Why We Almost Broke Up 

You could tell. Cuz before Geo use to act hard and how she didn't care, like not wanting a ring or a wedding or proposal etc but you could tell she was emotional and wanted it but she didn't want to be vulnerable

Different love languages. Bart is more acts of service. While Geo is more quality of time and word of affirmation. Bart is doing a lot for them, thinking of their future and investing in it. But Geo was looking for someone who can just say the right thing and just showing that they are emotionally caring. BAM! know your love language!

There's nothing wrong with Bart wanting to provide financially and monetarily for his family. His drive is very commendable. I do hope he understands that balance is very important, especially now that they have Taika and especially because he's a boy and there is already societal pressures to "man up" and not show emotion. It's very important for Bart to learn how to feel, understand, process and communicate his emotions in a healthy way and lead by example for Taika and their future kids. The effects of having a parent who's emotionally distant but financially stable are farther reaching and harder to correct than being "poor" but having emotionally healthy parents who help you to be emotionally healthy.

I appreciate the humility & amount of guts it takes to actually open up & express these deepest, darkest parts of your relationship. It means a lot to most of us. Thank you for being great role models, both together & separate.

I’ve always noticed during videos how much focus Bart gives Geo As she talks to him. He always seems engaging. Just an observation. Hope everyone is doing well today while under quarantine with their partners.

There's no such thing as a perfect marriage. I guess I can consider myself the old man in this group chat, as I'm 50 and married now for 28 years and known my wife for a total 32 yrs; seeing couples like Geo and Bart gives me hope. I wish I saw more young couples commit to one another.

I've only been in a relationship for 1 year and 2 months. But I stumbled across a tiktok? It gave valuable love advice I would love to share - when your car runs out of gas, do you just get out the car and abandon it? No, you make the decision and effort to drive it to gas station. And fill it up with fuel. Just like a relationship, when there's no fuel, you don't just abandon it. You make the decision and effort to refuel it. Love you two ♡♡♡

I love how Bart hands Geo so much power over the outcome of the relationship; Bart: "I'll never break up with you, the only way we break up is if you break up with me." That is such an amazing level of implied trust and confidence, that even I struggle to truly believe in within my own marriage.

The best relationship advice ive been given is from my grandparents (married 60 years) is that understand that the person you met will never be the person you know today as people always change and grow. however, make sure you both grow together. Conflict comes when you feel not valued and seen as an equal. He loved my grandmother so much. After any fight they’d have he would cut her a piece of pie or bring a sweet to her and she would make some tea and they’d share a laugh together after a good cry. I’ve only seen him cry when he would sit with my gran.

It sounds like the two are way overworked and just tired. And the tiredness and stress is consuming all facets of work-life, leaving no energy for anything else outside. Home should be a place of comfort, not another source of stress where you are not pressured to do much or self improve, etc. Enjoy home, enjoy the weekends, enjoy the time together even just doing nothing, and regain the headspace from whatever happens at work.

Bart is a good interview. He stays quiet and lets them spill their guts lol

20 minutes in and this is so enlightening and helpful for such a heavy situation Im in currently. There really should be more videos like this on RU-vid and other platforms! Showing that in SOME relationships there is a light at the end of a very dark tunnel.

What a PROFOUND AND RELEVANT dialogue! So glad I clicked Liked and Subscribed! Thank you so much Bart and Geo! This is what I believe in a relationship that has Authentic and Transparent Communication, Acceptance and Worthy of Trust for each other! I love this couple!

The k drama thing hit me so hard😭. When you have to fill your romantic needs with k drama because you don’t get enough of it in the relationship.

Listening to Bart talk about the "at all cost" and "overtime". I feel that is a boss mentality that is unfair to an employee. Sorry but this resonates with me strongly right now. I work in healthcare and due to covid, there are lots of extra chaos and hours that we have to pick up. All we hear from the management are things like " we are all in this together", "lets not be calculative", " we can get through this together". We are essentially suddenly forced to work round the clock, forced to test for covid without a say, had our AL frozen. Basically make all the sacrifices with no extra benefits while the company benefit from the revenue of covid testing. So much for " in this together" when all they had to do was open their mouth to send and "order" down, but we are the ones struggling to carry things out. It's hard not to be calculative when things are done at your expense. Sorry if it isn't exactly related, just wanted to rant for abit.

This was such a real conversation it hit me right in the feels about my relationship and if we had the level maturity they had it would have worked, lot of learning about relationships on this podcast, that't why i love Bart & Geo's relationship because they kind of teach you like friends.

Hearing Bart's rant, sounds like he didn't value or respect emotions and sentimental feelings. His logic and reasoning usually decides it’s not necessary and it’s even something negative. I guess he is slowly learning they are important for him and especially others.

