Kathy, Susan, and BIG Changes in 2026 | Golden Hour

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Bachelor, Happy Hours, Golden Hour, and hello to twenty twenty six. How are you doing today's season?

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Speaker 2: Excited? It's twenty twenty six. I can't wait to see what this year brings us.

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Speaker 1: It is going to be a great year. I just know it is. I know it is.

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Speaker 2: But you know what, don't we say that every year? It's you ever said it's it's not going to be a good year.

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Speaker 1: Because you and I are positive people. But you know what, last year was a great year. This year is going to be a great year.

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Speaker 2: The last few years have been wonderful. Yeah, and we've had so many new people in our lives. I'm blessed are we Kelly.

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Speaker 1: We've got to travel, We've gotten to meet people. I don't know. For me, it's just been it's just been fun there. You know when they say when you say they're yeah for New Year's But what I just want to say when people say they're ready to say goodbye to the last year, like bring on the new year and bury the last I never feel that way because I've learned things. I learned things. Every year I've had a good year. Sure we all have ups and downs, but it's been a great year, and I believe twenty twenty six is gonna be just as good. But tell me how do.

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Speaker 2: You do ever? I reflect, like in the month of December, usually after the rush of all the good things that happened during that year, And there's times I think about anything bad that happened. Death's usually the first thing that come to mind. Other than that, I couldn't think of anything negative at all. Like I was sad to see twenty five go. Yeah, I really was so.

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Speaker 1: Funny you said that. People have asked me on different different things I've been doing. You know, how what do you want to leave bend a twenty twenty five? And not much. There's really not a whole lotow you know, some laundry that I didn't get done.

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Speaker 2: From the color on your hair, maybe that might have been the biggest.

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Speaker 1: Okay, we'll get to that. We'll get for those of you who can't see me, and thank god most of you can't. My daughter encouraged me.

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Speaker 2: It looks like the black Irish. Yeah, black Irish with the light skin and the really dark hair. Not that it's not flattering. It is, Kathy, it.

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Speaker 1: Is not flattering.

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Speaker 2: I've been.

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Speaker 1: Enough about my hair. I can't. I'm just miserable. Tell me, that's that's what I want to leave behind in twenty twenty six already.

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Speaker 2: Is the color of her hair.

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Speaker 1: I want to know what did you do for New Year's.

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Speaker 2: I was actually on the beach celebrating the New Year. There was fireworks on the beach. It was absolutely beautiful. It was different than it was different than most of my New Year's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was okay, fine, because I think I told you. Nancy came to visit and she very sadly. She and her family had to put their dog down Christmas, and they were that dog was, you know, just a very special part of their lives, as most pets are, but this dog even more so for a variety of reasons. Anyway, she said, you know, could I come visit you? And I thought she was kidney, but no, she jumped on it, came to visit me. We had a great time. We were going to go downtown for New Year's even see the fireworks, but ultimately we went out for dinner, early dinner, and then we just kind of hung around and we watched the ball drop it. I don't know how many countries we and then I.

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Speaker 2: Like doing that. It was fun being home and watching and do you hear great music?

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Speaker 1: We did? We did. We opened a bottle of champagne. Sad to say, Susan Nancy and I could not even polish off one bottle of champagne.

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Speaker 2: Well I couldn't either, But.

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Speaker 1: Then we started talking to like three in the morning. So all in all, I like you. It was a very different New Year's but a great New Year's.

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Speaker 2: I love it. All right, Well, we are all both so excited to catch up with you all everything new year. So sit back, relax, and let's dive right in. And I'm going to start us off. Kathy. Okay, alrighty, what is a dating and relationship resolution you have for this year? And why, oh god do you have a dating resolution for you just want to do it?

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Speaker 1: Well, there's that I think if I can do. But you know, I'm trying to be strategic this year. So my resolution is in dating is to sort of be more strategic, and by that I mean maybe try to go to more co ed events, co ed sporting events, maybe join a co ed golf league, something where I put myself in situations that I have a better chance of meeting single people. So that's my resolution to get out and do more events, more things like that. What about you?

