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Two Hot Takes

252: Not Nice! Ft. Charlie Berens

22 Jan 2026

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Chapter 1: What is discussed at the start of this section?

0.031 - 2.897 Charlie Berens

Yep, I like it. Full blanket.

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3.458 - 5.202 Morgan

Nice. Yeah, we gotta be cozy.

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5.222 - 6.224 Charlie Berens

I like it.

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6.285 - 8.509 Morgan

You're welcome to use a blanket. No pressure.

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9.091 - 13.56 Charlie Berens

You know, I'm not so much of a blanket guy.

13.661 - 14.462 Morgan

Not a blanket guy?

14.482 - 15.725 Charlie Berens

Not when other people are looking.

16.306 - 19.373 Morgan

Why? Yeah. Your dogs are covered.

19.893 - 30.985 Charlie Berens

My dogs, my dogs are barking. That's one of my favorite phrases when you're on your feet all day. My dogs are barking. No, I don't know. There's just something about, can I put my feet up or no?

Chapter 2: How does the conversation about comfort and relaxation unfold?

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Today, I've got Charlie Behrens, and I just took Charlie for a frickin' tour of the neighborhood here because I forgot all my hard drives and memory cards at home. Really nice.

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Really nice neighborhood.

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76.256 - 79.94 Morgan

Yeah. So me and Charlie, we're like this after a nice little car ride.

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We're tight.

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81.261 - 84.024 Morgan

Yeah, luckily you don't have car anxiety because I could have sent you.

84.744 - 87.447 Charlie Berens

No, I don't. You have massagers.

87.697 - 89.1 Morgan

Yeah, my car is a little.

89.141 - 90.263 Charlie Berens

Sorry to call you out like that.

90.283 - 91.546 Morgan

It's a little fancy.

Chapter 3: What are the implications of correcting storytelling in relationships?

570.289 - 577.858 Charlie Berens

And I was like, uh. I was just making conversations. Like you're asking too many questions. I was like, okay, nevermind.

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578.66 - 580.905 Morgan

Yeah. Bad day. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed.

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581.106 - 589.225 Charlie Berens

Yeah. Or, you know, he was running a front, you know, like he's working for the CIA or something. And,

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589.272 - 591.98 Morgan

Yeah, maybe a little money laundering?

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592.3 - 592.661 Charlie Berens

Could be.

592.802 - 595.449 Morgan

I don't know how you'd do that with Uber, but okay.

595.55 - 620.713 Charlie Berens

I learned that you don't want to be too vague with your Uber drivers. You don't want to be like, how do you like this job? been doing a lot of rides you want to go deeper than that but you don't want to go too deep okay you know i feel like i probably have it mastered given the 4.96 but wow i'll um i'll keep that in mind yeah more humble bragging going on from the state of minnesota i don't

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know what's wrong with me today i'm just like kind of on it um but you know a thing or two about being nice clearly you're you're pretty nice to your uber drivers and people so we're gonna be judging all these reddit stories today and seeing are they nice or not was that nice yeah good intentions bad intentions we're just gonna we're gonna see what the read is on all these that's cool yeah i like that yeah that's fun that's a fun concept okay here we go let's dive in let's do it

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Thank you.

Chapter 4: How does the discussion shift to the topic of communication styles?

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He won't understand and will force me to leave before I'm ready. Am I the asshole for not wanting him to come?

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1431.699 - 1437.087 Charlie Berens

Wow. This is the beginning of, like, Italian Hallmark movie, you know?

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1437.968 - 1439.37 Morgan

Oh, where she goes and finds her new husband?

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1439.43 - 1464.686 Charlie Berens

Yeah, who's going to be, like, the, like... curator at the museum or whatever. He's just going to come over and say, would you want to get some lasagna and whatever? And she's going to be like, would I? And then two bottles of like Sicilian wine later, she's pregnant. And she probably got pregnant as soon as he was talking about those Renaissance photos there.

