the date that caused my full mental deterioration.
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
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Contents of this Video
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00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Monday
06:08 - Thanks for Wayfair :)
8:17 - drunk in Whole Foods
10:05 - Tuesday
11:00 - NEW SOFA!!!
13:19 - Wednesday
17:40 - Thursday
20:34 - Friday
22:32 - THE DATE
24:47 - Answers.
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This brought back so vividly the time I accepted a date with this guy and almost made myself sick with anxiety for the full week beforehand. It worked out fine - he’s so kind, generous, and has such a good sense of humor. We’ve been married more than 54 years.
That's amazing
Oh my gosh 🤩
So sweet!❤❤❤
Awwww I love that!!! ❤
Hahaha this made me laugh so bad :D I remember having a date with a guy whom I had known through friends for 4 years prior to the date. We went to random cafe where I knew I could smoke - I knew smoking was a huge off-turn for him so I was smoking like crazy (I felt super sick afterwards because I wasn't even a smoker). I tried hard to brush this guy off (poor guy). Fastworward 8,5 years later he is my fiance and I love him to bits :')
Let's be honest, we've all been waiting for this update the whole week. 😂😂😂
🤣👍
1000000% 🤣
@@judyv1410 course we have! Even here, as far away as sweden, the waiting has been intense! XD
True
Truth
You aren't just an authentic youtuber, interior designer, and hilarious, unhinged, honest, human, you are a cinematographer and director with wonderful creativity.
And she’s crazy dramatically good, kind, lovely ❤ haha love her wish her just the very best love and happiness 😊
agreeeed!!! ❤
If she is editing these videos, yes, indeed.
She has an editor
@@JxArrietaDamn fine editing. This is one of the best crafted channels. She notes in the info section that this one was edited by her but mentions her editor for other videos is: @benner.mp4
My realization: Toxic people make me feel crazy. Non-Toxic people make me feel not crazy. I used to think the "not crazy" meant the person was boring. Turns out they just didn't have the ability to mimic the toxic environment of my formative years. *sigh* Wish I knew this 23 years ago when I started dating ugh, Oh well. I have cats!
this! also came to this conclusion recently. healthy!
Are you me?
You literally just saved my sanity! I was overthinking and stuck in a mental spiral until I read your comment. Toxic people make me crazy! I'm not the problem here 😱 Thank you. Amazing how can influence people miles and generations away and we dont even know it. Now you know 🩶
@@leah_winklercats are amazing! and never cheat/let you down (my ex hated cats; well, the cats always stay…) ❤
Wow! I have always said I was bored out of my mind in "healthy relationships". You nailed it!!! Have you taken the Myers Briggs test? Google it. Personality test is free and takes about 10 minutes. My results answered all of my questions of WHY AM I LIKE THIS...WHAT MAKES ME FEEL THAT WAY....
Blessings to you!
My husband’s a cinematographer - he said your editing deserves much recognition. I told him “duh!!” 😂
totally agree about the editing!!
My thoughts EXACTLY in the first few seconds even!! editing is above and beyond.
bah!! this is so meaningful. I appreciate this so much. big thank you to your husband for the flattery i needed
A "non-refundable emotional deposit" might be the best wording I've ever heard of the feeling of putting yourself out there and meeting new people. Thank you for this new addition to my toolbox of explaining feelings. Also, I'm glad he's not a scoundrel.
That Is a great phrase.
Yaay, so glad he'n not a scoundrel! (love that word) Also I too agree, non-refundable emotional deposit is so accurate!!
100% same. Xxx
For real, so many powerful bits in this. The "non-refundable deposit", "misery is wasted on the miserable", the part regarding her relationship to loneliness, what a great video
As a scoundrel, I am terribly offended
JK
I'm actually devastatingly tilted
"Is there anything hotter than a man not talking to you?" You hit the nail on the head with that one! 😂
How come my wife doesn't say that to me?
@@MSA-uj7cp because she doesn't you to talk more 😅 or maybe be offended.
@@MSA-uj7cp because the oc was a joke
why is none approaching me?!?