There’s a therapist who says there’s only a few reasons why people break up and one of the main ones being contempt. “The feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration, worth or deserving scorn” and that builds and builds with miscommunication and causes break up.

FOR ALL TIGERBELLY FANS The episode Bart was talking about in the beginning is Episode 239 at 34:28

lol Bart’s marines background really shined through in this one, always so enjoyable to hear the views of these two 👍🏼

from 13:00 on when he talks about the girl that felt like she had to put up a shield and pretend like she wanted pragmatic love when in reality she wanted romance, and that the same thing happened to Geo... I guess more people are going through this than I've realized.. But now that I think about it same exact thing happened to me. I got into the relationship with my ex thinking I didn't want or need all that lovey dovey stuff, even though in the beginning we were super infatuated and crazy about each other, we weren't as romantic as other couples out there can be, then after a while the honeymoon faze ended and I found myself wanting the romance still, whilst he detached and went much colder, so in order to not loose him I found myself acting like I didn't care about romantic things, or that I wasn't romantic, but I've realized that I actually wanted romance, I wanted surprises and displays of affection. I vaguely remember kind of talking to him about it, and he told me that he thought that I wasn't a romantic type of girl and that I stressed this a couple of times in the past which is true, but I realized along the way, once I was in love that I actually was romantic, love changed me, before I used to be a stone cold person but after falling in love I found this new side of me. And it was one of the many reasons why we fought all the time, I wanted attention and display of affection, he wasn't about that anymore, and this is one of the MANY MANY reasons we broke up. But yeah crazy to see that this happens more often than you'd think and it's not really talked about, so thank you. I think this happens when you're the type of girl that is seen as " one of the guys" and that is completely herself with her partner, you become best friends, so you both think that you don't need the romance, but in reality the girl ends up realizing that under all that toughness she is still a girl and wants love and attention, and gestures. At least this is what happened to me, and I think Geo is like that too, I might be wrong.

I completely empathize with Geo, I felt what Geo felt for a while too.

When Bart started running I immediately knew he was going through something. Like coping. Bart and Geo still look like they need some work and I'm rooting for their best outcome 🥰 ...Love ain't all about the pretty feelings. Dedication, commitment, and effort is needed to make love last forever.

Thank you for sharing such deep topics about your relationship. It really helps me as well to put my relationships into perspective and work out how I'm perceiving things. I wish people would talk more about these things cuz a long term relationship really isn't easy.

I love this! You two were so open and humble.

i used to follow these guys from the start, before geo got pregnant and then i stopped watching for like 3 years and damn i missed you guys congrats on the boy i'm really suprised how much he grew up. god bless

One thing that is so valuable in a relationship is to push each other to do better , yet still maintain respect for each other’s comfort zones. Bart, is genuinely trying to make the people around him better and stronger mentally.

It seems like they’re opposites of each other, Bart is more systematic and Geo is more emotional. I see my relationship in theirs. I definitely had problems with my bf if he didn’t spend enough time or etc but he thinks I’m always complaining about the little things. I think if they both find their own hobbies, they can come back home and share. Especially if you’ve been with the same person for years, you gotta find some ways to cope with each other.

i havent been actually watching the vlogs recently, but i picked up like 2 to see, and i really felt that Bart n Geo had sumn sumn goin on behind the scene

YOU GUYS ARE SO MUCH MORE LOVING NOW ! I FEEL IT IN THE VLOGS ! !

You guys are the only youtubers I can watch talk for so long and stay engaged

I love Geo and Bart’s relationship. Even though they went through so much hardship together they never gave up on each other. Watching this podcast made me emotional bc you can just see how much they love each other. Love you guys!💕

It's so good to hear you open up and be honest about the challenges you are going through. Emotional detachment is so common for people living with trauma. We often without realizing disconnect from triggers in our life that we associate with a bad experience. The most important thing is to realise that this is happening to us and communicate to our loved ones about what we are experiencing ❤️

15yrs later and I can definitely relate to what you guys talked about. That was a phase in my relationship that we experienced too. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE 🙏

Man everytime I see or almost see Geo cry, it makes me want to cry because she does not seem like the type of person to cry easily.

This was the most real thing I have seen in RU-vid in awhile! Thank you

I'm glad you guys pulled through! you guys have been setting good examples on success. keep it up please

Geo don’t doubt yourself :(( it really gateways to overthinking sometimes and this ‘gaslighting’ will really get you

I really admire Bart his words make me realize I’m lazy and need to work harder.

