My Best Friend’s Horrible Surprise (ft. Laren)

0:00Sunday morning, Father's calling. do do do do do do do do every sunday's father's day that was pretty good right daddy gang happy new year it is 2024 and it is your founding father back at it again for another episode of call her daddy i am sitting here with someone a special someone, one of your all-time favorites. Introduce yourself. It's Laren. Laren and I are back. Daddy gang, we are sitting at my house. Lauren just got in from her holiday vacation and we are sitting in my living room. The fireplace is on and the minute she walked in the door, I said, don't speak a word. Let's save it for the podcast.

0:51I need to hear all about your adventures and what you did on your holiday break so we're going to give a little recap today of what Lauren and I both did on our winter breaks

1:22hi okay hey tell me everything how you feeling what's your vibe right now I'm in like such a calm mood because I feel like when you come back from new year like I actually I was like watching on TikTok this morning so many people were like I have the Sunday scaries like I saw this girl did you have Sunday scaries yesterday a little bit like Matt was going to bed being like fuck like I have Sunday scaries I like shoved an edible in his mouth I'm like just calm down but I will say I was like I don't know I think I had together I felt less stressed because I feel like when you're alone we can ease into the week together I'm the type of person if I'm like getting Sunday scaries or I'm anxious about something like if someone's just sitting next to me everything's okay yeah if you just sit in your corner and don't talk to me but like I feel your presence yes I'm good I was that's why I was actually happy too because Matt worked from home this morning which he never does he usually goes into the offices and I usually am the one working from home and he worked from home and I felt so cozy because I kept just walking into his office and he was like why do you keep coming in here and I'm like because we need to be together well also I think like coming off like the holidays were you with you were with Matt what 24 7 and like doing stuff 24 7 so it's like oh being alone like I know I know like I had my flight today and it was like a four-hour flight here I was like whoa in like two weeks like I haven't spent like time apart from your boyfriend yeah and I was like oh we okay so let's get into it so what did you do over I love how I like have no idea what you did like I know what you did but I don't know what you did because we purposely were like let's save it for the pot okay what did you do tell the daddy gang I um went to St.

2:57Martin for a week I went on vacation with my boyfriend's family um which was so fun his brother and sister-in-law are my age so and he's a little bit older and like the four of us get along so well that's so nice and his parents are amazing like I love his parents um there's nothing better than like I remember the first time that I met Matt's family obviously it's not like you're like close with your family when you like their family right when you meet them but and you also can't really fully tell the vibe but once you get closer with your like partner's family there's nothing better when you realize you like them oh fully I think the past like seven years it's just been me my mom and my brother I want that feeling of like more than three people oh my gosh I'm literally how does this always happen I'm already getting deep oh my god yeah you're I thought you were about to start crying no no no no I'm just like smiling that like it was such a nice trip and it's just like so fun feeling like you have a bigger family I've really been missing that for a lot of my life we get to St.

