196: Naughty or Nice? Ft. Amanda Lehan-Canto & Tommy Bowe

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Thank you. My voice always drops a couple octaves.
I feel like as soon as there's a podcast mic in front of me, I'm like, how are we doing? Yeah, because that's what I feel like. That's podcast.
Yeah. That's good.
But it's not. Two Hot Takes is awesome.
Oh, thank you. It's so funny.
It's so great. Reddit is, I hadn't discovered Reddit really until I started working at Smosh.
Yeah. And now I actually go on it.
And I'm like, this is wild. Shouldn't go on Reddit.
I don't think I should. Has this beautiful set been revealed yet? No, this is brand new for our holiday episode.
Look at this gorgeous set. I'm obsessed.
I'm losing my mind over this. Tommy is just like the little hype man over here today.
It's Pesto the penguin. No, I'm kidding.
This is not Pesto. You know what Pesto looks like? I love Pesto.
He is getting his new feathers. He probably already has them.
I'm out of the loop.

The baby?

The big baby?

The big baby.

Pesto, mudang.

I mean, I love them all.

I love them all.

It looks so good here.

Thank you.

And I wore a festive sweater.

Oh.

And you?

And I looked for mine this morning and it's gone.

It's okay.

We have this blanket.

It's festive.

It's festive.

Yeah, a friend made that. A listener made that.
This was made by a person? Uh-huh. Yeah, okay.
We have this blanket. It's festive.
It's festive. Yeah, a friend made that.

A listener made that.

This was made by a person?

Uh-huh.

Yeah, one of our friends in Colorado.

Damn.

Yeah.

This must have taken forever.

It's so beautiful.

It's soft.

It's one of the best blankets I've ever touched.

I'm obsessed.

Whoa.

I know.

It's so good.

But hi, guys.

Welcome back to another episode of Two Hot Takes.

I'm your host, Morgan.

And today, I'm joined by Amanda and Tommy from Smosh. Hello.
Ha ha. That's one of those horns you go, eh, eh.
You know the? Pongy? Yeah. The clown one? That's so good.
You're welcome. Pongy? Both of you.
You're like, shut up. No.
No, we're crazy. I like, I just go about my life making random life making random sound effects.
Sometimes they're too much, but I'm like, you guys actually have the talent. Well, you don't need talent to do sound effects.
I feel like you do, because otherwise you sound goofy. That's true.
You sound goofy. You guys just sound good.
But today, you know, Santa is a busy guy. Oh, yeah.
He's out there. There's a lot of kiddos he's got to get to.
So Santa, you know, Santa is a busy guy. Oh yeah.

He's out there.

There's a lot of kiddos he's got to get to.

So Santa, you know,

I think that's why he can't get to the adults.

There's too many kids.

He's so busy.

Crazy.

So we're going to help Santa out and we are making our own naughty or nice list.

Oh, I love this.

Pure Reddit, naughty or nice. I love this.
Yeah, we've got, think about all the Reddit stories you've heard this year and how many of them are firmly planted on the naughty list. Almost all of them.
Yeah, a lot. Yeah.
There's a few that I think are slipping through the cracks right now. So we're gonna see where they end up.
Okay. I'm excited.
Are we gonna, do we

say naughty or nice after?

You sure can. Okay.

Sometimes halfway through you're like,

naughty. Well then you get a couple

comments or even an update and then you're

like, hmm. So true.

The update really changes things. It really does.

It can shift everything. It does.

But let's dive in. Yay!

I love this! Yay! shift everything it does but let's dive in yay yay Okay, this first one for us, coming from Emma the Asshole, 22 days old now, titled, Emma the Asshole for Telling My Sister-in-Law She Shouldn't Have a Christmas Tree. Oh, okay.
Okay. Fun.
My brother's wife works from home. My brother works in an office.
He does the household chores, cooks, and takes the kids to and from school. He told us that's part of why they're not doing Thanksgiving, and they most likely won't do a traditional Christmas either.
Sister-in-law was pissed and said she'll do the tree. I said, quote, I don't think you should.
She asked me why. I said, quote, considering my brother will be working and you'll be home, no one is going to watch those kids.
They have a history of tearing shit up. She went quiet and everyone else kept talking.
A mutual friend called me up and said I shouldn't have gotten involved. My nephews do have a history of getting hurt and breaking things when they're home without my brother though.
Am I the asshole? Okay, without her brother so she's kind of saying don't focus

on the tree because then who's gonna watch your kids watch your kids so she essentially just gave

a huge dig to her sister-in-law right like big dig basically you're incapable of taking care of your

children in my opinion that is having two sisters with kids commenting on their parenting is

Thank you. of taking care of your children.
In my opinion, that is having two sisters with kids commenting on their parenting is just no. You just don't do it.
Sister or not, you can't comment on someone's parenting. And if she wants a tree, she's going to get a tree.
Also, why are these kids tearing down a tree? That seems crazy. You think they would like it? What, are they cats? Are they two boys or something? Are they cats? Are they trying to get to the star on top i mean to be called like you're so incapable of parenting that you can't even get a christmas tree up like that's a low blow but also have i want to know has have they never had a christmas tree up or they did once and it was torn down the whole house disintegrated because of that tree what i wonder this is christmas vacation christmas trees used to start a lot of house fires i think that that stat's gone down well it's because they were using real hot lights okay so before we started today we were talking about the lights so i got if you're listening you got to go watch on youtube just to see the lights.
But these bulbs get hot. And I'm like, people put these on their houses.
And Tommy was like, yeah, well, it's concrete. And I go, but what if it hit a leaf? No, seriously.
It would light up. It could.
What if an animal went up there, scratched it, popped it open, and then completely blew up? They're glass. Like I was banging them about back here, getting them set up.
And then I was so scared because I got a jute rug over there. That's basically straw.
And I had the extras on the ground. I'm like, this is going to burn a hole.
We're going to start on fire. No, Christmas is a very dangerous holiday.
I can't let that happen to Tommy and Amanda. No, thank you.
I appreciate that. Yeah, we can't burn yet.
Not yet. Not yet.
Is this person an asshole? Are they on the naughty or nice list? Yeah. Yeah.
I personally think they're being a little naughty. Just because it's like, shouldn't have gotten involved.
It's clear that they had stuff they wanted to say. Yeah.
They have feelings. They have feelings.
It feels like something where it's like, those things maybe could or should be said, maybe. Yeah.
But maybe in a nice way and maybe not during the holidays when everything's already stressful. Oh, yeah.
So it feels just like everyone lost in this situation. 100%.
Yeah. Like, she lost.
Like, that... What are you going to do with your sister-in-law?

It's going to be so awkward.

Yeah.

I'm getting the vibe that OP doesn't really like sister-in-law.

No.

On a baseline.

Vibes are probably true.

We do have a lot of comments from OP.

Oh, I'm excited.

I bet we do.

Yeah.

This is not an isolated behavior.

They act like this in front of people. Referring to brother and sister-in-law kind of bickering a lot um okay but people are like if your brother's taking care of the kids and doing school drop-offs like what does she do she just works she just works and there's some and okay but she so she has a job and that is their relationship that they've defined for themselves.

I don't hear a brother complaining.

He also works.

He also works.

He also works.

So he's working and doing extra stuff.

Oh, she just sees the sister-in-law as not doing anything.

Yeah.

She's not in their house 24-7 or in their marriage.

No.

He works a normal job, but takes a late lunch to get the kids, go home, and then return to work. It's the time before school and after when they're tearing things up.
I see what's happening. The brother is complaining to the sister.
You think? Yes. Oh, you're so right.
Because how does she know all this information? How does she know all these small details? And that sounds like something he would say. She just works.
She works all the time. So he needs to have a conversation with his spouse.
That's what I'm feeling because how does she know all of this information? Yeah. Well, it's apparent that the sister-in-law is very aware of it.
Sister-in-law doesn't see a problem in their arrangement. Her and kids admit he cooks, cleans, takes out garbage, and takes them everywhere.
Once she said to another family member, quote, if I don't chauffeur my sons around, why do you think I'd drive you around? Someone might have asked her for a ride. Got it.
Okay. There's so much going on here now.
I feel like I'm missing a little ingredient Of this entire family dynamic Someone's not talking Someone's not saying something that's really happening Sister-in-law told a friend She does nothing Doesn't clean, doesn't make meals A brother has offered to pay for a babysitter He's gone as far as using his savings to pay for a babysitter. Oh.
And so she's like, yeah, that's right. I don't work.
And he's, right? What is that? Is she bragging about it? There's some weird shit going on in the comments now. Is he like a daddy? Like, does he have all the money and she's just cruising? But she's working.
Like, she's just working. Like, she's doing something.
But she's working. She's just working.
She's doing something.

She's just working.

Maybe she's

the money.

Maybe she's the money.

Maybe she's the money.

And she's like, I'm making all the money.

So you better do all the...

That's between them

in their relationship. They should figure that out and i get like my brother has children and they're amazing i love them but you know like when they're like they're not your kids you can't say anything but other people maybe they go like desensitized to it or they don't even notice anymore but their kids are kind of running around or, you know, spinning in the middle of a walkway.

Yep. desensitized to it or they don't even notice anymore but their kids are kind of running around or you know spinning in the middle of a walkway yep you know and you're just like you're like hey no no no come over here and do this but the parents just like they're they're chill they're blase whatever that word is about it i wonder if that's kind of what's going on with the mom here because like what op describes as like unsafe behavior is just kind of like normal kids things yeah like she just sits around when her kids do unsafe things in front of people well what are they doing running around being loud they did try to open a window um and when op asked why they said for fun and then they they did did try to throw something out of the window, but you know, they're just being kids.
They're just being kids. Maybe.
Well, maybe that's what I'm kind of getting. And some people just don't know how to deal with kids.
Yeah. It's like, like my friend has a, a, a new baby.
He's well, he's not new. He's like one and change, but like, it.
But like, it's the whole thing of like, oh, they'll let him like run and then fall over and then start crying. And then they'll like, you know, they'll like look and go, he's fine.
And then he'll be like, and then look at them and go, I'm fine. I'm like, keep going, you know? So maybe it's that kind of thing where it's like, I don't have kids.
So he falls over and I'm like, and it's actually just fine. And so maybe OP just doesn doesn't get I think it's actually better for the kids to not react so intensely because that's they have to fall and learn like oh that hurt yeah okay it's like when kids are like I want to go outside without my shoes you're like okay okay and then halfway through like I want to get my shoes on you're like I know then we go get your shoes

what's that

that's like gentle parenting

gentle parenting

or like Montessori

you let them figure it out

yes

it's like

it feels like FAFO

parenting

what's FAFO

fuck around and find out

oh

that's good

yeah it's like

when a kid is like

buttoning their shirt

they're like

just let them do it

and they're like

so it's painful to watch

it's painful to watch

it's painful

but it's also like

yeah

Thank you. buttoning their shirt they're like just let them do it and they're like so it's painful to watch but it's also like yeah takes a lot of patience where do we think the comments went on this one overall vote what are we thinking i feel like naughty just because it's none of your business yeah i also feel like the comments were confused like us yeah the were like, what's what is actually happening here? There's a lot of missing info.
Top comment, though. You're the asshole.
Wow. But also, this doesn't seem like a tree problem.
If the kids are so wild that they would hurt themselves or destroy a Christmas tree without supervision, how do they survive the rest of the year?

Right.

Right.

They're probably fine, but also... I mean, they're still alive.

They're still alive.

Their house is still there.

The house hasn't burned.

I'm feeling like the brother is talking shit.

Although every tree within a mile of the home has been destroyed.

It's been lit up.

The kids are just in the back.

They're going...

