36: Enter Matt

In this episode, Matt, Steve, and Jessica will talk about how Matt came into everybody's life. They recently attended a winter carnival in McCall with all their kids, and they will talk about how much fun they had there, Steve especially, who Jessica and Matt had not seen having that much fun in a long time. They will then take a trip down memory lane and talk about how they first met. It was when they found themselves in the same church ward and Matt was actually the one who noticed Steve and Jessica.

At a church service after that, he saw Jessica and Penny and thought she was a single mum, who he found cute, but then Steve joined them, and he was somewhat disappointed because he assumed they’re married. On another occasion, still in church, Steve approached Matt and introduced himself because Matt seemed like he needed a friend. Matt liked that Steve was friendly and from that point on they became good friends and would go mountain biking together. And it was on one of those mountain biking hookups that Jessica met Matt.

On another day when Matt rode his bike from his house to the apartment complex where Jessica lived to meet Steve, he found them both chatting with several of the residents there, and when Jessica saw Matt, she thought to herself, “This guy is super cute. I want to date him and honestly, I’m just gonna marry this guy.” Two weeks after that, she and Steve broke up for good, and she was still thinking about how she could marry Matt. That was the beginning of Matt and Jessica’s amazing journey to marriage. If there’s ever been an awesome episode to listen to, this is it, so don’t miss out.

Highlights of the discussion:

• How Matt stops a sneeze by touching his forehead (01:02)
• Steve having fun and being goofy at the parade (06:07)
• The necessary boundaries for the sake of respect for Matt (08:24)
• The first time Matt saw Steve and Jessica (11:29)
• Choose your words carefully when describing how you met your wife (13:25)
• How Jessica thought she would marry Matt way before they even started dating (18:49)
• The role that respect and understanding played in Matt and Steve’s relationship (27:24)
• The facade of being perfect on the outside (31:10)
• Jessica gets the go-ahead to go after Matt (35:48)
• It's worth taking a risk being vulnerable and sharing what we're going through (42:13)

Additional Resources:

• www.PrideCounseling.com
• www.Linktr.ee/TheBoldLogic
• http://www.melanieparrishanderson.com/

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