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and we are live live from los angeles and i have never looked cuter i'm just gonna be real but guys welcome to sophia with an f i am currently in my hotel room i was supposed to be out of my hotel room an hour ago and they've been knocking on the door and you know what i'm doing what i decided to do is
take a seat and record a little update for you guys. So if they come in and try to disrupt that, don't mind. And where do I even start? Oh, I just had my birthday. I turned 32 and it was one of my best birthdays I've ever had. And I'm going to tell you why.
I don't plan shit, as you guys know. Birthdays, holidays, vacations, I don't plan anything. So every time my birthday rolls around, what I've done in the past is put it in the hands of whoever I'm dating and they'll just take care of it. They'll be like, we're gonna go on a trip and they'll just take care of the whole thing. The conveniency is really key when it comes to my birthday.
This year, however, single, I still found myself in a situation where a guy basically took care of my birthday for me and once again found conveniency. Let me tell you about this man. I don't want everyone to freak out and be like, oh my God, she's dating and da da da. That is just not the case. I was in the Hamptons.
I met this guy at Ketchy Beach once again. This is not the fly. This is not the 18-year-old named Nick. This is a new guy. And we exchanged numbers and Ali and I ended up staying at his house like during the day by the pool. It was a really amazing house.
And then I went back to the city. We stayed in contact and he knew my birthday was coming up and he just hit me with a text saying, why don't you come out to the Hamptons for your birthday? I'll take care of everything and you won't have to think or worry about any of the details or anything at all. I responded with a,
What are you expecting in return? I think that's like a valid safe question to ask. If a guy is saying come stay at my place and I'm going to take care of your everything and your entire birthday and I literally have spent a total of maybe six hours with you.
my first inclination is you're trying to fuck. You're expecting a vagina, penis coming together. He responded and he said, I don't want anything in return, just your energy. Still don't fucking believe that shit. So I responded with,
just my energy? That seems a little hard to believe. And we kind of went back and forth and I kind of just really tried to like push him and shut down this. Like he had to prove to me that I was not a hooker in his mind is really what it was. I end up saying yes. I have no other plans. I didn't necessarily want to spend my birthday in the city. So Allie and I head to the Hamptons.
round two because the weekend before we were celebrating Ali's birthday in the Hamptons and I had zero expectations I get there I walk into the house and it is just decked out in birthday shit like a huge happy birthday sign like
hundreds of balloons. That's kind of crazy. 50 balloons. And I know you guys needed that detail clarified. A cake, cupcakes, a cake that said happy birthday Sophia spelled S-O-F-I-Y-A. That's a new one. That was interesting. And
I like got emotional. I'm like, first of all, I don't know these people. It was the guy and like his two friends. And I don't know, like I felt it was like overwhelming and it just made me really, really, really happy. Is it strange that I'm spending my birthday with kind of a complete stranger? I don't think so. I actually kind of loved that element to it. Hot take.
When it's your birthday, go spend it with a complete random person because that will be the best birthday experience that you can have. Period. Did we end up the next day maybe canoodling? Sure.
But it was not because it was expected. It was because I wanted to. And, you know, if someone's going to present me a birthday cake and go out of their way to buy me a balloon, they're getting a blowjob.
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Your cash back really adds up. Obviously, I didn't give him a blowjob. We did not have sex. There was nothing more than like maybe a kiss and maybe a canoodle snuggle.
And then we just proceeded to fucking rage in the Hamptons, which I'm literally gonna get a place there for everyone to say, "Um, that's actually Hampton Bay. That's not the Hamptons." But how did we wrap up the birthday weekend? Surf Lodge. If you follow any fucking influencer, they're fucking posted up at Surf Lodge, okay?
It's really fun. It's like a day party. It's on the water. It's just a motley crew of very, very gorgeous people and very wealthy people. And I did that and I met.
70 sleuths, like I'm not even joking. Like y'all were just coming up to the table and we were just getting after it. And it was just a fun fucking time. I'm gonna say that's like in my top two birthdays. The other best birthday I ever had was in Italy. I was with my boyfriend, but again,
Spent it with these randoms, like literally Italians. And that was, you know, the runner up. Also, fun fact about Surf Lodge. We had a table and purchased, I believe, a bottle of Whispering Angel and two bottles of Casa Azul and like maybe a couple seltzers there.