Wow. It feels a bit naughty.
Yeah. Stay out of it.
Keep out of other people's business. Literally.
Is there an update? No update. OP is pretty active.
Bunch of other subreddits. You know, they're going on commenting things things but no update about the tree or if they

got one well we'll just have to go to their home and find out yeah we're gonna have to find out

and the kids are gonna be running around screaming opening a window oh i don't know i'll just i'm

overstimulated already yeah that's a lot it's a lot's a lot. This next one is also a lot.
Oh, I'm so excited. It's also a lot.
So this is coming from AITH, 23 days old, titled Peed My Pants. My boyfriend wouldn't help me.
Oof. Okay.
Have you peed your pants before? Yes. I have also peed my pants.
Yes. I did, but I was really lucky and I was wearing a skirt.
So I just peed your leg. Yeah.
Like I squatted in the skirt, like on the sidewalk. And then when I got to the house party, I just took off my tights and underwear and I was good to go.
Oh, that's perfect. It was like the ideal way to pee your pants.
The worst peeing your pants is when you're wearing jeans. Oh, because they're so soggy and hard to get off.
I'm just like, I've never peed jeans, but like, you know, wet pants. I haven't.
I don't think I've peed jeans either, but peed jeans. I've peed shorts, which are also not the best.
Were they jorts? Shorts. They weren't jorts, luckily, but they were shorts.
So, you know, they get wet and then also you get wet. Anyway.
Anyway. Anyways.
So I had a vaginal birth nearly three years ago. And since then, I've had stress incontinence.
Today, I was in class and I was taking an exam. I had to pee so bad, but couldn't leave until the exam was done.
That's illegal. When I finally finished, I peed my pants and it leaked as I went to the bathroom.
I refused to leave the bathroom until I had another outfit and my boyfriend refused to help me. I asked him to buy me sweats from the university gift shop and he refused at first until I sent him money for them I asked to borrow He then said he wanted me to walk to the restroom door and I said my pants are covered in pee There's no way I can do that.
And he said he's not walking into the women's restroom I told him to hand it to a walking in. He wouldn't.
He eventually left them outside the door to the restroom, and I had to walk out in pee pants. I'm furious with him.
Do I have a right to be? No. Imagine, I'm like, no.
Dude. He doesn't love you, obviously.
No. Like, that's crazy.
No, he does not. No.
It wouldn't even be a second thought if he did. Like, just go get the pants.
That's it. It's so easy.
It's so easy. It's so easy.
She'll pay you back. Yeah.
Or not. Have her buy dinner next time you go out.
Like, it's like, what? I get it. University sweatpants might be expensive.
They might be like $100. They're raking money there.
But it's like. Probably $ it university sweatpants might be expensive they might be like

a hundred dollars they're raking money there but it's like probably 60 sweatpants so just i mean hey now you have nice sweatpants was was he the one was he the baby daddy no mention of that which makes me think so think no but honestly i wouldn't be surprised if he was and that was just contacts OP left out. Because did you guys ever see that story where the guy was like, my roommate wants me to take care of her baby.
And he was the dad. Oh, no.
Yeah. So people can be enraged by that story.
Yeah. I wanted to hit him with a car.
Like, it was it was bad. But I'm like, now I'm really curious, like, if if that is boyfriend if that is boyfriend baby daddy like dude this problem is also because of you bitch like literally what and it's so simple like it doesn't have to be this awkward thing it's like it's p like did you guys see the muppets trend that's going around right now on tiktok where people share muppets to the madonna like prayer song.
And they share these like horrendous stories. Is it Beaker, right? Or one of the orange hair and he's like...
Yeah. There's like an olive oil story where this girl had like really like hay-like hair.
So she wrapped olive oil on her head. And then as she was walking out to the garage, her olive oil had dripped.
She slipped, blacked out. The garage lights shut off because they were on a timer.
So when she came back in, her family had already gone to sleep and set the house alarm. So she set the alarm off and the alarm was blaring.
And then she goes up to her room and as she's laying back down to go to bed, she sees two people coming up to the door and she goes, oh my God, I have to wake up my dad again because they're robbing my house. What the hell? Turns out it was cops.
Because you set the alarm off. Because she set the alarm off.
All because of her olive oil head? Yeah, which Muppet is that? I think it's Beaker. I think it's him.
What the F? Anyway, it's just like a- That is a craziest story I've ever heard. So I'll send it to you.
You'll get it. But so people are telling these crazy stories to this meme on a slideshow.
And this one I saw was this lady being like, we went on our honeymoon to the Chilean mountains and I was prepared for altitude. I had all the meds.
I was ready to go. But my stomach wasn't.
And we're on this bus and we're going through the tunnels. Nope.
And all of a sudden I felt it and there's no bathroom on the bus. No, there's not.
No, and probably not for hours. So I grabbed a plastic bag and I instructed my husband to hold it underneath me like a toilet.
And I proceeded to shit in that bag. And everyone on the bus heard me because it was in the open.
And slowly but surely, people were passing back diapers and wipes for me. That's awesome.
And I'm still happily married. And so I'm like, I hear that.
I'm like, he held a bag. A bag for her to shit in.
As she waterfalled out of her asshole. In a public bus.
And this guy can't even bring sweatpants. Just walk into the woman's bathroom.
Just open the door and go, is there anyone else in here? No? Okay. Or just be like, hey, my wife had a little accident coming in with some sweatpants.
Bing bong. You know? Like, easy piece.
Clearly he is not comfortable with himself. He does not want to do this.
And he does not love her. She wouldn't even give it to a girl outside the door.
I know. That was so weird.
So these people are in college? Yes. Okay.
Girly Pop. There's better people.
You're young. Oh my God, you're young.
Let him be. Leave him behind.
Doesn't matter young or old. Let him go.
Exactly. I know.
Baby is amazing. Had baby at 17.
I'm not seeing if he's the baby daddy. I'm so curious.
Me too. But also, I feel like it's worse if he is.
I agree. It's all bad.
He's 19. I'm 20.
Oh, he's just young and insecure boy. He's like, I don't want fucking Yeah Well I don't have any money To get so pissed You pissed your pants Ew That's so weird And so embarrassing So stupid I'm not I don't think baby daddy Yeah I don't I'm not getting that vibe I'm fine with that Yeah I think you gotta break up This isn't your person.
He's naughty. She's nice.
Yeah. Guaranteed.
Yeah. She's nice.
She just peed herself. Any update? Did she walk out of there with her sweatpants? No update.
No. It's hard to have the option of an update because I get really attached to it.
Mm-hmm. You know? Me too.
I get really attached. Me too.
And I'm like, I just have to know that that story exists and never hear anything ever again from it. Yeah.
Very hard. Don't you love when the story gets out there and then they see it and they're like, I saw my story on TikTok.
Yeah. So here's the update.
Yeah. It happens.
It happens all the time. And how was the rest of your day with the sweatpants? Wow.
I need to see those. I need to see those.
There are updates I need to see from like past Reddit stories. So many.
I have an amazing, amazing little helper that's put together like a Google spreadsheet for us, which you guys probably do with like all the producers you guys have. Like you probably have like Kiana probably has it going already.
I'm sure. Yeah.
But one of my my Patreon family members like did a whole spreadsheet. And so they've gone back and looked for every story I've ever read.
And then now they're putting the updates if there's an update in the another column. so my goal 2025 I'm going back and I'm going to like really pop off with a follow up

out And then now they're putting the updates, if there's an update, in another column. Amazing.
So my goal in 2025, I'm going back and I'm going to like really pop off with a follow-up app. I love that.
Wait, that's amazing. A whole update.
That's on my list. That, see, I would be obsessed with that.
A whole update episode. Yes.
Tune in for that one. Yeah.
You want an update? Yes. I'll give you an update.
What? On this next one. Oh, okay.
I was like, give it to me. Okay, so so far we have two naughties.
Two naughties. Yeah.
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Too naughty.

Christmas time.

Okay, let me know if you've heard this one

because it did pop off and I've teased it before,

but I've never actually gotten to it.

So this one is titled, I, female 30, had to protect my niece from a pit bull. Oh.
And my husband, male 31, ran off. I've been ignoring him.
Is this something that I should be forgiving him for? Wow. Whoa.
There is a movie. Kujo? I was just going to say.
No, I forget what it's. There's a, it's a, it's a, it's a foreign film, quote unquote.
But then it was redone with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell for like the American version. Anyway, I forget the name of it.
But basically in this movie, a avalanche like comes down. I know what you're talking about.
Right. And then the dad like runs away because he's like, oh my God.
And then the mom just like covers her kids and then like nothing really happens. And so the rest of the movie, she's like, you ran away from us.
That actor's from Game of Thrones. That guy.
The original actor. Yeah, it's like Nordic or Norwegian or something.
Yeah. Anyway, I instantly thought of that and i'm like you can't it is hard to recover from running away from danger leaving your loved one's mind it's hard i also think something happened with my friend and i we were walking downtown and a rat rat a guy like opened a door to throw away trash and she was open-toed really cute shoes, whatever.
And we were arms crossed. And the rat, the guy opened the door, put the trash in the thing, and it must have been like, no! And it ran straight for her foot.
And went on her foot. And bitch, I left her ass.
I unhooked my arm so fast and I ran straight wow so you're standing there going you just left me while that rat like put its whole body on my foot yeah and I was there's something about rats dude there I couldn't control my instinct I mean don't get me wrong if it was like my child and a dog attack. Yeah.
That feels a little different. Probably different.
But that did happen. Wow.
Well, here, let's get into this one. Let's do it.
Okay. Trigger warning, animal attack.
Okay. I'm going to start with this.
I'm still a bit traumatized, and I will be finding someone to talk to. And a friend has made this account for me because I'm not a frequenter.
Don't know if the pit bull made it. I haven't asked.
My husband and his niece and nephew and I

were in our backyard. I'm going to assume our gate was open.
I can't remember. It, the dog,

came out of nowhere and latched on to his niece, five female. Niece screamed.
I turned,

kicked it with all the force I could manage. I was lucky enough to hit it in the jaw somewhere

at the house. I was in a panic.
I am an animal lover, but it was so insane. The dog almost seemed rabid.
I don't think it was in hindsight. It wasn't foaming at the mouth.
It was just crazed. My husband ran, but not towards the house.
He literally ran out of the fenced gate and then shut it behind him. Oh, good.
That's good. Not towards his niece or nephew, who was also present in an outdoor bassinet that I managed to all but toss onto the picnic table to make sure it was out of the dog's reach.
Oh my God. While holding his niece off my shoulder.
I put her on the barbecue to keep her out of reach, but the dog was literally jumping and snapping. And I was worried that if I tried to carry her, I'm short, it would manage to grab her out of my hands.
It chased me when I ran for the shovel, but then I swung at it. I don't think I will ever forget that sound or feeling.
It was so high stress. I didn't even realize that it had bit me twice.
Whoa. I haven't spoken to him for a full week.
Even though we live in the same house. I didn't ask where he went.
He only came back a few minutes later to pack us into the car and drive us to the hospital. He's getting angry that I'm giving him the silent treatment, but I feel like it's his fault that I had to possibly end that animal.
If he had gotten the bear spray, I literally keep it in my purse for if I'm ever attacked by an animal or otherwise, then I don't think I would have needed to do what I did. It was literally just inside the door.
He knows where I keep it. Instead, he literally took off to God knows where.
Me and two children that I'm not even related to could have died.

It might not even be relevant, but I don't even like kids. I am staunchly child-free.

I love that. Wow.

And he is the one that offered us up to babysit for the weekend. I don't know.
Is this grounds for divorce? I'm not sure I can even look at him. Any attraction I had to him is pretty much gone.
He tried to touch me yesterday just to move me so he could pass. And I smacked his hand away without even thinking about it,

like he was some stranger at a bar. Because it was literally jarring.
He's been sulking around, trying to talk to me, and then getting frustrated, and then sulking more. I wasn't expecting him to be macho and fistfight the freaking dog, but at least follow instructions.
At least not leave me in a life and death situation with a toddler and an infant. Should I be able to chalk this up to the moment of panic? I don't even know if I want to hear him out.
Whoa. Whoa.
This is awful. Yeah.
Terrible. There was a line in there where she said that she put the little girl on the barbecue and I was was like, don't do that.
The dog's going to love that. I know.
Huh? I was like, no, not on the barbecue. Not the sauce.
I wish I could know what he was thinking because that's crazy to do. To shut the door? Yeah.
On them? Also, that just shows where his mind was at. He ran, but to shut the door? I feel like he was, because him shouting, whose dog is this? I feel like he's looking for the owner to call the dog off or something.
But it's like, that's not the logic to use at that point when there's an actual attack happening. That is so, so scary that I've seen dog attacks happen.
I have definitely like had a dog that has been in the middle of an attack that i had to like immediately get involved in and i know some people like don't get involved you'll get bit and it's like well my i don't want my dog to be ripped to shreds yeah right and it's like i agree i i would say that she just needs some time, I would definitely want to hear him out. Yeah, you should hear him.
But I would say that She just needs some time I would definitely Want to hear him out Yeah you should hear him But I would feel Yeah unattracted And like God Maybe she should not Be in the same house Right now I think like A separation Period might be good Like therapy And then like separation But Would like Would where he went make or break it like would that change it for you like because i'm like for me i'm like where did he go and then why did he shut the gate like don't you want the dog to maybe go out the gate and like follow you like i was like walking my horse a couple weeks ago and someone had their dog off leash and of course the dog sees the horse and goes nuts.

