before.

Speaker 1: 30:27

Scary times, but it lets her know that you know all this hard work. It's not you know, being set aside, just because of a hiccup you the last time she's ever had to have surgery. That's done. So please like, share, follow and help get us back up there in the top 1%.

Speaker 2: 30:50

He thinks she's a daddy's girl.

Speaker 1: 30:51

Oh my God, tell me, I'm wrong.

Speaker 2: 30:54

Tell me I'm wrong. You haven't told anybody to get her book yet.

Speaker 1: 30:58

Y'all can buy her book here we go, it ain't but a couple bucks. Here we go, amazon. Her book is called I Am Kitten Dad's Girl and I'm dang proud of it. Look it up on our website, thecontagiousmilecom. What are the names of her other books? Oh my gosh, I can't name all 34,000 books of yours.

Speaker 2: 31:22

No, not mine, Hers I can't name all hers.

Speaker 1: 31:24

She's got like three others.

Speaker 2: 31:25

She's got four I said three others. No four others.

Speaker 1: 31:29

Four others, a total of five. Uh-huh Thank you.

Speaker 2: 31:34

She wants to write one with her dad, but that hasn't come to fruition just yet. So what are you two going to start writing?

Speaker 1: 31:42

together when I can retire here at the house. I have a 9 to 5 grinder out there.

Speaker 2: 31:48

And you sleep 14 hours a day.

Speaker 1: 31:50

That's true too. That's because I have to work so damn much, so get me home. You don't sleep that much, do you? You don't? I don't sleep hardly at all. And how many hours a day you work 20. Okay, then that proves my theory right there right there, right there.

Speaker 2: 32:04

Which is what? Hey, what's that redneck word of the day?

Speaker 1: 32:10

I don't rightly know, ma'am, do you tell me? I don't right so I am really hot. In this little room You're always hot. Well, I just got out of the jacuzzi and a shower.

Speaker 2: 32:25

Why don't you go help Faith, Because she needs help in her room.

Speaker 1: 32:29

Hey there you go.

Speaker 2: 32:31

That would be wonderful, because if you don't, I have to do it.

Speaker 1: 32:34

I'll allow you to take us out and thank you all for listening and visiting our website. Yes, I'll allow you to take us out and thank y'all for listening and visiting our website. Yes, my wife is gorgeous.

Speaker 2: 32:44

See body dysphoria. That's tonight's topic, oh my.

Speaker 1: 32:49

Anyway, take us out babe.

Speaker 2: 32:51

You gonna help her. Oh, my husband, I waited so long for him. The right one will come around and when he does, you know it. I knew it the night I met him. They stay with you forever. You can leave it open. Bye, y'all. Anyway, please share, understand again. If you are a teen, a young, anyone that needs some help and assistance with the body dysphoria, please reach out to me. Let me know. I'm happy to help any way that I can. Just sitting and talking about it makes a huge, huge difference and we don't need to imprison ourselves with this. It is the worst sentence ever and we don't deserve it. You don't deserve it. Thank you again for following us and listening, and we will talk with you soon. Y'all have a great week.