@éclair only funny cause it's true. (Only certain men though)
I just told my husband i so miss that phase of us meeting as strangers…. The wait, the anxiety, the inability to eat, waiting for his texts for three months until we finally were able to meet. We met on a flight. Then he traveled for a month. Then i traveled for a month. He picked me up from the airport and the rest is history.
Omg, that is so sweet :)
Awww❤❤❤❤
Saaaame! Or similar. The phase of turning our (tentative, how-is-this-not-doomed) long distance relationship into a Real Thing was amazing. Well, we're hopefully about to meet our first kid. Still great to live vicariously through somebody else's budding romance.
@@intrepidtomato oh wonderful! The romance butterflies 🦋 will flutter again upon laying eyes on your new little human. And despite periods that seem impossible to handle - it’s only for a moment when you look back in time.
That’s why most modern women cheat, they need THAT for some reason one more time.
The legend of “street man” will live forever
It lives in in the hearts and minds of all those who scream-text
omg Alex!!
@@Caroline_Winkler Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Alex🤩
Street man elusive to Caroline no more! Elusive to audience… the saga continues!
Caroline’s videos are the Saturday Morning Cartoons of adulthood. Here I am on the couch with my big bowl of cereal 🎉
Yes!
adore this. watching weekend looney tunes with my siblings is one of the fondest memories
It’s after 4pm in my timezone… I had to wait all day. Worth it. Adorable story. Wish you all the best @caroline
@@Caroline_Winkler 💜💜💜💜💜💜 Jem and The Holograms for me!
😂😂
You're not dramatic, you just FEEL so DEEPLY, which like you said just means you're ALIVE!!!
That's just what chad does for women. Nothing new there.
"the greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to hurt"
I'm really surprised you've been turned down as an actress. Honestly, I find you hillarious, honest and so very real and beautiful. Their loss girl. You're super talented with star quality imo.
Idk why but looks wise she's always reminded me of Jennifer Anniston, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised she's a (former?) actress
Like she's said, we all think she's great and funny, but the people she was working along with were all more charismatic, more humorous, and more talented, and she said we may never see those people.
I worked with a woman once who met her husband on the Boston subway. After months of exchanging glances they talked and the rest was history. The entire office was in on the saga. Poor guy had no idea we were all getting daily updates! Thank you for sharing your fun story.
And she was Dutch or something and now they have 2 kids
Subway guy!
OMG this made me chuckle!😂
Aww, that is SO cute!
came for the interior design advice, stayed for your iconic personality, entertaining editing style, and overall intentionality 😭🥹
me too!!!
Right😂😂😂😂 so well said lol
AbsoLUTELY iconic🤘✨
Same!!! 😂
Same here!
Awwww....I remember my first date with my Husband. We just had this wild electric chemistry that is still going strong after nearly 20 happy years of marriage and 3 children. We still can't look into one anothers eyes without smiling and glancing back and forth flirtatiously. No matter how rough things might be, all we need to do is catch each others eyes and we know that everything is going to be ok because we're in it together. Good luck with your new "friend."
Aww that's so sweet!
Wow, that actually happens!
Same! Married to my electric vibes guy for almost sixteen years now; three beautiful babies and still making more 😂
Wow this is so beautiful!!
Kind and considerate are the words I used to describe my husband when we were dating. 48 years later I use those same words to describe him. He sounds great!
This is the perfect “ending” to the Street Man saga. I’m so happy you’ve found someone who you like spending time with. I don’t need to know more and it has been fun to follow along. Only happiness is wished for you!
me too. im just glad they spoke.
Me too.
There's nothing I respect more in a content creator than committing to the privacy of others and the aknowledment that not everything needs to be public/consumable. You deserve a kind, interesting, handsome person in your life, and we're content knowing those details and nothing more :)
Also the "Zombie" montage killed me lol VERY relatable
I died when she was sitting on the couch in her room full of couches lol 😂
I'm a dude and I go through the same shit. Lol. It's so good to feel validated. I wonder if there are dude's out there who post this kinda content. Maybe I should be the first.
Yes! I'm a single homeschooling Mom of teenagers and I call this forum UA-cam University!
😅 Only because I cannot believe the content that is so valuable and readily available to anyone who is ready.
