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Where are we going? We're going to do dinner. Where? Probably Bakery, our favorite. Perfect. I'll go. I'll be there. There we go. So today's theme, are we ready? Nope. I think like we've had a theme in the past, like secondhand embarrassment. Lauren's zoning so hard. I know. I'm sorry. That was an old one. That was a classic. Yeah. So it was like secondhand embarrassment. And I just feel like I was

I was reading some of these stories and I'm like, I'm embarrassed that you're so embarrassing. Like you're pathetic. Yeah. Like you're embarrassing to me. It might not be our writer. It might be someone in the story. You could say, Morgan, you're popping off. No, these people are fine. So we're going to see.

It's like when you're watching those videos and you almost have to turn them off. Or you ever click the comment button to hide the video so you don't have to watch it, but you keep listening and you start reading comments just so you don't have to watch it? Yeah. Oh my God. You guys, the other day I was watching...

Well, remember I sent you that like fecal transplant thing? Yes. You can make $180,000 a year donating your poop. Yeah, which was so wild. So anyway, I was curious about it, not only because of that, but because of...

On the other end of it. Like, you know what I mean? I'm like, what is this? Does it help? What does it help? Because there was this video that was talking about this girl who has she has bipolar disorder disorder and her husband gives her his poop, his poop all the time, too. And they do like this transplant. And so I'm interested in. So I wanted to listen to it.

But like, I couldn't look at the video. They literally show their poop on the screen and they blend it up. It was crazy. And I'm like, I literally can't do this, but I need to watch it. So that just reminded me of that. It was wild. Sorry, we're starting off a little...

Strong. You just set the record for how early we can bring it up. Yeah. Yeah. I like this. Maybe we can crop this and move it towards the end. No, I like this a lot. Also, we are participating in dry and damp-ish Januaries. Moist. So if you're joining us, cheers. Moist. And if you have any good mocktail suggestions for like going out and like getting drinks at bars, I would love those in the comments. But other than that,

Any updates? Anything? This is like our first episode back as a team for the year. Anything else? It's kind of nice to not be in the middle. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. I'm proud of Lauren for taking on that role. How about you, Lauren? Hmm. I don't know. I'm just glad to finally chill out for a minute before we start getting going again because as fun as the holidays are, I'm tired. I'm just so tired. Yep. I feel you.

That's a lot. Ready? Okay. Let's dive in. Okay, let's do it. Okay. So up first for us, this one is coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled, Am I the Asshole for Expecting My Date to Cover the Cost of a Dress He Ruined?

Thank you. I, 27 female, am in a bit of a dilemma and could really use some advice. I've been seeing this guy for a couple of months and we decided to go to a nice high-end restaurant for a date.

Initially, I was going to wear a nice dark blue dress that I like to wear out, but he asked me to wear a different white dress that I had shown him once as it matched his outfit. I've never had a guy ask me this. The white dress in question was a gift from my late grandmother and was quite expensive. So I was reluctant but agreed and just asked that we didn't go anywhere after where I might spill something on it or otherwise mess it up.

He mentioned clubbing after dinner, which is why I said that. I didn't want to risk messing the dress up. And he said we could just go to dinner and I could change out of it before doing anything else. Great.

However, the evening took a turn for the worse when he accidentally spilled his red wine all over my dress. He had gotten an unexpected call and when he tried to quickly mute his ringer, his elbow hit his glass and it spilled all in the lap area of my dress before I could react. It was completely drenched and stained.

He was apologetic at the time, and I tried to be cool about it, but inside I was devastated, especially since I had mentioned specifically how I wanted to be careful wearing it. Later, I mentioned to him that the dress was very expensive and asked if he'd be willing to help with the cost of cleaning or replacing it. To get it professionally cleaned and the stain removed would cost $100, which I asked him to pay half of.

To my surprise, he got quite defensive. He argued that it was an accident and that I was being unreasonable for expecting him to pay for something like that. And it was my fault for wearing it out knowing that it could have happened. Okay. I feel like it's a matter of principle. Yes, it was an accident, but the dress is ruined. And it was extremely sentimental to me, not to mention a valuable dress.

He thinks I'm being materialistic and making a big deal out of nothing. Now, I'm not sure how to feel about his reaction. Am I the asshole for expecting him to cover the cost? Absolutely not. How long has she been with this guy? Couple months. Okay. Bye. Literally, bye. Next story. Can I ask you guys a couple questions? So, whose fault is it that the dress was worn out? His. Okay.

Really? Wait, the dress was worn out? He assured her nothing's going to happen. Please wear that dress. We'll change after dinner. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Like he literally pressured her so hard to wear that specific white dress. But she could have not, right? She could have, yeah. But then at the same time, does it change if he hadn't spilled the wine, let's say the waiter did?

Then then is it his fault that she wore it out and got it spilled on? Right. So it gets into weird territory. Here's the thing is that the restaurant would comp their meal. Yeah. Right. Which is, of course, now going to be more than one hundred dollars, which covers the cost of her cleaning. Yeah. Well, I've had a restaurant actually pay for your cleaning. Yeah. Yeah. But so do you think the right thing then would have been not to order red wine?

Because then you don't, then there's no chance that you could cause that. That's definitely a consideration. I'm not getting the fact that he like, was like, ha ha, and elbowed it and tried to do this. Or are you? Do you think it's intentional? No.

We're going to get into the comments. Oh, really? Well, so my whole thing is... He hates the dress and was like ensuring that, oh, maybe that's why he doesn't want to clean it. Because he's like, damn it. This was my time to shine. It's just weird. But I think, yeah, you would split it because though it's an accident, you're trying to do good by this person. You're trying to start this relationship. So split it or be a really good dude and just pay for the whole thing and say, sorry, it was my bad.

No matter if it's an accident or not, your elbow still went up and hit it and spilt the wine on her. Yeah. Yeah.

I think it's hard too because it's like, it's easy to get defensive, right? You feel bad. You feel guilty. Maybe he is a good guy. Yeah. And he gets defensive. Okay. But you're getting defensive over just paying for $100. Yeah. She's not flipping out at the restaurant. She's not crying, which, excuse me, I would be bawling my eyes out at the table. Yep. She's being really reasonable just saying, hey, split it with me. Yeah. Yeah. It's

It's $50. You're being a jackass and ruining a potential relationship over $50? Yeah. It shows character. Yeah, that's why it's like, bye. You're embarrassing. Yeah, leave him. I just, it's really hard for me too because, so, yeah, I guess it was yesterday. I was drinking like a cut water on Hannah's couch and

And we were playing Mario Party. And Brian... I freaked out because I lost and I put my hands up in the air. And I hit Brian's cut water and he spilled it on himself and on her couch. And she was just talking how she got this brand new couch. She's obsessed with it. And so I'm like, I feel so bad and I'm trying to help her clean. But I'm like...

I was like, let me know how it like comes, like if it dries weird, if it looks weird or whatever. And I'm like, I would pay for the full cleaning to do like whatever. For someone to come over. Yeah, for someone to come over and do like a steam cleaning. Like it's not even a question. Like if it left a mark, like. Yeah. I mean, yeah, it was an accident. Of course, I didn't mean to do that. But it's like, that's just like the respectful thing you do. Exactly. So people in the comments were getting a lot of bad vibes from this. And I definitely was like,

Even before I read the comments initially, I was like, okay, well, why was he so insistent to go home after dinner and change before going clubbing?

It's a big inconvenience. It is interesting, yeah. It was just really weird for me. So the top comment, not the asshole, but listen very carefully to what he is telling you and look carefully at what he did. He asked you to wear a particular item of clothing. Even after you expressed concern, something would happen to it. As you predicted, something happened to it. The thing that happened to it was his fault entirely. Perhaps he's a butter-fingered klutz all the time. Doesn't matter. He spilled his drink.

He took no responsibility for the consequences of his actions. He blamed you for wearing the dress he specifically asked you to wear. All caps. Not only does he not care about your dress, but he doesn't seem to care about you at all. This guy is not your person. He's awful. Don't contact him again for any reason at all. There's nothing good here. Yeah. Right. And the thing about it is,

though you made the choice to wear it, you were doing it in good faith, even though you're hesitant for him to try and like, sure, see what the vibe is and whatever. I don't know. That's cute to match going out. Yeah, it's a cute thing. And so you took the risk and did it

In good faith. Yeah. And not like, sure, you could have said no, but you were just going along and being a good time. Yeah. Why was this dress special again? Her late grandmother got it for her. And it was very expensive. That's what's so interesting because it's like,

I was going to say if it was her ex-boyfriend or something. And then the guy's like, I'm going to fucking take this dress down. Like grandma. But yeah, it's like, what? This is the hard part. I mean, I'm having right now, I'm missing some jewelry. And it's very sentimental. And it's like, you keep it in a dish because you don't want to wear it. You want to protect it. But then...

you know, maybe it would have been safer around my neck. And it's like, this dress, you keep it on a hanger looking nice because you don't want to ruin it. She wears it one time, it gets wrecked. Like, it's so hard having sentimental pieces because you're always at risk of that. I have that debate every day. It's really, really hard. I have my grandpa's dog tag from the Vietnam War. Oh. And,

And sometimes I look at it sitting safe and sound at home and I'm like, what if the house burns down? Yeah. It's probably better if it's on me. But then what if I wear it and I come home and I'm like. It's gone. So it's, I mean, you just need like a safe, a fireproof safe. But at the end of the day, this all boils down.

