Uncle Daddy
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Hey, I'm Shawn.
Shannon:
and I'm Shannon.
Shun:
and we're the host of Wifey and Baby Mama. We thank you all for joining us again this week and we welcome you as well of all of our new listeners to this week's episode titled, Uncle Daddy. Now I know what some of you may be thinking, but no,
Shannon:
Hehehe
Shun:
that's not the uncle daddy we're referring to.
Shannon:
Hacks no.
Shun:
Not the new man mama's dating and she tell the kids it's their uncle and ends up being their stepdad down the road, not him. This is
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
a family show now. We're referring to the brave uncles of the siblings' children that also double in the role of dad, for whatever reason. Whether it be real fathers or mothers don't show up for the kids like they should, they're not involved in their lives, or either parent may have passed away, or in some situations, the person may not know the real father of the children. Sadly, you know, it's people, in all these cases and scenarios that apply. And and the how and the how of how the uncle arrived to the title uncle daddy is in the focus of our show tonight As we're not in a place to talk about people Situations from the outside looking in can be judged either way and we're not here to do that We just wanted to highlight the brave men out there who stepped up to the plate when they didn't have to And keep in mind this show is largely about the ins and outs of the walls and the walls of blended families And an uncle is most certainly an important part of a child's family. And some will say, you know, that's family. That's, that's what we do. And that's true. But this episode is dedicated to the ones, you know, who go above and beyond.
Shannon:
Yeah, and so many uncles are the only father, you know, to some of these children,
Shun:
So true.
Shannon:
especially single mothers who have a son that need a father figure that uncle steps in or, you know, the mother's brother steps in and, you know, really provides and provides that guidance and all the things that we as women cannot, as good as we are, and a lot of us say, oh, no, I'm a strong black woman. I'm a strong black woman. I can do this. One of the things I did notice with my own son being a strong black woman, when you're overbearing, your son can come out a little weak. So
Shun:
Mm-hmm.
Shannon:
I needed to step back a little bit. Probably didn't step back enough, but I'm grateful that he did have an uncle daddy that could say, hey, Shannon, you know.
Shun:
Yeah.
Shannon:
This is a man right here. You know, quit being the overbearing, you know, henpecker that I was,
Shun:
Right.
Shannon:
helicopter mom. I was all of that. So having a man step in and say, you know, hey, let me help you out, sister.
Shun:
Right.
Shannon:
I was grateful for that, you know.
Shun:
And right, and even like you said, sisters with brothers. But in my case with one of my daughters, it was her father's brothers who, if he was out of town or when he moved away, her father's brother, hey, you know, we're having a cookout today, bring her over. They still wanted to see her. They still wanted to make sure she had that male figure in their life, you know, and that's what this show is dedicated. And I know quite a few men, Shannon, who step up when their
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
brothers or sisters have children and they either need help or...
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
The uncle may just take on the role as dad in the absence of the father on his
Shannon:
Thank you.
Shun:
own. But tonight I especially want to highlight my older brother, Bruce. And I'm sure he's not the only uncle dad in the world. Like we said, that holds the title.
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
But until I get concrete proof that there's anyone that
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
has ever done it better, I'm going to say he's the goat.
Shannon:
Hehehehe
Shun:
And I say that with a straight face and not because he's my brother. But I tell you not a word of lie Shannon when I say he's not even 50 years old yet. In fact, he's younger than me, but he has raised and been a father to, I would say over 25 kids and that's no exaggeration.
Shannon:
Oh my goodness.
Shun:
I know my mom had eight children. So I think she's on maybe 52 grandkids now and over half of them, he stepped up single-handedly with over half of them have fathers and Bob and he stepped up single-handedly to get those kids raised, especially the boys. And I, I know. He has been a father to those kids and we're not even gonna count the ones outside of the bloodline, you know I mean even my oldest daughter
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
When my husband was away for all those years and then my second daughter who I just talked about whose father was right here In buffalo at times but just decided
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
he choose when he wanted to be a father you know, my brother stepped
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
in every time and
Shannon:
OK.
