S: Everyone look, my Jaco H: What about it?
S: Many people have asked where it was H: It's been on for a while though, hasn't it?
S: Over and over and over, well yeah but I'm just--
H: Look everyone S: This is the first sit down video
H: And the first where we have it really wide right now so you can see it
H: Normally we're cropped in S: The Jaco is on my chair
S: Just had it off for a while H: Yep, it was a beast to reattach
S: Yeah, it took a bit H: If I do give myself credit for that
S: It was mostly a lack of motivation on our part
H: Cause we knew it was gonna be a pain in the butt, but it was fine
H: We have one part that we still can't get working but we're close
S: Yes, it's back in action and helping me break Poppables
S: If you know, you know
S: Okay so today's video has nothing to do with my Jaco arm
S: It's actually a more difficult video for us to make
S: Sharing some truth about my parents that we've been keeping from you
H: I mean people ask us all the time, why don't we see Shane's parents in your videos?
H: And we say that they're in a couple of them when we go to Pennsylvania
H: You might see them in a few videos, but it's true that they're not in a lot of videos
H: And we are going to tell you why
S: So it is difficult for me to say this
S: But I was immaculately conceived
H: I will say it so Shane doesn't have to
H: But his parents are vampires S: Blood suckers
S: Oh, man, I don't even know how to put this into words
S: My parents are cannibals
S: They eat people
S: And we figured that that would not be good to showcase on Youtube
H: No [laughs]
S: You can't do deadpan, you cannot do deadpan [laughs]
H: I can't do it when you are doing the joke, I laugh
H: Thank you to Storyworth for sponsoring this video
H: By now we have gifted Storyworth to enough family members
H: That we are going to be reading the books for the rest of our life
S: We're gonna have a whole library of Storyworth books
H: Yeah S: And it's gonna keep us busy
S: But I think that shows how much we love it
H: Yeah
S: Pause... is anyone noticing something different about me?
S: Maybe one brown brown that has returned?
H: Yep, Shane has broken out the brown brown, it's that time of year
S: It is getting cold and that means the holidays are approaching
S: Which means we need to figure out gifts H: Yes
S: And there is really no better gift than Storyworth, see how I did that?
H: Yep, it's like a gift for someone else and yourself
S: It is H: Which is the best kind of gift
H: I'm sure I've said that before but I do love that kind of gift
S: So with Storyworth, you select a loved one
S: To receive a year of story prompts via email, that they then answer
S: At the end of that year, all of their stories are compiled
S: Into a really cool hardbound book with photos
H: Just like this S: That can become a keepsake for you
S: To have and cherish forever H: Yeah
S: It's a great way to find out things that maybe you didn't know
S: About your loved one, they have all kinds of questions
S: Like "when was a time that you were very brave?"
S: Or "when was a time that you got in trouble at work?"
S: You know, things that you might not think to ask your loved one
S: That Storyworth did
H: With Storyworth we are giving our loved ones a thoughtful gift from the heart
H: Preserving their stories for years to come
H: Go to Storyworth.com/squirmyandgrubs to save $10 on your purchase
S: We need to find more loved ones H: Yeah, we're gonna need that soon
S: Just so that we can give them Storyworth
S: Alright, check it out everyone, thank you
H: A lot of you actually guessed the truth
H: And it is that Shane's parents found out that our relationship was a lie
H: And disowned him S: Yeah
S: And so we've been paying them for their silence
H: Yes S: With my millions
H: Yep
S: But why are we telling...if that was true why are we telling them..?
H: It's what we want them to think S: Ah
S: No, this video is about how lovely my parents are
H: Uh huh S: And how they are real and exist
H: Yep S: They're real
H: They're real S: They're real
H: Okay
S: But the real reason we're making this video
S: Is because people that were watching our wedding video that we just put out
H: Yes S: Were like "where's Shane's parents?"
