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Is cheating a dealbreaker? Forgivness and choosing to stay after cheating! Tune in as we talk about our past, the pain we caused on each other the way think now when it comes to our marriage.

Text/Facebook reactions; what do they really mean? When is it appropriate to use the “like, love, care, sad, wow, angry” reactions on Facebook? Y'all know Gamoane feel someway that you have gave 99 laughing reactions and 1 like and that 1 like is a hater

“Settling”.... many look at this as negative thing in a relationship; but it’s the same as compromising...figuring out your wants and needs! Nobody is perfect and your not going to find everything in one person! If a man loves you, treat you right, but only make 30k a year; are you going to say no because of his income??? If a man has a little d*** but make good money and you stay aren’t you settling??? Most men desire a woman thats a certain body type (small waist, big butt) news flash all women aren’t shapely but happily married so did their men settle? Rather people want to admit it or not, everyone has settled for something in a relationship! Can you coparent living in the same house? We say no because how can you move on and fall in love if your still living with your ex?

Single moms who are raising boys are teaching them how a woman should be treated but when Gamoane asked “Fellas do you school your daughters on how to serve their men in the future???”..... One word “served” got turned into a negative and we don’t think most men know how to have this conversation when their little girls become young women and ready to date and eventually have another men that’s not their dad in their life. Do women still want a man for a spouse? What is trust? Once you been cheated on and decided to stay do you regain trust? Do you need trust to be in a successful relationship?

Can you define romance? Movies shows us what “romance” look like it but is it realistic? Do men like romance? Ladies do you romance your man? Do you like when your significant other send nudes? Is that consider romance? Gamoane listen to Kevin Samuels and he does make some good points from a man perspective BUT when he tell women to find a man that wants to get married is not that easy and is it considered settling if a woman finds a man who wants to get married but not attracted to? Do you men feel they are not properly love unless they have money?

Wedding season is upon and we invited to 2 weddings this year, and one of them Gamoane will be a groomsman which spark up a conversation can not being in someone’s wedding who you consider a friend ruin a friendship? Also we are in era that women love to say they independent, want to get married but don’t want to take the husband last name

We all have a story to tell; looking at someone you never know what they been through or going through! Sylvia Randle shares her story from being sexual assaulted at young age, and being a teen mom! She continued with her goals and received her associates, bachelors, and currently in her masters program. Can you imagine while planning your wedding you find our your soon to be husband has a brain tumor, then he goes into remission and looses his eye sight! Well that didn’t stop them from enjoying life, they got married, welcome a beautiful baby girl and still-living life.

“Men should date with a purpose” “ A man don’t need 2 plus years know if he wants to get married” We have seen the meme’s and the post and we have a couple who is here to share their story that within 6 months of their relationship Adrian and Eliza are engaged. Join us as they discussed their relationship, blending families together, and planning a wedding.

A 36 year black man, no kids, educated, has a career, and single say he wants to get married and have family but why hasn’t it happen yet? We the pleasure to talk to one of Gamoane’s childhood friends and our classmate Terrance “Lloyd” Jones to examine the mind of what a lot of women consider the ideal mate.

What’s a hoe/whore? Is it sleeping with multiple people or is that person living their best life, enjoying their sexual freedom? Do it offend women more then men? How do you handle difficult conversations or arguments with your significant other? Do you actually listen and talk it out, learn to agree to disagree, or shut down? How did you feel about the sequel to Coming to America; would you watch it again? And why are people surprised about how Meghan Markle was treated?

We know that every January the gyms are pack and people are trying to get healthy. Then it becomes a cycle of going hard for a couple of months then falling off. If your friends with Reese and Brandy you have been following their weight loss journey. They were the individuals that go hard for a couple months and fall off. They finally got serious over a year ago and made it a life style change but it wasn’t easy. They have pleasure of telling their story behind their weight loss and what made them get serious this time!

LDo you expect your child/children to go to college? Are you ok if your child don’t go to college? Have you talked about financial aide or school debt? Gabby is our 15 year old whose Sophomore year is coming to an end. In 2023 she will be a high school graduate; but with her credits she can actually graduate early if she wants. She is joining us to give her point of view of life as a high school student during Covid, taking college course, and thinking about life after high school. As her parents we are ok if she don’t go to college but in life you still need a plan!!