4:01Martin we had a villa for the six of us um bougie lair and I'm a boat hoe I you are I have we told the spotify story no we haven't okay i am like the not boat ho girl like you daddy gang i get the worst seasickness and so does matt like i remember one of the things that we like fell in love is when we were in beautiful italy together and we were going from like somewhere in italy to like go to capri or capri or however the fuck you say our pronunciation this episode we're going down the drain um and i remember like we realized in that moment like oh my god we're in beautiful Italy like we're looking over the Amalfi coast and Matt and I were both like I'm gonna vomit everywhere and we both just get so bad seasickness but I signed my spot of high deal and I remember Lauren and like gets me a gift for like my big deal and she's like I'm so proud of you and she blindfolded me with Matt I was like I went to Matt and I was like Matt like I want to plan like a day for Alex like I want to do something that like she wouldn't do for herself and like I want to be like an experience and like I had a few ideas like my first idea was that we rent because it was also COVID during this time it was like coming on the end of COVID like things weren't fully open yet and like we also had no friends in LA yeah so it was like okay like what's something fun we can do just the three of us that's different than three of us just getting drunk in the hot tub like we do every other night so true and my first option was renting a limo for the three of us oh just cruise around yeah and we were gonna cruise around the limo oh living large yeah and then I was like a boat like who doesn't love a boat and I'm like Matt I have the best idea in the entire world we're gonna run to boat for the day and I was like I might need a little financial backing on this one you're like Matt you pay for the boat but it's my idea okay so we can split the idea you just take the full check and he's like okay Lauren sure but wasn't Matt kind of like I don't know if Alex loves boats and you're like no no this one this will be a good one if you put your credit card down big enough yeah yeah I was like yeah like but if it's like big and just for us like if it's a big boat yeah she'll like it so I remember you guys unblindfold me and literally I was like oh Lauren definitely got this because there's no fucking way in hell that this is Matt surprised to me like the fuck Lauren and you're like it's gonna be fine like you're not gonna get seasick and Matt and I end up getting so sick and Lauren is like jamming to Dua Lipa at the front of the boat like taking pictures she's looking so cute and matt and i are like when is this boat ride over i want to die anyways oh boats boats boats i love you're a boat ho i'm not a boat host so you get to saint martin what happens with the boats um i was just like really looking for it's like our boat day and like we had like this boat day and we like sailed around the island there was unlimited rum punch i really indulged in the rum punch were there any snacks um oh my gosh one of the best meals it was just like they grilled on the boat but like they grilled yes there's a grill on the boat what kind of boat is this it was like a big catamaran it was nice oh my god there's a grill on the boat yeah so they're grilling they're grilling there's music i love floating i was floating in the ocean we anchored there was all the big yachts anchored around us that were like doing a day trip from saint barts i am so proud of my ability to be the life of a boat that for my hinge profile i wrote on my hinge profile back in the day back in the day i'm you're this is what i'm about to have my anniversary wait what day is it wait yeah because you guys met two years ago on new year's right our first kiss was on new year's two years ago and then when did you guys officially start dating what's your anniversary january 29th yeah daddy gang we're coming up on my two-year anniversary i'm so proud of you that's a whole topic okay so you're the life of the party what did you put in your hinge profile oh i have a stomach of steel nothing can get me boat sick take me out on your boat i love the multiple tiers of like one you're looking for someone rich you're like taking out on your boat two i'm the life of the party wow lair okay so you were the life of the party were were his parents kind of surprised like had they not seen that side of you they have like a little bit here and there I just was gonna say sorry to cut you off but I we need to make sure we post the photo if you're okay with it you went to his family party in a shark costume oh my gosh so like I really really like his family and like I'm really comfortable like being weird around them and the first time I met his whole extended family it was um his family reunion and there's a talent show that everyone has to participate in and my boyfriend was like like you need to do a talent like people will look down on you if like you show up and like don't do a talent and I was like okay like I'm going in and I don't tell anyone what my talent is going to be except my boyfriend and I can do a dolphin call wait what put your microphone a little away from you and do it for us

9:07henry's like mom we the dogs are like the fuck wait how did i not know that our whole life how did i not make you do that in our younger videos it was a new i didn't discover it really yeah i didn't really discover it till high school i'm curious lauren like how does one discover a fucking dolphin call i think i was just like drunk drunk and like being weird there you go okay so so I decide like for my talent for the talent show I'm gonna do the dolphin call but I can't just like get on stage and do the dolphin call the stage being his back deck okay and I'm like I gotta ramp it up and I'm like I need to get a dolphin costume so I can walk out in the dolphin costume and flap around doing my dolphin call I waited too long on Amazon and there were only shark costumes left oh my god wait yeah it is a shark it's a shark so I got one of those like you know how for you had the christmas santa blow up i got a shark blow up inflatable costume so i walk out on stage and i play like ocean sounds and i'm like imagine close your eyes you're sitting on the beach sipping your pina colada you look out into the ocean and what do You see?

10:22Oh my fucking... And then my boyfriend... And no one knew... And my boyfriend gets hard. No. My boyfriend is in the corner with the hose, spraying me with the hose, adding the water effects. As I'm jumping, doing the dolphin call. I am obsessed. I didn't know that part of the story. I'm obsessed how involved he is. So involved. So proud. the crowd went wild i won the talent show wait what the fuck oh wait i also love how he's like i got you babe let me do baywatch for you yeah at first he was like full support like mean girl's mom splashing with the water being like yeah that's my girlfriend but he's so competitive that once i won the talent show he was like well no fuck that like you're just making her win because it's her first year like i wanted to win stop okay so okay but that ellie you're right like you putting yourself out there and like being fun and goofy that his family has seen this side of you yeah overall you would sayst martin was good overallst martin was so fun and that was your first trip with your boyfriend's family right yeah we and then we were there for a week so like that's kind of like a long time to be like in a house with like six people and like that was the first time i haven't spent christmas with like my family so that was a big decision to be like i'm gonna spend Christmas with your family instead of like my own so then you saw your mom though and yeah so we were in St.

