AUSTIN: Elizabeth + Audrey

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did you see the Vogue article that says like, having a boyfriend is lame? Yeah. Yeah. And now I have a husband, so I'm fucked. Well, maybe having a boyfriend is lame, but having a husband is not. Oh, maybe it goes back on the circle, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's, that's what I was thinking would have to be your angle. And, and what's the logic behind the article? Have you actually read it? I was just reading it. Um. Because I was thinking, you know, it's an interesting perspective for our listeners, but it was just kind of saying like, I haven't gotten to the full point, but like in this society, like it's become cringey to be like male centered and to have like all of your content focus on your boyfriend. So it was mostly just like saying, you know, it's like it's cool to be independent now. Um. And people are like, what a novel thought. People are embarrassed to post their boyfriends. Well, as they should be. Like as they should be. Yeah. That I'm, when I, when I see influencers or, or just like normal people who are obsessed with their boyfriends and they're whole, their whole content is boyfriend focused. I literally, there's people that already come to head like come to my head that are like, no completely people that I'm like, I'm exhausted. Yeah. Of the boyfriend. Especially if like, he's not funny. You know? Or, or if it's like you're trolling him and the troll isn't funny. Oh my, I know. Exact now. Now we're just. I like the idea that when I do get a boyfriend, no one will know until I'm engaged. But I obviously will not be. That's never gonna happen. There's nothing mysterious about you. No, I know. I'm like the least nonchalant person ever. Like I will post our first date, I'm sure. Um, but I love that concept. No, literally the meme that's like, I wish I could be mysterious, but I won't shut the fuck up. Yeah, that is me. Would you like to hear about Austin, Texas? I actually learned a lot and this is another city that I'm just like obsessed with for no reason. Have you gone by the way We've been together? No, we haven't been together. Because you didn't come at all? I didn't go at all. Remember was, I was thinking you were there, but on your computer, but I guess that was Florence. Yeah. Look how, look how much I just take you with me. You're just always, wherever my am you take me for granted. You take me for granted wherever I am. There you are. Oh, that's very sweet. Except I actually was not there for our best friend's. Bachelorette. Okay. Yeah. That's really tough. Um, I've gone separately for our recruiting trip for my firm. Yes. So yes. Very. So you've been fairly recently? Fairly recently. But like no fun was, had really, let's be honest. Right. I did like it though. I thought the lake was cool. I thought the weather seemed great. I did wonder about the interaction between, like, the university seems so central. Mm-hmm. That I worry, I mean, and Texas makes big old, manly men. I'm worried if girls out there like worried they're talking to like good. A 24-year-old. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. That's great. Fun fact to me. Okay. This one is crazy. Okay. Humans have lived in the Austin area since 9,200 bc. Numbers like that don't even make sense to me. I know, like, I'm like, cool. Like I don't really think about people living in America before, like, I don't know, like the Native Americans. Totally. So it's like, no, like why? Why am I 10,000 years before Bethlehem? My, my head, my like, I'm picturing an alien. They're not real human. Yeah. So that's just kind of an unfathomable one. And it's like really, they chose Austin Tech. It sounds great. It actually sounds great, but it's like Wild geographic location to pick kind of along those lines. Okay. Austin has the largest bat colony in North America number. I have heard that. Approximately one and a half million. And I have seen the bats. I've seen the bats fly. Well, there's something you can do if you can watch them or something. Mm-hmm. That's, again, it's not something I would choose to freely spend my time doing. It's actually really cool again. That's fine. Um, Austin is the most populous city in the country without a professional sports team. They don't have a single professional sports team. Mm-hmm. No. Which is so interesting because I feel like there's so much Austin pride, but there's not like a sports team to dedicate that to. Yeah. And I feel like it's got a really young population that would be super down to do something. Mm-hmm. I mean, it probably, it would be probably be good for like a boring sport like baseball. Hey, baseball is not boring. I know. I know your, I saw your story. I know you're into baseball these days. That was a really fun world series that you're nine, like you sound like you're 92. I'm not doing this with you. Okay. I was just trying to share some fun facts and now I know, I know. It's just like I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna do the sports talk with you. Okay. Um, this is a cool one. In 19 86, 3 employees at the Austin Chronicle started a festival to showcase Austin's local talent because there's a ton of live music and musicians in Austin. I know what this turned out to be. Yeah. It, they called it South by Southwest. It had 700 people and by 2019 there were 415,000 people in attendance. That's incredible. And you know what that reminds me? Our podcast, big Dreams. Yeah. That reminds me of our podcast. So that's just like taking nine, I think we almost are at a hundred Instagram followers. And if you just multiply that by that same factor, we should be at like a million in, let's see, uh, 40 years. Okay, well, we're gonna have expedited growth, so let's, let's get moving quickly. We gotta get it going. Um, I think my last one for you you know, Austin slogan is Keep Austin weird. Yeah. Matthew McConaughey was arrested in Austin in 1999 on a drug related charge for dancing naked and playing the bongo drums. I knew this really because I listened to his autobiography called Green Light. Green Light. He literally said in the book, he wants, he, he sees himself running for precedent one day. Really? Yeah. He's crazy. He's crazy. Like, I want to be that. Like my, he is his own high man. Honestly, I feel like I would vote for him. My god. Terrifying. But he's a cool guy and I think he's the definition of Austin. Yeah. And, and if that's true, I really do need to make my way that down there. Yeah. Yeah. I think Austin's for you, we keep saying this so why don't you tell us about our guest today? Yes. So the, our guest today is um, Elizabeth and her friend Audrey. They met in Austin, as you'll hear, and Elizabeth is actually the younger sister of one of our really good friends from college. Katie, who is in my sorority at UNC. Um, Katie is our friend who is kind of like the mom of the friend group. A little truly. Yeah, she is like too good for us. We quite often wonder like, why is she friends with us, hooligans her sister to make herself feel better. Yeah, literally like she was like, this is Mother Teresa active. Yeah. I'm doing the work. Right, right. Um, Elizabeth is a little bit more of a free spirit. Definitely still like the same wholesome, like sweethearted personality for sure. Um, but I think she's a little bit friskier than our good friend and um, she's a little bit younger and she's single. And so, um, we, we had to lean down to a little bit younger of a demographic, see what's going on with the youths and I think this is a really fun episode about Austin. Me too.

Speaker 2: 7:26

A recent survey found that most single men and women between the ages of 18 and 34 say that they want a romantic relationship. But nearly all of those surveyed, including 91% of men, and 94% of women say they think the current dating environment is more difficult than ever. We are getting to the bottom of this with conversations with real people dating in cities across the country because our democracy is under attack. But so are our sex lives. I'm Megan. I'm single and dating in Los Angeles.

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I'm Spencer. I'm married, living in New York City. Welcome to Date of the Union.

