Hey, guys.

Welcome back to another episode of Here Comes the Drama.

I'm your host, Christa Innis, and I'm so glad you're here.

Now, I'm just gonna get into it.

if you have followed me on Instagram, I mentioned a couple weeks ago that

I had a special announcement on my podcast, and this might come as a

surprise to a lot of you, especially the ones that listen regularly.

but just know that this was not an easy or quick decision.

but this is going to be my last episode for the unforeseeable future,

and that doesn't come without, a lot of feeling and emotion behind it,

but I've been kinda feeling it for a while, that I've not really been

giving my full self to the podcast.

And I'm someone that hates half-assing anything.

I put my whole self into it, and lately there's been so many new projects I've

been working on, so many other things, that it's been really hard for me to

spend time and focus on the podcast.

I love doing it.

I love the community I've built and the people I've connected with over the

podcast, but it's lately been taking so much, out of me that I feel like

by the time I record an episode, I'm, like, not all there and not all in it.

if you guys remember, there's been a few solo episodes where I'm recording

late at night after my daughter's been in bed, and I'm just, drained.

And I'm like, I wanna put out the best content, I wanna put out stuff

that people are gonna really enjoy.

And not saying people haven't enjoyed it, but I think something's

been kinda telling me for a little bit just to take a little break.

So like I'm kinda saying in the beginning, it's an unforeseeable future, I'm

not saying it's completely over, but just taking a break right now because

there's so many other things that I'm trying to focus on that I really feel my

whole heart in and I wanna do well in.

So I've kinda tossed about it, but obviously the skits bring me so much joy.

I love writing the skits.

it's so fun to be creative, and you guys just, that's how

you've, most of you found me.

And then of course, you can see behind me here, that's book number one.

I'm working on book number two, and it just keeps getting pushed down and down

and down because I I have all these deadlines with the podcast and with,

getting skits out frequently, that I'm like, "Oh my gosh, I've not had

time to do my book edits." and there's been a couple other opportunities that

have come up to me, speaking events, I talked about with, Shawna the Mom.

I'm gonna be at her event, and then I'm speaking at another event, later

in October that I'm super excited for.

And when I set out to create content and, kind of create this brand for

myself, it was all about creating stories and sharing stories.

And that's what this podcast did, and that's what I continued to do

through skits and through my YouTube and, all these different things.

But ultimately, when I went to college all those years ago,

I wanted to become a writer.

And I know I wrote my first book last year, but my dream is to have all

these books written and, obviously I'll keep doing the skits and everything,

but I need to put more focus on, the book and everything coming forward.

So that's not to say that I didn't completely love doing the podcast.

Like I said, I've connected with so many amazing women, and I still reach

out and chat with them, we're gonna do some more collaborative skits.

I've got some coming out for you guys.

and it's just been amazing, and I never regret it once.

Now, the Here Comes the Drama name obviously is not ending either,

that's the name of my book, but we are creating series on

YouTube with Here Comes the Drama.

I'm adding a YouTube video every single week.

So I already do a new YouTube video every single Wednesday, and

that's a blind reaction video to some of your crazy wedding stories.

And then on Fridays now, I think they'll be coming out Fridays.

It'll be Reddit reaction videos cause people love those, quick

read reaction videos of just some wild stories, on there.

and so I'm gonna do some more of those.

I find more enjoyment in doing those kind of videos and then skits, and I can

also get them out a little bit quicker.

With the podcast, there's just a lot more that goes into it that I'm finding

more and more I just don't have time to, like, do all the things and make

sure it's really, really the best.

So before I get into this episode, 'cause don't worry, we're still gonna make it an

amazing episode, I just wanna say thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone

that has supported the podcast, listened to the podcast, shared the podcast.

I am still blown away by the number of people that listen to it.

I remember when I worked for a mommy brand years ago, my goal was to always

hit, 25,000 downloads in a year, and that was, like, astronomical to me.

I couldn't believe it.

And when we hit 100,000 downloads of this podcast within the first year, I

was just like, " Is this real life?"

So the demand is still there.

