Darius and Jeff take a step into the vault and reflect on past episodes while we take a Season 2 hiatus.

Part 2 focuses on Darius' selected clips from previous recordings.

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Just…About Your Friends:

Sean speaks at 7:15 about “Men are not good at nurturing relationships much like women are”

https://www.fatherhood.org/championing-fatherhood/men-can-nurture-heres-how

With authentic nurturing, there is an action and there is a purpose

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_friendships_among_men_are_so_important

Just…Catching Up:

I speak at 10:55 about going to Texas for Christmas. Brandon asks at 12:52 “What happened in Texas and will we hear those stories tonight?” My response is until 13:08

I will explain the Q situation. We dated - it became official (in my eyes) around October. Went to visit him for the holidays - talk about how he viewed me, talk about how I felt towards the end of the year as far as communication with him. When we met, things were good. He was upset that I was doing things for him - when we talked and I did something else, he went to 100. I left, came home and I was still very much hurt when we recorded that and I didn’t want to hash it out with our subscribers at the time because I was grieving…

Just…Coming Out - Darius & Sean:

I talk about hope in terms of relationships at 32:25 and we go into Sean being “Emeritus”. Goes to 34:05. We talk about healthy relationships and the situations where gay men have been so jilted within relationships that they are turned off by the notion of love in the future… Do we think it’s just within our race or within the community as a whole?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2015/06/15/im-a-black-gay-man-and-i-rarely-date-men-who-look-like-me-im-learning-to-be-okay-with-that/ - Michael Arceneaux - Washington Post

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s7U9BCigfE - Dear Gay Black Man - Black Man LOVES Dating White Men: Here's Why

The fear of being hurt…

https://www.thereckoningmag.com/the-reckoning-blog/through-with-love-why-these-black-gay-men-are-preparing-for-life-alone#gs.eaiuui= Darian Aaron

Resources:

Morman, M. T., Schrodt, P., & Tornes, M. J. (2013). Self-disclosure mediates the effects of gender orientation and homophobia on the relationship quality of male same-sex friendships. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 30(5), 341-355. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146515593948

Franco, M. G. (2022). Platonic: How Understanding Your Attachment Style Can Help You Make and Keep Friends. Boxtree.

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_friendships_among_men_are_so_important

https://www.fatherhood.org/championing-fatherhood/men-can-nurture-heres-how

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Panelists:

Brandon:

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Darius:

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Jeff:

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Spill - @jeffevelsup- https://spill.com/p/jefflevelsup?id=756127e9-e8f8-472f-8d94-062e3d4e9148

and Sean.

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Edited and produced by:

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Music:

"Neptunes" - by Black Assassin - https://www.instagram.com/blk_assassin/