Love, Laughter, and Lingerie: The Unexpected Date Night with Tanya and Michael Trotter

I have my friends here, Tanya and Michael Trotter, aka the Warren Trees. So take me down the road that’s a little bit windy. I’ve been waiting to get on this part. I know. We go to our first date at this Thai restaurant in Tysons Corner. I asked him to go to. To a restaurant. And were you ready? Were you ready for love with him? Or do. Were you more kind of just scared? Oh yeah. No, go ahead and tell us. I wasn’t ready for love. I was ready for. I was ready for. I was ready to have. Yeah. Haha. I mean I. I’ve done the whole, you know, I’m gonna wait. I’m in church. I’m a church girl. I’m like, I’m ready, let’s go. She’s like me down, let’s get it out. I love it. Not him, not this guy right here. He’s like, I’m waiting. I don’t wanna have sex cause it’s gonna mess things up. That was like my husband. My husband tried not to have sex with me, okay? Literally, my husband made me lay down in bed with him the night that we decided to have sex and make a five year plan with him. This guy. This guy. Don’t tell her, please. Please do. Don’t tell. Let’s go back. Let’s go back. So let’s go back. October 1st, 2,010. We went, got Thai food and then went to the movies. And we left the movie early because it was terrible. So I Was like, we’re gonna go get some popcorn, get some grape juice, and we’re gonna watch this movie that I have. I’m not gonna tell you what it is. It’s a real movie. Let’s go. And I’m like, this is perfect. He’s like, you’re gonna love this movie. And I’m giving him the eye and I’m like, getting moist and, you know, I’m ready to tear him up, right? TV comes on, he starts, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. That’s my face. Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t. And I’m like this. I’m surprised we’re married. I’m like this. I’m watching this happen. And then this man walks on the scene and it’s Cecil B. De mil. And he starts giving a. Whatever. This speech about the speech about the movie. And Michael smiling just like this. He’s so happy. And I’m reciting everything cause I wanna show her, I know, the whole. Yeah, he. So he starts every. When the guys talking, he’s talking and it comes up and it says, the Ten Commandments. Oh, I’m in lingerie. The Ten Commandments. So, yeah, in your mind, you were like, this is gonna really get her going? Yep. My favorite movie. It’s his favorite movie. The Ten Commandments all the time. So it comes on, millions of people are about to know. Okay, how do I get out of this? And no. And Moses comes, I’m standing up, reciting the entire. And he burst into tears. What is happening? He’s Crying because Moses is rolling down the way. He’s like, oh, this is the part. So I said, I’ll be back. I go upstairs. Do you want me to pause it? Oh, no. I was like, no, no, please keep going. We’ve been two hours now. He didn’t try to make a move on you this whole time? He’s just putting on the. He’s standing up. He’s standing up, smashing that popcorn. He’s standing up for two hours watching the movie while he’s take saying no, and I’m just sitting there. I’m like. I’m trying to be nice, like this is going to stop. She loved you. She loved you from the start. Oh, my god. Because I’m not sitting through the Ten Commandments and I’m in lingerie.