Cue music….can you pay my bills, can you pay my telephone bills? Do you pay my automo’ bills? If you haven’t been able to guess what today’s topic is about, let us help you decode. On this episode we’re talking about MONEY and more specifically money within relationships. Take a deep breath in and then out! We know this one can take the wind out of most people, but we have to talk about it.

CommuniTEA….It’s another Saturday drop and we’re coming in hot!!!! Like spilling piping hot TEA!!!! So, let’s talk about navigating friendships while in relationships. Now, to be clear, we don’t think these two things should ever be in competition with each other, but sometimes it seems like that’s the case and in this episode we explore these dynamics.

Sounds like a Nollywood movie, but honestly communiTEA you know we had to go there. In the spirit of Easter and the sacrifice God made for us, we decided to talk about the sacrifices that we’ve made in our relationship. We joke and laugh about them now, but in the moment addressing these sacrifices were an arduous task.

CommuniTEA…..Hope you’re all having a great weekend? Anyway, sometime this week, we had listened to a conversation about cohabitation and we thought it’s be a great conversation to bring to the podcast. On this episode, we share our thoughts on living with a significant other prior to marriage. Are there pros and cons you might ask? Well, we try our best to delve into that question as well as a host of others.

Hello communiTEA!!!! We’re in a new month and we wanted to start off with an interesting topic. We’re pretty certain that everyone has had to deal with having difficult conversations with friends, family even coworkers. Let’s agree it’s not fun!!!! However, it has to be done. So, how do you navigate these conversations?

Hey hey communiTEA!!!! This episode is essentially self awareness central. We decided to sit back and reminisce on the the things we discovered about ourselves when we started dating. Some were good, some were bad, but generally it’s our honesty for us. Do you ever sit back to evaluate yourself, your actions and behaviors especially within relationships, friendships and even family?

Hey communiTEA!!!!!! Hope you’ve had a great week so far and you’re ready to dive into this week’s episode. We don’t know about you, but when the conversation about relationship and marriage come up, someone always asks how do you find the one or how do you know he/she is the one? Surely, you’ve heard some form of this this statement at some point. Right?

I know the actual book is men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but heaven has more of a ring to it. On today’s episode we’re exploring core differences between men and women. Now, we’re not trying to stereotype anyone, but we’re sharing some of our cardinal differences. Let’s just say men and woman focus on different things and it’s EVIDENT in the ways we both operate.

Stereotypes!!!!! What roles do they play in your relationship? Given that we’re from different cultures, we’ve always had to navigate stereotypes brought on by ourselves and others. Let’s just say your subconscious stays packing a bit of implicit bias and it happens to make its way into conversations, arguments etc. In today’s episode, we discuss some of the things we were surprised to learn about each other when we started dating.

We realized we had been giving y’all a lot of subject themed episodes and we decided to drop a story time this time! On this episode, we’re talking about meeting the parents while we were dating. Usually, depending on the type of family you come from, introducing a significant other can be nerve racking. For some, you never bring it up until you’re ready to get married while for others, you start the introductions from the get go.

Any church folk out there? You know I had to call you out with this kind of title. Nevertheless, in this episode we’re talking about Fighting Fair……Anyone tense yet? While we talk a lot about love and the whole nine yards, we would be remiss not to talk about a huge part of human relationships which are arguments.

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY FRIENDS!!!!!!! Do you celebrate Val’s day or are you anti-capitalist celebrations? In this mini episode, we share our past valentine’s day experiences or lack thereof. These stories might have you shook when you hear them, so brace yourself. How far is too far when it comes to giving gifts? Also whose parents sent their spouse a live teddy bear? It’s shorts and sweet , but packed with a ton of stories.

Any Backstreet Boys fan out here? We know you thought of it too. In continuation from the previous episode, we’re talking love languages especially as the season of love is in full swing. How does knowing and understanding love languages help with mastering effective communication you might ask. Well, you’ve got to listen to the episode to find out.We list out the love languages as highlighted by Gary Chapman: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality time, Physical Touch and Gift Giving! It’s been said that your current love language is based on how your parents showed you love. Does this apply to you because it certainly applies to us?

Did you cue the same song when you read the title?

This episode is for the fellas who may or may not know what all comes with seeking out an independent woman. It’s also for the ladies who have been referred to as “intimidating” or independent. To be clear, we don’t speak for everyone, we’re only sharing what we’ve experienced.

Anyone else scream the Brandy lyrics, “this long distance is killing me?”

Well, on this episode we spill all the “TEA” about our long distance relationship. Let’s just say it wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Who do you think hated it the most and why? Honestly, while it was a whole ordeal, we reminisce on the benefits that came along with the journey. It wasn’t all a bed of roses, but you’ve got to listen to the episode to know more.

Also, are we going to talk about how going from long distance to an in person relationship is a TRANSITION!!!!!!!! Anyone else with us in this? Please share your stories so we know what it was like for you. Did you move into a neutral place or into one of your spaces?

In this episode, we talk about how Kola jumped all the way from the friend zone into a highly unexpected relationship. To be honest, it was unexpected on both our ends especially after the random phone call that turned things around. Trust me, you want to hear how this “emotionally unavailable” man did the randomest thing that turned into exposing his feelings.

On this episode, we talk about the ghost of friendship past. Want to know what we mean? Give this episode a listen to get all the TEA!!!

On this mini-episode we reminisce on our first ever relationship. The highs, the lows and in the in between. We’re dishing on the foundation of our communication through recharge cards and free midnight calls (we explain if you’re not Nigerian.) We also talk about meeting parents for the first time and the great set up it all was.

In this introductory mini-episode, we delve into the origin story of how we met. You’ll also get to hear our initial thoughts about each other and what we were up to at 15/16 years old.