How Joe Rogan Deals with Living in a House Full of Women

Right. I want to know the whole thing. I want to know as far into this as you can tell me why you think this. Right. Instead of me just saying, no, you're wrong. I want you to explain it to me. I want to know whether or not I trust your process. Do you bring that skill home with you? Yeah. I mean, you're surrounded by women. It's tough. It's tough, bro. I'm serious. Like, sometimes, because I even see it with my own husband. We have three daughters, but I mean, especially when you have a pretty masculine male, I'm always fascinated to watch them navigate their home when they're surrounded by women. I just give up most of the time. I lose every argument. I think, you know, I tried to, we communicate a lot. A lot of talking. A lot of, even if you get upset. A lot of feelings. A lot of feelings. Yeah, I try to, with girls, it's always, there's always things they're crying about and like, okay, okay, okay, we're going to be fine. And you know, I don't want them to be like me. I want them to be themselves and I want them to be girls. I want them to be able to be themselves. I don't want them to mirror my resilience. You know, I want them to be vulnerable if they want to be vulnerable, but it's, in terms of like how I decorate the house or any, I don't have no say. Oh no. Nothing. That's why you have, you know. I have this place. I was going to say you have your cave here. Laird has a barn. Perfect. You know, when he meets young guys getting married, he goes, here, I'm going to teach you. Okay, you're right, honey. I'm sorry. And, oh yes, whatever color you choose. It doesn't always work. Some people, it's never enough. But if you have the right relationship, sometimes it'll work that way. Because I don't give a fuck what my house looks like. I really don't. No. Do I have a good view? Where's the coffee? Yeah. Okay. We're good. Is that grill work? Yeah. Okay. How's the bed? That's a good bed. Do we have a TV? Where's the TV? Yeah, I don't need that much. No. You know? So like when my wife's like, I'm going to put this here. I'm like, okay, put it there. Fantastic. Okay. I want to get that painting. Okay, get the painting. I don't know. I don't know where you want to put it. Yeah. Put it where it feels right. I don't give a fuck. I think it's smart. I mean, you know, like sometimes if I infringe on if it's functional, then Laird steps in. Like, you know, that's not really functional. Right. But otherwise, he's like, I'm tearing some stuff out of my house right now. And he just gives me a look. And I'm like, I'm this age. If I want to do this, support me. And he just laughs and walks out. Yeah, he probably doesn't care. Go ahead. Just, it's in the way, whatever it is. Whatever. Have fun with it. Yeah. It's one time's dinner, you know. I wouldn't love to decorate things. I get nervous if a guy's really into it. Well, yeah, it's a nesting trip. Yeah. Guys are like really into like design in their own house, like really, really into it, like constantly obsessing about where things are and where they're supposed to be placed. Homosexuals. I can't believe I went there. What do you mean? It's outrageous. Is that a stereotypical thing? That is outrageous. What you just said. Is that racist? That might be. He might have showed you white supremacy. I'm not exactly sure. Yeah, it's a funny thing, right? But if I didn't have this place though, I don't know if I, like traditionally men had pool halls. They could hang out at our gyms that they would hang out in and they would get their dose of toxic masculinity. Yeah, or basement. Or a basement. Yeah. Or a place where nobody's touching your stuff. Yeah. Yeah. Well, if you live in a house like I do with all girls too, it's just everything's girly. I just do whatever. I'm fine. Laird said, he's like, I need it to be more specific. I said I wanted to be surrounded by women. He's like, I didn't mean to be related to all of them. That's hilarious. You know, it's, I think it's nature or God's way of balancing it off. They say if guys have elevated body temperature, so athletes, people who train a lot, that they're statistically have a greater chance of having daughters because I think they, we call it hot balls basically, kills off the male sperm. That's hilarious. Is that real? I think so. They did a thing on a bunch of guys either in the NFL or whatever and statistically they just have a lot more daughters. And I think it's like nature's way of going, oh, you're going to be all like moving and active and raw and all this stuff. Guess what? We're just going to put a bunch of girls around you. Tap for you. Because my daughters say things to my husband I could never say as a wife. You know, it's like, I see it and I just go, oh yeah. Well they know that for sure he loves them so they can get away with it. They're in. Yeah, they can get fired. No, I always say that to them. My youngest daughter when she was really little, like five or six, she'd say, okay, so I'm not really clear with this. When I have alone time, I'm by myself. And when you and dad need alone time, like you're together. And I try to like, well, you know, it's important for moms and dads because you know, we have to work at it. I go, you know, you're always going to be dad's daughter. We're working at being a husband and wife. And then she'd keep going with it. I finally would just say like, hey, do you want to have Christmas in separate houses? And I'd see her think for a second, like, well, maybe, you know. And I'm like, we need alone time. Do I get two presents? Yeah, that's what I mean. She was processing that. She's like, I miss you, but I don't know. So