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I read my wife’s smut so husbands everywhere don’t have to. 📚🔥 Learning about women, relationships & kinks the awkward way

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Do you like my documented discovery of the smut genre? Well go to tophost.org/2026/tj-stephens and vote for me to be one of America's Next Big Podcasters...I mean, I don't think I'm that...but let's find out together! by @tstephens91

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5 days ago

🚨 WE FINISHED PRAISE 🚨

And apparently Sara Cate decided the finale needed EVERYTHING.

Suspense. Family drama. Relationship chaos. 😳

Will Emerson and Charlie actually get back together?!

Wait...

IS THAT CHARLIE’S DAD?!?! 😳😳😳

After everything this book put us through, TJ has officially finished Praise by @saracatebooks—and there may have been a few lessons learned along the way about relationships, desires, communication…and just how complicated all of this can get. 😂📚

BUT THE SMUT JOURNEY CONTINUES.

Thanks to a viewer suggestion from @_akoso, the next book entering the TJ Talks Smut experiment is...

📖 CREDENCE by penelope.douglas

I've been told things.

I've been warned.

We're reading it anyway. 😂

If you've already read Credence...NO SPOILERS—but on a scale of 1 to “TJ is absolutely not prepared for this,” how concerned should I be? 👀

#Bookstagram #RomanceBooks #SmutBooks #BookCommunity #Credence by @tstephens91

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21 days ago

🚨 EMERSON…MY GUY…PLEASE TELL ME YOU DIDN’T JUST FUMBLE THE BALL. 🏈🤦‍♂️

We keep on trucking through Praise by @saracatebooks, and folks…

IT’S OFFICIALLY WEIRD. 😂📖

Beau is back.
Beau is confronting people.
The tension is THROUGH THE ROOF.

And Charlotte?

All that tension, insecurity and uncertainty has her doing things she normally wouldn't do just to get Emerson’s attention. 👀

And THIS is the stuff TJ has unexpectedly become fascinated by.

What happens when you don't feel like you're getting the reassurance you need from your partner?

Do you just ask for it?

Or do you start doing things completely outside your normal personality hoping they'll NOTICE YOU?

Charlotte makes her move…

The ball is thrown…

Emerson has a chance to recognize what's ACTUALLY happening…

AND DOES THIS MAN FUMBLE IT AT THE GOAL LINE?! 😳🏈

Because sometimes your partner isn't really asking for what it looks like they're asking for.

Sometimes they're just asking:

“Do you still see me?”

And THAT'S the relationship psychology TJ never expected to be sitting here analyzing when this whole thing started. 😂🍹

So…did Emerson fumble, or was Charlotte expecting him to read her mind? 👇

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut.

#Praise #SaraCate #TJTalksSmut #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨 OH NO…HE’S BACK.

We continue through Praise by @saracatebooks and…

He.
Returns.

It’s BEAU. 😳

And just like that, the comfortable little world Emerson and Charlotte have built for themselves comes crashing headfirst into REALITY.

The facade is gone.

Because it's one thing to explore a relationship when you're tucked away from the rest of the world…

It's another when the person who connects your past, your family, your age gap and ALLLLL those complicated little details suddenly walks back through the door. 👀

And TJ knows immediately:

THIS IS ABOUT TO GET MESSY.

But this is also where Praise keeps surprising him.

Sure, we came for the awkward reactions and spice. 😂

Now TJ is legitimately invested in WHY these characters make the choices they make. What they need emotionally. What they're afraid of losing. And whether something that feels right between two people can survive when the outside world finally gets a vote.

Because Beau isn't just back…

REALITY IS BACK.

And TJ has a feeling that somebody's about to get hurt.

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut. 📖🍹😳

#Praise #SaraCate #TJTalksSmut #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨 I’M STARTING TO THINK READING MY WIFE’S SMUT BOOKS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA. 😂📖

But we keep on keeping on through Praise by @saracatebooks…and TJ continues learning things he was perfectly happy NOT KNOWING.

First, Charlotte apparently has some new…tricks. 👀

Cool. Great. Wonderful information for TJ to process.

Then we discover there are certain words capable of bringing “dirty time” to a SCREECHING halt—and naturally, TJ has thoughts. 😂

But underneath all the awkwardness, something else is happening.