Yeah.

And it wasn't a huge dog,

but it's still like,

like coming at me.

And my first instinct was to like literally go

like at the dog to scare the fuck out.

Of course.

Because your horse could definitely be,

for protection,

kill that dog easily.

Yeah.

Which they have, if they're off leash. Yeah.
And you don't want to kill a dog. I know.
You don't want to kill a dog. No.
So I'm like, and then it's like you, you literally, your wife, your person is there with your niece and nephew, one of which is a baby in a bassinet. Yeah.
That really freaked me out. And it's like, there's two of you, you and your wife.
There's two kids. Like you're, you're abandoning her.
And then like, this is literally one against the dog with two things to protect. Like, where is there? And I get people panic, but at the same time, like then go get the bear spray that she just told you to get.
Right. Where did you go? Where did you go? There's no correct answer.
Like, there's like no answer. I'm stressed.
I get like trying to find somebody, but in that moment, she's totally fucked by herself. Also, I would love to know what the parents of these kids did or felt when they learned that.
Because one of them is the brother, right? Right? The parents are related to the husband. Yeah.
Not sure which one which one like what do they fucking say they're like thank god for your wife who doesn't like children saved them i know that comment like i don't even like kids it's like yeah but they're also kids right there you're of course yeah i mean a cool takeaway is this the op is like strong as hell like she just she just learned so much about herself where she's like oh in a situation i can like i can step up to the plate yeah and he can't and she did she honestly like that instinct because not everyone that was like a total like fight versus like freeze or fawn like that was like her survival mode she acted so quickly she did and thank god because those little kids like oh yeah i can't even it's just it's crazy so top comment if it makes you feel better that dog would have been considered dangerous and put down either way correct you defended yourself and the children from an unprovoked attack.

You were so courageous and saved the kids' lives.

Be proud of yourself.

Yeah.

Love this person commenting.

Great call.

I know.

OP responds,

I know that consciously, I think,

but thank you for saying that

because I just feel so terrible.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Someone goes,

out of curiosity,

what does his family think of this? Because you said that these are your niece and nephew from his side what did the parents of the kids think about this yes I'm not seeing a response from OP in the direct thread but let me go to the account and see if we find anything okay because that is such a good question like yeah I would never trust my brother with my kids again. Never.
Never. Has he even said sorry? Not based on that initial post.
Seems like he hasn't. Seems like he's just moping around being like, oh, I did the wrong thing, I guess.
Yeah. And it's like, yeah, you did.
There's no comments expanding on that from OP about what family thinks. Wow.
Huh.

Interesting.

Yeah.

Someone goes, he absolutely might do it again.

Would you feel differently if he told you that he was bitten by a dog when he was small and he just couldn't stop himself from running away?

That's not a bad point, I would say.

And dog trauma, which a lot of people have.

People have dog trauma and when they see a dog, they run, no matter what. It's hard when there's literal children being currently, presently attacked.
It's really hard to— And your wife. Yeah, it's really hard.
Well, and, ready for this context? Oh, God. OP responds, No, I wouldn't, really.
Seeing as I was attacked pretty badly by a dog when I was 10 or 11. See? I still have scars on my thigh.
I still like dogs, and I would like to think I still reacted appropriately in this situation. 100%.
Wow. Those kids could have died.
They would have been dead. I could barely stomach explaining his niece's injuries to his sister.

I was bawling, apologizing that I didn't do more.

I can't imagine if something worse had happened.

Wow.

I can't imagine being his sister.

Wow.

Oh, so it is his sister then.

It's his sister?

Yeah, sister.

Oh, she's never.

Yeah, that's... Wow, damn.
You're disappointed your wife and your family. Disappointed two women, your sister and your wife.
Yeah. You're fucked.
Yeah. We used to camp.
I trusted he would react appropriately. He also doesn't have any childhood incidents regarding animals that I know of.
I was attacked by a German shepherd pretty badly,

but I still like dogs.

So like out of all the people that could have reacted poorly in this

situation,

it was probably OP.

Yeah.

Also they camp.

They must live in a place where there's bears.

If she has bear spray.

So like,

what is he going to do when a bear comes up?

Oh,

he's fetal position.

Yeah.

For sure.

It's done.

He's not going to save you.

Which like,

what's that saying?

Thank you. Which like, what's that saying? If it's brown.
Shut it down. Don't.
I don't know. I just made it up.
Brown, shut it down. If it's yellow, let it mellow.
If it's brown, flush it down. But there's a bear one too.
Because I know with bears, you're supposed to get as big as them and be like, and then they freak out. So they, yeah, oh my God, I saw a video of the photographers where they scare away a big grizzly by being loud.
I shit my pants. Yeah, it's really hard to- Seems terrifying.
Although the bear safety rhyme, if it's brown, lay down. If it's black, fight back.
If it's white,

good night. Sounds like good advice.
You have to know why a bear is

attacking you before you can decide the best way to respond.

There you go. Why are you attacking

me? Why are you encountering a polar bear?

That's my question. Yeah, I

would like to know that. I want to see one so bad.

Oh, that'd be great. You can go on a

polar bear rides in Manitoba.

Right in Canada. You can ride on a polar bear? Could you imagine? It did sound like that.
I know, I know. Could you imagine? You go on a bus, but they can climb in the windows and you just like see their little face.
You've never seen it? They see their little face smashing through the glass. I don't think I would lay down if I saw a brown bear, but maybe that's good advice.
I think I'd have to run either way. Yeah, I don't think I'd be laying down for a bear regardless of the color of the bear.
And let them smell you? No. No.
No. No.
Although I probably will never encounter a bear in my life. I think you need to try this polar bear ride.
Look how fun this looks. I'm not outside enough.
Look at this. Oh my God.
Yeah. You could handle that.

Whoa.

I've never seen a vehicle.

That's a big vehicle.

Yeah.

And then look at this one.

It's a bus with monster truck wheels.

It's so cool.

Like a five-year-old me would love that.

Yeah.

100%.

Yeah.

I think you could really handle this.

Look at how, excuse you, Google image.

Look at this one.

You can get so close to them. And you're like just out of reach so that they can't bite your yeah no they could swipe but you're still good oh that's cool so i can give them a high five yeah this is on my list oh so cute so you can handle that but okay back to this one this is insane uh someone goes and i don't like this comment at all.
Okay. But someone goes, why should he have to protect you? Would you protect him? She did protect him.
I feel like that's part of a partnership. Who's coming in hot like that? Yeah.
Is it not part of the part? You're married. Yeah, I'm married.
Wouldn't you're supposed to protect each other? I would protect my spouse at all costs. Would you take a bear for him? I probably would.

Yeah, I probably would.

I have been in fight or flight situations and I've always fought.

It's more fought.

That's kind of always the case.

I feel like he would fight too.

I'm a bit of a freezer.

He would never run.

No.

Never run.

But I freeze sometimes too. And then once I click back in, I'm like, oh.
Same. That's normal.
Deer in headlights for a second. Just for a second.
While my brain goes, what's happening? Yeah. Oh man.
So OP responds, I expect us to protect each other, I guess is what I mean. I didn't expect him to take one for the team.

I just expected him to have my back.

Yeah.

Have two humans fight the beast.

The beast.

Exactly.

Wow.

So we have an update.

Oh, my God.

I didn't want to ask.

I'm so glad.

The ghost of the dog is back.

Oh, my God.

It's like you left her.

That was your one chance.

We need a vacuum.

My friend said that people update often,

but I don't know how to attach it to the other posts.

I thought I'd update since there had been a few things that kind of

happened.

Sorry if this is needlessly long and I didn't expect this to get that many

comments and so much kindness.

And I want to say,

I'm sorry to everyone that has that many comments and so much kindness.

And I want to say I'm sorry to everyone that has experienced anything similar because, my God, it has not been easy. For everyone worried about my mental health, I also told my husband I needed space.

I apologize that I don't have more of an update on our relationship than that.

I wasn't as nice as I wanted to be.

He argued and didn't want to leave.

It's my house. But I told him I just didn't want to look at him, that I couldn't look at him.
Wow. He cried, and I hate that I felt apathetic towards it.
I haven't slept well, so I'm not sure. I'm also just overtired and still shaken, though.
I was also emotionally exhausted after the appointment. So that probably added to it.
I got a few questions about his sister and her husband. So I thought I would answer.
Yay. Yes.
They aren't speaking with him. Yep.
Knew it. Knew it.
I don't know when it happened. I was definitely out of it at the hospital while I was getting the stitches and everything.
But I do think after I was done blubbering and trying to explain how something so terrible happened to their little girl under our watch, they apparently asked him where he was.

I still haven't talked to him about where he went, so I don't know.

However, it clearly didn't satisfy them.

Wow.

Yeah.

I love that.

Don't mess with their children.

No.

Mm-hmm. I don't know.
However, it clearly didn't satisfy them. Wow.
Yeah. I love that.
Don't mess with their children. No.
His niece just got out of the hospital yesterday. How long has it been? So this update is coming two days after the original post.
Wow. So this is still very fresh for everybody.
Yeah. Honestly, I feel like there's no recovery from this.
If my partner did this, I'd be like, I'd feel like I can't, if I can't trust you with my life, what can I? Imagine if it's your brother. I know, that's even worse.
Fuck. So, because she just got discharged, that really triggered everything and a lot happened.
I had sent flowers, a bear, and this one toy thing she's been asking about. I didn't go to the hospital, though.
I was scared that seeing me would make her nervous. But his sister and her husband sent me flowers, too, and it made me ball again.
I'm just a freaking mess, honestly. The father sent me a long message that I haven't been able to get through, but it's the sweetest thing that anyone has ever sent me.
He also sent me 1K and a Visa gift card. I literally thought I was reading the amount wrong.
They are good people and I still feel terrible that I couldn't have done more for her. I mean, she saved their kids' lives.
1K and a Visa gift card? Okay. Yeah, I'm like, find me a dog.
I need 1K and a Visa gift card. That'd be great.
I'm ready. I'm ready.
1K and a Visa gift card. Obviously, I haven't looked into filing yet, but I'm not against the idea of it.
And it really did help me feel better about wanting a divorce over this. I know fight or flight can't be helped, but now I think I realized that it's okay to not want to be with someone who would leave you behind.
Yeah. Wow.
I think I can say I'm a fighter and I want a fighter with me. Maybe he'd be better off with a runner instead too.
Then at least he wouldn't be leaving someone behind. She's feeling better I don't know

It feels like I'm done, but I'm also just a mess. So right now, I'm just glad I have space.
Thank you for everyone making me feel like I wasn't being ridiculous, though. I think it always I was like, there's no way you could divorce someone over this.

And then as she was talking

and making it real I was like

yeah.

Yeah. Yeah you can

I guess. I wouldn't feel comfortable

anymore. Yeah.

I mean. That's.

God.

Get with the runner and they can run away together.

What a line. I can't handle the sister thing.
Love that so much. I mean, I don't think I'd be able to talk to my sibling either.
Oh, yeah. No.
Accidents happen. And that's the risk.
I mean, kids, you can't keep them in a bubble. That's just the reality.
Accidents happen. But he left and didn't come back for minutes and didn't come back with the bear spray.
Right. He did nothing.
He negatively impacted the situation. Yeah, he did.
And he caused more trauma to his wife who had to act. I wouldn't even think of getting a shovel.

Yeah, good for her.

Dude, it's just crazy.

Yeah, no further updates from OP.

No knowledge if they filed for divorce or anything, but yeah.

Whoa, okay.

She's nice, obviously.

She's nice, and he is nowty. Nowty, nowty.
Nowty. Whoa.
Okay. She's nice.
She's nice. And he is.

And he's noughty.

Noughty.

Noughty.

Noughty.

Noughty.

Yeah.

Definitely.

Unbelievable.

Unbelievable.

But so glad little kids are okay.

I just dogs, you know, you just never know.

Like animals are still animals.

And it's just a risk.

I got trampled by my horse a couple months ago.

Oh my God. Trampled? Yeah.
I had a very intrusive thought. It was definitely a me thing.
I thought, this is really dumb. What? I had a bright idea to crawl underneath him.
Okay. Like I treated him like a bridge and I ducked underneath and he got a little freaked out and he went with his back legs and I just got

pummelweeded oh my god are you okay oh yeah but I was bruised for at least eight weeks I feel like that could have broken bones yeah yeah no I got really lucky and I literally I flew out the next morning for a live show and so I forget what city it was but I showed them my bruises I like literally like pulled my shirt down on stage and they go the whole crowd.

