Dana Dane and Tana Tane have been together for enough time to know each other’s habits inside and out. Any committed relationship takes work and the duo explores what they’ve provided for each other in their time together.
“I am a reliable resource of information and I coach you,” Tana says on the “Finish What You Start” episode of Dana Says, Tana Says.
“I was coaching you, I had to get you through college and everything,” Dana responds as the couple talks outside during a sunny day in Southern California.
The conversation is abruptly interrupted when a squirrel falls out of a tree near where they are sitting in a park. After recovering from the shock of the incident, the two continue to question each other’s ways of showing commitment.
“The other thing that I do consistently is whenever we are leaving each other, I’ll always kiss you and tell you I love you,” Tana says.
“That’s kinda new,” Dana challenges. “You started that in 2008 or something like that. Since we’ve been together, what have we done to keep things going the same way as it was going?”
Tana and Dana bicker back and forth until Tana asks what she’s not doing now that she did when they first got together.
“You’re not being my buddy,” Dana pleads. “You’re not giving the buddy the bindi.”
“Admittedly, we had a whole lot of sex in the beginning,” Tana laughs.
“That was the roper, how many guys out there got roped just like that too?” Dana states.
Tana admits that early in their relationship, they would have sex two or three times a day, but not so much anymore.
“Two three times a day, if I get two, three times a month, I’m winning,” Dana jokes. “What kinda bullcrap is that? What has happened to my life, people?”
Tana has an explanation ready.
“Life happens, so guess what?” she laughs. “I started climbing the corporate ladder, my days got longer and I was traveling 2 and a half hours each way to work, I was getting up at 4 in the morning, coming home at 9 at night. Life happens.”
After all this discussion, the two agree that it is hard to maintain the exact same habits as when you start a relationship. They say that it’s important to adapt and grow with the relationship, however, Dana makes sure to give a call to action if the love is going through a tough time.
“The love is not gone, it’s still there, but I think you just got blind sighted and sometimes take things for granted,” he shares, “’cause it’s there and you don’t want to wait til the last minute when it dissipates. There’s no better time than the present to make the little changes and reprogram yourself to show the love that you did when you first got together.”