Summary: The wrong fuel in Venice! In today’s show I will....go in depth on the otter / beaver combination marriage or relationship. What are the strengths, key conflict areas, and most important things to focus on to make sure your relationship is the best possible. SPECIAL OFFER The new comedy album! The Comedy of Us...$5 download And by the way, if you haven’t left a review yet in iTunes, don’t be shy, it’s easy to do and it really lets me know you’re listening (and other’s too). FEATURED RESOURCE ARTIST HIGHLIGHT FOURTEEN40 – Lucky Number 13 – Click here to view on iTunes TRANSCRIPT Announcer: Coming to you from the heart of Texas where he met his one and only true love. Proving that this guy really does know how to love well because there's no way he won her over with his looks. Therefore, he must be the relationship genius of our generation. Get ready for the best advice you will ever hear on how to keep your relationships thriving. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Smalley Podcast with your host Michael Smalley. Recorded Voice: So honey, what are you going to rant about today? Can we get a little preview? Michael Smalley: Oh, I’ll give you a preview. This is your host Michael Smalley. And have you ever done something that you didn’t realize obviously at the time how incredibly stupid you are but then quickly, quickly after doing it, it becomes grossly obvious what a knucklehead you’ve become? That’d be that line. I get that a lot. It’s kind of depressing. In this past summer, my wife Amy and I took the couple’s trip of a lifetime with two of our closest friends, Hank and Kirsten and you got to make sure you pronounce Kirsten, Kirsten. Don’t do Kersten. It’s Kirsten from Staten Island joined us on a trip of a lifetime to Ireland which is where I’ve always wanted to go since the third grade when I spent an entire year trying to convince people I was Irish. And I could do the accent but I’m not in the mood right now. And then we went to Italy which Hank is Italian, born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, total Italian. Kirsten is Irish, Irish-German. We want to go there. And so we went to Ireland and Italy and just had the time our life and I drove because I’ve driven internationally lots. You know, I’ve been traveling overseas for a long time so it doesn’t really stress me out and it’s kind of nice to have the independence to be able to, you know, poke around and do whatever you want on your own schedule. And so we’re in Italy having -- just having a blast. We’ve landed in Rome, rented the car. Stayed, did the Rome thing and then drove North and it was such a gorgeous drive and we end up in Florence and we go through the wine, you know, area. It’s just amazing. And then we head to Venice and I had no idea how wonderful Venice was going to be. Probably – I mean I haven’t been to every place in Italy but I would say that Venice was my favorite. I love Venice but Venice didn’t start of very well. No, [Laughter] no, it didn’t because Venice is where we were going to turn in the car because it was going to be such a long drive. It was actually cheaper just to turn the car in early and fly back to Rome. And so we are literally – just think I have driven through Ireland in the narrow roads where you almost get killed by the oncoming tours buses or the guys on bicycles on the roads that aren’t even wide enough for one car. I survived all of that. I have survived all the speed and the craziness of the Italian drivers. And then I am 1.2 kilometers away from being done driving. I mean it’s over. I have arrived. I am 1.2 kilometers away from the Avis Rent-A-Car return center in Venice, right outside of Venice actually, not on the island of Venice. 1.2 and I looked at it and I go, “Hey, we probably should had top off the fuel before we turn it in.” Now, in Ireland the car I had had these stickers everywhere in yellow going “Warning, warning, warning. This car only uses diesel. Warning, warning,
