🎙️ EP 317: Dadbod Veteran, Gen‑X Truths & Having The Time Of Your Life (Saying YES to Everything)

Jay’s usually flying solo… but this week we let Jon Wellington—aka The Dadbod Veteran—take the mic. If you’ve ever wondered what Gen‑X satire, Navy veteran stories, and Check Your Feelings podcasts look like in one person, meet your match.

👤 Meet the Guest: Jon Wellington

• U.S. Navy veteran turned viral Gen‑X storyteller.
• Creator of the Dadbod Veteran brand with over 5 million followers.
• Hosts Check Your Feelings with his sister and interviews creators on Coffee & Creators.
• A proud Charleston, SC guy who loves veterans causes, DIY life hacks, and nostalgia for “the times before.”

💥 What We Ranted About:

🧷 Why Host the name “The Dadbod Veteran” stuck—even before you hit 40.

📱 Gen‑X vs TikTok: That viral pizza delivery before GPS clip that put him on the map.

🧬 Veterans & Entrepreneurship: How he transitioned from military tech to becoming DBV Enterprises.
💤 The Power of Stories: Why Jon turned decades of personal memory into content that connects—and why we glorify weird duck calls more than wisdom.

🏁 Gen‑X Nostalgia vs Millennial TikTok: We traded avocado toast for VHS tape—and Jay’s asking: what’s wrong with us?

😂 Jay’s Take:

Interviewing Jon felt like finding my long-lost sardonic brother. He has that salty, sarcastic wisdom with a veteran’s backbone and a dad’s soft side—perfect for swiping the social media nonsense away.

👏 Shoutout of the Week:

Major applause to Jon Wellington~for keeping Gen‑X genuine, real funny, and unapologetically weird.

Don’t forget to check out the man himself at:
→ www.thedadbodveteran.com 

🎧 Tap in for a deep dive into the mind behind the viral memes, the Navy-grade discipline, and the dad jokes that actually land.
You’ll laugh, you’ll relate—and you might even binge his TikToks tonight.

Play episode 317 now—and maybe call your own dad to say thanks.