11:46Martin for a week with his family and then I still wanted to see my mom and brother and her fiance so then we um connected in Miami so then we drove up to Fort Lauderdale and spent four nights in Fort Lauderdale with my family you know something before we um before I tell you about my trip was something that I realized was I posted you I posted you like a month ago or something when we were together and I feel like there's new listeners here and they're like wait like why does Lauren not have social media and so a whole nother part of why I don't know what Lauren has been up to why she doesn't know what I've been up to is like we're not watching each other's social medias and it reminded me because Lauren texted me on break being like oh my god like my mom just showed me her phone oh yeah my mom like when I wouldn't it was like one of the rainy days in Fort Lauderdale and like everyone's like sitting around on their phones my mom was like oh Lauren like you need to check out like take my phone and look at my Instagram like you got to check out Alex's outfits like she is popping off on her outfits on her ski trip and you were I love did you style yourself I had a well a lot of them were like looks that I had like put together some of them were styled myself some of them I had like styled previously that I was like where should i wear this stuff and then i'm like oh let's go to the so white outfit so do you own those fluffy boots the big fluffy boots that you wore with the tight suit and little cat woman bear woman vibes i know i was so annoyed because people were commenting saying i like photoshopped it and i looked insane and i was like photoshopped your body yeah and i was like i did not photoshop my body like fuck you but i i loved that outfit the outfit you own the boots no i don't own the boots but i the outfits were popping off but i was just laughing thinking about first of all that your mom is my hype woman being like lair you gotta look at her check her out but can you remind everyone like we like one why don't you have social media and two like how long has it now been without social media it's been over two years now with no social media i didn't realize it was that long two fucking years yeah damn i know so you must really now just be so used to it i'll backtrack I haven't had social media now for over two years and I deleted it because when we moved to LA together I got a ton of random followers of just that time and like got up to like I had like 200 ,000 followers so like like I was like yeah yeah and through that I was spending like a disgusting amount of time on my phone like on Instagram and reading comments and just being so obsessed with like what I was posting and what I was doing and I think it like I jolted awake when I moved to Chicago and like in LA everyone has followers and is into Instagram and is like posting looks and outfits when I moved to Chicago and like no one does that I was like oh like what like what whoa how did this get to this point and like what is this and like Like, I don't want to do this.

14:44And, like, so I deleted social media. And it's been over two years now. And I've never, like, considered, I haven't had a moment where, like, I've wanted it back since. But this past Christmas, it was, like, a rainy day. And, like, everyone was sitting on their phones, like, scrolling social media. And I was, like, looking over my mom's shoulder. And I was, like, oh, can I, like, take your phone? And, like, because she follows my friends. like i'm like can i go look at my friends like instagrams like i don't even know what like my roommate's instagram looks like because like i don't right you don't you have social media like i don't see people ever and like i was like stalking people and like even sitting there in like that little moment of like stalking people for 10 minutes i like started comparing my vacation to what everyone else was doing for the holidays and i was like dude that it's literally like 10 minutes it's because it's just comparison yeah and as kelsey ballerini says comparison is the thief of joy amen that's so wild yeah two years and then you're like wait let me see and you're like you're getting insecure about like your trip yeah and like my mom will post when we're together because like she likes to like post food and like show off her kids and stuff and like the week before when I was in St.

