077 - Barbies and Boxes: Living in the Real World

Hello, Bettys and Jacks! We told you we’d be talking about Barbie eventually, and here we are! We’ve had some technology issues (“always and forever . . .”), including Lexy’s phone ending up in rice, but we are here. *whew!* Mary took Benji and her nieces Phoebe and Sabrina on a road trip to the Real World (i.e., through the midwestern United States), and ended up seeing the movie in Madison, Wisconsin. It took Lexy a little while longer to see it, but it was very validating for her as well.  

 

Alexis refers to this article on theverygirl.com for some life lessons and takeaways from the Barbie movie, especially this one: “It is not women’s burden to fix men who do not yet know themselves.” We are finding ourselves in our “Barbie Eras,” and Lexy is in her transition into the Real World, because she lost herself in her “Barbie World.” It took her a while to realize that creating and living in your own Barbie world is not sustainable.

 

We talk a little about handling emotions, and how difficult it is for many people, especially men. “I’m Just Ken” (the song performed by Ryan Gosling) is a tribute to figuring out who you are and what you want out of your life and relationships. We hope we don’t try to put each other into boxes! 

 

Our Better Betty Challenge for today is to think about what “box” you might be in, and to ask yourself if it is making you happy. Did you put yourself there? Did you accept it? Does it still fit you, do you need a bigger box, or do you need to NOT be in a box right now? 

 

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Thank you for listening today! We love that you are here with us in the Real World, and even if you need to go through a ‘Weird Barbie’ phase, we still adore you. You are amazing, and we love you more.