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Houghton and Bailon dropped nuggets of wisdom concerning love, timing, and relationships devoid of mind games. These two Philly artists sat down for an episode of the Angie Martinez podcast, and, let’s just say, the world is feeling them. That work is an actual manifestation of real talk: how they found one another, why it actually works, and how prior relationships ingeniously taught them what they did not want.
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Bailon, who has been very candid about her relationships, had no reservations about being very open. She claimed that before Houghton, there were relationships where she had to beg someone for their attention or give them all signals so they’d at least guess: “I always tell you, I feel like I forced a lot of things or like I would ask for attention. I never had to ask that of you because you gave it freely.” That was the kind of talk that hit so close home for people who have been in arenas where love became more of an adversarial game instead of mutual cooperation.
There was some realness from Houghton too. His description of love was an early recognition of what they had and refusing ever to take that for granted. “It landed and I needed to pay attention to it,” he said. “Because I didn’t have it before, I was able to go, wait, this is different.” No games, no drama; just two people knowing exactly what they wanted and straight refusing to dance around it.
The remarks appeared below Angie Martinez’s post? Maybe the whole vibe was there. One person said, “It’s so refreshing and affirming to finally be treated the way you always deserved; with respect, consistency, reassurance, and love.” Another stated, “MAAAN some of those stories she told about old relationships piss me off to this day 😂. So happy she found exactly what she wanted and needed.” Clearly, this mess of dating and happy marriage story from Bailon resonates with a lot of people.
There was also a fan who stated outright about him: “Houghton is a HUSBAND!!! No games and very consistent,” and I mean, fair enough. That man might have just set the standard! Another person expressed a feeling about how rare it is to find someone who doesn’t put love into a riddle: “Finding a healthy love is the most PEACEFUL. I love that Adrienne Bailon acknowledges that often times we are lured by the chase, and playing the games.”
Then, shoutout to the Spanish-speaking fan who humorously translated their own plight: “REAL Q REINA 😍 tengo 26.. aquí toy sufriendo” (English: Real talk, queen 😍 I’m 26… over here suffering”). Mood.
Now, this couldn’t be all about just romantic love. Bailon and Houghton also spoke about their blended family and how the faith was pivotal to their connection. And then one listener just nicely summed that up by saying, “The way they speak about each other & their blended family is beautiful & hopeful.”
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The highest takeaway? Love is not supposed to be a game show. As one person hilariously put it, “I don’t want to feel like I’m a contestant in Jeopardy anymore.” Right?
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