Episode 1 - The Beginning

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Episode 1 - The Beginning

You're listening to unfiltered us, where we keep it real and unscripted. I'm your host, Susie, along with my husband, Miguel. Ready to dive in? Let's get started. Okay, so here we are. Yes. Starting out our very first episode. How exciting, I know. Are you super excited about it? I am, I am, yes, I know people are gonna love it. People are going to plug in, people are gonna listen and it's going to be amazing. So our first episode we are going to share with you guys, um, the beginning of how our so far 30 year journey, sorry journey relationship, uh, has been. So a lot of people don't know. We have a great story. You know, I've always I've always said if people really knew our story, they'll write a book about us. Now, the fact that no one's has reached out yet is the fact that we're doing this. How it's going to get started. This is how it's gonna go. We're we're how we're gonna get that, uh, book about us. Well, we're gonna tell our story. Plus more. So, yeah, book and expect a lot of things from this podcast. But so a lot of you guys don't know, but how Susie and I met is a very interesting story. So I'm gonna take you guys back. 30 plus years now, in a sense, because this was back in like 1993, 1994. Um, when I moved to Las Vegas, I was 15 years old. I was in high school, and I started hanging out with, um, a group of people, some friends. And it was a girl I really like. Yes. And not me. That was not Susie. Okay. And, uh, this girl was in love with one of my friends, but one of my friends did not, you know, want anything to do with this girl. And so I remember her. She came up to me. And this was December, probably November, December of, uh, 1994. And she came up to me and asked me if I wanted to come out as a Chamberlin in Hurricane Santa. Yes. And so of course, I didn't want to miss out on the opportunity. So I said, yes, I'll be there. And so she said, hey, the first practice is going to be January. So just out of curiosity, did you think you were going to be her Chamberlain? Uh, yeah. I mean, that's what I was shooting for. I see. I mean, any at that point my thinking was any time I can get to be with her. I'm in, you know, so I that that was a that was my opportunity. That was my shot. Yeah. So I had to take advantage of it. So I said yes. January 1995 was the first practice. And I remember I rode my bike. She didn't live too far from where I live. And I rode my bike to her house, and I remember, I don't know, it was probably like 6:00 in the afternoon. And of course it's night time because it's January. Yeah. And the door open. And she answered the door. Yes he did, I, I okay, I, I forget that part, but what I don't forget, it's a person that was across the way, sitting down in front of a fireplace, wearing some overalls with a nice smile that got up when I got in there. And so that was you. That was you. And so, um, it's crazy how the universe works. Yes. Right. That is. Yeah. You were literally going for her, at least going because you thought you were going to get a chance with her. And I just happened to be there. Yeah. So my thoughts were, you know, of course she has friends. These are her friends. Okay. She's cute. Right? But even even on that first day, I was still, you know, my chances. I wanted my chances to be her chamberlain. And that that was kind of like an introduction, right? For everyone to get a chance to meet each other. Right? Um, right. So there was no really cool back. The reason you had never seen me, even though I knew her, is because we didn't go to the same school. Right. So you guys happened to be friends? Yes, we were friends in middle school. I didn't know because obviously I have never met you. We went to different high schools. So she had asked you as well to write, to be in hurricanes and. Yeah. Yeah. So talk about that. How did you guys how did you get up to that part. So, so all the group of friends that you met in high school were actually all my friends in middle school. So then when we went to high school, we they all ended up going to the same high school. And I ended up going to Bo Tech, which is now sector, because I got approved to go to that school. And so that's how come we all split up. But all of those groups of friends that you knew were actually all my friends first. Um, and of course, since we she had just finished being in my youth center in December of 1994. Um, and she was going to start practicing for Hurricane Santa in January of 1995. So she asked me, of course, to be her dharma since she was a dummy in my content era. And I told her, I said, yeah, I would love to be one of your dharma. I just don't have a Chamberlain, so I won't have any, you know? And she was like, don't worry about it. I know the perfect guy. And obviously she was, uh, you know, um, at that point. So then, so when the very first practice, of course, that was me in the overalls. And then I remember when she opened the door and you were standing there and you're like black pants and a green hoodie and, um, a hat wearing a hat. I just. Yes, you were wearing a hat and I that I do remember, I remember seeing you. And I was like. Like all the little lights behind you, like, lit up, you know? And I was like, oh my gosh, this guy is so cute. And I remember once you walked in, um, I grabbed my friend and I'm like, is that him? And she was