Mistake or not, take responsibility or actions and be a good person. Just do the right thing. Yeah, it's so weird. I would pay for the whole thing. I know you would. Yeah, exactly. A good person that actually likes you would. Yeah. Unless, the next comment after the top one, he got defensive, which either means it wasn't an accident or he's so emotionally immature, he needs to go back into the dating pond with the rest of the tadpoles. Yeah. Next comment down.

Yep, this was a test to see if she is easily controlled. He spilled on purpose 100%. She needs to jump ship now. And the people that they are like, cannot upvote this enough. He was totally gaslighting her. You wore the dress, so it's your fault? Hell no. Everyone's like this.

Someone goes, like, this totally reminds me of a former post about someone who was trying to protect her friend from a potential accident because the boyfriend was a klutz. And it turns out, like, the boyfriend, like, literally, like, didn't like her or some shit and was doing, like, hurting her on purpose on accident. That was a fucked up story. We should actually read that for Patreon. Yeah. Someone is like, great comment. Only thing I'd add is that's the best 100 OP we'll ever spend, assuming she never speaks to him again.

True. But I don't know. Call it accident. He's an asshole or call it respond. There's no comments I see from O.P. Not on the account. No updates. We'll have to keep an eye. It's only eight days old, so it's still pretty new, pretty fresh.

I could see I could see that the trying to control. Couldn't you see like it's like an Andrew Tate type person where they're like, let me let me test initially. Let's see how she reacts. Let's see if she'll be submissive. Like we just read that post about the dread game and how psychotic people can be.

It's essentially like you make the other person feel so insecure that you're going to leave them. And like, it's like psychological warfare on your partner so that they become more attached to you. That was fucked. That's crazy. But think about people like neg. Like they negative comment you in order to like make it so you then seek their validation. That's a big red flag I look out for. Like, it's really weird. And yeah, that whole like they put you on a pedestal in the very beginning and then like pull it back.

out from underneath you yeah and then yeah piggy banking or what's the um the other one we've talked about penny method what's that that's the penny method where they like give you 100% like kind of love bomb you and then slowly they start to treat you like shit yeah and then that person is just like I know they'll treat me like this they have before exact possible that's the penny method yeah

So I hope she dumps his ass. Me too. Is it even dumping at this point? It's just like a peace out. Yeah. This is one where ghosting would be justified. Yeah. It's justified. Next story. This one is six hours old. Wow. I'm on the fence on this one. Really? But I really liked it, so I'm pushing it in here. Don't yell at me for making a story work.

Oh, it's titled, Am I the Asshole for Not Telling My Former Fiance I Bought Her Dream Home.

10 years ago, my fiance left me, 38 male, a few weeks before our wedding. We grew up in a small town. We were friendly, went to the same school, but we were never in the same clique. She was one of the popular kids and I wasn't. So a few years after college, I moved back home because my dad got sick. I found a job in my field about 45 minutes away from home.

I would help take my dad to his chemo appointments, and it was during one of those appointments that I first ran into my ex. She worked at the hospital. One day, while I was waiting, I asked her out. It turned out we shared a lot of the same interests. It seemed like our relationship was going great. About a year or so into dating, my ex and I moved into a rental house together. The following year, I proposed.

We began looking for a house. My ex always wanted to live in her grandparents' house on the lake near our town. Her family was forced to sell the house when her grandparents died because of an inheritance dispute.

Six months before our wedding, a chance event happened. The couple who bought her grandparents' lake house had grown tired of our snowy winters. It took some work and nearly all of my savings, but I was able to buy her dream house. It was going to be my surprise wedding present, so I didn't dare tell her or anyone in her family my plans.

Damn. A month before our wedding, ex and her friends went to Miami for her bachelorette party. I'm not sure all of what happened there. Part of me doesn't really want to know, but I do know her high school boyfriend was there. When she got back from the trip, she broke down and confessed she was afraid to get married and wanted to call it off. It was a mess. She later moved to Florida and eventually married her high school boyfriend. Oh, I hate that. Wow.

I ended up moving back to the city for an amazing job. In the meantime, I still had the lake house. With the help of my mom and dad, we started to fix up the lake house. It took a few years. My mom and dad would look after the contractors while I was in the city. But having a lake house was perfect. When everything locked down, I was able to escape the city and work remotely from the lake house. I now live here full time and work remotely.

This summer, we had a 4th of July party at the lake house. My sister-in-law used photos from the lake this summer in her holiday Christmas card. One of those cards made it to my ex's cousin. The cousin recognized the house.

The Saturday before New Year's, ex's mother and sister were at my front door. After pleasantries and answering their initial questions, they made an offer to buy it. I refused. They were not happy. A few days later, I got a long text from my ex. This was the first time in about nine years that she has talked to me. She called me an asshole for keeping this from her. Her family is blaming her for losing the house again. Ha!

She then asked me to sell. I still had no intention to sell. Now her and her family are complaining on social media that this is some sort of revenge. Am I the asshole? No. No. Holy shit. Wait, I thought you said you were on the fence with this one. Well, like, in the theme, but, like, I'm embarrassed for her. Yeah. Like, girl. Yeah. You had...

what sounds like an amazing person who moved heaven and earth to make you happy and loved you. And you married the high school boyfriend. So like, I hope it worked out, but damn.

Yeah. You suck. Yeah. Well, I think, yeah, I mean, she kind of, she made her bed so she has to lay there. Isn't that the same? And maybe it worked out for the better all around. Well, and that's the thing is that, I mean, he did this to, does she, I wonder if she knows that he literally bought this house to surprise her for their wedding. Dude, this is some fucking notebook shit. I would respond with that. Yeah. I would respond to her message saying I did that. Yeah. And so that was her decision. It's like, it's unfortunate, but like,

She decided to call the wedding off. She's happily married to somebody else now. She didn't know about the house for nine years. She moved away. Yeah. Yeah, it wasn't on her radar, right? She's not on Zillow every day like, oh, I want that house back. And the whole family is looking at it every day, hoping it pops up. Yeah. They didn't even know. They just want it now because he has it. Well, that's the thing. If I had a house that I was really trying to get...

I would write the family a letter. I would stop by once a year, maybe just check in. Hey, I used to live here. It was my grandparents' place. You know, if you're ever interested in selling. Right. Please call us. I would make a continued effort. They didn't even know

even know who owned that house. It had already switched hands. So the fact that he knew and they didn't know, it's just like move on. Yeah. And it took them nine years to figure it out. Just move on. Yeah. Let him live. Yeah. It's kind of like when kids are all playing with a bunch of new toys they got and you're over here checking out a different one that they also got, but they don't really know. And you all of a sudden they rush over and they want to start playing with that one because you have it. It's like, oh no, that one. I want that one.

It's like, yo, what do you mean? And he didn't buy it out of revenge. No, he won. He got it in, again, good faith. I don't know why that word's in my brain tonight. But he was doing it out of good intention. Oh.

And then, you know what? Maybe it's a worthwhile asset and people in his life enjoy it. And it is what it is. Sounds like he loves it. It's kind of the way the world goes. Yeah. Top comment, not the asshole. Your intention was to surprise your ex with the house at the wedding. If you had called off the wedding, I'd reconsider my judgment. But she is the reason why she doesn't have access to that house. On top of that, you've made the house your own. Enjoy it.

And next comment down, he managed to surprise her. Yeah, true. Curious if there's any comments from OP. I mean, it's like, yeah, I get it. It's unfortunate for the family. They really want the house. It means a lot to them. It's sentimental, just like we were talking about in the last episode.

like these sentimental things mean a lot to us. It sucks. Yeah. But then be on top of it. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Then they should have been more on top of it and then also approach it with way more love than that. I mean, she sends him a long text saying like, you're an asshole. This is for revenge. But anyway, are you willing to sell? Like, you know, it's like, come on.

Also, it's kind of funny the family blamed her for them losing access. It's so funny how shit goes down when people fight. But yeah, not the asshole. No comments from OP, no updates yet. It's only six hours old, seven hours old, or whatever it is now. But I'm curious if we get an update on this one. That's a good one. I'm very glad you put it in this theme. Yes. Okay, moving along.

So this is coming from our very own Too Hot Takes subreddit. It is four days old. It is titled, My 26 male fiancé, 24 female, is reconsidering our relationship over a sandwich.