Shun:
I mean just for that alone, you know, he's a man through and through he's a country boy like my father and um They just don't make them like that anymore. You know,
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
I of course I of course invited him to come on as a guest guys on our show But he's a little shy, you know, he politely declined Yeah, you know i'm not doing that
Shannon:
I'm
Shun:
I mean he
Shannon:
sorry.
Shun:
like he's like most men in my family They're very quiet about what they do shannon, but never slow to give and show up,
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
especially when
Shannon:
Oh.
Shun:
it comes to their family And you know, it's even passed on to my baby brother He in turn followed my big brother his big brother's footsteps, you know when it comes to the kids Especially the boys my baby brother is he's the goat of taking them into football games. He signs them up for football He'll make five trips to come get these kids because there's a lot of them to make sure they
Shannon:
Ha
Shun:
have
Shannon:
ha
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at
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ha.
Shun:
football practice Yeah, take them to the park basketball events, you know, whatever and those kind of uncles are appreciated man And
Shannon:
That's
Shun:
I mean my
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
hats off to you. Yeah
Shannon:
Yeah, hats off to them. That is awesome. We appreciate, you know, the men that do that when they don't have to. There's nothing that says you need to step in here.
Shun:
because you're
Shannon:
So
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an
Shannon:
then
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uncle.
Shannon:
for yeah because you're an uncle. So for them to have it in their heart. You know that is just beautiful.
Shun:
It
Shannon:
Absolutely
Shun:
is.
Shannon:
beautiful. And one thing I want to double back to because I know my family's listening and they're going to say, wait a minute, we know your brother. He didn't help you. When I was talking about who was helping my son, that wasn't my brother. And I could hear people laughing.
Shun:
Yeah, it was his father's
Shannon:
Well,
Shun:
brothers.
Shannon:
it was two. He had two. Yeah. So he had my sister's husband, my brother-in-law, as well
Shun:
Mm-hmm.
Shannon:
as his uncle in Chicago.
Shun:
his dad's side
Shannon:
So your brother-in-law. Yeah, your brother-in-law. it.
Shun:
okay yeah well your brother-in-law my brother-in-law the
Shannon:
Right,
Shun:
blendation
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
is all up in there but yeah both of them
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
and Shannon you
Shannon:
yeah.
Shun:
know not all cases of them showing up for the kids is that my sisters and I wasn't willing you know or you wasn't willing you
Shannon:
Oh
Shun:
know
Shannon:
yeah,
Shun:
the uncles
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
it's just that they know certain things like you said women can't teach boys And I know with my brothers, they ensure that all the kids are good, don't get me wrong, but it's special when it comes to boys. They are quick to step up and be like, I got this. And since my one sister's son is now 19 and maybe 20, he wanted to move out. My sister's like, no, you're not ready. And my brother was like, move to the side. I got this.
Shannon:
I'm
Shun:
Cause
Shannon:
sorry.
Shun:
his father has not been around his entire life. And my brother is literally raised a boy. And you know what? She respected his wishes because as a man, he talked to my brother. And said, uncle, you know, this is what I'm ready to do. I'm with this girl. I don't want to be in my mom's house. She works, I worked, they moved out. They did their own thing. And my brother's like, you got to let them go be a man. Like we've raised them. Now you got to let him make his own decisions, you know?
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
And I feel this topic, go ahead, Shannon, I'm sorry.
Shannon:
Oh no, I was going to say how hard was that
Shun:
Right,
Shannon:
to follow
Shun:
right
Shannon:
that?
Shun:
to just
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
to follow that because and she respected that because he has been in the boy's life since literally he was born So you can't ask for help and then in turn not listen to the advice, you know So she
Shannon:
All
Shun:
was
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
good for listening and taking his advice and he was good and saying hey says I know you birthed him But literally
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
I raised them so it worked both ways and I feel this topic is so important to highlight shannon And I know you do as well Because when it comes to the lack of showing up and responsibility All that leads back to the brokenness of families from a young age
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
I know that's certainly the case in my family, you know when there is no guidance, you know solid examples to follow You kind of just do what you see go with the flow
Shannon:
Mm-hmm,
Shun:
And
Shannon:
yeah,
Shun:
I know we repeat
Shannon:
yeah.