like, yes, that's him. He really likes me, but I don't like him. And I remember telling her, like, you think I could have a shot at him. And she was like, yeah, girl. Cause you know, I do not like him. Wow. That was the conversation we had in the in the kitchen. You know, I remember, I remember that day. I remember the green hoodie. I remember, um, the black pants. I don't remember the hat, but I do remember seeing you when the door first opened. And I remember you came in to introduce yourself. You said, hi, I'm Susie, and you stick your hand out and your smile that you have, right? And I remember thinking, okay, she's cute. You know, she's a little short, but she's cute. And, uh, I think about me, my shortness, uh, it's a plus, you know, and so I, I remember that first day, as I mentioned before, um, my thoughts were still okay, I, I want to be, you know, these girls. Chamberlain. Right. And I think that day they didn't pick partners. I think it was maybe the second or third day that we met, maybe the second day that the person who was in charge of the the quinceanera. Uh, the winery. Right. Um, I remember her started pairing people. Right. And so I remember that they had paired this girl with another guy, and I remember thinking, okay, well, that there goes my shot. Right? And then I thought, okay, well, you know, maybe that one, right? Okay. I won't be mad if I get Suzy. Right? That's what I kept thinking back then. I thought you were a second choice. I feel like that is okay, but I at that time, you became the first choice. Oh, wow. All right. And so I say, okay, you know, and I remember when I remember exactly we were on the street. I remember exactly when the lady grabbed me and she goes, okay, you. And then she turned around and you were there and you and then put us together. And then she said, you guys will be together. And I remember going, yes. And honestly, ever since that point that we got paired up, I 100% did not have any more interest on that other girl. Well that's good. Which you know. Yeah. Because I was like, okay. And it's crazy how we move on fast, right. At least I did at that time. Right. But it was meant to be, like you said, the, the the universe. Right. How it aligned things for all of us, for you and I, to be that day at that place, having friends in common when two complete different schools. Your friends were my friends. Even though we went to two complete different schools because they went to school with you early. Um, and that us coming together at that point and at that point where people don't know I was 16, right. And you were 15. You had just turned 15. Yeah, I had just turned 15. And so, I mean, you were really technically like my first boyfriend. So it was just insane. And I remember thinking, oh my gosh, I like this guy so much and I can't wait to be his girlfriend. So then we ended up, you ended up, I see the okay, so going back, I don't actually remember you ever asking me to be your girlfriend. I remembered, um, I don't remember that at all. I know you say it's March 9th, which it was. March celebrate March 9th. It was March 9th. It was right in front of the garage. And I remember that story. I cannot recall that for the life of me. And I'm like, did he ever really ask me to be his girlfriend? Because I cannot recall ever. I did, I did. Well, it's good that you remember. No, I remember that. I remember that because I remember thinking, man, I have a girlfriend. You know, I'm like, okay, I got a girlfriend. I actually got a girlfriend. And, uh, I was I was excited, you know, I was excited. I remember you had taken some glamour shots, pictures. Oh, gosh. And you gave me a picture, and I carried that picture in my wallet, you know? Wow. Where was that picture? Actually, I think I have it. Oh, no. And I remember showing it to one of my cousins one time. He was like, damn. So I do remember I said, yeah, that's my girlfriend, you know? So I do remember that you remind me of, um, Napoleon Dynamite, which with the guy shows off his girlfriend at the glamorous. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It's fake girlfriends. Not really. It's, uh, you know, Napoleon when he, you know, thinking about it, barely thinking about it. That's probably all. My cousin thought that I was lying, you know, because he was like, what? No way. So, yeah. No, but I don't actually remember that. It's funny. I don't know why. I don't remember you ever asking me to be a girlfriend, but. It's fine. Yeah. No. Oh, and I also didn't think you spoke English. Up to that point, I thought because I knew you were just freshly here, like you had only been in the States for a year. And I thought, oh, gosh, he doesn't speak English. So I remember I'd only talked to you in Spanish because I thought, he doesn't he doesn't understand English. And then I don't know how it came about that I was like, hey, he knows English and he doesn't even have an accent. Yes, I know, so that that was the other thing I later on found about found out about you. That was a great thing. I had learned English then. All right. Yeah. And it's funny how you learned English. It is so people don't know. So when I moved to the United States, I didn't know a word of an English I. In fact, I still remember going to stores and people talking to me in English, and I remember me saying, sorry, no, speak English. You know, like I've said that many times, sorry, no, speak English, you know, because I, I