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did someone make the first move at the

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Disco is that how it worked no it was

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later um no it was well obviously

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disagree on that's great interestingly

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um we met on a train platform so I think

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honestly from a trustworthy perspective

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yeah oppos to honesty rather just out

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and out brutality yeah I don't know I'm

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a little bit

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brutal somebody claims I pushed her over

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a wall and the bus stop I deny that

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said oh I think you would make a great

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couple so it was a sort of blind date

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wow we got talking and we was just sort

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of friends weren't we for quite a while

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he's actually forgotten hi welcome to a

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new episode of easy English this week we

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want to bring you part three of our

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favorite series of falling in love

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of the video This is how couples met

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each other here we go how did you two

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meet each other

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uh we met a long time ago in Bristol in

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the west of England

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um at a disco at a disco yeah so it was

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at hve H train station on the platform I

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saw a friend who was at Uni a couple

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years below me I recognized him um so I

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started to have a chat with him uh and

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his his boyfriend was also they were

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commuting up to London and his boyfriend

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was with him Jason as well um and Sam

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was their train buddy we got talking and

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we was just sort of friends weren't we

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for quite a while he's actually

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forgotten partying

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partying so no I wasn't their train body

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CU I didn't know them CU you knew them I

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didn't know any of you well how did you

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get to I you were chatting with them

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though no I honestly thought that you

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were a train body with them I know so

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let let me just correct you so so you

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guys always knew each other before me

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and I used to strut along and used to

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sort of like check me out a little bit

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and then um we we all started kind of

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like recognizing each other on the

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platform and and then eventually we did

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get talking uh we met a college yeah and

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then I became more associated with her

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when I had a house party yeah well we

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first met I did my work experience at

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butlin's hotel which is now Grand Ocean

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um apartments in when I was 14 and

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Jackie had moved down for the Midlands

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um and was working there as a

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receptionist that's where we first met

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and then um we drifted AP

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for a number of years and did the

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different things and then we met again

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when when I was when we 20s 20 21 right

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yeah so we've been together what 29

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years now yeah nearly 30 years 30 years

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yeah you can go first U we met through

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friends so then we met through friends

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um I worked with uh the boyfriend of

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Lizzy's cousin boyfriend of lizz's

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cousin I was very my cousin were we were

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good friends as well same age so we went

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out a lot and so so that's it and so so

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then they said oh I think you would make

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a great couple so it was a sort of blind

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date oh wow and uh we met and that was

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40 plus years ago so there we go years

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ago congrats uh so we are both teachers

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and we met at school working could you

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then tell me how you two both met then

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oh dear somebody claims I pushed her

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someone make the first move at the Disco

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is that how it worked no it was

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later

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um it was well obviously disagree on

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that's

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great we I think it was at the Disco you

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approached me let's keep it

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simple are you saying that you made the

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first move of the push that's

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so you did you keep in contact in this

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this off period when you went back no

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not at all not at all no it was it was

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it was um it was a sheer fluke that we

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met the second time around it was Jackie

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was working with one of my one of my

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friends girlfriends um and then my

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friend and I used to go in the pub to

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visit his his wife well what is his wife

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now um and then we we met up again there

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yeah that's amazing nice story we kind

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of ended up as a couple he pretty much

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moved in straight away he proposed three

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months later and we got married uh 6

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months after that wow so strangers on a

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and it's our 20th anniversary this last

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week perf I was going to ask that

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congratulations that's great well I'm

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glad that I'm also giving you guys

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Clarity yeah just just to be clear and

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how long ago was this this was

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approximately 11 years ago 11 years 11

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years ago we've been married for 48

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years wow okay years known each other 52

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is it 52 oh he knows all those things I

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don't it was well over 40 years ago 1979

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yes yes so that's how long we've been

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together justco in Bristol yes nice and

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then could have then ask um what would I

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don't mind who goes first what would you

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say is the best quality or feature of

