Denim Dreams and Rocket Scenes: The Season Wrap

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Speaker1: You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own is free and easy. Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, This week on Hot Couple Chronicles. We had the Mardi Gras room, so a lot of naughty New Orleans vibes going on. Yeah. It's kind of reminiscent. With a gigantic bed. Huge bed. Secrets really is kind of on my shit list right now, and I have praised them for all these years, and I love going there. I do enjoy it and everything, but we're paying really good money for the the bare minimum amenities and a second doesn't work. Hate me if you want, but I'm going to be honest. Will I be back? Probably. You know why? Because it's a good freaking time. I cried at the end. It was just so beautiful to watch everyone just live in their best life. It's the best MC voice I've ever heard in my life. It's just like a roar through a crowd. I'm like, no fucking way. He had a minion costume, and then he got himself the biggest dildo he could find and stuck it right in his zipper and walked around with those suspenders and that hat and that dildo all night just strutting his stuff. Swingers are the most imaginative, creative people in the entire world. Their costumes just... You cannot be a swinger Halloween costume contest. He was living his best life, and that night he was riding a... fucking elephant. He had tiny little legs. He was completely naked in this inflatable elephant. This is nothing. She's like, touch her. You're a woman. And she was hyping me all up. So she talked me into it. I ended up doing it. And I'm so happy that I did because it was such a cool feeling. Hyping myself up. I literally was like, you got this. And I ran in and I kissed her. and it was zappy it was everything I thought it would be but it was it felt so good it really did feel really good. Welcome to Hot Couple Chronicles a podcast exploring the singing lifestyle. Our discussions may contain explicit content and adult themes intended for mature audiences. While we strive to offer valuable insights and entertainment please be aware that the views expressed are based on personal experiences and opinions. We encourage listeners to approach the content with an open mind and to prioritize communication communication, consent, and respect in their relationships. Remember, everyone's journey is unique, so take what resonates with you and leave what doesn't. Thank you for joining us on our adventure. I'm Russ. And I'm Ashley. And this is Hot Couple Chronicles. Happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday. It's the last Wednesday. This year. It's the last episode of the season. And this is fresh, fresh, because we are recording this at 4 p.m. on Tuesday night. Yeah. And editing this super fast. And throwing it out, hopefully, by midnight, hopefully. We'll have it out. We're shooting there. We'll have it out on a Wednesday. It'll be out on a Wednesday. Yeah. But, yeah, it's the last episode. We've had an amazing year. It's been fun. It's been a good swinger season. It's been a good swinger season. It's been wild. We've been through a lot. We've grown a lot. The ups and downs and all-arounds and everything. It's been a wild, fun time. We've had a lot of good memories. It's been fun. And it's time to take a little bit of time home. Yeah. It's time for, I mean, holidays right around the corner. If you're watching us, you can see that we have decided to wear our Christmas jammies because we're not going to get to see you guys for Christmas and because it is colder than most Christmases today. Oh, it's so cold outside. Like we're making soups. We're definitely in the Christmas moods right now. So cold outside. So cold. I said, And two days ago, I was swimming in a pool outside, hot, living summer up. So it's weird to come back to this two days later. And now it's winter time, full winter time. Yeah. Yes. Our systems are in shock because we just got home from Zgritz just a few days ago. Yeah. I spent an entire week there. Yeah. I spent four days. Mm-hmm. It was a little. It was long. This one felt long. Yeah, because you left Sunday, and then you got back Sunday. So yeah, it was a whole week for you. Yeah, I went with Rob and Lindsay. This time, they were coming south for the first time ever, because everything's always north. This time, I went south, so I was on their way. So they came and scooped me up, because he wasn't going to get there for a day or two. And I packed myself in there somehow. I don't know how Rob felt, but he packs that thing. And we pack that whole entire thing full of stuff. There's not one hole left. And you know how secret is. I mean, you bring everything. Because you never know what you're going to need. Every room is different. You never know what they have or what they don't have. And you're going to be there for an entire week. And then plus this time we had extra stuff because the weather. One day it's cold. And then when the sun goes down, it's cold. But then it'll be like 90 and sunny during the day. You're there for a week. Yeah, that big temperature swing. It's fall. It's definitely not summer anymore. Even in Florida. Yeah, it's 87, 88, 89 degrees during the day. And then it gets down to 60s. 50s, 60s. And as soon as that sun goes down. And now the sun goes down like five. So you have to make sure you have warmer weather clothes. And then summer stuff. And then it was Halloween costumes and all the event stuff. And so it was extra, extra. And we went to the beach. And we had to bring a lot of supplies. So yeah, the car was packed full. So we got there. We ended up staying off-site like 30 minutes away, something like that. We got a room super cheap. I ended up going a day earlier just to be down there because Lindsay had to work and stuff. She works when we're away. And so I wanted to be down there for that. And then Monday we ended up going to Seagroach. We checked in in the afternoon and got unpacked. That's a whole ordeal. You know how it was. Yeah. Getting everything out and getting everything put away into storage. Well, and that's it. It's like when you get the secrets, you get everything out of the car, unpack what you can. What you can fit. And then all the decorations, you decorate. And then you pack your suitcase back up and the stuff that you're not going to need immediately, you put back in the car. Yeah, because storage is limited at secrets. You never know what kind of storage you're going to have. one couple sharing a room yeah that would be enough storage for me and you yeah but even though it's pretty tight but yeah but it's always add extra people yeah it's pack everything you're not going to need and then put all of it we have storage sheds whether our car we had both of our cars full of stuff when they were there and just kept putting stuff we didn't need back in the car and i mean you're in a room for a week so it's a lot of stuff but yeah we had the mardi gras room so a lot of naughty new orleans vibes going on yeah it's kind of reminiscent with a gigantic bed huge huge It's a huge, huge bed. It was a custom-made, like, it's made for that. It's the size of two king beds put together. Yeah, it's ginormous. But it's not just two king beds put together. It's one solid mattress. Yeah, there's no crease or anything you can tell. So you could sleep on opposite sides, and you weren't anywhere near anyone. There's plenty of room. It would be a good orgy bed, for sure. Oh, for sure. So the original plan was for me to come down Tuesday. I decided after getting everything done, doing all the things I needed to do after work, that I was going to come down Monday. So I texted you, said on my way. And then I showed up about 830. The problem is secret. Even to be on the property, you have to pay for a membership, either a single female, a couple or a single male. They made you pay for a single female. But you explained to them, I'm here right now. My husband's coming tomorrow. The first person you talked to didn't really understand or didn't care enough to understand. So you just, just so you could be there, you paid for a single female. Until Thursday. Until Thursday. Yeah. Went back up there with a manager and she said, don't worry, got you covered. Yeah. So you felt better. Then you paid again. You paid for a couple's membership until Thursday. I went back to make sure that he was okay and he wouldn't have to pay single male prices because it's like $200, $300 a night. Yeah. So you paid a second time. Yeah. Again. So you paid for a single female. And then a couple's membership. And the fees. And the fees. Twice. Twice. Yeah. So I show up. I unpack my bag. You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own is free and easy. Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start free at RSS.com. You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own podcast is free and easy. Upload an episode and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads just like this. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start your new podcast for free today at RSS.com. We get my stuff in the room. We go up the front desk. Everything's supposed to be taken care of. She said she put a note on the account and everything. Show up. That woman wasn't there anymore. It was a new girl. And we told her what was going on. And she said, well, I'm just going to charge her for a single male. We said, no, we've talked about this. And she's like, here's what we paid. We've paid you two times already. And she's like, well, I'm like, it was, I forget the lady's name, but it was this person. And so she's like, hold on. She's trying to call her and text her. And I'm like, I don't know what's going on here. And she's like, well, you're showing me we've paid twice. Like everything we're saying is lining up. She just didn't have confirmation from this person that didn't make the note on the account like she said she was going to. I ended up working fine. So she gave me my bracelets and we were good till Thursday. They just this time usually it goes so smoothly and usually it's no problem at all. This time everything was a problem. Everything was being picked apart and also like I've paid numerous times now to be here. It's very frustrating. So anyway moving on we just wanted to be there and we were just willing to pay whatever. You just get to that point. And we had friends that were charged, overcharged enormous amount for stuff that is bullcrap. Secrets really is kind of on my shit list right now. And I'm, I have praised them for all these years and I love going there. I do enjoy it and everything, but we're paying really good money for the bare minimum amenities and stuff that doesn't work, stuff that we just have to deal with and put up with. And we all laugh about it because it's secrets, but they're charging us. And they're charging us just astronomical amount of fees. It's just, it's insane what it's now come to. And that's just for day passes. That's just for passes and fees there. That's not even the room. That's not even the room. You're paying just stupid. And we're always honest with you guys. And we'll always be honest with you guys. And this time they just nitpicked and they refused to give parking passes to everybody because one person was a guest on the list, but they paid for the room. And they refused to give the paper. And then they were towing all of their cars. And it wasn't even a busy weekend. There was parking spots. It wasn't like it was packed out. I've been there with a whole next door lot. I understand keeping the place protected. I understand security. I understand all of that. But the stuff that they were nitpicking was from paying customers that were doing nothing wrong. And they were just picking things. We went to the bar the next day. Oh, that bartender hated me for some reason. She just did not like him. Never said anything to me. But everything he did, she was after him. And he was even doing anything. There was six people at the resort at this point because it was a Tuesday. The last time she yelled at me, it was just me and you in the pool by ourselves playing that beer pong game with the pool floaty things. Just the stuff that she was just nitpicking. Just on him. She really had it. She was not being nice. And all while the whole fire alarm system's going off, everything's closed, the hot tub is bubbling over and closed. the entire time and it had film at least an inch thing on it. Like, I don't want to sit here and hate on secrets, but also it's getting a little crazy. Them and Trapeze are both really just making me, they're just irking me. And I'm always going to be honest with our listeners. I'm never going to be like, oh, it's paradise on earth and everything. It's so beautiful and wonderful because I'm never going to be that person. Hate me if you want, but I'm going to be honest. Will I be back? Probably. You know why? Because it's a good freaking time. It is fun. Yeah, we have fun every time we go. We have amazing shows. They have amazing themes and parties. And we love eye-handing. All of our friends are there. And it's a good time. But get your, like, get out of here. Some stuff. Get out of here. And I'm going to tell you the down. And you decide if you want to go or not. You know, we're going to tell you. We're going to be honest on our reviews always. And whatever. We actually had a really great time. But we just really wanted to be honest. It started off rocky. But going back to all of our secrets. It's fun. Once you get checked in and everything. A lot of pool time. A lot of just hanging out there. Lindsay had to work. So me and Rob would just make ourselves scarce as much as possible. And just kind of hang out at the pool. The amenities. Doing all that. Yeah. She had to work almost every day during the week. For at least a few hours. But luckily she works remote. Yeah. She's so lucky. We put like a partition around her. And she had the blue screen on her computer for all of her calls. And the room came out. with this partition and it was tucked up behind the thing at the desk and we were like why would anyone need that and then ended up using it the entire weekend like that's actually works perfectly she had her little cubicle and we could go behind her and go to the bathroom and do what we needed to do and she was still safe and had her headphones on and was in her office but she did a lot of that so we did a lot we went to the store got you know and all got all the stuff we needed we made jello shots we're making jello shots for the room yeah 200 jello shots yeah so we had to go get the stuff for that and just you know lunch and doing normal stuff, trying to do pool time and hot tub time and stuff. And then we had the drag show Tuesday night. He got there, so he got to come to the drag show. Yeah. It was late. It's 1030 by the time they start the drag show. So that's very late for us on the Tuesday. I mean, so I got there 830. It was chilly. And then after we got checked in, unpacked, got settled, visited for a while, took a few shots. And every Tuesday night at Seekers, they have a drag show at the club. Well, it was chilly and it was late. So we all went in our sweatpants. Yeah. To the drag show. We had, so they had, Robin Lindsay had their own sweatshirts made and gave us a couple with their logo. So we've had those on sweatpants. It was, we're nice and cozy. There was people in robes and lingerie. Slippers, we had slippers on. Other people had lingerie, slippers, robes. Everyone was just kind of in their own, it was a Tuesday and it was late. So everyone just kind of showed up as they were. or out of the pool or whatever. Oh, my gosh. It was so good. It was fun. It was so much fun. I'm so glad we ended up rallying. We were all so tired. Yeah, we almost didn't go. We were like, let's just go to bed. I'm so glad we ended up going because we had the best time. We had stacks of ones and we were just living our best life. And we ended up just making good friends with the drag queens. And it was so much. I cried at the end. It was just so beautiful to watch everyone just live in their best life. I always have a moment where I tear up and stuff it's just so much fun to watch but that was that was so much fun we got to make friends with the sexy squad so we got to that was when we first made friends with them and they I love the addition secrets of the sexy squad that part of that yeah the shows and the entertainment that they're adding on kudos to secrets because they are killing it there but we got to make friends with Nick and all of them oh it was so much fun and then we went to bed And we had planned on going to the beach the next day. But Lindsay had to do a little work and we weren't in any hurry because we were going to go watch the rocket launch. It was supposed to be at 630 that night. So we weren't in. Yeah, it was a night launch. And it was only like an hour away. Hour. Something like that. Yeah. And so we kind of took our time and let Lindsay work for a little bit, got ready and headed to the beach. And we couldn't go to the nude beach because of the shutdown. So the state park was closed. So that was a little bit of a bummer. That was the original plan as always. So we went to Cocoa Beach. And it was pretty perfect. Yeah, it was perfect. Too cold to get in the water. Put our feet in. Say hi to the ocean. And wear our bathing suits and stuff without getting cold. But yeah, it was too cold to get in the water. It was a gorgeous day. And we had wah-wah subs delivered right to us. And it was a perfect day. Perfect. Yeah, we had a little picnic on the beach. And then they postponed the launch till 8.30. So we had more time. So once we packed up and the sun started going down, it started getting chilly. And it was time for sweatshirts. So then we went over and we went to the restaurant that we had saw. And we sat on the rooftop and it was a full moon. So the moon was right over the ocean. And it was absolutely beautiful and gorgeous and had some tears again and just super grateful and just everything you can imagine. And then after that, we went over to the Ron John because had really wanted to go to the Ranjan. She was adamant about it. She had never been to a Ranjan and she was, that was a promise we had to make is we had to go to a Ranjan. It was right there. So we walked right over there and went browsing. We had about an hour to browse and then went back over to the launch. We went to the beach to see the launch. Robin brought his camera and tripods and stuff. He was trying to get the long exposure street in the sky of the rocket. So. Some time to set it all up and we set up blankets. And then I ended up watching the launch and crying again and just so much. The full moon. It was just a whole experience. I've never seen a launch at nighttime. This was our first nighttime launch. So just to see that was absolutely fabulous. It wasn't where we thought it was going to be. So it kind of screwed up all the pictures and videos. We had everything set up to where we thought it was going to be. It was going to be right over there. You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say, too. With RSS.com, starting your own is free and easy. Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start free at RSS.com. You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own podcast is free and easy. Upload an episode and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads just like this. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start your new podcast for free today at RSS.com. We had everything lined up with the horizon so you get the most of it. And then we're watching the time for the launch. And we're like, the launch window starts in three minutes. And we're making sure everything's good. And then three minutes pass and we see the sky light up over here. We're like, oh no. So everybody just pivots. And we got some good videos and pictures of it. but it was a scramble at the last second it went right over the moon and it was definitely had it was much better in real life like you can't capture that on video it's just something you have to see in real life definitely recommend if you ever have a chance to see a rocket launch definitely do it especially on the full moon that was super special and the weather was gorgeous clear beautiful clear night and so yeah we did that made it back to the hotel pretty late it was pretty late we were tired so yeah we really did some hot tub stuff yeah then we played We ended up playing. They ended up playing. Kind of parallel played. Yeah, we kind of parallel played. They played first and then we took a shower and then we were showering and played and then played at the end when they were done. So it's kind of, we did get to play and then we passed out, went to bed, got up because Thursday was the first day of the event and everyone was moving on in starting at 3 p.m. So we knew it was like the big weekend coming. So yeah. Looking to add some excitement to your social life? Meet 3 Fun. the free app that connects open-minded singles and couples for fun adventures. With thousands of active users, 3Fun is our ticket to new friendships, flirty encounters, and unforgettable experiences. The best part? It's completely free to use. No hidden fees or subscriptions. Ready to join the fun? Download 3Fun app now from the App Store or Google Play Store and start connecting with like-minded individuals in your area. Don't miss out on the excitement. Find the link below and get started with 3Fun today. And then we got up and the good part is that everyone was running around checking in and getting moved in and we were already there just to help. We were like, what do you need? What do you want us to do? I was still in my robe. I just woke up and just was relaxing, not really in any hurry. And I was like, I gotta do my makeup, my face, everything. Just taking my sweet old time walking around. It is a nice feeling when you're already moved in and everybody's coming in like full throttle. Yeah. And I'm like, I just gotta do my hair and then I'm like, I'll be ready and they're all sweating and calling all their stuff in I'm like I'm here to help whatever you need and our friends from pad we had like eight couples or something from yeah coming in and then we had other random I mean it's eye candy event so you have a lot of different kind of groups and yeah people from all over the country coming and stuff so they all moved in and we had the leaves right directly on the other side of the room we were staying in and then D&D and we'll call them D&D and the Hobrooks And they were coming in a little bit later. Everyone was traveling from all over. So they all staggered. This one that we had a completely different group of people because they had a trip planned to Hedo. Yes. Yes. And they obviously had to cancel it because of the hurricane. So Secrets stepped up. So Secrets stepped up and hosted them instead of going to Hedo. So they all were hanging out there. So it was a different group of people that you don't normally see at Secrets 2. So that was fun. And just seeing everybody come in. And then Lindsay and Rob and then the Lees and then D&D, they were there. So the Lees had our t-shirts on, which I thought was so cute when they came in. And so I was like, we all need a picture because if we don't do it right now, we're never going to do it. Handed everybody a t-shirt and we all got pictures. I'm going to post them on Instagram soon. So they turned out really cute. The Hobrooks didn't do it, but we're going to have to do it. We're going to definitely have to get one. They weren't there yet. I was like, I wanted them in the pictures too and I wanted to wait, but I knew I could tell by the energy in the room that if I waited any longer, we weren't going to get that picture. It was just everyone was starting to get excited about the room crawl and their costumes. Yeah, that was the vibe. That was definitely the vibe. And you kept reminding, you're like, I just want a picture. That's the only thing I'm asking for is one picture. Because I knew if, I knew I was about ready to lose everyone. They were all going to squirrel and start changing and bathing suits and costumes and things. So I was like, get picture now. And we did. We got the pictures real quick. So we're going to have to just retake another one. It's fine to have more. And yeah, and then it was pretty fast into room crawl time. Yeah. Everyone that we were with was hosting a room crawl. So we just were kind of helping out everybody getting costumes and getting pictures done, getting all that stuff ready. And we went with our first night of Libertine event costumes because there wasn't a theme. It was just eye candy is always candy room crawl or candy. Yeah. explosion. Some kind of candy. So everyone was doing just colored stuff. So we kind of went with those because it was out there. Yeah. EDC festival that weekend. So everybody was. Yeah. We rave outfits and stuff. So it fit right in. And we just wore those. Nobody had seen us in them. Yeah. So whatever. I like them costumes a lot. And yeah. Then we just room called the rest of the evening. Honestly. Yeah. Honestly. Well they do. iCandy does their room crawls different than what we're used to. Usually it's from this time to this time. All the rooms are open. Everybody just kind of free-for-alls. And Swinger Society has like a bingo card and each one has a sticker. You can win prizes. And you can win prizes if you fill your card. They go in just one giant group from room to room. And there's only five rooms. And there's only five rooms. Yeah. So there was just a giant group of people. Hundreds of people. Standing in line for different rooms. Yeah. because there's that one really pretty girl. She's like, why are we standing in line? I don't even know if I want anything in here. I'm like, I love your energy, actually. So I'm like, we're not cutting in line. We're just scoping it out. We'll get back in line if we want. And she's like, we're on the same wavelength here. I'm like, all right, let's go. So me and her led the way. You and her husband were behind us. And we're like, And then we'll like ask people coming up. What do they got in there? And they're like, oh, whiskey or something. I was like. Yeah. Well, they have a moonshine and like a dream sickle, an orange soda and vodka drink and this and that. We're like, nah. Next. Next week. They're like, we can beat the group if we just dipsy do past them. Yeah. Because we weren't interested in this room. And they were all together the entire time. And close. Then you get in your friends rooms. And then you'd be in there for like an hour. Yeah. Everyone was. Whoa. We never made it. away from the room crawl. We kept room crawling. Well, the fourth and fifth rooms was, the fourth room was our room with Rob and Lindsay. Yeah. And then the fifth room were D&D and Elise. Yeah. So it was like, well, we'll just go back to our room. No. And we did that. There's already, the group was already there. Yeah. And we just start talking. And I have to, I have to shout them out. I have to say. It's such a big surprise. But we're standing there. You know Libertine Events. I know a lot of you do. And our friends Libertine Events and Kate and Mickey and Mallory from the Casual Swinging. Yes. Mickey walks in and does his voice that you know so well. He has the most distinct voice. He's the best MC voice I've ever heard of. It's just like a roar through a crowd. I'm like, no fucking way. We've known them a minute and We have not seen them since Miami two years ago. But like I said before, they were supposed to be going to Hedo with the Dirty Perv group. And so they came there to support them. And they just showed up. My heart exploded. I was so excited to see them. It made my heart so happy. So yeah, so we sat there. We did a video for Kate tormenting her a little bit. We were all together. because we just never get to all be together. And so that was so special. And then, yeah, we hung out with them for as long as possible. But we had to go. Well, we missed the room call portion because we were reminiscing and talking to Mickey and Mallory and making videos for Kate. And taking pictures. Mike came around the corner like, did you miss our room? Like, no, we just haven't been there yet. So, yeah, we ended up going when everybody had left. And it was still hopping. It was. It was still hopping. We still got it We still got it But we were We do what a hot couple does When a hot couple's together And we squirrel And we meet friends We meet new people He got At one point that evening I said I don't know I haven't seen Russ in probably 45 minutes But I know he's safe Because I went to the room And he wasn't there So I know he's living his life somewhere else We're good And I was like I just would like to see him I would just need to know where he is I remember you I forget what I was doing. I walked up to someone and I was like, have you just seen him? I just want to know that he's okay. So I just, it had been long enough where I was like, I just want to make sure I can see him. Oh, I remember. I remember where I was now. I had made a friend. He had made himself a friend. And I brought a whole group with me. He was living his best. You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, chances are you have something to say too. With RSS.com, starting your own is free and easy. Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start free at RSS.com. Like, as we do. I forget what her name was. I don't know where you found her or anything. I know she was in a polyamorous relationship. She had whippets available for her room. Yeah, yeah. She wasn't part of the room call, but she's like, yeah, come to my room. I have alcohol. I have whippets. I have, like, whoa. That escalated quickly. And we walk into her room, and she literally had a giant STO2 container to sit next to the bed. She's like, I don't have balloons. They're coming tomorrow. I'm like, that's okay. That's okay. And we started talking. And a group of people in her room. I didn't even know who they were. Yeah. And I never met her before in my life. Not many people in the crew that we hang out with now have seen Ashley and Ross is their element. We make friends quickly. We make best friends quickly. I think I've really been in the frame of mind lately that we've been craving doing swinger shit. We miss being old school, the hat couple in Georgia sometimes, and we've really been not able to do that because you just haven't been there, and we just haven't been able to do it together. And Secrets is a whole other beast that we like to explore together and that we are very familiar with. We just live our best life there, and This weekend was definitely old school hot couple stuff. We wanted it to be that. That's what we really did want. And we just made so many new friends and had new experiences. That was a really, really good example of OG stuff we used to do. And that's why we got the reputation no one could find us ever. That's why any TikTok you see with Lacey or the girls from Swinger Society when we used to make jokes about it. We were always the couple that people always said just disappeared and never solved up again. That's what we do. But a lot of people don't know that about us. That's what we do. We run around like crazy. And it's not even like, we're not doing crazy stuff. We are literally just meeting everyone. We meet people. We meet people who become our best friends in that very moment. And you have a whole group of strangers before you know it. Just, they're your new best friends. And so much fun. I got that. That was a lot of fun. real party night that he was able to be. Yeah. So we were really trying to enjoy it and do swinger shit and stuff. And it was fun. It was fun. It was good. Yeah. So we left her room like, all right, good seeing you, babe. It was time. It was time. And then we, me and you just started wandering like we do. Yeah. And we ended up. I wanted to find new people. Yeah. And so we ended up in iCandy's room. Yeah. We're all of them. And there was a pretty good group in there. And it was another one of those conjoined rooms. So it was like room over here, room over there. We were just, we stood there. We were in that room all night long. Yeah, we were in there for a hot minute. They had puppies. That's what drew us in. Oh yeah, the dogs. They had two dogs in there and they were so cute. They were in the one bed just spinning around and being cute and wrestling. And then everyone was in the other room just talking and doing what swingers do, laughing, talking. dancing, doing all the things and playing with the dogs. And we, yeah, we spend most of the night in that room with them. We spend a good while in that room. I got to really get to know that crew at Naughty. I partied until the wee hours of the morning with Eye Candy and then seeing them again was nice and hanging out with them. And you hadn't really gotten to hang out with them. No, I've never. That was the first time I really hung out with them. Yeah, because I really have been, the last few parties I've been to, big parties have been Eye Candy parties. Yeah. I've gotten to know them a lot. So it was good. We got to know them a little bit more. And then we ended up making our way back outside eventually and heading towards home. And we saw more friends that were just coming from EDC was this weekend. So we had a lot of people that were showing up. Oh, yeah. At midnight. Yeah. They had shuttles coming back. And so we had friends. We'll call them C and K. We're just going to start using initials because it's hard to keep back of screen names because like she's had a couple and I don't know. Everybody changes and loses accounts. Yeah. So we'll call them that. But we ended up, I love, when I get to see her, I don't get to see her very often. I've known her since day one, pretty much, too. And get to really actually talk to her and actually have time is very rare. So we got to sit and talk. And then we just hung out for a little bit before bed and talked. We ate leftovers. We ate leftover rice. And sushi. Yeah, from the nights before. And we were on one that night. We laughed. Yeah, we got in bed, and I don't know what it was. We had started in the parking lot just goofing off and laughing. I don't know what was so funny, but I hadn't laughed that hard in so long. So long, like crying, laughing. Lindsay was snoring away. She was sleeping. Oh, I remember what it was now. I remember what, because you were, I do, I remember now. I don't remember. I remember. Someone was on one. That night. And you started trying to be Miss Little Bossy. I was just, I was, I was on one. And I couldn't help but laugh. It's just like, not just like, haha, yeah, whatever. It was like a belly, like deep in my soul laugh. I was trying to brat like all my friends do. I was trying to brat real hard. It didn't come off well. It just reminded me of, like, a cartoon character. You know where you see, like, a little, like, you know, puppy or kitten or, like, duck or chicken, like, that thinks he's big and tries to be tough? That was like you. Like, like, you see? You want a piece of this? I don't know why it was so funny, but it was in the moment. Absolutely surreal. Oh, God, it was so funny. We didn't stop laughing, and Rob would just giggle in. He had no idea what we were laughing about. We had forgotten what we were laughing about. And we were just laughing at that point. It's just one of those laughs where you just keep crying and laughing because you can't stop. And we did that and literally passed out laughing. Yeah. We fell asleep laughing. Yeah. Which is the best way to fall asleep. And we woke up and had sex instead of sex before bed. So we just woke up, had sex. And it was such a good time. But unfortunately then I knew he had to leave. Yeah. I had to leave that morning. Yeah. And I had my alarm set for 8 o'clock. And I didn't want to get up. And I set it for 8 o'clock knowing I had a window. Knowing that was not happening. That was just when the window started. So I'm like, I got time. I don't have to hurry. Because that's the worst. So we lollygagged around. Packed all my stuff. Finally got in the car. Then ran to the Wawa across the street. We had to get you some more snacks and some... Blue. Some more drinks. Some drinks. And then I had to head home and go to work, which is the worst. Womp. But that's where my story ends. And that begins. Hey, beautiful. If you're looking to feel confident and sexy, Voluptuous Fixin has got you covered with stunning lingerie and outfits that fit every curve. And for our listeners, you can snag 10% off your order with code NGA at checkout. Don't miss out. Check out the link below and find your next favorite piece. And then I was alone and I was sad. It always takes me a moment of adjustment. I always shed a few tears and mourn my husband leaving me for a little bit. It takes me a second to get snapped out of it. And even when I am okay, I'm never 100% okay without him. I never will be. I'm just, it's my other half. So I'd feel weird. And I'm not going to apologize for that anymore. And it's just how it's going to be. Lindsay had to work all day again. So luckily I had a task to do. I got ready, got dressed, did everything. And motherfucking Lee's Mike, his birthday is coming up. And we told you all about the jean jackets and the denim trolling we've been doing with him and the torturing him with jean jackets. So Sam had said she wanted to throw him a little party at secrets at some point. So we decided to do Friday. them and the hoberks, we got them