On the Road 2 Romance, research shows that 00:00:01.36\00:00:04.17 X's need affection, but Y's are private. 00:00:04.20\00:00:08.24 X's seek to have connectedness, while Y's there are solitude, 00:00:08.27\00:00:12.24 and X's want empathy, Y's need their loyalty. 00:00:12.27\00:00:16.75 Journey with us 00:00:16.78\00:00:18.11 as we study and explore this Road 2 Romance. 00:00:18.15\00:00:22.88 Hello, and welcome to Road 2 Romance. 00:00:22.92\00:00:25.22 I am your host Dr. John Jacob. 00:00:25.25\00:00:27.46 Today we have with us Sean, Bianca, and Miles. 00:00:27.49\00:00:30.43 Welcome. Hello. 00:00:30.46\00:00:31.79 Good to be back. 00:00:31.83\00:00:33.16 So I get this question very, very often, "So Dr Jacob, 00:00:33.19\00:00:37.17 is personality be only thing that effects relationships?" 00:00:37.20\00:00:40.64 And of course, 00:00:40.67\00:00:42.00 I'm sure you guys know what the answer to that. 00:00:42.04\00:00:44.11 No. No, it's impossible. 00:00:44.14\00:00:46.34 There are at least four other categories, 00:00:46.37\00:00:48.78 four other areas that really affect how you choose a mate 00:00:48.81\00:00:52.68 and also affects whether or not 00:00:52.71\00:00:54.12 the relationship will succeed or fail. 00:00:54.15\00:00:56.69 So let me give you those five 00:00:56.72\00:00:58.55 and today, we will start with the first one, 00:00:58.59\00:01:01.52 Personality. 00:01:01.56\00:01:02.89 We've been talking about personality 00:01:02.92\00:01:04.93 and we will deal with that a little more today, okay? 00:01:04.96\00:01:07.83 Parenting, you must know that your parenting, 00:01:07.86\00:01:11.43 how your parents parented you will affect. 00:01:11.47\00:01:13.74 Yes, sure. Correct. 00:01:13.77\00:01:15.10 Right, definitely. 00:01:15.14\00:01:16.47 Some of the choices that you make 00:01:16.50\00:01:17.84 and it also affects the person that you are, 00:01:17.87\00:01:19.21 the person that you became as an adult, right? 00:01:19.24\00:01:22.31 Pathology, which is to say mental health problems, 00:01:22.34\00:01:27.42 psychological problems. 00:01:27.45\00:01:29.18 Those would also affect how your relationship turns out. 00:01:29.22\00:01:33.05 And then the past, our past events. 00:01:33.09\00:01:35.76 We've all been through something in our past 00:01:35.79\00:01:38.16 that has either changed the course of our lives 00:01:38.19\00:01:41.03 or changed who we are to some extent. 00:01:41.06\00:01:43.70 So we'll talk about that 00:01:43.77\00:01:45.10 and then the last is Epigenetics 00:01:45.13\00:01:47.27 which is the branch of genetics 00:01:47.34\00:01:48.67 that we'll also discuss eventually. 00:01:48.70\00:01:50.91 Is that supposed to be one of the five Ps? 00:01:50.94\00:01:53.31 I was thinking the same thing. 00:01:53.38\00:01:54.71 Right, I was waiting for somebody to explain that out. 00:01:54.74\00:01:56.08 I was thinking the same thing. 00:01:56.11\00:01:57.45 I cheated a little bit, you see, Epigenetics. 00:01:57.48\00:01:59.61 You put most of the emphasis on a P. 00:01:59.65\00:02:00.98 Okay. 00:02:01.02\00:02:02.35 Yeah, so, you know, good, you're paying attention. 00:02:02.38\00:02:05.32 All right so, yes, my last one is a fake P 00:02:05.35\00:02:07.99 but, you know, Epigenetics. 00:02:08.02\00:02:09.69 So we have five and we will talk about personality 00:02:09.72\00:02:11.83 and here's the interesting thing, 00:02:11.86\00:02:13.19 we have been talking about X-Y personality, right? 00:02:13.23\00:02:15.43 Right. 00:02:15.46\00:02:16.80 Okay, about 75% of all males are Y-type 00:02:16.87\00:02:22.77 and about 25 to 30% of women are X-type. 00:02:22.80\00:02:26.54 Wait. 00:02:26.57\00:02:27.91 Is that correct, is anybody gonna correct me? 00:02:27.94\00:02:29.34 No, that's not right, that's not right. 00:02:29.38\00:02:30.75 You said 25% was X-type. 00:02:30.78\00:02:32.15 I say 25% of men are X-type. 00:02:32.18\00:02:35.78 There we go. 00:02:35.82\00:02:37.19 Right, good, so you're paying attention. 00:02:37.22\00:02:39.19 75% of... That's the quiz. 00:02:39.22\00:02:41.52 Okay, all right, good. 00:02:41.56\00:02:42.89 So, good, so I want you guys to get this right 00:02:42.92\00:02:44.69 because this is why this is important. 00:02:44.73\00:02:46.90 We have two guys here in our program that are both X-types. 00:02:46.93\00:02:52.43 Defying the statistics... 00:02:52.47\00:02:53.84 Defying the statistics, exactly, exactly. 00:02:53.87\00:02:56.30 Only 25% of you should be X-type. 00:02:56.34\00:02:59.51 But here we have... 00:02:59.54\00:03:00.88 only two guys in our program and you guys are both X-type. 00:03:00.91\00:03:04.31 And still defying the statistics, 00:03:04.35\00:03:06.82 the only young lady we have on our program is a Y-type. 00:03:06.85\00:03:10.82 Couldn't figure, how does that happen? 00:03:10.89\00:03:13.36 But it makes for an exciting discussion. 00:03:13.39\00:03:15.29 So I'll tell you what you guys do, 00:03:15.32\00:03:18.83 that you shouldn't. 00:03:18.86\00:03:20.20 And I'll tell you what you are likely to do 00:03:20.23\00:03:21.96 that you also should not. 00:03:22.00\00:03:23.37 Okay. 00:03:23.40\00:03:24.73 So let's start with the X-types. 00:03:24.77\00:03:26.10 I see the guys are all leaning forward, 00:03:26.13\00:03:27.67 very, very, you know, very interested. 00:03:27.70\00:03:30.21 So let me tell you what you do. 00:03:30.24\00:03:31.77 X's start too early. 00:03:31.81\00:03:34.71 When you talk to a young lady or young man 00:03:34.74\00:03:36.88 and he or she says, "You know, I'd like to get married." 