The fantasy surrounding Emerson and Charlotte is starting to collide with the reality of their relationship.

What happens when feelings get involved? When consequences start becoming real? When something that worked perfectly inside your own little world suddenly has to exist in the REAL world?

And TJ is becoming increasingly uncomfortable watching it unfold.

Not because of the spice…

Okay, SOME of it is definitely because of the spice. 😂

But because Praise keeps doing something TJ wasn't expecting when this whole experiment started:

Making him think about his own relationship, his own boundaries…and occasionally things he REALLY didn't need added to his search history.

No filter. Real face. Real reactions.

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut. 🍹📚😂

#Praise #SaraCate #TJTalksSmut #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨 THE FILTER IS OFF…LITERALLY.

We’re continuing through Praise by @saracatebooks, but first we have some VERY important business to address…

🐻 THE CHICAGO BEARS WON! So obviously, we’re celebrating.

🍹 Our favorite cocktail of this completely unhinged smut journey finally has an OFFICIAL NAME.

And most importantly…

TJ IS DITCHING THE FILTER.

No more hiding this 41-year-old married man behind a filter while he tries to understand his wife’s smut books. 😂

You’re getting the real face.
The real reactions.
The uncomfortable questions.
The relationship conversations.
And whatever psychological discoveries these damn books decide to unlock next.

Because somewhere along the way, this stopped being just TJ making jokes about smut.

We’re talking about relationships. Attraction. Insecurities. Kinks. Self-worth. What people actually want from their partners—and occasionally asking ourselves questions we weren't expecting to answer.

So…

No more filter.

Just TJ, a drink, Praise, and absolutely NO IDEA where this journey is taking us next. 😂📖🍹

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut.

#Praise #SaraCate #TJTalksSmut #Bookstagram #RomanceBooks by @tstephens91

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a month ago

For all the jokes, awkward reactions and completely unfiltered thoughts that come with TJ reading Praise by @saracatebooks…this one gets a little more real.

Because TJ knows what it's like to question whether you're good enough.

Whether you're attractive enough.

Whether you're important to someone.

Whether you actually deserve to feel wanted.

And somehow…a smut book brought all of that to the surface. ❤️📖

Emerson wins the auction, and he has some…interesting ideas about how to show Charlotte her own value and self-worth.

TJ understands what Emerson is trying to accomplish.

HOW he goes about accomplishing it?!

Yeah…TJ has some issues. 😳😂

But it's the message underneath it all that matters.

So at the end of this video, TJ turns the filter completely off.

Your self-worth isn't determined by your body, your past, your insecurities or whether you fit someone else's definition of attractive.

You matter.

You deserve to feel wanted.
You deserve to feel important.
You deserve someone who looks at you and sees your value—even on the days when you have trouble seeing it yourself.

And if you've convinced yourself that there's nobody out there for you…

There's someone for everyone. Don't convince yourself that you're the exception. ❤️

We started this journey to laugh at a 41-year-old married guy reading his wife's smut books.

Somewhere along the way…we started learning a little bit about ourselves.

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut. 📚❤️

#Praise #SaraCate #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram #SelfWorth by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨 COULD YOU ACTUALLY MOVE ON FROM SOMEONE WHO CHANGED YOU…IF THEY SUDDENLY WALKED AWAY?

As TJ continues through Praise by @saracatebooks, the questions are starting to get a little more personal.

If someone came into your life, changed the way you saw yourself, made you feel wanted and important…and then left…

Could you actually go back to the person you were before them?

Because underneath all the spice, Praise keeps circling back to something much more relatable: self-worth. Feeling wanted. Feeling important to someone. And what happens when another person becomes connected to those feelings.

And then we get to an auction at the club and suddenly TJ is sweating for ENTIRELY different reasons. 😳😂

But don't worry…

While everyone else is probably focused on what's happening at the club, TJ has some very important questions:

WHO DREW UP THE LEGAL DOCUMENTATION FOR THIS PLACE?! 📑😂

Are there contracts? Waivers? Attorneys? LIABILITY INSURANCE?!

Because apparently TJ can't even read smut without conducting a risk-management assessment.