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Speaker 2: Well, I see one that's interesting, dating yourself. What do you think that means, Kathy?

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Speaker 1: Well, for me, that's easy. Dating yourself means enjoying who you are, spending time with yourself and doing things that make you happy and not focusing to is that I always do.

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Speaker 2: That's what I do.

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Speaker 1: So you're telling me you have no New Year's resolution for your relationship, because in your case, it's a relationship you're in, so it's got to be. It's got to be. How are you going to make it changed?

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Speaker 2: A little bit? It's changed?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, do you have a word for twenty twenty six?

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Speaker 1: Uh wait a minute, hold on, I want to know if you have a dating resolution for me?

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Speaker 2: For you?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what do you think I should do?

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Speaker 2: Date yourself?

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Speaker 1: No?

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Speaker 2: One date per month, one new date per month. You have to try. I think they should put us on air and follow us around and each of us have a date per month.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I like that. You're not telling me how to get that one day to month, which brings me back to my resolution to a ten more events. I'm going to tell you One other thing that that goes with dating is sort of smiling when you're out in public, being open to men who, well, I do too, but more I'm my heart.

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Speaker 2: How much more If I smile anymore? They're going to think I'm crazy? Like, what's up? Woman? Laughing about over there? She's all by herself.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well do you want to know?

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Speaker 2: What?

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Speaker 1: Do you want to know? I have a I have a dating resolution for you. Okay, more relationship really whatever for you, and that is I'm not sure you can do it. But that's where New Year's are all about, Susan trying new things. I would love to see you stop doing so much except for me. I just want to stop doing so much for your relationships. Sit back and let particularly you know your person do Kathy? You? Kathy? Yes?

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Speaker 2: Then I might not be happy, and I like to stay happy.

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Speaker 1: You're not happy because you like to be in control. So my date, my religihis give it up, give up control.

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Speaker 2: That's going to be difficult. I am truly a type a personality. I I have made little teeny itty bitty changes just today.

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Speaker 1: Okay, yeah right, I'm gonna share one tunes. Oh, stay tuned, all right, gosh, that sounds ominous. I can hardly way we'll talk.

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Speaker 2: I have to say next month when I return, I have a different place I'm staying.

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Speaker 1: Really, yes, I might. Does this mean I'm coming with you next month?

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Speaker 2: Maybe? I don't know. But do you have a word for twenty six now?

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Speaker 1: Yes, crowd, No, my word for twenty twenty six is believe. And I you know I'm a very optimistic person, but I really the word belief came to me. Somebody else saying this said the word was going to be imagine to me. Believe and imagine all are both really synonymous. Believe that good things can happen. Believe that your person's out there. Believe that travel is going to be in my future, good health in my future, good relationship, seeing my kids, my grandkids. I just believe it. I truly believe it. What about you?

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Speaker 2: So I got to tell you something about the word that you just chose. Okay, I don't have any tattoos. Yes, all of our listeners, I'm sure most people assume, because of my bubbly, outgoing, big math personality that I'm tatt and I'm not.

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Speaker 1: I'm not in zar.

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Speaker 2: But if I ever were to get one. It would have been believe on the inside of my foot where the curve is, and people say that's the most painful, So I will never get one. But that was the choice that I chose the word believe. That's so funny you're saying.

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Speaker 1: That, Well, that's that's my word, and I just gave you the reasons. Why not tell me what's your word?

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Speaker 2: I don't know that I have one. I want to be true to myself. Okay, to myself. That's other than a word. What's that word?

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Speaker 1: Well, it could be self evaluation, self honesty, self, self, self preservation. They're hyphenated so we can count them as one word. All right, all right, what are you hoping? What are you hoping to get out of this year? Susan more?

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Speaker 2: Even more? I just never stop learning. I never stopped meeting people. I never I just more of the same.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's funny because that's when I was talking about my word being believe. And I believe that if you believe that good things will happen and you'll have more opportunities. So it's exactly the same for me. I want to continue to have good health, I want to continue to travel, I want to continue having time with friends and family and you know.