00:03:36.95\00:03:40.25 And then you realize that they are only 16. 00:03:40.32\00:03:42.05 Right. 00:03:42.08\00:03:43.42 Yeah, most of the time 00:03:43.49\00:03:45.29 that individual isn't X-type individual 00:03:45.32\00:03:48.36 and the reason for that is X-types have high oxytocin 00:03:48.39\00:03:52.26 which leads to a need to bond. 00:03:52.29\00:03:55.10 And so very early, like shortly after puberty, 00:03:55.13\00:03:57.30 they began to feel that they need someone in their lives. 00:03:57.37\00:04:01.47 And so that's the reason why X's start so early. 00:04:01.50\00:04:03.71 It's not really a good thing. Why? 00:04:03.74\00:04:06.44 Because the hormones 00:04:06.47\00:04:08.11 are running ahead of brain development. 00:04:08.14\00:04:10.28 Right. 00:04:10.35\00:04:11.68 So their brain doesn't fully develop 00:04:11.71\00:04:13.25 until they are about to 20 to 24 years old 00:04:13.28\00:04:16.22 which means judgment is also not fully developed. 00:04:16.25\00:04:20.09 So they are gonna use some pretty scary, 00:04:20.16\00:04:22.62 you know, characteristics to determine 00:04:22.66\00:04:24.56 whether or not this person is right for them. 00:04:24.59\00:04:26.53 So it's not a good idea. 00:04:26.56\00:04:27.90 18, 19, 20, not a good idea. 00:04:27.93\00:04:29.60 You feel that you wanna be with someone 00:04:29.63\00:04:31.43 but you probably should wait. 00:04:31.47\00:04:33.03 Does that mean like those types 00:04:33.07\00:04:34.40 could be more like serial daters where they, 00:04:34.44\00:04:36.81 like they be in a relationship and it doesn't work out 00:04:36.84\00:04:39.74 and then they felt the need to just jump into the next one? 00:04:39.77\00:04:42.34 That's a good point. 00:04:42.38\00:04:44.15 And serial dating isn't a problem, 00:04:44.18\00:04:46.45 the problem is not allowing enough time 00:04:46.48\00:04:49.05 between relationships. 00:04:49.08\00:04:50.82 Rebound relationships. 00:04:50.89\00:04:52.22 Exactly, especially if you were in a relationship 00:04:52.25\00:04:54.09 that was pretty, you know, conflicted and pretty chaotic, 00:04:54.16\00:04:58.06 you wanna make sure that you've given yourself 00:04:58.09\00:04:59.79 enough time to get over that. 00:04:59.83\00:05:02.03 But we'll talk about that too 00:05:02.06\00:05:03.40 and it also depends on who you dated. 00:05:03.47\00:05:04.80 If an X-type person dates a Y, 00:05:04.83\00:05:07.07 Y- types tend to leave without closure 00:05:07.14\00:05:10.51 which means there you are sitting and wondering, 00:05:10.54\00:05:12.64 "Why hasn't he called?" 00:05:12.67\00:05:14.34 you know, "Where is he, just disappeared," 00:05:14.38\00:05:15.81 you know, something like that. 00:05:15.84\00:05:17.18 So you wanna make sure that you gave yourself enough time 00:05:17.25\00:05:19.91 to get pass that pain, that hurt. 00:05:19.95\00:05:22.85 But that's a really good question. 00:05:22.88\00:05:25.05 So X's do start too early and boys, males, 00:05:25.09\00:05:29.86 their brain develops fully between 24 to 29. 00:05:29.89\00:05:34.70 Oh. Oh, wow. 00:05:34.73\00:05:36.67 That goes above 25, it goes even beyond. 00:05:36.70\00:05:38.90 Exactly, exactly. 00:05:38.93\00:05:40.27 So, but look at how our university and college system 00:05:40.34\00:05:42.54 had set up. 00:05:42.57\00:05:43.91 You go to college at about age 18, 00:05:43.94\00:05:45.81 about 22, you're graduating. 00:05:45.84\00:05:47.81 So you're thinking, 00:05:47.84\00:05:49.31 "Okay, I need to find someone before I graduate." 00:05:49.34\00:05:51.68 But your brain isn't fully developed to the extent 00:05:51.71\00:05:55.28 where you would be able to make a really good choice. 00:05:55.32\00:05:58.22 And if you were to find a guy anywhere close to your age, 00:05:58.25\00:06:00.66 well, he is far from ready. 00:06:00.69\00:06:03.43 Now you guys might have read this 00:06:03.46\00:06:05.09 and some say it's a myth. 00:06:05.13\00:06:06.93 I will let you decide as you, you know, talk to friends, 00:06:07.00\00:06:10.27 but some have said that people tend to settle down 00:06:10.30\00:06:14.37 when their ages approach on age ending in zero or five. 00:06:14.40\00:06:20.31 Okay, like 35, 30, 35. Exactly. 00:06:20.38\00:06:24.31 Those are big, big markers in life. 00:06:24.35\00:06:26.18 They're markers, they're markers 00:06:26.21\00:06:27.75 and they are psychological markers. 00:06:27.78\00:06:30.39 My marker's coming up then. 00:06:30.42\00:06:32.82 Right, but that's good for the ladies to know, you know, 00:06:32.85\00:06:35.62 just need to know when you're gonna turn 30 and 35. 00:06:35.66\00:06:38.03 There you go, right, wink, wink. 00:06:38.06\00:06:40.63 So 30, when you are approaching 30, 00:06:40.70\00:06:42.73 you find out a lot of guys are like, 00:06:42.76\00:06:44.10 all of sudden, they're thinking, 00:06:44.17\00:06:45.73 "I need a family, I need to settle down." 00:06:45.77\00:06:47.14 You know, when they're approaching 30. 00:06:47.17\00:06:48.90 But then, generally 25 and they're already thinking, 00:06:48.94\00:06:51.84 "Well I need to start," you know, 00:06:51.87\00:06:53.48 thinking about settling down. 00:06:53.51\00:06:55.88 But the same thing will happen to you in your 30s 00:06:55.91\00:06:58.01 if you miss those marks, 00:06:58.05\00:06:59.65 you know, when you hit 35, it will happen again 00:06:59.68\00:07:01.75 and when you hit 40, it will happen again. 