H: Yeah S: And they were in the video
H: Yeah, there is a photo of Shane's parents, there's a picture of them laughing at their table
S: Why don't we put it in here, we have the photo
H: Yeah S: Here they are
H: There's a big group at that table, of Shane's family, but those are his parents
H: You've seen them in other videos S: A few, yeah
H: But we will talk about why they are not in more videos
S: Yeah, we're gonna talk about that and also just tell you a little bit about them
S: Because you're right, they are not in many of our videos
H: And now every time someone asks that we can just link them to this video
S: We'll be like "here is a video all about Shane's parents"
H: Here's everything you need to know
S: They are cannibals Both: [laughs]
S: Okay so, the main and most obvious reason that they are not in all of our videos
S: Is because they live a thousand miles away
H: Yes S: In Pennsylvania
H: However you could argue that even when we're in Pennsylvania
H: They're not really in speaking roles in the videos
S: Yeah
H: We might pan, you might see them for a minute, but they're not really featured in videos
S: I think there's two reasons for that
S: One is that my mom especially, doesn't really like being in the limelight
H: No. That's the main reason S: She's a quiet private person
H: Yeah, you need people's consent to put them in Youtube videos
H: And we don't just force people to do that, you know?
S: And my dad would be in every video ever, my dad is a real ham
S: Just like me, that's where I get it from H: Wow
S: But when we go home, we are very conscious and we don't walk in there
S: With the cameras rolling the whole time H: Yeah
S: We're careful about that
S: And just like when we visit them, we're usually not really in work mode
H: Uh huh
S: We're just like "ah let's relax and have family time"
H: Yeah S: Not have the camera in everyone's face
H: Absolutely
S: You know what sucks? When you're recording a video and suddenly your memory card fills up
S: And you don't know where it stopped recording
H: Uh huh S: So we don't know where to begin now
S: Let's begin at the beginning of the video, just do the whole thing again
S: We could go export it and find the answer
H: No no no no S: But that takes time
H: It would take too long, where were we?
S: Oh, my parents
S: But no, so that's why they're not in videos, they live far away, whatever
S: But I'm very close with both of my parents, even though you don't see that
S: In our videos, I text with my mom and dad everyday
S: Conversations with my mom are usually her reminding me about things
S: Because she's always gonna be my mom
S: She'll be like "did you pay your health insurance?"
S: But also my mom loves to send me what meals she's eating
S: She'll be like "just got this out of the garden and turned it into a salad"
S: Or like "we're having roast chicken tonight"
H: Yeah S: My dad texts me things about sports
S: And music
H: He texts us every time he watches one of our videos
S: Yeah H: With his always glowing review
S: And beer, my dad and I like to talk about beer, or share what beers we're having
S: And our ratings of them, stuff like that
H: Yeah, so Shane definitely talks to his parents a lot
H: Just because they're not in our videos doesn't mean they're not a huge part of our life
H: And similarly, both of my siblings live in the area
H: We see my nieces and my brothers all the time, and they're almost never in videos
H: There might be one or two clips of them ever
H: Because it's privacy, we get a lot of negative comments, obviously
H: As you probably know S: Oh this reminds me, yeah, keep going
H: And it just feels, we don't really want to expose our family members
H: To negative comments, we don't want to open them for any sort of attack
H: So we tend to just keep that separate
S: The other thing that that reminded me of is our friends
S: This isn't what this video's about, but people have been like
S: "Do they not have friends?" H: I know
S: And it's like, we'll hang out with our friends, we're not holding a camera in their face
S: Cause it's just uncomfortable
H: Yeah, and even if they were like "no, I'll be on video"
H: It just feels uncomfortable, it's not that fun to film them
H: And also we just feel a little bit like we want to keep some people in our lives away from..
S: We have friends that are professionals and we'll do a group photo or something
S: And they'll be like "please do not tag me"
H: Yeah
S: "I don't want to deal with the messages that I'm gonna get if you tag me"
H: Literally, exactly
S: Anyway, my parents H: Yes
S: Hannah, what was your first reaction or recollection of my mom and dad, do you remember?
H: My first recollection was on my first visit to Pennsylvania
S: Yeah H: I walked into your house and I met them
H: They were really nice, I remember they were welcoming and not scary
H: And they didn't grill me with questions, they were very nice, yeah
S: "Who are you? Prove it"
H: And I had met them both on Facetime before but that was just like oh, hello
H: It was hard to actually talk to them
S: I feel like you and my mom have gotten a lot closer over the years
H: I feel like me and your mom are kinda similar, we'll talk about tea
H: Like we both did that little craft house I was building last year in the pandemic?