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the other

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person

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um what would you say is the best

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quality of the other person his

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personality and his

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loyalty and what what about the

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personality is inside that to be more

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specific well it's been 30 years and he

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can still make me cry with laughter he's

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good fun and um

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also uh very

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trustworthy um yeah and very loving uh

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Justin's patience for sure okay Justin

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now for you

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from that 11 years what would you say is

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the other person's best

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quality oh my

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gosh um Lauren is I think uh the kindest

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person I've ever met he's got such a a

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pure Soul so you are so kind like I

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think that you're I think that you're

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incredibly

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selfless

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um that's very sweet it Evan's really

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kind he's really nice and he's also cool

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like he's got his own

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style well there you go understanding I

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think what would you say is the other

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person's best

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quality yours is

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tolerance yeah I think so I think that's

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probably a good yeah description yeah I

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think probably honesty and we have a

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laugh still don't we I think we still

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friends before anything else I would

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have thought is that fair to say yeah

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and he's a great dad she's very very

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reliable and and happy on the head yeah

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she's

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happy honest I'm sure that it's going to

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be another 20 years of happiness you her

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fun and crazy side that's the correct

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answer that's a good one I love that

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that's really good I would say that you

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are very thoughtful you put everybody

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else's knees before your own and that's

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a really nice quity um K just has like a

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really nice personality and I just like

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to be around her all the time okay and

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what would you say

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them uh sticks at things uh he's

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committed to things and sticks at it

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okay as opposed to me who would just

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give up I think that's why I think

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that's quite a uh you know that's quite

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a good thing to be he's very financially

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aware stute as stute yes what would you

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if you could come to an agreement on

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what would you say is like the most

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important quality in order to maintain a

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relationship the

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head um I guess the thing that people

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always say but it it's true it's just

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you know talking about things don't

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um don't have secrets don't and try and

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talk everything through and see if you

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can find a solution if you know

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communication yes yes yeah I agree with

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that yeah yeah is what's the most

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important bit they're talking or the're

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listening uh there's no they're they're

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equal equal equal difference for me for

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me it was listening yes it was listening

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yes to what what she wanted I think have

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fun it is it and be like kids cuz we are

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on a daily basis every month since we've

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met in over 20 years we always do pinch

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punch first day of the month without

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fail no matter even if he's still asleep

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stupid we'll plan it meticulously so

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that we we try to win I feel like

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loyalty definitely loyalty trust

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um yeah just understanding each other

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what would you say maybe the answer is

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one of these is the most important

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quality in order to be a good partner

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honesty honesty yeah honesty brutal

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honesty brutal honesty yeah I

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trustworthiness I think I don't I don't

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think it's just a question of honesty as

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in how do I look today you look Dreadful

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you could do better I think it's a

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question of honesty that um

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you know a reliability and a

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trustworthiness I think honestly from a

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trustworthy perspective yeah opposed to

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honesty rather than just out and out

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brutality yeah don't know I'm a little

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bit

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brutal I suppose I don't know give and

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take give and take yeah yeah give and

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take um it's not always it's not always

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smooth but hey it uh you go over the the

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rough bits and then there's smooth bits

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again so there you go very good what

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would you say is the most important

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quality that has like kept you together

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love love

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trust

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friendship tolerance

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to we have to have do have to have s

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girl

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friends yeah

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that's that's the most important thing

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the most

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important and keeping our family

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together actually we're very close we

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got a big family but we are very good we

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got two girls in the brandom yeah that's

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great that's really nice thanks for

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watching this week's episode let us know

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in the comments below how you met your

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partner and what makes them so great and

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as always we'll see you next time t i

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could be maybe in the kitchen I'll just

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try and pretend that I'm doing something

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pinch punch the return so don't and you

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have to do the no return but we do never

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miss I go punch a kick for being I don't

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know how many months you know 12 times

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20 months whatever that is we've we've

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never failed to do it I love it