You guys love it, and so I have no intentions of completely ending the

podcast, just kind of taking a little pause and seeing how we can smooth out the

process a little bit better, and, focus on content and projects that, really pull

my passion out of me, if that makes sense.

so again, like I said, we're just taking a pause for the unforeseeable future.

Not sure what the future holds, but that's what's really exciting about all this.

And, doing some more fun content that I'm planning and, some other

stuff like that I've got some more collaborative stuff coming out.

if you are not on my email list, please join it because every single week

I share a new story from the vault.

I get so many stories from you guys, I mean, if I sat here and read all

of them, I mean, it'd probably p- take me months to read them all.

got, like, hundreds and hundreds.

So in my emails, I share a new story from the vault every week.

I share a dilemma that someone is currently trying to work through.

and it's the best way to get links to all the recent gifts to make sure

you're not missing anything, book launches, other events, and other

stuff that I'm working on as well.

so like I said, When I was planning out this podcast episode, I was like,

"I need to, like, type all this out."

And then I was like, " I need it to come, like, straight from the

heart." So if it sounds like I'm a little all, over the place, it's

because I'm not reading anything.

I have, like, very basic bullet points.

I just want it to come truly from me, how I'm feeling in this moment.

I just realized, there was one week where I was like, I feel stretched

so thin, and I'm not giving my full self to where I need to be.

and all of a sudden I was, like, talking with my husband, I was

talking with some friends, and I was like I think the podcast right

now needs to go on a little break.

I know it's the right choice because I feel excited when I say it, not like,

"Oh, I'm excited to drop it." I'm sad for certain things because, like I said,

it's been so fun doing this podcast.

But, I think it's time to take a little break and focus on some other things,

that bring me more joy, and I need to get this darn book number two out.

and then I'm prepping a couple, speeches for some talks I'm doing coming up.

Okay.

So all that being said, I know I'm blabbing, but thank you, guys.

This has been a dream to do.

Here Comes the Drama is not over.

It'll still be around.

but we're focusing on some other things.

Okay, so to make this episode extra, special, I'm gonna do

two short stories from messages.

People still send me tons of messages relating to skits or things that they see.

And then, of course, we've got the Wild Wedding submission today.

it's a long one, so buckle up.

This is gonna be a really good one, and let's just jump right in.

Okay, first short story.

Here we go

Girl, I saw your post about which is worse, red wine on

your dress or a broken heel.

I have a story, but I couldn't comment because I'm sure the

bride in question follows you.

We got invited to a really close friend of my husband's wedding, and

it came with a black tie dress code, including color scheme we had to follow,

which was funny because the family is super easygoing and very Western

vibes, so for them to have such a high-class, stuffy event was very odd.

The bride was a doozy.

She was a bridezilla if I ever saw one, and I don't like calling brides that,

so you get the idea of how bad it was.

Well, girl decides in the middle of the reception to start shots, and her

brother dares her to drink an entire bottle of $150 red wine, so she does.

Oh my gosh, that just sounds like a mess.

I'm thinking of, like, if you're chugging something, especially red wine, in a white

dress, even the dribbles, like, okay.

And $150?

Yikes.

So she does, right before speeches.

What better timing?

In the middle of her dad's speech, she jumps up from her table and throws up red

wine all over her dress Guys, oh my God.

So she pukes the red wine all over her dress and her husband.

Then she tries to shove past him, and she breaks a heel.

The poor guy had to kneel in front of her so she could throw up in his hands

to avoid the dress being more destroyed.

The two-hour car ride home was spent mostly in silence trying to

comprehend what the hell just happened.

We've not seen or heard from them since.

Okay, so many thoughts and feelings here.

If I were the bride, I would be mortified and would probably

never show my face again.

Can you imagine?

I think that's why a lot of venues say they don't allow shots, especially,

like, before the reception.

But I would say, like, 70% of the weddings I've been to don't

even let you do shots later.

you can have, like, whiskey neat, which I'm like, technically those are shots.

It's how fast you drink it.

But anyway, that is mortifying.

I mean, that just sounds like my stomach would explode.

If I did all those shots and drink a bottle of red wine, yeah,

my stomach would explode, too.

it's the be- it's the before speeches that's killing me.

I'm like, you couldn't even wait till the dance party?