After watching just a few videos, I was wondering if I could find a male version as I feel this is something I would use very much for my family. In terms of raising my young men.
@@therapywithisabel It's odd! There's few male role models I know about today. It's odd that there are few videos talking about how to live a life with integrity, dignity, goodness. Maybe they exist but they're just not popular. There's little leadership. It's some sort of internet bias perhaps.
@@bluegodofspeed- "It's odd that there are few videos talking about how to live a life with integrity, dignity, goodness. Maybe they exist but they're just not popular."
There are lots of them. And they're very popular. But they're also considered by many to be controversial and often politically incorrect by a very vocal segment of society.
A good start would be Jordan Peterson's rules-for-life videos from a few years back. If saying that is triggering, maybe some deep reflection on why is in order.
@@thatguy6054oh, gross - what a lack of integrity you have in dressing up misogyny with lies.
Please do!!! Id totally watch it
This was a ride, you are amazing at storytelling. Please never lower your Drama levels Caroline haha
1) Your editing is so, so good. 2) my greatest wish for your post-date video was realized when you said you’d keep Street Man private i.e., things went well 3) I celebrated 32 years with my husband yesterday and I can say kindness is a non-negotiable trait in a partner. Yes, you must have the basics in a mate, but there will be many heavy things in a lifetime, and kindness goes a long way to weathering them. Humor’s a given, too, for me, but I’ve come to realize kindness comes first. 4) I hope YT doesn’t change you bc you’re a freaking delight with your authentic, messy life that is all of us.
Absolutely! Kindness is the most important thing.
I second that! (Though I've been married a fourth of the time you have been married.)
Happy Anniversary, Amy! And yes, kindness is a magical thing.
Well said Amy! Happy Anniversary!
@Amy you put it so well! Congrats on your anniversary, our 32nd is on Halloween. Yes kindness is paramount in a committed relationship as life throws so many curveballs. Jet 🧡🎸🎶⚡️🏍
After being married to 2 narcissists, and extensive therapy for co-dependency, I finally started a journey of self love. And one day I made a ceremony, I "married myself", promising myself to respect, love and take care of myself. In the next few months, life started to bloom. I met a man on Facebook, I was in Argentina, he was in England, he was younger than me. After 3 months of online dating, I met him in England, we were so much in love, he came to live in Argentina a month later. We married the next year, we've been married for 10 years now. He's the love of my life, he's the most wonderful man I've ever met, we never fight, we communicate from love, we do inner work alone and together. Reality surpassed fantasy 1000 times
I'm so happy for you! 🎉
I’m actually very satisfied with how you wrapped it up! I also am glad to hear the date was not a disappointment :)
Mature woman here, but just wanted to say I was blown away by the honesty of this vlog.
You gave a voice to emotions and anxiety so many women - and men - have experienced and in talking through these made them relatable, rational and (dare I say) normal. No doubt this has really helped and validate some who were doubting themselves. Believe all of us who have watched this have shared some kind of communication communion and are better for it.
Just brilliant, have now subscribed. Oh, and the standard of filming/editing was excellent.
Best wishes for this new relationship, whatever it evolves into being.
This is weird to say, but I'm so proud of you. For showing the vulnerability at the beginning of the video (us dramatics understand) and for the stellar boundaries ending the video. I mean, Caroline, you're THERE. You've got what it takes. Love!
Felt this in my heart ❤
The Street Man series should be shown at school. So the girls would know that they are not the only ones feeling this overwhelmed. And so the boys could see the potential of emotional spectrum of a girl. This is so real. I just love your honesty. And respect the privacy. Thank you for sharing!
Well said, if only more girls and women could see this video!! It would be so helpful to know that it's "normal" to be feeling like this at times.
I was thinking of sending the video to my sons for your exact reason! Not only would they find it entertaining but they should know what lots of women go through.
Agree. I also love the way her centences are. So elegant, definitive, enough said/shared for us yet enough said/shared for her too. This is something I want to learn about myself too. Knowing what to say, to give enough info about personal topics, with good amount of jokes. I think this should be another aspect of teaching to boys and girls: adressing toughts and feelings right and enough.
@@giggle1971 no. Boys would not find this entertaining. This is would be like A Chimpanzee showing another young chimp how NOT to be a good hunter-gatherer. It ends in starvation.