Like an audible gas.

I was like, I know.

They were like, I know.

I'll cover these back up.

My knees were like, it was like I got dragged down the road from getting like pounded into the dirt.

And my pants were like sticking to my legs.

I had to like pull my pants off my like pussy legs.

Fuck. It was really awful.
That's crazy. So I'm like, yeah, I'm like animals are animals.
You, you always have to practice. They're always wild.
Animal handling tactics. Always.
Never be, never be too, to what? Safe. Yeah.
Too sure. Oh, there we go.
Never be too sure.

Like don't have a chimpanzee in your place.

Oh, well.

Well, that's a good one.

Well, that's fine.

What was that one lady that just came out?

Tonka?

She had a monkey Tonka?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

From the...

What's going on there?

I never watched Chimp Crazy.

I watched it and it went in and out of my brain.

She had a chimpanzee.

She said that he died.

He wasn't dead.

She was keeping him in a home.

Because she didn't want them to take him?

Yeah.

I love you. Went in and out of my brain.
She had a chimpanzee. She said that he died.
He wasn't dead. She was keeping him in a home.
Because she didn't want them to take him? Yeah. Did he ruin her face? Did he do anything? No, that's a different woman.
No, I remember that woman. Oh, my God.
That was awful. Yeah, that's crazy.
The face transplant is such a medical marvel to me. It's so cool.
It's so cool. Absolutely amazing.
Wow. Okay.
It's time. Moving along.
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You hate me. How was the bathroom? Yeah, it's great.
Didn't realize how much the pee conversation really got me ready. Got you triggered.
Yeah. I do have one pee story, but I think we're going to save it.
Okay. Yeah.
We're going to move on to this one. Because I'm a little mixed on this one.
Okay. I'm a little mixed.
I like a little mixed. Yeah, we'll see.
We'll see what we think. So this is coming from AITH, One Day Old, titled, am I the asshole for accidentally letting my sister-in-law get chemical burns on her face? What's the deal with the sister-in-laws? People do not like their sister-in-laws.
You know, it's a tough gig, tough world out here. Letting her get? Yeah, letting her.
Interesting. Chemical burns.
Which like on your face. That's intense.
Awful. My husband, 26 male, and I, 26 female, bought our first home seven months ago.
His younger sister, 16 female, who just got her license, frequently shows up unannounced and has trouble taking no for an answer. Last Friday, she came over after dinner and asked us to stay the night.
We agreed since we had no plans. She asked to shower, so we let her use ours, as our guest bathroom isn't stocked yet.
I splurge on salon quality hair care products because my hair is unruly and my $27 shampoo bottle was brand new. Later, I found half the shampoo and nearly all the conditioner gone.
What? Huh? Along with my skincare scattered across the counter. She had used almost $50 worth of hair products and all of my skin stuff, including my prescription skincare, stored in a pharmacy bag.
Oh, no. Why? Why? Half a bottle of shampoo? Damn, girl.
You're only supposed to use a dollop of daisy. Just a dollop of daisy.
I asked her to bring her own products next time as I wasn't comfortable with how much she used. I was in no way rude.
I just explained that I splurge on really expensive products and I can't afford to have $50 of product gone every time she showers here. Right.
No. She called me selfish in a passive-aggressive way and ended up leaving.
Okay. Okay, 16-year-old.
Yeah, literally. By Tuesday, her skin was red, peeling, and breaking out terribly.
At dinner with my in-laws Tuesday, she blamed me for not warning her about my skincare products. I explained I hadn't expected her to dig through my drawers and use prescription products, which are expensive and took my skin weeks to adjust to.
My father-in-law said I should pay for a doctor's visit, but my husband refused, arguing that at 16, she should know better and that it was inappropriate for her to look through my medicine bag to even find the prescription product that was likely the culprit of the irritation. Yeah.
Am I at fault for not warning her? I wouldn't go through someone's personal products, let alone use their stuff like it was my own. I would have been happy to share some skin products, not my prescription cream.
She also brought up that I got mad she used so much shampoo and conditioner and basically made me look really bad in front of my in-laws. Admittedly, I was upset about the shampoo and conditioner and the fact that she left a huge mess on the counter.
But I was very calm and just explained money is tight as we just bought our house and I didn't want her to use months of products in one shower. Anyways, let me know what you think.
Dude, 16 year olds, they, oh my god, my husband's sister is 16 and the products, I'm like, you of sephora in your bathroom a how did how did how did your mom afford that because i know you're not buying it right and half of this shit is like you don't need this like retinol like age wrinkle or whatever the other fancy one is yeah drunk elephant like, yo, can you just, but that's what they do.

They go through all your, so when they were younger, they would go into my bathroom and

like go through all of my stuff. And I was

like, this is

my stuff.

They need to learn not to do that.

Like that's kind of a thing you learn

as like a moral thing is like

you just don't go through other people's stuff.

Unless you're at a house party and then you're in the bathroom. Yeah.
You a little peek around to go a little look at Lou but you don't use anything agreed and so it's like okay clearly her parent was her dad right that was like upset it's like okay for a doctor's visit I'm like well how about you pay for the doctor's visit so that she learns that she shouldn't be doing this? Because if everyone just resolves that, then she won't learn that that's not something you should do. Yeah.
Also, I don't understand. How could she have warned her when she didn't know she was doing it? Right.
That's the thing. Just in case you go through all of my stuff.
Yeah. Probably don't touch that thing.
Yeah. Yeah.
I don't think she's the asshole in my opinion. Not at all.
No. Not at all.
No, I think she's honestly on the nice list because if my $50 shampoo was half gone after it was brand new, I'd be pissed. We would have problems.
Also, going through someone's medical stuff. The prescription bag, pharmacy bag.
Why would you put that on your face? How do you know what it's for? I don't know. Like, was it a chemical peel? It was probably like a really high dose retinol or like, I feel like Trentinoan has been like such a buzz.
Like, it's better than retinol. And that stuff.
Like, I did one, one tiny thing to see if i could get my skin used to it i peeled i peeled and i did it like i was doing tiny little dollops this is someone that probably slathered it on slathered she was slugging with the tretinoin or whatever this was i can't handle that i just can't imagine putting something on my face that i don't know it is. I have such sensitive skin.
I can't even use retinol. I am so sensitive.
I'm such a sensitive little baby. Me too.
But I literally can't use retinol. I'm not allowed to because it gets all red and rashy.
Yeah. Here's the thing though.
I will say this girl is 16. She's probably smart.
She probably went to her parents and was like, she yelled at me.

She kicked me out.

She made a new narrative.

She put, I put on all this stuff and I'm totally breaking out and all this stuff.

Like they probably, that's why the dad was like, I'm stepping in.

Right.

If the dad's like, Hey, then he's operating out of a false narrative.

Correct.

Cause like if he found out it's like, Oh, youided just raided my sister's stuff yeah exactly it's so wild there are so many comments from op like so so many comments there's we if we try to read every comment too much like it's actually i'm concerned that there's so many comments for this post, to be honest. Like, at least 100 comments.
Whoa. Okay.
You ready? You ready for the scroll? Starts here. Oh, someone took a week off to do this.
Someone quit their job. This is a PTO expense here.
What is happening? No. What? How many comments do you estimate that was? I'm going to say 86.
Okay. I was thinking.
92. I'm not going to find out.
So if someone else wants to take that upon themselves, please do. The link will be in the description.
And whoever was closest gets a 1K Visa gift card. You can't promise that shit.
I want Visa. You can't promise that.
But we do find out that it was Redken, like some special Redken salon shampoo. Oh, that is very expensive.
That's like salon. Yeah.
Yeah. And I'm like, that's fine if you want to use half a bottle every time.

If you're using like Tresemme or, you know, something from Target that's $4.79.

You just don't need half a bottle.

But it's also, that's not even good for your hair.

It strips your hair.

Exactly.

That's not even good for your hair.

Nope.

I'm not seeing any update, but I think based on how many comments, let's see what the top vote is. Because I'm yeah i'm like what is she talking are people like not aligning with this like why so many comments that would be wild top comment not the asshole okay thank god it's dangerous to use someone's prescription medication why was she messing around with your medicine period keep repeating this to your in-.
I hope she's not messing with other people's medicine, too. Whoa.
Which that's a really good point. That is a really good point.
Very good point. OP responds, which of course they did.
Yep, I'm assuming she's heard of the particular product I have, and I'm hoping that is why she used it. She was super into the skincare craze a while ago.
I am upset but not surprised that she looked through all of our stuff. She would love to find something she could try to embarrass me with, but she should have learned over the years that it hasn't worked on me.
LOL. Oh, okay.
There's some beef there. OP does say in the comments that it was Tretinoin.
Okay. Which it's blown up on TikTok.
On that little baby skin? That's the thing. 16-year-old skin? Nope.
Like, that is like virgin skin. Like, I hate you.
I hate you don't like that word. But that's what it is.
Like, you're so fresh. You have no wrinkles.
You just are not weathered. it's also like you know regardless of like your your sex gender whatever it's like you're going through hormonal changes at that time your face is gonna yeah gonna have like excess oils or not enough like it's like there's stuff going on underneath the surface there absolutely you don't want to mess with that don that shit.
No. No, she's on the naughty list for sure.

OP, not the asshole.

Nice list.

Nice list for sure.

Now, what if she did some crazy shit and just left all that stuff out for her to grab?

On purpose?

I was like, well, that comment of her being like, didn't get me this time.

I'm like, huh?

Wait a second.

I'm like, wait, what?

Well, the sisters probably for sure tried to dig through their stuff trying to find dildos.

100%.

Thank you. I'm like, huh? Wait a second.
I'm like, wait, what? Well, the sisters probably for sure tried to dig through their stuff trying to find dildos. 100%.
You think? 100%. Well, if she's showing up uninvited.
Oh, yeah. Oh, I see.
She's probably stealing some of her jewelry, too. They love to take hoops.
They love to take hoops. I've lost a good amount of hoops.
you've lost hoops to 16 year olds yeah and i've been like and my husband i'm like yeah you got good hoops too you gotta get you gotta get my hoops back and he's like these yeah i'm like you gotta get it hasn't been for years but i'm like you gotta get my hoops back he's like oh did you get your hoops back uh no what wow they were they didn't take them and i was like well who else came in here dude that shit pisses me off i hate when people are like oh i don't have it and then you'll literally see in like an instagram story them wearing it and you're like yeah this this is what i was talking about this shirt right here this one oh yeah oh that's I had no idea. I thought it was someone else's.

What do you mean?

Insane.

God, if you had sisters.

I'm so glad I don't.

They steal everything.

I have one.

And I also did too.

Yeah, I have one, but we didn't grow up together, so I didn't have to worry about my stuff.

That's nice. That's big.

Thank God.