I mean, maybe she's a party girl, so no judgment there, but gosh, way to

really just ruin and end the night.

I'm wondering, like, what happened, like, right after that.

Did they leave?

And I think when I first read this, I thought the two-hour car ride

home was about, the bride and groom, but I think it was from the person

that sent this, the wedding guest.

And so I wanna know what happened after that.

Was the wedding just over ' cause everyone was just like, "What

the hell just happened?" Wild.

If you are the bride listening to this, I am so sorry.

if you wanna send me more details, please do.

Oh my gosh.

Okay.

Story number two.

" So I saw you said you can send a dating story.

I didn't want to post my story public to see who I am, but here it is.

I dated this guy for two years.

Worst boyfriend ever.

But I stayed with him.

We moved in together after two years, but most of the furniture was mine.

About six months before we broke up, we talked about buying a house

together, and I didn't want to buy a house together unless we were going

to get married, and he responded, ' It was much easier to switch the title

name than it is to get a divorce.'"

Guys, listen to this.

Don't buy a house with someone unless you're married or, like,

legally, committed to each other.

yeah, there's always exceptions, and there's gonna be some people

that'll be like, "Oh, well, I've been with my person for 20 years, and we

never got married," and that's fine.

Everyone has their thing.

But I have known a lot of people personally that, like, bought a house with

someone or, moved into somebody's house while they were dating and, never put

their name on the title because they were like, "I don't trust this relationship."

And that's always your first sign, too.

If you move in with someone and you don't wanna put your name on the house, why?

Do you feel like it's not gonna last?

I don't know.

Just a thought.

Okay.

Still, I dated him a few more months and tried to work it out despite

the fighting and ignoring me.

Finally, on September 10th, there's a reason I know this date, in 2015, we had

a major fight over him just ignoring me.

So he just ignores you.

You guys live together in this house.

He just ignores you.

And I spent the night at a friend's house.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 12th, 2025, we went out to eat to

discuss us, and he literally said to me, " Well, with all the September

11th footage yesterday, it made me realize life is too short to be tied

down and we need to take a break."

Yes, September 11th, 2015.

so I said a break or break up, which he never cleared up, but I

decided to handle it as a break.

I crashed at a mutual friend's house, and he didn't know I was already paying

the deposit on another apartment.

And he said to our mutual friend, how long did I plan on keeping this

up, and why didn't I just move out?

That weekend when he went on his trip, I packed up all my stuff, which was the

living room set, and moved out so he had to come home to a mostly empty apartment.

Okay, I need more dating stories.

I always tell you guys this on my YouTube, if I'm not only a wedding

content creator, if you wanna send me dating stories, vacation stories,

family drama stories, I'm in.

I love it all.

okay.

So this is wild.

So I mean, I feel like it was kinda doomed from the beginning.

We talk about, like, how they wanted to, buy a house six

months before they moved in.

They had these weird, you know, he was ignoring her.

They weren't really talking.

And then he realized through watching September 11 footage

that he didn't wanna be tied down.

Okay.

Which, again, different, things that happen and occur make you

realize, like, "Okay, maybe this isn't what I want," which is fine.

But for him to not make a clear break or to kind of, like, keep her on

the edge while he's trying to decide is not really fair to her either.

I have heard of a story very similar from someone I know that

did something kind of similar.

They were, like, teeter-tottering on break, are we breaking

up, were we not breaking up.

They would go on and off, and then finally one day she just

took all her stuff and left.

I don't know.

I'm no relationship expert.

but The fact that he came to you and told you that, that was a blessing in disguise.

I think it was like, "Okay, this is our time. didn't wanna get

married before getting a house."

That was already a red flag, if that's something you want.

When I say things like that, like red flag, it's like- Not everyone

wants to follow the path of, meet someone, get engaged, get

married, move, buy a house, right?

That doesn't work for a lot of people.

But if you yourself want to get married and they are straight-up

telling you, "No, I don't," that might be a, not a good match.

So I think ultimately you guys split ways in the right way that you should have.

Okay, let's get into it 'cause I wanna make sure I have time

to read this whole thing.

It is a long one, so let's get into it.

" Hi, Christa.

I'd like to share my engagement and wedding story.