Psst..... Can you imagine being with someone for 20 years???? Well on the 11th of February that will be us

As a sport parent would you be upset if your child/children told you that needed a break from sports; or the sport is no longer fun for them anymore? Would you force them to continue playing? We have our kiddos Gabby and Jr joining us to hear their point of view when it comes to sports. People have asked us why we “allow” Gabby to stop gymnastics? Now you can hear her speak on it. Jr talks about coming from the Y league to playing for a “real team” ( that’s what he call it

Gamoane and Deeona been through so much with each other that at times you can forget how you can hurt one other while your hurting. The summer of 2004 they got pregnant and had an abortion. It’s something Deeona never talked about it and it was a process she went through alone. Deeona didn’t want to be judged or looked at different that’s why she never talked about it until now.

Do you set goals each year? Does it make you a loser if you don’t set goals? Should you be working towards goals ever year? Can social media mess up your mental when nobody showing support? And why do people look at celebrities or other couples as #couplegoals?

Did you meet your significant other in college? Our guests today have an HBCU love story❤️❤️ Our guests went to college in state in Illinois and Ohio after graduating high. After completing their first year, they transferred to Tennessee State University and that is where their story began. Joining us we have AJ and LaDina Reese who has been together for 13 years, married for 7, have 2 children together! They share their differences on how they were raised, what makes their marriage successful, and what it takes to be a husband and wife.

Being a local musician in Dayton is not easy. There are times individuals want to give up but it’s the creativity behind their music that’s keeps them going. We had the pleasure of talking to female artist Candy Barz (Jaretta Allen) and her husband Brandon Allen. She shares her story of being a female rapper in Dayton. She talks about being a single mother and dating before getting married. And they share their story of their relationship.

“What about your friends? Will they stand their ground? Will they let you down?” Do you consider yourself a good friend? What qualities do you look for when it comes to friendships? Do you call every everyone a friend or do you have more associates? Can men or women have friends of the opposite sex? Should you pursue a friendship before dating? And should you expect your friends to support you?

What we dream and want when we are younger may not be our reality as was get older. Society and movies show us that boy meets girl, they get married, buy house, have kids, and live a happily ever after life! But life doesn’t always work out that way which is perfectly fine. Its OK not having kids or married in life; that doesn’t mean a person is happy in life because they don’t have these things!! We had the pleasure of talking one of Deeona’s former coworker A.I. who is a 44 single woman with no kids(due to medical reasons) ; BUT she very happy in life. We have to stop letting society tell us what happiness should look like and be happy within ourselves!

Deeona and Latisha are sister/friends who have known each other since 1st grade. When Latisha become a mom she never thought when her son Julian was 2 years old he would be diagnosed with Autism. He is now 12 and she is telling her story of being a parent to an Autistic child. We also have her boyfriend Aaron joining to discuss the beginning stages of their relationship and dating a woman with child on the spectrum.

What does it mean to be too truthful to your significant other? It’s important to have those honest conversations with one other and even though what he/she might say might hurt a little it’s important that you know how they feel about something. We talk about is it more important to like or love your significant other? Can jealousy ruin a relationship, and what is a “plan b” in a relationship?

Education and Covid.... in March nobody was prepared for students not to return to school. Parents became teachers and teachers were trying to navigate not seeing their students in person and learning how to teach virtually! All this was new for everyone and everyone was getting overwhelmed! Now teachers, students and parents are in a new school year still trying to figure things out. Were the teachers prepared? Did they have they the proper training to teach kids virtually? Should the curriculum be changed while in this pandemic? We had the pleasure of talking to Mrs. Nikki Webb who is a Dayton Public School Intervention Specialist and co-host of Fly With Us Podcast as she talk about her experience teaching during Covid. She discuss her background in education, and why mental health is important for the students, teachers, and patents during this time.

Will and Shannan Watson who are our cousin who just celebrated 2 years of marriage and have one a one year old son together. During their time together they have experienced looses; Will lost his mom and Shannan lost her sister and her father. This episode we will be discuss their upbringing, relationship , marriage, grieving, and going through depression.

When it comes to your mental health how do you deal with it? Do you seek help professionally, talk to a friend or family member, shut down, or pretend everything is ok? Do you know it’s ok to be not ok? Somethings get too overwhelming that we don’t know how to handle our own thoughts. Today’s episode we are talking about why I decided to go to therapy. It my journey of becoming a better me so I can be a better person to the ones I love.

Are there times when you are around friends and family and there is nothing but good vibes and conversation??? Well we had the pleasure of having our friends and family joining us for a dope conversation!!! Tune in and listen as W we discuss flaws , insecurities; how long is to long to be in a relationship with no proposal; and spoiling your significant other.

Love is love, and shouldn’t matter who people love as long as they are happy! But let’s be honest, we live in a world of judgment... and there are a lot of individuals who judge others for marrying or dating outside their race! We had the pleasure of speaking to Derrick and Tori who are married interracial couple raising biracial children. We discuss their upbringing, Tori being a teenage mom, marriage and parenting.