didn't really understand, but I wanted to learn English, you know, I really wanted to, um, have a conversation. I figured, you know, I'm in the United States. I'm going to high school. A lot of people here speak English. Of course, there was a lot of people that spoke Spanish. And that's why I hung out with, um, you know, at the beginning. But they all spoke English as well, too. So, uh, to me, it was very important to learn English, um, just because I wanted to, you know, at that time, my niece and my nephew that, you know, we were living with my sister at that time. They spoke both Spanish and English and all the cartoons, all the movies, everything. The music that they listened to was all in English. So I never really listened to, uh, the, you know, Spanish music at that time or maybe even watch television in Spanish. Everything was in English, you know, because I really wanted to learn it. So by that time my sophomore year came, I, I, I already spoke English. I mean, I had a lot to do with the fact that you wanted to play basketball as well. That that a lot too. So I, I started playing, I, I used to play basketball back home and so I when I moved here, I remember I went for tryouts, um, the first year when I was a freshman and I didn't make the team and I didn't know why I didn't make the team. In fact, I remember being, you know, a little lost during practice because I, I didn't understand the drills. I didn't understand what the coach wanted. Um, wanted wanted the team or what the what the drill was, right, because of the language barrier. And so I didn't make the team. And by the time my sophomore year came and I went for tryouts again, that, you know, that year I did make the team. And that was my first year playing high school basketball. And I remember the coach coming up to me and telling me, you know, last year you didn't get picked because you didn't know. You didn't understand what I, what I would say you didn't understand the plays. You didn't understand the drills because of the language barrier. Correct. But I remember. Obviously working on the English and then practicing all summer long. So by the time the sophomore came, then it was it was a wrap. And plus, not only that, being around all these people in a basketball team, I was the only Hispanic guy there. You know, the rest were either white or black. And so they neither none of them spoke Spanish but me. So I forced myself in that position, you know, and this is one of the things a lot of people don't understand, that you gotta force yourself to learn new things and do new things, especially if you want to do something better in life. Right? Especially since I remember you wanted to play basketball so bad. Yeah. Um, and so that's why you made it a point to learn the language. And that's just all it takes is just wanting to want something so bad that you're, like, willing to learn a completely different language because of it. Right? And don't get me wrong, there's some words that I struggle with. Sometimes your accent comes out, my accent sometimes comes out, my still doesn't. And I was born here and I was born here, so it doesn't even matter. Yours is a different accent sometimes. I mean, I did learn Spanish first because my parents didn't obviously speak English when I was little. I actually didn't even learn English until I was about in the third grade. So people talk a little bit about that because I know people sometimes, um, especially when we travel even to Mexico. Like they all come to me in there and they'll ask me something in Spanish, and then they turn around and ask you a question and they ask you in English. So a lot of people don't know I'm Hispanic and I even speak Spanish, let alone Mexican, you know, like, yeah, no, a lot of people don't think so. Your parents are Mexican though, because the I think I look Hispanic, at least Mexican for sure. But, um, I get confused for a white girl. Not that that's a bad thing, but I get confused for a white girl all the time, especially in Mexico. They really, really think I'm a white girl and they always want to speak to me in English. And, um, I speak Spanish and I speak Spanish fluently because my parents are both from Mexico. They, um, they came here. They they actually met here in Las Vegas. They didn't they didn't get married in Mexico or anything. They came from completely different sides of Mexico. My mom is from Aguascalientes and my dad is from Sinaloa, you know, and so completely different. They just ended up coming to Vegas around the same time. And they worked at the Flamingo Hilton together, and that's where they met. And, uh, that's where they got together. And then my mom got pregnant with me and they got married. And so along came along my two sisters after that. But that's my parents didn't speak a word of English, so I actually didn't learn English until I was in third grade. I and the reason why third grade was because in kindergarten, first and second, I went to Sunrise Acres. And that school at that time was very was run, I want to say, by like a lot of Hispanic teachers and they actually taught everything in Spanish and they spoke to you in Spanish. So then I would speak in Spanish because I knew Spanish. And then in third grade, we ended up moving to a different side of town, and then I ended up going to Winger Elementary School, actually went there for, um, I'll talk about that in a second. We missed each other though, because