H: Shane's mom also got one when she saw mine, we talked about that
H: Neither of us ever finished it
S: Yeah, you guys send each other photos of wildlife, you're both into wildlife
H: Oh yes, your mom will send me cricket or frog sounds and be like what is that?
S: There's that saying that you marry your.. H: Your parents, yeah
H: We've talked about that recently
S: We were thinking about all the ways that my mom and Hannah are very similar
H: Uh huh, and Shane and my dad are very similar
S: Uh huh
H: And sometimes he'll say something and I'll be like you literally sound exactly like my dad
S: I do that because I just steal all of George's jokes
H: But you think he's funny, that's true
S: There's like eight phrases that George uses that I have just taken as my own
H: Yeah
S: My favorite one is, I'm gonna tell you, when someone says something stupid
S: He goes "wow, you could've went all day without saying that"
H: I don't think that's a my dad thing S: I don't mean he invented it
S: But I think he uses that a lot H: Yeah, he does use it a lot
S: I heard it from him and I began using it
H: You do use that and you love it
S: And like my mom, you're very introverted, you like your alone time
H: Yes S: You have very little patience for loud people
H: That's true
H: Do you want to share your favorite stories of your parents?
H: That people might not know? S: Oh, favorite stories? Yeah
S: Wow, off the top of my head, one that comes to mind is when I was little
S: My mom and I came out of I think it was Home Depot, one day
S: And it was raining, and someone had parked on the blue lines
S: Next to the wheelchair accessible parking spot
S: So that meant I couldn't get in the van unless my mom backed the van up
S: And normally that's what we would do, my mom would move the van
S: And then I would get in, but because of the fact that it was raining
S: And just extra inconvenient
H: And probably because it had happened multiple times
H: It was probably the straw that broke the camel's back
S: My mom got an umbrella and said we will wait here for this person to return
S: And we will show them why their actions have made life difficult for us
H: Nice
S: And I was like I don't know if we need to do that
H: I love it
S: My mom was like nope, we're gonna let them know
H: "We're waiting" S: And she did
H: Do you remember that part of it? Them coming out?
S: I think because of the rain, she got me in the van, pulled back into the spot
H: Oh, and then waited? S: And then waited outside without me
S: Cause I was cold or something H: Yeah
S: So I didn't really hear the exchange, or I don't remember it
H: Yeah, I hope that person never did that again
S: Trust me, after my mom handled them, they didn't
S: Favorite dad memory? These aren't my favorite memories, but they're just silly
H: Yeah, cute memories
S: When my parents found out about my diagnosis, when I was like one, I was a baby
H: I was gonna say, I don't think you were present for this memory
S: Yeah no, it's not a memory, but that night my dad wrote a poem about the experience
H: Awww
S: That was super forward thinking and positive
S: Like you would think that in that moment the parents might be devastated
S: Like it's a tough thing to hear, and I'm sure they felt that too
S: But my dad wrote this poem that was basically like
S: He's gonna have this amazing life, this diagnosis doesn't change anything
S: And I remember reading that when I got older and being like wow, you guys had it figured out
H: Awww, I didn't know about that S: Yeah
H: That's so cute S: It's hanging up in their bedroom I think
S: Or something, yeah H: Aww, oh my god, wow
S: It's cute, and my dad's a writer also, oh I should say that
S: My mom works in banking and my dad is a manufacturer, I don't really know the word
S: His company that he works for makes conveyor belts
S: That then are used in assembly factories H: Yeah
S: So like Hersheys are all made on their product
H: Hmm S: Cool
H: And sometimes you'll get free Hersheys S: Uh huh, and other items
H: That's nice
S: I mean that's my mom and dad in a nutshell
H: Yeah S: My mom likes to read and garden
H: Your dad likes to build guitars and clocks
S: And play guitar H: Play guitars
S: Yeah, my dad's very musical H: Yeah, that's where Shane gets his musicality
S: [singing] Da da daaa H: Okay
S: [singing] This is the end of the video H: Oh wow
S: [singing] Goodbye, goodbye