Misery loves company people would find this good or “funny”. “Progressive” UA-camr sex-n-city girlboss is not a sustainable example of being an adult woman. It has no long term reproducibility. Dead end.
@@bdmenne Ok. Valid perspective. But it’s a UA-cam video and not an evolutionary biology thesis.
Had no idea that falling in love with your interior design stuff would intertwine into relationship struggles. I was so uncomfortable for you and yet really wanting it all to be ok for you.
This generation does things sooo differently. I can’t imagine putting my dating life under the microscope which is UA-cam, but here I am watching someone doing exactly that. Wow! And feeling so much of what you’re going through. Never anticipated that happening here. Just liked your perspective in design. I should have known. Being an artsy person I should have known drama goes hand in hand.
You do you so well, just know there is one old grandma praying for you when all she thought she’d be doing was watching you design and do makeovers. Who knew? God did that’s for sure.
I have great respect for the way you handled his privacy and consent as a public person yourself. That separation between your public self and being respectful of others in your life to make them feel safe casually getting to know you on their own timeline........ I can't love this enough. Bravo. Just bravo.
I loved this video. As a guy I appreciate you walking us through your mindset. I got more out of this than the countless videos I’ve consumed regarding dating advise. This video had a sincerity to it that I’ve not yet seen. Good stuff!
Hmmm, now I’m suspicious.
@@karinyaboriskova441 😂 nah, I’m just a dude on journey to understand people. Especially in the dating world. I struggle with understanding and communication with women. Definitely did not intend to sound devious. Lol
@@KerrRobinson ah, i thought you might have been SM
@@karinyaboriskova441 Went I saw your comment I was like, "What does 'SM' mean? hmmm." But then I thought about it and realized it meant Street Man haha
@@KerrRobinson The male dating coaches seem to teach men to be creeps. Be wary. Look at all the comments from married women women here. They're all talking about how they found a good or kind or sweet man. No one is saying that they were looking for 6' or 6 figures, which is what those coaches say we want.
CAROLINE!! I was screaming and cheering during this entire saga. i’m in awe that through life’s coincidences and mystery, you were able to connect with street man and actually explore something more with him. Hope you can really enjoy these moments and experience whatever it is to come. You are genuinely my favorite channel to watch, so thank you for sharing your incredible storytelling with us!!
Honestly, how the crap do you get grace, humor, beautiful, genuity, hilarousness, inspiration, simplicity, complication, relatablity all in one? You freaking watch Caroline Winkler.
Caroline. I feel like you’re the first UA-camr I’ve felt similar to, personality wise. You are so clear cut but also passionate & don’t sugar coat shit or put on this forced bubbly act. You’re a refreshing creator 🎉 thank you for being you!
Also, where are your glasses from?? 😆
Caroline, Caroline, Caroline. Yes to every second of this video. I don't think I've ever felt so in sync with a vlog...Also- as an old lady, I can assure you that kind heartedness is the single best characteristic one can find in a man. Just lovely, every bit of it.
Agree 100%. (as another old lady)
Amen!
Me too ❤️.
And a sense of humor!
100% (from another married-with-two-grown-daughters woman) you remind me a lot of myself and my girls. You’re doing great. Hang in there. Life and love is hard. It takes work. And you’re so right in that you (both) have to be willing to invest in the relationship. Also, I love that he admitted he noticed you long before you remember noticing him. 😊 very sweet.
Very relatable, all of it. The decision to keep it all off the internet is wise, mature, and respectful to both of you, and really, it’s respectful to us your viewers because you are being true to yourself and that’s the only solid basis for any kind of quality relationship, even such a weird one as a digital one. This is a decision to honour the experience, the moment you are in, the person you are in it with, and you absolutely will never regret making it. Thank you for sharing this part of the journey with us. I’m really happy for you that you met someone whom it sounds treats you well and is adding something positive to your life. That’s already a total win and I’m just so happy that you put yourself out there and wasn’t met by a total jerk. Also, love the new couch and look forward to seeing how you style it in future 😊❤
Oh yeah, I was so into the street man story I completely forgot about the couch! I really like it, looks comfortable!