I then I went to winger for third grade, and then that's when I started having to take like English as a second language. I even had like a speech. I even had to do speech therapy because I couldn't perform words in English. And so I was in speech therapy for at least until fifth grade. Um, until they they were like, okay, fine, you're good now. But I it was a lot of learning on how to from one language to another. But yeah, I get confused for a white girl all the time. It's funny how you had to learn. Spanish in a sense, right, as your first language, and then you learn English even though you were born here. And yet I was born and raised, speaking all Spanish. And then at the move here and then I learned English, you know, so it's and it's a great thing because, you know, there is a lot of people and we know this, that, you know, we're same situation as you were. Their parents came in from Mexico and they have kids that were born here, but yet they don't teach their kids Spanish, you know. And so, um, again, you know, it's one of those things where, you know, even to this day, we are both of our kids speak Spanish. We're teaching our grandkids now. Yes, how to speak Spanish. It's so important. It's so important to have both languages, you know, and and I get it. There are some people that you know that they don't do it. And, um, that that's okay too. You know, I think that's fine. But I think in our particular case is so important that you understand both English and Spanish. Yeah. You know, especially because I still have so much family in Mexico, especially on my dad's side. And the last thing I want is for my kids to go visit my family in Mexico and then them not even understand what their aunts and uncles are telling them, and they can have a conversation with them. I, I find that really sad, actually, because there's so much you can learn from family. You know, there's so many great stories. Like, I remember my grandpa before he passed away, would tell the most amazing stories and imagine not being able to understand everything he said. Because your parents didn't teach you Spanish, then no kids, then no subject. That's sad. It is sad, but again. Well, you know, again. And everybody's different, you know, and and the one thing that I want people to understand, um, in our talks is that we're going to bring up topics like this, but we get that everybody's different, you know. We're not here to judge anybody. We're just sharing all of our personal beliefs and thoughts and how we have been able to do things in our life and in our relationship. And that's actually something that's very important to us, you know? And and the truth is to go back to the story, um, that I was sharing a second ago. So how I ended up here. Right. So you you talked about how obviously you were born here because your parents both moved from Mexico to Las Vegas. They met here, right? They had they had all you guys here except your brother. I think he's a he's a true he's a he's from TJ. He's a real one. Uh, but, um, so, uh, how I ended up in Las Vegas was because my sister married, um, a Cuban guy that was already living here in, in Las Vegas. And when they got married, they got married here in Vegas. So they met back in Venezuela, right. Which was where I was born. And they met over there. And then he brought her here. They got married here, I think I was around four years old when they got married. I remember not coming to the wedding. Um, but I remember when I was five, we came here for a year because my sister was pregnant, and my mom wanted to help her out. So we moved to Vegas and we lived here for a year, and I actually went to kindergarten at the same school that you went to, Wingert Elementary. Wingert elementary of a winner would buy like Sahara and Nellis. Yes. And, um, so you were probably on pre-K and I would have been on kindergarten. Is that how it is? Or I didn't go to pre-K. That didn't exist. It didn't occur to me. And this is I forget, this is like 40 years ago, 45 years ago. But anyways, so no, 40 because I would have been like 440. You're right, you're right. 41 don't make me 50 years. No, because I'm 46. So I was five. So 41. Yeah, 4041. So anyway, so I went to winger, which is the exact same school that you went to in kindergarten. Right. I went third grade third. So I went kindergarten there. And then I remember after for that one school year, we ended up going back. And then I came back when I was 12 and we were only here for like the summer. And then we went back and finally when, um, I turned 15, that's when my sister had claimed my mom. Right. Because she was already a U.S. citizen by then. She claimed my mom and because I was a minor, that's how I ended up coming. It's like a package deal. Yeah. You were here on a student visa. Correct. So I got here. My birthday's July 10th, and I moved here July 15th, 1993. So literally five days after my 15th birthday that I've been in Vegas since then. So. I know one time we talked about how crazy things had to happen in order for us to meet, you know? So I think I pointed that out to you one time, right. How the universe had to how the universe aligned itself for us to have been able to meet, you know, a lot of people. I mean, you're from a completely different country, right? You're not. I mean, you're not even Mexican. You're just. Well, you know, but anyway, so going back to that. So. Yeah. And I'll get back to you in that