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Speaker 2: Exactly everybody, Kathy, are you excited to leave anything behind in twenty five? Like what?

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Speaker 1: No, I'm really not, except except this maybe the six pounds or this hair color. This hair color. No, I gained like three or four pounds over the holidays.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, it's a cookie weight. It's all cookie weight for me.

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Speaker 1: For me, it's pecan pie, cheesecake and egg noow bread because I made all three. But no, I I mean sure, I'd like to leave behind negative that it. Try that again. I would like to leave behind negative thoughts that came into my mind or negative behaviors, because I think that's self defeating, right, that doesn't help me move forward positively. But we all have We're not perfect. We all have those negative days, those sad days, those hard days. But you know what, if we leave behind I don't tell me if you believe this. If we leave behind the hard days, if we don't have them in our life, then how do we really appreciate when the really good times come? I think that gives perspect're.

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Speaker 2: Both the same. We both appreciate every day we open our eyes, the sun's out or whatever you're awake, You're alive. Let's see what today brings.

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Speaker 1: Right.

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Speaker 2: But that's a little difficult to say.

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Speaker 1: I'm saying I appreciate, not to sound maudling, because I don't have my husband and he died. It makes me more appreciate of every day. I never take life for granted. That's what I'm saying. The hard lessons in life for me, I'm not saying for everyone. For me, the hard days, the hard lessons, the tough things that we go through that I've gone through, really make me appreciate and value those good days, those good people, those good times.

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Speaker 2: So the only thing I'm excited to leave behind in twenty twenty five would be drama.

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Speaker 1: Well, you let me know where you bury that in, what ocean you plan to bury that in? Because if you can move away from drama one hundred percent, as they said, as they said in that fabulous movie, I want what she's having.

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Speaker 2: Oh Kathy, here's a good one. Hell do you think you can step out of your comfort zone this year?

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Speaker 1: Two things for me, I've given this some thought. Two things for me. One is looking more available, not like being I'm silly and saying it. You know, send me your guys, but I think there is Yeah, I mean that will never stop. But I'm just saying looking more available, you know, just being more in situations, being more amenable, giving off that vibe that I'm.

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Speaker 2: Why do you think you weren't giving that vibe though.

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Speaker 1: Because I've had a few I've had a few male friends of mine tell me that I don't come across as somebody open and available even though I say it. So I'm just going to try to change my demeanor a little bit, and I guess we're more low cut blouses.

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Speaker 2: Talk about comfort zone and then the other thing.

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Speaker 1: The other thing is that I want to hear what you've got. I am going to I do say yes to most experiences, but I'm but even if they're uncomfortable, if if I really feel like something that can help me move forward in twenty Chase twenty twenty six, I'm going to say yes, even though I'm sure it's the right thing to do, I'm going to say yes.

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Speaker 2: What about I usually say yes? I usually say yes, though.

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Speaker 1: Well, but I'm saying I'm not saying that if someone says, hey, Kathy, it's a great you know, jump off the Empire State Building, you might meet mister.

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Speaker 2: Wright at a bottom.

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Speaker 1: No, that's a hell no, I'm saying, just.

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Speaker 2: Okay, what about you. I think I just today, by doing what I did, is stepping out of my comfort zone. Yeah yeah, oh, I think in the same place.

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Speaker 1: Well, except for you, You've traveled to different countries by yourself, so I think you're very capable of of doing it. But I think I think the truth is anything that we think about that makes us uncomfortable in the moment, and we change that our behavior, you know, we pivot, we change our state app from that whatever it is that's making us uncomfortable that it's literally stepping out of your comfort zone. So you know, I'm hoping, I hope people that are listening to this podcast do some of these things themselves in the new area. You know, step out of your comfort zone.

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Speaker 2: So what your comfort zone was that you did that?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I'd love to hear what people's words are and how they're As you know, Susan, I'm not big on resolutions, I'm really not, but I think that changing your mindset, saying I'm going to try to think in different ways, as opposed to people who say I'm going to lose thirty pounds or you know the ancept these Yeah, those to me are unrisk, unrealistic goals, at least for me while I go to the gym. But you know what I'm saying, learn learn to cook. That is an unrealistic goal for me. But changing my mindset is something you can work hard.