Best most respectful comment and 100% agree. ❤️
@@marybeth23 hahah ♥️
Seeing 7 million eggs in a FRIDGE of all things, as a Brit, sent me into a spiral. We have like 4 options for eggs if that and they are in a tiny little dark shelf in the baking section
“Let the package arrive so I know if I need to burn it.”
I choked this made me laugh so hard.
The way I *immediately* began to tear up when you said you wouldn’t be able to talk about this anymore and knowing that meant it went WELL 😭💕
The way you go about setting boundaries online is something that strikes me again and again in a really good way. As one stranger on the internet to another stranger, I'm glad the street man saga developed this way.
Also your anxiety is very relatable to me lmao. I'm currently about to do something massively nerve-wracking myself, and yeah, what a privilege it is to feel this way. Great video and introspective thoughts!
I didn’t expect to have tears in my eyes. I’ve been living in so much fear of speaking out for about two years. About how I feel about basically everything. In my small, southern town.. I’m terrified. But being terrified means there’s hope. There’s hope that I’ll one day not hide my opinions and beliefs. There’s hope that I’ll find others that feel the same. I’m sure I will be ridiculed and rejected by some. But life’s too god damned short to hide forever. Ugh.. I’m in tears. What a poignant message.
The original definition of the word 'courage' was: "to show your true self, to show your whole heart." and there's a reason we now equate that to ultimate bravery. It is scary as hell. But on the other side are all the best things life can offer.
I believe in you. I trust you to do this. You are capable and deserve to be your best self!
Only to the opening monologue and already feeling emotional. I'm married with kids but I remember the stressful excitement of giving up my own security I worked so hard to gain to give my now husband and I a chance to make a life together. Some times it does work out but the risk is sooo scary.
That was epic. YOU are epic. This is truly some of your best work. I mean, your use of music in this video alone is absolutely exquisite, and the way you’ve paired various shots with the music is sooo good. Also, you are a person of tremendous integrity and empathy, and that just comes through in spades in this video. Glad you’re spending time getting to know such a kind, respectful, and interesting man - you deserve nothing less. Magic happens in the streets of DC it seems!
Smart and respectful choice to keep it all off of UA-cam. Friend or man, it's better between the two of you. Enjoy the ride :)
Used to date a girl and we had a similar story.
Coz of this video, it’s kinda refreshing to know what her pov might have been at that point of time.
Ohhh to be young again. I think you’re extremely brave to share all of these feelings, and I for one appreciate seeing the world through your eyes because it makes me remember being your age and having all of those same feelings. Human nature never changes, and you’re absolutely right about trying and trying again, so you keep throwing things against the wall until they stick. Lol. Life is what happens between each large experience, and it’s all worth living.
"so you keep throwing things against the wall until they stick. "
How women describe "chasing chad"
@@grantwithersfor fucks sake, stop telling people to lower their standards. Both men and women should have high standards
@@zvezdoblyat no u
Dude - yes - guard your privacy and don't be sorry about it - you have a gift of putting into words intangible emotions - thank you - have a great weekend 😊 ps- congrats on a sweet new couch and running again!
Genuinely so glad it became “a thing” and I hope that it stays that way! Whether romantic or just a friendship, you deserve more kind people in your life. We all do. Hooray for terrifying but gratifying human connection! AH.
Also. The voiceovers and song choices in this video were A PLUS. You’re so good at this. ❤
Seven years ago I experienced the same exact situation with a stranger in a random town for a summer internship in college, and here I am today still with the guy. We’ve been living happily together for four years now. Love at first sight is real!!😍
I'm jealous of your apartment and how tidy, clean and stylish it is. Your clothes and fashion sense are also amazing.
I don't even remember how I came across this channel a few months ago but I am quite glad I did. In a sea of monotonous homogeneity in YT land, I find your videos absolutely entertaining and a joy to watch.
Basically, I've been waiting for this video.
I am not a minute in and obviously I've already liked. But now I just paused to say WOAAAW the cinematography you're showing in this minute is CRAZY!! YOU ARE SO TALENTED IN THIS MOVIE STUFF!! BOYOND JUST ACTING AND INCLUDING PRODUCTION, STORY TELLING, NARRATION, you get it. Seriously think about writing a short series and selling it to a streaming service.