it's all that dance, you know, because daughters, man, they don't miss a trick and they're on you and they're on their dad, like nobody's business. Well my friends that have sons, the way they say it is, it's like you take one of two things. Either you have this wild animal that's tearing things apart or you have someone who's screaming and crying about something you don't understand. Take your pick. Mental judo. Yeah, a mental destroyer or a physical destroyer. Yeah, walls with holes and broken bones, boys and girls. It's like I have learned so much being a mother to daughters. And I've been around women my whole life. You figure playing volleyball, being around tons of women, it's very different as a parent. I mean, I've learned the most, especially teenagers. Watching them grow is so strange. It's such a strange experience, watching a person figure out the world from jump, you know, like out the womb, figure out the world. It's so educational. I don't think everyone should have children. I'm not one of those zealots that tells everybody, hey, you're not alive until you have a kid. No, I think it's unfair to say that to people. It is unfair. First of all, a lot of people can't. Right. And maybe they have just a different path. I always tell my girlfriends too, it's unfair also to romanticize to your friends who either opted not to have children or whatever met a partner too late or didn't or whatever, because I think it is a really rich, I mean, there's nothing like it. I mean, I love my children, but if I have one friend, she was like, got married later and she was like, you know, we're going to adopt. And she was also doing a new business and I was like, listen, I need to come. I want to talk to you. And she also liked to consider taking naps occasionally. I was like, if you think you're going to adopt and like you're going to have a 12 year old that's like, hey, I really appreciate you guys. Thank you so much. I go, that's not what, you know, like if you think you're going to have a kid and it's going to make you happier, that's not what having a kid is. I think it makes you, it's a makes you know yourself better in a different way and you can adapt and do something different. But I think when people sort of sell that bill of goods, like, oh, you got to have kids. It's like, well, do you want to have kids? Yeah. I think it's like you said, not for everyone. You definitely shouldn't adopt. You think it's going to be easy. That's what I mean. It's like, you had this romantic idea of like, and I go, you know, first of all, you don't know what the, what's where the kid is coming from. And then also you have a romantic, I think every parent going into it has a romantic idea I did. And I'm a pretty realistic person of like, I'm going to do all these things right. And we're going to be, you know, running in sunflower fields together and my kids are never going to think my music sucks or I can't drive. And then you realize I had a friend tell me, everyone gets their turn in the barrel. No matter what you do, you got, you have to navigate stuff. You're going to have to deal with stuff for sure. And on the other hand, it's awesome when someone does adopt people, if they're really into it, if they know what they're getting into and those martyrs out there and those people that are just super kind and generous and love to adopt children. God bless them. Yeah. So glad they're there. Yeah. And I think it's with you that there are some people that have a romanticized idea of what it's like to raise a child and... It's unfair too to sell it. Like I love the moms, like, oh, so when are you going to have number two or whatever to somebody? It's like, oh, you know that they're behind closed doors doing, you know, like they just want everyone to be in the psychoticness with them. Like I have three kids, you should have three kids, you know. There are people like that, right? They do. Yeah. There's people that have a kid and then immediately take this moral high ground. Like they're doing something. They're an adult and you're just a fool. Yeah. You're like, I wonder who is the fool? I ask myself that sometimes. Well, don't you think you're a better person for raising kids? Does it make you feel like you're more in tune and nicer and just more aware of what it means to be a human? Yeah. Not only that, I feel like it's a forced exploration if you're trying to participate. Like if you just lay down the law and go, hey, in this house, this is how we do it, then you're not doing anything. But I think if you learn to adapt and also go, wow, I was doing that wrong for like 10 years. Amazing. You know, like I've, one of my daughters at 12 or 13 sort of revealed some stuff about what she was unhappy about, about my parenting. And I was like, God, I've been doing that for a long time. So, I think it's... It's cool that she had the confidence to do that though. Yeah, it's so cool. I wanted to hear that like when she was 30 at the Thanksgiving table, when she moved out. I was like, what? You're supposed to reveal all that like after you move out. And then I go, oh, did I do that? Sorry. Look, it turned out great. It's amazing. What time's your flight? No, I think... No, listen, it's a surrender. I think for me, it's been a real surrender because I just think... You think you're in control of stuff and you think, oh, I've got some discipline and work ethic. I just work my way through it or power my way through it. And then you realize like, no, you have to surrender. And also it's not just about solving it quickly. And yeah, it is... I know myself certainly better, but also it forces you if you're willing to really expand. Yeah.