Mojo In The Morning

How Often Do You Talk To Them While They Travel?

11 min
Apr 10, 20269 days ago
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Summary

The hosts of Mojo In The Morning discuss communication patterns between partners when one person travels, exploring whether the traveling person or the home person should be responsible for checking in. Through caller anecdotes and personal experiences, they examine how relationship dynamics, trip purpose, and life stage affect communication frequency and expectations.

Insights
  • Communication responsibility during travel is ambiguous and varies by relationship stage, with early relationships requiring more frequent contact than established ones
  • Trip purpose significantly influences expected communication frequency—work travel differs from leisure trips like golf outings
  • Excessive check-ins can paradoxically harm relationships by preventing the traveling partner from fully enjoying their experience
  • Absence and reduced communication can strengthen relationships by creating space and reinforcing appreciation for the partner
  • Jealousy and trust levels are primary drivers of communication expectations, not just practical necessity
Trends
Shift from constant contact expectations to healthy boundaries in long-term relationshipsGenerational difference in communication norms—younger couples use more frequent check-ins than established couplesText-based communication replacing phone calls as primary travel check-in methodLocation-based anxiety affecting communication patterns, particularly regarding travel to perceived high-risk destinationsWork travel communication protocols becoming more structured (landing notification, evening check-in) versus leisure travel
Companies
iHeartRadio
Platform where the Puja Bhajjo podcast is distributed, mentioned in promotional segments
ShipStation
Order fulfillment platform sponsor offering integrated order management, warehouse workflows, and analytics
Apple Podcasts
Podcast distribution platform mentioned as a listening option for the Puja Bhajjo podcast
People
Tony
Boss who travels extensively for work overseeing multiple markets; reportedly doesn't call wife during trips
Chelsea
Co-host whose travel and communication patterns with partner are discussed throughout episode
Brooke
Wife of Tony; receives minimal phone calls during his work travel, primarily text updates
Jersey
College athlete (volleyball) discussing communication with boyfriend who plays baseball
Cheyenne
Spouse of frequent business traveler who calls partner extensively and monitors location via phone
Stephanie
25-year married couple who minimize communication during travel; sons call mother about snacks
Brian
Frequent business traveler (3-4 days) who avoids calling wife and teenage daughters while traveling
Quotes
"A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers."
UnknownOpening segment
"I haven't called them all day, I better call. And it's so funny because when I'm out of town, he calls me a ton. But we are so not balanced when it comes to how we communicate when one person is out of town over another."
HostEarly discussion
"Absence does make the heart grow fonder. It really does. And it's kind of good to be away."
HostMid-episode reflection
"I'm so exhausted after golfing. For, sometimes these guys want to play more than 18 holes. There ain't no hooker that would even get me excited."
HostGolf trip anecdote
"He's my best friend. So he needs to know what I had for breakfast."
