On this episode of The Every Woman series from The GoSayHELLO Podcast, Aaminah and Blu discuss a series of topics from the culture surrounding Valentine’s day as the girls were growing up to their opinions on women proposing to how tiktok is addictive and to how important it is to understand your partners love language!
0:11 – Aaminah shares her Instagram handle: Imean_uhhh
https://www.instagram.com/imean_uhhh/
0:32 – Blu shares her Instagram handle: Bluthecreative
https://www.instagram.com/bluthecreative/
1:33 – The girls speak about Valentine’s day and the culture around it growing up
4:05 – Blu shares how her first valentines date went
4:47 – Aaminah states that Valentines should be whatever you want it to be and should be about what matters to you
5:26 – Aaminah shares how her most recent Valentines date went
9:02 – Aaminah shares a story about one of her worst valentines dates
16:30 – Who ruined the date? Vote in comments
17:18 – Blu asks if Aaminah thinks Valentines is over-rated
19:25 – Blu explains why she thinks Valentine’s day is over rated
20:59 – Aaminah asks Blu what gender roles look like for her in terms of showing love and how they work for her in relationships
21:50 – Aaminah and Blu speak about how guys wanted to be treated special too even though they don’t always say it like women do
21:59 – Aaminah asks Blu who will be her valentine this year
23:10 – Blu asks Aaminah how she feels about women proposing to men
23:27 – Aaminah states that she believes that the man sets the tone for the relationship
24:20 – Aaminah and Blu speak about how addictive tiktok is
24:31 – Blu asks Aaminah if she feels social media makes feel single people feel some type of way around Valentine’s day
24:50 – Aaminah talks about how social media makes you feel like you need to compare yourself to others and makes you feel small
26:18 – Blu mentions how she didn’t start dating until she was 24
27:03 – Aaminah talks about how you never know what’s going on behind the scenes on social media because people only post their highlight
28:42 – Blu asks Aaminah if she feels like weddings should go all out or is the marriage the highlight
31:17 – Blu explains how she’s a low-high-key person and how she wants a semi-extravagant wedding
34:30 – Blu talks about how a lot of the times we can feel pressured by society to follow the societal guidelines around love and relationships
40:00 – Blu expresses how her love languages
are touch, quality time and acts of service
40:14 – Aaminah explains how her biggest love language is words of affirmation and physical touch
40:50 – Aaminah and Blu talk about the importance of understanding your partners love language
42:28 – Aaminah mentions how they have something special coming up for all the single ladies very soon
