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But if you come back, you're not leaving. And she came back and I was waiting with a ring. So I, I proposed to her right there. And I had this, I was, so what was I, I got in the NFL at 21. So I was probably, I was about to turn 23, about to turn 20. No, about to turn 24. I had this like big elaborate plan. She's from British Columbia.

Canada and I was going to get on a plane, go see her dad and her mom, who I've not met yet, by the way, and ask for her hand in marriage, all these different things. I go with a passport card and people at the airport are like, this is not a passport. You need an actual passport. I'm like, no, no, it's a card. It works just fine. It's just fine. Let's drive in or by sea. And so I got shut down.

Canada and I was going to get on a plane, go see her dad and her mom, who I've not met yet, by the way, and ask for her hand in marriage, all these different things. I go with a passport card and people at the airport are like, this is not a passport. You need an actual passport. I'm like, no, no, it's a card. It works just fine. It's just fine. Let's drive in or by sea. And so I got shut down.

Canada and I was going to get on a plane, go see her dad and her mom, who I've not met yet, by the way, and ask for her hand in marriage, all these different things. I go with a passport card and people at the airport are like, this is not a passport. You need an actual passport. I'm like, no, no, it's a card. It works just fine. It's just fine. Let's drive in or by sea. And so I got shut down.

Her dad calls me and he's like, hey, I understand what you're trying to do. You have my blessing, blah, blah, blah. And so I was just waiting with the ring. And she always like, I want to go to Iceland with the person I spend the rest of my life with. So I was like, booking a trip to Iceland. We're going to do this. I basically got on my knee in a kitchen and she sat on my knee.

Her dad calls me and he's like, hey, I understand what you're trying to do. You have my blessing, blah, blah, blah. And so I was just waiting with the ring. And she always like, I want to go to Iceland with the person I spend the rest of my life with. So I was like, booking a trip to Iceland. We're going to do this. I basically got on my knee in a kitchen and she sat on my knee.

Her dad calls me and he's like, hey, I understand what you're trying to do. You have my blessing, blah, blah, blah. And so I was just waiting with the ring. And she always like, I want to go to Iceland with the person I spend the rest of my life with. So I was like, booking a trip to Iceland. We're going to do this. I basically got on my knee in a kitchen and she sat on my knee.

And then as a joke, we're back in Nashville a couple months later. And it was like right around 420. And we're like, why don't we get married on 420? So we went to some chapel somewhere in Nashville. I could not get you there to this day. And we got married. Found a guy online that was like a 24-hour service. He popped up. We didn't have like wedding bands, so we used like Haystraw. Wow.

And then as a joke, we're back in Nashville a couple months later. And it was like right around 420. And we're like, why don't we get married on 420? So we went to some chapel somewhere in Nashville. I could not get you there to this day. And we got married. Found a guy online that was like a 24-hour service. He popped up. We didn't have like wedding bands, so we used like Haystraw. Wow.

And then as a joke, we're back in Nashville a couple months later. And it was like right around 420. And we're like, why don't we get married on 420? So we went to some chapel somewhere in Nashville. I could not get you there to this day. And we got married. Found a guy online that was like a 24-hour service. He popped up. We didn't have like wedding bands, so we used like Haystraw. Wow.

And we've been married for nine years now. Just celebrated our ninth year anniversary.

And we've been married for nine years now. Just celebrated our ninth year anniversary.

And we've been married for nine years now. Just celebrated our ninth year anniversary.

I think because of the whole thing I talked about, the main character syndrome and all that, I was so focused. And the reason why this kind of story began was it takes a really strong woman to pull you out of that. My wife was incredibly intentional about being nurturing to myself and my career. And I had a whole bunch of bag of issues, different things from my childhood traumas that we all have.

I think because of the whole thing I talked about, the main character syndrome and all that, I was so focused. And the reason why this kind of story began was it takes a really strong woman to pull you out of that. My wife was incredibly intentional about being nurturing to myself and my career. And I had a whole bunch of bag of issues, different things from my childhood traumas that we all have.

I think because of the whole thing I talked about, the main character syndrome and all that, I was so focused. And the reason why this kind of story began was it takes a really strong woman to pull you out of that. My wife was incredibly intentional about being nurturing to myself and my career. And I had a whole bunch of bag of issues, different things from my childhood traumas that we all have.

We all want to talk about how bad our lives were when we were younger. Look how much we've overcome. And Taylin... Did a great job of like acknowledging all those things while also being like, you need to kind of, if you want to be a better person, like you have to proactively go about these things to be a better person. You can't just be like, I want to be a better person. Right.

We all want to talk about how bad our lives were when we were younger. Look how much we've overcome. And Taylin... Did a great job of like acknowledging all those things while also being like, you need to kind of, if you want to be a better person, like you have to proactively go about these things to be a better person. You can't just be like, I want to be a better person. Right.

We all want to talk about how bad our lives were when we were younger. Look how much we've overcome. And Taylin... Did a great job of like acknowledging all those things while also being like, you need to kind of, if you want to be a better person, like you have to proactively go about these things to be a better person. You can't just be like, I want to be a better person. Right.

Because your boy, like a hundred percent, when I was, before I met Talyn, I was- In the streets. I was out there ripping around a little too hard. Yeah. I was out there boozing, getting crazy, staying up too late, all those different things. And so meeting her, it was like, oh, that's the type of girl I didn't even know existed.