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Wait, hi. Oh my God, this is so exciting. we've only been begging Elizabeth to do this, actually, basically harassing her to do this for like three months now. Literally, I brought my funny friend Audrey to make it more entertaining. Hi Audrey. Thanks for doing this. Hi. It's nice to meet you. You did nice to see you. Both of you We were actually just talking about our lack of exposure to austin, Texas, because one of our best girlfriends from college, um, in our friend group with obviously Elizabeth's older sister, um, she was supposed to have her bachelorette a couple of years ago in New Orleans. A major hurricane came through and she had to, reroute her bachelorette to Austin, Texas. I was absolutely destroyed, destroyed with law school at the time. So I had to back out last minute and Megan went. On. Like that's the only time she's ever been to, nor to Austin, right? No, I also went with on our team. Just kidding. Sorry. I don't know anything about her. Well, we're so excited to have our first duo on the pos Yeah. You guys are our first time doing to people. I think it'll be really fun, um, especially getting your perspectives as like. Single versus in a relationship. So thanks for being our Guinea pigs for our first, um, group podcast. Um, so we always just start out with kind of your stats age, what you do for work, how long you've been in Austin, and where you live there, um, and then your relationship status. I'm Audrey. Um, I work in the tech scene. I'm an account manager at Meta. Oh, cool. Wait, that's really cool. Thank you so much. Gonna be there. Um, and then I lived in Austin in 2020 till 2021. Moved to Houston for a little bit and then I moved back for work in 23. So I've been there ever since. And my relationship status is taken. We heard. Um, I'm Elizabeth. I am 28. I've lived in Austin almost four years now. Um, I live close to like Zilker Park, which is where ACL is. Very fun. Um, I work, I do corporate strategy for Whole Foods market, which is really fun. And my relationship status is single. So also fun. Yeah. Yeah. And how far away, like driving wise, can you drive to each other or walk to each other? Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I mean, you could walk if you were feeling ambitious. Yeah. But often more of a drivable city. It's not like New York, she's probably a mile from me, but like, it's kind of busy road, so you drive. And then my question for you guys is how did you meet? Oh, we met through our best friend, so my best childhood friend Kat. Who I grew up in Atlanta with did Semester at Sea with Audrey's best college friend, Lily, um, but they were in like a fun, fun friend group and a lot of them ended up back in Texas after school. And my best friend Kat actually went to ut and then Lily grew up in Austin, so they kind of reconnected post-grad. And then we started hanging out as like a friend group. And now the four of us are super close, so Love that. And what is one thing that each of you loves about the other as a girlfriend? I think my favorite thing about Elizabeth is I feel like she's such a yes girl that like, if we're like, let's do this, let's go here. She's like, yes, absolutely. And I feel like it's so crucial, especially in our later twenties when people are, you know, settling down and maybe like more so busy. Like, it's so nice to have girlfriends who are still like, Hey, like, I know it's nine o'clock and I'm just texting you, but like, let's go out. And she's like, yeah, like, it's seriously so amazing and so fun. And, and I know we like, just became like good friends at the beginning of this year, but it's just been so nice. I feel like getting to know her and like having all these fun experiences and like having inside jokes now that I'm like, oh, this is amazing. So that, it's so sweet. I know. So sweet. It's, and it's, you guys are kind of at that inflection and we're. You know, Megan and I clearly are there where like it's so easy to say no, right? Yeah. Like it's so easy to be like, tomorrow's a workday or I have a Pilates class, or mm-hmm. I just am not feeling it or like, you know, I'm just tired. Which like you get increasingly tired. Like I'm on 11 supplements I think right now, like Yeah. That are trying to fight like energy deficit. It's so nice to have people who are not only willing to say yes, but like things that would put them out of their comfort zone maybe, or like, yeah. Different things that maybe might be a little unusual or something. Or something they wouldn't normally do. Mm-hmm. Yeah, no, I think it's a balance. Like yesterday there was a big game day and I was exhausted, so I stayed in all day. But if it's just that you're like, oh, I didn't have other plans. Like I wasn't planning on doing anything. So yes, like go have fun. Yeah. Yeah. Completely. Yeah. Rest is important, but like also not turning down like new experiences is important. Megan's a big Yes girl. I am. I feel, I feel that energy for Megan. Um, my favorite thing about Audrey, kind of twofold. One is her positivity. Second is her humor. I could have had like the most horrible day and be so stressed out and we'll go to dinner and I'm like, healed over and laughter by five minutes in because she is so funny. Like you just have the best uplifting energy, you're always smiling. Um, and I just think it's like such a good, she's like, um, yeah, to your point, we have like so many inside jokes that I'm, we'll be at dinner, like we went to dinner Friday and we were all cracking up. We're like everyone else around us thinks we're annoying, but we don't care because we're we had the best time ever. Um, so yeah. I really appreciate that about you. Oh my god, that's so. Okay. So switching gears a little bit, what's one thing you love? I mean, obviously you love each other. What's one thing you love about Austin as a city, completely unrelated to dating and to boys, but just like something that Austin like really has your heart for? For me, it's honestly how easy it is to make friends here. Like here January of 2022. And there literally wasn't even a slight transition. Like I was very blessed to have a good friend who already lived here, but like immediately all of her friends became my friends. Yeah. And then through became our friends and their boyfriends became our friends. And like a lot of people will end up moving back to Dallas or Houston at some point, but like. There's always more people moving in and out and everyone is just so welcoming and open. Um, and so I feel like we always have such a solid, large friend group, and I think that's kind of rare. So, um, it's super rare. I was gonna say, actually that was gonna something I was gonna bring up Elizabeth, is like, you have a, whenever I see on Instagram, like you have a huge friend group and it's easy in a big city. I mean, I'm like, what am I doing tooting Elizabeth Horn, like she needs it. Um, but it's like in a big city, it's easy to have a big friend group in that like initial burst from postgrad, right? Yeah. When you like have graduated and it's like for the ages from like 23 to 26, it's like everyone's living in New York, so we're all going to each other's apartments. We're all like, everyone's invited to the 80 person, like rooftop party, whatever, but that, but then people start to move away. And it sounds like similar to maybe moving to Houston, Dallas, you know, people are moving to Long Island or they're going back to North Carolina'cause their parents are no longer paying their rents. Right? Yeah. The fact that you're 28 and that friend group is still that size is like, that's really interesting. No, that's so true. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know what it is about Austin, but I think Austin's very like one degree removed. And so I have good friends that have even moved outta the state to like Denver and stuff, but we're still friends with her high school friends, and so people just, they're just not exclusive. Like they're just very more, they grow up with like the southern charm and um, it's really nice. It seems like people also move there because they like want to be like active and there's so much to do in Austin. So if you're there because you're like into doing fun things and activities and meeting people, then obviously you wanna keep that lifestyle. Yeah, absolutely. I think it's a super active city. Audrey's, actually, I got your little side gig over here. Ooh, yes, please. Oh, clearly, clearly. We love a side gig. Yeah, I'm like a registered yoga instructor and I'm trying to get my Pilates license. Oh, amazing. Oh, what I like. Wait, that's very cool. Thank you so much. Um, what is so key I feel about Austin though, is I feel like there's just a transplant city where it's like so new where everyone's trying to meet new people and like make friends. And also I feel like it's like always like a friend of a friend where they're like, oh, come here, or like, come to this hangout, which I feel like is so nice. Um, and then I feel like you could just meet and grow your circle in that way. But another thing I love Austin is just the weather. Like, yes, oh yeah, it's so hot in the summertime, but like, it's just. I feel like it's just sunny, like all year round. Mm-hmm. Which, yeah, amazing. Yeah. We're lucky if we get like 56. Yeah, no, it's really nice. And it is super hot in the summers, but we have Lake Austin, so we're like out on the boat all the time. Or Paddleboarding or, or Barton Springs. Yeah. Barton Springs. Mm-hmm. Full cold plunge. Um, right by my apartment or right by Audrey's boyfriend's house. So Wait, it's a natural cold plunge. Yeah. It's like I a spring. Yeah. And from cold plunge. It is basically a giant pool, but the water's natural. It's. Part of a river, they just kind of dam it off for a little portion and so you go jump in and it's like ice cold. People will run the trail around the lake and then you can go jump in there. So that's awesome. Megan, I'm dead. Megan and I are literally paying boatloads of money to get cold punches in our respective Right. They're like, we just have that. And you guys are going into a natural like lake slash reserve. I'm literally going on a rooftop in Brooklyn in a kitty pool with ice cubes. Were not the same and Rubberneck. But wait, I had a question. So how much do you think this was like a big thing is like Lake Austin. Lake Austin. Mm-hmm. How much of culture revolves around like activities that are on the water? A lot during the summer. Yeah. Mm-hmm. My first few years, few summers here, I was on the lake almost every single weekend of the summer. Like people always joke, like they'll date a guy just'cause he has a boat. Because I was gonna say, yeah, okay. Like, is it, you always are in proximity to somebody that has a boat. So it's like, if your friend was on a date, like the first question follow up is like, does he have a boat like that?'Cause everyone's just out in the lake. Like regardless, because the weekend's just so hot. It's like a hundred degrees. Everyone's like, oh, let's go to the lake. And it's so fun too. It's, you can have a chill day where you're just kind of cruising. You can have a party day where like everyone's drinking, um, you can wake surf and have a more active day. Like, it's honestly just such a good way to get outside but not be drenched in sweat within time. Yeah, totally. Yeah. Six degrees. When you visit other major cities, and that could even be like your Dallas, your Houston too, but also like obviously New York, if you ever visit friends in New York, what's something that you're experiencing kind of perpetually or that exists in your daily life in Austin that you're like, other major cities don't have this basically. I think for me it's like, not that I think other cities like aren't as friendly. I think every city you can make friends meet people, but it's like something about Austin, like I could be on the trail and like you'll easily just like start chatting with somebody like randomly. Mm-hmm. I feel like there's like another sense of friendliness that I don't get in other cities and maybe it's'cause I'm not there long enough, but I think that's what I would say is like what Austin is to me. Um, I do feel like something that I appreciate about Austin though is how nice of a size it is growing up in Atlanta. Mm-hmm. Um, it was just such a large metroplex and it would take you sometimes 45 minutes to get from your house to your friend's house and then another 30 to get to the bar. You're never really doing that in Austin. Mm-hmm. Um, everything's pretty close. Not necessarily walkable, but like. The farthest we'd go is a 15, maybe 20 minute Uber, and that would be going kind of one end to the other. And that makes it a lot easier to be a yes person because it's like, it's just one less excuse when it's like, okay, well it's only gonna take us so long to get there. Like if I don't wanna stay, it's easy to come home. I feel like cities like that just kind of make it easier to say yes to things because you don't really have that much of a reason to say no. Austin's also a really casual city. I mean, there's definitely like nicer places, nicer cocktail bars and dinner spots, but. For the most part, we'll just hang out at pretty chill places. And so you can just like, throw on shorts and a t-shirt and go meet up with your friends and not feel like Yeah. To like get glammed up. Right. So that's easier to say Yes and be spontaneous, which is really nice. Yeah. That's awesome. Um, okay, so what types of people live in Austin? Um, like why do you think that most people moved to Austin? Um, why did they choose it over other cities? Did most people grow up, like in Texas, what's the vibe? It's kind of a mix. I think there are a lot of people who maybe grew up in Houston or Dallas and they just wanna do something different for a little bit, maybe have a smaller city. Um, or like, obviously Austin's just really fun and so they just kinda wanna move for a little bit in their twenties, and so they'll be here for a few years. Um, there's also a lot of people that will move from like California or other big cities, Chicago or New York, or, um, even like a decent amount from Atlanta just to have. A city that is a little more like unique. I think Austin's kind of funny and country and like wacky in a good way. And so I think people just wanna do something a little different. That's not like your cookie cutter large city for a little bit, right? Yeah, yeah. Um, obviously there's like people from all over, but I think those are the two kind of big trends are people from other Texas cities or people just wanting to get outta their state and do something a little funky. Yeah. But it's definitely, I feel like very rare to meet somebody who's from Austin originally. Okay. People come here because they wanna buy property. Like, just because it's a lot cheaper, which Yeah. Like if you can do it. Yeah. Um, but for the most part, I feel like everyone I meet is like from like California, honestly. Yeah. Oh really? Oh, that's so interesting. Oh, there are a lot of California people here. They, a ton of them moved. Um, yeah, during COVID moved their headquarters here. So, Oracle's here. Adele's here. Tesla's here. Got it. Um. Most of the other big tech companies have. So do you think it's a tech, like it's, that's probably the main, is that the main industry is tech. It's such a tech hub. It's, yeah. Even for tech startups, a lot of people who used to startup companies in San Francisco are now choosing to do it in because no income tax, like cheaper rent. So, um, if you're starting a small company, it can be a lot more affordable to do it here in the tech space. Okay. And so similarly to what is like an Austin person? Like, who lives in Austin specifically? What is an Austin Guy like? Mm-hmm. And like job is important, obviously. It sounds like tech might be the main kind of guy. But past that, like characteristics, personality, hobbies give us like the full, austin Guy, prototype. We