CheyenneCaller segment
Full Transcript
No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the puja bhajjo on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire. 500 orders a month was manageable. 5,000 is madness. Embrace intelligent order fulfilment with ShipStation. The only platform combining order management, warehouse workflows, inventory, returns and analytics in one place. What used to take five separate tools, ShipStation does in one. Go to ShipStation.com and use code START to try ShipStation free for 60 days. It's so funny, it made me think about this yesterday because I went through the whole day and we had like texted once or twice about like house stuff because I have a lot of stuff going like construction stuff going out at my house right now. But it got to be maybe I was making dinner for the kids and I was like, I haven't called them all day, I better call. And it's so funny because when I'm out of town, he calls me a ton. But we are so not balanced when it comes to how we communicate when one person is out of town over another. For me, it's just my days are crazy busy. And so not that I'm not thinking about him, I'm always thinking about him. But like the phone call, I'm like, oh God, I need to like call him and catch up on who's responsibility is it to call? Because you say when when you're out of town, he calls you a ton. Are you supposed to call him or is he supposed to call you? I don't I don't because I always to be honest, I'd missed calls from him. I have not called him. Yes, yesterday because when if I'm out of town or Chelsea's out of town, they usually say that the person who's out of town should be the one checking in because if you're out of town, you don't know what they're doing, like especially if they're out for work or something like that. But it all depends. If I'm out of town and say I'm doing work in Chicago or Nashville or you know, whatever, then you check in once twice a day. If I'm in Vegas, it's a totally different story. Times change. Times change. Random. What you make the kids for dinner last night? Oh my God, what did I make? I can't remember what I ate this morning. Kevin's calling me to work. Why is that? I don't know. Just when she said I made kids dinner last night, I have the day to get that on my mind. I will say this though. I think that you you text and say landed, right? You say landed or you call and say landed safely. Yeah, you might wait until you check in. Say I made it to the hotel room. After that, I'm talking calls. I would say maybe at the end of the night, maybe a little night on. But what if it's a time change thing like where you're on the West Coast or you know what I mean? I feel like the first day you might need to connect. We just talk a lot throughout. When he's home or I'm home, we talk a lot throughout the day. It's just so different. One of us is out of town. My time is always the drive home from work. I always check in with Chelsea here. So usually that even if she's out of town, like, you know, if she's visiting her family or whatever or our family, like she'll, you know, be available usually for that. But I and I always call her usually at that time. But didn't you guys say that our boss Tony who travels a ton for work because Tony oversees like a bajillion markets for this company for I heart? Didn't you guys say that you were having a conversation with him about just this too? Tony and Tony, if you're listening and I miss her, do please call and correct me. But I'm pretty sure Tony said he does not call his wife, Brooke, usually a single time if he's out of town. He'll text like that. He landed. But as far as phone calls go, he's like, it might be crazy. She's busy. I'm busy. So go three days. That's not talking to you. Next, if you're an 18 person report, bro, that's like, she didn't scandal. Weight an app. Yeah, war of the roses, right. No contact for days. 844 modulive, 844 665 6, 548, Jake, how are you doing? Hey, good. I think it's the responsibility of the person that's working. Yeah, to call, like, when they have available time slots, like, go on that lunch, I can call you quick, yeah, if that works. Yeah, but what if it's a leisure thing? What if, say, what if it's a guy's golf trip or it's something like that? Like who's the responsibility on? Is it on the person that's away or the person that's at home? Well, the person at home probably is still working if the guy's on the golf trip. So she's probably trying to figure out when to call. Yeah. If you're on a golf trip or a boys' trip, you better be calling me at least for today. See, that get annoying though. Like I've been in relationships where the person is nonstop calling you, that person being on a trip. You're like, are you having fun? Like leave me alone, like go live your life. Go have fun. Enjoy your things. I had a guy, a guy that made a comment to Chelsea that guy's on golf trips, hire hookers. And I've been on a couple of golf trips and Chelsea calls me or on the way home goes, do you know what someone so has just said about the golf trips that you guys go on? And what, you guys hire hookers. I'm like, can I be honest with you? I'm so exhausted after golfing. For, sometimes these guys want to play more than 18 holes. There ain't no hooker that would even get me excited. And also I love you and would never do that to you. Yeah. Well, no, and that too, that too. But they worry about the wrong holes. But it was, I was like, he was trying to ruin the golf trip game for everybody. What's going on Brian? How you doing? Good, I'll read this morning. Good. I travel often for work, usually three, four days at a time. And I do not call my wife and kids