G: Oh - like a reveal? A: Yea

A: This week on Just Between Us - we present...

...Merchandise!!! It says "Allison in the Streets, Gaby in the Sheets"

G: We even have this merch available on Don't Forget to Be Awesome,

which is Hank and John's company

A: DFTBA!

(simultaneously) G: Mm hm, you got it, oh my god you got it A: Oh I did that? No way, that was crazy

G: We have these shirts, and then we also have a poster that is a replica of this poster!

A: You could get your very own Just Between Us sign, if you have nothing else to do,

here's a fun thing to do,

buy a shirt that no-one will get the reference from

G: People will get the reference!

A: I don't think so

G: Or they'll explain it to their friend

and then their friend will become a huge fan of the show

A: Like your mom will be like,

"Why are you wearing that inappropriate shirt?"

and then you'll tell your mom,

"Hey - check out JBU"

(intro music)

A: This week, we have a domestic question - I think!

>From Macy, ATL comma HO

G: Oh, like "Atl ho"

A: You act like you know, but you Googled it

G: I could do a domestic question song!

A: Finally!

G: (singing in the tune of the 'international question' song) This week... we have a....

A: That's the same tune!

You can't steal my goddamn tune!

A: You could do like: dum-dum-dum dum dum (continuously) G: This week. We Have. A Dom-estic. Quest-tion.

A: (continues will 'dum' beat) G: I'm done.

A: Macy, ATL (both): Ho!

G: Nope! A: We just can't..

Both: We do not pull it off

A: Macy wants to know 'Are My Standards Too High?'

Probably!

G: But that's not necessarily a bad thing,

I think you could have a lot of self-respect

and you should have very high standards

A: Yea, but you tell me that my standards are too high

G: Oh, well that's because you nitpick

A: How is that any different than having standards?!

G: Because you, will like, otherwise like someone

and then invent a reason not to like them,

like they are an inch too short, or you think they might be balding

A: Those are 2 very real things

G: When they're otherwise incredible people?

A: I, but, what you're telling me is to be attracted to

something I'm not attracted to

G: My problem is that I had no standards

for a very long time A: Correct. Yes.

G: And I'm just now getting standards

A: What would you say were your standards 5 years ago? Breathing?

G: Has a home? Not really. Has a job? Not really. A: You dated someone without a home?

G: I don't know.

I've dated people that I've never seen their houses

so I have no confirmation as to if they have a home or not

A: I would love to never have to see someone's house

Ugh. I'm not gonna pack an overnight bag.

Get out of here

G: I think there's somewhere you can meet in the middle

between the 2 of us

A: Like a hotel?

G: Do you think maybe your standards are TOO specific?

What if you meet someone who's like the perfect person,

but they don't meet your standards?

A: I feel like you are really pressuring me to be

a certain way that I'm not

and that's almost like someone telling you not to like girls.

Drop the Mic! See ya laterrrrrrrr How does it feeeelllllllll?

You're no longer an icon of the gay community,

because you are bullying me

G: There is something to be said about giving you

agency over what you want, because then it becomes

like a weird friend zone thing, of like,

'why doesn't Allison like this person, just coz they're nice to her?'

A: Thank you! G: Okay, fine

A: I'm very clear if I like someone

If I like someone, you get the flirts

Oh I never date a friend

G: Never! You only like, meet someone to date them?

A: Yes, there's no transition

G: That's crazy to me, I only date people who are my friends

A: Well, because, I don't like to reveal too much too quickly

I have to like, curate myself for someone

G: But they aleady accept you,

they already accept you because they're your friend

A: And then I judge them for it

G: That is an example of your standards being too high

A: Well that's an example of my psyche being off

G: My standards are getting higher, in that

these people have jobs,

I'm not taking care of them all day every day

A: Mm hm. Well the men.

G: (outraged) And the women! A: Yea

G: And my new, and my new genre of woman that I'm interested in

A: Oh yea that's your new genre

G: Older women who are living their lives without me

A: In a butch fashion

G: I think - have high standards.

I think you should love yourself

and like, don't accept anything less, than like,

what you think you deserve,

which is the best!

A: The thing that I would say G: (interrupts) don't talk yourself in to liking someone

G: because you think you're being too like, prissy,

because you're not.

A: I was about to give real advice and you cut me off

G: Okay what is your real advice?

A: I just thought you'd be so... G: You cut me off all the time! What's your advice?

A: Yea but, I was gonna give real advice

G: What is it?

A: If you stop liking someone because they don't

fit what you want on a sheet, then that's bad,

but if it's like just actually, not working, then

get rid of them

G: Also - A: Does that make sense?

G: Yes A: How many my attempt at real advice?

G: It was great

A: Do you, but, say it back to me so I get

that you got what I meant

G: If on paper they, don't match your standards, then

G: (pause)... oh god, oh god A: See you didn't even, I did a bad job!

G: No, no! This is an example of me not listening

A: If you are super into, and attracted to, and like a person

but they're, what, like their qualities don't match up

to some mythical list in your head

then that's a problem.

G: Especially women, are talked into lowering their standards

and settling, because they need to like get married

at a certain age, or do this at a certain age

and they don't want better for themselves

and I think you gotta go out there and

want better for yourselves.

Nab yourselves an NBA player, you know what I mean?

Get a guy with a helicopter, do it up!

A: I was trying so hard not to cut you off

I wanted to see how long it would go

(closing music)

A: Sugar - get our of my butt, stop it

You licked my butt all the way through

G: But the shirt is inappropriate?

(closing music)

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