Next month, we'll have been together for three years. We have been living together for 11 months and I proposed five months ago. This situation is absolutely absurd to me. A couple of weeks ago, my fiance asked me to get takeaway because she was too tired to cook. She's an A&E nurse and was still recovering after having coronavirus caught from the ward at work.

I went to Greg's after work. I had a voucher where I would get a second free sandwich identical to my first order. I ordered us tuna crunch baguettes. I forgot that she's allergic to several types of fish and shellfish, including tuna. It was an honest mistake on my part, but she flipped out. I offered to cook for her. I was going to let it go because she was just getting over being ill, but she was still mad the next day and left our flat to go stay with one of her friends.

Besides the tuna, she was also upset that I couldn't recite her usual Greg's order by heart, or her order from another one of our regular takeaways, even though she knew mine. She has a better memory than I do, because she needs it for her work.

She hasn't returned, and she says she's reconsidering our relationship. Over a sandwich. She says the sandwich is just a symptom, but that's absurd. I made a mistake for getting her allergy, but I don't believe it's something to end the relationship over. She was disappointed when I got home and told her what sandwiches I bought, but I didn't think it would be something she'd leave over. My family and even my mates say I'm right, and this is absurd.

For her to be reconsidering because of a sandwich? The one time I spoke to her since she left, she says her family all agrees with her. Our lease is up at the end of next month and she told me to go ahead without her if I want to stay in our flat. I do love her. I want to marry her. It's completely absurd to me that I'm in this situation and I cannot believe it. Well, there's a couple things here because...

I mean, does she tell him any of the other problems? Because she said this is a symptom of a much larger problem. So this is like this could be a moment where he just is so oblivious to what's going on. Yeah. And if that's her issue, like if she's just like, you don't remember anything about me.

at all and then she's upset about that, then it's like, OK, well, then it's not over just a sandwich. But if if she's really just like dialing in and it's just little moments like this that she's going in this hard on, then it's like, well, so why does he want to be with her anyway if she's willing to leave you over just a sandwich? You know what I mean? Yeah. So it just doesn't sound like it's really a strong, um,

foundation of a relationship. I would agree. Yeah, it is kind of weird. The thing, like, you're both also asking people that are going to naturally be on your side how they feel about this. True. So you're going to get validated because they're just going to hype you up like, yeah, what? She's mad about what? And then on the other side, it's like,

He did what? I don't know what's triggering her, whether it's the forgetting something very key about her that you obviously should know. Like, I would know if Morgan had a certain allergy and I would... I don't think I'd forget and be like, whoops, I just ordered two tuna sandwiches. It's so annoying. I think these are... We need more information because these do feel like some cracks that...

You know, it's not over the sandwich. Clearly not. And she's even saying it's not. It feels like it's a string of things where it's like, okay, and now you're forgetting this, you know, relatively big detail about me.

And I think that's her point. Like, I picked this one because I know we've had a blend of literally kind of like this story put together. So the episode with Mad Amy that we just had, we had a story about a guy went to the grocery store with his partner, turned to her and said, hey, should I get cheese for our spaghetti and cheese? And she goes, no, because she misheard him. Has a meltdown over the cheese. Ignores him, sleeps on the couch, all this shit. Then we've had a story in the past where this guy...

ordered two things of shrimp Alfredo. She's allergic to shrimp.

I feel like it's kind of like a common thing that keeps coming up where it's like, if you don't know your partner has an allergy or if you're kind of doing things that feel like weaponized incompetence and it adds up again and again and again, I feel like, yeah, it might be over just a sandwich, but it might be justified. Like to not remember your partner has an allergy or

You're so dumb. Well, I would also say it depends on... Because I know this one girl who was allergic to like 68 different things. Holy... Okay, she needs a list. Yeah, so she... Everywhere, like... She was on my cheer team and anywhere we went, any restaurant, we had to notify them to not have any peanuts in the restaurant anywhere because she's airborne allergic. Oh, my God. And she'd have to bring her own meals and we would just like eat as a team, but like her parents would pack all of her meals for her. So I guess like...

There's an exception where it's like if your partner is allergic to so many different things that it's like you can't expect them to always like sometimes it's going to slip your mind and you're not going to realize. But like I think, yeah, if it's something like my partner's allergic to shellfish and fish and you are living with them, you should probably know that. That's probably a good thing to. Come on. Come on. Yeah. Also, like if I asked you, Justin, what would I order from Sweetgreen?

What would you pick? What would you say right now? Well, there's a mixture of two different orders you really like, but I would nail one of them. Okay, which would be? It's safe to go. I don't know what the one's called. It's like the crispy rice one. Love that. But I would probably just- Oh, you like the harvest one too. I would go with the harvest bowl. Yeah, baby. And I know you like the chickpeas in it and you take out the goat cheese and things like that. There we go. Most places that we eat, I would know-

A, if the menu suited you or B, exactly probably what you'd want to order. Yeah. Because generally, even if we sit down in a place we've never been, it's like, oh yeah, let's split those two. But then also with this one, I was thinking, why is her reaction so big? And the thing that I keep going back to is, well, if you are, you know, not, I don't know, is it dumb? No. It's just like, you're not paying attention enough to not know this big allergy. Yeah.

He just doesn't. Yeah, he's checked out. Then there's a bunch of other stuff you're probably missing. Yeah. Especially you're missing why she's reacting this way. And maybe you just can't even put together the fact that this is due to a bunch of things leading up to it. I don't know. Oh, oh, what? Is there an update? I. Oh, you got me excited. OK, so I went to go look at the top comment. I think it's coming from her.

Oh, it's coming from her. Let's hear it. Oh, shit. Here's her side. It's been three years we've been together. I've memorized his favorite takeouts and know what to order for him every time we go to our favorite places. I'm just recovering from COVID and I'm a nurse. I came home exhausted and asked him to pick me up a sandwich. I have food allergies. After three years, I assume he knows.

It was buy one, get one, but must be identical sandwiches. He got what he wanted and I can't eat because I'm allergic to tuna. I lost it. I can't even count on my fiance to get me a sandwich when I am so exhausted.

This is not the first time, and I am afraid that this will be my life if I marry him. He will never make an effort to remember my allergies and not take my needs seriously. It started as a sandwich, but it's just one of the things he never remembers about me. I've left. He doesn't understand how it's not about a sandwich. It's how he doesn't see me. Yeah. So not sure if that's her side or someone getting creative with their writing because there's not really any new info. Oh, true. Yeah, people do that. Which I'm going to—

I'm going to go with it's creative writing exercise for someone. But yeah, I think it does sum it up well, though. It's perfect. And people get tired of weaponized incompetence or feeling like they're not valued in their relationship. And like,

The other side of this, your partner is not a fucking psychic. If you want someone who's going to be emotionally intelligent and intuitive, you need to talk to them early on so that they can gauge your reaction, so they can work with you. If someone's being an idiot and not doing tasks right, show them once. And if they continue to do it, they're inept. And you need to ask yourself, do I want to deal with someone who can't even wash the dishes or do laundry right?

Yeah. Like you don't have to put up with weaponized incompetence or people that are just bad at basic tasks. So funny when anytime like Brian doesn't do something like clean very well or whatever it is. And sometimes he's been like, well, you're better at it than I am. And I'm like, well, then you're going to learn. You're going to learn. 100%. Like I'm not putting up with this shit forever. No chance. Like.

It's just exhausting. We as humans have way too much shit on our plate to then have to balance someone else's basic needs to stay alive. Clean clothes, clean dishes, healthy food, food that gets put in the fridge after you cook it so it doesn't go bad and you don't get food poisoning. Yeah, you don't want to parent your partner. You don't. And this feels like it could lead to that and she doesn't want to do that forever. I think she's dodging a bullet. Yeah. I think this is...

Honestly, he's embarrassing. Well, and you wonder really if he just doesn't get the fact that he ordered what he wanted and just assumed and just didn't even think for two seconds about her allergy or if he's just that oblivious. Because there are people that are just that oblivious. Yeah. It's like, oh, the tuna. He might be one of them. He might be one of them. Moving along.

Okay, so this is coming from Relationship Advice, One Day Old. It is titled, My 26 male girlfriend, 22 female, kicked a child and I can't view her the same way. Whoa. After you read that title, is there anyone you can think of that you know of in your life that you think would ever kick a child? Me. Me. Yeah. Justin, who came to your mind?

How about you? I couldn't come up with anyone either. I could see Alejandro, but like... Really? Yeah, reaction, you know? I definitely didn't think Morgan. I was actually picturing this one person who I'm not friends with. I just like know who she is. Oh, yeah? We're going to have to get into that after. I pictured this one guy I saw in a movie one time. He was really mean and he picked on the kids. Does anyone know Brad Pitt? Yeah, Pitt.

I could see him kicking a kid. Defamation. Just kidding. I know, just kidding. Okay. Just kidding, Brad Pitt. I get scared of like naming a celebrity on here. I'm like, oh my God.