Yes I’d watch this show
When she said “trusting that she would survive” I cried. Im not sure I feel that way just yet but I know I need to.
I don’t know what you were going through when you commented this a year ago. But I hope you’ve more or less gotten through whatever it was, and are in a better place now xx
Caroline, you may be dramatic, but the way you show the emotions you go through over certain experiences actually helps others that go through the same type of emotional over thinking and confused emotions. It's so helpful. It really allows people to feel like their not the only ones who do this. We all know people handle their emotions differently, but really it's never so different that we can't relate. I'm so happy for you and street man.
“Until one day it’s not”. I came here for the marvelous design tips and halfway through this video I found validation for so much. Thank you for sharing your thoughts in such an intimate way. You’ve no idea how much a video like this can give to someone. I’m really admiring your work. Good luck!
Caroline, just to let you know your videos and delivery have kept me grounded through a very stressful and turbulent time. When I sit down to watch you, I feel like I'm being reminded that the world is indeed a good place. Thank you for being you and for being there.
You have captivated us with your sense of humor, authenticity, and consideration for someone else's privacy, Caroline. Thank you for giving your audience "closure." Haha.
Your brain and thought process makes me feel so much more normal because mine is similar.. I spiral when I’m anxious about something and time goes backwards.. anxiety sucks.. people call me dramatic.. I overthink everything… I commend you for being independent and going after what you want in spite of your fear. Get it girl 👏🏻
was going to comment the same thing haha
SAME
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Watching this from the living room floor while eating McDonalds the day after my ex moved out. I cannot wait to survive this and grow and one day have that trust in myself that I will survive whatever comes next. So thank you, Caroline.
Wishing you love and strength. I promise it gets better. Hold on.
I send you my love n hugs. I know how it feels and the sorrow feels never ending but you will cry your last tears without even realizing it. Keep reminding yourself, the sorrow and the change....it's all temporary. You will come out the other side stronger, happier, with new possibilities.
Dating coach Paula Grooms. .. lots of free podcasts
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Oh My God, you are going to be FINE. Your world has not ended it's just a change. Embrace it !
This is the beginning of the discovery of your true self. You got this Madi!
This is the most relatable thing I have ever watched. Thank you for being so honest and sharing the experience!
This is some of the most relatable content I’ve come across ever, and I love it.
This channel has also revived my enthusiasm to finish my bedroom that’s only half done rn
I love this, because no matter what happens, this is the most hilarious, heart-warming, relatable, and insightful drama ever seen on youtube.
Thank you for being so honest, vulnerable, and open with us.
Thanks for making it safe and fun to do so ❤
Omg...i laughed out loud watching this ! So great....wonderful authentic person you are...lol !!!
Loved hearing you share what happened! And I think it is great that you are so respectful of "Street Man's" privacy. Wishing you the very best for whatever comes next!
Awe you starting seeing a really kind and genuine guy just when I did. It’s so refreshing and takes a lot of self work to allow yourself to be receptive to these kinds of people. Same with not putting any pressure on it. It’s important to take it slow and go with the flow ☺️ I overthink too but working on your inner dialogue like you did on your video is so helpful ☺️
Caroline I am sitting here wondering how it must feel to have literally thousands of people tell you on a daily basis how amazing/wonderful/funny you are? Is it invigorating? Exhausting? Its something so unique to the last 100 years? I wonder if (any)ones ego can handle it!
I bet it just becomes empty words at some point, to be honest. Like, imagine getting thousands of "I love you" a week from strangers, at some point it just becomes the norm for you and the words stop meaning as much as maybe they once did.
We believe what we think we are. Doesn't matter how many compliments we get
Not to mention she's gorgeous as well, idk why she freaked out when street man texted that she's beautiful, like galll, you are! - Also here for the sequel, YT recommended previous video on my Saturday morning YT binge and now I'm hooked, lol - SOOO relatable, not street man stare... but her reactions to the whole situation, like watching yourself
man that is a good question cuz its an interesting dynamic. some days its makes me just feel like a fraud, and some days it gives me a boost of confidence ❤
@@usernaames It must be hard, because as someone who has virtually no experience with this, I imagine if you open your heart to take in that kind of love, you also open up your heart to feeling the animosity - is that too strong? - from weird and unkind comments. Right? Or is there some workaround to this? Feels like a trap! Gah!