Let's call it not my dream wedding.

My fiancé, I'll call him Ethan, proposed to me on Christmas Eve.

It was the sweetest proposal.

He had me open several gift boxes before I even reached the ring box.

At the time, I was five months pregnant, so yes, our son came before the wedding.

After the proposal, we called our parents and siblings to share the news.

My parents, Karen and Michael, were thrilled for us.

My future in-laws, Sandra and Robert, had a very different reaction.

Instead of congratulating us, they immediately said that we needed to

get married right away because they wanted to make sure our son wasn't

born a bastard." Who says that?

Like, come on.

Also, she was already pregnant.

so why are they acting weird about them getting engaged?

Wouldn't they be happy that they're now taking a step of, like, getting married?

Why make such a rude comment in a happy moment?

Oh my gosh.

Thankfully, my brother-in-law, Nathan, texted us afterward and told

us not to listen to them because their comments were ignorant.

Unfortunately, my in-laws never apologized.

Ethan chose to let it go, and together we agreed to focus on

welcoming our son before worrying about the wedding planning.

Our son was born in 2024, and about a year after our engagement,

we finally started talking seriously about planning a wedding.

We agreed we'd begin in February of 2025.

When my mother-in-law visited that February, I made the mistake

of bringing up wedding plans.

Before I continue, it's important to know that Ethan and I

always wanted a simple wedding.

Nothing extravagant, no over-the-top details, just

something intimate and meaningful.

The second I mentioned planning, Sandra interrupted me.

" Ugh," she said, " Just get married at the courthouse. That's what I

did with my second husband." Ethan and I just looked at each other.

I politely responded, " Well, we'll plan our wedding the way we want to."

After that conversation, Ethan and I started disagreeing more

and more about the wedding.

I tried to compromise.

First, I suggested inviting only our closest friends and family, around

60 to 70 guests, and even looked into inexpensive venues in Oklahoma.

At first, Ethan liked the idea.

Then he changed his mind, so I compromised again.

I suggested inviting only our parents, siblings, and a few close cousins,

maybe 30 to 50 guests, or even limiting it to immediate family only.

I even gave up on the venue I loved and suggested having

a backyard wedding instead.

That idea seemed to interest him more.

Money was the biggest concern,

and I was perfectly happy having a small backyard wedding.

I pictured it beautifully decorated with long Italian-style tables and

an intimate atmosphere where everyone could simply enjoy being together.

In November 2025, nearly two years after being engaged, Sandra

visited again with my sister-in-law and her wife My sister-in-law

loved the backyard wedding idea.

Sandra, not so much.

She overheard us talking and immediately said, " But everyone lives

back home in Colorado." I quickly replied, " It would be much cheaper

for us to have the wedding here in Oklahoma." Plus they just had a baby.

their child is small.

When I later told my mom about the conversation, she completely agreed.

I told Ethan that I didn't want to move our wedding to Colorado.

If people could travel for other events, they can travel for ours.

A couple weeks later, Ethan suggested a wedding in Las Vegas.

I immediately said no.

We had a baby, and that wasn't the kind of wedding I wanted.

Instead, we agreed to wait until 2027.

Okay.

Whoa.

Then life changed again.

In February 2026, I began having serious issues at work.

The stress became overwhelming, and we decided it made more financial

sense for me to stay home with our son rather than pay for childcare.

because I no longer have health insurance through work, we decided

to legally get married sooner so I could be added to Ethan's insurance.

Since it was going to be a simple legal ceremony, I bought an inexpensive

reception dress with a plan of wearing it again during the larger family

celebration we hope to have in now 2028.

At first, we weren't gonna tell anyone, eventually, out of respect,

we decided to tell our parents.

that was another mistake.

My mom immediately invited herself.

I can't.

When I called my dad, he told me she had every right to be there.

Then Ethan's parents wanted to come.

Then our siblings wanted to come.

eventually Ethan and I gave in and agreed to have a very small

backyard dinner after the ceremony.

My parents were already preparing to book flights when Ethan walked into

the room while talking to his dad.

Robert offered to pay for us to fly to Colorado instead.

He even offered to pay for the entire wedding, and my parents said

they would help financially too.