to go to Disney Springs because they were going anyway. So they spent the whole day there, a few hours anyway. And so that gave me time to decorate. So when Sam had said she wanted to do a party for him, I was just being funny and I went into Amazon and typed in jean birthday party decorations, denim birthday party decorations. Wouldn't you know that they have those? So denim and diamonds is a party. theme, apparently, for bridesmaids, which I didn't, never hear of, but absolutely perfect for this. Couldn't have asked for more better decorations. Everything was jean jackets, and I had got balloons that just said denim that you blow up, streamer, tablecloths, like centerpieces was jean jackets. I even got... You're listening to a podcast right now. Driving, working out, walking the dog. If you're into podcasts, Chances are you have something to say, too. With RSS.com, starting your own is free and easy. Upload an episode, and we distribute it to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, and hundreds more. Track your listeners, see where they're from, and start earning from ads like this, even with just 10 listeners a month. If you've been thinking about starting a podcast, this is your sign. Start free at RSS.com. Temporary tattoos of jean jackets. A sash that says, it's my birthday, jean jacket. Sam got him a cake made, and the cake topper was him. He took a picture for the Facebook group because he joined in on the fun eventually, and it was his picture of him in the jean jacket. Best part of the team ever. So amazing. And then everyone was wearing jean jackets. Oh, we had the lights were blue. It was so good. I'm so, I am so proud I got to be a part of that because that made my life. And that was so much fun. I, he was not expecting that at all. So it was a good little surprise moment. And yeah. And then we did the birthday party thing and cake and all of that and got into bathing suits. Then it was pretty much just pool time. Everybody chilling by the pool until the party, you know, how it goes. Then, you know, afternoon pool party. Then you get out in the evening, get something. to eat, take a nap, then get ready, reset for the evening. And that's just what you do with secrets and same thing. That night was superhero. So everyone was there. And then we got dressed, got ready, took five billion pictures and videos as we do a single time. The husband half of Hobrooks. He was my spirit animal this weekend. The confidence that he exuded. He's normally silent. You don't hear too much from him very often. He's very quiet. Yeah, it usually takes him a while to warm up. At events, especially. Around us, he's pretty open and talkative. But at events and stuff, you don't hear him say too much. But he was a minion. I love the imagination on these fingers with these superhero costumes. We had Buzz Lightyear. A whole bunch of Wonder Women. Mine was supposed to be Superwoman, but it was from Sheen, so it didn't have an S on it. So it just looked like another Wonder Woman costume. A lot of red and gold and blue. Those type of costumes. But he had a minion costume and then he got himself the biggest dildo he could find and stuck it right in his zipper and walked around with those suspenders and that hat and that dildo all night just strutting his stuff. Like the most compliment I've ever seen a man ever. Best. I got some of the best 360 videos that I can't share anywhere. at all, but absolute gold. Just, he was thriving. He was just bouncing that sucker around the confidence. Oh my God. It was so much fun. And we hung out with our crew. We made our way to the dungeon. I got to watch in the dungeon. I sat there with my friends and just watched and it was beautiful and never got to have a session. I tried a few times, but I kept getting like pushback and then it was like, oh, tomorrow. So I didn't get any, but That was fun. I got to watch. I was happy. I'm happy on my knees just watching. Like, I'm so happy doing that. And I got to sit with some of my best friends and got to watch with her. And it was a cute. It was a good time. It was good moments. And then we ended up back in the room. And then I fulfilled a fantasy that I've been wanting to fulfill with her for a very long time. She's never been able to use her strap on with me. I've never had a chance to. She is the queen of the strap. And so I've watched her so many times and drooled over it a million times and it's been on my bucket list for a really long time so i finally got to experience that with her and there's nobody else that i would want to do it with because she's my uh she's my heart and soul i love love them so much we've known them since before anyone really we've known them a very long time for a long time we got to experience the loft with them back in the day and yeah we love them very dearly so that was a really good time and then i changed into lingerie ended up back there after running around living my best life, I ended up back there and got to have some kind of wax play, which had been a minute since I've done wax play. So it was a good old familiar friendly feeling and loved that. And then it got really crowded and really loud in my head and I ran to go get some air and never ended up coming back. I ended up getting in trouble. So I went to the back part and I saw underneath of the blind that Lindsay and Rob were still up. It was pretty early in the morning at this point. And I had assumed they had went to sleep. But they're living their best life. So I hadn't heard from them for a minute. I assumed they were sleeping. So I once I saw they were in there, it was one of those like, open the doors and see what you guys doing. And they were just sitting there talking, hanging out. We ended up talking in bed forever. Time got away from us. We were laughing and crying and, you know, having a moment in bed. Ended up passing out like so hard. just falling asleep in mid-sentence. And then the door starts banging. I hear knocking on the door. And it's our crew. And they had been looking for me for a minute. And they thought I died. And I worried them, scared them, and didn't answer my phone because I was sleeping. And yeah, so that happened. They lost track of me, got worried. And I apologize. I love you. Please don't hate me for that. I do that sometimes. I just squirreled. And that's what we, like we said earlier, that's just what happens sometimes. And, you know, we get distracted. But they found me. It was fine. Ended up going back to sleep. And waking up the next day. And it was a whole Saturday. A whole ass Saturday. A whole ass Saturday. Every time in the morning, you just kind of like, you just slow move. You know? It's like every morning, you gotta get a shower. And then you kind of hang around naked or whatever. And you put your robe. I used it. I lived in that robe pretty much the entire time. That was the best decision I made was to bring that robe. Aren't you glad I had that idea? Bring in the fluffy robe? It was such a good idea. And slippers. Yeah. Never going anywhere without that ever again. So just slow moving. And until you get ready for pool time. At Secrets, you do food and pool. And went down to the pool, got some food. I love their barbecue wings. Their Caesar wrap and their barbecue wings are always two things I get all the time. Their food is very good. I don't think I've ever had their wings. They are 10 out of 10. Especially when I'm craving like just protein, meat, something like that. And nothing big and heavy. The wings are so good. And they're not expensive at all. It's good prices, good food. Yeah, there are prices for food. A lot of places like that, they're overpriced, but their prices are reasonable. Yeah, their drinks are overpriced. Their drinks are overpriced, but their food's reasonable. And it's good. It's good. That's the thing. I'm really glad that at least the food is delicious. Everything I've ever had there has been good. Yeah. I got onion petals one night, and I've had their pizzas are really good. Their flatbread pizzas. I did the grown-up grilled cheese that is always really good. You really can't go wrong there. Yeah. I got food and I really again was meeting people and just vibing and living my best life this weekend and I sat on my pick floaty if you know from secrets episodes before I have this pink it's not mine it's secrets but there's this pink striped net float that is there and no one touches it I don't know why it's been the hell summer I used it all last time I was there for a week it was dark pink now it's bay And popped the one that has a hole in it. So it's kind of a little wonky. But I sat in that pool and vibed with the Sexy Squad and the DJ and just floated back and forth. I'd find our people, come say hi, see what they were doing. Then I'd float over here. I met people along my way. I would dance. I was just so comfortable being by myself this weekend. I felt confident. I liked it. I liked it. It felt a lot like Ashley. again. And I was just embracing just being alone and solo and experiencing things. And I wanted to make sure I was dancing. I've forgotten to dance a lot of the last few events. I really like left dancing out. And dancing is how this all began as well. And dancing is how I learned how to be confident and how to talk to people and mingle and everything. So I just really have been wanting to tap back into that. And so I spent the entire day in the pool floating all day