It's Mojo in the Morning Show. It is really cool to see at this time of the year, the post on social media for a lot of friends of ours, kids, where the kids are excited because they got accepted to a college and they're gonna go to that college next year. I'm seeing a bunch of people posting different ones. And it's kind of cool to see the variety of schools that kids are going to. Everything from Grand Valley to Western, Central, Michigan, Michigan State. There's a couple of kids that I've seen recently that are all going down south and going to like these SEC schools, like Alabama, Ole Miss. I mean, if I did it all over again, I realized this thing, I screwed up. I went to a broadcasting school, which look what that did for me, you know? I would have gone to- I would have gone to- Shut up. I would have gone to where I went to. I went to Arizona this year to go to that game with Joe. When I saw what girls looked like on that campus, the girls that went to Columbia College in Chicago didn't look like that. The girls that went to Columbia College looked like Zach. So, but I love that these kids are all going to the schools that they like. And by the way, shout out to Eastern Michigan University. Shout out to any parent that, you know, their kids are looking and wanting to know where to go. That's a great school to go to. So I really think it's a good option for them. And they can live on campus if they don't want to live at home. And shout out to the kids who don't think college is for them. That part. That's a big shout out. Yeah, there are a lot of other options. Can I tell you why that's something- Shout out to the people all over the fence. We don't, well- Well, not that. What's wrong with that? That's not what I meant. I like guys like Bonneville Plumbers. I met like trade school. Yeah, same thing. Going to be an S at the Titian. They need to encourage that more. They need to encourage the, you know, you don't have to go to college to be successful thing. So this is a story though that is, I've been waiting to kind of do this on the air because it's one of those stories that I bring up on the air. I'm gonna probably hear about it later. Like you shouldn't have talked about this on the air. But parents that I know are excited for, I'll just say kid. I'm not gonna say their gender to go to school. And they're excited for them to go to college, but they're excited in kind of a different way. Their child applied for some schools. And one of the schools they applied for is the school that they really wanted to go to. But the parents didn't necessarily like the idea of them going there because they thought that it wasn't gonna be a good fit for them. And actually thought that it wasn't good for them to be going away to this school. And the parents have hid from them that they got the acceptance to that school. Oh, that's crazy. So their child has been applying for schools in using the email address that they have as a family email address. And that's kind of nowadays you get, you don't get the package in the mail. Everything's digital. You get both, but yeah. And they applied to these schools and she got, got accepted to the schools here in Michigan so locally. And so got their school, but the school they wanted to go to was gonna be out of state and it was gonna cost a little bit more money. And the parents didn't have the heart to say to them, hey, this is not a good fit or we don't think this is a good fit. And the parents are paying for the school. Like they're gonna, you know, this kid's not having to go and get college loans and stuff. The parents are paying for it, but they didn't want them going. And instead of just saying to them, and it brought up something really interesting because I thought to myself when I heard the story, I'm like, that is like a scandalous story. Cause what did this kid ever finds out nowadays? But I don't know if we have any parents that are listening to the show that have ever done this or any kids that adults like us that have this happen to them. What did you find out that your parents were hiding from you? Or what are you hiding from yours, your kid? What are the things that you're hiding? Could you imagine if later in life, you know, you're successful, you graduate, you go to school, wherever, and I'll just throw out a school. This is not one of the schools. You graduate from, you know, University of Michigan, and you're like all great in life. And then you find out that your parents hid the acceptance that you were supposed to get. That could change the trajectory of your life and career. Yeah, that's terrible. It can, but it also, listen, first off, I said to- Both ways. I said to Chelsea when this came up and we were talking about it, I said to Chelsea, that's one of those ones where I know I don't have balls to tell people sometimes the bad news. I think as a parent, you go, hey, I'm paying for your college. You go there, that's good. You're paying your own. That's what the parents should have done. But they're pussies. Absolutely. But they're pussies. Well, there you go. But I think that's- They majored in that. I think that's terrible. Yeah. And this child is, I'm telling you, gonna find out because these schools that you get accepted to, they send an email. Then they send the welcome package with a T-shirt. Those parents are gonna have to intercept a lot of things. And then they send a follow-up postcard, hey, make sure you fill out your form by whatever. I remember Luke- There's still a lot of actual mail. Luke only wanted Michigan State. That was all he wanted. But he applied to all those SEC schools. And I remember, the first school he got accepted to is University of Kansas, which is the big 12 school. And he got accepted there. And I was like, oh, that's cool, man. I got excited. I look at these schools because I see