Shun:
this and you know, and I know we repeat this so often on the show Um guys, but we want to make sure you really understand the basic of this the basis of this podcast It's time to start repeating these cycles Coming from brokenness divorce, poverty, poor decisions. It doesn't mean you have to stay and remain in the grips of those generational curses that have been passed down. It's time to heal
Shannon:
Right,
Shun:
so
Shannon:
time
Shun:
we can
Shannon:
to
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grow
Shannon:
heal.
Shun:
healthy, so we can grow healthy, happy families. That's what we're here for. And come to a time where uncle daddies are a bonus and not a necessity.
Shannon:
Mm-hmm, right. Yep. Nice bonus
Shun:
nice bonus but not you know i don't need my brother to raise my child because you know whatever
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
the case may be
Shannon:
right, right. Yep. And there may be situations too where the father is in the picture, you know,
Shun:
Absolut.
Shannon:
but there is still, you know, you're either your brother or brother-in-law or someone that can even add that extra, just like if you got, you know, your mom and your aunt in your life, you know,
Shun:
Yeah.
Shannon:
it's okay to have more than one father figure if, even if your
Shun:
Yeah,
Shannon:
father
Shun:
that's next
Shannon:
is in
Shun:
week.
Shannon:
the picture. Oh, that is?
Shun:
No, I'm
Shannon:
I'm sorry.
Shun:
just kidding. But if you just make an example, like I'm sure
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
it's more that, you know, it's mom, aunties in cases where you prefer to talk to your mom than your auntie. But yeah, like we don't want to get it. We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. But
Shannon:
Right,
Shun:
I
Shannon:
right,
Shun:
just
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
I just think that's really important, you know, and I chose my brother because he's my brother, like I said, and my family specifically for this topic. Topic. Because a lot of my siblings, including me, was influenced and followed a few negative paths, more than a few with some of us, when we were younger,
Shannon:
Mm-hmm. Oh,
Shun:
including
Shannon:
yeah.
Shun:
getting into staying in toxic relationships we shouldn't have been in, having babies out of wedlock, all of that. And it just becomes normal. And you say, well, that's okay. It's always how it's been. When
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
the fact is it's not okay. I applaud
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
my brother. He was not perfect by far growing up. And he pretty much raised himself in the streets because my dad and stepdad were always working. So he took it upon himself to become a man and raise not only his biological kids, but what they say in their bitreras, a host of nieces and nephews,
Shannon:
Host
Shun:
okay?
Shannon:
of nieces and nephews, yes.
Shun:
A host of them.
Shannon:
That's beautiful.
Shun:
Now y'all know my silice, my silice are hard to contain, I'm sorry. But this is serious business, you know? The level
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
of maturity that he had to rise to, to provide and care for all those children. It was not taught to him, Shannon. That's my point in this piece.
Shannon:
Oh, yeah.
Shun:
It was not taught to him in a traditional day-to-day basis like he's instilling
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
into his nephews and nieces. He taught himself. He chose
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
to be a man of value and honor to those kids because I think he wanted to give them what no one else was given to him on a daily basis, which is love and attention.
Shannon:
Right. It's like when we talked about, oh, I can't remember the topic, but we talked about how mothers being natural or innate nurturers, it
Shun:
Yes.
Shannon:
sounds like your brother was also innate nurturer.
Shun:
Exactly
Shannon:
And
Shun:
that is such a great
Shannon:
we talked,
Shun:
point. Yep
Shannon:
yeah, yeah. And we talked
Shun:
Exactly,
Shannon:
about there are exceptions,
Shun:
and
Shannon:
that
Shun:
he's
Shannon:
men
Shun:
an exception
Shannon:
can be a nurturer as well. Yeah, he sounds like a wonderful nurturer.
Shun:
And
Shannon:
And
Shun:
like
Shannon:
I'm sure
Shun:
I, like.
Shannon:
he has impacted so many. you know of the kids
Shun:
of kids.
Shannon:
lives.