Love you, Paige, but you definitely would have been a klepto. It's true.
Klepto. Thinking about 16, too, I'm like, I had so much expensive shit that I just, I was a shop liftaholic.
Oh. It's a thing.
It's a thing when you're 16. I think that's like, it's a canon event for 16-year-old girls.
They want to steal hair products. Sephora.
I had a friend who stole hair products, but she would take big hair products and shove them down her pants. And I was like, I can't believe you're doing that.
And she totally got caught. Yeah, I did eventually get caught.
There's cameras. You'll always get caught.
Do not shoplift, friends. You'll always get caught.
You'll always get caught. Yeah, I had a tough go at Fleet Farm, and they got me.
Fleet Farm. Yeah, I was all the way out, though, at my car, and they dragged me back in, which is illegal.
But I did not know my rights. Also, I'm pretty sure people who work in stores like that, if you see someone shoplifting, you're just supposed to go like, oh, man.
Because if you try and stop them and they pull something crazy, then it's like, well, you should have just let them take it. Yeah.
It's not worth your farm. Yeah.
Well, some people want to be heroes. That's true.
They do. And here's the thing.
Just don't be the hero. There was a little old man at Home Depot.
I'm going to ruin a lot of people's days right now. He was like an 80-year-old man just working at Home Depot as his retired job.
And he tried to like block a shoplifter from leaving. And the guy shoved him down and he died.
Oh, no. So no one be a hero.
Don't do that to old men. Like these companies have enough money.
Do not be the hero for them Honestly help the robber load up their truck If it comes down to it Like seriously You need help with that sir Do you have $1,000? In a Visa gift card? Do you need $1,000? In a Visa gift card? He's not going to let this go Do you you need $1,000? Yeah. Do you need a thousand? I'm like- I'll always take presents.
I think we can all use $1,000. I would love $1,000.
In a Visa gift card. Okay.
I might be getting sucked into a pyramid scheme. I can't tell.
Oh my God. Can I join but like below you? So someone on my Facebook page keeps telling me they're like, this is the easiest $100 I've ever made.
And all they do is like write letters into like companies. And like, I don't know.
I'll report back. But it definitely feels scammy.
It feels scammy. Write letters to companies saying what? I don't know.
I can't tell if it's a sweepstakes or what. But she's like, I make $100 a week just writing a couple letters.
Well, you know that story about those coupon girls? Coupon girls? Yeah, who like, I think Kristen Bell did a movie about it. It was a true story about these coupon girls who realized that if they didn't enjoy their like box of Cheerios, they could write to General Mills.
And then they started sending them a free coupon. So then they just.
And then they sold their coupons? They paired together and they sold their coupons for more money. What geniuses.
So they got all these free coupons and then sold them on this website. I mean, and they made millions.
Millions? Yeah, it's like a true story. Off cereal? What? I think it was more than just cereal okay this also this there's a movie on netflix this sounds like a movie this sounds it is a movie i forget what they call it coupon girls something you could work for a express men in 2015 and then somehow get looped into a class action lawsuit way later and make like 25 bucks i just got a check check for, was that you? Yeah.
I just got a check for 60 bucks from a class action the other day. Isn't that fun? I'm like, I see him on Tik TOK and I'm like, I might as well shoot my shot and apply.
Yeah. Yeah.
Wow. How much did you get? I think it was like 25 bucks.
I don't remember. It was just like, I got a letter that was like, Hey bud, you worked for express.
And I was like, I sure did. That's so, I did Herbalife.
I used to sell Herbalife and other pyramid scheme. And I got like, I think it was like $1,100.
Whoa. It was a lot of money.
That's $100 more than I've been asking for this whole podcast. I know.
It was a decent chunk of change. But you know what also is a hidden gem that a lot of people don't do?

Rebates.

Rebates.

Rebate.

You can get, like, you just write in and show a receipt, and they'll just send you money back.

But it's worth.

Oh, God.

Are we revealing all of this to them?

Rebates.

Menards.

Have you guys ever been to Menards?

Menards?

Where are we?

I'm so sorry to disappoint you.

What day is it?

Save big money at Menards. That doesn't even rhyme.
You know what it is? No. No.
I was looking over to you to make sure I wasn't alone. I don't know what it is.
Where are you both from? Florida. Massachusetts.
Oh my God. Florida.
It's such a Midwest thing. It's like the Midwest Home Depot.
Oh. Constant rebates.
11% rebate on everything. Everything.
Wow. It's a rebate.
You have to buy it and then you send in the receipt and they send you money back. But then you don't send in the product? Is that not a sale that you have to do a chore for? You do have to do a chore for.
It's work. That's what I'm saying.
What's the chore? A lot of people don't do it. Having to write in and send the thing.

Oh.

Coupon movie?

Queen Pins.

Queen Pins.

Okay.

Queen Pins.

I actually thought it was pretty good.

I liked it.

I'm going to give it a go.

I was like, what?

$40 million.

$40 million.

Okay.

Yeah.

Yeah.

No, they bought like, I think they bought like Lamborghinis or something. They like went crazy.
Whoa. They, they were, yeah, they, they spent their money and they got caught.
They, they really got caught. God.
Yeah. They deserve that.
That's, it sounds like a feat. I feel like they deserve that money.
If you're loopholeing the system that hard, I'm like, keep your Ferrari, I guess. That's the thing.
If the system had a hole like that... I think they bought like 10 Ferraris.
Something really dumb. Okay, well that's a little insane.
But... No, they were like, money.
That's like the lottery winners that like... Buy like the Versace houses and then it's just gone.
Yeah. Just gone.
Not me. I would do well.
I would do a good job. I would do really well with lottery.
Yeah. With lottery.
I don't think anyone would know that I won. No.
You don't want to tell them. I'd be so discreet.
Completely. Facelifting.
So much surgery. So insanely.
I don't think anyone would tell I wouldn't tell but there would be signs just facelift okay let's read some stories today you need Lindsay Lohan in any Netflix movie where she's crying god that's so funny oh my god I haven't seen any of her holiday ones I haven't given her just clips. And I'm like, wow.
Yeah.

She looks great.

She's just Botoxed and trying to cry.

And so she's like.

You know another one that did turn out well?

Christina Aguilera.

She looks like she's 17.

She went on stage with Sabrina Carpenter.

She's 17 again.

And looked the same age.

That's psychotic.

That's so crazy.

Also, like, why can't we just age?

Yeah.

Why can't we just age? Like cheese. I don't want, I don't need you to go back to Christina Aguilera when I loved you no just when I loved you age when not anymore I recently watched Burlesque so good on that everyone in that Cher Stanley Tucci I have seen Burlesque yes of course I was going to be concerned if you haven't seen Me too.
I've seen Burlesque. It's so good.
It's kind of an awful movie too. No, I know.
It's one of those. Cult.
Cult following. Following.
Yeah. It's a cult.
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This next one. Buckle up, everyone.
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Sorry, that's my buckle oh that's my sorry sorry that's my buckle you're sitting you're sitting on my book this next one is coming from r slash relationship advice two days old titled my 27 female fiance's 29 male mother gave me abortion pills as an early christmas present oh my god congrats how on earth do i navigate this situation oh whoa leave the family immediately what that is i have questions so she knows that she's pregnant early enough. We're going to get there.
Okay, we're going to get there. I can't handle it.
As it happens, we will find out more information. I can't handle it.
As the story is going. I want to flee.
I love the eagerness, though, to be like, you're just ready to pop off on the title alone. And I appreciate that enthusiasm.
I forgot that that was just the title because it gave me all the information I needed. Yeah, the title's got a lot going on.
Immediately, no. Like, immediately, no.
Yeah. I typed the title and proceeded to blank stare at my phone because I can't even process how and why this happened.
We were having a sort of early holiday gathering hosted at his parents' house.

It wasn't a small gathering either, and not everyone there knows we're expecting, except his brother, mother, and father. Right before we got ready to leave, she gave me a small box, which I initially thought was jewelry, and she told me to tell her or my fiancé what I think of it.
What do you think of it? All of this kind of happened in a rush, and there wasn't even a gift exchange between everybody because it wasn't that kind of party. But everyone thought she's being sweet to me because we're getting engaged soon.
I was honestly tired, and happy about the news and obviously doesn't like me for fuck knows what reason, but kept it civil. So did I.
But reaching this level? I genuinely don't know why she doesn't like me when the rest of the family is completely fine with me. I assume it's because of either my ethnicity or she has a superiority complex and believes I'm not good enough for her son because he graduated from a very prestigious university and has been financially privileged his entire life while I haven't been.
Even though now I earn my own money and we are pretty much equal, I simply don't know. I obviously told him and showed him and he saw how visibly upset I am, comforted me and said what she does slash says to me doesn't reflect my worth and he will talk to her.
Good. What? He should have been enraged.
Well, at least he's taken action. That's true bar right.
Right. Right.
I don't understand why he doesn't do something about this immediately.

Yeah.

It has been almost 24 hours now.

We are happy about this pregnancy.

And even though it wasn't exactly planned, it was welcome.

And if it happened, and that is something him and I have discussed over a year ago, what do I do? Wow. I would raise all hell personally.
This would go in a family group chat. Everyone would know what she got me.
I would 100% call a family meeting. I would call her out immediately.
I would tell my person that he was going to stand by me. like I would call her out immediately.
I would tell my person that he was going to stand by me. Like, I would be enraged.
We'd be going no contact with mom, for sure. Oh, yeah.
Like, why not once I revealed her horrible plans? Because they haven't even done a pregnancy announcement yet. Right.
I just think that is crossing so many lines. It is so evil.
I've just been thinking about how to like get back at her. I'm like, okay.
The first thing I thought was like, you get like some chicken liver and you like chop it up and you like put it on the doorstep. I love that.
And then be like, you got what you wanted, but it's like, no, I don't want her to get what she wanted. What she doesn't want is this baby.
So I'm like, what we do is we make a beautiful little grandma shrine. Be like, congratulations, grandma.
Look, it's the baby you love. You know, like double down that way.
I don't know. I just like, this is so evil.
I like she, I. Send her menopause pills.
Yeah, she needs some like, I want revenge on behalf of Opie. That's so insane.
I feel rageful. I feel like the best thing to do is to completely expose her.
But here's the thing. I think because her partner didn't react so aggressively means this woman has done fucked up shit since day one.
Here's my thing, okay? And maybe this is just me.

I have read a lot of stories, okay?

Yeah.

It was the line where the mother-in-law says,

tell me or your fiance what you think of it.

So did he know before?

Because otherwise, why does the mom want her to open this present,

see what it is, and then be like, tell me or your fiance what you think of it like did him and his mom have a conversation just being like yeah you know you're right mom i'm not ready we're not ready you know yeah and then she's taking it upon herself because that's her son that's her little boy boy. Oh, God.
And she's just the one that's now, like, giving her these pills. Like, why would she want her to go to him? Yeah.
Why wouldn't it be like, tell me what you think of it? That's so true. Also.
Did he know? Did she just expect her to be like, you know what? You're right.

Thanks, mom.

Like, thanks so much.

Like, what?

Maybe he did know.

I think he knew.

And I think that's why he didn't go off the handle.

Whoa.

I think he knew.

Whoa.

Which is even way more upsetting.

Yeah, that's another thing, a way bigger thing to deal with. Yeah.

Because otherwise, he would be flipping out at his mom.

But he doesn't want to flip out his mom because he had a part in this.

That's, I don't know, I could be way off base here.

No, I don't think so.

No, it's making sense.

Something's off here.

You don't just get this for someone.

This is insane.

The lengths you have to go to get this.

Yeah.

Medical. And yes, I know there's companies that will mail it to your door now and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
But that is still a feat for someone to go through. Right.
And it's expensive, I imagine. Yeah.
Oh my God. What the fuck? Yeah, that's evil.
This is crazy. That's evil.
This is purely evil. I want to know the mom's

name. Karen.

Karen. Susan.

I'm so sorry to Karen. It's an

A-N or E-N for sure.

I feel like it's like a Veronica

or like a... Diana.

Diana. Diana.

She's got tight lips. Yeah.

She's tight

and she probably is the one who

she's very tight. She's

probably the one who like

Thank you. She's got tight lips.
Yeah. She's tight.
And she probably is the one who, she's very tight. She's probably the one who like is so helicopter mom to her kids with like, and if they're all super rich, like.
Yeah, which they are. Oh, the ethnicity comment too was another big tell.
This is giving like really privileged white family,

trust fund,

old money vibes. And like,

if she's any other ethnicity,

it's like,

that's a problem.

Correct.

Do we know if they're getting married because of the pregnancy?

This,

this makes me think the mom is like,

I'll get you out of my son's life.

No,

seriously.

That's her voice.

I love you.

Vivian. Vivian.
Ooh, Vivian. I knew it was an A-N.
Yeah. Vivian.
Mm-hmm. No one calls her Viv, ever.
You can't call her Viv. That's improper.
Maybe like her first friend that she like tried to be a lesbian with for a second was like Viv and then she ended that a long time ago. They touched hands and she was like, I don't like you.
So, we do have some comments, I think. So, the problem is OP deleted their post.
OP deleted their account. So, it's not as easy to pull up comments from OP, but putting two and two together, the top comment has a response from someone that deleted their account.
So, let's get into it here. Yeah, okay.
Top comment. I'm kind of surprised your fiancé hasn't gone scorched earth over this.
I would think that the right moment to bring up how fucked up this gesture was is like immediately after finding out. Although maybe your fiancé needs some time to wrap his brain around this.
Has he had any contact with his mother since the gift exchange? I'm guessing this is OP. He hasn't.
Not that I know of. I want to bring it up by myself, but I am beyond humiliated, and I don't want to be labeled as a hysterical person, especially because she plays everything off as a calm and collected woman, and I know for a fact, I will be the one who's being blamed and she will be the victim.
He knows his mother better than I do, however. So I think it is his responsibility to stand up for me.
100%. Of course.
The only reason he could be taking his time is figuring out how he's going to. Because if Vivian is this extreme person, maybe it's like, okay, I need to figure out how I'm going to tackle this.
But that's the only excuse to not be scorched earth instantly. Right.
Right. He needs to figure out the game plan.
And he could be one of those, I guess. Yeah, he needs to figure out the game plan.
That's the benefit of the doubt big time. But I but I'm also like I think he's used to this I think any girlfriend he's ever had his mom has probably been she's not good enough she's probably done some crazy shit because this is beyond I'm also like do you really want to bring up a child in this situation? Right.
What if she watches the child? Are you going to let her? No, I wouldn't. Take these pills.
I wouldn't have a relationship with this person going forward. No.
And I wouldn't give them access to my kids. Nope.
Not at all. Like, you didn't want this baby here? Well, fine.
You don't imagine, imagine this baby doesn't exist.