Fuck you, Brad Pitt. I'm kidding. Okay. I'm going to leave the show right now. Yeah, we love Brad Pitt. Let's get into this. My 26-male girlfriend, 22-female, kicked a child, and I can't view her the same way. My girlfriend and I have been dating for two years now. A few days ago, she told me the following. She left to take our dog to the park in our apartment complex. When she got there, a boy, who we now know is eight years old, with a ball pump, approached her and asked if he could pet the dog.

She let him. Then, when he took too long, she told him that our dog can't poop if she's distracted. The kid didn't respond well to that and followed them into the dog park. He climbed into a tube tunnel in there, and when our dog went over to sniff the tunnel, my girlfriend saw him poking the dog with the air pump.

She told him not to do that and leashed our dog and took her to a trail that goes through the trees behind our apartment complex that's decently far from the dog park. While she was on the trail letting the dog sniff around, she noticed that the boy was following them, still with the ball pump.

She pretended to get on her phone and asked the boy something like, quote, what's your name? The police officer on the phone wants to know. The boy got angry and started running at them. My girlfriend put herself between him and our dog and he stabbed the basketball pump in her leg and she kicked him, sending him tumbling down the hill by the path.

She said that it was an automatic reaction, but I don't know if I believe that. The boy ended up spraining his wrist and his parents called the police. My girlfriend was questioned, but not arrested. The parents want to press charges, and as much as my girlfriend insists that she thinks it will be fine, I just can't get the idea of her being violent towards a minor out of my mind.

I want kids someday. And I thought that I knew who I was dating. She injured a child. And I feel so gross that I've been dating someone like this. How does our relationship move forward? This is weird. I'm wondering if there's a lot of other things that are going on where he's questionable about her character. Because on this story alone, it sounds like she was being attacked. By a fucking crazy kid. Can we talk about the story first? Yeah.

The kid all of a sudden running. I'm picturing Chucky. Like just sprinting. Where the hell were his parents? Oh my God. Dude. The parents show up all of a sudden when there's some money to make. The parents should be charged for not watching their child. How old was this kid? Eight years old. Yeah. Where the heck are the parents? This kid's like a little stalker.

He is. He is. He was stalking her. Well, and that's the thing that's concerning is that one, like he's following her around. Two, he's using like a thing. This play thing is like a thing to poke at people. And then three, when she says she's going to call the cops, he starts charging her. These are like huge red flags that need to be like nipped in the butt like.

immediately. Yeah. You know what I mean? So I know he's a kid, so I'll definitely give him grace on that. But still, I just feel like the story in itself, it's like his parents need to be like, dude, what are you doing? You got to be respectful of people's space. I mean, I'm glad that he's like, OK, obviously, it's not ideal that she kicked him.

Fuck the kid. But it was a knee-jerk reaction, too. I feel like a good parent would apologize to her and then...

talk to their kid and be like, listen, this is what you get. Yeah. The kid might have told a different story, though. Yeah, right. Probably. Oh, kids drive me crazy with that shit. I just think this is absolutely unhinged. One, this is self-defense, and if he can't recognize that it's self-defense, like, good riddance, girl. You're with an idiot. Run. Oh, that part, yes. And the other thing, too, it's like,

I don't know what is up with parents lately. Like we've been out in public and I get when you have kids, it's very different. And sometimes they can't be contained or they're tired or hungry or whatever other hundred problems can be wrong with a child at any given time. But you see the opposite at the same time. Yes. But lately, and I don't know like if it's just the time of year and people stress and checking out, whatever. It's over. Yeah.

The kids I have seen like running around a restaurant, kicking plants over, taking the plants that are on the tables in cups, shaking them all about. Oh my God. Like. No, there's bad parents. 100%. It's just like you're ruining other people's enjoyment of a public space.

And I don't know. Like, there's times where, like, the parents can't help it. Obviously, like, if someone's baby's crying at a table, I don't give a fuck. Like, I get it's a baby. It's when you see the kid doing something, the parent looks over, looks back, and just ignores. Dude, did I... I don't know if I told you guys this yet, but I was at HomeGoods, favorite place. Hey. And...

And anyway, there was this like super loud like horn and I like jumped and I'm like, oh my God. Like I thought that there was like an alarm going off in the building. Like it was sounded crazy. And which I don't know why they made this toy, but like it was a dog toy that a child had and he kept squeezing it to the point that like a person at HomeGoods that works there ran over to see like if somebody was like hurt.

And then what's going on? She starts kind of laughing and she's like, oh, OK, it's just, you know, this kid and his parents were right there. And they're like, well, you're the one who sells it at the store. So it's your fault.

No. No. No. It's your fucking fault that you didn't hear it after maybe the third or fourth time. No, they didn't hear it. They kept laughing. They were laughing at him. They didn't care. A lot of people lack that sense. Yeah. I'm like, this is so disrespectful. Like it was loud, you guys. Like it was not like it was an uncomfortable sound. Like I can't believe they even made this for a dog.

Oh, my God. But yeah, just the fact that like the parents were laughing when the kid was like running around doing it. I'm like, OK, that's kind of odd. But then to double down and to have an employee run over there and then them say he was trying to be playful. But still, it's sending the wrong message to your kid. They're like, he's like, well, it's your fault. You're the one who sells the toy here. It's for a dog. Also, like as the employee.

Would you just grab it? Like, would you just be like, okay, well, I'm going to remove it from the sales floor. I see it's a problem. Yeah. I don't know. She was being playful. So it was like, there was no tension. And it was fine. Like, I wasn't, like, angry over it. I was just more...

shocked or no astonished at the parents not being like hey this is a dog toy we're in a public space this could be disruptive to other people so we're not going to play with this but instead they're like they're like one of those parents from william from uh charlie and the chocolate factory oh well that's like this kid with the bike pump is giving like veruca salt like yeah i want to pet the

Yeah. Like it's giving spoiled kid who's never been told no and he's just, you know, a little too big for his britches. Let me tell you, if I get stabbed in the leg by a kid, my leg will also react...

I'm not going to sit there and think, do I kick the kid or do I not? It happens instantly. There's no thought. It just happens. Yeah. I can't believe that her partner can't look at her the same again because it's like it sounds... Yeah, that's pathetic. It's like unless there's more to it where he's just like, I just, this is the last straw. I feel like she actually hates kids and I don't believe her. It's weird. Yeah. It's super weird. Top comment.

He came at her with a weapon after harassing her and she kicked him off of her? Question mark, question mark, question mark. Dude, this is a normal fight or flight response. She did nothing wrong. Next comment. OP is out of his mind if he typed out this entire story and still thinks his girlfriend is in the wrong. For real? Some people just, you know, might not be able to wrap their head around the context. I mean...

We're watching Survivor right now, and there's some really dumb people on this season. I'm sick thinking about who I've been dating for the last couple years. Spent two years. Just break up then. I can't believe she could hurt a child. It's so pathetic. Yeah, I'm kind of curious. I kind of want to see this scene. I want to see the kid rolling down the hill. Yeah, because I'm curious. I'm like, so there was a hill right there, and I'm like, how did she kick him so he could actually do somersaults?

Down a hill. It's just interesting how that panned out, but... It's dramatized. The stuff that happens, though, like, I keep getting videos on TikTok that are, like, near misses, and those videos freak me out. Like, a tire pops off a car. Oh.

like four blocks away and bounces and almost hits this person rolling 50 miles an hour. Like, there's crazy stuff. Did you guys hear about the Alaska flight that just had the window ripped off of it? Yeah. And then, I don't know, this could just be people making it...

fluffed up or whatever, but there was nobody in the two seats that where the door flew off of. I heard that too. And they said that like the people apparently missed their flight. I don't know if that was just people trying to like make it more, you know, because that would be insane if there was two people who missed their flight and

And then that, like, they would have flown out of there. Like, yeah. There's, like, a lot where people are, like, trying to, like, hypothesize, too. Like, the plane was only at about, I guess, like, 16,000 feet. But if it would have actually been at, like, cruising altitude, like... That would have been insane. I was wondering because the video, everyone looks so, like, they're... It's quiet. Yeah, it's, like, quiet. Everyone's chilling. Yeah. So I was thinking, I'm like, they must not be too... Yeah, they must not be too high yet. But... I also think it was, like...

after the descent. Like it seemed like it had like, like they all had their masks on. Yeah. Right. Well, cause imagine chance recording, which when do you ever take a video on a plane anyway? Except for like the turbulence videos. When there's a pretty sky. Yeah. True. Oh my God. Yeah. Or people stalking other people. Can you imagine getting that live?