Shun:
Absolutely. And when you talk about you refer back to the last show that we spoke about that, that's what I go to in saying he's a natural nurture, but also he had a kid at like 14, 15. I think I can't remember
Shannon:
Okay.
Shun:
the exact age, could
Shannon:
Yep.
Shun:
have been 16. But because I think of the life he lived, it was important for him to pour into his own child. And then he just began to just resonate throughout the children being born because I think, like I said, he realized like, I miss this having a dad like I wasn't
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
taught this so he took it upon himself to teach all the boys in our family Like I said the girls to the girls are just super spoiled. That's what's wrong with them
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Shun:
I don't know. We might have to work on him with that a little bit, but the boys I mean honey when he's he has his own company like you put up bounce houses and Every time he has an event he go grab all those boys making sure they work as men They know how to work
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
because that's a lot of what's wrong with our society today. These are men
Shannon:
Exactly.
Shun:
or baby Either women or their moms however go and they just have no
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
work ethic So
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
he's even eight girl. He'll get to seven and eight year olds. Come on. We're gonna put up a bounce house This
Shannon:
Thank
Shun:
is what
Shannon:
you.
Shun:
you do. And I think that is just I mean, I can't say enough about him I don't make the whole show about my brother, but it is I'm just referring
Shannon:
It is.
Shun:
to someone I
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
know I mean, like I said, I know it's a plenty of uncle daddy's out there But I just
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
can't go in on the one that I see every day and that I just have to applaud man
Shannon:
We
Shun:
especially
Shannon:
have to applaud him
Shun:
Yeah,
Shannon:
and we have
Shun:
and your
Shannon:
to
Shun:
people
Shannon:
tell him, oh yeah, and we have to tell him we do wish he would come on
Shun:
right
Shannon:
if he'd be brave enough to come on.
Shun:
He's like, you know, i'm not doing that was his answer so i'm like after two ex, you know, I asked Professionally and I asked brother once you he's like get out my face. So that was like the answer. So
Shannon:
Yeah, yeah. Oh,
Shun:
Yeah,
Shannon:
well.
Shun:
he's so shy he's not doing that but i'm telling you it would probably be easier to get one of our husbands to come On and you know, that's not happening. But um, I tried
Shannon:
I know.
Shun:
I tried
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
but anyways, um I just want everyone to know, you know when comes to the title of Uncle Daddy's, our point is stepping up, our hats are off to you. Like you said, Shani, you had a brother-in-law and then uncles on your father's side, they're not paid to do this. They're not asked
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
to do this. They
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
just naturally step in. And summing up this title, we want you to say to keep doing what you're doing. I know sometimes
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
it gets draining. I know it gets draining. But just think of the value you're adding to those kids' life and your own by showing
Shannon:
Yes, you are appreciated and we want to recognize all the uncle daddies out there.
Shun:
all the uncle daddies of the world. We know we should start a holiday for the uncle daddies.
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
It gotta be separate from Father's Day because that's really not the
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
same thing. We gotta start an uncle daddy holiday because you guys are doing your thing and we
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
love it. All right. Well, I'm gonna move into my red line segment for tonight.
Shannon:
Hey, red line.
Shun:
This thread line segment is titled, That's Your Brother, Not Your Man. Okay? And it focuses on you ladies, you
Shannon:
I'm
Shun:
know.
Shannon:
sorry.
Shun:
Fellas, I'll get to you next week, you know, except we don't wanna get ahead of ourselves, but this one is specifically,
Shannon:
Hehehehe
Shun:
specifically for the ladies. You know, and I promise we're gonna get to you guys next week, so ladies, don't feel attacked, but I really want you to listen up. If your brother is stepping up and helping you clean up the mess you made by having children irresponsibly. Don't throw dirt in his face by having him constantly clean up your personal problems too. Don't insult the person helping you by expecting them to carry your load on paying your bills and you know dealing with all your drama. We all need help. I've needed help at times. I still need help sometimes.
Shannon:
I'm
Shun:
But show
Shannon:
going to
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your
Shannon:
go to
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appreciation
Shannon:
bed.