them on TV, you know, with their sports. And I was like, oh, excited about it. And he only, I think they made him in his school apply for different schools. And he had no interest in that. Then the school he really was gonna go to was Kentucky. We went down for that visit. And it was awesome. In the last minute, because he didn't get accepted right away at Michigan State, Michigan State then eventually came back and gave him an acceptance. And then he was like, and I look at how he is now. Like, I couldn't imagine him going anywhere else. Like it was a perfect fit for him. They're the Kai? Is it ever justified for parents to do something like this? I don't think so. You don't think so? I mean, I'm sure there are extenuating circumstances. We could think of the worst possible reason, but I think what's better is to have the conversation with your child and express, you know, your feelings, understand their feelings and come to a resolution, but to say that I need to hide this from you and never tell you, because what if that child is, you know, like Shannon was saying, there are other methods that are used these days to say you're accepted or not. What if it was earlier when there weren't as many methods and now this child is left to believe, was I not good enough or I thought I did everything right. I went to the classes, I took all the extra curriculum, I got the recommendations and they still didn't accept me. Like some people take that stuff to heart, right? What about the people that keep who the parent of their child is from them? Well, no one asks me that. I know some people. No, I know. But what about the people though? Like there are some times where people are like, like you hear the story about, we're raising the child and it's like our nephew or something like that, but we're not telling them that it's our nephew. There's a man I know that I'm very close with. He has a daughter and then his daughter has a sibling, but it's not his child. He is raising the son as if it was his child. The daughter doesn't know, the son doesn't know, it's only him and his baby mama, but it is not his child. What's the situation with real dad? With my husband dad? Real dad's not there. So he was like, I just, I don't want him to live that life. And I'm like, he's gonna find out sometime. Yeah, see, I don't know how I feel about those situations to be honest. Because I feel like, I've never, obviously I've never been in that situation, but I feel like in certain situations where there is like protection of the child involved, that I feel differently. Right, he said. I'm more so swayed to say, I get it. Right, and it is admirable for him to step up as this father figure. So he said that when he gets old enough, he'll have a conversation with him. But then I'm like, at that point, if I'm the kid, I'm questioning everything that you've ever done for me. Do you often feel the same way about kids that are adopted and their parents don't tell them that they're adopted? They've been adopted, but yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I think that, honestly, I would think that. That's different. When they're really little, little, you don't tell them that first. But I think eventually the kid should know that they're adopted. Yeah, I do too. Although I think there are some people, like back in the day, and I mean, like even 25 years ago or something like that, you wouldn't see a lot of parents talk about the adoption thing because they just didn't want the kid to feel like they were different or why they weren't with their biological parents. Some people, they don't do it just because they say it doesn't matter. Yeah, that's true. I'm your parent. That's all that matters. If they lie, it's one thing. If they just don't say anything, it's another. What's up, Kay, initial Kay voice disguised? How are you doing guys? How you doing? Doing good. Your voice disguised, what are you calling about? You guys are talking about parents hiding stuff, but I'm actually hiding stuff from my parents. What are you hiding? My grandparents, my dad's actual dad. Say it again, and if you own blue to cut it off. No, I'm not on blue. Okay, just say it again. You're hiding something from your parents. What is it you're hiding from them? I don't think my grandpa is my dad's actual dad. Well, why wouldn't your dad know who his dad is? I mean, okay, so his mom growing up with, she really liked big questions with other people. It's hard to understand you for some reason. Your phone connection is bad with the voices guys are. Also, it's... Lulu, let's take the voices guys are off and you just like the scars are worse. I don't care, it's my dad's. Cool, okay, all right, your voice disguised was off. Okay, so is that better? Can y'all hear me now? Wow, I never thought that that was what your voice would sound like, but go ahead. Your voice disguised. Okay, so she really liked baked cookies with other people. Grandma did? Grandma did, yeah, grandma did. So when she had my dad, she had twins. Now, my grandpa's family and her side of the family, they don't have twins. And twins is normally a, like hereditary thing, it gets a generation. I know it's possible for someone to still have twins, but that kind of raised a red flag for me. So I kept that in the back of my mind. And now she came back into our lives. My grandpa's blood type is B. I took her to a doctor's appointment one time. Her blood type is O and my dad, I'm sure what it is, but it doesn't match up. So who do you think is your dad's dad? Oh, I don't know, man, there's a lot. Mr. Beanie. So you think that grandma was hoeing around? Oh yeah, oh yeah, for sure. Does your dad have any suspicions? No, but my mom does. All right, it's amazing that you guys care so much about it, but he doesn't really care about it. Isn't that wild? Yeah, I mean, he's