It would be crazy. That would be insane. Like, as it... Well, and, like, one of the seats, like, the back of the seat was ripped off. Yeah. Also, we were talking about it. Holy shit. And it was like, can you imagine? You're just, like, driving down the street and a fucking airplane window lands on your car. Holy crap. You'd be dead. I want to know where that thing landed. Anyway. That's a good point. Yeah. I also... I don't know. I remember hearing this story about a plane...

a window shattering and the woman like was partially out of the plane and unfortunately she didn't make it because there she just like there was no oxygen like she and she was out there for too long did you ever hear about that what one yeah I don't know how long ago it happened but I somehow came across it not too long ago and I read the story and it's just like it's so sad but yeah it

it's a it's powerful like the woman next to her because that's what I was reading was like the person who wrote it I think was the person next to her and she was saying that she was trying so hard to pull her back into the window and it was just like was this the flight attendant? I don't remember it was a while ago that I read it there was one crazy because we I don't know why they did this to us I guess like

The more you know, the better you are. But during flight attendant school, we had to watch the craziest airplane crashes, the survival ones, the ones that didn't. There was a crazy one where a FedEx worker hijacked one of the FedEx planes and like, oh, that one was bad. And then there was a Hawaiian flight where a big section of the fuselage blew off. Wow. And luckily...

Like, most of the people survived, which was, like, crazy for how much of the plane that was missing. But unfortunately, one of the flight attendants got sucked out. Oh, wow. And I think she was the only one. Wow. It was just terrible tragedy. Well, sit in the aisle, not the window. That's literally what everyone's saying. Yeah, when everybody got back on the flight, they were all requesting to have aisle seats. But it's... Yeah, it is crazy because it's, like, flying is actually relatively safe statistically. But, um...

or not relatively, it is very safe. Extremely safe. Safer than driving. Yeah. And so, but it's like, it is crazy. These moments happen. And I saw this TikTok about this girl who was saying, always listen to the safety descriptions because there was a flight one time, I guess that crashed and only, only a few people made it. And they were all, they,

They were all people that, like, would listen to the safety demo, like, every time they were on the flight because it's supposed to be more of... Every plane is different. Yeah, and it's also supposed to be more of, like, muscle memory so that you don't have... You just react. You don't have, like, time to, like, think. You just react and then...

Yeah, so that is now something that I'm going to implement because I don't think I've ever listened to the safety manuals until just this most recent flight I was on. It honestly, as a flight attendant, it made me really happy when people would listen to the demos. Because, like, I would be like... Yeah.

And also, like, now I just judge. It's so hard flying because I still, like, judge people. Like, we were on a... I don't remember. Maybe it wasn't... No, no, no. It was Spirit. It was Spirit because we flew, like... It was a $36 flight. It was amazing. But the flight attendants got off the plane, which, like, that is, like, an FAA regulation. Like, you cannot...

leave passengers on a plane. Like, for every 50 passengers, there needs to be one flight attendant. Okay. At least this was the rules back when I was doing it. And two flight attendants got off the plane. If there would have been someone from the FAA, like, auditing them, they would have gotten massive fines. Really? You're not supposed to do that. Wow. Like, it's...

So bad. And then like they were pointing with their fingers, which like you're not supposed to do. You're supposed to point with open hands. So it doesn't look like a gun. It's like offensive in certain like places. Interesting. Yeah. Anyways. Yeah. This guy's a goofball. I'm embarrassed for him. Yes, me too. Yeah. Okay.

Maybe watch the Boeing documentary if you haven't, though. Just like on the planes. That's a good one. It was crazy. Crazy. And as I was looking for where the window fell, no mention of where it fell.

Where it blew off to. Not that I saw. No one's talking about it yet, but they're grounding those Boeing planes again. What do you mean? Like, you remember when like the three plane crashes happened with the Boeings and they grounded them? No. What's grounding them mean? They like don't let those planes go up. Oh, okay. Alaska like took their whole fleet down. Yeah. Where do they put the planes? Park them until they can get them inspected. Hmm.

And you said they're doing what now? They're grounding them. Oh. Certain places, certain airlines. Okay. Very interesting. Yeah. Be safe out there, y'all. This next one's coming from the Too Hot Takes subreddit. It's 23 hours old, titled, Am I the Asshole for Breaking Up with My Fiance After Someone Sent My Parents Intimate Videos of Us? What? Damn.

Sorry for my English. It's not my first language. My fiance and I have been together for 10 years. We started dating when we were 15, and two years ago, we got engaged. He likes to record during sex, and I'm fine with it too. Only he has access to those videos. A week ago, my parents received a message from a fake Facebook with a link to several of the videos.

I complained to my ex-fiance, and he said that he was not the one who sent the videos, but only he has access to them. I broke up with him, but he's been filling my phone with calls and messages. Am I the asshole for breaking up with him? Whoa. How did they get that? Yeah. Who sent it? That's what I would want to know. I have a lot of questions there. This is like a movie moment where I'm like...

Who did it? So are we breaking up on an assumption? So we do have lots of comments from OP. Yeah, we need some more. And by lots, I think there's four. Oh, okay.

Not the asshole, but I would be questioning my ex like crazy. He must have shared the video. Otherwise, how did whoever sent the video get it? If it was a random hacker, why send it to your parents? Right. This is personal. Right. That's what I'm saying. Wait, wait, wait. This is before or after breakup that the video was sent? Before. Before. So everything's just normal and nice and whatever. Engaged. So why would he ever do it?

What in the fuck was that? What's the point of that? You know where my head went? Huh? He's cheating on her and the girl he's cheating with got the videos and sent them to her parents. Right, because it'd be completely illogical for him to do it. In what world? Why? Why? Yeah. No. No way would he ever send them. No. Unless he was looking for a way to get him to break up with her. But that's not even a guarantee. See, this is why I'm like not... I just like wouldn't want to mess around with this type of stuff because...

if somebody else has access to somebody else's phone, then they can send it anywhere. You know what I mean? And it's like, it takes like- Think about the cloud. How many celebrities get their cloud hacked? Yeah. I feel like stuff's not safe really anywhere. It's not. We literally, so something is like missing from my room and I'm having-

I'm having a bit of a meltdown about it. So I installed a little camera in my room and literally like me and Justin were having sex today. And I was like, oh, my God, the camera recorded us. Yeah. Like you try to do these things to be safe. And then you're like, oh, my God, I have a sex tape. My first one. That's hilarious. I'm kind of pumped, though. Okay.

Of course you are. But like this guy, like he liked recording it. But the person goes on to say like maybe it was an ex. And the OP responds, neither of us have exes.

Someone goes, I worked in IT for a jail. You'd be surprised how many ways there are to hack the cloud if he had them saved on Google Drive or even iCloud. Most use some sort of cloud slash drive on their phones without even knowing it. Opie goes, oh, really? I think he saves them on iCloud or something like that. But if it was hacked, why did they send it to my parents? Yeah.

And someone goes, did you for sure see the link sent to your parents or did your parents just say they received a link with the videos? My parents showed me the videos and the message. Oh my God. What was the message? Holy shit. Someone else comments, the most likely scenario is that it was posted somewhere online. A family friend or something saw it, recognized her slash them and then sent it to her parents. Quote, look what your daughter is doing.

And OP goes, quote, look what your daughter is doing, dot, dot. That was the message they sent to my parents along with the link. This is someone that's really mad that they're together. Wow. Yeah. This is...

I was just embarrassed for him thinking like he sent it or something. But like the more we get into this, like. I'm embarrassed for everybody. I don't think he would. There's nothing not embarrassing. But like, I don't, I don't feel bad. I'm not embarrassed by her. Like she's a victim in this. No, not embarrassed for. I'm just embarrassed. Like whether you're the parents receiving it of your kid. Yeah. Or you're the kid whose parents are seeing it. Yeah. This is just, this is embarrassing all around.

I don't... It sucks. I hope the parents, like, didn't actually watch it. Like, once I opened up one, I feel like I'd close it down right away. Well, hopefully. Not look at any of the other... You're gonna see something. That's why it's a whole issue. I mean... This is...

so random and not at all really related. But you know, the movies like Fifty Shades of Grey, Dakota Johnson, the actress, I remember there was a headline. Don't know if it's true at all, but she was mad at her mom for not going to those movies. Yeah, I remember seeing that. And it's like, girl, you're fucking the whole time. Yeah, that's true. I wouldn't want my mom to see that movie. I think, yeah, I know that's the hard part is that I feel like I wouldn't want

to either but at the same time it was like her big it was a big role yeah so it was like something i'm sure she was so proud of like those were those books were huge people were obsessed with them so like to get the role in the movies of them i'm sure it was just someone just needs to like give her mom an edit that has all of those scenes literally yeah but this sucks i i'm really i'm

He's embarrassing. However, this happened. Keep your data secure, dude. Just also sucks that people share stuff like that. Like, why? Why do people have to? So vulnerable. Like, I watched that documentary where the guy used to break into people's emails and and post them onto this one site.

And this girl's parent, this girl's mom was like, no, I'm going to take him down. And so finally she figured out how to like take him down and spent so much time on it. Like that's amazing. Yeah. But like he was making so much money off of this website of stolen like and they were like nudes of girls that like.