were literally just talking about this and honestly how I would start it is like such Peter Pan syndrome. Like a lot of guys here are a lot older and like don't wanna settle down. Like, wait. That's fascinating. I don't say, I feel like it's like a come and go city where I'm like, you come here for a little bit and then you move. Yeah. And maybe you wanna settle down elsewhere. But definitely, I think a lot of people are like looking for the next best thing or like here to like build their business. Yeah. So I feel like no one's wanting to like truly settle down. Mm-hmm. Like it's like the fitness guy, like everyone's to, oh my gosh, fun club. Like everybody and they go to Coffee and chill. Um, and like very much like an influencer type. Okay. So they're focused on a lot of things. And the least serious thing they're focused like to seriously do is date. Yeah. Like they're like 33 and they still go out four times a week. Mm-hmm. And then wake up and like go to their little tech job and then I would say the last type is. Like a southern Texas boy that's either from like a small town or like oil money, very conservative, sweet, but like maybe doesn't agree that you have rights. And so the date, um, yeah, yeah. You're talking and you're like, oh, we have major, we have major fundamental differences. Yeah, exactly. We've had some friends come across that. So, but, but he did hold the door open for me, so Right. I dunno what to think. He like, oh my mom ma'am. But yeah, like, has an entire arsenal of weapons and that's why he's been Texas. Yes. Um, okay. And then what's kind of the single guy geography? Like where do they live? If you're in different areas of Austin, are you gonna find different types of guys? Uh, I would say yes. I mean obviously it's like a stereotype, so there's guys everywhere. We lot of stereotypes here. Yeah. But I would say kind of West Austin, like Terrytown Clarksville is probably someone who either grew up in Austin or Texas or went to ut. Um, like we have three really good guy friends that all live together in a like rental house in Tarrytown, which is kind of almost like an old money neighborhood. But then there's some older houses that haven't been redone yet and so they'll rent'em out. Mm. They'll live in the worst house in the best neighborhood. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. It's really fun. Um, east Austin I would say is a little bit more the transplants from other cities and definitely more like later twenties, early thirties. Like I think if we're looking for like a older guy, I think that would be your best bet. Yeah. Um, and wait, sorry to interrupt, but this is a question we love to ask now once we've realized that girls are so different. Yeah. If you were to set your, like your age preferences on Hinge Audrey, pretend you're single still, like what are both of your age ranges? Um, I would say older than I am, like not insanely, but. 28 to maybe like 33. I don't think I could go younger. They were literally making with me earlier today.'cause I used to be a cougar and Audrey found a cute 25-year-old at work and I was like, uh, that's a little outta my range. Um, so I'd say 28 to 30 early thirties. Mid thirties. Okay. I, I can't discriminate because I'm like, I'm 28, but I'm like, I would go on a date with a 25-year-old, I think 20, yeah. 35. Audrey, I'm telling Megan this all the time. I tell me Megan is like, does not date young enough for me. I've been on little dates with multiple people, four years younger than me. So she's just like, and they keep breaking up with me because they don't wanna be serious. So I'm like, I've gotta stop. Like, but a younger man will worship you. Like they're gonna be like, no, I know. They're so nice. And they are just like, I swear they are funnier. Like, I think it's like a Gen Z thing. Like, I'm like, they like get my sense of humor more than guys my age, which is so weird. But guys my age aren't funny and aren't so like hearted. Like I feel like they're looking at me like. Puppy dog eyes. Yes. Like I, they're so amazing. Every guy's like puppy, dog eyes. That's too kind of you. Thank you. It's true. I would say like East Austin and downtown is more so the transplants'cause it's a little more walkable, more of like a bustling city vibe. So only time I've ever been to Austin, Texas is when I went for a recruiting trip from my law firm. Very, like was in, was out, did not have, did not go to a bar. Um, but what I did is I stayed at a hotel that was pretty central to the campus and the can campus is enormous. Mm-hmm. It is beautiful. And like, I think that Texas men are just like big I How much of that school like bleeds into bars that you guys go to? Like, have you ever been talking to a guy who's like really hot and then he's like, Hey, I'm a senior at ut and you're like, holy shit, I have to abort. Yeah. Okay. I thought so. Let the record show emphatic nodding by Audrey. Yeah. This was such a triggering and like, honestly, a horrifying moment because I was maybe 24 and I was at a Mexican restaurant with my friend and we were drinking margaritas and I see this guy walk in and I'm like, oh my God. He's just sits down and I'm like, I'm God, I have to make a move. And I'm literally like talking about how I make, make this move and all of a sudden this waiter brings this note and it's like, Hey, here's my number. Text me. And I'm like, who could this be from? I look outside. It's from the gorgeous guy that walked in like, oh my God. Like you're joking me. Yeah. So immediate, like you're like, this is the best moment of my life. No, I know. I'm like, my heart's like pitter patter. I'm like, oh my God, I have to text him. So I texted him, I'm like, oh my God. Like, hey, like saw like you Anyways. A couple days later, he's like, Hey, I had this function coming up. Do you wanna come? Yeah, I know exactly. I had that floor. I was like, is this illegal? I think it is. Like, so it was, it was a fraternity event, I'm assuming. Yeah. So then I'm like, just outta curiosity, I'm like, I know you were drinking margaritas, but like, just outta curious, like, how old are you? He's like, 20, but I have a good fake, I'm like, oh. She wasn't even 21. No, I'm not even 21. And then I'm like, well, what kind of function is this? Like, yeah. Like, let's actually ask the real questions here. Somebody tells me it's like this, like fun function. And I'm like, no, I'll go. So then I literally go, yeah, wait, Audrey, you're a legend. No, this is incredible. Honestly, I feel like I was just missing my college, you guys, where I'm like, I'm to, I'm totally go. And how old were you at the time? Sorry. I was 23, 24. Like one. Okay. That's not bad. That's beautiful. Yeah, I love this. Well, but you're definitely like, okay, I've been outta this for a while. Yeah, right. They're like, where do you live? Like, what sorority are you in? And you're like, I know. And I'm like, actually I'm in tech sales, no literal. I'm like, actually, I've had a job for a while. Um, so then I go and I should remember, like, I definitely had a lot to drink before going to this thing.'cause I was like, I don't know how it's gonna unfold. And it's like all him and his friends and like, everyone's like, so, you know, it's just like college. Like, everyone's just like, oh my God. Like who's like your sigma kai? Or like, whatever. I'm like, where'd you guys grow up? And they're like, what? And I'm like, I don't belong here. I, I don't belong. So I just remember like, I was like, really, um, intoxicated towards the end of the night, and I just looked at him and I was like, I'm so sorry. Like, I just can't be here. Like, I'm just, I I literally just feel ancient. Yeah. And he's like, what do you mean? Like you're, did you know how old we were at this point? Yes. No, I, I was like, I'm literal, like 23 more. Like I have a job. Yeah. Like's hot. It was like, I'm on the baseball team, like, who cares? And I was like, I was like, that kind of changes things. No, that literally does like, oh, you know what's fair? Actually I could stay another hour. No, honestly, it was a good plug for him that he said that. But I think it made it weirder because my younger sister was like closer his age than I was, which I was like, Ooh. Like, I was like, actually I wanna set you up with my, set you up with my sister then. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So that was the last time we saw each other, but like secondary night, honestly. That's honestly iconic. Loving went, that's, I mean, yeah. The only thing that could have made it better was if you like woke up in the fraternity house the next day, but you know, we'll, we'll take it. That's incredible. Wait, so Audrey, how did you meet your boyfriend? Oh, I love this question. I love this stuff. So I had just go down with a workout and I was going into Whole Foods at the grocery store and I'm walking and I see this guy and I'm like, oh my God. Yeah. Where Elizabeth, where, shout out. Yeah. Elizabeth is actually a cashier in the whole, their. So I see this guy and I'm like, oh my God, he's so cute. And then I keep walking and I'm like, we keep looking at each other and I'm like, oh, like tension is building. Like we have a connection. Uhhuh. I keep walking into like the egg section and I see him there looking for eggs and it's like all that proximity. So I go right next to him at the egg section, like, okay, like this is his chance to talk to me. Mm-hmm. And he just walks away and I'm like, okay, I'm a hundred percent delusional. Like he doesn't want anything to do with me. So I keep walking through and I'm like, okay, like defeat. And I like grocery shopping. Yeah, exactly. And so, um, because I have to do what I actually came here for, right. I'm here to get food. So then I'm like walking through an aisle and I'm like, honestly, if I see him again, like I'm just gonna say something. And as I'm thinking this, I turn the corner and he's right there and I'm like, too stunned to speak. And he's like, Hey, like I just like had to tell you like, I think you're beautiful. Y'all hit the floor. I was like, ah. I was like, oh my God, that's, you're so nice. I was like, thank you. Wait, this is an incredible story. No, Megan. And we are all, we, we have, we've literally been telling girls day one on this podcast, go to grocery stores. Grocery stores, put a little, put a little tinted like SPF on. I will not be ordering my groceries tonight. Absolutely. Have to go. And I also a full beat by the way. Like it wasn't Oh yeah. Like sweaty gross. Like I had a full beat on this run and to the grocery store because I was like, you just never know. You never know. Exactly. She's also a makeup artist on the side. Thank you for the shout. Oh my God. Okay. Side hustle study every here they we're talking and he's like, is it too much to get your phone number and take you on a date? I'm like, uh, absolutely not. Like, please my phone. Lemme get my number. And our first day was the next day and then the rest. Okay. He was all about business. He was like, let me take her out. Oh my God. He knew she was a hot commodity. God, he knew. And how long, and how long ago was that? So that was last November. Okay. Whoa. Okay, so a year. So how long have you one year discontinued? How long were you guys in the dating phase versus the like becoming boyfriend girlfriend phase? Yeah, so we met, and I know the exact dates, which I don't know if that's overkill, but like, so we met November 18th of last year. Okay. We were going on dates, but like he, he's from Virginia and so we were both kinda home for the holidays. So I felt like we actually started seriously going on dates in January and they made it official in March. And so we've been dating officially since March. Okay. That's actually a good point. Girls need to keep the faith around the holiday season because Yeah, it's tough. Like guys are like we, we already know, like men can focus on, they cannot multitask at all. And so them focusing on like booking their flights home to see their parents and going on dates with girls, that's just not gonna happen. Yeah. So, but you just check back in come January I think. Yeah. Yeah. And don't like you, you can kind of lose momentum, but it's like, obviously it, that's fine. It worked out in the long run. Like those, like time away wasn't like, didn't end up just resulting in it. Fizzling out. Yeah. Yeah. Which is awesome. I get a New Year's resolution, you know, like Yeah. Are y'all the same age? No. So he's 30 and I'm okay. Oh, okay. Wait, it sounds like now it sounds like two hot men you've had encounters with. Like are there, just, do you feel like the general, like the average guy in Austin is an, is like a hot guy. Do you feel like there's lots of attractive men in Austin or have you just been very lucky? I feel like it's a mix. I feel like it's a good mix and I feel like if you catch a hot guy, like on a good day you catch a, they're clearly bold. So yeah. And I feel like, honestly, I feel like everyone's very open here to where I feel like if you make conversation or like you shoot your shot, I feel like everyone's very like receptive and like very good about being like, yeah, like let's exchange numbers. Like let's go for a walk, let's grab coffee. Like I feel like that's incredible. Which is nice. Yeah. Megan, how long is the flight for you? I think, I think it's pretty close girls. I don't think it's a bad one. You could do a weekend, we'll go out together. Yes, absolutely. And Elizabeth, how are you meeting guys? I would say most of the guys I've met have been three mutual friends. I like haven't, I mean, I have a hinge, but I've only been maybe on three hinge dates. My whole Austin dating experience. Which, and is it because you're anti app? Are you anti app? Well, I'm not anti, I'm not like completely anti app. I think one of our guy friends says he thinks it's doing yourself a disservice if you're not on any apps and you're single. And like, I kind of agree with that. I just feel like I just, I just get annoyed with it. Like I'm like, I feel with small talk, I don't know. I would personally just rather meet someone who's already been vetted by my friends, which I'm sure everyone would say. Yeah. But all the last like few guys I've been talking to, with the exception of one, were three mutual friends. Okay, that's awesome. Like that's nice that you are cont you continue to like have access to this pool. Like it's not like you haven't gone through all I'll, I'll say, I'll say that's disproportionate odds for the other cities we've talked to. Yeah. Run a little now I'll say, but we got one in the works. We got one. Oh yeah, we got, yeah. But we'll see. But um, no, I've been lucky that like, I feel like my friends have been very generous and like, oh my gosh, like my friends. Boyfriend's friend or whatever. Um mm-hmm. And, and what's the breakdown of you guys' friend group? Would you say single verse, like in relationships, we actually have a good amount that are single. Yeah. I mean, we definitely have some friends who are engaged, married, but within like our kind of core friend group that we hang out with a lot, um, Audrey's in a relationship. One of our guy friends is newly in a relationship. A lot of our girlfriends have recently gotten out of relationships, like, ooh, long term. We had like a uncuffing season. Yeah, a wave of like long-term relationships and engagements and stuff ending. So it's been nice to have, wait, you say an engagement ended? Yeah. Not my story to tell, but like, I think just at that season of life where we're late twenties and it's like you're either marrying the person you're with or you're not. And yeah. And no, there's, there's literally no shame. In fact, I like, it's, it, I, I have the most respect for girls or guys engagements because I think that there's a lot of societal pressure, especially if you come from a southern culture, right? Where it's like you, there are steps to be taken and there are things that you do, even if you're having doubts, even