{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhigher-love-the-podcast.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fep-49-banter-asforeplay-0Ex_tj43","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ep 49: Banter as...Foreplay??","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7081ca22-9f5f-45d1-ad8b-bc5c01142fff/106dbe5f-663d-4d52-a752-50d4b8cc45cb/ig-3000x3000-higher-love.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"⚠️ Warning ⚠️\nI’m rolling in HOT on this week’s episode 😂\nListen- (it's all Reggie's fault) 🤣\nBecause, most times, when we sit down to record an episode of Higher Love...\nMy Enneagram 9 (my cool, calm, and collected self) is most present\nBut this week..\nThanks to that earlier (rather heated) discussion - the one that was all his fault 😂\n(my spicy, punchy, aggressive) 8 Wing was still leading the charge \nand she wasn’t ready to calm down any time soon 😤\nTbh, it led us quite nicely to this week’s actual podcast topic…\nBanter\nand the roll that banter plays in our relationship\nIt’s interesting, because the ONE thing people comment on ALL the time, is our ability (and apparent commitment) to banter\nIt took me some years to realize not all relationship engage in wordplay like we do\nand that some couples actually NEVER banter 🤨\nPersonally, he and I can’t even imagine what that would be like in relationship...\nI mean other than it’d be a LOT quieter, a LOT less chaotic and probably a LOT less chafing?? 😂\nBut, in all seriousness, what role does Banter actually play in our relationship?\nAnd why is it, that he and I continue to indulge in such witty repartee for 30+ years?\n⚠️Warning ⚠️ - spoiler alert - \nthe answer (at least in part) to this particular question, is right here in this week’s title 😉\nEp 49: Banter…as Foreplay??"}