The editing of this video was top tier. This was very riveting! 😂 You’re so damn funny. Of COURSE he was going to find your video hilarious!
Awww it means so much to me when you guys like the editing thank u
This is awesome. I'm SO GLAD genuinely that you get an opportunity to get to know a lovely, delightful person. Thanks for your recap. I respect your recap and love how respectful you were to him and his privacy.
AAAAAAAAAH I finally had time to sit down with this and it truly did not disappoint!!! So glad to hear that he's kind, and I really respect & appreciate the way you're navigating having started this story as a video thing but now making it a not-video thing-and how transparent you're being about your lack of transparency (on this front) moving forward. Also, the editing at the beginning of the Friday chapter, where you were just staring into the distance in various areas of your apartment, was truly chef's kiss. I'm so glad to have been along for the dramatics ride, and I'm wishing you and street man the best of luck wherever knowing each other takes you both :)
I find it to be intensely relatable and endearing in the way you handle yourself. Often times when someone is trying to be nuanced and be emotional they tend to mute all the ugly parts of their personality but I'm thoroughly impressed in how you're able to be intense and brazen while still being able to maintain all of the color of your personality.
minutes 22 to 24 brought me to tears, going through a divorce with a narcissist and having lost all my invested emotions, becoming a bitter person, closed to new relationships, etc. Your words felt so familiar and encouraging! I love you and your content. I hope your relationship works out. xo
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This was so honest, real, and raw, and parts of it so relatable. Thanks for sharing this!
You go girl!!!
- A child of the 80's who married a man she secretly crushed on for a year :)
When you said "find someone who loves you for who you are, intellectually I agree but in the meantime I have to go out and be myself and that's hard sometimes" I could've cried. You're right.
I have never felt something so deeply
This was so raw, authentic, and relatable. Thank you for being vulnerable
This is easily the most adorable series of interpersonal interaction on UA-cam. ❤️
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I absolutely love your “how we met” story. Whether it is destined to be a just-friends relationship or a love-of-my-life relationship, it is an epic beginning. I’m hoping street man becomes a permanent fixture and we someday get to actually meet him. Thank you for vloging it’s beginning. 😊
speaks volumes about attachment wounds and insecure attachment. obsessing about people we have yet to meet screams an unregulated nervous system. how can we as women stay present and honor the anticipation of unknown encounters without becoming obsessive about it? I've learned so much about insecure attachment and getting my arms around this one. fun video, ty for sharing your beautiful self.
This reads judgmental
God I love the comments section on these videos. I love these videos. I'm new here and it's fun, this is the juicy stuff. FEELINGS, SHARING, DRAMATICS. The comments are always so self reflective and loving. Truly, everyone involved with this channel, from creating to commenting--should be so proud of their part in the internet.
What a nice comment, it made my afternoon!
1) Thank you for being so real and letting us share in the excitement and anxiety.
2) Your date dress was gorgeous!
3) I cheered when you said you couldnt talk about it any more (because it meant it went well - I've been thoroughly invested!) - So glad that he turned out to be worth the time and anxiety and wishing you both happiness as you get to know each other and spend time together :)
You’re an incredibly talented storyteller. You are so funny and relatable. Thank you for creating this cozy lil space on the internet.❤
I love it that your videos have different themes and you are a great story teller.
Amazing !!! This is the best ending on the street man story ever... Love the editing as well ! I am falling in love with your channel...
I am so relieved he didnt turn out to be an asshole or just a hugh disappointment!😅 This was an awesome non-ending end..
Hope you continue to enjoy getting to know each other😊❤️
Hahaha..I think we are all glad he's not an asshole😆
I agree, perfect ending/beginning!