00:07:01.78\00:07:04.59 So that's good to know 'cause I have coached a few couples 00:07:04.62\00:07:09.36 where the guy was, you know, 26, 27 00:07:09.39\00:07:13.19 and he kept telling his young lady, 00:07:13.23\00:07:14.63 "Could you just wait a little bit, 00:07:14.66\00:07:16.00 I'm just not ready yet." 00:07:16.03\00:07:17.37 And I told her, I said, "Hey, there is this belief, 00:07:17.40\00:07:20.24 there's this hypothesis that guys get ready... 00:07:20.27\00:07:22.77 if they're not ready, they're gonna be ready 00:07:22.80\00:07:24.37 when they get closer to 30, so I said, 00:07:24.41\00:07:25.77 "So do you have three years to wait to stay..." 00:07:25.81\00:07:28.04 I have a question. 00:07:28.08\00:07:29.41 So what are your thoughts on, like, two people are dating 00:07:29.44\00:07:33.62 but their age difference is, may be 5 plus years apart, 00:07:33.65\00:07:37.19 do you think that plays a part in 00:07:37.22\00:07:39.02 how people stay together or... 00:07:39.05\00:07:41.92 Well, it does but that is on a total individual basis. 00:07:41.96\00:07:46.16 And also it's very cultural. 00:07:46.19\00:07:48.23 Here in United States, people tend to frown more on, 00:07:48.26\00:07:52.33 you know, the wider age differences. 00:07:52.37\00:07:54.54 Outside of the United States, 00:07:54.57\00:07:55.90 it's not uncommon for people to be 10, 15 years apart, 00:07:55.94\00:07:59.01 because they pay less attention to the age. 00:07:59.04\00:08:01.91 So the culture that you live in obviously will play a role 00:08:01.94\00:08:05.38 and will predispose the people that are, 00:08:05.41\00:08:07.52 you know, getting into relationship 00:08:07.55\00:08:09.15 to have certain expectations, you know. 00:08:09.18\00:08:13.46 Generally though, they have said, 00:08:13.49\00:08:14.99 psychologically speaking, if you go beyond 12 years, 00:08:15.02\00:08:19.06 then you are more likely to have problems 00:08:19.09\00:08:20.80 because now you're looking at dating someone 00:08:20.83\00:08:22.46 that is in a different generation, 00:08:22.50\00:08:24.50 and so you talk about millennials, 00:08:24.53\00:08:26.67 you talk about, you know, generation X. 00:08:26.74\00:08:28.84 Well, you're more likely to find yourself 00:08:28.87\00:08:31.24 maybe a generation X person dating a millennial, 00:08:31.27\00:08:33.41 you know, that kind of thing. 00:08:33.48\00:08:35.11 And then so everything you do is different. 00:08:35.14\00:08:36.75 The music is different. 00:08:36.78\00:08:38.98 The time we spend on getting advice. 00:08:39.01\00:08:40.42 Where you get in everything. Yeah, everything is different. 00:08:40.45\00:08:42.32 The things that they didn't grew up with. 00:08:42.35\00:08:44.42 Right and remember X-Y theory is all about closing those gaps 00:08:44.45\00:08:49.09 and not finding yourself in a situation 00:08:49.12\00:08:51.06 where there are huge differences 00:08:51.09\00:08:52.86 'cause differences are attractive 00:08:52.89\00:08:54.76 but they're not adhesive, remember? 00:08:54.80\00:08:58.27 Okay, so X's should really only date X-types 00:08:58.30\00:09:05.04 if they could help it. 00:09:05.07\00:09:06.57 Again when I see this, 00:09:06.61\00:09:07.94 I have a lot people that come up to me and say, 00:09:07.98\00:09:09.31 "But I have a boyfriend already and he's a Y type. 00:09:09.34\00:09:11.18 Are you saying I should break up with him?" 00:09:11.21\00:09:12.55 No, I'm saying that at all. 00:09:12.58\00:09:14.02 I'm saying if you're between relationships 00:09:14.05\00:09:15.55 or you haven't started dating yet. 00:09:15.58\00:09:17.65 When you do start, you wanna find someone 00:09:17.69\00:09:20.06 who is as close to your personality type as possible. 00:09:20.09\00:09:23.73 And remember, we're referring to personality, right? 00:09:23.76\00:09:27.66 X's also need to be very, very careful with gullibility. 00:09:27.70\00:09:34.07 X types, you have oxytocin that you have flowing within you. 00:09:34.14\00:09:37.74 Actually the symptom, the side effect of an oxytocin, 00:09:37.77\00:09:41.04 a high oxytocin is high trust. 00:09:41.08\00:09:43.98 So you're very trusting, and that's a good thing 00:09:44.05\00:09:47.35 except if you find yourself with someone 00:09:47.42\00:09:49.18 who is not very trustworthy, exactly. 00:09:49.22\00:09:53.15 So you need to keep your head on 00:09:53.19\00:09:54.79 and be aware of what your hormones, 00:09:54.82\00:09:57.33 you know, are predisposing you to do. 00:09:57.36\00:09:59.53 And just, you know, just be vigilant. 00:09:59.56\00:10:01.66 If somebody is saying something to you, it doesn't sound right 00:10:01.70\00:10:04.60 and you know you're inclined to just simply believe it, 00:10:04.63\00:10:06.50 maybe you might wanna go the extra mile 00:10:06.53\00:10:08.40 and ask a couple questions just to clarify. 00:10:08.44\00:10:10.01 Just more verification, yes, so. 00:10:10.04\00:10:11.37 Yeah, just to see. 00:10:11.41\00:10:12.74 So Eve was definitely a Y. 00:10:12.77\00:10:15.34 Eve was a Y type. 00:10:15.38\00:10:16.85 No, remember she was X type. She would have been the X type. 00:10:16.88\00:10:19.01 She was very trusting. 00:10:19.05\00:10:21.52 That's what I'm saying. Yeah, you said Y type. 00:10:21.55\00:10:23.02 I said Y, you're right, you're right. 00:10:23.05\00:10:24.39 Yeah, so she was...exactly, that's a perfect example. 00:10:24.42\00:10:27.06 Maybe if Adam was by her side 00:10:27.09\00:10:28.79 and we all know if Adam was by her side, 00:10:28.82\00:10:30.36 we're confident that things 00:10:30.43\00:10:31.83 would have gone very differently. 