like 55, so he's fine. I mean, if I found out one day when I was, you know, I'm 55 right now, if I found out that my dad wasn't really my dad, I'd be like, God, I hope my dad's Michael Jordan. You know what I mean? He made to break the news to you, I don't think. All right, okay, all right. Can you imagine? What's going on, Charles? Hi. Hey, what's up? What's happening? We're talking about hiding things from your kids and parents hiding. Oh yeah, I was talking, like, I was adopted since I was one years old, and I think I found out when I was like five, and I was kind of like happy about it because I was like, I really thought I was different from everybody, you know what I'm saying? I didn't know what to actually, and I remember the teachers looking at me weird, but me and my brother was happy about it, you know? So who? And ever since then, like, yeah, I like being different because, you know, I ain't got a middle name, no grandparents, and I watched everybody else lose all that, you know? How were you told? How were you told, and who told you that you're adopted? My mom adopted, mom. Oh yeah, Charles, she passed away last year too. Oh, yeah, it was her. Do you know your biological parents at all, or you don't have any contact with them? I actually found them in 2016 on Facebook. That's a good way to find your parents. Yeah, I found them. Did they welcome you back into their lives, or did you reconnect with them? My birth mom, she actually passed away in 2024. It was kind of, I don't know, I found her, she was on drugs and stuff, like, you know? She lost her two kids at 16, though, you know? So it was like, yeah, and my dad was in a situation where they thought my brother dad was his dad, was my dad, and nah, and then I find my dad, and we was about to take a DNA test and we fell out, so I hope he hears this. Oh, man, Charles, yeah. First time long time? Listen, can I tell you something, Charles? I will tell you this, that you were raised, obviously, by people that loved you. Cause to choose, it's one thing to get pregnant and have a child, it's another thing to actually choose, I'm gonna raise a child, you know? Absolutely. Yeah, yeah. I was always told I was special and stuff, like, you know, random people walking up to me, you're special, your mom chose you, you're down to the funeral, yeah, yeah, it's sad that she's not with us anymore, but she's there with you all the time, and I appreciate you calling in, buddy, and sharing that with us. Yeah, thank you, y'all, thank you. Have a blessed day, Charles. Take care of yourself. Jennifer, what's up, Jennifer? Hey, good morning, guys. Morning, good morning. Okay, so this was like 20 years ago, but my senior year in high school, my grandma had like a couple heart attacks, my mom's mom, and I moved in to help take care of her. My dream was like always to open my own restaurant, and I got accepted to the Culinary Institute of America. Unbelievable. But I did. Yes, chef. I didn't, I did not tell my family because I wanted to stay home and take care of my grandma. I didn't wanna move out of state, so I never went, and I just worked and took care of her. I didn't go back to college till my daughter was like two, and then I went for pharmacy instead. Jennifer, so wait a second. So you gave up your dream. It's very selfless. And the chance to go to the best culinary school in the world because you wanted to take care of grandma, but you told them that you didn't get accepted just so that they wouldn't be upset with you for staying with them. Yeah, yep. That's pretty unbelievable, Jennifer. Is grandma still with us? Yeah, she has all time hard now, so it's a little rough because we're losing her slowly, because she doesn't remember anything. She barely remembers me, but she still remembers me, which is great, because I was always a big part of her life. I was a favorite, like Anna. And so I like that she still remembers me, but it's kind of hard. Jennifer, do you regret doing what you did? I would. No, absolutely not. She's the best grandma with us. I spent, yeah, I spent every weekend with her. Every summer we went up north. She has a cabin up north. Like I spent so much time with her, so I don't regret it at all. And you're a pharmacist. You got a good career right now, you know? Let me ask you this. Yeah, yeah. Like, obviously, and I love my grandma. I think the time that you spend with her is amazing because you have all those memories. But does a little piece of you be like, I spent all this time, gave up my dream, and the bitch don't even remember me? Oh, Jesus. Like, you know what I'm saying? Like a little piece of you. I'm glad you're laughing. I'm not that, but I do often wonder where my life would have been. You know? But and I still love to cook. Like I cook for my family. Like, you know, I cook for my friends and stuff like that. And it's still like a passion of mine. And like maybe one day I'll open a food truck or something. But, you know, like. Do you think that your grandma would kill you if she found out that you lied to her like that? Oh, for sure. For sure. Without a doubt, she would have whooped me. She would have whooped me. Hey, I'm with you on, I think, family first. And that's wonderful. And whatever path you chose is the right path because you chose it. And no one knows it still to this day. Like nobody knows. Thank you for sharing with us. The secret. Yeah. You're my family, so I love you, Jennifer. Don't lose that dream. I love you guys. You guys are my family, man. That's awesome. I got you. Trust me, Cove. I'm going to cook for you one day too, bro. I can't wait. He called your grandma a bitch and you're going to cook for her. I didn't call her a bitch. You know? I'm trying to. Apple sauce in the corner. I can't believe that. Can't wait to taste the food, Jennifer. Love you, Jennifer. Love you guys.