in a second. So for you guys that don't know, my dad passed away when I was almost two years old. So I was raised by a single mom. And I always live with my mom. It was always me and her everywhere. And that's how we, you know, ended up coming because my sister claimed her. Right. Now we talk about how the universe had to align itself. Right. Your parents both came from Mexico to complete different states. Yeah. Um, my dad passing away. Right. The fact that your dad passed away. My dad passing away. Because I feel like if my dad was still alive, you would have never came to the state. I. I would have never came. You know? I would have never came. No reason. Yeah, my mom would have stayed over there. They probably would have had more kids. And, uh, you know, I would have never came. But the fact that my mom was a single mom, and now she had a chance, an opportunity to give me a better opportunity in a different country with a better education, maybe, um, you know, that that the universe, all these things that had to happen, you know, and I think sometimes people don't realize the. Backstory on how the things happen prior to them getting to a certain point in their life currently, you know? Yeah. Do you ever think, like, especially, um, I always think about that, like how sometimes things seem so horrible that happened in your life, but then in the long run, when you look back, you're like, oh, I see why that had to happen for me to be in this position now, which always seems to be a better position than what you were before, like, I mean, it's unfortunate that your dad passed away, but in a sense, that had to happen for you to get here, for us to meet and for us to really have the wonderful life that we have together. I'm I'm sure at that point, I mean, you were so young, but I'm sure at that point your mom was like, I can't believe my my husband just passed away, you know? And I think that we've experienced that a lot in our lives, especially in our marriage, where I'm like, I can't believe this is happening to us, you know. Right. But then we I look back and I'm like, I'm so glad that happened to us because now we're in a better position or this has changed for the better of us. It's crazy how that is. Yeah. You know, a lot of the times when people are going through things in their lives and like you said, you know, we've gone through a lot. Okay. And we're going to talk a lot about everything that we've gone through. Um, but a lot of the times when you're in the middle of that moment, you don't see it, right? None of us, none of us do it, right? No, you you you almost have to get to a certain point of maturity in your life where you understand that there is a reason why things are happening. But when you're unaware, when you don't know you, you are in the middle of all that stuff happening and and you don't. You, you you ask yourself why? Why me? Why this is happening, right? Well, it's our job and it's our duty to give it time to understand why that had to happen in order. For you to get to where you want to go. Does that make sense? Like things are meant to happen in a certain way. And things, sometimes bad things have to happen, like somebody's passing away or, you know, something drastic, like, you know, imagine, you know, your grandparents having to have their kids, like your mom and dad moving to a complete different country that they don't know anybody, you know. So it's sometimes it's not death, sometimes it's just your kids moving away so far that you're under. You don't understand why, or maybe you do, but at the same time, it's not what you want. Yeah. You know, so we have to give it time in order for us to really understand why that's happening. Yes. You know, and then you you can only put the puzzle back. Look, going backwards. I'm going forward. Sometimes it's hard. Yeah. Especially when you're in that moment you're like, I don't, I don't understand, like why is this happening to me? But I think a lot of times it's so important not to play victim because you know what? Honestly, that could be the biggest blessing. You don't even see it because you're blaming yourself or you're being a victim of. You see that now, right? And you say that now because we're at a complete different maturity level than a lot of people, and we're aware of that. But, you know, there's a lot of people today that have zero reasoning and zero understanding on, you know, because maybe they don't know any better, but not to play the victim, right? You know, because they're surrounded by victims, then their family have been victims and they've always been the victim and their whole entire life if they've never really. Work on themselves to get better, to come out of that situation and to look back and say, and that's not me. You know, I mean, we talk about this stuff all the time, how people post on social media, you know, things, you know, like victimizing themselves, you know, and we can't stand that, you know, at least we, you know, we but anyways, so it's on filter. So I guess I should say it right. But you know. Yeah. Stop playing the victim, you know. No, nobody likes that. Nobody likes a pity party, you know, nobody likes, you know, people posting sob stories. I, I, I dislike that even when we go to, you know, our business meetings and people, you know, talk about their sob stories and how they used to, you know, do this and do that and, and they start crying and it's like nobody