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Speaker 2: That's difficult. It's not that easy to do.

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Speaker 1: It's I think, have to catch.

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Speaker 2: Yourself when you when you're about to think a certain way and you're gonna go no, no, I don't back it up. That's not going to be easy.

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Speaker 1: No, But it's a small change if you can just change once in a while, change something that you're that you might think of it in a certain way and say, you know what, I'm in this moment, I'm going to make a different decision. I don't know. I think for me it's going to be easier. Listen, anything would be easier than cooking Christmas dinner. So you know, I'm in okay.

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Speaker 2: Travel plans, I know I have some what are yours this year? So far?

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Speaker 1: I'm actually going to believe it or not. I am going out to uh Lakita, which is in near Palm Desert, Palm Springs, uh, to visit a old friend. It's actually a guy I dated for ten minutes, but we're very good friends. He's got all these fabulous things planned for us. Dinner, We're going to go to the Purple Room, which is apparently where the wraps started. Anyway, We've he's got a whole bunch of dinners and stuff planned. We're gonna go to a golf tournament out there, so I'm looking forward to that. And then you and I are trapped back to the desert, going back to the desert in early March for a few days to see some of your friends where we've been there before and they are lovely and the course right on the golf mountain view.

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Speaker 2: Would you wake up?

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Speaker 1: My biggest plan so far this year, you know, for my birthday every year, just it started as a coincidence that I was out of the country for my birthday, but I was. I was in Ireland, I was in Costa Rica, I was I can't remember it. The other country I was in, oh I was in England. And this year again now it's sort of focused around my no I'm going to back to England with my sister to see my niece for a week. Who lives just bought a home in London, and then we're all going to Portugal for ten days, and I put Portugal is on my on my list on my mind as well. Wait, were we in Greece for my birthday last year?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 1: I was in Costa Rica, Costa Rica. So anyway, that's my my thing. Those are my big trips. What about you.

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Speaker 2: So far of Saint Martin and California?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Paris, Oh, that's right.

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Speaker 2: With your granddaughter, my granddaughter, and the outer ranks comes up in between.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I have to say, not everybody loves traveling. My sister who's going to England, she does not love to travel. You and I I feed off that. I feed off of new food, new culture, new language, meeting new people. I just love it. I would I love love doing it.

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Speaker 2: And our goals for this year. I have a goal help for this year. I'm listening to stay focused and stay happy.

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Speaker 1: Stay focused and stay happy. Okay, all right, well, let me just say, as your very good friend, to stay happy year round, I think is an unrealistic goal. I would say, can I change your goal to find to find a little wish?

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Speaker 2: But I want to You may not do that gap.

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Speaker 1: How about to find more happiness in your life.

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Speaker 2: I just want to stay happy. Okay, I'm the dreamercing.

00:19:34
Speaker 1: I'm going to get you some happy drugs and you can be happy all the time.

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Speaker 2: That's drugs.

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Speaker 1: All right. We are going to move into our twenty twenty five Rose Awards. Okay, We're each going to say who we think wins the Rose for the best Bachelor moments of twenty twenty five. Okay, I'm going to start us off. This is going to be fun. Are you ready? Have to preface this by saying, because I was on Paradise and because you and I were were on one of Mel's episodes for Golden Bachelor, those are where a lot of my my moments were. So it's I just have to say that, all right, a Bachelor Nation twenty twenty five? Who had the best engagement? Who do you think.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty five? See, I'm thinking of it's not twenty five?

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well for me, there's some I would tell you.

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Speaker 2: The Paradise when me and yes, that's exactly yes.

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Speaker 1: To me, it was. There were other engagements in twenty twenty five that have gone by the wayside, you know, Grant and Juliana, but Spencer because I was there and I it was palpable.

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Speaker 2: Even I wasn't there, CAP just watched. I feel the same. Yeah, they're worried for like two point two seconds at one point when she goes, well, I don't know if I'm ready. And then then winning the money and the engagement. Everything was just so perfect for them. Okay, and the other couple as well.