This is how you hijack someone else's wedding.

Like, come on.

I still said no.

I knew neither side of the family would respect the simple wedding we wanted,

and I still dreamed of celebrating with everyone properly in 2028

wearing the dress I always imagined.

Ethan was upset that I refused.

We argued.

Then Robert started to use my parents as the reason we should change our plans.

Unfortunately for him, my dad was on FaceTime listening

to the entire conversation.

My dad finally spoke up.

" We don't have any problem traveling to Oklahoma," he said.

" It's their wedding, not ours.

Stop using my family as an excuse because your family doesn't

want to make the trip." Yeah.

Go, go, Dad.

The room went completely silent.

Afterward, I asked everyone to give me some space and

stop calling me for a while.

A few days later, we reached out again, and I gave in.

Again, we agreed to only invite our parents, siblings, and my godfather.

Then my sister-in-law invited her own friends.

What is with these people?

My God.

It is not about you.

Holy crap.

Why are you inviting your friends to a civil ceremony, legal c- oh my God.

I was furious because Ethan didn't stop it or set a boundary.

At that point, I was so overwhelmed that I canceled the wedding altogether.

I asked Ethan, " How can we invite non-family members when we aren't

even inviting our own cousins?

And with only a month to plan, how are we supposed to feed everyone?"

Once again, Robert convinced us to move forward with the

wedding I never really wanted.

The day before the ceremony, we decorated the church.

Thankfully, Robert's pastor let us use the church for free.

The only rule was no alcohol, which didn't bother me at all.

I was incredibly stressed because we had almost no input in the planning.

We didn't even know how big the church was until the day before the wedding.

Thankfully, once we arrived, we realized everyone would fit, and we finally

understood what the setup would look like.

On our wedding day in March 2026, six months ago now,

Ethan was excited and nervous.

I wasn't.

After nearly three years of compromising, I felt like no one

had listened to what I wanted.

Then the doors opened.

I walked down the aisle, saw Ethan waiting for me, and suddenly every

negative thought disappeared.

Six months later, Ethan attended one of our friend's weddings by

himself because I wasn't comfortable leaving our son with a babysitter.

When he came home, he looked at me quietly and said, " I wish I

had given my wife the wedding she deserved." He felt incredibly guilty.

Looking back, so much of what happened could have been avoided if he set

boundaries from the beginning and if his mother hadn't constantly inserted

herself into our decisions Five months after our wedding, another issue came up.

Even though we specifically asked everyone not to share photos yet, Sandra posted our

wedding pictures all over social media.

I cannot with this woman.

I'm gonna do this skit, and her name will be Sandra.

I mean, obviously it's been changed, but just to make the connection here.

That's how many of our extended family members found out

that we had gotten married.

We had to write a long explanation and apologize, because that was never

how we wanted people to find out.

I still dream about having the wedding I originally wanted.

Maybe one day we'll get that chance.

But if there's one positive thing that came from all of

this, it's that Ethan finally understood how much I'd sacrificed.

He apologized.

He started putting me first.

Most importantly, he began setting boundaries with his family, and that's

something I am incredibly grateful for.

Woo, that just took me on the rollercoaster of my life.

Okay, where do we begin?

Sometimes when I make these into skits, people are like, " You know what?

He needs a better backbone.

She's being way too nice." And I agree with all of that.

These are, like, kind of red flags for me.

the fact that he's just, getting mad at her for wanting things a certain way,

and, like, when they talk, the two of them, they're on the same page, but

then family comes in, and he's like, "Well, let's just do it this way."

The fact that their civil, intimate ceremony with just the two of them got

taken away from them I feel so sorry for them because, she's looking positively

now, but that was only six months ago I wanna have high hopes, but at the

same time I'm like, if they were able to do this for this kind of big event,

imagine what they'll do for other things.

They never understood or listened to her "no." They completely ignored it.

They completely, gave her no emphasis or no understanding for her own wedding.

that is beyond me.

The fact that the dad was, calling out her family and then Ethan didn't not set

a boundary or tell his dad, like, "Hey, this isn't cool," that's a red flag for

me, and I'm really questioning if he's really going to hold to these boundaries.

