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Our resident travel guru, and person we're usually jealous of, Michael Silva, joins us for this episode all about vacation planning! How hard is it for married couples to plan a vacation? Does a single person always get the couch? What day is the best day to get flight deals? We talk about all this and much, much more! As always, thanks for listening and please don't forget to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook! We love your feedback and want more! More, more, more, we say! TRANSCRIPT: Tina Louise Eckert 0:14 Cheers. Pick it up! Tara Jean O'Brien 0:17 Nobody can see that I didn't pick up Tina Louise Eckert 0:19 It means something to me. Tara Jean O'Brien 0:20 Hello. Tina Louise Eckert 0:21 Hi this is my best friend Tara Jean O'Brien. Tara Jean O'Brien 0:25 I like that you almost forgot. This is my best friend Tina Louise eckert Tina Louise Eckert 0:28 And I am single Tara Jean O'Brien 0:29 And I am married Tina Louise Eckert 0:30 And this is single vs. married. The podcast. Tara Jean O'Brien 0:35 Not the movie, not the TV show, not the documentary, the pod cast. Oh my god I'm so excited for this episode. This is fun and excitement. Tina Louise Eckert 0:43 This is a great topic is we are going to be talking about vacation planning. That's right and vacation but who doesn't love a good vacation? I love it. Okay. But you know, it is different now. I have to tell you, the lingo being different. It's not just less of a lack of places to go to, you know, Tara Jean O'Brien 1:02 You can still go anywhere single Tina Louise Eckert 1:04 to get murdered. But like, you know, when I was with x, I was in charge of the vacation planning. Sure. I mean, also because I'm a Virgo and I was mostly because you're very controlled mo very controlling me. This is why you love me and why I love you. But now being single, and I get invited with things with you and art. Yeah, you know, I'm just kind of part of your plan. So now I can add to the trip, like adventures, but I'm not really in charge of them kind of boohoo do whatever you guys decide. Tara Jean O'Brien 1:35 I mean, here's, here's what I'm going to say back when I was single, in 26 ad. I always thought and it was true is that to me traveling your first weekend away or whatever, to me. It's a big deal, right? It's a make or break of a relationship. Because it doesn't matter how nice the person's been or how cool or how clean or whatever. When you traveled together. That's a 24 seven, right? You're in a new place. Sometimes places neither one of you've ever been And you're discovering something new together and your behavior, it's much harder to hide. If you're like a real asshole, you're at your limits. And it's like, Okay, well, let's see who this real person is. So for me when I was still dating, you know, when I still was relevant and that working vagina, what was that moment was that moment is like, Okay, cool. This is our test. Here's our test. Tina Louise Eckert 2:22 To me was to me it was more of a stress test. Tara Jean O'Brien 2:24 Well it is, the exact Tina Louise Eckert 2:25 yeah, Tara Jean O'Brien 2:25 like I just met a vagina test. Oh, yeah. Tina Louise Eckert 2:27 My vagina doesn't need to be tested. I mean, it's tried to remain single, so it doesn't closed up for business. estate sale. Tara Jean O'Brien 2:37 I'm not gonna sell it to anybody for the lowest but I'm not going bankrupt. My vagina is not bankrupt. Tina Louise Eckert 2:44 Maybe it is, but it's interesting. It's also to see how your spouse responds to stress. Now being single Sure, the same thing goes with my friends. Now I travel with friends more, you know, obviously I don't have a partner. So now I really see friends. Like how they react and that's interesting to me because I know this person I see them a happy hour I now to get drunk with t...