if you're having like fears. Like you just need to push for it and life will work out the way it's supposed to. And I think about all the time people have ended relationships or stayed in relationships because of like the para, like, maybe even like embarrassment, right? Like I, you just feel like I'm in too deep now. Yeah. And then you end up getting a divorce. Yeah. No, my coworker and I have a joke that like we are stressed out, that we're running out of time to have like one broken engagement before we get married because like having one broken engagement is like so chic and mysterious. It is so chic. Yeah. But I mean, unfortunately engaged, I was engaged at one time. Yeah. Like at timewise. That's just probably not my journey at this point, but I'm like, damn. Like yeah. It's just, it's always like when you find out someone and then it's like, yeah, like, well, I mean I have been engaged before and it's like leave. It's like we, yeah. So that's drop the term ex-fiance in a sentence and everyone's like, what? What? I know wait, do you guys remember like in the early seasons of the Bachelor where it would be like, and it didn't work out? Yeah. And she's like, I have to tell him like the first date I have to, to tell. It's like it's usually something's really stupid where it's like. Like, like they, like there really wasn't a need to tell'em the first episode. No. Yeah. No, it's not. It's not a deal breaker. And then they'll wait. Like they'll wait until the final four to be like, I have a child. Um, okay. What do you think are the best and worst things about dating in Austen? I'm hearing only, only good so far. So yeah. No, I feel like the bad is what Audrey mentioned earlier, the Peter Pan syndrome. Mm-hmm. Like clearly aren't ready to settle down. They're not gonna be here that long. Yeah. They don't really have a long term plan. Yeah. Um, which if you're just looking to like date around and have fun, that's fine. But I think more guys that are in that stage of life at our age than girls. What about the best thing? I think Austin's a really fun place to date because it's not just like a grab a drink culture. I mean, a lot of first dates are grabbing a drink, but there's also so much else you can do, like. I've gotten asked on like a kayaking and picnic date. Uh, like I think there's a lot of outdoor activities and just other things that are not like sitting in a dark bar for an hour. Yeah. Um, which is really nice. Like a lot of people, I feel like the quintessential second or third date is like, you sit in Zilker Park and watch the sunset and do a picnic, and that's just so fun. You can't really do that. That's so cute for cities. Um, and there's a really good foodie scene, so it's fun to, like, there's always new restaurants opening, so it's fun to figure out a restaurant that neither of you have been to and like mm-hmm. A new place. So I think there's just, there's a lot of variety of dates you can do here, which is fun. Yeah. I feel like the date ideas are endless, but also I feel like, yes, like I feel like the guys sometimes, like our Peter parents and JMA can't make up their mind, but I do feel like you might go on dates, but you make actually good friends to where like you'll see them out and there's like no bad blood where it's like, yeah. Oh, that's awesome. Just really great because it's like mm-hmm. I think especially in today's age, like you just kind of want friends at the end of the day. Yeah. So if it works out, like everybody's super nice. Yeah. Which is great to have. Yeah. No, it it, it's nice to, it's nice to be like, okay, we both know that this didn't work out and I would still love to like socially see you and interact with you and be a part of a friend group or just like not Yeah. I, I think at minimum just not have weirdness. Yeah. Completely. Yeah. Yeah. I was talking about this recently and like, I think that we need to normalize, like if you and a guy don't work out, like keeping each other in mind for other people, and I feel like that's still kind of weird, but like if I realized like, oh, we are not looking for the same things, but I have this girlfriend that you actually have a lot in common with and vice versa. Like, we should all be throwing each other bones, you know, so this literally happened to me, my friend, oh my gosh. Couple dates with this guy and. Months later, she was like, oh my gosh. I don't know why I just thought of him, but I actually think y'all would really get along. Mm-hmm. So she gave him my number. Oh my gosh. Like rebates. And he was a great guy. I ended it.'cause I just was like, I didn't see it going anywhere romantically. Totally. Um, but that's amazing. That's exactly how it should be happening. Yeah. And I love that he was down for that. Like, okay, let, let's try it. Like, this person has been on a date with you. They know your vibe. Like Yeah. I think, I think we need to be doing that more. Elizabeth, what, as a single girl, what are the best bar recs when they're just going out at night or you're going out at night? Best bars in Austin to meet hot single guys. Okay. There's a bar that opened kind of recently, like I'd say within the last year that has become a really good day. Drinking like game day spot called Chalmers on the east side. Sometimes I feel like we go and we're a little on the order of the mm-hmm. But also there have been like, I've met a lot of cute guys there. Yeah. Um, and it's just like chill kind of. Yeah. Just like chill day drinking vibes. So it's good people watching. Mm-hmm. Like you shout out who looks cute in the spot. Yeah. Um, and since they always have a bunch of TVs with the games on, there's usually a lot of guys there. So Chalmers is a good one. Um, I'm trying to think where else. I really like bees, knees. I feel like you could have No, you could have differences. Opinion. Megan and I would probably name diabolically different places completely. I really like Chalmers. I think it's so fun, but I, I feel like bees, knees, like when I was single, I always had good luck there. Or Rustic Tap. I feel like those two places, if you're like maybe two years younger than we are. I'd say Rustic Tap for sure. I haven't been there in a while. If in my brain we've aged, we've aged out of it. But maybe I'm wrong. Or Deep. Eddie Cabaret. Deep Eddie Isic for sure. Deep Betty Cabaret, yes. Okay. Um, there's, next to the cold plunge place we were talking about, there's another pool called Deep Ed Pool. Mm-hmm. Okay. It's a burger place called Pool Burger, and then there's a bar called Deep Ed, so that's like the quintessential Austin summer day. You go to Deep Eddie Pool, you get your dinner at Pool Burger, and then you go to Deep Ed Cabaret. This is incredible. And you don't have to leave the bar. Yeah, that sounds so perfect. It's the best. And yeah, deep Petty's kind of like our friend group. Pang, like we go play cards there all the time. Wait. And, and question for you guys. The the houses that are bars no more. That's not a thing anymore. There maybe are a couple left. But is it because it's not cool or because it got shut down no, they got bought by developers all high rise. Oh wow. Wait, that's literally devastating. What a shame. There's like that whole thing with like the guy who's killing people over there. So like people aren't going because it's like super scary to go Wait, sorry, what? Yeah. Not familiar news article. There's a rainy street killer and it's, and it's like legit, like they have like, and honestly, I don't wanna get in the weed. Like, this isn't a murder podcast, but like, it's, it can be, yeah. It's honestly so frightening with how many people have gone missing and how, and have been found no longer with us. It's all men though, right? It's all men. But I think we, we've all been found from Rainy Street, so everyone's like, don't go there. Yeah. We go to rainy anymore. Yeah. Oh my Lord. Wait, this is insane. So somebody, so there's, there's somebody that's been killing people on Rainy Street. And they find their