Like this girl specifically, she wasn't even sending to anyone. She just thought like, oh, I look I feel sexy right now. I'm going to take like a topless photo. And then she like it was a long time ago. So she didn't have storage on her phone. So she like sent them on her email and then like deleted them off of her phone.

And, like, put them in, like, her, like, picture, you know, email thing. And the guy just, like, would break into people's emails and, like, apparently that was a thing people did a lot back then. Yeah. Yeah. And would take all their photos and post them. And so then people would, like, see the photos and think that, like, oh, like, she deserved it. She want, like, I mean, people were assholes back then. And so she was, like, just, she was, like, it was the most mortifying experience I felt so taken advantage of. Like, so mortifying.

like it was just, it was horrible. And so I just, I loved how the mom ended up taking him down. That's crazy. It reminds me of like, don't fuck with cats. That was probably one of the scariest documentaries on Netflix, but it was like reverse hacking. Like, yeah, it was nuts. I've never watched that one. Um, it's you should. Yeah. Tonight. It's not tonight. No, sunny, very bright early day. Um, but with this one, um,

Do you guys actually think this had anything to do with him except for him being embarrassing and an idiot not securing his data? I don't think so. It's so hard. Like, because if anything, it's like maybe he sent it to his friends to be like, ha ha. And then his friends end up sending it to like a guy group chat. And then one of the girls saw it on the phone. Like, you don't need me. I don't know. Yeah. Makes you curious.

I would just... I don't know. This is just crazy. To be together 10 years and this happens. It's a big loss. I would have to have all the answers. I'd be like, let's track this down. Let's trace it. Yeah. Because if it's not his fault, it's like, do you really want to end that relationship that was going so well for 10 years? Yeah. And if he got hacked and it's not his fault... Yeah. I don't think it's relationship ending. I don't either. I hope not. I'd hope you'd be able to be more of a team and say...

Let's figure this out. Obviously, I did not send them to your parents. Why in the world would I ever do that? I agree. What would be the motive? I agree. Also, speaking of the fact that like the fake Instagram accounts, there's something that just feels weird.

There's something nefarious going on. Well, no, I was going to say just on top of this, like, I just don't like that people can, like, create accounts to bully other people without having their name behind it. Like, I feel like if you're going to, like, say or do crazy things online, like, you should be able to, like, have your name attached to it because it's like now it's like, who was this? Now there's just this big mystery. Yeah, be nice. Yeah. That's actually Brian said one time. He's just like,

He's like, if people don't have their name or likeness or picture, anything associated with their profile, and they say something mean online, it doesn't count. I don't care. 100%. Yeah. Goofy. Oh, okay. Well, I hope if you're listening, you update us on this one. Let us know what happens. Moving along. Moving along. Moving along.

This is six days old, coming from Relationship Advice, titled, My 30 female ex-husband, 36 male, wants me to be a surrogate for him and his girlfriend because her body is too perfect to ruin. Wait, what? Did you, can you read that first part again? My ex-husband. Yeah, that's what I thought. Oh my, what? What?

A few months ago, I made a post about my ex-husband. Since then, we have had little to no communication except through a third party because we have a daughter together. He does absolutely nothing for her. He asked for full custody because he didn't want to pay child support. I finally got him to agree to supervised visit and zero child support.

Ugh. What is wrong?

wrong with this man? Or accidentally sending me messages meant for her. Oh, what? How old did they say that this guy is? He's 36. So it's not like you're like some 80 year old and don't know how to work your phone. No.

The other day he told me that he wants to have a baby with her. He's irresponsible and she's immature, so they would make horrible parents. But he wants me to carry their child. Why? Because her teenage body is, quote, so hot and sexy and that I'm old and used. I have no idea why he would even ask me. Why is he telling me about her body? Why does he want me involved in any sort of way? It

It's all so weird. So messed up. What is wrong with him? I think he's just trying to make her jealous. Yeah, he's trying to mess with her. Trying to fuck with her. Yeah. But why? And also, I'm sorry, it is not a freaking flex if you're dating an 18-year-old and you're in your 30s. That's double. That's double the age. Oh, my God. And it's literally double the age. It's not a flex because it just shows, like, I mean...

I think I've said this before obviously a situation is always different like sometimes you know it's love is love but like I think that if you're actively going for somebody that young and then you feel proud about it it's like no why could you couldn't find somebody that was like around your same age who actually would have to just like like you for who you are not because you're so much older and cooler and like they're vulnerable you know what I mean like

I just don't think it's a flex and I think it's weird when people act like it is. But again, it's like love is love. So it's like sometimes it happens and I get it. It's so different if you're 35 and you date someone that's 50. Yeah. It's different if you're 40 dating a 60 year old. We were kids at 18. Like 18 is still a kid. You're a baby. You were a kid. I don't care if it's legally an adult. Like, come on. It's bad. You're still so young. Yeah. With that.

Age difference, power imbalance, different life stages. Yeah. Not the best time to think, yeah, let's have a kid. No! Like people do have kids when they're 19, 18, 20, 18, whatever. But with this dynamic, it feels very off. And I wouldn't be surprised if it's not even actually happening. He's just saying that to mess with his ex-wife. Is there a hot 18-year-old? Without taking away some of the seriousness...

So much of this was laughable. Yeah. Every single sentence you kept adding on. Crazy. I was like, when's the punchline coming through? Because it just kept getting worse. And the sending her the nudes, sending messages that are supposed to be for the 18-year-old. Oh, my God. And then of all of it, you're going to cap it off by saying,

Yeah, and I want to have a baby with her. Yeah. But we want you to carry it. It's so weird. And then to point out, her teenage body is too perfect. Oh, my God. But your used and old one won't be affected by this. And you could do us such a good service. She's 30, not dead. That's insane. Used and old to be 30 in March. Fuck you, dude.

How? It just kept getting worse. I was curious where we were going to stop. No, that's why it's in this theme. I mean, he's crazy. The top comment on this one, it's only January 1st, but I can confidently say he will win the 2024 prize for sheer audacity. Yes. And next comment goes, a little weird, good grief. This guy needs to be a poster child for what went wrong during my lobotomy. Yes.

Ask your lawyer to revisit child support. Give him a good laugh. If he can afford more children, dot, dot, dot, save all you can. Videotape him. Seriously, this could work to your advantage. And I... That was my thought. You won.

He hasn't even attempted to see his daughter, but yet he was asking for full custody. Document it all. Bring that to a judge and say, hey, he has no interest in being a dad. He was trying to get out of his financial support. Yeah. Reality is he's a parent. He can afford a certain lifestyle. He can afford to plan for another baby right now. I need child support. Take him back to court. He is clearly an unfit parent. Document everything he's sending you. There you go.

Yeah, it seems like this guy's in La La Land where it's like, oh, you know what? I moved on. It didn't work. Yeah, my other kid. Yeah, maybe someday. Here's a do-over. But I got this girl in front of me and you know what? I want to have a baby with her. It's like, it just seems like no thought, all just spontaneous whatever decision. Oh, yeah, I think we're going to have a kid. Yeah. It just feels, it like feels so wrong too. Like, I mean, at least at like 22, it's, I feel like,

It's a little bit less vulnerable. They're a little bit more and we're a little bit more independent as humans. But like 18, like that is my niece's age.

You don't know shit at 18. It's just crazy. And to think if she were to be dating someone who was older than me, I would just like, I would beat him up. I mean, think of 18 to 25. Think about where you're at at 25 as opposed to where, you know, 18 is, you know, you feel like you're on top of the world. You finished high school. You're about to go to college or you're going to start your career. You feel like I've made it. I'm an adult. Here we go. The only thing I can't do is legally drink and then

And the next thing I can't do is get cheaper rental cars. But those are the last two steps and you feel like I'll be there in no time. Really at 18, you feel like you know it all. Yeah. I did. I thought that. But then you get to 25 and you're like, or even now, I wish I could go talk to my 18 year old self. Wouldn't you? How cool would that be just to sit down and ask your opinion on certain things and see how you've evolved? It would be funny. It would be so awkward.

I don't know why. Because you changed so much. Well, because you'd honestly be embarrassed for your 18-year-old self. Yeah, absolutely. Speaking of the theme. I keep seeing a lot of videos too recently and I feel like it was around oddly like 25, 26. But so many girls are like, my prefrontal cortex developed and I literally started asking myself, why do I care so much about this guy that treats me like shit? And it's like,

You go through that phase where you're like, wait, what? Like, you start to realize. Well, and when I was 22, I was dating somebody who's 30. And I just thought he was so cool. And everything he did was cool. And he just knew so much and, like, could take me to nice dinners. And I just, you know. And so it's like I can say that I know that when you're younger and you're dating an older person, that you give them a lot more slack. For sure. Like, you think that you just think they're cooler. And now it's funny because now I'm dating a 30-year-old and I'm like...

you're not like, you're not like high and mighty, you know, like you're like just a dude. It must make you feel more mature, like you've accomplished more, like you're doing all these things where all your friends are still playing around and

in like early college and you're like nah I'm going to these dinners you know it does have that effect for sure it does and it's so goofy why it does and why you need at that age you almost need that validation but because then you get to our age and all you want to do is be younger yeah oh my god take me back but I do remember being 18 and like dating a guy who was done with high school he was playing junior hockey and like I was like oh my god he's graduated like he's so cool

Literally. Oh, my God. Yeah. So that's why I'm like, it's not a flex because like I think that at that age when you're 18, if you're dating someone so much older than they're just going to like treat you more like so like you're so you can do no wrong. You know what I mean? And so I'm like, it's wild. He's an idiot. Get your coin, girl. Get your coin. Yeah. Moving along. OK, this next one is.