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1464.946 - 1465.527 Morgan

I know.

1465.507 - 1473.882 Charlie Berens

No, I mean, you know, are you the asshole for wanting to go? It depends who's paying. I think it depends who's paying.

1474.043 - 1474.504 Morgan

Really?

1474.924 - 1501.083 Charlie Berens

Well, if she's the breadwinner there and, you know, if she's paying for the trip and he's doing that, he's got to bring some to the table is what I'm saying. Yeah. But if he's paying or if he's the breadwinner and he's the reason that they can go there, then I feel like you kind of got to deal with it. You know, like that's like going with your parents to like the Wisconsin Dells. Right.

1501.103 - 1506.61 Charlie Berens

You don't want to be with your folks, but you do want to like bomb through, you know, Noah's Ark.

Chapter 5: What insights are shared about decision-making and FOMO?

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Once you can't have it, you want it.

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I hate that.

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That's a human condition.

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2921.697 - 2939.187 Morgan

I know. It's literally, it's just like the FOMO of it all. Like when you say no to something, you're like, it's not right. It's not like the best decision. So no. And then immediately after you're like, FOMO, you just miss out. You feel like you're just blowing it.

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2939.268 - 2958.312 Charlie Berens

And I think the worst part is when you still have in your mind time to reverse the decision, you drive yourself nuts. Whereas if it's just done, whatever the decision is, it's fine. You move past it. That might be something to be helpful for people with that phone, that getting into that FOMO thing. Just make a decision.

Chapter 6: What is the significance of the '10-year anniversary' in the conversation?

2958.352 - 2959.634 Charlie Berens

Either way, it's going to be fine.

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2960.535 - 2964 Charlie Berens

You know, it's like making the wrong turn. You just redirect.

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2965.021 - 2967.144 Morgan

Thank you. It's going to call me down the next time.

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2967.704 - 2969.106 Charlie Berens

Oh, I wasn't mansplaining there.

2970.267 - 2974.483 Morgan

I appreciate it. You've given some like really good, like big pieces of advice.

2974.504 - 2978.218 Charlie Berens

Don't say that to me. I'll just, I'll get in my head and then I will start mansplaining.

2978.519 - 2987.814 Morgan

You're doing a great job. So OP responds to the person that's like, just break up. And OP says, OK, I will let her know tomorrow. We have our 10 year anniversary on Friday.

Chapter 7: How does the concept of 'ring clarity' come into play?

2987.874 - 2994.825 Morgan

And she said she has planned something really special for me the whole day. Nice. So I will let her know before then. No.

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2995.947 - 3005.522 Charlie Berens

What? Wait to see if 10 years figures it out. I mean, that sounds awesome right there. Boy brain. Boy brain. He's going to I guarantee you he's going to wait for the 10 year.

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3005.705 - 3018.479 Morgan

Well, you know, there are a couple other comments. Just people being like, you've known each other since you were eight. You've been dating since you were 15. This old lady and me talking. But neither of you have experienced much else than each other.

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Chapter 8: What are the implications of the relationship dynamics discussed?

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Yes, talk to each other. Others have said this, but you really need to work this out. It's very possible that breaking up is the best thing for both of you. You're both still young. Don't decide to get married just because you've put in the time.

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Yeah.

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OP doesn't really give any other comments. Did say something about like they went ring shopping together a few months back. So like she did know a proposal was kind of coming. But still said no, which I think is a thing. Have you heard about ring clarity? Once you get the ring, you kind of like the blinders and everything comes off and then you're like, whoa, do I want this?

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3053.17 - 3053.691 Charlie Berens

That.

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Ring clarity.

3055.233 - 3058.939 Charlie Berens

Yeah, guys should probably wear a ring when they get engaged too.

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I think they should. Yeah, we got to let everyone know he's off the market.

3063.605 - 3066.009 Charlie Berens

Well, and also he should feel what that's like too.

3066.269 - 3066.57 Morgan

Yeah.

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