00:10:31.86\00:10:33.19 Exactly. 00:10:33.23\00:10:34.56 Yeah, so you know, hey, snake knew what he was doing, right? 00:10:34.60\00:10:36.70 Yeah, it took something that God meant to be a good thing 00:10:36.77\00:10:38.90 for her to trust her husband in that relationship 00:10:38.93\00:10:41.40 and use that against her. 00:10:41.44\00:10:42.87 And so you see how those things look even back then. 00:10:42.90\00:10:45.71 Yeah, X's also stay too long in relationships. 00:10:45.74\00:10:49.04 Okay. 00:10:49.08\00:10:50.45 A guy does not need five years 00:10:50.48\00:10:53.35 to determine whether or not he wants to be with you. 00:10:53.42\00:10:54.98 He just doesn't. No. 00:10:55.02\00:10:56.62 When a guy meets someone and they match his blueprint 00:10:56.69\00:10:59.45 and this is the person that he feels 00:10:59.49\00:11:01.19 he's been waiting for all his life, 00:11:01.22\00:11:03.16 you are gonna be the one saying, 00:11:03.19\00:11:04.53 "Hey, hey, hey, slow down, not so fast, you know, 00:11:04.56\00:11:06.83 don't buy that ring yet. 00:11:06.90\00:11:08.23 I didn't know if I like you." 00:11:08.26\00:11:09.86 That isn't a true, even if some, 00:11:09.90\00:11:11.90 you find somebody that matches your blueprint 00:11:11.93\00:11:15.00 is best not to just rush right into marriage, 00:11:15.04\00:11:17.01 still take your time to let these... 00:11:17.04\00:11:18.81 Yeah, you still want to, yeah, you want to, 00:11:18.84\00:11:21.28 because you still don't know, 00:11:21.31\00:11:22.64 you remember you know, the hormones. 00:11:22.68\00:11:24.81 We don't know if this person is who they say they are. 00:11:24.85\00:11:27.88 And you need time for those hormones, 00:11:27.92\00:11:30.49 the happy hormones to wear off so that you could, 00:11:30.52\00:11:34.46 this person could take the mask off 00:11:34.49\00:11:35.82 and you can see who you really have. 00:11:35.86\00:11:37.33 Even if they match your blueprint perfectly, right? 00:11:37.36\00:11:41.03 Okay so you also as X types, my guys on each end of you, 00:11:41.06\00:11:46.94 you wanna be careful about 00:11:46.97\00:11:50.91 not revealing too much of yourself too soon. 00:11:50.94\00:11:54.81 X types tend to do that. 00:11:54.84\00:11:56.18 You're taking notes, bro. 00:11:56.21\00:11:57.55 I'm here. 00:11:57.58\00:12:00.32 Yeah, we say too much, X types would say too much. 00:12:00.35\00:12:03.22 Yes, 'cause that need for just sharing for intimacy. 00:12:03.25\00:12:06.76 Yeah, remember, communication for you is bonding. 00:12:06.79\00:12:09.79 So here's this new person you are anxious to bond with. 00:12:09.82\00:12:12.89 So you start talking about your grandfather way back, 00:12:12.93\00:12:16.10 and what he did when he was in this state 00:12:16.13\00:12:18.47 and what you did and by the time 00:12:18.50\00:12:21.07 the person is finished with the first date with you, 00:12:21.10\00:12:22.90 they've gotten your whole story. 00:12:22.94\00:12:25.44 And you're thinking, "Oh my gosh, 00:12:25.47\00:12:26.88 this guy has nothing else to tell me." 00:12:26.91\00:12:29.18 You know, this is too much. 00:12:29.21\00:12:31.65 Now, dopamine is the hormone 00:12:31.68\00:12:34.05 that is responsible for having you feel 00:12:34.12\00:12:37.52 or having somebody that is interested in you feel 00:12:37.59\00:12:39.89 like they have a challenge, you know, an expectation, 00:12:39.92\00:12:44.13 something exciting. 00:12:44.16\00:12:45.49 Things to look forward to. 00:12:45.53\00:12:46.86 Something to look forward to, so a little mystery, 00:12:46.90\00:12:48.40 a little mystery goes a long way. 00:12:48.43\00:12:50.37 That's why if you think about the people that you know 00:12:50.40\00:12:52.63 that are kind of mysterious, kind of like 00:12:52.67\00:12:54.24 you can't read them very well, they very, very seldom 00:12:54.27\00:12:57.74 have any problems with finding someone 00:12:57.77\00:12:59.61 because people are always intrigued. 00:12:59.64\00:13:01.58 So it's best not to say too much then, I guess. 00:13:01.61\00:13:03.88 It is, it is best not to say too much. 00:13:03.95\00:13:05.51 Just say, say just enough. 00:13:05.55\00:13:07.02 You don't wanna seem like a clam, 00:13:07.05\00:13:08.58 like you have nothing to say and nothing to share. 00:13:08.62\00:13:09.95 Right, a clam. 00:13:09.98\00:13:11.32 But you wanna say just enough to keep them wanting more. 00:13:11.35\00:13:15.09 Now, as X types this is not natural for you, not at all. 00:13:15.12\00:13:19.63 So you guys are going to have to find a way 00:13:19.66\00:13:22.10 to not be yourselves. 00:13:22.13\00:13:24.77 Okay, thank you for that. 00:13:24.80\00:13:26.67 Right? Sorry. Yeah, I know. 00:13:26.74\00:13:29.10 Okay, let me jump quickly to our one Y type friend here. 00:13:29.14\00:13:33.78 You wanna be careful not to miss the window. 00:13:33.81\00:13:36.61 And by that, I mean Y types tend to take too long, 00:13:36.64\00:13:39.55 just like you guys tend to go too fast, 00:13:39.58\00:13:41.38 Y types tend to think that they have... 00:13:41.42\00:13:44.29 All the time in the world. A world of time, exactly. 00:13:44.32\00:13:46.79 And so I have several Y types coming to me 00:13:46.86\00:13:48.56 and they are 30s and 40s and 50s 00:13:48.59\00:13:49.92 and asking, "What went wrong, 00:13:49.96\00:13:51.66 how did I miss that window, how did I miss that boat?" 00:13:51.69\00:13:54.70 And the problem is you don't have this high need 00:13:54.73\00:13:58.47 to be bonded to someone. 