Well, when I say we purchased, we bought it, my friend did. It was $7,800. So just let that sink in, okay? Just let that fun fact just kind of wash over you. That's, you're going to the club for three hours. Like, let's just, we're going to blow $8,000. Like, shit is fucking crazy out here. Crazy. But...
That wasn't even like what made my birthday special. It was really walking into the house, seeing all the decorations. And the next day when I woke up and it was my real birthday birthday, this dude, we're calling him George. George walked into my room with a cupcake with a candle in it. Like it was just...
It was just so cute. Do I have feelings for him? No, it's way too early. But I can tell you this. I have my ancestry report pulled up 24-7 because the fact that I am 30% Ashkenazi Jewish has gotten me some places. I'm not going to lie.
These guys at this house, very conservative Jewish. Well, not that conservative because we were obviously having fun. But we did the whole, I've gone to Shabbat dinner. I've, you know, my grandma like has stuck with some of the main traditions. But this was like a, this was a level that I've never experienced. And it was actually really amazing to see and to be a part of.
And we did the Shabbat dinner and then the lunch the next day mixed with the birthday. It was very interesting. There's like challah bread and then there's like, you know, a fucking shot of Casamigos and a truly and then red wine and
The traditions were really interesting. We cleansed our hands and poured water, left hand, right hand, left hand, right hand, dip the pinky in the red wine, put it up to the forehead, the back of the head, in the pocket. I would also just like to point out one thing that was mind-blowing to me and incredible. On Saturdays,
Jewish people, I mean, obviously there's a range, but they can't have things in their pocket. Like they can't be walking out or walking in somewhere and have something in their pocket. They couldn't take their keys to go drive their car. And my friend George was telling me about the tradition. And there is a string that goes around all of Manhattan so that
people who are part of that faith can carry things in their pockets on Saturdays. And I was like, what? It's just so fascinating. And I don't know, I might fuck around and pull a Charlotte from Sex and the City and marry this guy. We'll see.
But I mean, I guess I don't really need to because I've got the ancestry report. But one more thing. This is actually the biggest takeaway that I just need everyone to fucking hear. How did I meet this incredible George character? Okay, let me tell you. I asked him what it was about me.
Because I'm a fucking crazy bitch and I think this shit is funny. I asked him what it was about me that made him come up to me at the club and hit on me and be as persistent as he was. Because you know my ass was like, I'm sorry, you're 20 what? Please step away. I'm only looking for 35 and above. He didn't have his phone because he was observing Shabbat. And...
I was making it very clear that I wasn't interested, yet he still got my number. And I asked him, why were you that persistent? Like, for real. He said, I have never seen the owner of the club or like the whatever, the wait staff or... Catchy Beach is fucking crazy. They...
hire people to just rage and like have everyone raging. Like I know in Vegas, there's like cocktail waitresses. And if you know, the client at the table is like, take a shot with us like that will go down. These this is different. This is like you couldn't tell if they worked there if they didn't because it was just like, so bizarro. Um,
But he said, I've never seen someone wearing ASIC sneakers let in to the club before. And that really caught my attention. And that's why I wanted to speak to you and kind of figure out what this girl is about. So basically, because I was dressed like shit...
That's what made him come over to me. And when I say I was dressed like shit, I don't want you guys to think I'm like being one of those chicks that's like, oh my God, like I looked crazy, but she has one hair out of place. I was for real and Dolly, by the way, like both of us, we rolled up straight from the city, parked the car at Catchy Beach. I didn't have time to do my hair. I didn't have time to finish my makeup. I didn't have time to do my makeup.
So we got foundation on, but we don't have mascara on. We don't have eyelashes on. We don't have eyebrows on. Like we don't got a lot going on. And I was wearing a workout outfit and my ASIC sneakers with my therapeutic insoles that my chiropractor had me get for $500. That can be inserted into any shoe.
We almost weren't let into the club actually. Okay. So there's your proof right there. We actually walked up to the door and this older guy who was working the door stopped us dead in our tracks and said, who let you in here? And then had us walk out of the club and go stand and
behind the rope. Okay. So it was like, it was that kind of level of, we looked like we did not belong. And that, that was a little bit embarrassing. I'm not going to lie to you. Um, having a man literally look you in the face and say, how did you get in here? And then have you go out on the street behind the line and
I called my friend and he had someone come get us, but that was a really humbling moment for me. And with that, you guys, the room service people, cleaning ladies just knocked for the eighth time and I'm going to have to go. Bye, sleuths.