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Speaker 1: And you know, just just moved to Dallas. Yes, so I was talking to you yesterday. They're gonna come down and visit here. I'm gonna go visit them. They are a lovely couple.

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Speaker 2: Nice, nice Okay. Who had Who had the most shocking breakup?

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Speaker 1: Okay? Who do you have an answer for that? Could I do? Well?

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Speaker 2: I was thinking again on Paradise.

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Speaker 1: No one broke up, but after they did, oh oh oh, I don't know if that counts.

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Speaker 2: Of course, have to be on the show Dale and Cat thank you.

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Speaker 1: They broke up? Yeah, for me, the most shocking. Uh, there's there's you know, there's a couple Matt James and Rachel, But again the one that for me because you and I have really studied these shows now, especially since doing this podcast. When I watched Letia and Grant. When I saw their breakup, you know, he said that he was in love, I was sure, Like I'm pretty good at this stuff, right, I was sure that he was going to ask her to marry him. And when he didn't and he said that he was in love, she was pretty sure it was her right. So when they broke up, sure, so for me, when she just her facial expression, I still can see it, and you know, I've talked with her since then. I mean, you know, it was real. And when she looked at him and said, you know, I'm sad, I'm confused, and I'm mad, and she said it so calmly, and I guess when i'm that angry, I'm very calm to believe it or not. And I just thought I was angry with him. I just thought, you know, and of course we know what happened with Juliana as well, so I just felt so sorry for her. You know, I don't know. I don't know. Matt though, that is another one. He was the season twenty five Bachelor and he picked Rachel after they were together for years, so you know, I don't know. I don't know. It's crazy, some of these relationships work out, and some of them don't, and the ones we think are going to sometimes don't sometimes don't.

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Speaker 2: Who had the best one liner? Oh, for me, that is I still say Kathy Zippitt was one of the all time record best one wonders. But we though, Leah, Layah, You're welcome, Leah, You're welcome. I like to die. How perfect was that? So?

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Speaker 1: Well? Again, being on Paradise, lay as you well, my mouth dropped. I don't know if the cameras saw it all, because yes, because they had even what you saw, even what you saw with Jonathan, there was so much more that was going on there, and and the fact that she didn't want to give him the rose, but she didn't know what else to do, and she's she was so angry, and I said, Leah, don't just be cool.

00:24:34
Speaker 2: Don't but yourself.

00:24:37
Speaker 1: And so nobody knew until we were walking in and she said, oh, I've got a few choice words for him, literally, Leah, You're welcome. I'm gonna ask you what was the hottest tea of twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 2: Now I'm gonna forget it his name I again, I'm going to refer to Paradise. When the mayor there came in, Sean started Sean came in and start telling tales.

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Speaker 1: That's that was like, whoa so well, I'm not sure if it was tales or not, but you're thinking of uh so Uh. Alicia and Sean had started dating, and there was a lot of talk about Kat coming on the show and having a boyfriend, no, having a boyfriend and bringing sneaking in an iPad, contacting her boyfriend and talking with truly, we don't I don't know, well, I don't know, but they kept saying, and I've never heard this expression before. Sean and Alicia kept saying, we have receipts, and I'm like, what is this a shot? Hell?

00:25:53
Speaker 2: Uh?

00:25:54
Speaker 1: That? And and for me the because you know, nobody rings and phones, no brings and iPads. I kind of want to know, like are they spies? Like if she did it? How did she do it? How?

00:26:07
Speaker 2: How?

00:26:07
Speaker 1: But to me that she had done that, if she did do it, and that they somehow And I still I was there and I still can't figure out how Sean spoke with the boyfriend, uh, the or the whoever it was, the guy that's supposed guy. I feel like a legal analyst here. The alleged the alleged boyfriend, but he had said, yeah, she was texting me on you know, from from Costa Rica.

00:26:35
Speaker 2: So that to me in that the only one that I know is our next one. With Taylor Frankie being able to post while filming the show, that's the first time ever in Bachelor history, I believe that that has happened.