you know, I don't I don't like to hear it. I mean, nobody cares, you know, move forward bro. You're not there anymore. You know, you didn't pass through that. Show me how you did it. And you know. Yeah. Tell me the victor. The victor part of it. Not the victim part. Right. Exactly. So people don't know that. Yeah. I mean, I'm sure everyone's different. Maybe there are people who really enjoy victim stories, but it's just not us. But I feel it's because we've grown so much mentally, especially through the books that we've read or like the, um, obviously podcasts that we've listened to that just help us so much mentally just to learn not to be those those type of people. Right. Hey, shout out to Brenda and Nancy for their podcast. I know, it's amazing. I love it so much. And honestly, they're the ones that inspired us to really do this. Yeah. If you guys haven't listened to their podcast and you've gotten so far in our podcast so far, you should. It's called Deep Diving. Deep Dive. Yeah. So shout out to them I appreciate them. They're amazing. They are. They're helping us too. So which is exciting. I love listening to them so much. I have learned a lot from them too. Yeah. All right. So let's get back to, you know, that early time when we first met. Um, like, I'm just curious, right? And I don't know if I've ever asked you this, like, what were your thoughts like when you first. Um, obviously, when you met me, you talked a little bit about that, but after we became boyfriend and girlfriend, what can you take me back to? What you're thinking was at that point. I mean, I just, um, I guess there was puppy love is what I would call it. Like people would tell us all the time, like, oh, you're just in puppy love. Like, you don't really know what love is. But in my mind, I knew what love is. But now that I look back, I guess I was in puppy love. Or if I, you know, I don't know. I don't want to say ignorant because it wasn't ignorance, obviously. But, um, I just knew I wanted to be with you for the rest of my life. As young as I was is just something that I felt and and I don't know if that's all teenagers, but that's just what happened to me. And obviously it worked out for us because you did stay in my life for 30 years now, and that's all I that's all I could remember. And I wanted to introduce you to my parents so bad. I remember that day. And so I was like, telling my parents, like, I found some, you know, like a boyfriend. And I really want you to meet him. And they're like, perfect. Let's let's meet him. So we went to dinner. I remember exactly where it was. Restaurant. I remember exactly what I was wearing to so much, um, that Chinese restaurant is not there anymore. We're really sad about that. We would love going there. The lotus garden? Yes. Right there on, uh, Nellis in Charleston. And we would go there all the time. And so my parents were like, tell them to meet us there. They will go meet him there. So we did. We had dinner and you met them. I'm sure you were super nervous, 100%. I remember we sat, like, in a corner. And, uh. And I don't know, I don't I mean, I don't remember a lot of the conversation we had, but I do remember you getting there, and it probably wasn't much conversation. I was probably quiet, but no, I, I do remember that. I do remember, actually, I do remember when you would get picked up in your mom's car, the red, red escort GT. Yeah. The red escort that she had. And, um, she you had to say it was a GT. Yeah. But anyways, um, she would sometimes say hi. And I remember one time your dad came and your dad was like, oh, hi. You know, like, I kind of met him, like, you know, at a high end by. And, uh, I remember that day that we went out to dinner. I remember exactly what I was wearing, too. And I remember going shopping right? For, uh, which there were white jeans and a blue shirt, like stripes, which is crazy because you would not wear white jeans. I don't for the. Okay. So here's and here's the here's the reason why. Okay. So you talked about how you get confused. Um, but people thinking you're white, sometimes Asian, right? Like Filipinos. Sometimes people have confused you with that. If I wear white pants, people confuse me with I'm Cuban, right? And so I don't wear white pants. I don't own a pair of white pants I don't have I don't have one at all. I don't have any white pants. I get confused by Armenian all the time. You do Puerto Rican. I mean, I had a way more Armenian, Armenian, Puerto Rican and Cuban. Every time I meet someone, they always tell me that either one of those three. But anyways. So I remember I wore white pants, a blue striped shirt, and I remember that day I was nervous. I do remember that. I remember I met your mom, your dad, which was obviously love at first sight. And everybody loves my dad. Yes. And and your sisters at that point, which your sisters were so little, you know, and I remember going to that Chinese restaurant. And then we ended up going back many times after that until they moved. They ended up moving to the southwest, and we found them one time, and we still went over there at one time, a couple times. They don't exist over there, and now they're for sure gone. But, you know, I think going back and thinking about what I was thinking, I think I can honestly say the same thing. You know, it was kind of like a puppy love type of deal, you know? Um, honestly, thinking back, I'd, I don't know if at that moment I