I need to hear from this person, if you're listening, I need to hear

a good example of how he stood up to his family since then, or if

he's, like, said something to them.

' Cause there are so many circumstances in this where He didn't back you up.

and if people had just let you do what you guys wanted to do, you guys

could have done, very intimate thing with the two of you, and then a

couple years later done your party.

Everyone would have been included.

Why is the sister-in-law insisting on bringing friends to a wedding?

Like, what?

I would never be so selfish to be, like, invited to an intimate ceremony, which

by the way, they weren't even originally invited to first, and then be like,

"Yeah, I'm bringing my friends with me."

What?

And let's get into the social media thing.

There's so much I can say about this story.

I wanna know what you guys think about this.

But, and then telling them, "Hey, since this was more private, we

wanna keep it the two of us, please don't post it on social media."

That's a very simple, basic request.

It's like the same when you have a child, " Hey, keep them off social media."

Sandra posted their wedding pictures all over social media. Again, completely

ignoring the wants of the bride, completely disrespecting her, completely

saying, "Your opinion doesn't matter.

I'm gonna do what I want anyway." And that's just gross.

So to me, until he actually confronts his mom about that and says like, "Hey,

what you did was wrong," I don't know.

I just, wanna believe that he's getting better, and I

think it's gonna be a process.

But until he actually does the thing and stands up for his

family, yeah, it's gonna be better.

how vindicated did you feel when he came home from that wedding

and was like, "I should've given you the wedding you wanted"?

I bet she felt pretty good.

That's like, you know, when someone comes up to you and says, "Hey, you were right."

cause he probably went to this wedding and was like, "Wow, she really got this

beautiful wedding," because, they worked together and they had good boundaries.

that's the thing.

It's like boundaries aren't to keep people out, right?

It's just to protect your mental health.

It's to protect you and to, protect what you have planned, what you have going on.

It's not to keep people out.

there's a certain generation where sometimes they hear boundaries

as like a negative thing.

Or I shouldn't even say generation.

Certain people hear boundaries as a negative thing, and they're

like, "Oh, it's just to keep everybody out." Do I think some

people overuse the word boundaries?

Yes, 100%.

They're like, "Well, this is my boundary. You can't do this." But used in the

right way, it protects your peace, and it keeps relationships stronger.

And it's saying like, "I matter, too. my opinion matters," ' cause

in this whole thing, it's him putting his family over her.

And I know there's, controversy with, okay, who do you put before you?

But when you are choosing to marry someone, they become your new family.

So they should ultimately become first before your family you

grew up in Man, I feel for her.

I really hope it is getting better and that he's setting better boundaries.

She said he is setting boundaries.

I need examples.

Give me some examples.

Because a wedding is something, which obviously they can still have

their big party if they want to, but the fact that they had to, like,

write this explanation and apologize because people found out through

social media, that's the mom's fault.

She should be apologizing to you.

so yeah, I'm a little heated with this one.

I think that was a great story to end this with, and I think

I'm gonna make that into a skit.

okay, let's get into this week's confession.

It says, "A family comment you still think about." Oh, gosh.

Okay.

This person says, "I'm selfish for choosing to be child-free.

Even nuns have the womanly urge to bear children." Oh my gosh.

This is the thing.

As someone that has one child, so obviously, like, I chose to have a child.

It can be selfish to have children.

It can be selfish to not have children.

It can be selfish to have more children.

you can view anything as selfish or not selfish.

So like, I've had people tell me that it's selfish to only have one child.

I'm like, " Tell me, why is it selfish?" when they'll say this too,

like people that are child free, they're like, "Well, who's gonna

take care of you when you're older?"

And I'm like, "So you only have children to take care of you when

you're older? That sounds a little selfish to me." So you can view

everything selfish or not selfish.

I think if people are confident in their choice and they don't wanna

have children, that's beautiful.

I think that's amazing, and I think more people should think

it thoroughly because this is not just, "Hey, let's have a baby."

It's a lifelong commitment, and you should intentionally want to be a

parent and do it intentionally, right?

I hate the hate between women that have kids and women that choose not to.

We should be embracing everybody.

I have friends without kids.

I have friends with kids.