00:26:49
Speaker 1: Well, the hot tea's going to be I I first of all, we don't know yet because we're not even there yet. I think her season is going to be filled with so much tea it's going to scald the skin. It's going to be really hot. And I, for one, I don't think before we move on with this with our Rose Awards, because this show hasn't starting yet. I think I'm most excited about her show that I've been on any show.

00:27:15
Speaker 2: Me too. All Right, all right, do you know who had the best kiss?

00:27:23
Speaker 1: I didn't get any, Susan, I never got one, So you know, I frankly don't pay attention to the people's kisses. I don't care. I don't get one. I don't care who else got one.

00:27:31
Speaker 2: Well, I can't say anything about mel show because there wasn't a lot of good kissing on that show. And let's go back at once again too.

00:27:43
Speaker 1: No, I'm not. I'm done with that because there was no good kissing from the Goldens. Don't talk about that, please, No, not the gold Oh who Who's I mean? There was a lot of Yeah, they're all young, they all you know, they're all Wait a minute, wait, wait who had the best kiss? My answer for that one is the one who got the kiss? That's all right? What was the no, no, you're jumping ahead her. I want to know what was the best night one Limo entrance.

00:28:15
Speaker 2: And twenty five.

00:28:18
Speaker 1: In any season?

00:28:20
Speaker 2: Oh? Oh, I have a few. I love somebody pulling up on a Harley, of.

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Speaker 1: Course you do. I went through. I have to say I looked back because you know, I'm over sixty, over seventy my memory shot. I look back at several going way back. But you know what, at the end of the day, I loved Alex coming in on the Lama, Linda the Lama. You know, there were several us Leslie coming in on a although I didn't love the creative. You know, there were several There were several people coming in as I don't know, sharks, A bunch of them but but uh, I'm going to tell you I'm a romantic at the end of the day. The one when I started looking back was Joey and it's not It wasn't what was the best to me, it was the most romantic, or one of the most romantic. When he got out of the limo and he gave Charity a flower, a plumeria flower, it was so romantic to me because he explained he lived in Hawaii. Plumeria is grown Hawaii. But that wasn't what made it romantic. He said to Charity, when you put the flower behind your right ear, it says you're available. When the flower is behind your left ear, it says you are taken. And I thought to myself, and then he said something like, I hope that you know you'll leave here with the flower in your left ear, meaning he choose, she chooses. But I just thought, you know, it wasn't grandiose, It wasn't a Harley, it wasn't coming in in a station wagon. It was it was beautiful, It was romantic, and it reminded me, in looking back, that is what the show is about, you know, finding love, And so for me, the old twenty twenty six I'm going to become a romantic. That's another goal of mine.

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Speaker 2: All right, Kathy, who has had the best new friendship besides us? You know, I think we win that award.

00:30:26
Speaker 1: I think we do. I think we win that award. You know what's hard is I like, Alex is really good friends uh with Letia. They're they're all friends. The girls from the shows are all really good friends with each other. And but we don't know that. We didn't see it from the season. But I think the answer for me is who has the best friendship besides us? All of us who have been lucky enough to be on one of these shows have found great friendships that have developed over time. And again that's just another gift that the that the Bachelor gives. Okay, one more I want to ask who had the best exit speech?

00:31:23
Speaker 2: It was a few I liked.

00:31:25
Speaker 1: Oh I got this one. You go give me yours.

00:31:31
Speaker 2: I mean, it has to be your girlfriend she put it. Cindy there and Cindy.

00:31:38
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, we actually we're gonna be one more after this because I just but we'll do it quickly. Cindy. I again, I went back and listened to the whole thing. I found it on YouTube, and I'm gonna just read. She said, I didn't come here to explore options. I came for a life partner, and I can't wait for two years. I need a commitment. And then a couple other grade lines. She said, to behave, she said to Mel, to behave as if my future husband will be proud of me. I want my guy to feel like he got struck by lightning and can't live without me. I listened to that, and then she said, you know, will you walk me out? I don't know. Again. I did a little research on that too. Some of these guys left, uh, Cassie left from Colton season, but not when it was down to the last two. Andy Dorfmann left Wuan Paulo in the Fantasy Suites, Juan Pablo. But I don't know of anyone, and I could be wrong. We can fact check if anyone a fun person left.