long. That's what we did. And plus it was, we knew we were getting freeze warnings on our phone for the following day and the day after our end. So we knew this was a very short window of time. And it was 90 degrees. Soak up every ounce of heat you possibly can. Because, yeah, Sunday night there is a freeze warning up here. I was so grateful this weekend as well. Like just to be there and just to be that lucky to be in that and to have just so much. so much just love and i was so grateful and uh but had so much fun there and yeah watch the sexy squad for 50 hours they just did it for the entire time that we were there i don't know how they do it they killed it they have choreography now like all sorts of stuff going on now i love what they're doing with their team but they keep a good party going during the day and games and things going on and changing djs up and around and yeah and then And then it was time again to, it's like, you get to that time of day where the sun starts getting lower, it starts getting chillier. And you're like, if you want to take a nap, if you're going to eat, you better do it now. And so everyone just starts slowly making their way to nap, eat, get showers, do all that stuff. And yeah, and then that night it was carnival theme and I was cotton candy. So if you know anything about me, when I become that, Brittany comes out. She gets into all pink uniform. You better watch out because that's the most confident girl you're ever going to meet. I got to tap into really my princess like submissive side that evening that I don't ever tap into without you there. That was really cool. So I was I had found this like two piece pink like crazy fluffy. It looked like one of those shag rug. Yeah. Real fluffy. Like her slippers. And it was based off of my slippers. I built the outfit off my slippers. You built an outfit around your slippers. I knew I was not going to want to wear high heels anymore. I just knew I was not going to be in any state to be wearing heels on the last evening. My feet, I've got really bad feet. So my friend, she was helping me out at the very beginning a couple months ago and throwing out different ideas for the themes and stuff. And I think she had shown me a dress or something and said, somebody could do cotton candy. And I was like, That's it. So I went and got all the fluffiest things. All the, I had little like pom-pom balls. I had the earrings were balls. I had everything fluffy and got to wear pink sparkly fishnets. Like it was a hundred percent. Me and my element, I did my curls. I did my pigtails. So good. I had my choker on. It was a whole, it was a whole thing. So had the best time. I, it started off a little rocky. because only because it was the last day. I had been there a week. And I'm pretty sure we spent four straight hours taking videos and pictures. And I could feel it in my soul. I know that I'm a content creator. I know I do a lot of this. I know I do this for a living and stuff. But it's one thing about me is I hate the pictures and video part of it, which sounds so weird and crazy. I'm the worst content creator you will ever meet. But I despise that. I really just want to get the party started. I really want to go start having fun. I want to go start meeting people. I want to start dancing mostly because that's when the dancing's going wild, everything. And it just felt like hours of pictures, which I love my pictures. I do appreciate all of them. I love having the memories. I love all of it. But after a while, it's just like, okay, I can't even smile. Like it hurts to smile sometimes. That's when I always tell him. And I was done with it. And we were standing there and I was just kind of, you know, waiting for another set of pictures. And across the yard, I hear Mickey's voice. you know like hello lifestylers i couldn't do it but it's mickey's voice i just knew it was his voice we're at secret hideaway and i'm like mickey and i went running with all my might to find mickey and we had been neighbors with like you said earlier a group of people another group of people that were supposed to be in hedo and we ended up making really good friends with them they were pretty close neighbors they were down a couple doors. And we had just passed them and seen them and talked to them. And at the room crawl, me and you got to hang out with them and talk to them for quite a few. Quite a big part of that time was talking to them. And their entire group was hosting that party in the Tiki area. And so they had Mickey up there emceeing. They had their DJ and the entire group was there. So I had the combination of this new group that I had found. And they were so beautiful and fun. They were a great time. And then I had Mickey. And I got to stand up there with Mallory. Mickey was absolutely dying. It was so humid, so hot. And he was sweating so bad. I felt so bad for him. I knew I was hot. So I had my big I can't do fan. And I spent his entire set. I just sat there and fanned that poor man off and danced. And I was happy to be there because I could be right in front of the DJ and do my thing and loved that. And it felt so much like Miami. It was such deja vu. It was too much fun. I was living my best life. And then they had a costume contest. So everybody got a ticket throughout the night to be finalists. Our friends became finalists and then one of them got second place. So that was really cool staying up there and supporting them. Everyone killed it. Swingers are the most imaginative, creative people in the entire world. Their costumes just... You cannot be a swinger Halloween costume contest. You're never going to find that in the regular world. Well, that's what Mallory mentioned something about that Thursday night when I was wearing those shiny pants and that lace shirt. And she's like, I was just looking at your outfit in any other setting would be so weird. She's like, but just imagine wearing this in a vanilla setting. People look at you like you're nuts. But you wear it here. This is what gets me laid. Yeah, half of the whole Brooks that I was talking about earlier, he was living his best life. And that night he was riding a fucking elephant. He had, he had tiny little legs. He was completely naked in this inflatable elephant. And again, living his best life, just strutting around the biggest confidence. Well, his confidence was so high. Oh my gosh. It was, people were just riding on it. People were all about it. Everybody he passed was like, you killed it. You killed it. It just made my heart so happy to see him thriving and just, oh, it was so much fun. And then, yeah, we had our close friend. He was second place and he stayed in character the entire time. Like, not only creative and these amazing outfits, but also amazing actors, turns out. They were all in. It was so good. Everyone deserved to win. Everyone killed it. Such good, such good. And then after that, the Sexy Squad did an entire performance. And one of the Sexy Squad members dressed up in drag and had an entire like center show. And it was so beautiful and wonderful. And we had spent the whole entire week with them. So it felt really special to see them just it was the last day. 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So I made my way in there and then our people were in there. I found them. And this beautiful, gorgeous, exotic lady came over to me and she asked me if I would like to play with her and her friends. And so, of course, I said, yeah. And so I went over there and there was another gorgeous lady strapped down to the bed and covered in electrodes. And she was with a beautiful man as well. So the three of them were over there playing with the electro-stimulation machine and they explained to me like don't do this don't do that because she is grounded she'll die it will be electrocuted and so i was scared and intrigued and but i told her it's just something i've never been interested in i don't have any i don't want to do it at all i don't like electricity i don't like being shocked i don't like being surprised so i was like no i'll watch you guys you guys are gorgeous i'll just watch and support you and so then she said bitch and She barely spoke English, but she was like, how many kids do you have? And I said, four. And she's like, this is nothing. She's like, touch her. You're a woman. And she was hyping me all up. So she talked me into it. I ended up doing it. And I'm so happy that I did because it was such a cool feeling. It felt like electric currents going through my hand and through my body. And it was not zappy. It was not like scary at all. And so I sat there for a while. her and she was excited it was so hot and then the guy asked if he could kiss her and they instructed how to do it what was going to happen and everything and i watched them and there was just a lightning bolt went between them and i was like nope not doing that one because that one i knew was going to be what i hated zappy i don't like zappy and so i ended up doing it of course and that one really took a lot of myself up. I literally was like, you got this, you got this, and I ran in and I kissed her, and it was zappy. It was everything I thought it would be, but it was, it felt so good. It really did feel really good. I liked it. I am so glad that they did push me outside of my comfort zone, because I would have never tried that otherwise. We've had the opportunity a million times to do that, and I've always