00:13:58.50\00:14:00.34 So there's no rush for you. 00:14:00.37\00:14:02.74 But still there is a rush 00:14:02.77\00:14:04.11 because you would like to get somebody 00:14:04.14\00:14:05.74 when you are, you know, young 00:14:05.77\00:14:07.31 and you can still have a family. 00:14:07.38\00:14:08.71 It's like conflicting sort of thing like, 00:14:08.74\00:14:10.48 do I really need people, yeah, I do... 00:14:10.55\00:14:13.75 You can just get a bunch of cats, you'll be alright. 00:14:13.82\00:14:17.09 Dogs, you know, too many cats and I'll be sneezy. 00:14:17.12\00:14:20.26 So be careful Y types with Y type 00:14:20.29\00:14:22.49 with not stringing people along, 00:14:22.52\00:14:25.29 that's something else that you do 00:14:25.33\00:14:26.70 because you're very functional 00:14:26.73\00:14:28.06 and if the relationship is serving a function 00:14:28.10\00:14:29.46 you might forget that somebody's heart is involved. 00:14:29.50\00:14:31.63 See, unfortunately that's not something I struggle with. 00:14:31.67\00:14:34.34 I'm like, I don't wanna play the games kind of things. 00:14:34.37\00:14:36.81 So fortunately that's okay. 00:14:36.84\00:14:39.01 Okay, so the last thing I wanted to share with you 00:14:39.04\00:14:42.04 Y types is compromise a little more on your blueprint. 00:14:42.08\00:14:46.15 You always have a blueprint, 00:14:46.18\00:14:48.05 but you need to relax it a little bit 00:14:48.08\00:14:49.48 so that you could let somebody into your life. 00:14:49.52\00:14:51.52 And again please as much as possible date Y type, 00:14:51.55\00:14:54.69 so you don't give these X type gentlemen a really hard time. 00:14:54.72\00:14:58.69 Yeah, okay? 00:14:58.73\00:15:00.10 Stay away from me. 00:15:00.13\00:15:01.46 Okay. 00:15:01.50\00:15:02.83 All right, so I wanna thank you guys for, 00:15:02.86\00:15:04.27 you know, for being here today and I'll see you next time. 00:15:04.30\00:15:06.60 All right. Thank you. 00:15:06.63\00:15:07.97 Thank you. 00:15:08.00\00:15:09.34 Hello, and welcome back to Road 2 Romance. 00:15:14.78\00:15:17.15 We're joined again by Vania and Jeremiah, welcome. 00:15:17.18\00:15:20.75 Thanks for having us again. Thank you. 00:15:20.82\00:15:22.45 So I have a lot of people asking me 00:15:22.48\00:15:24.32 if personality is the only thing 00:15:24.35\00:15:26.35 that affects marriages and affects relationships. 00:15:26.39\00:15:28.82 So I'm always having to explain that it's one of five areas 00:15:28.86\00:15:33.40 that would affect, you know, a relationship. 00:15:33.43\00:15:35.70 So I wanna tell you what those five areas are 00:15:35.73\00:15:38.10 and then we'll pick one. 00:15:38.13\00:15:39.60 Okay. 00:15:39.63\00:15:40.97 So personality of course, X-Y personality, 00:15:41.00\00:15:43.20 that's the one that we have been, you know, 00:15:43.24\00:15:45.21 talking about the most. 00:15:45.24\00:15:46.81 And then there's parenting. 00:15:46.88\00:15:48.91 You guys don't have kids yet, do you? 00:15:48.94\00:15:50.95 No. Not yet. 00:15:50.98\00:15:52.31 All right, so this is perfect for you then. 00:15:52.35\00:15:54.35 And then there is pathology which is whether or not 00:15:54.38\00:15:57.79 mental health issues affect a relationship. 00:15:57.82\00:16:01.16 And then past events. 00:16:01.19\00:16:03.19 Now, you don't know Jeremiah's full past. 00:16:03.22\00:16:06.63 I'm sure he's shared some of it with you 00:16:06.70\00:16:08.40 and he doesn't know yours. 00:16:08.43\00:16:10.07 But your past actually affects your present and your future 00:16:10.10\00:16:14.27 because it changes who you are, it changes brain structures, 00:16:14.30\00:16:18.27 what research is showing 00:16:18.31\00:16:19.64 and it changes how you make decisions. 00:16:19.67\00:16:21.64 So past is very important. 00:16:21.68\00:16:23.28 And then the last one is Epigenetics. 00:16:23.35\00:16:25.55 It's a branch of genetics, is fairly new 00:16:25.58\00:16:28.45 and it tells us a lot of information 00:16:28.48\00:16:30.39 about how our experiences 00:16:30.42\00:16:32.85 are factoring into our whole genetic makeup. 00:16:32.89\00:16:35.46 So it's also very interesting. 00:16:35.49\00:16:37.23 But today, we will just focus on parenting 'cause, you know, 00:16:37.26\00:16:40.50 I wanna make sure you guys are ready, right, 00:16:40.53\00:16:41.86 before that first little Jeremiah comes along, right? 00:16:41.90\00:16:45.03 Jeremiah junior. 00:16:45.07\00:16:46.40 Jeremiah junior, okay. 00:16:46.43\00:16:47.77 Wow, Jeremiah junior. 00:16:47.80\00:16:49.14 And you have a name for the girl, I'm sure 00:16:49.17\00:16:50.64 because you are, you know... 00:16:50.71\00:16:52.11 Not yet. Not yet. 00:16:52.14\00:16:53.48 We're still working on that one. 00:16:53.51\00:16:54.84 Okay, all right, so we'll just stick 00:16:54.88\00:16:56.21 with Jeremiah Junior for right now. 00:16:56.24\00:16:57.88 Okay, so parenting, how you relate to your mate actually 00:16:57.91\00:17:03.69 is affected by how your parents related to you. 00:17:03.72\00:17:08.36 We all have different types of parenting styles, 00:17:08.39\00:17:11.36 you know, that our parents used. 00:17:11.39\00:17:13.23 So we know about, we've heard about the authoritarian style 00:17:13.26\00:17:17.07 where parent is very strict. 00:17:17.10\00:17:19.10 There's a lot of structure, not much choice, 00:17:19.13\00:17:21.97 not much free choice. 