15:58Martin like no one was like posting anything and I was wearing like no makeup like I like didn't care and then when I realized like getting ready for a dinner like oh my mom's gonna take a picture my mom's gonna post it on social media like I guess I like need to put on makeup or like let me do my hair a little bit more and like the whole week prior like I wasn't thinking about that once and it's just like oh like I know people are gonna like I know that I'm gonna be photographed tonight and that it's gonna go to like friends who don't see me often like it literally I was thinking like oh like my college friends like my high school friends who like don't see me often and like literally might not know what I look like right now are gonna like see me and like judge me and like right I want to look good I want to look good but like normally like people just don't have access to me in that way and it's like so beautiful it's uh it's enviable honestly like it's so fascinating hearing you just for 10 minutes being like I immediately was and that's I think something that I don't need to preach it's just like anyone listening to that there you go yeah if you're spending too much time on social media no shit you're gonna feel like shit about your life because like you know what's so interesting it's like if you had social media how jealous people would have been of your saint martin trip i know and then like it puts you in this um then i was like looking at other people's and then i had a quick urge of like damn like i have some cool pictures from saint martin that i took and like i did really cool things and like no one knows about it and i was and then i was like wait why does anyone need to know about it no who cares yeah you had the best time yeah you wore no makeup you were floating in the ocean you were the boat hoe that you are and you fucking thrive yeah damn it's such a like a mind fuck like the things you can realize and like the way like the way your mind just starts like thinking and like comparing and like stealing the joy from like what you're doing in the moment well it's so crazy too because I was thinking I was I did like a question and answer on my Instagram story and it was like a day or two before um New Year's Eve and so many of the questions that I had were people really asking just like do you have any advice for if I'm celebrating New Year's Eve by myself and if I'm just staying in and I gave them like this whole self-care routine of like my ideal night and day and I got so much feedback of people just being like thank you so much I was like start the day with like doing a full closet clean out and like go through all the drawers that like you need to go through and like get rid of stuff and like donate things and then like go on like a walk and listen to a podcast or walk in fucking silence like relax then get back take a hot shower do an everything shower where you like shave and lotion and do your skincare and then like make dinner or order your favorite food and get snacks and watch two of your favorite movies or do a whole Harry Potter marathon like whatever it is and just like wake up feeling refreshed the next day and so many people were overwhelmingly like thank you so much like I've been feeling so like shit that I'm gonna be alone and and I just I'm not saying going out isn't fun but I did a mini episode on this the other month like I'm over it I'm so over it I went home I left the bar I literally we got done dinner at like we had dinner at 7 30 on New Year's Eve and we got dinner done dinner at like 9 30 and I look at my boyfriend I'm like when is the earliest acceptable hour for us to leave for us literally I'm like I love dinner I love sitting where we're all like making eye contact and having good conversation but like I don't have a desire to just like keep going going and drinking and you know what what I just as you're saying that though Lauren because I do want to like make sure we clarify I was thinking while you're talking I'm staring at you and I'm like what about our single girls like are they gonna be like yeah because you both have partners now you know what I would say this I wish I could have told myself in my single years it doesn't mean you're never going to usually find the love of your life past 10 o 'clock at night you're not you're not going to find the love of your life in a club so like it's okay also to be single and start to implement for yourself like it's okay to not have to like do late night after hours like go on dates and go home at a normal hour yeah like I used to get like late night FOMO just because like I I get sleepy when I drink and like i like don't i can't like make once if i start drinking i'm like i want to go home and be in bed by like midnight if i'm being really crazy like 1 a.m like i'm just not the type of person who wants to like stay out until 4 a.m it ruins your next day and like i just i literally can't hang and can't do it anymore we can't i that's also just it's factual as you get older like it i just can't drink an entire water bottle of vodka anymore and wake up being like let's do it again Like I can't I can't hang either.

20:37So I just thought it was so interesting, though, to see how many people felt so insecure that they were spending it alone. And I feel like what we all feel most of the time is whenever you're out, unless you're having the best night ever, which is like far and few between. I like I like, yeah, you have fun when you're out. But it's like most of the time when you're out, you just want to be home. And I always try to remind people of that. Like when you're when you're seeing things on people's Instagrams, like I remember one year. I don't know if it was one of my years of college or if it was one of the years out of college.

21:08I was oh I talked about this way way back in the day. I was talking to a guy. I wasn't going to be doing anything for New Year's. So I faked and pretended I was in fucking Aspen. I remember that. Right. I remember that. Daddy gang I was sitting my ass in Pennsylvania on the couch with my mother and we were like asleep by midnight. And I kept just trying to post things to pretend I was somewhere. so think of the sad thing is like I know a lot of people that post things when they're not in the location that they actually are so half the time we don't know if people actually are having fun whatever but it was just something I thought was interesting of like don't compare your shit because look at you after two years you quickly checked and you felt like shit about yourself yeah literally 10 minutes back in social media I was like oh my goodness so weird um okay what did you do what did I do okay so it was really sad because my family was supposed to come out for Christmas oh they didn't even come they didn't come so my mom when we were on tour my mom had this like situation that happened and she was not feeling great and we didn't know what was wrong with her and then oh I remember that yeah yeah it was kind of scary and so she got information like it's her neck my mom always has neck problems she won't care that I'm sharing that And so my mom's neck problem like got just bad to the point where like she just shouldn't travel and she has to be like a four hour flight would like put her in pain.