00:32:50
Speaker 2: For Mel season. She also exited on her own.

00:32:54
Speaker 1: No no, no, you're not hearing me too when it's down to the last two people. That is effectively saying you got one left taker or leave her. That to me was a grand, amazing exit. Whether you agree with Cindy what she did, whether or no, would have chose or it was and a best exit speech I think, and.

00:33:19
Speaker 2: It took courage overall moment.

00:33:22
Speaker 1: Oh so easy for me, Go ahead, you have one. Go Mine's so easy. And again it's from It's from Paradise. Uh. When it got down, we all came back to vote. So Alex and Andrew won the final challenge, so we had to vote whether to let them, you know, have all the money or whatever, or whether we should vote to let one or two the other couples. Long story short, we all came back as a jury and we voted for uh, Alex and Andrew and Jessin Spencer. Then it came down to they could pick a card, but they had to.

00:34:02
Speaker 2: Choose to vote on each other.

00:34:04
Speaker 1: No, they had no no, no, We all voted, but then it.

00:34:07
Speaker 2: Was the vote.

00:34:08
Speaker 1: But was it love?

00:34:09
Speaker 2: Thank he's going to come for love or money? Like second guess in somebody we live it in that bubble and you think everything's perfect.

00:34:17
Speaker 1: That was a true test right there and again to me all Bachelor, they chose love and they got the money. Yes, justin Spencer, they picked numbers or whatever, picked cards and Justin Spencer one of the most but that's immaterial to the fact that those two couples, who, by the way, uh.

00:34:37
Speaker 2: Are still happy.

00:34:38
Speaker 1: They're happy, and Olt lives with Andrew. I mean there are still couples, and Justin Spencer of course are engaged. To me, what an amazing moment that you choose love over money and you get both and you get loved.

00:34:53
Speaker 2: All right, Now, before we go, Kathy, we're going to do one last thing to bring in twenty twenty six. Kathy and I will each put our entire music libraries on audio Shuffle. Whatever song comes up is gonna be our twenty twenty six vibe. Kat, you could go first and my music.

00:35:17
Speaker 1: All right, here's my music.

00:35:21
Speaker 2: You have to hit shuffle.

00:35:23
Speaker 1: I got it. I'm hit and play. Oh God, Susan, are you ready?

00:35:28
Speaker 2: What's it?

00:35:30
Speaker 1: Olivia? Dean Man? I need.

00:35:37
Speaker 2: He wasn't mine? Hey?

00:35:38
Speaker 1: There it is? That is twenty twenty six right there for you?

00:35:42
Speaker 2: What mine's surf? Messa? I love you baby? Oh Jesus, that was shuffle.

00:35:51
Speaker 1: Wait. I can't do you feel like Spotify just knows it is not even Spotify. Oh, let me just say I have I don't know in my library. I've probably got five man's world. It's a man's world. There you go. It's I have probably five hundred songs in my library and will shuffle. Gods took it upon themselves to shuffle and bring up man I Need. If Susan can we just talk for a second. If it were that easy of oh god, if you was play a song man I Need, he would materialize? Would that be the best twenty twenty six gift ever?

00:36:30
Speaker 2: Unbelievable, unbelievable.

00:36:32
Speaker 1: I love you, okay, I don't know. All I can say is twenty twenty six year show. It was a fun show. Thank you for joining us. To all our listeners, we're wishing you a happy twenty twenty six. We are having a blast. We're so glad to be back.

00:36:50
Speaker 2: And pick your word for twenty twenty six, and make sure to follow Bachelor Happy Hours. We have new episodes coming out every single week and you don't want to miss.

00:37:00
Speaker 1: Listen to Bachelor Happy Hours Golden Hour on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Until next time, have a great bill next time,