bodies in the lake? Yes. Oh yeah, it's really Okay, so now wait. That's insane. No one's going. Okay. And so some, so some big superhero developers came in to save the day. Yeah. So all it's building in Texas is about to be on Rainy Street. Like it's not the cute little houses anymore. Boy, that's so wild. Okay. That's really sad. Okay. So we have some good options otherwise, yeah, I think you guys said that, I mean, basically it revolves around the lake, it revolves around people are so athletic, right? But what are activities not involving drinking that you would be able to meet new people? Like some, some cities have sports leagues, right? What, what would you suggest for people who are trying to meet guys in, in Austin that are not involving alcohol? They have sports leagues here. I did softball my first three years or three. There were like three seasons when I first moved here and that was really fun. Um, I have some friends that are in volleyball leagues or like sand beach, volleyball leagues and there are some like hot shirtless guys in those. So that's always a good option. Um. I personally don't do run clubs, but people are super into the run clubs here. They'll meet up. We're anti run club. We're anti run club. Well, I'm not in one, but Yeah. I guess if you came and didn't know anyone and like won Yeah, of course. Yeah. Option and actually could run, unlike Megan and I. Yeah. Right. If that's actually your hobby, it's fine. But yeah, feel like we have a lot of like coal plunge events and I feel like that's also really great place to meet people. Mm-hmm. The trail's a big one. I've gotten, it's huge. Gotten after my number on the trail a few times. Okay. Okay. These guys, these guys in Austin, like they, they have confidence it seems like. Yeah. Yeah, I, neither of them were of, of eligible status, but Yeah. But it happened. Yeah. And you know what? That still is like, that still is like a day maker. You know what I mean? Even if they are the ugliest man you've ever seen in your life Yeah. You're still like, okay, my day got at least like, yeah, 1% better. And it like gives you a little faith in humanity that people will actually go up to you in person. 100%. Right? Yeah. Like, and if anything, like your head grows like three sizes and you're like Totally. Yeah. And honestly props to you for coming up to me because if roles were reversed, like I would be so scared. Yeah. No, I literally went on a hinge date like a couple months ago and. The guy like halfway through the date was like, yeah, I've seen you at Deep Eddie before. I just like was too scared to say hi. And I was like, that's, that's kind of Yeah, don't tell me that. Yeah. See that's where he's taking it too far. Yeah. So I appreciate the guys, I've been watching you at bars. Yeah. I appreciate the guys who actually do have confidence to come, like, talk to you in person, like Right. And it's not like, yeah, I, I'm so happy I finally found you online because I've been stalking you. Okay, so what are your dating horror stories? Worst dates or nightmares? I have been very fortunate to not have any like crazy first date stories. Audrey has, does have a funny one though. So mine was, I had known this guy for like maybe a year and he actually like dated like an influencer in Austin for quite a while to where I like knew a lot of background about him and, but he was the kind of friend that like you would see out and like, he's sober, but I would like be the opposite. And so then like, we would have like an occasional smooch here and there. And then it got to the point where he was like, I just never see you. And I'm like, well, like you have my number. Like you should just ask me out. He's like, right, he's a genius. Like I'll take my date. I'm like, okay. So he takes me on this date and he's like, this lavish date, like very well planned. Like I will like give him credit on that. So he picks me up, we go get sushi. Fabulous. Then we go to like to this jazz bar. It's so fun. And then I'm like, okay. Like sure, like the night's almost wrapping up, like it's a work night. And he's like, no. Like we're the night's just halfway through. I'm like, oh, where are we going? So we go to like this place called, Mozart's and then like in the wintertime they have like with lights and it's like really pretty. You like hot chocolate? Mm-hmm. Is it hot chocolate? Like super romantic. I'm like, this is so nice. But definitely towards this point I'm like, I don't, I'm really feeling it like romantically. Right. Also only gonna have like one and a half to two drinks.'cause he's sober and I wanna, he's not drinking. Yeah. Yeah. I'm like, okay. Surely like this is like the end of the night. And he's like, no, we're actually going on my boat. And I go, okay, I'm there. So then we get on his boat, we're taking it out, and he's like, we're gonna go for a night ride. I'm like, oh my God. Like the girls are gonna go crazy over this. I'm like, I can't wait to get out there. And we're like, like, he like set the mood, like had the lights on the boat, like the music's playing, and we're like laying out there and he's like, let's look at the stars. I'm like, okay. So at the Stars. But I'm like, you know, I'm not really feeling it. So then he's like, are you trying to get yourself there? Are you trying to be like. Like, I was like really thinking about this the entire night. Like I just, I just was like, we can't, yeah. So like, but the whole time I'm like, we should probably keep driving the boat. Like, I think, so then we keep driving the boat and all of a sudden like we're getting lower and lower in the water, like while we're driving. But again, like, I'm like, not, I'm not a boat expert, so I don't really Right, he's like, I'm just a girl. I'm not supposed to know about boats. I likes the passenger princess on this boat. Okay. He's like, oh my God. And I'm like, what? And he's like. We're sinking. And I go, what? Yeah. And I go, what? And he goes, of course he's like cussing a storm and he like lifts up this lever. The whole boat underneath is like full of water. And I'm not kidding you. Like when I look out, like we're basically like I'm equal to the level like of the water to where that's when I was like, this isn't right. But again, like, I'm not gonna say anything because I don't know. So then he slammed it down. He is cursing a storm respectfully. So he's booking it back and, and can you see land anywhere? Um, oh, I mean we can see land, but like it's not nowhere. You could like park like No, this is scary. It's booking it back to the dock.'cause he's like, we have to park. Like, I forgot to plug the bow. And I'm like, I don't even know what that but. Throttle, like going back and I'm there like my, my hair is just blowing straight back in the wind. Like I look horrific probably. And then he's like, trying to make this turn, but we're not gonna make it'cause we're flying, but we're going straight towards like another boat. And I'm like, oh my God. Like we're gonna hit it. We're literally gonna hit this boat. And he puts his hands like trying to like push the bow off before we slam into it. Okay. First off, huge mistake. And I'm sitting there, I'm like, don't do that. Don't do that. Puts his hands, his hand gets slammed in between his boat and the other boat. Like, I'm talking like actual crunch. Of course he's cussing again, rightfully so. He break his hands and I'm like, I can't, like, I can't be like, what do you need me to do? Because I don't know what to do. So I'm just sitting there in silence and he, his, one of his hand, like, he's holding his arm. He's trying to drive the boat. But you finally did they, did he hit the other boat? We slammed into the, I'm talking like. It was so hard and his hand was like in the midst, like it was just there. Like his hand. His hand is just dangling at this point. Dangling at this point. I'm like, it's just collateral damage, like it was just so bad. So then we're driving his hand's, obviously probably broken, and I'm rubbing back and I'm just