00:00People get behind the walls of the internet and think that their opinion matters to people.
00:05And it's like, you know, I get to have your opinions, but also like,
00:07what makes you think I give a f**k about what you got to say?
00:10Why would I listen to that or let that bother me when people are literally like getting like
00:1410 seconds of like our life. Like you're getting only a small fragment of like,
00:19you don't, you don't know us.
00:23Hey, I'm Gerald. I'm 26 years old.
00:26Hey, I'm Cheryl and I'm 27 years old.
00:31Do you remember the night that we met?
00:33I do remember the night that we met. Yeah. Your cousin.
00:36So I've known her for forever.
00:38Yeah. And it was her birthday party.
00:39And I was there with some friends because we had all went to school together.
00:44And I kind of saw you walk in the room and got to admit that you got my attention.
00:50Yeah, I peeped you.
00:51The first thing I saw about you was like your big old afro.
00:56I miss the little baby fro.
00:58I know.
01:01You like to misremember details saying that I didn't come up to you and ask you to dance.
01:06No, I don't, I don't think that's the case.
01:08You like to imagine that you came up to me and you sent my best friend to come asking for
01:15a dance.
01:15That's true, my shot.
01:16I was in high school. I was shy.
01:18You were. Yeah.
01:21What do you think it was like about me that like, you know, you liked?
01:25At first glance, it was your face.
01:27Even though the first day you saw me, I had like these ugly bangs.
01:31Do you remember what our first date was?
01:34We've been together for almost 10 years, so I don't think I remember, I want to say like we
01:40went to the movies.
01:41Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:42We went to the movies, but it wasn't much of like a first date because you showed up with your
01:46friends.
01:47We weren't partners.
01:49And then, you know, got to know you throughout, you know, time after that.
01:54It just so happens that you're a great person.
01:56You turn heads in every single room that you walk in.
01:59I smell.
02:01What is the hardest thing to love about me?
02:04No, we're talking about pet peeves last night.
02:05Yeah, we're talking about pet peeves.
02:06I think it's like the fact that we're both like kind of hard-headed in a way.
02:10Damn, you took my answer.
02:11And like we love to like debate.
02:15Like we won't take like no for an answer.
02:18Like I feel like we both have to have like the last word.
02:20I feel like I'm stubborn as and you also can be stubborn as and it's like two rams just butt
02:27heads.
02:27Oh yeah, I could feel like we could be having the most generic conversation about something.
02:31Like it could be food and it's like you have one opinion.
02:34I have one opinion.
02:35It's like, okay, I see your opinion.
02:38But at the same time, like your opinion is wrong.
02:41But sometimes it'd be right.
02:43And you still be trying to tell me my opinion is wrong.
02:45Because I want you to see my side.
02:46And I want you to see my side.
02:48Some days I just want you to like, just shut up.
02:51Let me have the last word.
02:53No, no, no.
02:56What would you consider to be my greatest strength?
02:58I think it's like your social skills.
03:01How you network, how you move, how you connect with people.
03:05That's like top tier that like I admire.
03:07Like dang, like I want to be more like that.
03:09I would say your greatest strength is to be unapologetically you in everything that you do.
03:13Being able to approach things and spaces in the ways that you do.
03:19And like making sure that it's true to you in each way.
03:22Like I love that about you.
03:25That's a good answer.
03:26That's right.
03:28What have you learned the most like from us being in a relationship together?
03:32Understanding like when you're in a relationship and you're sharing a space, sharing a life,
03:36sharing things like there are things that make your partner happy that you may not, you know,
03:41always agree with.
03:42But like if it makes you happy, like, you know, I'm talking about your cat.
03:46Yes.
03:46I've learned to compromise and understand that like there are things that make you happy that
03:50I might not be able to understand at the time.
03:53But like I need to let you have those things for you because I know that you would do the
03:57same for me.
03:58Yeah, because at the end of the day, like, is it worth it? Like, okay, like, I'm leaving her because
04:03I don't like her cat. Like, dang, like all them years, like over a cat? No.
04:08How has being on reality TV changed our relationship?
04:11Being on reality TV has like brought us closer because like, you know, I'm sharing this experience
04:16with you. You're my person on the show.
04:19Yeah, I would say it hasn't necessarily changed anything, but like reaffirmed like in some of some
04:25of the ways that we interact with each other. Like, you know, it, if anything, like it's let
04:30me know more. Like, obviously I knew that you with me 150%, but like we up to 250 now because
04:36it's
04:36like you, you always got my back in situations or we always know that the way that we do things
04:41that's best for us is the only way that we can do it. Like the internet is a scary place
04:46and like
04:47people's reception to our relationship and us being together for so long and being so young,
04:53they're like, well, why y'all not married? Or why, why, why y'all ain't moved in together yet?
04:58Like, could you imagine like if we listened to them and we're young, broke and married,
05:05trying to figure it out? Like, no, like we trying to, we're moving at the pace that's best for us.
05:10Like you have a whole life to figure out. I have a whole life to figure out and we can't
05:14figure out
05:14our life together until we figured out, you know, our lives separately.
05:18What it is for me, it's like when we have our moments and it's like, I'm showing you like my
05:24true
05:24self, just like raw, like unfiltered. Like sometimes I don't want the internet to see that.
05:30Like y'all don't deserve that side of me type thing.
05:32But see also like as a strong seven, eight on a good day, dating 15, it's like, I want to
05:39shout
05:39that from the mountaintops. Every single time we take a picture, every single time we got a video,
05:44it's like, yeah, look how bad my girl is. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like, I only get one
05:49of
05:49these in a lifetime. You know what I'm saying? Like, I want, I want everybody to know. I want,
05:53I want everybody to see it. And like the benefit of on TV is like everybody knows.
05:58How has our relationship grown over the years? I feel like we're two completely different people
06:02now, especially because, you know, we met in high school, like two completely different people now
06:06than we were in high school. As we should be. Yeah. I feel like our relationship has grown
06:10through how we communicate. We're moving at our own pace and, and we're doing us as we only know how
06:17to do us. And it's like, obviously that changes over time and we've grown and figured out new ways
06:23to communicate and new ways to express ourselves and surprise each other. But like, we've just been
06:27us the entire time and like what everybody else says, like it's working for us and that's what matters.
06:32Yeah. What do you think is like the easiest thing to love about me?
06:37The easiest thing to love about you is how supportive you are. Like, I feel like the benefit of us
06:43having been together for so long is that we've kind of transitioned as people throughout these
06:48different stages of life. And like, there were moments when I was playing basketball, I was like,
06:53dang, like, I don't know if I'm gonna be able to continue my basketball career throughout college.
06:57And you were like, nah, like, you know, if you want to do it, like, just go do that .
06:59Or
07:00when I started working in my career, it's like, you know, I want to do X, Y, and Z. And
07:04you were like,
07:04you know, stop hanging out with me and go do X, Y, and Z. And it's like, dang, to have
07:08somebody
07:09by my side who really believed in everything that I was trying to do and found ways to make me
07:14believe in it.
07:15What more can I love than that?
07:17Aww, that's so touching.
07:20I feel like same for you, like, you being, like, very supportive. Like, we've, like,
07:25obviously grown together over the years. So it's like, you're always there for, like, you know,
07:29that, like, comedic relief. Bad day, come home, and like, y'all, you're always in good spirits.
07:35You can't take life too serious sometimes. Like, things get you up, things get you down.
07:40Yeah.
07:40We're still here, we still have opportunity, and we're sharing those opportunities together.
07:45So we've got to laugh through it.
07:47Yeah.
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