It is a little bit of an oldie. I know if you watch the Subway Surfer Reddit stories as well, it has been read on there, but it went super viral. And I was like, this is really juicy. And I feel like you guys obviously haven't heard it. So it's going to be good.

So it's six months old coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled, Am I the Asshole for Helping a Friend in a Bad Situation on My Wife's Birthday? I, 28 male, have a friend called Sarah, 28 female, whom I've known since childhood and has been there for me my whole life.

I owe her my life, and she's always been my go-to when I've got problems. I want to make this clear. Romantic feelings have never been involved. We have a brother-slash-sister relationship. My wife, 29 female, has never liked Sarah. Since I had her as a best woman at my wedding, she calls her a pick-me.

She went as far to suggest I cut her out of my life when she became pregnant with her first child, but we worked through it in couples therapy. Since Sarah has always been there for me, I've stepped up for her, with taking her to appointments, building the nursery, and even promising to be with her when she gives birth. She grew up in foster care, no family.

My wife has become extremely hostile to Sarah, which has caused fights. To make up for not being there as much as I should, I planned a special birthday for my wife a whole day and night being treated like a celebrity with a fancy hotel, dinner in an expensive restaurant, shopping trip, and spa.

Unfortunately, Sarah went into labor six weeks early and rang me in a bad state, begging me to come to the hospital because she was scared. I told my wife everything and she started to freak out, saying it was her day and Sarah wasn't going to ruin it.

I told her to stop being childish. We can celebrate another time or she could ask a friend to go. Then she told me, don't come home without a paternity test, which hurt me. I'd never do that to her. But she wasn't listening. She just left without saying another word.

I'm currently with Sarah in the delivery ward. Well, getting a cup of coffee. That's why the story is rushed. I've been getting so many angry calls and texts from both our families and friends. Unfortunately, I tried getting in touch with my wife, but I'm blocked on everything. I feel like helping a vulnerable person in a situation like this trumps a birthday, but I still feel guilty. Am I the asshole? This one's kind of hard for me. This is a tough one. Yeah.

You're not getting bad vibes? I told you this is a hard one for me. I can't tell. There's parts in relationships where you have to trust your partner to the point where they say someone's a friend, then they're a friend. Even if they say their name in the middle of sex. But you have to... Justin! You have to keep trusting. That was so early. Otherwise, if you keep...

Going back and forth and start this mistrust, you go down this crazy, you know, spiral effect where you go out of control and you create a huge problem. Well, you either create a huge problem where there was none or you discover that you were right all along.

I just feel like something's off, though. Like, I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I feel like if this were me and Lauren, like, I even look at Lauren, and it's like, Lauren is pregnant and by herself has no one else in her life, which would not happen, but let's pretend. I wouldn't, like, as much as I love her, I wouldn't continuously drop the ball on you and disappoint you as my partner. Like, I would try to be like, okay, Lauren, like,

Let's make sure you're set up with like other support systems. Let's let's something, something, something like you get to a point where you can only pick someone else over your partner so many times before that person is like, why are we even together if you're continuously doing everything at my expense? I don't care if she's your friend. It hurts. I wonder if...

how the wife would feel too if it was a guy friend who called and said I'm at the hospital I'm scared I need your help do you think she would still be upset do you think it's because she's I mean obviously there's an aspect of jealousy we can hear through the story yeah but like do you think that it's just the principle in general putting myself in a

this random shoes. Like if it was a guy calling Justin all the time, hey dude, I need your help. Hey dude, can you do this? Hey dude, can you come to the hospital? Hospital? Okay, yeah, that's a tough one. But it's the proven history. I would start to get annoyed. I would be like, your friend is...

driving me up a wall like right it's not about this one it's not about being there to help her be at the hospital it's just the fact that like you have someone who's kind of a thorn in your side in your relationship and it's like you can be a good friend but it doesn't have to come at the expense of us it's more the string of events not just this latest one being the last straw yeah

I think I missed it. Who is she pregnant with? No mention. They don't talk about who she's pregnant with? It's not mentioned in the story. She doesn't have a guy that's... Okay, interesting. Okay. I think a lot of people are asking that question. Which is fueling Morgan's speculation. Yeah. So, top comment on this one. Hi, Warren. This is your wife, Ella.

Oh, wow. Warren. Warren. I thought we were talking about Warren. Oh, I thought it was direct Warren. That's hilarious. Okay, sorry. I did get confused for a second too. I know you know I love listening to Am I the Asshole stories on YouTube while driving to work. So maybe this was your new way of trying to gaslight me.

Wow. Oh, my God. Wow.

seven weeks ago, she ended up in the hospital and you wanted to go to her. And you almost did if it wasn't for your mom ripping you a new one. Oh my God. Sarah has no friends because she's rude as fuck to all the women in your life for no reason and slept with or flirted with multiple male members of your group in a relationship or not.

Wow. As for me hating her after the wedding, she told me at the engagement party that I was a shallow airhead who didn't deserve you and insulted me in her best woman speech. And yes, I wanted you to cut her off when I found out I was pregnant because it came out around that time. I found out your guy group passes her around like a cigarette.

I realized tonight I was an asshole to no one but myself our whole marriage, and I deserve to be treated better. Woo. I'm currently out at a nice restaurant with your mom and sister while your dad boxes up stuff to take to Sarah's. I want a divorce and Sarah to be finally out of my life. Update before I leave this account. Oh, fuck. What?

Wait, did you read this already? No. Did you know that she was... I knew there was a twist. I knew the comment, but I haven't seen this other one. So looks like there's going to need to be a trigger warning for infant loss. So the baby didn't make it, which is unfortunate. Warren and Simon, Melissa's ex, got into a fight at the hospital. He was cheating.

Her husband was cheating on her? It's confirmed now. Oh, my God. A few of Warren's friend group reached out to tell me they slept together multiple times during the pregnancy, too. Wow. So no lie detector needed. Warren is still with Melissa at the hospital and is trying to explain slash beg. Don't know why it's over. He can't gaslight his way out of this. I've been talking to lawyers. I've got a good case and I'm going to go for everything. And I bet my ass, Lauren...

Warren, my God, will end up moving in with Melissa, then try to blame me as a bitter, jealous ex. Guess she got picked in the end. Again, thanks to Reddit for everything. Wow. Holy shit. What an absolute asshole. I mean, honestly, I think even without all that context, like if I was in that situation, I would also be pissed. Like even from his story, like it would be frustrating for it to be your birthday. And then it's like,

Is there not anyone else that could go there to comfort her? You know what I mean? It's not like he had to race to save her from a drowning car or something. It was race to comfort her. Isn't there anyone else that can do that on his wife's birthday? So even before all that context, it wasn't really an ideal situation. But I do understand people trying to be good people and be there for people. So I do appreciate that sentiment. Now that we know the additional information...

Screw you, Warren. Screw you. And the way you wrote that as a victim, screw you. Well, and that's what threw us. Because I feel like Lauren and I are very good people. You hope for the best. When it's written the way it was, we were both like, well...

I don't know. He was just trying to help everyone. Well, right, but it was written to put him on a pedestal. Right, yeah. I'm not doing anything wrong. My wife's getting mad at me for helping someone. Yeah, exactly. Or my fiance. Wife? Wife. Wife. And...

Well, obviously, now that we know what we know, like, now we're just like, well, we should have known. What an absolute asshole. We should have known. Well, what's crazy, too, is that the wife gave birth to their baby seven weeks ago. Yeah. Like, she is a new mom, too. Mm-hmm. So, new mom. This is her birthday. Yeah. Her partner oddly abandons her. She's already questioning if this is his baby or not. Mm-hmm.

Like, come on. Oh my God. You just want one fucking day. And this girl like always has something go wrong. Did he? Yeah. Did he respond to his wife's pose? Account has been suspended. All I got to say is that because that was originally that response was a comment, right? Yes. It's the top comment. Comment out of any story out of any show I've ever been a part of on two hot takes.

That was the best, most satisfying, instant karma type comment we've ever had. It was very satisfying. Yeah. When have you ever had that, Morgan?