00:17:22.00\00:17:23.51 And then of course, there is authoritative 00:17:23.54\00:17:25.91 where parents give you, it's more democratic 00:17:25.94\00:17:28.21 but they give you some structure 00:17:28.24\00:17:30.48 but you're allowed to make some choices. 00:17:30.55\00:17:32.41 And then of course, we have the neglectful parents 00:17:32.45\00:17:34.95 and you know, the permissive parents 00:17:34.98\00:17:36.48 and they allow children to, you know, 00:17:36.52\00:17:38.79 run and do whatever they want without much consequence. 00:17:38.82\00:17:42.59 And so unfortunately or fortunately, 00:17:42.62\00:17:44.79 'cause sometimes it's a positive thing 00:17:44.83\00:17:46.16 if your parents use the right approach, 00:17:46.19\00:17:48.60 then you saw a role model that you can emulate 00:17:48.63\00:17:52.00 when you're doing, you know, your own parenting. 00:17:52.03\00:17:56.00 So you guys, when you decided to come together, 00:17:56.04\00:17:58.74 you must have had to make some adjustments 00:17:58.77\00:18:01.21 because you had different, possibly different styles. 00:18:01.24\00:18:03.85 Yeah, you know, personally like coming from a home 00:18:03.88\00:18:06.72 where like I saw my father 00:18:06.75\00:18:08.78 pretty much setting the tone for the family 00:18:08.82\00:18:12.25 and just the way he went about treating my mother. 00:18:12.29\00:18:15.49 He will pretty much attend to her 00:18:15.52\00:18:17.63 and make sure that like little things, 00:18:17.66\00:18:19.46 like bring her down to the car. 00:18:19.49\00:18:21.83 And waiting for her, you know, 00:18:21.86\00:18:23.30 when she will come back from work 00:18:23.37\00:18:24.70 to make sure that she was escorted, 00:18:24.73\00:18:26.10 you know, to the home safely. 00:18:26.13\00:18:27.70 Just different things like that 00:18:27.74\00:18:29.07 when she comes back from the market, 00:18:29.10\00:18:30.44 helping her with the groceries. 00:18:30.51\00:18:31.84 So these are things that I witness firsthand 00:18:31.87\00:18:33.78 that I knew that, once I found her, 00:18:33.81\00:18:36.51 I would wanna be able to provide her 00:18:36.54\00:18:37.95 with that same level of support and comfort 00:18:37.98\00:18:40.25 to know that I was always gonna be there 00:18:40.32\00:18:41.82 and I was gonna be present to meet her every need. 00:18:41.85\00:18:44.39 Right, and can you imagine how difficult that would have been 00:18:44.42\00:18:47.59 if you didn't have a dad or you didn't have a dad 00:18:47.66\00:18:50.53 that could show you that kind of role model. 00:18:50.56\00:18:53.83 Sometimes an uncle could do it, you know, 00:18:53.90\00:18:55.86 because we live in a society where, 00:18:55.90\00:18:57.37 you know there are 50% divorces, right? 00:18:57.40\00:19:00.04 So sometimes an uncle could step in, 00:19:00.07\00:19:02.54 a grandfather often could step in. 00:19:02.57\00:19:04.31 But of course, it's always easier 00:19:04.34\00:19:05.87 when you can see your dad doing it every day. 00:19:05.91\00:19:08.08 And you of course are the lucky recipient. 00:19:08.11\00:19:10.38 Yes, definitely. 00:19:10.45\00:19:11.78 Because you didn't have to train him. 00:19:11.81\00:19:13.55 You know, Jeremiah just came already, you know, 00:19:13.62\00:19:15.88 pre-packed and ready to go, right? 00:19:15.92\00:19:17.49 Yeah, very helpful. 00:19:17.52\00:19:18.85 Yes, yes, very helpful. 00:19:18.89\00:19:20.36 Okay, so how will you parent your child, your children? 00:19:20.39\00:19:23.73 Child, children, you know, how, what thoughts you have in that? 00:19:23.76\00:19:27.40 Well, coming from an authoritative home, 00:19:27.43\00:19:30.90 I pretty much see myself wanted to continue 00:19:30.97\00:19:33.84 pretty much everything that I have seen done with me 00:19:33.87\00:19:36.40 and passing that on to my offspring. 00:19:36.44\00:19:38.61 So that's pretty much what I see happening with her. 00:19:38.64\00:19:41.28 Me too, like, yeah, like we had structure at home growing up. 00:19:41.31\00:19:47.12 But, yeah, we were able to have our own things going on, 00:19:47.15\00:19:53.89 you know, like, specially with my mom, 00:19:53.96\00:19:56.22 we would like talk a lot, you know, 00:19:56.26\00:19:58.06 share everything that we go through. 00:19:58.09\00:20:00.40 And yeah, that was very helpful. 00:20:00.43\00:20:02.33 I would wanted her, like have good communication, you know, 00:20:02.36\00:20:05.80 even if we don't agree, like at least talk about it 00:20:05.83\00:20:09.17 and yeah, so. 00:20:09.20\00:20:11.14 Yeah, and I know that you guys know that 00:20:11.17\00:20:13.48 it's a good thing to shield kids 00:20:13.51\00:20:16.64 from any conflict that you might have. 00:20:16.68\00:20:19.18 Exactly. Mmm. 00:20:19.21\00:20:20.55 And not that you want them to think that 00:20:20.62\00:20:22.08 mom and dad never have an argument. 00:20:22.12\00:20:23.92 Because then they go out into unrealistic world 00:20:23.99\00:20:26.65 thinking that the first argument they have 00:20:26.69\00:20:28.72 means the end of the relationship, right? 00:20:28.76\00:20:30.46 So you don't want that either 00:20:30.53\00:20:32.16 but you know, you always might wanna think about, 00:20:32.19\00:20:34.90 you know, going into the bedroom. 00:20:34.93\00:20:37.00 I know some couples that go into the bedroom 00:20:37.07\00:20:39.13 but they might as well have left the door open 00:20:39.17\00:20:41.40 'cause they're still so loud, 00:20:41.44\00:20:42.97 the kids could hear, you know, what I'm saying? 