Nobody gets married to get divorced but life happens and at times two people aren’t meant to be together! If you were twice divorced what would your outlook on marriage look like? Would you believe in love again? Would you want to be married again? Like they say 3rd time a charm!!! We had the pleasure of talking to Heather Maynard who was married to her first husband for 13 years, then she married her second husband which lasted for 5 years. She discusses what led to the divorces and the self healing she went through to get to where she at now.

We got our cuz cuz’s, Mario and Tamika Hinton who has been married for 2 years joining us on today’s episode. Join us as we talk about relationships, marriage, love, children, and sex. Also we discuss social media when it comes to a relationship/ marriage since people assume that if you don’t post your significant other your “cheating”.

What were/are your fears of becoming a parents and what is the hardest thing for you about being a parent? Being a parent is a not easy and when you become one you ask yourself a lot of questions, that comes with a lot of emotions; and the end of the day we all are doing the best that we can. We have our big sis Guinea joining us as she discuss being a parent to 5 kids ( 4 boys and 1 girl), and the difference between how their parents raised her as being the oldest girl vs Gamoane who is the middle child.

This episode comes from the video when the husband picked his wife up with his mom in the passenger side and he didn’t make his mom move to the back for his wife. So the question is as a man where do your place your significant other or spouse in your life? As a man do your mom comes before your wife or should your wife comes first? We also discussed should a woman be pumping gas if her man is in the car?

Let’s talk sex toys!!!! Have you seen the show Dave? On one episode Lil Dicky has a sex doll that he uses since he couldn’t reach an orgasm with his girlfriend and she found it she was upset! Why is it ok for women to have sex toys but it’s weird for men? Why is it a double standard? Would a wife or girlfriend be ok if their husband or boyfriend had one? We asked several people about this topic we will be discussing their responses and talk about how we feel if one of us would have one!!

Having kids is a big responsibility that most women have to take care of on their own or grandparents end up having to raise their grandkids. People say you first love as a daughter should be your father and vice versa for sons and their mothers; if a parent is not apart of their child/children lives it can possibly be a void that child is always trying to fill. We had the pleasure to talk Chavonne as she discuss the relationship she has with her father and Micky is being raised by is grandmother and how it has effected them growing up.

Everyone wants to be love and at the end of the day love wins. Nobody should judge others for the lifestyle that people live; just be happy that their happy. If a person falls in love with someone that is the same sex let it be because at the end of day it’s about that person happiness. We have Camille and her girlfriend Joslyn joining us on today’s episode to discuss their truth, finding happiness within themselves, and finding love again.

When someone is diagnosed with cancer in the back of your mind you think death, but you become optimistic and knowing there is a chance that they can overcome this battle. You get excited when you hear the word “remission”, but then your heart drops when your inform that the cancer spread or tumor got bigger; and unfortunately fighting cancer can takes someone’s life. Having cancer, going through treatment, and being a caregiver is mentally exhausting for everyone but everyone is trying to stay strong and positive for each other because everyone is in the fight together! We are happy to have Jamel Smith joining us as he shares his story of his late wife being diagnosed with cervical cancer and loosing her at early age, becoming a single dad raising 3 boys, and dating afterwards.

We talked about child support from men who are active fathers so now we are continuing the conversation and we are going to talk to 3 ladies who have 3 different scenarios on why they put their child/children’s father on child support. Men probably look at child support as a negative thing but having kids is a huge financial responsibility and women just want help especially if the father is not going to be active. On today’s episode we have Steffany, Janell, and Melissa joining us on to share their stories about coparenting, the dynamics of going through a divorce and parenting; and raising children that aren’t biologically yours.

She is the beautiful woman in front of the camera and he is the production behind her workout videos. Joining us on this episode is the beautiful couple Julian owner of Vintage Media and Cook Films, and Meri owner of At Your Best Fitness to talk about the highs and lows of starting their businesses. Of course we not just going to talk about business lol; as the two approach two years together we talk to them about dating, love, and parenting.

Why do women put men who are “ACTIVE” fathers on child support? Do women put their child/children father on child support because they are no longer together, they do it out of spite? Do women use the child support to finance their lifestyle and not the kids? There are men who are in their child/children’s life, work decent jobs and struggle due to their child support payments. Mike Sloan and Adrian Cremeans is keeping it raw and honest as they share their stories about being an active father on child support.