22:28Yes. So they my parents like it really sucks, but we're not going to be able to spend the holidays with you guys this year. So we were super sad. So my parents stayed on the East Coast with my sister and they did Christmas in New York with my sister. And then so Matt and I were like, OK, like if my parents are staying there, like let's try to like plan our trip. so we basically celebrated christmas on the 23rd instead of actually on the 25th and my brother came with us and we went to matt's grandmother's 100th birthday party grandmommy grandmommy 100 years old this one was a legend party literal legend like it was fucking popping off we were at her house my brother came it was really fun i love matt's family so much so we were just having such a good time and his mom is so fucking good at throwing parties like lisa knows how to throw a highlight of this party she just had she's multiple bars at the house you're like it's a house like she's multiple bartenders she has food that like you don't even know what kind of food you want she has every type of food like it's just and the vibes are immaculate and she's the type of host that like she's dancing and she's she's working the room she's working it i would say the highlight though is like matt's sister obviously had um a baby recently and like just having a little chunk like oh like watching matt with a baby it's i'm not gonna lie like it it gives me baby fever is matt like comfortable around babies matt looks like he is the father of this child matt where did he get this baby experience from his whole family like matt is just i you know matt like he's so he's like the godfather to like every baby that's born of his friends friends basically actually matt is the godfather of like almost every single child that his friends have he is yeah and like multiple the kids have like his middle name as their name like it's crazy so he's just really fucking good with babies and he's apparently like i remember are you good with babies i'm not i wouldn't say i'm as good as matt like honestly no i'm way better than you would expect but Matt is like like immediately when I saw him with this baby I was like and this is I've this has been going on for a couple months now but I'm like oh my god like you are going to be the best father and it just makes my like heart so warm knowing like seeing Matt and the way he is with all the children I ever see him with like I'm like oh my god I have the best partner and I have literally nothing to worry about which I feel really fortunate about and I know all guys aren't usually like that yeah it was like another like thing that was unlocked in me of like oh my god I love Matt even more now watching him with babies and it was like a weird thing I was like am I getting turned on or am I like but so the highlight is the baby and then we ended up going on the 24th um I will say this is like so fucking bougie but I can say it because I didn't pay for we ended up going to um deer valley utah to ski with our friends and something happened where our friends oh yeah my mom told me you took a private plane yes my mom told me and i was like oh my god i need to make sure everyone knows i did not pay for this so something happened where they called us like the night before we were on our way home from grandmommies and they were like uh we know we're all on the same delta flight but we wanted to let you guys know that we actually ended up getting a private plane because of something that was happening with his wife that he was like she like I just want her to feel comfortable and good and whatever I'm like so bougie love ya we'll be there and so we got to bring Henry and Bruce on a PJ haven't they even both flown on the PJs before listen to this daddy gang Henry and Bruce have flown on a PJ without you without me when we got Harry Harry Jousey there was a whole thing we had to get him a plane so he could make it on tour and henry and bruce went on that plane and seeing pictures of henry and bruce on a private plane i just was like thriving like henry just like is meant to be there you know what i mean like henry henry deserves that he does so it was i will say like it was just such a fun little experience too because it was i don't know it was just fun and because i wasn't paying for it i was like this is fucking epic so we fly in on the pj and um And then we get to Deer Valley and our friends are so fun.