You will not know this baby.

Right.

Exactly.

Like that is what you sowed. Yep.

Reaped.

Reaped what you sow.

That.

Yeah.

So what you reap.

You sow first.

And then you reap.

And then you reap.

Yeah.

So that's,

yeah.

Yeah.

So you reap what you sow.

Yeah.

That's correct.

Yeah.

I love that.

It was like,

I'm not sure this,

this is probably OP.

And then it's immediately, definitely OP. Well, I haven't read any of the comments.
So like I was a little bit of a procrastinator today. So like I was picking stories.
I was like, I was finishing my makeup here as you guys walked in. So I'm like a little all over the place.
So I obviously read the stories to make sure they're good. But the comments, like, I don't know.
We can all live it together. Yeah, we can.
But I'm seeing one more comment from OP here. Okay.
So someone responds, why? She wanted to know what you think. I would take a picture of the pillbox and post it in your family group chat.
If you don't have one already, just make one. I would write, quote, thanks, grandma, for those, but I won't be needing them.
Maybe you can send them back to wherever you got them from and get a refund. I love that you took the time to find me a present.
And I hate to say this, but this isn't my taste. And without consulting a doctor could really harm me.
You don't owe her dignity. True.
That's too nice of a message. And someone and someone they edit i would never eat or drink anything near her again yeah yeah no for real i didn't even put my brain there yeah no ingesting near vivian that she is vivian she is that i'm that blows my mind I do like treating it like a bracelet being like yeah thanks but i really didn't like the piece i didn't know that's not for me it could cause a rash yeah in fact it could kill me i don't know but that again like we just said that's like that's too nice of a no i think she should be like you gotta thanks grandmother for the abortion pills that you wanted me to get rid of my child with your son i will be doing that i would make it very explicit i would so i would have like however you're gonna announce your pregnancy to the family i would also tie in and be like oh and grandma here's those pills you gave us won't be needing those thanks like i would i would blast it i would absolutely blast this from the rooftops yeah that's something that the family needs to know happened.
I just have a feeling that they know. It's like.
They know. Someone who does something like this doesn't just suddenly go this extreme.
They've been acting crazy for a while. Well, and like she clearly has access to resources.
So it's like what else is she capable of? I just picture her with like a freaking needle being like, let me tuck you in. Like a cartoon nurse.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Potassium between the toes.
Terrible. Oof.
Wow. So bad.
But OP responds to that. Yes, I was immediately concerned about what I ate and drank there.
I actually threw up.

And like I mentioned somewhere in the other replies, I am scared of both of them at the moment. As in fiance also? Wait.
That's the context I would construe. There's no other character has been mentioned.
The only positive thing now is I can have a blah, blah, blah by myself and I can leave as it's the first trimester. We are missing something very big here.
She can have the baby by herself. Why is she scared of the fiance now? I don't want to be a single mom and I would rather make a tough choice than deal with this family's shit.
Whoa. And obviously with my partner that I thought loved me and our child.
Oh, he's done some shit. I think if this doesn't get resolved and talked about, I'll have issues just because of the stress.
What went down? Yeah, we've missed a chapter of the story. Well, he hasn't said anything.
That's what I'm assuming. He hasn't said anything.
She doesn't want to say anything. Cause clearly maybe when she said things in the past, the mom Vivian humiliated her.
Yeah. I'm not seeing any other comments from OP, but on the screenshots I have, we do have an edit.
Okay. Edit to those wondering how she could have gotten these pills without being pregnant.
They can be ordered online and delivered discreetly. You don't have to go to a clinic or she could have just paid someone to get them.
Either way, they're accessible. And honestly, I don't give a shit how she acquired them.
It's what she did with them. Damn.
Wow. There's something really, but this is like, this is giving, um, what was that crazy show on hbo succession this is giving like a very rich powerful crazy family absolutely like there's like handling business yeah like is she gonna be handled like they're not engaged yet but they're planning on getting engaged soon so this is clear clear.
Like the first thing I thought of was like,

maybe the son,

the fiance isn't doing anything.

Cause it's like,

well,

mommy's mommy's money source.

So it's like,

if I,

if I fight mommy,

I'm cut off.

Yeah.

How many girlfriends has he lost in the past?

To mommy?

To mommy.

Wow.

Probably a lot.

Cause he's not, he's not going to fight for her. It's clear.
Right. No.
I hate this for OP. I know.
This is awful. Now she's like, maybe I do have to get an abortion just simply to because I don't want to be a single mom.
Then Vivian wins. I know.
I hate that. Don't you want to just skip to nine months later and she has the baby and she's happy and she's not with him? She ran away to Europe and found like an amazing new partner.
It's a six foot five Parisian man. Oh my God.
Yeah. She just eats crepes all day.
Yeah. She eats crepes all day and she swims all day.
Yeah.

So the crepes barely make a mark on her at all because she's swimming all day.

Strolls around the garden with her nice little baby buggy.

Oh.

Wow.

Can we all just go?

All we need is 1K in a Visa gift card.

1K and 1 baby.

Tickets to Europe.

I'm, dude, I just need, I need to go over there. It's just so happy over there.
I know. And granted, I'm on vacation so I know it's a little different, but like I loved Paris.
Like I had the best. Never been to Paris.
I was really nervous to go and had the most magical time. I've heard Paris is really nice.
It was so good. I've also heard it's like kind of like crummy city, but like it's a city.
Like, so it's like, what do you expect? Kind of. Right.
Anyway, I've never been outside of the United States. You haven't? He hasn't.
And he needs to. Let's work on that.
No, he needs to get a passport. Let's work on that.
Yeah. He needs to go.
There's so much out there to see. Come on, honey.
I know. I was going to go with my friend on his Europe trip this next year, but then I was like, oh, can I spend that long with him? That's a true question.
I'm like, I don't want to go to Europe alone. Commit to a portion.
You will. Just commit to a portion of the trip.
A little portion, yeah. Yeah.
That's true. And do like four days on your own.
You've enjoyed solo trips. I have.
I have. I've done, I've soloed before.
Soloed before. I agree with you.
Sometimes you can't always travel with friends. It's just, you know, some friends you're not meant to travel with.
Nope. Yeah.
They can be like your greatest friends. You have so much fun, but sometimes travel is a totally different beast.
It's a lot with certain people. I'm going to wait until I got my mans and we're like, let's go to Europe together, honey.
Yeah, let's go. That would be lovely.
Honestly, though, what if you went over there and then met your mans there? And then you would get dual citizenship. Whoa.
I'm going to Europe immediately. I'm going to Europe tomorrow.'m going to europe tomorrow maybe your person isn't here and that's why you don't have your person yet my passport you need your passport i gotta get my passport right now it's time wow it's time wow oh pete's on the nice list 100 percent%.
Very. And Vivian is on the naughty, and fiance is on the naughty, I think.
Yeah. Okay.
Moving along. Moving along, because I only got you here for a couple more.
Okay. Whoa.
What am I going to do without you? I'm glad we didn't end on that one. Oh, hell no.
That would have been intense. I would not do us dirty like that.
This is a holiday episode. We have to provide some cheer, which this one does feel a little better, this next one.
But we'll see. We'll see.
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where I feel like I have to read a sentence two to three times to fully digest

and understand what I just read. When I listen to audiobooks, I can avoid this issue.
Though I sometimes will fall asleep, but that's another issue. I get angry when people say listening is not the same as reading.
The way I see it, if I'm retaining the story, I'm successfully completing a book. I'm sure the author is happy either way.
Yeah. I mean, reading, listening, they're all ways of conveying a message.
As long as message is received and understood, what's the difference? I completely agree. I think it's so odd when people fight over this,'t real books.
It's like, it's the same book. How is it not real? Like some people are visual learners.
Some people are audio learners. You're telling me you didn't, you didn't retain that when your, when your kindergarten teacher read you a story, audiobooks, you're being read.
When your parents read you bedtime stories to fall asleep? You were being told an audiobook. This next one.
I love reading and listening to audiobooks. I got into audiobooks when I was on maternity leave with my firstborn.
It really helped keep my sanity while having to bounce the baby for hours in the dark, it was easier for her to fall back asleep. I love having them for house projects I'm working on, road trips, walks with the baby, and even when I was at work.
Listening to books, I don't think I wouldn't otherwise read. Fahrenheit 451, a couple of Dickens books, The Hobbit, to name a few, as well as some Sarah J.
Maas and the like, gotta say, I'm also guilty of listening at 1.5 speed most of the time, but I really just find most of the narratives slash podcast speak too slowly for me. Ah, I'm sorry.
Thanks, ADHD, most likely just because they are enunciating. I try.
But I think that is also a really cool point of this is like you are listening to audio books that you otherwise probably wouldn't. Like Fahrenheit 451 is a classic.
Yeah. I mean, honestly, I'm picturing someone holding a book and driving.
Is that what you guys want? Is that real reading? I'm picturing someone running, going for their morning run and running with the book and trying to read as the book bounces versus just listening. It's hands-free.
I love the line. It helped me keep my sanity.
Yeah. I love it.
Okay. This next one, bit of a hot take here.
I love an audio book until there is some sort of character singing in the book. It's so different to reading a song compared to a narrator singing slash speaking it.
And then I don't know how far to skip to get the singing away. I've never even considered that.
I didn't either. Yeah.
Having a song read to you. Imagine your favorite song.
All of a sudden, someone's just reading the lyrics poetically to you. I mean, I've read books that have poems in them.
Yeah. So I can imagine the poem in like an audio book then just being like so soothing coming from that narrator's voice and just like really fitting in how you would be like, it's typically my romance books, how you'd be like romanced with it.

So I'm like, I love that.

But the singing, I'm really curious about it.

Yeah.

But I know Wicked is like all the buzz right now which i get it wicked is actually on

audible the original novel did you know it's not a musical the original wicked is not a musical

so you could go on audible listen to the audiobook of wicked and then go see the musical and compare

like that to me i'm like i already want to see it again so i'm like but i'm gonna i'm doing this i'm gonna literally listen to it on audible get the original foundation and then see yeah this is gonna be so good i wonder what the comparison between listening to a book and reading it or vice versa would be? The same book. How would the experiences compare and which stands out more to you? Which did you take more from? That would be an interesting comparison.
Well, our next take mentions a little bit about that. Audiobooks are better than physical books.
Being able to hear the book through the actual

character makes it feel a little more real. And the spicy scenes are just that much better.

Chef's kiss. Okay.

I mean, it makes sense. You know, in the music world, when you hear the songwriter that

originally wrote the song, sing the song from themselves, it's their experience. It comes across in a whole different way and it connects on a different level.
It's kind of the same also when there's a reason they have authors come to libraries and read sections of their book. Oh my gosh.
Because they're reading it in a way that maybe you're not interpreting as, maybe the voice in your head is not reading it as they intended. And when you listen to an audio book, I'm sure some of that intention's baked into the notes of when you read this section, when you do this, it's probably read in the way the author's intending.
It totally is. And I think it's so like, think about in your own life when you get a text message from a friend and you're like, oh, are they mad at me? And it's like, you can literally like infer so much based on words.
But if you're listening to that audio book, you're going to get it. Like, like you said, like you're going to get those inner workings, the enunciation in the parts they want it because that adds so much power.
And there's so much thought and curation behind the readings on these audiobooks. And also, it still doesn't take away from your imagination and how you're going to interpret it.
It's such a good experience. Yeah.
It really is. This next take I think we are really going to love because we were just talking to our friend Michaela about this.
Audible is definitely the best way to hit your reading goal. One thing about the story that we read the last time when we asked for these hot takes, she was trying to hit her reading goal of a hundred books in a year, which I forgot about that.
That's why she was listening on three times speed. When I was actively listening to books on Audible and doing long drives, it was the only way to keep me sane.
I was driving nine hours one way for military training, and I plowed through dozens upon dozens of audiobooks with my subscription. I prefer hard copies of books nowadays, but especially when I'm traveling, it's the best way to read, especially if you're like me and get motion sick on planes.
Sometimes some narrators read super slow for me, which is when two times or three times speed comes in handy. Don't get me started on neurodivergence as well.
Most people who are neurodivergent can listen insanely fast and comprehend really well. Yeah, for me when I listen listen to something when I drive, like an audiobook, I'm way less likely to get distracted driving.
I feel like it is so helpful. I think it's a lot of the reason why people listen to us in the podcast when they're driving or cleaning or doing things.
It's like it keeps you engaged. It's like you have a buddy with you.
Well, it makes it go faster, right? Because when you're focused on something that's not just

the same lane you're trying to stay in for hours and hours and hours,

because most of the time you're probably not driving through mountains and beautiful landscapes,

you're just on a straight road forever. And if you sit there and you're just kind of

going through that monotony, it's going to feel like it takes forever.