So let's hear it:

If someone completely changed the way you felt about yourself, could you move on if they left? 👇

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut. 📚🔥😂

#Praise #SaraCate #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram #SmutTok by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨 RULE 26: NEVER READ SMUT IF YOU’RE NOT PREPARED TO START QUESTIONING YOUR OWN DAMN RELATIONSHIP. 😂📖

Well…shit.

We continue through Praise by @saracatebooks, and somewhere between laughing at the awkward moments, questioning our own psyches, and wondering what the hell TJ has gotten himself into…

THIS BOOK STARTED GETTING PERSONAL.

Emerson and Charlotte aren't existing in their own little bubble anymore.

What happens when Emerson is around Charlotte’s family? 👀

Is being welcomed into that part of Charlotte’s life something Emerson actually craves more than he realizes?

And then there's the giant, unavoidable elephant in the room…

THE AGE GAP.

Could you bring someone home with that kind of age difference and genuinely not care what anyone thought? Would your family care? Would YOU care?

Because that's where this whole experiment gets interesting.

The deeper TJ gets into these books, the more they stop being just about the spicy stuff and start making him think about relationships, insecurities, desires…and himself.

And this time, TJ explains why Charlotte’s story hits a little closer to home than he expected.

So now we're asking you:

Would an age gap matter in YOUR relationship—or is it just a number once everyone involved is a consenting adult? 👇

Welcome back to TJ Talks Smut. 📚😂❤️

#Praise #SaraCate #TJTalksSmut #RomanceBooks #Bookstagram #SmutTok by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🍺📚 Well…we made it. So I guess we’re having another beer.

We continue our journey through Praise by @saracatebooks, and after FINALLY reaching the moment TJ had been impatiently waiting for, there’s really only one thing left to do…

Crack open another Sweet Baby Jesus from @duclawbrewingco. 🍻😂

But now comes the important question:

What happens NEXT?!

We’re moving on to life after the big moment and figuring out exactly where things stand between Emerson and Charlotte now that they’ve officially…you know…

👉 rubbed tummies.

Or however babies are made. TJ Talks Smut is an educational program. We’re pretty sure. 😂

Now we get to see if things get awkward, complicated, romantic…or if TJ needs to grab another Sweet Baby Jesus before this is all over.

📖🍺🔥 The journey through Praise continues!

#Praise #SaraCate #SmutTok #BookTok #RomanceBooks by @tstephens91

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a month ago

🚨📚 SWEET. BABY. JESUS. WE DID IT!!! 📚🚨

After weeks of reading.
After all the buildup.
After TJ repeatedly asking “WHEN ARE WE GETTING TO THE ACTION?!”

IT. FINALLY. HAPPENED. 😂🔥

TJ continues his journey through Praise by @saracatebooks, and we have officially reached the intimate part we’ve been waiting for!

And a moment this monumental deserves a proper celebration…

🍺 SWEET BABY JESUS! from @duclawbrewingco!

Yes. TJ specifically saved a beer called Sweet Baby Jesus for this occasion. 😂🍻 DuClaw describes it as their chocolate peanut butter porter, which makes it an even better victory beer.

Was it worth the wait?!

There’s only one way to find out…

WELCOME BACK TO TJ TALKS SMUT! 📖🔥🍺

#Praise #SaraCate #SmutTok #BookTok #RomanceBooks by @tstephens91

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a month ago

📚🔥 THIS WEEK ON TJ TALKS SMUT…

We continue our journey through Praise by @saracatebooks, and after all the buildup, all the tension, and TJ repeatedly asking “WHEN ARE WE GETTING TO THE ACTION?!”…

HAVE WE FINALLY ARRIVED?! 👀

Have our main characters finally reached the point where they’re going to… MAKE WHOOPEE?! 😏😂

Or is Sara Cate about to pull the rug out from under TJ AGAIN and leave him sitting there frustrated, disappointed, and demanding the next chapter?

At this point, TJ has invested too much. There’s no turning back.

📖 Praise continues.
🍿 And the Salacious Players Club continues to test this man’s patience.

#Praise #SaraCate #SmutTok #BookTok #RomanceBooks by @tstephens91

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