Chicky, I'm now single again at 40 for the first time since my late 20s. My husband passed away almost 4 years ago very unexpectedly. The idea of another relationship puts me right back into the mindset you're in now, and although it's difficult to imagine realistically, in the back of my mind (or heart, I guess), I kinda hope I do find someone again. I hope things work out with this person for you, and that whatever happens, you gain something important from this relationship. ❤
I’m so sorry for your loss! I pray that love will find you again.❤
@@carolmiller8811 Thankyou ❤
I loved everything about this video. It's the second one of yours I ever watched, didn't have the Street Man background, nothing. But just the cinematographic beauty, the storytelling craft, the honesty and vulnerability delivered with well-chosen words - chef's kiss.
And the end with you respecting his privacy without leaving it fully up in the air was perfect I felt.
My gosh I felt every bit of this! I always felt every emotion you mentioned prior to a date and it does feel like an enormous cost going through it.
I watched the introductory monologue at least 4 times! Its beautifully written!
Caroline, the best UA-cam creator to exist, gets better and better every single week. I cannot keep up!!!!! Everything I never knew I needed.
You’re a role model to me so seeing you be so vulnerable and dramatic is very validating. I can be really emotional and still a badass. Thank you
Thank you SO much for this video. The buildup of nerves and thoughts before going on a date/hanging out with someone new can be such an unbelievably lonely feeling, even when you have loved ones to talk with; it’s such a specific feeling that can be hard to verbalize! Thanks for letting us share in this whole experience- I really resonated with your overthinking! 😂 So glad I’m not the only one who does this.
I get your whole interior decoration thing...and you're great. But...the vulnerability and honesty that you bring to your personal life takes...is seriously worthy of a million likes. And I love your profound authenticity.
THAT is your deepest strength. More of that...please.
And thank you...for everything you've posted so far.
this is the best channel on youtube and no one can tell me otherwise. i feel like we are all besties with caroline.
i stumbled across your channel one day when your video on how to keep your house clutter free showed up in recommended videos but what really drew me in to your content was the videos like this one and your recent one on how to have a summer before it's over. you're someone who thinks about every aspect of life so deeply and i really love and appreciate that about you. thank you for sharing your introspection, i appreciate you a lot
I've been watching for a little while (mostly binge caught up the best I could when I found your channel), but this insight into your personal thought process confirms something I've thought for awhile- I'm convinced we are cut from the same cloth. Thanks for being vulnerable! And for the rest of your content.
This reminds me so much of the experience dating my husband. It was so far-fetched. We were set up by two friends. My best friend suggested I talk to him and his best friend also thought we would be compatible. The funny part was that he was on the West coast of Canada and I was on the East. It's a 5 hour flight for reference. We started with emailing which felt exactly like the street man videos. The anticipation, the ups and downs, feeling like it is way too good to be true one minute and the next wondering if it could be real. Then we met in person for the first time ever 2 months into dating and that was a WILD experience. It was awkward and we both looked different than we had imagined and the in-person dynamic was very new. once we adjusted to that it was so amazing and scary and wonderful. We got married under a year later and we have two beautiful little kids now. It was quite an amazing journey. Sometimes I forget about these early days. Thanks for the reminder.
Well, first of all congrats on meeting someone you're even compatible with. Ya know there's something to be said for that inescapable eye contact, that underlying instinctual attraction that lures us to one another. I think it's nature's cue that we should explore the possibility. And you're absolutely doing the right thing by ceasing reporting on UA-cam. That is, until you eventually tell him about it, he gets comfortable with the idea, and this channel turns into Caroline & Street Man 😂
I love your videos.
It makes me feel less alone.
The amount of emotions a lot of us go through in a day is crazy and no one talks about it.
Your not just happy all day, sad, angry or frustrated.
So thank you for this channel and thank you for letting us into a glimse of your life :)
I really love the way you told this story. Thank you for sharing it with us!
CAROLINE! Oh my goodness this is a full circle moment. I found your channel when you were just looking for your apartment in Dc and now you’re almost at 300k subscribers! Now street man isn’t just a fun overthinking endeavor but a real character in a real story. Love this for you, keep being you and never stop being the person you have brought out in your healing process. Much love
Aww Jennifer! Omg you really have been here from early on, this was so touching to read. Thanks for such an uplifting comment, and for so much support and very wise words. Big big hug to you ❤️❤️