00:20:43.00\00:20:44.67 So you're going into the room and they have to be wondering, 00:20:44.71\00:20:46.57 "Are they playing a game, you know, 00:20:46.61\00:20:48.14 how come they are so quiet?" 00:20:48.18\00:20:49.74 You don't want them to hear the conflict on the other side. 00:20:49.78\00:20:52.55 We'll talk about conflict in a minute though. 00:20:52.58\00:20:54.32 So there's a branch of neuroscience 00:20:54.35\00:20:58.85 called neuroplasticity. 00:20:58.89\00:21:00.96 And more than a branch, 00:21:00.99\00:21:02.79 it's actually a process that the brain goes through. 00:21:02.82\00:21:07.00 And basically what we found is this is something 00:21:07.03\00:21:09.40 that we probably did not know 50 years ago. 00:21:09.43\00:21:11.13 50 years ago, 75 years ago, 00:21:11.17\00:21:12.70 we thought that by the time you age, 00:21:12.73\00:21:15.37 some people say 3, some people say 6, 00:21:15.40\00:21:17.84 but by the time you, you know, mid age for a child anyway 00:21:17.87\00:21:21.88 you are already sealed. 00:21:21.91\00:21:24.95 Your brain is already developed fully. 00:21:24.98\00:21:27.68 And there's nothing else that could be done 00:21:27.72\00:21:29.95 to change who you are, that's what we thought. 00:21:29.98\00:21:33.66 Now we know that the brain is always malleable. 00:21:33.69\00:21:37.26 There are always experiences that come along 00:21:37.33\00:21:40.13 that could be added, you know, to your life 00:21:40.20\00:21:42.36 that would actually rewire or restructure your brain cells. 00:21:42.40\00:21:47.24 Wow. Hm-mmm. 00:21:47.27\00:21:48.60 And it happens all the time. 00:21:48.64\00:21:49.97 In fact, it happens so quickly, we've discovered that 00:21:50.01\00:21:54.28 if you had a major trauma in your life, 00:21:54.31\00:21:57.65 they've actually found that the neurons in your brain 00:21:57.68\00:22:00.92 within a matter of hours have already changed. 00:22:00.95\00:22:03.69 Wow. 00:22:03.72\00:22:05.05 Yeah, have already adopted and changed shape 00:22:05.09\00:22:08.32 to accommodate this new reality. 00:22:08.36\00:22:10.83 And how easy is it to reverse it? 00:22:10.86\00:22:13.09 Not very easy. 00:22:13.13\00:22:14.76 It can be done, but not very easy. 00:22:14.80\00:22:16.87 And so most times scientists talk about re-routing 00:22:16.90\00:22:22.44 like finding a different pathway 00:22:22.47\00:22:24.04 because once the pathway is made, 00:22:24.11\00:22:26.31 it's like a groove, it's very difficult to remove it. 00:22:26.34\00:22:29.01 But you could find a pathway around it. 00:22:29.04\00:22:31.08 So that, you know, 00:22:31.11\00:22:32.45 that knowledge doesn't affect you, 00:22:32.48\00:22:34.38 that trauma doesn't affect you for the rest of your life. 00:22:34.42\00:22:37.19 So that is obviously the downside, 00:22:37.22\00:22:39.29 but the good side is you could have good experiences 00:22:39.32\00:22:41.59 that will also change the neurons. 00:22:41.62\00:22:43.93 So we always constantly changing each other's brains 00:22:43.96\00:22:49.23 as you guys interact... 00:22:49.26\00:22:50.60 Interesting. 00:22:50.67\00:22:52.00 One week from now, one month from now, one year from now, 00:22:52.03\00:22:54.04 if they can do an MRI on your brain Jeremiah, 00:22:54.07\00:22:57.11 it will not be the same. 00:22:57.14\00:22:59.44 And most of the change would have come 00:22:59.47\00:23:01.21 from your interactions with your wife, 00:23:01.24\00:23:03.14 unless something on the outside happen 00:23:03.18\00:23:04.75 that was terribly traumatic. 00:23:04.78\00:23:06.18 Wow. Okay. 00:23:06.21\00:23:08.05 So what does that mean for parenting though? 00:23:08.08\00:23:10.62 That means quite a bit. 00:23:10.69\00:23:12.25 You guys have the majority of the influence on your child 00:23:12.29\00:23:16.16 as they're growing up, right? 00:23:16.19\00:23:17.53 Most certainly. Yes. 00:23:17.56\00:23:18.89 So you are the one shaping their brain, 00:23:18.93\00:23:21.10 actually deciding what kind of decisions 00:23:21.13\00:23:24.27 they will make later on, you know, 00:23:24.30\00:23:26.33 what kind of direction they will take. 00:23:26.37\00:23:28.47 And you guys have that awesome responsibility 00:23:28.50\00:23:31.57 of being the ones to shape your child's brain. 00:23:31.61\00:23:34.08 Exactly. Right? 00:23:34.11\00:23:35.81 So that's a pretty awesome responsibility. 00:23:35.84\00:23:38.65 And then there is tagging. 00:23:38.68\00:23:40.55 We'll talk more about that when we talk about Epigenetics. 00:23:40.62\00:23:42.82 But tagging is having something traumatic happen 00:23:42.85\00:23:45.92 or having something really good happen 00:23:45.95\00:23:48.06 that leaves almost like a mark on your brain, on your cells. 00:23:48.09\00:23:52.53 Again, the neurons change. 00:23:52.56\00:23:54.60 But this one is DNA that actually changes. 00:23:54.63\00:23:58.57 And so we'll talk about that a little more as we get along. 00:23:58.60\00:24:01.97 But I wanted to point out one thing before we close, 00:24:02.00\00:24:06.37 high conflict. 00:24:06.41\00:24:08.78 Now there's this raging debate has been going on 00:24:08.81\00:24:11.71 for couple of decades now. 00:24:11.75\00:24:13.72 What is worst for a child? 00:24:13.75\00:24:15.92 Two parents that decide to get divorced 00:24:15.95\00:24:18.29 because they don't want their child 00:24:18.32\00:24:20.16 to be exposed to the conflict 00:24:20.19\00:24:22.06 or keeping the child in the marriage 00:24:22.09\00:24:24.86 and trying to work it out 00:24:24.89\00:24:26.70 but allowing the child to be in a family 00:24:26.73\00:24:28.93 where there's high conflict. 