Where someone, literally the person who the story is about, chimes in and says, actually, and then calls out all the fake names. And just says, here's what actually happened. We actually, I think it was Lauren and I, we did a theme that was titled Two Sides to Every Story. And it was a whole entire theme of this. I've been trying to find enough stories to do it. Well, this is a damn good one. I probably should have saved it for that. But I'm going to post another one.

post on the Too Hot Takes subreddit looking for stories like this that have two sides. So if you guys out there come across them, please post the link on that post. It changes everything, obviously. I mean, wow. It's wild. There's no comments. I'm going off screenshots from the Too Hot Takes subreddit, actually.

And the person who posted it just goes, in the comments, he hasn't acknowledged that Sarah cheated and that's why she has no support system. Or that she said incredibly rude things about the wife in the best woman speech. Yeah. Which, did you guys see that one that went viral on TikTok where the lady was giving the best man speech? And she goes, hey, I'm Cody's ex from high school. And then like literally put the new wife down. Like it is literally this.

It's so weird. So weird. I don't care if you're really, really, really, really, really good friends. I think it's just kind of a weird place. And obviously there's exceptions to the rule, but it feels weird that like an ex would be like the one to give that toast on your day, man, like someone else.

Like, I feel like people you slept with shouldn't give toast. No, I'd say 99.9% of the time. Yeah. There's exceptions. I did meet a couple when I was in South Africa who, when they got married, she was like,

It was something interesting where her ex ended up being like at their wedding and was one of like the best man because they just like they were just super good friends with each other. Like they would all hang out together, like with her, like brand new, like boyfriend and everything. And like she was like they they like each other more than like anything. Like they're like best friends now. Like, oh, my God. So it's like it's it's I'm not strong enough to handle that. I'm just not.

Yeah, I mean, like if it if it works for people, it works for people. But if it's one of those things where like you truly like fell out of love with that person and you're just like like it was just so mutual. Like both people were just like, yeah, you know, that was just definitely not. That's crazy. Yeah, that's crazy. Can you imagine your current boyfriend and your ex becoming best friends? Yeah.

I guess it's not crazy, but no. But definitely not, no. No. I don't... I think they would kill each other. I just think they're just not compatible friends, knowing the two of them. That's probably very fair. But I mean, they did meet at one point, and they were fine with each other. It's starting. What?

They're best friends. Oh, they're best friends? Yeah. And they both are also obsessed with the Packers, which is so funny to me. It's happening, everybody. Why do you continue to go for those people? It's not on purpose, trust me. Yeah, it's also a red flag. Such a red flag of yours, Lauren. No, it's both their dads are from Wisconsin. That's an excuse. So when you grow up with your dad being so obsessed with football, it's literally the way that they both connect to their dad. Yeah.

I get it. I get it. Okay. Moving along. Glad I shared that one with you. But I should tell you guys this. I think you'll appreciate this. I bet... I'm like into football now because I bet against the Packers...

And we bet, like, 20 bucks each time. And you lost today. Yeah, I did lose today. Really wanted the Bears to win. Sorry. Sorry, Green Bay fans. But it makes it really entertaining because then, like, him and I get to, like, talk shit to each other. And, like, I don't actually care, but it's just, like, fun. I'm literally—obviously, if you're listening and you have a gambling problem, like, do not gamble.

I when I say like I'm going to bet it's literally going to be like five dollar bets like I can skip a cop like a coffee the next day and like feel OK about it. But do not bet money that you don't have. Don't bet hundreds of dollars like be safe and responsible. But today we are watching the Bills Miami Dolphins game and there was a stat at halftime where it was like Miami Dolphins are 11 and 0 when they lead at half like meaning they've won 11 games and

when they've like been winning at halftime and I go to Justin I go I want to make a bet right now like if I was a betting person I would bet right now that the Bills are going to win and guess what I would have won that bet so you didn't do it I didn't do it I even called my little brother who does bet and I was like you should make this bet and he's like nah I already got the Bills to win by three and I'm like

I get why people are so into football now because whenever I put money down, then I get, like, really into it and it makes it really fun. Yeah, you're invested. Literally. And it also is nice, too, because, like, I mean, Brian bought us, like, a smoothie and, like,

earlier this morning and then lunch this afternoon. So the key to Lauren's heart is food, pampering, and football now. But it's just, no, it's nice because I'm like, I don't have to feel bad about giving him 20 bucks because, like, he just paid for lunch and everything. So it's basically like I'm just, you know, splitting it with him at this point. Girl math. Girl math. There's some girl math if you want some. I didn't lose, he lost. It's basically free. He lost. Yeah.

Basically for you, yeah. Speaking of, we do need to do a girl math episode soon. I've seen a lot of people commenting for that one. Okay. I'll join. Okay. I think, oh, yeah, you're good at math, though. I don't know if you can be a part of it. I think I'd add a good perspective from the non-girl side. Okay. Not the man, the non-girl. Okay.

Justin just loves being a part of the girly activities. I do. The girls' nights with the PowerPoint presentation. Still haven't done it. Been asking for years. He's always wanted to do that. That would be really fun. It's his dream. We'll do it. We'll do it. You've proven that you're the best host out of any of us, so you can host it. Thanks. I wouldn't know. Yeah, you didn't make it to Friends Christmas thing. Okay, moving along. Last story. Let's do it.

I have one quick one to cap us off kind of on a funny, crazy vibe. This is coming from like r slash wedding photographer. I don't know the title. I just have the bread and butter of the post because I'm going off a screenshot.

It goes,

She was wanting a refund because the lady I had hired as a second shooter for the day ended up sleeping with her husband at some point after the wedding. What? And she also included photos from his phone to prove it.

I haven't responded yet, but what's the best thing to do here? She hired me for a job and the job was completed and product was delivered. But I also feel like this would be as if I were a professional dog walker who walked a client's dog, then came back and shot it later. Wait, what? They're giving a really bad analogy. It's bad. It's not. No, that doesn't really. No. But can you imagine?

Oh my God. I mean, I guess it wasn't meant to be. So the comment that goes... Why did that lady include pictures? She's an evil bitch. Some people do that, though. Unless she was trying to save the girl because she knew who he was and knew he was a piece of shit. But then why would you sleep with him? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. The comment that I have a screenshot of is, offer her a discount on her next wedding.

Oh, God. Damn. No, I would. I think I would still give like an amount of certain amount of discount. I mean, it wasn't the photographer's fault. Well, the original one is writing in. But I still think that just out of your company's name and like good graces like you like even at my at the restaurant I worked at.

This lady accidentally dropped her phone in her water glass. We didn't do that. But, like, they knew she was really sad about it and having a bad experience, so they comped her meal. Wow. You know? So it's like, I just feel like it's a good thing to do to, like, for... Out of good graces, like, for, you know... Yeah. You always wonder, though, with things like that, especially on the wedding night, if someone's gonna cheat then, are...

You know, is this second shooter honestly just helping you save time? Yeah, probably. Because if you're already doomed to failure with this person, wouldn't you rather just be doomed to failure right now and get started? So I always feel with these types of stories, if someone can come in and like cause that big of a crack in your relationship or they get one of you to cheat. Yep. Are they kind of doing you a favor?

Yeah. Yeah. I mean, in like in hindsight, like after the person is healed from it, like I'm sure they do think like, yeah, a lot that happened. But like in the moment, they're probably just seeing red and they're like, oh, 100 percent on all that money wasted. Exactly. There's a lot of bad to it. You just want to get a little bit of it back, especially because like you kind of look at it like, damn, if that second shooter wouldn't have been there. But it was just a matter of time. Exactly. And at least you're in the annulment window.

That's true. Maybe it hadn't been signed yet. Yeah. No, I think you sign it in front of someone that day. Sometimes you don't get to it until the end of the night. Get a little too drunk. Well, that is all I have for us on this episode.

We're in for a really good year. Be sure to comment what themes, story types you'd like to see, what guests you'd like to have come on this year. But thank you for being here for another episode. It's the second one of the year and I'm already feeling like just...

so excited like yeah I have an editor starting again soon I'm going on tour with you guys yeah yeah I just I'm really I'm really excited for this year and everything it has ahead of us yay all it has in store yeah start the tour in February it's literally so soon like

Four weeks away. Yeah. Three and a half weeks away. We'll be traveling there to like go. And then we're going full blast in March. Yeah. We just have one show in February in Charlotte. Just one. It's our first one. We added. I heard people asking for Charlotte. If there's a city that is on your radar but it's not on ours, also comment that. I don't know if we'll add it to this tour. Yeah.

But, you know, it'd be great to get a good jump on fall. Maybe look for some bigger venues, things like that. So let us know. But other than that, merch is on sale. Justin's wearing it this episode. I'm wearing some...

OG merch. Lauren's got the vintage. Lauren's got the vintage. We have a second design coming very soon. So be sure to get this one while it is still available because it's a really good one. We wore it home in Minnesota and everyone was commenting how cool it was. Yeah. It's cute. Let's dive in. Let's dive in. Other than that, head to Patreon. Amazing content this month.

And thank you guys again for being here. Until next time. Until next time. Until next time. Bye, guys.