Bart everything that you are so amazing, there is so many people like you and the way you look at the world. Dont change or doubt yourself. ❤❤

it's crazy how this talk between Gio and Bart, opened my eyes on why it didn't go well in my last relationship. Also the perspective of Gio, showed me what kind of "mistakes" people do, who are more on the rational side of the spectrum without realizing. Thank you for your braveness to share such a topic with us.

bart and geo are sooo good for each other. they listen to each other the way they both listen n just communicate w. each other is amazing

You guys probably won't even see this comment but I just want to say i'm so appreciative of you both sharing something so intimate about your relationship when it's not even owed to us and to give so many people hope that recovery and mending of a relationship is possible and comfort that even you guys went through real relationship problems :(

Wow this just popped up on my feed and this conversation was wow , I’m only 25 and I’ve been with my bf for 7 years now and we have gone through similar stuff . Absolutely loved this podcast !

Love you guys! Thinking of starting a podcast on my own channel talking about stuff like this too. You guys inspire me!

I love the way Bart looked at geo when she was gonna start crying. I felt that. 😖😖 There is something so strong between both of them, it’s just so amazing. It’s so beautiful to see something that was once broken, build up and grow into something much stronger than before. Not a lot of people get those chances. I’m just so emotional right now cause of how well spoken this was. I’m really happy that both of you grew into a better version of yourselves and I give so much blessings for both of you. I love you guys so much 🖤🖤🖤🎉🎉 And remember, just because the clouds turn gray doesn’t mean the sun won’t shine again. 🌤🌦🌈🎉🎉

Almost half of their relationship was a rough patch..ans they stuck through it... amazing. :')

This was such a good video ! I love your honesty and how real you both are

What I love most about you two is not how honest you are with us about your relationship, but how honest you are with each other. You really don’t see it much and it really is something for so many people to look up to.

Watching this gave me an insight into my own relationships like never before, as I see a lot of myself in Bart.

Jeez I would been sad to lose a good RU-vid couple who work so good together and are my goal as friends and family and in relationships way I want what they have in my future wife

Poor Bart if you see his body language this looked hard for him

Damn, Geo really balance Bart out and I'm here for it

i saw title and immediately clicked on it

Bart, I feel you. I work through all things because the work needs to be done. My bday, weekends and holidays are not as important as getting what needs to be done. I think you just need to find the people with the same core values.

Very eye opening, love this talk so happy yall over came so much in life!

That’s so great that they’re so open with each other like that. Love it 😍

Honestly been watching you guys since the very beginning in 2008 and you guys feel like my internet parents, and I love you guys truly and deeply

damn i relate so much with bart on the aspect of people caring so much and making excuses. feels like i can never find any friends either because i’m just not that type of person to want to celebrate. i rather work or reach a goal instead. that military mentality 👏🏽👏🏽

This makes me cry so much. I strive for this and looking at you two makes me want to find someone who is willing to work with me the way you two work with one another.

Thank you so much for opening up to us even though you don't even need to. I feel like hearing your experiences and struggles not only as a couple but as individuals have really helped me grow. You guys really taught me about how just because I may be feeling like shit now, if I work hard at it, my relationship will be better and I will be better.

Bart has the humour, genius, and humble easy pickin, support each other's own ambitions and support to the fullest

This was such a beautiful, raw and insightful conversation. There's definitely a lot I'm taking from this

One thing I’ve noticed that I don’t think anyone here mentioned was that people had forgotten that Bart was once in the US military. He spent good amount of years in his life being taught how to be tough and within those years, he lived by the same rules everyday. I think that experience plays a role of who he is now. Also, he always mentioned about how he grew up poor and never had things he wanted as a kid. I’m sure he just wanted to make sure Taika and Geo can live comfortably and not experience what he experienced. But yes it doesn’t take away the fact that he had been emotionless as Geo mentioned. I think Bart just needed to have this conversation so he can realize that his ways weren’t effective. It goes both ways because Bart wouldn’t have known Geo felt this way until this conversation. It’s great that they were able to talk it out and work things through instead of just ending it. This podcast is very interesting topic.

Love you guys 💜 I am so glad you two were able to get over this rough patch in your relationship. You two definitely ranked a level in life together! You two are so real, honest and open towards each other that you will hammer down anything that comes your way. 😘

true role models, both as a couple and as individuals. I'm constantly learning from you and really look up to you guys. appreciate you so much!

What a timing with this upload, its been 2 weeks since me and my girlfriend broke up. We both loved each other soo much, never really had any big issues. But for sme reason we had alot of mini arguments the past couple months. We were together for 2yrs and half also. These past months we were a little toxic to each other and also our paths/goals in life was drifting apart and didnt line up anymore. I really thought she was the one for me and she did too but these past few months just didnt work out so we decided to part ways. We both broke up in good terms im assuming because we needed to grow ourselves. I do hope that one day life will bring us back together. Im scared that we might not end up together in the future.