turned it down, because it's just not something that I'm into, but I was feeling myself. I was feeling a certain way that night, so I'm glad. And they were, whatever you say, they were absolutely gorgeous. I would have done probably anything they told me to do, honestly. I looked around and I was... Get in the van. Yeah, yeah, okay. They left. I looked around halfway through and I was just like, why did they choose me? I don't know. It was very, very lucky and I felt very, very honored to be a part of that. It was their birthday. It was a whole celebration, a whole fantasy. I was here for it. And it was a great time. And then our friends that had been in there, I turned around. Everything was kind of to the end. And they all had left. So I was just, like, kind of feeling a little bit vulnerable and stuff. So I was like, it's time to go now. I don't know anyone. And so on the way out, I ran into Pineapple Jam, which I forgot to mention. Tuesday, we ran into them and got to have dinner with them. All us, Lindsay, Rob, and them went out to dinner. It was so nice. We've known them for a really long time, follow them on social media, see them on there all the time, but never really have time to actually talk. So they work in the dungeon and educate and do a lot of sessions and scenes with people. And so we got to actually sit down and get to know them as people and talk to them. So that was really cool. And on the way out, I just kind of looked at him and was like, I don't know how you do it, but thank you for doing this for everybody. Cause I don't know how, I just don't know how they do it within lifestyle that part really just blows my mind I don't yeah I asked him that question when he came by the room crawl Thursday I kind of had that conversation with him and he said could I ask him like what do you do when like you get done with a session and then you turn around and there's five women behind you want the same thing because you've had that yeah you've had that in tiny little amounts when you've of people. And you've done rope. Yeah. We've done vlogging seminars and stuff like that. And that's exhausting. And that's just a small amount of time compared to what they do. And in that environment, swingers, it's a whole different. Yeah. Basically, his response was they get 10%. Yeah. I'm like, yeah. That's the thing. Like, it's very performative. Give them, like, a pop so they know you're there. But, like, it's very. Even at beating, it's still never. It's not touching the surface of. what BDSM is and the depths of it and stuff. So yeah, I do completely get that. It's just for decoration. They're happy with just some marks and be bent over the spanking bench for a couple hours or whatever. But I completely get that. But I still don't know how they do it for the amount of time that they do it. It's impressive. And to be still in that space and so often and with all the chaos of swingers and stuff and everything and just People that are uneducated and want to learn and just don't know a lot. And I don't know. But I looked at him and I was like, I don't know how you do it. But thank you for doing it because we definitely need this space and props to you because it's crazy in there. And yeah. But yeah, anyway, then I was on a mission. I ran out to go find people that I knew. And I did have a little moment of struggle. I struggled. I felt a little out of place for a second. I was living my best life and everything but it got to the end of it and then I didn't know where I should go after that because again it was very everyone was excited a lot of people were showing up there's a lot going on we had a lot of dungeon sessions that were scheduled a lot of I kept getting like misplaced I had a moment in my head where I felt like I was being left behind a lot I felt like I was out of time and I needed to enjoy my night also so I really went hard on just going to find people to hang out with and ran around like crazy and was super confident living my best life but it was a moment of i don't know what to do with my hands was really the saying of this weekend because it felt like i wanted to do something with my hands but i don't know how or where to put them so it was a big saying this weekend and it was a moment of i felt little sometimes you the one thing i'm discovering about going solo is that it's lonely sometimes it's really lonely yeah i really give kudos to people that are single that do this alone all the time because it's fun to play it's fun to flirt it's fun to dance but then when that's over you don't have that person to bounce stuff off of you don't have that person to just chill with because you're running on this adrenaline and you're invited and the music's high and stuff and then it's kind of over and you don't know like do I go to bed or I don't want to go to bed and then I'm always just kind of like I don't know which way to go I don't know where to go I don't know I don't I know I know that I'm never in the way. I know that I'm, I know when my rational brain says that I'm wanted to be a part of it and included. But there's sometimes when I do feel like a third wheel or a fifth wheel or a seventh wheel or depending on who I'm with. And I, it's always like, I wish Russ was here. And I hear that so much all of the time. I'm constantly hearing if only Russ was here, if Russ was here. And it's just kind of gets in my head a little bit. And I do have moments where I'm like, okay, well then he's not here. So I guess I'm, you know, And it's not that serious, but it is a moment where I'm like, okay, well, then I'm going to find somewhere where Ashley could have fun right now. And Ashley wants to get one. I need to figure out where Ashley wants to go. And also, I didn't want to get into a bad headspace. I was really wanting to be good this time. And I really have worked very hard to be who I am. And I'm feeling very good and confident about who I'm becoming. And I just needed to remember that it could get there if I didn't reset. and take a breath. And Lindsay and Rob, they kept busy and they made so many friends. And I had a room to go to a lot of the time where I could go and just sit and drink some water, go to the bathroom, get a lollipop, do all my things that I do. Just take a moment, take a picture, try to do some work, a TikTok or something. And I really utilize that extra room to sit down in. Just... I didn't have you because that's normally when we would go take a walk take a minute and debrief and kind of talk about what's going on and what our plans were and stuff and so I'm still have sex because I'm super horny but I don't I struggle because I don't know how to navigate with new people I'm still figuring that out because I am just a person that has to be somewhat comfortable especially when I'm alone to be intimate with someone and that's just who I am as a person just that's just me he's not so much so he really does push me outside of that a little bit more. And I enjoy it. And that's why we make a really good swinger couple team. But when I'm alone, I struggle with being scared. I am honestly nervous and scared. So I do retreat to stuff that's familiar or alone. Like those are my, I am a fight or flight person. I, if I'm feeling the vibe off, if I'm feeling something's not right, if I'm hearing, I hear a lot of people talking and I hear a lot of whispering, I hear things. I can read a room and read a vibe very well. And I always just have been able to, my gut, I always trust my gut. So if it's not good, I usually run like that's usually when I go and I take time to be alone I might be back I might need to go over things in my head and be like you're being silly or this isn't actually how it is or something but I'm just the person that you I'm gonna squirrel I'm gonna disappear I'm gonna take minutes I'm gonna have to chill out because I am an anxious person I have anxiety I have worries and I'm learning and I'm growing and it was a good night I had the most fun I made so many friends I had so many people come up and talk to me and made a lot of really good connections and was able to with you which really helped a lot for the weekend because i felt like we knew them more yeah than if it was just me meeting them yeah yeah so it helped that you knew who they were i'm really excited for this new group that's intriguing it's a very i'm really excited about this new we got this private code given to us yeah he's like this is our group and he pulls his wallet out and it's this metal business card. He's like, fill that out. I'm like, ooh. He's like, this is a very secret group. I'm like, ooh, I love this. I love secrets. I like secrets. Room crawl, me and you were meeting everyone. Oh, it was so much fun. We met more people, I think, than we ever met in one night. That was a really good, we were having the best time. And so, yeah, then I was just about, I had been at secrets a week. I have been a long, long week. It was time to come home. I was homesick quite a few times during this trip. I miss my kids. I miss my house. It's been a long stretch since I've been traveling on and off. And so I decided it was time for bed. I was just tired. I hadn't slept really good the night before. And I went and literally took a nap. I slept for three hours. Everyone was already in bed. I climbed to bed with Ralph and Lindsay and they were already sleeping. So I passed off for three hours and then I woke up out of my sleep