Highway hypnosis is a real thing.

And we're going to have like it takes forever. Highway hypnosis is a real thing.
And when you put something on that you can listen to, you're like, oh my God, I'm here. Number one, listening in two hot takes.
Number two, audiobook on Audible. Just kidding.
Audiobook number one. This next one, and this is all caps ready yeah i love love love audiobooks because it is something i can share with my 19 year old autistic son he cannot converse during mealtime but i hate the chomping down food silence so So we listened to a shared audio book, pause the story in the meal and discuss and share our predictions before we continue the story.
It is perfect. We listen at normal speed.
That's awesome. I love that.
I love this. Like that's the other aspect of this.
It's like you could put it on in a car with someone you're hearing the information at the same speed versus like oh hey you grab a copy i'll grab a copy that's a lot and then it's like you can pause and talk like oh the character like that what they just said like wow like it's more of a together activity versus oh i'm on page 200 oh i'm on page 75 yeah and then you're just disconnected you're on your own journeys you're not sharing the experience and now you can okay i actually really like the idea and maybe this is out there but you know like book clubs how people like you have to read and it's like, you're like, oh, everyone better get through this chapter, this whole book by the time we meet. And it's like, that's a lot of pressure.
But what if we had audio book clubs and you come and you show up with your snacks and your good drinks and then you just play it and you sit there and just relax with your people.

Like that?

That's a club I would sign up for.

Yeah.

And then you pause and you chat about the chapter and then you move on and you listen to the next one.

We might be onto something here.

I honestly think we should make this the standard because remember in school when you'd get

the textbook and then have the little CD in it and the CD was the audio version of the textbook? Yeah, it's complimentary. I would always use the CD and listen to it and do way better than just reading through.
And I think a lot of students would. So that is really funny that you mentioned this.
We've just like, it's been a little pinball machine. Our next hot take, I think schools should use audiobooks.
With audiobooks being helpful not only to Papa Jerry for his dyslexia, it could help kids who have it as well. It could help others with learning disabilities as well as help with focusing on learning and not stressing about having to read long paragraphs.
I did horrible in school and lacked concentration

and motivation and feel like audiobooks could change that. I have not seen whatever you're looking at.
So that is pretty crazy. I know.
I didn't warn you at all. Our last one that we're going to read.
One thing that will grind my gears like no other. People who think audiobooks do not count as reading and have something to say about the speed I listen at.
Okay, one last one. I lied.
I did lie. This last one.
Everyone is different, which is why audiobooks are a beautiful tool to welcome more people into the reading community. People need to stop being exclusive gatekeepers.
I'm beyond grateful for audiobooks and the way I am able to listen to stories that have changed my life for the better. It has also led to community, book clubs, book podcasts, etc.
I mean, it's the reality of life today, right? We're in our cars, we're walking, we're doing chores around the house, whatever it may be, we can listen to an audio book. And why would that be an issue for someone who's read the book? Because at the end of the day, when you read or listen to an amazing book, what's the first thing you wanna do? I wanna share it with my friend.
I wanna share it with my mom. I wanna share it with whoever it may be.
And if they can't sit down and physically read the book, would you rather have them never experience the book in any way? Or would you rather have them experience it and connect with them on it, even though they went and listened to it and they probably had a better experience than you did? Yeah. I love this.
I'm always in the boat of teach their own, right? If you pick up a physical copy do it but I love how much access this creates I love that last one the sense of community and outside community they found like I just love that there's so much to this and really it provides such a good outlet. And I bet there's a lot of you out there that have Pavlov'd yourself, just like the podcast.
I love our cleaning crew. That's like, Oh, podcast is out.
We got to start cleaning. I'm sure there's so many of you out there that can't clean or hate driving without having your audio book on.
And so I think whatever floats your boat and makes you happy. But I think Audible is a great

way to test out audiobooks, give it a go. So if you do want to try Audible, new members can try Audible right now for free for 30 days.
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Okay.

Okay.

Moving on to the next one.

So this is coming from r slash Petty Revenge. Okay.
Fun. Couple months old.
Titled, I've been calling my sister by her full given name when she dead names my niece. I love that.
What's dead name? Dead name. When someone transitions.
The name that they used to go by. Yes, yes, yes, yes.
Yes. When she dead names my niece.
Got it. It's the name that is dead.
Yep. My brother's kid, 22 female, came out as trans on her 21st birthday about a year ago, and she changed her name from Lance to Lacey, fake names.
Most of our family accepted it, and the ones who didn't weren't close anyways, except our sister Eva, 45 female. We are Native American family with a lot of creative names, and my sister's birth name is something close to Evangeline.
But she decided to go by Eva after a white kid said her name was Rezzed Out, low-class, stereotypical name from an Indian reservation. She insisted on Eva for about 35 years, and we all obliged.
Now, she's regularly been calling my trans niece by her dead name, Lance, since she came out as trans. So, I started calling her Evangeline, which she hates.
The whole family caught on and have only been referring to her as Evangeline for about a year now. And she is furious every time she comes to family events.
Recently, she's been calling me by my full first name to bother me. My first name is a portmanteau hyphenation of my mom's four sisters' names.
Something like Alexiana Dorotheke, but wackier. Iconic.
People have always called me AD or Lexi, or my brother calls me Dodo since he was a kid. I love my first full names, but it's cumbersome to use an eight-syllable name regularly.
Well, my full name caught on with family and friends. Just to spite Evangeline, we have all reverted back to our full names instead of our nicknames.
Our dad is no longer Frank. He's Franklin.
Our mom is no longer Roz. She's Rosalyn.
Brother is no longer Nate. He's Nathaniel.
Sister-in-law is no longer Kate. She is Catherine, etc.
This has truly driven Evangeline away, which was the plan in the first place. Lacey makes for better company, so good riddance to the one crappy sister.
Hell yeah. Wow.
That's iconic. I do love that.
This is iconic. And I wonder if anyone, if Evangeline ever called anyone out, like, why are you calling me? And did she ever say like, don't use my niece's dead name? Don't use your niece's dead name.
I'm sure either the niece or someone made a point at some point to say that because it's like, you know, when someone transitions you, like, you respect whatever they want, you respect them. That's the whole thing.
And if you like, if you screw up someone's name, like, you go, oh, shit, I'm sorry. Like, oh, whoa, sorry.
And then, like, usually it's like, okay, that's fine. Moving on, you know? But if you keep doing it, then it's like, you're making the decision to disrespect this person.
Yeah. And so there you go, Evangeline.
Evangeline. Wow.
That is, I love this family. This is amazing.
What a way to handle it. Everyone is so supportive.
Like, this is the most satisfying story I think I've had in quite some time. Yes, this is awesome.
Because how frustrating would that be? Like you're transitioning, you're being your most true authentic self and someone just keeps like putting you back in the box of the past. Oh, okay, Lance.
It's Lacey now. Right.
It's Lacey. Like that would be so frustrating.
Transitioning is already so challenging. Hard, scary, complicated enough.
I'm so happy for Lacey having a literal family behind her to be like, get out. Like, we got you.
I know. We got you.
That's awesome. Lacey lucked out with that.
I mean, changing your name, it can be hard, but it's like, if you repeat it, if you change it in your phone, like my sister changed her name and I just immediately changed it in my phone, put on everything, kept doing it. And my family, they are really doing a good, good job.
They're really trying. But of course they go back to the old name a lot when they're talking to me and I'm just like, you're like, it's this now.
That's her name. Yeah.
That's's this now that's her name I don't even use her old name because you just practice it's hard you can take some getting used to it it's just a little switch you flip on and you're just like active until it becomes habit again and then that switch doesn't have to come on it's important to them just like you learn anything oh let me take my shoes off when I get home as opposed to walking around with my shoes on. Same thing.
Yeah, there's poop particles on those things. You got to take them off.
There's what? There's poop particles all over your shoes. Then you're going to walk around barefoot in your home? So I shouldn't put my shoes in my bed? I'm kidding.
You put them on your pillow first? That's kidding. That is a hot topic though.
Like outside clothes in your bed and how you can't do it. It's gross.
No, yeah No. Yeah.
I don't do outside clothes. No.
Sometimes I get lazy and I just want to take my nap right away. Yeah.
I do it. But yeah, I agree.
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Really hurtfully. Like, that's bullshit.
That's bullshit. So I do really love this story.
Me too. But what I don't love is one of these next ones.
Oh, no. Which, here's your choice, okay? We get to pick.
You guys get to pick. Okay.
Option number one, am I the asshole for agreeing to wear my mother-in-law's wedding dress for my wedding? Or option number two, am I the asshole for sacrificing the guest room instead of the office space? I have my answer. Do you have your answer? I think so.
I think. Okay.
Two, one. Wedding dress.
Yep. Okay.
You said one and I was like, wait, what? I know. One wedding dress.
You've been wed before. I've been wed before.
And I love a drama. I love a drama and I don't have a guest room.
No, I don't know what that's like. I have a one bedroom.
My one room is a bedroom. Same.
Correct. I like it.
Okay, here we go then. It is coming from Am I the asshole? One month old.
Am I the asshole for agreeing to wear my mother-in-law's wedding dress for my wedding? So I, 26 female, am getting married in three months to my fiance, 34 male. It's going to be a small ceremony at my grandparents' house.
I know it's

kind of late to be talking about dresses, but I was originally planning to wear my stepmom's

wedding dress. It's a beautiful wedding dress that I love, and it means a lot to me because

she's the one who raised me and loved me when my bio mom didn't want me. But here's the thing.

While planning the wedding, I got pregnant. I'm three months along now, so I'll be six months pregnant at the wedding.
The dress from my stepmom is tight fitting and there's no way it's going to fit a six month baby bump. I was devastated.
Not because I'd have to buy a new dress, but because I really wanted that special mother-daughter bond on my wedding day. Last weekend, I was venting about it to my mother-in-law and I broke down crying.
She then said she'd be honored if I wore her wedding dress. She showed it to me, and it's a stunning vintage dress from the 70s with a boho hippie vibe, gorgeous embroidery, and funnily enough, she was pregnant when she wore it too.
Wow. She made me feel so loved and welcomed, so I accepted.
The issue is, my mother-in-law has a daughter, my sister-in-law, and when she found out that I got the dress, she was furious. She actually came over to my house trying to take the dress back and even said I was living in sin for getting pregnant before marriage.
Okay. My fiance kicked her out and told her not to worry since she's always thought the dress was ugly and never wanted it anyways.
Oh, there you go. Still, she and my father-in-law have been harassing me on social media and through messages.
Even though my fiance and mother-in-law don't care what my sister-in-law thinks, I kind of feel like a jerk because if my mom did something like this, I'd probably feel a little hurt by it too. So am I the asshole? Wow.
Okay, this was as juicy as I thought. This is very juicy.
I want to say immediately that she's not the asshole, but if were in her position I would just give the dress back. Also, why doesn't she just take out the dress of the original one? Modify the original dress if you can.
It might not have enough fabric. Because there's only so much wiggle room to play.
I mean, you could add panels. Like you could add panels, like a well qualified seamstress could definitely make it work.
It might be hard to match fabric, but might be expensive. There's a lot of hurdles.
Why is the mother-in-law letting the daughter act like this? Well, the father-in-law, too, is messaging her, too.

I would just give the dress back.

I wouldn't.

Oh, I wouldn't.

No, I know.

I know.

I'm with you, too,

because it's just like,

fuck that.

She thought it was ugly and hated it.

This is like a little kid

with a toy.

I want the toy.

I agree.

Now that you have the toy.