Thank you for sharing, and for both of your openness and vulnerability. Heard a lot that I related to, and would love to hear more of Geo's perspective and journey of going from self-doubt to where you are now, especially while still having to go through the journey with a significant other that triggered you (but at the same time highly valued)... if you don't mind sharing!

Loved loved, loveeeed this!

Oh Geo, I feel for you and I am so proud and happy for you that you have been able to become the woman you deserve to be

I needed to listen to this. Thank you! Geo explained exactly how I'm feeling now in a relationship.

I am super introverted, too. I can relate to Geo's comment in this respect.

just want to say thanks for being open and vulnerable. this is not for the world to see but it def helps alot. much love.

I love you both!!!! ❤️ Praying for your relationship and your own dreams!!!

One thing I like about you guys is that you keep working on your relationship and individual characters.

Thank u for opening up. Love you both 💕

I wish i found videos like this a year or 2 ago. I really needed to hear this to understand what I was feeling at the time. I never knew how to self reflect or even really comprehend what was going on with my thoughts, I just knew that something was off with me. I felt like I didn't have any right to be sad or depressed (especially being a military veteran) but deep down I was and would just bury my bad thoughts with impulsive spending/ behaviors to take my mind off of constantly blaming others for my short comings/ reasons my life is shitty. It inevitably trickled into my relationship with my best friend and person I loved most. But I didn't know what I needed to do. I couldn't understand why I was so emotionally disconnected from her and just not wanting to be around her anymore. I just wanted her to be happy again and I felt like that wouldn't be possible with me so I just shut myself off from trying to connect to her. Looking back now that I have a better grasp on how my mind has been working all this time I wish I could have been better and tried to preserve the relationship. This podcast helped me better understand what I need to do in order to be better If I do ever get back into a relationship again. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing your guys experience,it was very insightful.

Appreciate you guys sharing this.

This really delve deep and gave insight into relationships for alot of people. Thanks yall

hi guys, seen yall on youtube for a long time, just wanted to say your guys' work ethic is superb, always seeing content. I just wanted to know, what made you choose the social media lifestyle and what helped you start? from the looks of it consistency seems key, but what else? thank you guys for being an inspiration!

Love your broadcast, i play it in the background. And i listen to it 🥰🥰

I really love how attentive towards Geo Bart was during the beginning. He didn’t interrupt, or respond; just listened. He really just wants to be the best for his family and give them the love he lacked as a child.❤️❤️

I love hearing your podcasts while working on digital art it’s so relaxing♡

This helps me. In life. In love. Thank you both for being so open.

i love the openness and honestly

I agree with Bart. Too many people complaining about stupid stuff. He is former military and so am I. I hate lazy people.

i love knowing this part of their lives

Love how real Bart and Geo are

geo articulates my feelings so well

After watching this i loved what bart said about the job aspect. I got let go by 3 jobs in a span of 4 months because i got a disability and wasn't about to meet their targets. Got me a little depressed and low on motivation. BUT now fuk it i'm going to do whatever i can to get something to do even if i'm let go.

I stopped everything to watch this! ❤️ Love y’all! 💕

It seems like Bart sees emotionality as weakness, no bud, emotionless people are or can become unhinged. Being around emotionally deprived people isn't healthy. Though it's a fundimental diffrence between men and women, women have been brought up to be more in touch with their emotions so hats off to Geo, she is a badass for handling Bart's disconnected self. I just hope that he's okay because not displaying emotions can sometimes end up in horrible mental breakdowns.

I'm glad you were able to talk it out :)

I really love this, because I can relate a bit, it really nice to hear you guys talk about it.

Just do what makes you guys happy! The true fans will always stick with you. 💕💕💕💕

Loved this! Thank you guys for sharing so openly with us ❤️ So happy to hear that you guys are improving cause y’all so cuniee.. Bart, I can understand where you’re coming from with your mentality. Embrace it because that has helped you build your businesses and do certain things the average person hasn’t done. It’s great to find a good balance that works for you too! Can’t wait to see the next vid guys ☺️

I love geo! you should definitely start your own youtube channel! it would be the best fitness channel!!xxx

Wow. Currently going through what Geo felt. But in my situation, there's other things that I feel can't be fixed. Things happened in the past that hurt me and still do...sucks.

I’m a new subscriber and I’m already in love with this channel

Man you guys have come a long way. I remember watching those relationship videos when Geo had half her head shaved. Glad you guys fought for each other.