Love & Marriage Episodes

We thought one cat was enough chaos. We were wrong.Six months into life in Mérida, Mexico, we adopted Milo — a tiny Bengal Tabby kitten who purrs like a motorboat, jumps into everything, and has completely rattled our older cat Leo.This week we're talking about how we found Milo through a Facebook cat adoption group, the mildly suspicious Uber ride to pick him up (shards of glass on the gate, no doorbell, and someone else's house), what the first introduction between the cats actually looked...

Living abroad sounds amazing… until your parents come to visit.In this episode we talk about Erica’s parents visiting Mérida, Mexico for the first time and everything that comes with hosting family when you live overseas.Jeff had the job of preparing the house before they arrived which meant scrubbing walls, battling mildew from the humidity, and trying to make everything look perfect before the in-laws landed.We talk about:Hosting parents while living abroadPreparing your home in Mexi...

What started as a $2.50 Starbucks date turned into a cross-cultural love story — and a running joke that still follows them today. In this episode, Erica and Jeff open up about how humor became their survival tool through culture shock, marriage, and moving abroad.From that first awkward coffee to building a life together in Mérida, Mexico, they share the real, funny, and sometimes uncomfortable truths of being an interracial couple navigating expat life, communication mishaps, and the chaos that comes with love and relocation.If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like to mix marriage, migration, and sarcasm — this one’s for you.