Shun:
by raising your own children and just letting the uncle add to those manly touches that we can't teach as women. adding your bills like I said, or asking him to babysit because you want to go to the club or spend a night with your friends,
Shannon:
Thank you.
Shun:
to me is disrespectful. Let
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
me tell you that even the nicest person has a breaking point. And if your
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
family has stepped up to help, respect that and let him be your backup and not your backbone. Because
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
at the end of the day, you made a decision to have a child. Don't weigh him down with your kids and your drama and problems while you continue to live your best life. and that's
Shannon:
Excellent.
Shun:
my Redline
Shannon:
Oh,
Shun:
topic for tonight. What do you think about that?
Shannon:
right. Oh, I think that's wonderful. Because we do see that a lot. Where women will, you know, rely on that, whatever that whoever that male figure is in their lives as their man, meaning, can you help me pay this? Can you take me here? Can you do that? It does become overwhelming, I'm sure to them, but they don't want to say no, because they're attached to that child.
Shun:
The child, that's right.
Shannon:
Yeah, so I think we have to be careful. But also when we're young, we don't think it's, it's clearly. So we're here to help you all young folks, you know, 20s in your 20s 30s or whatever to think about the person that is helping you and to appreciate them more than you use them.
Shun:
That's a fact because
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
I thought about that red line topic because I'm like, as honorable as it is, you know, it has to be draining too, especially like I
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
said, when they have their own families, right?
Shannon:
yeah,
Shun:
So it
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
has to be draining. So like you said, not here to judge, but we're throwing it out there to try to guide the younger people to say, you know, don't overdo it, don't overstep. And then, or if that person
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
says, you know, no, I'm tired tonight, then take that for what it is. Don't be offended. Because we have to remember that we had those kids You understand what i'm saying?
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
If it was a time when I mean something as small as my daughter needed milk and but you know We live in i live in buffalo. Well, you don't live here anymore,
Shannon:
Mm-hmm.
Shun:
but there's a snowstorm I did not want to go out so I called my brother. I'm like, could you bring her some milk?
Shannon:
I'm going to go ahead and close the video.
Shun:
And I heard it in his voice and he said Yeah, i'm coming and I said, you know what I can just get dressed He said no i'm not gonna let you leave the baby. I can clearly hear the frustration I can clearly hear that he didn't want to come out But he also respected the fact that I had a new baby and you know, I don't want my sister out You know in the snowstorm with the new baby. I
Shannon:
Right,
Shun:
just appreciate
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
those kind of things. So I'm not gonna
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
call him every day now Well, he went out
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
yesterday. So let me send him today to get diapers
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
I mean you would
Shannon:
yeah.
Shun:
just got to be mindful when you got a good support
Shannon:
You
Shun:
system
Shannon:
too.
Shun:
Don't break don't break it down. Don't wear it out and appreciate it
Shannon:
and appreciate it. Now I do have to throw this in there. You just triggered something in my mind with my
Shun:
Okay,
Shannon:
uncle daddy, my brother-in-law.
Shun:
let's go.
Shannon:
Now I used to call him all the time. You remember when you first came to Charlotte, the house I lived in,
Shun:
Mm-hmm.
Shannon:
I used to get something would kill or I guess it was my dog, would kill animals like possums and things like that and I'm definitely afraid of dead animals so I
Shun:
I
Shannon:
would
Shun:
answer,
Shannon:
call
Shun:
girl.
Shannon:
him for that. It didn't have anything to do with my son. I was just like, can you come get this dead possum, this
Shun:
I'm
Shannon:
dead
Shun:
sorry.
Shannon:
rat, this dead whatever was in the yard or blocking my way out the door? So yeah, I did have to use uncle daddy for something other than
Shun:
But
Shannon:
my
Shun:
you know
Shannon:
son.
Shun:
what? But that's but that's not we're not saying don't use them some I could tell him. Hey, I'm cooking I'm in the middle of cooking, you know, she don't even have to be home. If you're in my route, you know, bring me a pack of spaghetti.
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
I
Shannon:
yeah.
Shun:
thought I had what I don't have one when I'm not saying that I'm not saying you can't ever use them or ask them not use them. Ask them for favors or assistance other than your child. I'm just saying like, you know, don't overdo it in your situation.
