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.
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 :')
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. 😊
This was the most entertaining, dramatic story since Pride & Prejudice 2005 with Kiera Knightley!! And I don't say that lightly because I could watch that effing movie every day. You're hilarious and a positive role model no matter what happens.
The way you do your wording around feelings, how much you know yourself and how much you are aware of others, sometimes being similar and sometimes not - that is what strikes me as a coincidental viewer (now very much a fan). Nevertheless, this whole story brought so much faith back. I forgot how we are all alike. And I love knowing that what I thought and felt is sometypeofweird (me) is actually quite universal. Thank you.
Your monologue is like my inner voice on a subconscious level. The anxiety is there except I can’t verbalize it. I don’t like feeling out of control. I like my mind being like a lake without any weather elements so it remains calm. Having a companion in life is great but it is also challenging. I weighed the pros and cons to decide that I prefer my calm lake. Have been contently solo for decades.
You look so much more relaxed! So glad the date went well. Whoever you are with must get, and appreciate your sense of humor and the fact that he enjoyed your meltdown video, which was so hilarious, is really great. Enjoy!
I love your new couch! 🤩 I totally relate to your criteria as well 😆👌 You life, viewpoints, and mental rollercoaster are so relatable so thank you for sharing your vulnerability 🤗🥰 All the support and love! 🥳
I love that this actually turned into something real. And also that you respect his privacy and the privacy of your relationship/getting to know each other. Sounds like yall will have a lot of fun together and create some fun memories! All the best.
Good for you! You don’t need to be wondering while you are out if this would be something you’ll be reporting it on your vlog. You can’t be doing that and living in the moment. Enjoy your private time.
This is definitely a bittersweet moment of "now back to your regular programming". I've checked back on your channel so many times this week to hear about the rest of this saga; it's like I've shared a part of your emotional rollercoaster. How does that even happen with someone I don't know? Caroline, you're really making me feel something. No pressure, can't wait to see where you take us next. Best wishes!!!
Wow! This was a must-see. An exciting rollercoaster, relatable on many levels and I thought the ending was just right! I'm glad he didn't run away after you sent him the video. And they say you attract what you focus your energy on and seems to be the case as the chances that this happened seem so beyond. But have fun getting to know each other and thanks for sharing!
Over here sipping coffee and making breakfast remembering myself obsessing over my now husband back in the day and I'm genuinely happy to hear how things are going!! Cheers to y'all!!
Washington DC is absolutely gorgeous! I'm discovering via yt how many stunning areas there are. The suburbs immediately around Detroit are similarly stunning as the area where your parents live that were shown on your walk. I had never previously known anything about Detroit other than the horrific images shown on TV news depicting horrific rundown, crime and drug infested neighborhoods. It's amazing how the internet has transformed our lives and introduced reintroduced us to the world.
okay i watched this video the day you posted it and enjoyed it then, but today i came back to watch it again because since then, i’ve met someone and experienced the CRAZY excitement and bewilderment you shared in the previous video when he asked me on a date, but suddenly today i’m feeling DREAD in my stomach knowing the date is actually happening in 48 hours 😀 and so i came back to process with you! thank you for thjs
So glad there's a positive reason why you can't talk about him anymore :) i really love how you've been depicting everything so far, but privacy is important as well
This is adorable. You're adorable. I love watching your videos and now I am cheering for you and Street Man haha! I've been with my Internet Guy for almost 15 years now. ♥ Cheers from Denmark! 🌺
i was so excited about the street man storyline, but honestly i wanted it to be a situation on the street that you got to talk to him for the first time and would ask him about dinosaurs. the whole online dating thing got too fast too quickly! now he turned into a normal boyfriend person and is not that mysterious ghost guy anymore. i miss that guy. but seriously, what are the chances he turned out to be a decent guy! what are the chances!!
Your comedic background and sharp timing skills are awesome. Very well done shot and edited. My gut was that post editing showcased your real overall writing and production talents. Material was just a vehicle. Very impressive. I got hooked on your timing. Thank you. For laughs think of Norm McDonald on HGTV.. Nice. Keep in coming and fresh
You have great self awareness/insight.🌹 BTW, I just watched an old video about redoing your childhood bedroom...Did you post a clip of the finished results in a follow up video (that I missed)?
You are my soul twin lol. I am literally the same as you and it warms my soul to watch someone who has similar interests, design inspiration, and general ideas of self entertainment (drinking rum on a walk and going to whole foods drunk).
Οh, girl! Thank you for sharing this experience. However, I believe vloging about it makes it feel more complicated than it is. I use to try distracting myself a lot during such times.
Caroline, I've just spent literally a week watching all your videos, love em! And I basically don't watch RU-vid. Please make more hahah I am addicted now
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.
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
You aren't just an authentic youtuber, interior designer, and hilarious, unhinged, honest, human, you are a cinematographer and director with wonderful creativity.
@@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!
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 🩶
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!
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.
I love this kind of meeting story. My cousin met her husband because they both crossed the street at the same cross walk at the same time a few days in a row.
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.
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.
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
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.
@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 🧡🎸🎶⚡️🏍
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 😊❤
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."
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!
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 RU-vid 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.
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!
@@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
@@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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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!
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. ❤
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!
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” RU-vidr sex-n-city girlboss is not a sustainable example of being an adult woman. It has no long term reproducibility. Dead end.
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!
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!
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!!
Caroline. I feel like you’re the first RU-vidr 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?? 😆
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 👏🏻
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
“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!
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 RU-vid, 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 RU-vid. That is, until you eventually tell him about it, he gets comfortable with the idea, and this channel turns into Caroline & Street Man 😂
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😊❤️
It was genuinly great to watch this video ! My girlfriend and I met at a rock show before covid. She is of an anxious nature, and when she told me about her thought process of our first dates, it souned a lot like what you lived. Ther is so much truth about what you say, about (some) people craving for the unknown. Whatever comes out of the bucket, good or bad, that kind of emotions realy makes you feel alive. Well, welcome to the emotionnal rollercoaster that is the begining of a new relationship ;-)
