Jared Freed

He didn't fully trust me, could be overly protective.

And during arguments, especially when drinking, he would handle things poorly and then deflect or turn it back on me.

Apologies would come later, but only after the damage was already done.

There were moments that stuck with me, like Christmas, where he crossed a serious boundary and blamed me for it.

Over time, I also felt like I was coming second to his music and ambitions while I was managing everything else, our home, the day-to-day, even transportation.

I bent my life around him, trying to show love, but I didn't feel emotionally supported in return."

At the same time, from his perspective, he says he feels like he lost the woman that he fell in love with.

He's not from the U.S., and he was raised with a very strong work ethic, being pushed by his father to succeed, and a lot of his identity is tied to discipline, ambition, and building something for himself, especially with his DJ career.

Wow.

Enough to make all the women listening a little bit drier.

Yes.

Because the minute, you know, the ambition in DJ.

What is this, Amanda Batula?

Well, there's a strong correlation between hustle bro and DJ for some reason.

Like this hustle culture of like, I'm going to go out and boots to the ground, make this happen, this manosphere.

Like I'm going to go to Miami and be a man and play music on records.

I don't know because there's female DJs too.

I think there are.

It must be easy to be a DJ.

Right.