26:46But my the girlfriend in this group, she does not ski and she's so funny. She's like, I'm going to be at the spa from 9 a.m. to 5. You guys let me know when you're done. I'm going to get 10 different appointments. So she was at the spa all day and we skied and it was so fun. And it just there's something about skiing that just makes me so happy. And I've been doing it since I was a child. So I just love being active. and I'm naturally like athletic so I like to do like active things but only if I like in like I don't know you know me how do I explain it like I have to like the activity yeah not like it has to be on your own terms yeah yeah or else I'm lazy as fuck yeah and I will say the altitude got me a little fucked up I had the altitude even in Utah though when they like try to like cut you off Lauren no no no not the alcohol I got the lauren i got the altitudes as my brother calls them oh i sorry to be tmi but like my stomach was so fucked up this trip and matt kept being like oh my god like it was not fun like i just was like oh it was bad and i didn't feel my best so like my sex life wasn't popping off but you and the boats you and the altitude i literally said to matt i'm like thank god we didn't decide to get married here oh that would be horrible like I was not feeling sexy at all to the point where I was like I need to get out of here like I was struggling with our sex life because I was like I feel like I have to shit 24 7 it was just not fun so but it was such a fun trip and then we got home and we had friends over for New Year's but we told every single person that invited us out we were like no we're just gonna stay home this year and so Matt and I put on music we put on the fireplace matt went and got caviar and he was being so extra and he got caviar and we just had champagne and caviar and had friends come over and there was like two couples that stopped by and then we were literally in bed and we watched like anderson cooper and andy cohen like as the ball dropped and then i went to bed and i took an edible love and i woke up and i had i feel like january 1st isn't a real day like you just lay in bed all day or you do whatever the fuck you want but it doesn't count I laid in bed all day I restarted the show Dexter and Matt was downstairs watching football all day and he kept calling me to be like do you want to come watch it like Michigan's about to win I'm like I literally don't care I stayed in bed Lauren from the moment I woke up the only time I got out of bed was to like go downstairs and get more water or food until dinner time I love that was my January I love those days the best my boyfriend and I call those like our gremlin days and like if we like really grim it up then we will eat our takeout in bed and put like a towel down on the bed and put the takeout on the bed that is we will get out of bed only to pee and poop that is literally goals and i'm pretty sure everyone thinks it's disgusting to eat in bed i don't care and so does matt but matt was like so do i so we only eat in his bed not mine matt was being so cute to me that day because he knew i was just like tired and like I was just trying to like rest up before all the chaos of the new year and so Matt walks up with like my favorite onion dip and chips and he just hands it to me he's like I love you enjoy it in bed and I was like yes let's go so that was it and now um we're back to work and I'm excited for this new year and I'm I was thinking about it like I did one of those things on I was looking through all my photos and my I realized like I this was one of like the best years of my life Like I got engaged and it was such a crazy.

30:17Speaking of, you know what was in my mail when I got home from my trip? Your wedding saved the date.

30:40Speaking of, you know what was in my mail when I got home from my trip? your wedding saved the date oh my god wait they just gave me chills i know yeah i forgot i sent them out you're so i opened my wedding saved the day and my roommate's like sitting at the table next to me and she was like what is that that is the most like elusive thing ever like there's no information on that save the day nothing you would think it's like it's like a secret like underground party it's like email this address for more information well to not to give it away because I don't want to give too much away but like the picture that we chose it will it's not of Matt and I no you and Matt are not on it your names are not on it nothing and so the the people that are coming to our wedding oh like if you know you know and like we said if we sent this to someone they didn't understand it then you shouldn't be at the wedding you know what I mean yeah everyone was like oh like maybe it's so that like if someone if it gets lost into the wrong address or like that like no one will know what this is for and it can't be crashed actually brilliant but that's not why we did it Matt and I were just like we're not I don't want to use word over the top but Matt and I are very just like I don't know with the whole wedding thing we're trying to just do it the way that we want to do it and we just thought like our save the date needs to be like an insider joke yeah that only if you're friends with us you would understand and that's why it's like perfect because your roommates like I don't get it she like and it doesn't even have your address on it like the return because she was like sorting our mail for us and she was like I saw this random address I was like I don't know what this piece of mail is Lauren like and I'm like this is it's so crazy because so many of our friends have now sent us the picture being like we got it like we're coming and I will say I'm excited I'm excited wedding update I will say that because of tour and how busy I was with like starting the unwell network and this new company like I really was just trying to like suppress any focus on the wedding that I could because I also just have like always felt weird about like do I want to get married and do I want my wedding I'm like now I definitely know I want to get married and I know I want to I'm glad you know that now.

32:54I do. Matt's like, God bless you. And now I'm like, and then when we decided on the wedding, I think there was probably also like an insecurity of mine of like, I knew I want to make it my own, but I don't know how to make it my own. And I don't know what I want, whatever. And I will say my friend Meg that I was with in Deer Valley, we spent like an hour talking about my wedding because she had, she just recently got married and I was just talking to her and she was so calm about it, Lauren. Like she the way she talked about it, she had so much excitement and she was so just like pumped about my wedding for me.