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
You're scared of dead animals. I guarantee you I'm not touching a dead animal. So If I called my brother for that, he wouldn't be like, well, I ain't got nothing to do with the baby. He would come get the dead animal. I mean,
Shannon:
Yeah,
Shun:
you got
Shannon:
yeah,
Shun:
brother-in-laws and
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
brothers that serve roles other than uncle daddy's.
Shannon:
Mm
Shun:
We're just referring
Shannon:
hmm.
Shun:
to
Shannon:
That's
Shun:
the title of uncle
Shannon:
true.
Shun:
daddy. You know,
Shannon:
Mm
Shun:
so yeah, no, I don't
Shannon:
hmm.
Shun:
see
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
that as being abusive at all.
Shannon:
Good. I hope he didn't either.
Shun:
Well if he's listening he'll know now.
Shannon:
Yeah, he will and I'm sure he's listening. All
Shun:
All right,
Shannon:
right,
Shun:
so where are they going to
Shannon:
excellent
Shun:
send them? Well,
Shannon:
red
Shun:
that's the missions.
Shannon:
line. Yes. So, for you guys that want to win a $100 gift card or the chance, I'm sorry, the chance to win a $100 gift card, we ask that you submit your red line submissions. Anything that you think of is a red line. It doesn't have to tie to any topic that we are talking about. It could be anything. If you want to submit them to wifeyandbabymama at gmail.com, you have a chance to win a $100 gift card. Now, we will pick a winner every third or announce the winner every third Thursday of the month. And when we announce that winner, they will receive their $100 gift card. So please submit them. We look forward to reading them. We enjoy them.
Shun:
And I just wanna, I'm sorry, shouldn't jump in and add really
Shannon:
Oh yeah,
Shun:
quick.
Shannon:
go ahead.
Shun:
Just like you said, you can submit it. It doesn't have to be on the topic. So with that being said, we have been lucky so far. I guess blessed, we've only had two though.
Shannon:
I'm sorry.
Shun:
We have been blessed so far to have one that we picked that
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
we can kind of tie into our topic. So I'm just giving fair warning because we're a little later into the show. I don't want anybody
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
to be like, they ain't got nothing to do with what they talking about. If we happen to pick one. And it's not
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
related to
Shannon:
Ha
Shun:
the topic
Shannon:
ha
Shun:
for tonight. Like
Shannon:
ha.
Shun:
don't jump on us. That's just how it goes So like
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
I said, the first two are really good and we haven't had that many because we're a new show So we've been lucky and I
Shannon:
Yes,
Shun:
don't know what July may bring
Shannon:
yeah,
Shun:
so I don't want you guys
Shannon:
right,
Shun:
to be like Well, there
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
ain't got nothing to do with that topic. So it could be on anything. We're gonna play fair So if our topic is on gold mines and we pick out one about swimming pools, that's what we're eating So
Shannon:
Mm-hmm,
Shun:
I just want you
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
guys to um to give you That's a silly reference, but you get what I'm saying. So sometimes
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
the red lines may not line up But y'all when I'm doing them, I'm gonna hook y'all up. So don't worry about it I'm gonna stay creative, but if we pick it out the hat We got go with the flow we play fair
Shannon:
Right, that's right. It is what it is.
Shun:
Yes, what it is
Shannon:
All right, so now we will go into the segment we like to call the fictional family I'm filling. All right, the fictional family I'm filling tonight, they are the Mac from the Bernie
Shun:
Yes.
Shannon:
um, raised any, even based off his real life, of course, it was, um, rest in peace, Bernie Mac, but,
Shun:
Rest in
Shannon:
um,
Shun:
peace, okay?
Shannon:
and he took on his sister's three kids after she, I think she had a drug problem, I can't remember, um,
Shun:
Yes, I think that's
Shannon:
but
Shun:
what it was.
