Mm-hmm.

So I never felt the need to, um, which is great, 'cause so many women do feel, you know, and especially if you want children, to get married, you know, younger, because that's the best time.

If you wanna have them, that's the best time to have them.

And I just couldn't see myself spending 18 years with someone to raise a baby [laughs] that I was with, and a, a lot of it had to do with who I was at the time.

I think I had to grow an awful lot and, like I said, learn patience and, um, you know...

Finally, when I chose, you know, Big Johnson, I realized that, you know, companionship is so different from all the things I expected a, a mate to be, and that it really is about kindness and loyalty and being there for each other.

And, um, but you don't have to be the be all end all to the person, and that's really something that, you know, I expected him to, you know, listen to all my problems with my girlfriends.

[laughs]

Big Johnson as well in the way of how they can have a sturdy, firmer foundation as they grow forward.

Well, you know, I think for him, what he showed me that, you know, he just knew what he wanted and he was very grounded.

He was very he was an attorney.

So he wasn't like most of the people, actors, you know, people who are creative like me, which tended to be a lot of who I dated in the past.

And he was he was so different from anybody else that I had I had been with.

And he was just very sure of himself that I was it.

And yeah, it made a big it made a huge impression on me.

How did you allow people to step into your world? Because creativity is given to you at birth.

Big Johnson as well in the way of how they can have a sturdy, firmer foundation as they grow forward.

Well, you know, I think for him, what he showed me that, you know, he just knew what he wanted and he was very grounded.

He was very he was an attorney.

So he wasn't like most of the people, actors, you know, people who are creative like me, which tended to be a lot of who I dated in the past.

And he was he was so different from anybody else that I had I had been with.

And he was just very sure of himself that I was it.

And yeah, it made a big it made a huge impression on me.

How did you allow people to step into your world? Because creativity is given to you at birth.