But it's like,

what do you want to deal with?

Do you want to deal

with this harassment

while you're

Thank you. This is like a little kid with a toy.
I want the toy. I agree.
Now that you have the toy. But it's like, what do you want to deal with? Do you want to deal with this harassment while you're pregnant? And getting married.
But it's already stressful and getting married. I just wouldn't want that energy brought into my wedding day.
Same. Because I feel like if I had the dress on and I was wedding, they'd be like, oh, well, I see you're wearing the dress.
Exactly. And I'd be like, those comments.
What if she made a contract with the sister and she was just like, I will give back the dress if you write in this contract with lawyers that you promised to wear it on your wedding day. I like that idea.
That's funny. Lock her in on the dress.
I really like that. I will give it back to you if you have to wear it on your wedding day and sign this contract.
If you're going to harass me online, you better be wearing this dress. I love that, actually.
That's kind of iconic. There's no way she would sign, though.
And like. Of course.
So then you keep the dress. I know.
Or maybe she signs and doesn't do it, which is just even worse. Living in sin.
Get out. Okay.
Living in sin. I totally spaced that comment out.
Living in sin. What okay i totally i've spaced about that space that comment out like living in sin what ma'am ma'am this is not the 1800s yeah what are we talking about wow this is man also a good christian would not hurt thy neighbor exactly turn the other cheek Treat others how you would like to be treated.
So you would say hold on to the dress. I would.
I mean, your mother-in-law, like, she gave this to you. And I think she kind of would know where her daughter is at.
If there was context where, like, OP was like, I know my sister-in-law,law like isn't getting married anytime soon, but she's dreamed of wearing this dress. Then I would say give it back.
Yeah. Or if she even liked the dress and there was a chance.
Yeah. Okay.
Don't open up that can of worms or that, you know, drama. But she thinks it's ugly.
She doesn't like the dress. She doesn't like the dress.
She wouldn't wear the dress. She just doesn't want her to wear want her to wear it this person loves it comments on the beautiful embroidery the hippie boho vibe it's a dream for this person and she gets to bond with her mother-in-law so it's like it's clearly in the right home but how do you get past dealing with these crazy people yeah contract i love this idea i think this would be like fine I'll wear it first

and then

you have to wear it

on your wedding day

or

are you saying

your contract

you're like

I'll give it back

I will give it back to you

and not wear it

if you

promise

and we're gonna put

something leverage

like there's leverage

in this contract

that you have to wear it

on your wedding day

like that's even

that's really petty

but also

what they're doing is being petty.

And also this dress belonged to the mother-in-law.

But there always is that thing with like married and daughter versus real daughter.

Those are real things.

Luckily, I don't experience it with my mother-in-law.

She is unbelievable and incredible.

But like I couldn't imagine if I had to experience that.

So that's why a part of me at first was like, just get back the dress.

Because who knows?

We have a little context that I think you will be excited to hear.

So someone goes, right?

Why can't they both wear the dress? I love this idea. OP, see if your fiance can propose this idea to her.
You are lucky to have such a great mother-in-law and your sister-in-law may come around eventually. Someone goes, sister-in-law doesn't even like the dress.
She doesn't want to wear it either way. So OP responds to this comment and goes,

she is in her second marriage.

Maybe she can wear it for her third.

Wow.

Okay.

Love that.

Okay.

She's not giving back the dress.

She had two opportunities to wear that dress.

This is her second marriage.

No shame.

No giving back that dress. But she had two opportunities.
Fuck the contract. Don't no giving back that dress but she had two opportunities

the contract don't give her back the dress absolutely never give that do not give that dress she had two chances very important very important i needed to hear that before i drew up the contract with my lawyers i think the lawyers you can you can tell them they're dismissed you actually won't need your services today

okay

wow

wow

wow

wow

yeah The lawyers, you can tell them they're dismissed. They actually won't need your services today.
Go home. They're like, okay.
Okay. Wow.
Hold that retainer, guys. Wow.
Yeah. That's iconic to be like, she can use another third.
What an asshole. Insane.
So what is she getting at? Like, is it truly just like, oh, you're being shown affection from my mom and I'm not? Yes, I think so. That's all this stems from? It's something that she feels like is in the family and hers, and she doesn't want someone out of the family to have it.
Bingo. She's in the family because she's getting married.
Bingo. But this woman isn't accepting it.
No, and some people don't even look at, like, when it comes to heirlooms, they don't think heirlooms can be passed down by a woman that marries in. Correct.
It has to be blood. It has to be blood.
Like some people are goofy like that. So OP does have a comment.
She never wears anything like this. It doesn't match her vibe or style.
And she's already married. I think this dress is expensive.
And she just wants an heirloom or something. On the money, Amanda.
That'll do it. People get very possessive over heirlooms.
Like the biggest fights siblings have is when their mom or father dies and they go through their stuff. Yeah.
Like that is so intense, especially jewelry. Yeah.
Woo. The fights over stuff like that.
I mean, people come out of the woodwork when family passes. Oh yeah.
It's like they don't talk at all to the person and then they're like, oh, that home. I mean, once you get homes involved.
What's my cut? Exactly. What's my cut? It's really sad.
Never been more excited to be an only child. Yeah.
You never have to deal with that. You're going to get everything that parents give you.
I'll get my dad's signed baseballs. And you're going to put them in your one bedroom.
Yeah, I'll put it right there. Honestly, baseball wall looks pretty cool.
It's got three baseballs. It doesn't feel like it connects with you at all.
I'm like, I could space them out really far and have a few baseballs. It doesn't feel like it's you at all.
You might have to get some more. Sports and me? You don't see the connection there?

Not baseballs.

No, I don't look like someone who moves too fast.

Really?

You give coordinated energy.

That's nice.

No, he's coordinated.

He's coordinated.

I'm not a dancer, but I can move.

You can move.

No, I drop something at least like five times a day.

Yeah, same.

Klutz.

No, that's me.

My limbs are longer than I think.

My phone. I'm like, this thing.
I go through screen protectors like no other bang bang all day every day I don't I don't have a case or a screen protector which is I know you're raw dog in that yeah I sure am what he's living life on the edge for someone that drops something five times a day that's insane I know I don't know I'm impressed but a little scared yep just a little kooky like that very scary very scary That's insane. I don't know.
I'm impressed, but a little scared. Yep.
Just a little kooky like that. Very scary.
Very scary. Yeah.
There's a couple other comments from OP kind of just elaborating on mother-in-law, father-in-law dynamic with sister-in-law. Mother-in-law and father-in-law have been divorced for 20 years.
Oh, they're not even together. Not together.
Father-in-law and sister-in-law did not even congratulate them when they got engaged or announced their pregnancy. Done.
Keep that dress. Mm-hmm.
These are like... Monster people.
Like little side character villains coming in to be like... Fiance doesn't even really talk to his dad.
Oh, then F them. So these are strangers coming just wear the dress yeah and there is there is some like history behind the mother-in-law and this dress and being pregnant during her wedding like it does kind of have a sad like resolution And so like for the mother-in-law

to even offer this up,

OP finds even more meaningful.

Like this was such a sentimental

big deal for her.

And so to be looked at as family

and offered this dress,

I find so beautiful.

Yeah.

So I think because of the comments,

OP comes to some senses

and starts to get a little mad

at sister-in-law instead of feeling bad. Top comment, not the asshole.
Sister-in-law can feel some kind of way about you wearing the dress, but her behavior is out of line. It's sweet that your mother-in-law offered you the dress.
I love that for you. In my view, sister-in-law could view eventually also wearing the dress as something special you share instead of reacting like this.
My mom and her two stepsisters all wore the same vintage. Read, hand-me-down dress, and they cherished it.
And then that's where OP gets into the fact that this would be for her third wedding. She's 39, you know, but she had two chances.

Oh, yeah.

She doesn't want to wear the dress.

No.

So not the asshole.

Did she wear the dress?

Do we find out?

This is a month old.

So we got to check back in two months.

We got to check back.

There's no update on this one.

Wear the dress.

Wear the dress. Wear the dress.

Wear the dress.

Wear it every day.

Wear it every day.

It's the only thing you wear now.

Oh,

that's a lot.

You are a cartoon character and you wear the same thing every day.

And it's that dress.

You deserve it.

You're so right.

Cartoon characters never change their outfit.

They don't.

I wish I could go through life like that.

Just knowing what I'm going to wear every day.

I mean,

I love black and beige stuff. So everything kind of matches all I'm going to wear every day.
I mean, I love...

I just bought a bunch of black and beige stuff, so everything kind of matches all the time.

Yeah.

Except for today.

No, that's me.

And then I have this thing.

I'm like, it's got a power pack on it even.

Oh, I was talking about lights, like starting a fire.

You have lights on your sweater.

Your sweater lights turn on?

Yeah, I think.

Oh my God.

Wow.

You saved it till the end of the app to give us a little light chill. That's awesome.
Yeah. It's going to be for my thumbnail now.
But one last comment. Yeah.
To double down the wear the dress. The sister-in-law has called the dress ugly and tacky and just said, you must have a lot of emotion attached to that dress.
Oh, wow. And she doesn't.
Huh. Wear that dress.
Because weddings are emotional. Yes, they are.
They're sentimental and emotional. Hello.
Insane. Insane.
Wow. These stories made me kind of rageful.
Yeah. A lot of like what Merry Christmas I love the little feral sound effects he's feral he's feral wear the dress thank you guys so much for coming on thank you for having us thank you for having where can everyone find you both obviously you're on Smosh it'll be linked But where else can people find you? Because you're funny.
You just had like a big comedy show the other night. I did a live show.
We did our podcast Smosh Mouth at Dynasty Typewriter. Unreal.
We had 10,000 people watching. I just found out this morning.
That's a lot. Live stream.
Oh, my God. And then a full audience.
It was so unbelievably cool. That's incredible.
Could not do it on our own. Like we had a whole team helping us.
It was unbelievable. You have an amazing team at Smosh.
Such an amazing team. It was really beautiful.
Your holiday party I got to go to. I'm like, everyone is so nice.
I just adopted me. It's just like, you just have great vibes.
Everyone. it's amazing yeah literally come in whenever don't tell me with a good time i mean seriously don't tell me the good time we gotta have you on swashmouth yeah you just say when girl you just say when but where can everyone find you both um uh when is this coming out this week yeah that's wild Uh, I have quick turnaround times here.
No, like, no, I love that. Okay.
Um, well it's not out yet, but in the new year, uh, in January, mid January, go check out my YouTube channel, Tomy bones, T O M E Y B O N E S. I've got my second season of serving C word.
Make you censor hereor here, where we look at stupid pictures of stuff

and decide whether they're C word or not.

And Amanda's going to be the first episode.

So if you like this dynamic,

it's so good.

It's a lot of fun.

Congratulations.

I love this show so much.

It was so fun shooting it.

It was easy for me

because we just are nutty together.

I literally have the perfect picture to send you.

Did you see that quarterback

that he just got his first start in the NFL

and all of his pictures

Thank you. Did you see that quarterback that he just got his first start

in the NFL and all of his pictures?

He's serving punt.

Like he's like... Oh, I love that.

We do inanimate objects on our show.

Oh, inanimate?

Or like small little animals.

Oh my god. This is so good.

Amanda's things were fans.

Fans.

Blackwater sea creatures,

which are just like microscopic sea creatures,

photographed that night and cocktails.

Oh my God.

Cocktails.

Anyway,

so that's where you can go check me out at Tomy bones everywhere.

Okay.

Yay.

So good.

Mine is at filming.

Amanda,

very cool name came up with it years ago and it's still awesome.

Honestly, no, it is good.

And to get that handle,

that seems...

We're filming Amanda right now.

We're filming Amanda right now.

So yeah, TikTok, Instagram,

and then of course,

you can find me on the podcast

at the Smosh Mouth

with Shane Topp.

It's really fun.

And we always have Tommy on.

It's so fun.

Well, we don't always have you on.

We have other guests. He's been on there three times.
Three or four times, yeah. Which is big.
It's big. Huge.
So that's where you can find me. I love it.
Thank you both so much. This was amazing.
I love this. Oh, this is so good.
And thank you all for being here. This is one of the last episodes of 2024.
Oh, my God. It's insane insane.
Like what this show has shaped into is incredible

and I appreciate

all of you so much.

I'm not going to cry

you know right now.

So I love you guys.

Be sure to head over to Patreon.

We have lots of other

holiday stories.

You get to meet my editor

Jenna this month.

But other than that

until next time

bye.