Shannon:
yeah, so him and his wife, um, took those three young kids in and raised them, so you see them, you know, from very young, growing up. And this particular episode tonight is when the daughter, the oldest daughter is a cheerleader and she wants to impress, I guess, the people that are at this new school that she's at with her moves. And so they're at a basketball game. And of course, Bernie is there, you know, ready to see his little girl cheer, you know? It's like, oh, that's my girl. She's about to do her thing and they're doing. You know, your regular wholesome cheers, you know, she's doing what everyone else is doing. Then she decides to break it down like she's hot, twerking at the club or whatever. She was trying to do popping and doing all kinds of stuff. Bernie, he didn't care that it was in the middle of the game or people, all these people around. He went and snatched that little butt off the floor and said, no, we're not doing this. I don't know where you think you are, but this ain't going on. And I'm like, that is a true uncle daddy, because
Shun:
Absolutely.
Shannon:
he marched her butt out of there, and he had every right to, because even if she wasn't living in his house, even
Shun:
He's
Shannon:
if
Shun:
still
Shannon:
he was
Shun:
our uncle.
Shannon:
just visiting, exactly, exactly. And I appreciate the fact that he didn't turn a eye and say, hmm, yeah, look at her. Hmm, hope she don't end up on the pole, you know, anything. He went and grabbed
Shun:
Right
Shannon:
her. So that
Shun:
End
Shannon:
is
Shun:
this.
Shannon:
the fictional family, I'm feeling.
Shun:
That is wonderful. And if she did end up on the pole, it wasn't gonna be because of him He was gonna do
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
whatever he could to deter the behavior He wasn't encouraging
Shannon:
Yep.
Shun:
it and a lot of what goes on Shannon is what I spoke of earlier That's a great fictional family, by the way, man, you
Shannon:
Hehehe
Shun:
nailed it tonight But you know, I'm almost every night though every episode
Shannon:
Almost.
Shun:
We both almost we get me but that no seriously that was really good and it goes to what we were saying Goes back to generational people saying had he sat there, you know, well, that's what they
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
do and i'm not kidding you I'm not saying this for the show. I'm not saying this for entertainment most of what we I mean We'll make a joke or two But 98 of the things that we refer to during our show is facts, you know, it has happened We
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
know of it. We're speaking of our own lives And those are my both of my brothers all four of them actually have two down south and two here But I see the two here more but that's their MO if the niece is actually I Shannon I am a 47 year old woman
Shannon:
I'm going
Shun:
don't
Shannon:
to
Shun:
let
Shannon:
go
Shun:
me
Shannon:
to bed.
Shun:
get too low to the floor they'll come tap me on the show excuse me I'm married with four kids and my husband is over there baby I'll come tap me real quick so it goes back to what we allow now again we can't stop
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
the kids from being who they are you know you can't you can't stop
Shannon:
Right.
Shun:
them once they're grown and gone but as of right now ain't no not one girl in my family got to I mean like move back like the grown women can't dance. So I totally
Shannon:
Yeah.
Shun:
get it and I can totally relate. That's all like, that's a great fictional family and he did what he should have done. Doesn't matter that the world dances like that. It doesn't matter that it's acceptable
Shannon:
Alright.
Shun:
to some people. It was not acceptable to him and him raising her and being uncle daddy, like you said, whether he was in the house or not, gave him every right.
Shannon:
That's
Shun:
So great,
Shannon:
right.
Shun:
great
Shannon:
Yes.
Shun:
job.
Shannon:
All right. So that brings us, I guess, to the end of our show. We hate to leave you, but we gotta go.
Shun:
We gotta go. The long day.
Shannon:
Yeah, it's been a long day. So until next week, we look forward to speaking to you all again, hoping that you glean something, even if it's just entertainment. We hope it's a lot more than that, but if that's all you get from us, we'll take
Shun:
Just
Shannon:
it
Shun:
get something out of the show.
Shannon:
as long as you're listening.
Shun:
That's
Shannon:
Yes,
Shun:
right.
Shannon:
and you can find look for us and like share follow us on instagram facebook youtube we're there
Shun:
We
Shannon:
oh
Shun:
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Shannon:
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Shun:
here.
Shannon:
we're out here all right so we will sign off and say goodbye until next week
Shun:
love you all goodbye
