Ur Mom Ashley's Origin Story, Dreaming Big - EP 4

anne marie spoiling the trip and elliot not even noticing bc he spaced out acc killed me 😭

Ashley talking about her parents just shows the power words can have on kids

Ashley is clearly a result of good parenting

Annemarie has the potential to be a top tier podcast host!

What Ashley says about her family life and her parents is so revealing. That even tho they didn’t spoil her with material things like vacations abroad or post-its, they loved and encouraged her, helped her develop a sense of confidence and agency (even over her dreams!). How much she likes (not just loves) her family and wants to help and share their burden, how close the siblings are, all reflect what a great job Mr & Mrs A have done as parents.

kelly trying not to seem like such a simp when he was describing ashley is adorable hahahaha

"I don't use the word failure ever. I just do things. If it works out then it works out — and usually it does if you have the mindset that it works out." Big Ye energy 🙌🏽 respect to Ashley ily girl!

watching Kelly just admire and smile at Ashley while she talks is really sweet

5:30 it’s so funny when anne-marie spoils the surprise lmfao

14:39 Ashley explaining how her parents always validated her - this is such an important thing to do as parents because mine were sometimes discouraging which is why I grew up having so much doubts. If you are reading this, ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE OR BE IN LIFE. I followed my parents' wants for me, and here I am - very insecure and a little lost in life lol I know they want the best for me but sometimes it can be suffocating.. trying my best tho :) trying to find my passion. Hope you all find your passion in life too!!

Omg anne marie’s laugh in the beginning is giving me so much life right now

I relate a lot to Ashley on how she says she’s always felt her role was to help out her parents. I think that it’s part of being the first daughter and having to take on roles younger siblings would probably never even realize. My literal dream in life is to be able to pay back my parents for everything they did for me and to be able to help them out financially with my siblings.

ANNEMARIE SPOILING ELLIOTS GIFT IM CRYINGGGG

I'd love to hear y'all talk more about asian topics! The experience of being half asian, stories, identity stuff, what's it like having a lot of asian youth following and looking up to y'all, etc!

The growing up half Asian and full Asian talk should be a whole podcast. I would love to hear how different there lives were growing up and how differently an half Asian person had it compared to full Asian.

the throat chakra thing is actually super interesting - i do think women are societally conditioned to self-moderate their emotions/expression

When Kelly called her out for forgetting her bday I lost it😂😂😂

I never knew that Ashley ends almost every long sentence with “mhm.” Her videos on her own channel are obviously edited so that’s probably why I never realized she has that habit but it’s so interesting to see.

I think the whole thing about friends too is interesting because as an adult you’re no longer surrounded by people w similar interests (school, income, location etc) so it’s hard to put yourself out there.

I actually understand what Ashley says about reading things off the page in your mind without having to close your eyes, sometimes I have to keep my eyes open to not loose the image of what I'm trying to remember. I thought everybody did that hahaha