33:29And I was like, wait, like the details that she was talking about. I was like getting more excited through her. What's one thing she told you that made you excited? Like, um, it's actually a great question. We were going through like trying to pick little details of like how to infuse really unique aspects into our wedding. there's certain sweat suits that we're going to give every single person that comes to our wedding we're going to like design these things that are custom to us and our names and when you see it you're going to think it's so fucking like clever and funny and chic and matt and i came up with it and i'm like it's so us to give people hoodies and sweats like yeah but the but the detailing of like we had we came up with this huge thing that when you want everyone every single person walks into their room there's going to be like a gift situation a welcome thing and it's going to be so us that i just feel like there's just all these little details that we're coming up with now that oh can i can i put a few guesses yes what i think is going to be in it yes okay i think there's definitely going to be a bottle of casamigos reposado so they'll have the merch sweatsuit snacks i was just going to say like i feel like you're going to give us like food like we're gonna have like Cheetos and Sour Patch and yeah and then like let me just say this my part of the experience like this is why I'm also so excited because everyone in our lives like everyone knows me and Matt so well but like you'll know the part of the gifts that are from me and then like the things that Matt was coming up with I'm like I want to be at this wedding like Matt's coming up just like the chicest coolest ideas spoil his friends he does and so the point is are you having a rehearsal dinner we have a whole plan i'll explain it to you which maybe i'll share with in another episode so like like i said this save the date was like so elusive and secretive like you would think it was like an underground society that like i got invited to and i opened it on new year's eve that's when i got home and it's like to email like your wedding planner so you get the information and I'm like me and my roommate are both like she's like emailing now like I'm so curious like what is it what is it gonna tell you is it gonna take you to like a website what is it gonna say and I emailed them on New Year's Eve I'm like they're not gonna email me back on like New Year's Eve and I got the email yesterday your wedding planners are putting in work they're emailing on New Year's Day dude they're amazing and like I I think I need what I will say is I think I'm gonna do a couple more episodes about wedding stuff wait do you have a dress there's I I have all I have so many updates that I think I should just keep for another episode.

36:03Are you wearing multiple dresses? I have so many ideas, Lauren. I went from thinking that I was just going to like figure it out and walk down the aisle to like. Are you full in now? I'm in and I'm going to do Daddy Gang. Tell me if you want me to. But I feel like wedding content is so fun. I now am fully in and like I so the update actually, though, is Matt and I are going to our wedding location this upcoming weekend and we're going with our wedding planners. And we are fully walking the entire property. And from start to finish, we're going to plan the whole wedding in person at this location.

36:37So overall, I would just say like, I'm so excited because 2024, like 2023, I got engaged and 2024, I got married. I'm getting married. This is a big year for you. It's just so exciting. And I feel more excited now that I've started to lean in and I'm like, oh, it is so fun. This is going to be such a fun year. And I just, I don't know. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm trying to stay positive. You're getting married in like a few months. Well, that's also it's so funny when I talk to anyone about like dresses or anything, they're like, oh, and how far out like a year? And I'm like, I'm like three months, four months, three to four months, five months.

37:13They're like, excuse me. I'm like, yeah, sorry. No, it's literally in a couple of months. Anyways, I'm so excited. And I just hope that everyone the one thing that I will say that I hope everyone takes into this new year is like just because it's a new year doesn't mean that you need to become the best version of yourself and have all these new plans and perfect like it's okay like it's just it was just another sunday and now it's not gonna be another monday like it's okay if you didn't do everything you wanted to do like it like we said social media is fucking fake half of these people are probably posting their green juices and then like housing a fucking chicken parm after and they're not posting it they're like i'm being so healthy this year like it's okay just go at your own pace but live in your own bubble that's what i'm doing living in your own bubble is the best don't let anyone in and don't let anyone pop it exactly so um thanks for potting with me larry yeah i'm so happy you're here and we're gonna have the best week and daddy gang i love you guys so much and write in um wedding questions that you want to know and i will try to maybe do another solo episode or a sunday episode at some point and let you guys in on some more of the details but yeah i would love to know yeah oh okay well until then daddy gang I love you so much I will see you fuckers next Wednesday goodbye