Hello, hello everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Fluently Fixed, where we fix

your life from taint to toe and tip to bottom. A lot of questions have been rolling on in,

so let's get on into it. I think we did four or five questions today. All right, the first one.

Hey, Shannon, I've been a listener since 2021. How crazy is that? Literally, I think that's when

the podcast started. Anyway, my boyfriend and I are long distance and I'll be flying out to see him

in Colorado, but I'm meeting his mom. I like to think that I'm funny and charming when you get to

know me, but how do I not let my nerves get in the way? Are there any good

conversation starters or mom psychology hacks to make her like me? Please help a nervous Nelly. Hi, a

nervous Nelly. Here's what I think. I've met so many moms dating. I will say too, nothing makes you

want to be single more than getting ready to meet someone's

parents. I mean, my God, like your stomach, you feel like you're just going to have diarrhea

an entire week leading up to it. But here's what I think. Nerves are fine and nerves are good

and nerves are cute. And I almost think if you're a parent and your son, you know, is dating a girl

and you meet her, you want her to be nervous and polite and professional because it just shows how much

you care about someone. I always think, you know, if I meet someone's boyfriend and they're not at least

like a little bit nervous or like trying to be extra polite to meet me, it just kind of rubs me

the wrong way. No one is going to be 100% their most

relatable, candid, goofy self the first time they meet someone. But if you're nervous and

overly polite, that at least shows and kind of gets across the amount of respect that you have

for the person that you're meeting. And I think that's cute. I mean, overall, it just shows that you're being authentic. And I think authenticity is always the most important

quality to lead with. Now, when it comes to conversation starters with moms or mom psychology

hacks, what I would do is I would talk to your boyfriend before and be like, tell me the life

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