thought, you know, this is my girl for the rest of my life. But I do remember getting to that point. I do remember when we were dating, getting to or feeling that feeling of, this is it. This is the one. This is the one that you know I'm going to marry. This is the one I'm going to be with for the rest of my life. So I, I can say whether at the beginning I thought that way, but I do remember feeling that way at one point when we were dating. I love that you didn't feel that way at me at first. Because you're in love with my friend. I told you that went away fast. The second we got paired together, I forget her name. Anyways, you do not forget her debut, Big Liar. We know her name. I forget what she looked like for sure. But anyways. So. Yeah. So I think, um, you know, again, going back and thinking about that, I mean, we, we do have unique story on how we first met and then from there we dated and then from there, you know, um, things happen. Yes. And, uh, you got pregnant, I did this was back in 96. You got pregnant and, uh, 97, we had our first daughter. We did. We got married in 1996, 1996. That was September 28th. Very good baby, 96. Hey, I got no notes. Okay, I didn't. Wow. I don't have a note right here with me. We only celebrated every year for 30 years. Almost. So anyway, so, um, and then, uh, our daughter was born May 9th, 1997. Yes, we did get married, and a lot of people don't know we were still in high school. We were. I was 16 years old. So yes, I was still in high school. But you didn't. You never dropped out. So what I'm saying I never dropped out. I actually ended up graduating with honors. Um, I made it a point to still finish my education. I didn't want to be a dropout. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just didn't want to be that person. I didn't want the whole teenage, like, teenage pregnancy or teenage mom stereotype to be me. And I was like, if anything, I'm going to make sure I graduated with honors, um, to, you know, like show to my parents that I'm still here, you know, like, I, I'm still focused on my education or what I need to do, obviously, because my parents believed in that whole like. Get a good education and get a good job. We all did. And all of that. And so I just wanted to make it a point to my parents, who were very supportive of the fact that even if I was at a a teenage mom, that, um, that they were going to help me and they did, they helped us tremendously. And so that's why I made sure that I was still an honor student by the time I graduated. That's awesome. You graduated from SKA, which was back then with Bo Tech. And I went and I graduated to Las Vegas High School and ATC, which doesn't exist anymore. It was a trade school. Yeah. So I graduated in 97, and our daughter, I think was three months when I graduated. Yes. She was like 3 or 4 months somewhere. And she was born in Maine a couple months. Me so just a couple months, couple months. She was a couple of months. And then uh, a year later after that, you graduated. And then I went on to CSM with the one year old. I went on to see Hassan. And, um, I don't think you you you didn't continue school after that. I, I took a college class because you wanted me to help you with it. Oh, yeah. It was an accounting class because I was obviously very good at math and thought we were a brother and sister because we had the same last name, same last name. So they're like, oh, brother and sister. I'm like, no, that's my husband. It was an accounting class. It was an accounting, I remember that, I remember that, yes, because I, I'm good at math. Like I love math. That professor thought yeah. I remember calling him calling our names and like, oh, brother and sister. No, that's my husband. Yeah. And they're like, what? You guys are like teenagers. I know that was crazy. Yes, that was us. But that's the only class I took. Yeah. Um, I think we're gonna save the rest for the next podcast. What do you think? I agree. I have 30 years to go for anything. Any last thoughts that you want to wrap up in this first episode? Man, it's. I mean, I don't know if I have some final thoughts, but it is crazy. Our story is crazy. And like you said, it's it's crazy how the universe has to align for us to add med and everything, but, uh, I'm glad it had happened, obviously. Yeah. And again, this is, uh, going to be a lot of things that we're going to be sharing with you guys on this podcast. And uh, again, thank you guys. Like it. Yeah. And, uh, thank you guys. We appreciate it. Um look forward. There's going to be many, many different talks, you know, many different things about partnership. Uh, the ups and downs. We have a whole, yeah, you know, list of things that we're going to talk about in the next upcoming episodes. And, uh, you know, any comments or anything that you guys, uh, would want to know about us, then, uh, you know, let us know. We'd love to. We'd love to help you out. That's the purpose of this is to help out a lot of people. Um, not just couples, but also people maybe that are not in a relationship, that we're in a relationship or want to get into a relationship that we can, um, share the things that we've gone through that could possibly help them out in their life. Absolutely. Alrighty. Okay. Well, it was nice meeting you. I'll see you later. Okay, I love you, I love you. Bye. Thanks for tuning in to this episode of Unfiltered Us. 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