while I'm on the road. It started out when the kids were young. I just didn't call because it got emotional and you know, the rest of it. And it's just kind of adapted into like, you know, I plane landed, board in the plane on my way home in the car, other than that. Oh, see, I don't like that. Even when I hit the door. So who's your emotional being away from them or they're emotional that you're away? Yeah, I don't, when they were kids, I didn't like to be away like the younger, you know, I kind of got emotional. You ain't going to jail? Now it's them and just all the extra drama of two teenage girls and the rest of it. I'll deal with it when I get home. Man, you've got a great wife that she's willing to let you go the entire time that you're away and not check in at all. I think you have to check in. My wife is absolutely amazing. I have to agree with that. Yeah. So who are the girls that you're hanging out with when you're on these trips? No, and I, it's too much, too busy. I got too much stuff going on at home. It's not, I don't know, that's not what I'm there for. I have a couple buddies that are in the auto. I don't know if you're in auto, but they have to go down to Mexico to plants down there. And they tell me all the time, they're like, yeah, I'm down in Mexico and my wife has this belief that we're hanging out at Mexican strip clubs. They have no idea that literally there's nothing in the towns that our factories are in. Like there's, you know. Sounds like a job of its own. They're open market. But they're certain wives that get a little bit worried about what these guys are doing. What's up? Jersey, hi Jersey. Hi. Hey. Are we still on the south topic about who should call? Yes. Yeah, absolutely. Okay. So I play a sport in college and I think the person that's away should call because my boyfriend also plays a sport in college. And when you're away, like you, you're so busy. So like it's on your time, like kind of thing when you're away to call. What sport do you play and what sort does he play? I play volleyball and he plays baseball. Okay. And so you guys, if you're away, you guys are at way different times of the year, right? Cause there's different seasons for both those sports. Correct. So baseball is all year round. So he's got stuff going on all the time. Who's the more jealous type of the two of you? You or your boyfriend? Oh, he definitely is 100%. So is he checking in more with you? Well, not even just yeah, checking in. He's just like, what are you going to call? Yeah. I think that sometimes that could be the case, especially in the young relationship like yours, where you guys are together. I wonder if people are starting to face time a bit more or does that only happen in, you know, situations where you feel like there's potential for infidelity? Like making sure you are where you are. Yeah. Hey, Cheyenne, you're the spouse of a person that travels a lot. Is that right? Yeah. He travels a lot for work. And who calls who? Oh my God. I call him 7,922 times in one day. Does it ever become something where he's got to tell you, hey, stop? No, no. And if he does, then he's in trouble. Do you ever worry about him? Are there any cities you don't like him to go to? I don't love him when he goes to like Mexico. It's not like the fun part of Mexico. It's like the scary part of Mexico. So do you call him a ton because you miss him or you just want to make sure he's doing what he says he's doing? Like I miss him. Like he's my best friend. So he needs to know what I had for breakfast. Yeah, he's crazy. He's poor bastard. Cheyenne, you probably also have fine year on his phone, don't you? Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Okay. You're checking out how many times a day? She said 7,900. Yeah, no, that's it. 7,900. Yeah, no, I was going to say that's a totally different number than calling probably. Those are one sided conversations. You don't say anything. Listen to Stephanie's exact opposite. Stephanie, what's up? Hi. So my husband and I have been together for 25 years, but when we go away, we're going away for a reason and we do not communicate unless something obviously like detrimental happens, but it's my boys that call when mom goes away the most because they want to know when I'm coming home because dad does not restock the house with a good snack. Oh, that's so funny. It is true. I love it. I like it. But I do think that there is a point to that that in I think early in relationship, I felt like Chels and I were always missing each other and stuff. And now I feel like when you're away, you kind of go away. And it's kind of good to be away. Because absence does make the heart grow fonder. It really does. And it's good. It really is good. I was one that never wanted to be away and I was never good at that. And if Chelsea was away, like I was thinking something crazy was going on, but I do think that it makes you realize sometimes how good your relationship is when you're A, okay with them going away and you have no problem with them. And then B, you don't need to check in like every five minutes. But all right, well, we've learned something in this one. We learned Tony Travato, our boss is a bastard. Again. I mean, now I'm in a week. You know what? He is having a week, poor guy. Maybe this is the reason why his algorithm is boobs and butts. No gloss, no filter, just stories, spoken without fear. A person who is not generous cannot be an artist. The world will be at peace only when it is ruled by poets and philosophers. Listen to my weekly podcast, the Pooja Bhachu on the iHeart radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Come for the honesty, stay for the fire.