Phoebe Gates
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Okay. Then we go, we got dinner one night because we find out we're going to be rooming together and we're talking and she'd been dating her boyfriend for about like five years. You dated for like half a decade.
It was four years.
It was four years.
It was four years.
Almost half a decade. And we're at dinner and I was like, it's very clear to me your parents are getting divorced. And she was like, how do you know that? And I was like, just your emotional state, everything you're talking about. Because I had gone through, my parents had had a very, very public divorce.
Almost half a decade. And we're at dinner and I was like, it's very clear to me your parents are getting divorced. And she was like, how do you know that? And I was like, just your emotional state, everything you're talking about. Because I had gone through, my parents had had a very, very public divorce.
Almost half a decade. And we're at dinner and I was like, it's very clear to me your parents are getting divorced. And she was like, how do you know that? And I was like, just your emotional state, everything you're talking about. Because I had gone through, my parents had had a very, very public divorce.
And I really couldn't tell many people about it, especially because it was going on for so long in our household before it was announced. And so I really felt like this built up pressure. And I could just see that in her. And that was the moment. Then we end up sitting and talking for four hours together. And I'm like, OK, honey, you need to dump your boyfriend, though.
And I really couldn't tell many people about it, especially because it was going on for so long in our household before it was announced. And so I really felt like this built up pressure. And I could just see that in her. And that was the moment. Then we end up sitting and talking for four hours together. And I'm like, OK, honey, you need to dump your boyfriend, though.
And I really couldn't tell many people about it, especially because it was going on for so long in our household before it was announced. And so I really felt like this built up pressure. And I could just see that in her. And that was the moment. Then we end up sitting and talking for four hours together. And I'm like, OK, honey, you need to dump your boyfriend, though.
Because we had, I had just gone through a breakup and she was like, me and my boyfriend were getting married. Like, I'm going to be a senator. It's going to be incredible.
Because we had, I had just gone through a breakup and she was like, me and my boyfriend were getting married. Like, I'm going to be a senator. It's going to be incredible.
Because we had, I had just gone through a breakup and she was like, me and my boyfriend were getting married. Like, I'm going to be a senator. It's going to be incredible.
It was a heart to heart. And you were a little mad at me because I said you needed to break up with your boyfriend.
It was a heart to heart. And you were a little mad at me because I said you needed to break up with your boyfriend.
It was a heart to heart. And you were a little mad at me because I said you needed to break up with your boyfriend.
She was in her bag. Of course. Why did you think she needed to break up with him? He was like, I just think if you were a senator, it'd be hard for the kids.
She was in her bag. Of course. Why did you think she needed to break up with him? He was like, I just think if you were a senator, it'd be hard for the kids.
She was in her bag. Of course. Why did you think she needed to break up with him? He was like, I just think if you were a senator, it'd be hard for the kids.
I think honestly, it's not about it. I mean, for me, I had to find myself first because I was so insecure. I was going into Stanford. I wanted to be pre-med because I knew my sister was pre-med and I wanted to do that better. And figuring out, I'm still figuring myself out, but having confidence in myself and my own decisions was a big thing. And now in the company, each having our own lanes.