Our kids have 3 great grandmothers; they are able to hear stories who lived in the era’s they only hear about in books. Do you know the history of your family? Gamoane decided do some digging and research on his grandparents to see how far back he can go. Deeona has information on her dad’s mom side dating back to 1857. Do you think other race experience colorism or is it more with African Americans? Do black women or men look down on those individuals who date outside their race?

WE ARE BACK!!! How many of you plan your days or plan your vacation that there’s no downtown to enjoy the moment? When your plans don’t go right do you get frustrated? Do you ever go with the flow of things? As a wife or girlfriend are you the one that keeps up with schedules and appointments? As you know Gamoane is the more relaxed go with the flow guy while Deeona likes to have a plan in place. At times it can me frustrating when plans are thrown off but at the end of they day things still get accomplished and memories are created in the process.

A father/daughter or father/son bond is a bond that a lot of invidiuals didn't have growing up; but had step dads, grandfathers, uncle, cousins, or family friends who stepped in and became their father figure. Father's Day is coming and I wanted to talk to Gamoane on how he felt about being a father for the first time at the age of 20. What did his dad and other male figures teach him to become the man and father that he is today. Later in the show our daughter Gabby joins us to talk about how important it is to her to have her dad in her life. LOVE, LIKE, LISTEN, SHARE!

This episode we have a millennial couple, Sha'Mia and Harold, joining as they discuss the dynamic of their relationship. Gamoane and I had discussed in a previous episode about are we meant to be with one person, and even though we follow the traditional route (monogamy) in our marriage there are a lot of couples who go the non traditional route and that works perfectly fine for them. At the end of the day it what makes to individuas who love each other, are happy , and enjoying their lives. Join us as we discuss a different point view of their relationship and lifestyle.

Do you believe living together before marriage ruins a relationship? If you dont post your significant other on social media are protecting someone else's feelings? Do you start an argument just to have make up sex? These are a couple of questions that we seen people post on social media and wanted to give our opinions about them. If you want a good laugh click the links below!!!

Are you firearm proficient? Do you want to educate yourself and your family about guns? Do you have a CCW? Or are you scared of guns? This episode we are discussing why Gamoane took a interest in guns and why it is important for him to educate his family on guns. A lot of people don't feel safe in their own neighborhoods; people getting robbed, houses getting broken into, and houses/people getting shot out. So at the end of the day it is about protection.

Do you look at your partner/significant other as a partner or a possession? When we say possession we are not referring to the terms of "my husand/wife" but you hear people in relationships say thats "my p**** or thats my d*** " and why is that? Is being a possessive in a relationship a sign of love or being insecure? Can you look at someone as a possession when you are not in a relationship but have a child with someone? When it comes being a partner in a relationship it is allowing them to be who they are, understanding of who they are and trust that they make the right decisions. This epiosde we will be discussing possession vs being a partner in a marriage and much more.

When it comes to marriage what makes it seem appealing to single inviduals? When it comes to a relationship/marriage does it takes discipline to be monogamous? Is it natural for humans to only be with one person? Can you have friends of the opposite sex while in a relationship/marriage? We have seen all of these questions floating around social media and on today's episode we decided to talk about our thoughts and opinions about them.

Its a Saturday night and our cousin Alyse decieded to come by and then Gamone's friend King decieded to stop by so we we decided to have them join us the podcast. On this episode is all about good conversation and laughter; and laughter is good for the soul and helps as we are all going through this quarantine together.

Since we have been quarantine for a few weeks now, what have you guys been doing? Are you going crazy yet? Are your kids or significant other getting on your nerves? Are you tired of doing home workouts? Or has nothing changed because you are essential and still have to get up and go to work? Join us as we discuss our relationship and being quarantine.

F*** CANCER! Join us on this episode as we discuss our journey at the age of 21 that Deeona was diagnose with Leukemia.The impact it had on Gamoane as a caregiver. We all know someone was has been or is diagnose with cancer, watch as cancer took our love one and celebrate those who are remission. Cancer is a terrible disease but is important never give up on HOPE!!!

On this episode we discuss how we don't owe anyone an explanation on anything we it comes to our faith or what we believe. We discuss that we grew into adulthood something we look at differently and questioned. We all have are own INDIVIDUAL relationship and talks with God and nobody should judge others for that! Wake up, saying "thank you" and live our lives being a good person is what matters to us! LISTEN,LIKE,LOVE, SHARE to #SINCE16

"Where them dolla's at, Where them dolla's at"...... This episode is about finances!!!! Did you talk to your significant other about finances before getting married or moving in together? Is having a high credit score really important when it comes to being with someone? Should the men pay all the bills in the house and women just "hold on" to theirs? And last and not least is generation wealth important? Come and join us as we discuss all this and more!!