wide awake. Wide awake. Not sure why. Not sure how I woke up wide awake, but it was like 6 a.m. So I went outside because I have FOMO and I wanted to see if anyone was doing anything. So I knew that everyone was in the dungeon for the late night party that night. So I wanted to see if everyone was up. So I went around the corner and I went to our crew and they were still wide awake, living their best life at that time. They were winding down. They were all getting ready to go to bed and stuff. So I ended up cuddling up in their bed and just passing out with them for a few, another little nap. And I actually like just had missed the sessions. They had came back to the room and did their own little private sessions and for a while. And I had just missed it by like six minutes, seven minutes or something. They just walked out. So it's kind of sad, but it's like my brain knew that I was missing something and I just woke up and could sense it. And so I came running, but I just missed it. So, well, always next time. But, yeah, I ended up passing down in the room for a little bit and then woke up and I knew it was time to get my life together because we were heading home. And it is very much like that secret morning. You just wake up and you brush your teeth and get your clothes on. Yeah, because you have to be checked out by 10. Get the heck out of there. And you've somehow acquired so much more stuff somehow every single time. And so you're trying to fit it all back in the car and you're just throwing stuff in bags. Nothing's organized. It's just get the heck out of there. But you show up, everything's nicely folded and organized. And then you get up at eight o'clock Monday morning and it's a Sunday morning. And it's like, just don't get a bag. You got dirty clothes. You're shoving in bags. And you don't even have a six hour drive ahead of you or eight hours for them or whatever crazy it was. So, you know, you have to get on the road because you're going to be getting home at midnight and nobody wants to do that. So, yeah, that was... That was pretty much it. That was Secrets. It was a different trip than normal. It was a different one than I think we've ever had. Yeah. We've never experienced an eye candy party together. No. We got one night of it. So that was the first time we had a little taste together. Well, I think it's weird, too, like for you is you spent three days with me and then you had to adjust. Yeah. And that first night, like I honestly, when I needed a moment, and I just went out back and just sat. I was really honestly like sad. I was feeling sad. I was feeling because everywhere you look, everyone has their person. Everyone's playing with their person. They have their familiarity. They have somebody that they, you know, their other half is hanging out with them, experiencing and dancing and doing it. And it does. I always, I don't, I've been trying to like stop that, but I don't think that's ever going to stop. I think that's always going to be a thing. We need to find you an emotional support unicorn. I do have that in some parties. I have those in some parties. It depends on where I'm at. Yeah, we just need to get you an emotional support unicorn. Sometimes I do have one of those. When I'm not there, you have somebody to hang out with. Yeah, yeah. I do. I go with girls on there that, you know, I can hang out and stuff. But when they have a person, yeah, it is different. So it is nice to have my single girls when I can, or people that are alone to just kind of vibe with. It was a good trip. It was fun. And then we drove home. It was horrible. Torture. But I'm very thankful to Rob and Lindsay that they drove me. I napped on and off, which I don't nap in cars, but I... Did you doze on? Yeah, I napped pretty much the entire time. Wake up in a panic and then doze off again. Yeah, I got to be a passenger princess. And thankful to them. Thank you for being our safe space and being our people and letting us just be who we are and loving us no matter how messy and weird it gets and crazy. and wild, I guess. But appreciate and love you very much for that. And yeah, that was Secrets. That was a week. It was a lot. I love it, but it's a lot. And it's, you know, it's different. It's a different experience. You don't know unless you've experienced Secrets. It's exhausting, but I cannot wait to go back every single time. And it's addicting. It's really addicting. I really want to go back with you. I'm excited. I was like, we need to start. We need to figure out when we're going. We're going back next year at some point. And we're going together the entire time. And we just, we're overdue for a good room crawl. Oh, for sure. A good room crawl, hot couple room. I'm ready. I'm ready. But also, Caliente2026. I've never been. In Paradise Lakes, there's a few options. Yeah. A few other options, too, to check out. And I'm not opposed to checking out new ones and new things. I always want to try some new stuff out. And, you know, we've been doing secrets for many years. So. Yeah, for sure. But. Who knows? We'll see. But yeah, anyway, this has been a very long episode, but and probably would have been a two parter if we would have more time. But we are out of time. We are out of time. The end. This is episode 16 of season three. Season finale. Season finale. And. Cannot believe we're going into season four soon. That is. We are rolling into our 100th episode very, very quickly, and we are going to have to do something for that, I think. Yeah, we need to start planning stuff ahead and planning for it, because if you are still here all of these seasons, I can't even begin to tell you. I know. I like the idea, now that we're talking about it, for the 100th episode, a live recording. Oh, yeah. Yeah, we'll have to do something like that. Interviews or something. Yeah. Yeah, we can't even begin to tell you how much we appreciate you guys. Still don't understand why you keep coming back every week, but we sure do appreciate it. We love meeting you guys. We've met so many amazing people throughout this last year that we've been doing this, and we hope that you keep enjoying it. We're always open to feedback and open to ideas, and we want to have all of you on. We would love to have everyone and anyone on that would like to be. We can blur out your names. We can change your names. We can mask voices, whatever we have to do. We love to hear your story. We would love to have you on because we are, we love meeting new people. If you can't tell by now, we love meeting new people. We love meeting everyone. We love hearing stories. We love just getting to know humans in this lifestyle are just, we've spent 34 years of our lives and never, ever once met people like that. this. And so grateful to have discovered this secret, beautiful, wonderful world that we found in this lifestyle. And I want to talk to as many of you as possible. I want to show people that we are just regular normal people. We're no one special. Yeah, we're so normal. We're so normal. We don't know the secret. We mess up. We're not perfect. I think if you listen to this podcast, you're discovering that we have opinions and we say what we feel. And what you see is what you get. And we're not going to always sugarcoat it for you. We're going to let you know the truth and how we feel. And it's not always perfect. And we appreciate those of you that understand that. And give us grace and are patient with us and are kind to us because that's all it's about is just be kind. And not everyone's going to do this perfectly or the same way. Yeah. And that is that's the whole point. That's the whole thing. We're all so different. We all have different ways of doing it. and there is no perfect way and no one's an expert in swinging. I don't care what anyone says. There's no perfect expert swinger. There's no perfect way to do this. There's no guidebook that we follow and we're all just here bringing it. Rule section 13 is... That doesn't exist and we all don't know what we're doing and we're all just here learning from each other, good and bad from each other and growing and always changing and always just trying to get better and be better humans. Just be kind and We appreciate everyone. Thank you for listening to us every single Wednesday. I hope that Wednesdays don't suck too bad for you for the next few months, but hopefully you'll come back again. We'll be back after the holidays. After the holidays, after we get through winter sad season, then we'll be back ready with new plans for swinger season 2026. I mean, but just because the season's over doesn't mean we're going to stop recording. I know. We have stuff happening. At all times. Well, we're not going live every Wednesday. We are always trying to make it better. We're always improving. We're making plans. We're always booking people to come on the podcast, doing interviews. We have already some scheduled and always going to be here. We do social media. So every single day, pretty much. Yeah. You know where the socials are. You know how to get a hold of me. Go get them. Go snatch them. TheHocoupleNGA.com. You can find us all year round, all the time. Stay in touch. And thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Seriously, love you all so much. And thank you for being here. And I appreciate you more than you'll ever know. Thank you. And as always, it's not that serious. Don't make it weird. We love you guys. Bye. Bye.