52. Boomerang Boys

On this week’s episode, Chatrice and Luis talk about men who come back. Before diving into the main topic, our hosts catch up. Since last time, Luis is stunting with new glasses and temporarily disabled their instagram; meanwhile, Chatrice partook in a shein haul and is purchasing some schmexy lingerie. For the main topic, our hosts discuss a text message Chatrice received from a former boo  and Condola and Lawrence’s relationship for Season 5 Episode 3 of Insecure. 

Word of the pod: impetus

Time Stamps:

0:19 - Hello and Welcome Back

0:26 - Catching Up

7:11 - 2022 glow up 

11:22 - Discussion of the “right take” to get the booster shot 

 12:31 - Question of the season: what holiday are we celebrating this week

12:46 - 11/11 is National Single’s Day

13:59 - World Kindness Day

14:17 - Shout Out for the Culture: Missy Elliott receives star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Dasia Taylor invented color-changing sutures (from People of Color in Tech); Viola Davis as Michelle Obama in Showtime’s “First Ladies” (from Entertainment Weekly); Lives lost at Astroworld in Houston

26:20 - Main Topic

26:38 - From 11/7 Insecure - people trying to come back to each other’s lives, re-introduction of people into your life

27:33 - Men who return in real life OR men who return in Hollywood script

28:33 - Live reaction: Chatrice opens a text message from a former boo

34:49 - Reading of text message from one of Chatrice’s former book

35:34 - Reaction to text message

36:50 - Do old boos deserve a second chance?

40:07 - “The universe has a way of bringing back people to you when you are in a relationship” - Luis

51:44 - Undoing the patterns from growing up

53:07 - Anxiety in relationship: incessantly checking in and wanting to do know what the self did wrong

55:11 - The desire to want to run away from a good thing

56:15 - A S3x and the City reference: Charlotte and Miranda have a conversation about their relationship. Charlotte says she is happy in her relationship and is okay is not being happy every moment 

58:26 - Insecure Recap, Season 5, Episode 3: “Pressure, Okay?”

59:50 - Quick recap of Condola and Lawrence’s relationship

1:00:32 - General reactions to episode

1:09:08 - What’s the take away from the conversation about men who try to come back?

1:12:56 - End of episode