00:24:28.96\00:24:30.47 What is more damaging to the child? 00:24:30.50\00:24:33.00 And the science is showing that they both are. 00:24:33.03\00:24:35.37 So it's not good enough. 00:24:35.40\00:24:36.74 I know a lot of parents that talk to me, they're like, 00:24:36.81\00:24:39.24 "But you know what, we're gonna stay together 00:24:39.27\00:24:41.11 for the child's sake." 00:24:41.14\00:24:42.48 And I'm really, really happy about that 00:24:42.51\00:24:43.98 'cause that's the thing to do. 00:24:44.05\00:24:45.38 But it's not good enough to stay together, 00:24:45.41\00:24:48.18 but continue to expose the child to conflict. 00:24:48.22\00:24:50.39 Okay. Right. 00:24:50.42\00:24:51.75 So the conflict needs to be worked on and eradicated, 00:24:51.79\00:24:54.06 so that the child has a home that's like a heaven or haven. 00:24:54.09\00:24:57.69 Exactly. Okay. 00:24:57.73\00:24:59.43 And also the conflict predisposes the child 00:24:59.46\00:25:02.66 to accept some things 00:25:02.70\00:25:07.64 that he or she would not have accepted. 00:25:07.67\00:25:11.37 Why? Because they are familiar. 00:25:11.41\00:25:12.87 So the child who grows up in a home with a lot of conflict 00:25:12.91\00:25:16.51 would date someone who is little, you know, 00:25:16.54\00:25:20.85 challenging and instead of running away. 00:25:20.92\00:25:24.19 It's familiar so the child stays. 00:25:24.22\00:25:27.06 Does that make sense? Yeah. 00:25:27.09\00:25:28.42 Makes sense. That's dangerous. 00:25:28.46\00:25:30.53 Of course, that is very dangerous. 00:25:30.56\00:25:32.56 So I wanted to read a scripture to you 00:25:32.59\00:25:37.17 and it's taken from the Psalms 85:8. 00:25:37.20\00:25:39.63 And this is what it says, 00:25:39.67\00:25:41.00 "I will listen to what God the Lord says, 00:25:41.04\00:25:43.14 He promises peace to his people, 00:25:43.17\00:25:45.47 his faithful servants. 00:25:45.51\00:25:47.18 But let them not turn to folly." 00:25:47.21\00:25:51.58 Peace, it's a mark of a good relationship 00:25:51.61\00:25:57.09 such as you guys have 00:25:57.12\00:25:58.62 and it's also a mark or the absence of it 00:25:58.65\00:26:01.56 is a mark of a bad relationship. 00:26:01.59\00:26:04.36 What that means is, when we have a test 00:26:04.39\00:26:07.03 and you know we talk about X-Y personality test 00:26:07.10\00:26:09.03 and you know I'm really into my testing. 00:26:09.06\00:26:12.03 But I don't believe that a test should ever be a substitute 00:26:12.07\00:26:16.20 for the promptings of the Holy Spirit. 00:26:16.24\00:26:18.64 A test is a guide to help you to find the person, 00:26:18.67\00:26:21.74 but then you still need to go to God 00:26:21.78\00:26:23.65 and you still need to talk to him 00:26:23.68\00:26:25.01 and make sure that you feel peace about the decision 00:26:25.05\00:26:27.62 which is what a lot of young people never do. 00:26:27.65\00:26:30.59 Discomfort, use discomfort as a warning. 00:26:30.62\00:26:34.19 You know, to get out of something 00:26:34.26\00:26:35.59 that God is warning you about. 00:26:35.62\00:26:37.13 What are your thoughts? 00:26:37.16\00:26:38.49 Yeah, I totally agree like, when we started dating, 00:26:38.53\00:26:41.50 like the relationship was going really well, 00:26:41.53\00:26:43.77 but I still felt like I wanted 00:26:43.80\00:26:45.50 that extra confirmation from God. 00:26:45.53\00:26:48.14 So I pray to God, I'm like, "God, 00:26:48.17\00:26:49.77 everything is going really well, 00:26:49.80\00:26:51.31 but I wanna do your will, so if it's your will, 00:26:51.34\00:26:54.58 allow this relationship to continue to flourish 00:26:54.61\00:26:57.15 and like that our families would really connect," 00:26:57.18\00:27:00.32 'cause by then like our families hadn't met yet. 00:27:00.35\00:27:03.99 "So and if it's not your will, you know, 00:27:04.02\00:27:07.26 do what you gotta do." 00:27:07.29\00:27:08.62 Even though I was a little bit scared to say that 00:27:08.66\00:27:10.93 because I didn't want that to happen 00:27:10.96\00:27:12.43 but I wasn't willing. 00:27:12.46\00:27:14.66 So and then God clearly showed me, 00:27:14.70\00:27:16.90 "No, this is the person for you." 00:27:16.97\00:27:19.53 Yeah, because our families eventually met 00:27:19.57\00:27:21.67 and you know, when I met her family 00:27:21.70\00:27:24.37 I love them right away and we all got along. 00:27:24.41\00:27:27.08 Once she met my parents, they loved her immediately. 00:27:27.11\00:27:29.98 And they all felt like everything was flowing. 00:27:30.05\00:27:31.88 And it was just a sign 00:27:31.91\00:27:33.42 that everything was heading in the right direction. 00:27:33.45\00:27:34.85 So we didn't have to force anything, 00:27:34.88\00:27:37.09 you know, so yeah, it was a blessing. 00:27:37.12\00:27:41.19 Exactly, I'll agree with you. 00:27:41.22\00:27:42.86 And you guys didn't have to use a test or anything? 00:27:42.89\00:27:45.33 I mean, did you guys, like give the Lord a little test. 00:27:45.36\00:27:49.03 A test. Yeah, yeah, the test. 00:27:49.06\00:27:51.77 No? Yeah. 00:27:51.80\00:27:53.13 No, God, I mean I prayed to God 00:27:53.17\00:27:54.97 and he, you know, he revealed everything to me. 00:27:55.00\00:27:57.41 That was our test. 00:27:57.44\00:27:58.81 I'd like to thank you guys for sharing 00:27:58.84\00:28:00.51 and I'll see you next time. 00:28:00.58\00:28:01.91