I have friends that with just one kid, like myself.

We're all different.

We do things differently, and I think it's beautiful, okay?

End of rant.

My aunt: Your wedding was good, and the wine." I'm guessing and so was the wine.

Hey, you made an impression on the wine.

Okay.

" During our reception, a cousin told me she'd been wanting us to

have a bad wedding." Okay, is that, am I, getting a little jealousy?

Anyone that tells you they wish you'd have a bad wedding straight

to your face makes me wonder what she's been saying behind your back.

Yikes.

Well, at least obviously the fact that she's saying it is,

you probably had a great wedding.

at 16, my grandma saw a picture of me in a dress for a school

concert and said I looked pregnant.

I have a lot of feelings about this because as someone that has been

told that many times throughout her own life by adults in my life, and

peers in my life, let me just say, recently I did a skit where people

were commenting like, "Oh my gosh, is that a baby bump? Is that a baby bump?"

I'm like, and I got a little defensive in the comments 'cause I'm

like, " Don't comment on someone's belly." on someone, you know.

like a couple people got mad that I said that, and I'm like, "No, you

should not comment on someone's body, in that way because you're basically

saying that their, stomach looks big, they're gonna have a baby."

And especially when someone is younger, It's just like this

weird thing that people have.

why are you asking a 16-year-old or telling a 16-year-old

that she looks pregnant?

Yeah, like I remember one of the first times someone told me that,

and I was, under 10 years old and someone said I looked pregnant.

" Oh, don't stand like that.

You look pregnant." That sticks. and I think there's such like this

weird obsession with oh, if your stomach's not perfectly flat, you look

pregnant, when men aren't told the same thing. my godfather once told me,

you look prettier, like more white."

I'm Latina.

I felt that.

Why are we saying that?

I hate that You are not what I expected for my son." Yikes.

Okay, I'm gonna guess that came from a mother-in-law or a boyfriend's mom.

Let's not say that again either.

What did you expect, Janice?

" Don't you think it's time that you married?"

From my father, quotes you're just listening, being happily single for years.

No, I don't think it's time that I get married.

That's all you say.

I mean, I remember, like, I've been with my now husband for a while, but

even after we'd only been dating for a year, people would, bring up kids.

And I'm like, "Whoa, that's, like, not even on my radar." Like, "Oh, it's time.

You should have kids." 'Cause, like, that was just never, like, my first

thought when meeting my husband.

I was 24 when I met him.

No, 20- About to be 24, that was not even on my radar.

I didn't have my daughter till I was 32, and that was the perfect time for me.

There's no, linear straight path to how you should have your life run, and some

people don't get married till later.

Some people never wanna get married, and that's okay.

We gotta let go of that stigma and that pressure of, you

have to get married young.

I'm glad I never had that from my parents, but I know a lot of friends

that did, where they were like, " Oh, come on, you've been single too long.

You need to, like, settle down." It's like, " No. No, you don't

have to." All right, last one.

Got my husband a silver ring, and my mother-in-law shot me a look and said

to him, " But you like gold jewelry."

Now, I need to know, like, when was this?

Was this recently?

How old is the mother-in-law?

Like, I feel like after a certain age, after, like, 80s,

there's just, like, no filter.

I know sometimes my grandma will just say things because she's like, " I don't

care anymore." but, yeah, let's not say that when someone gives them a gift.

But what does your husband actually like better?

All right, guys.

That's all I have for this week.

as I said, it has been a pleasure doing this podcast.

This This is not the end, right?

I mean, obviously, you guys see me on social media.

I'm still gonna be making skits and story lines.

I've been working a little bit more on some YouTube Shorts, and then my

second YouTube video every single week, and working on some other

fun projects I can't say quite yet.

Doing some speaking engagements, and then of course, book number two, my

baby, like my second baby, right?

so I'm trying to work on that.

And so for the time being, I'm gonna say goodbye on here, but we've got some fun

things coming, and I'm just so, so, so grateful to all of you guys for listening,

for being here, for supporting the show.

It has truly been my honor, and, there's a lot more fun things to come.

So don't lose hope.

There's more coming, and, I'll see you guys on the flip side.

Bye now.