sitting there and saying, so I'm like, I can't believe that just happened and we're getting lower and lower. Matter of fact, under the, you're swimming. No, I literally was like, at this point, like, let's just let the boat sink for the story because it would just be so funny if the boat completely sank and we're just Right. Yeah. I'm like, honestly, it just disappears into the, yeah, like, okay, it would stink because you, I don't think we have life jackets, but it would be hilarious. Then we park the bow and he's like, oh my God, can you believe that? I'm like, actually, no. I literally can't. So then he drains the bow and he's like, well, should we go back out? And I'm like, um, I'm like, matter of fact, I feel like it's getting kind late. Like I feel like we should call the night, I think, and perhaps you need a doctor. And I go Also, I'm like, how is, how, how is your hand? Pulls it out. It's literally blue, black. Like, I'm not kidding you. I was like, that needs an ambulance stat. So then he's like, probably, and he was willing to like forego the pain just to get back on the boat with you. And he's sober. Exactly. It's like, what are we doing this for at this point? Oh, he's sober too. Yeah. Oh my God. He's like, my hand's probably broken, but like I'm down to go back out and I'm like, you know what? No. I'm like, let's just call this like, I feel bad. Like I feel like your hand's probably like in like really bad pain. Like mine would be so. Let's just call it here. Like we've had a great time. Like let's just go. So then we go, we get in the car, he drives me home and when he pulls me up to my house, he's like, so like, and he is driving with one hand, literally one hand. His other hand is just getting like fatter by the second. And we pull up and he looks me and he's like, so like I have to ask like, has a guy ever gotten you flowers? And I go, um, actually, yeah, like a guy. Pretty low hanging fruit. He goes, oh, well that really backfired. Pulls out of his backseat a bouquet of flowers. And he goes, these are for you. And I go, oh. And I was like, well thank you so much. I was like, I saw the segue that you were trying to like have there, but like he just assumed that it had never happened to you, which is like rude. Like who do you think I've been dealing with? I see, I see you. You're the type of girl that's never gotten Flo. Like what a crazy thing to say to someone, literally. And so then I grabbed the flowers and we're both just like laughing'cause he is a funny guy, but his hand's purple. He's holding me these flowers. I'm like, okay. And then I end, and then we like hadn't spoken for like a couple days and he texted me and he's like, so my hand's fractured. But other than that, everything's good. Oh my goodness. But yeah, so hopefully that might be one of the best stories I've ever heard in my life. Unfortunately, like as a lawyer, I am stuck on the hit and run of it all. Like, oh, that, that's such a good point to me. That part of the story I did, I really didn't think who we were talking with. No, I just thought he was like, man burst boat, the hand's gonna win. Yeah. You know, literally it's like, I feel like if, if any of us were there, which whenever that was happening, I was like, why even put that there? Like, your hand's just gonna be, no, that's crucified. Boat 1 0 1. Yeah. Everything inside the vehicle. Inside, yes. Yeah. Okay. Give us, you guys', both of you give us your best advice for single girls in Austin. Oh. I don't know that I'm the one to be asking. I feel like, I would say honestly, just be yourself. I feel like a lot of girls here try to be super cookie cutter. Austin's kind of becoming like a second like, smaller influencer city where everyone mm-hmm. Yeah. And like goes to the same events and dresses the same and like, it just gets a little cookie cutters just like, be yourself. You're not gonna attract the person that you're meant to be with, like, that you're truest level if you're acting like someone that you're not, which I think a lot of girls, um, kind of change who they are on the surface just to fit in. So yeah, just be yourself. You're gonna have a way better time if you're not trying to be someone else. I agree. And I think having like an open mindset, I really do think that like if you're having the mindset like you're wanting to date and like wanting to go out and meet people, I feel like that exudes to where people can feel that and they're like, oh, I wanna come up and I wanna talk to her. Mm-hmm. So that would be my 2 cents. Yeah. Audrey, what do you think your boyfriend would say to single girls? His advice would be to really try to meet people in real life and like keep yourself open and also shoot your shot. Like if you think somebody is cute, like just go up to them like you have nothing to. Yes. And I think that's so true. Yeah. He, and he's practicing what he preaches at Whole Foods. Yeah. He's living his truth. Yeah. His favorite phrase was urgency and agency. He is like, own what you wanna do and do it quickly. And I feel like that's, that's Dan's motto. Yeah. Wait, obsessed. I love him. Yeah, I love him too. Watch, watch out. Audrey Meghan's coming for your, does he have any friends for Elizabeth? Have y'all tried that? Oh, that's such a good question. Something's cooking. Something is cooking. It's, it's in the, it's in the worst, like we're letting it cook. We're definitely like having like a party like in December, like a techy Christmas Twitter party and like that something that like something's gonna come. Yeah. Okay. That's another one of my things is people aren't having enough house parties, so you guys are really just like, because you like that's the, that's such an easy way to meet people because it's like you already have a connection with everyone in the vicinity in a way that you don't when you're all at the bar and you can do like a silly theme, get people a little loose. So I love this. It's so true. Two of our guy friends recently ish met their girlfriends at house parties. Mm-hmm. I feel like, yeah, that's actually something, yeah. Bring house parties back in 2020. Yeah. I'm glad they're alive and well in Austin. Yeah. Yep. We need more, honestly, like once a month. Agreed. Like it should be a standing, it should be like, you know how like friends girlfriend groups do like book clubs? Yeah. No, we're doing house party clubs. Exactly. Exactly. Thank you and baby should start hosting these. I would absolutely love to do a house party every month. Like it'd be a theme every week. Um, okay, so finally, are you optimistic about the date of the union in Austin? I think so. I think it should be optimistic everywhere. Like, Aw, so seriously. But yeah, it's not that serious, like you're, what's meant for you is gonna happen. You're gonna find your person. Everyone has different timelines, like enjoy being single. If you are single, there are so many amazing things about being single. And then when you meet your person, it happens really quickly. So like. And then you have to be with them forever. Just y done. Try not to overthink it, which is so hard, but like Yeah, and like put yourself out there and like if worse comes to worse, it's a good story at the end of the day. That's how I'm like thinking of my girlfriends. I'm like, they're gonna love this. Yes. Like all you can really do. Yeah. No, it's like, I think do it for the plot is like such a cliche, but it's like do it for the story for your friends. Truly. It's like I love that like everything else will fade, but we will always remember like we will pee ourselves. Yeah. Reminiscing over stories from four years ago when you almost drowned after a man broke his hand. Trying like that. Yeah. I will never get over that. That's amazing. Yeah. Okay. Well thanks for chatting with us guys. Yeah. Thank you guys. Okay guys, thanks so much for listening to this week's episode. Please rate and review and follow us on Instagram. God bless our listeners, and God bless the single women of the United States.