just a little shady - Family Drama That Should Be Reality TV - Ep. 10

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

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Hello and welcome back to the podcast. We are going to start this week by catching up on a few things that happened this past weekend and our own not that exciting lives, but we had a little bit of an interesting weekend. And then we'll get into all the drama that's been going on, all the stories, grimmies, all of it. First of all, we spent Friday night playing board games. We heard it in. Specifically, I don't know if you guys have. ever played the game, Aggravation. I recently discovered it. Although my sister reminded me that

we used to play it when we were younger. My mom said something similar. Maybe we didn't play it, but she was very familiar with the game. So I don't remember, Elena remembers, we played. Really? I actually played with them on Thursday. And I had a lot of fun. Somehow, you really can't be good at it, which is what I like. No, there's really minimal skill. all luck. I mean a little bit of skill. You kind of think because like I was learning. If you want to get into it, you can. But if you don't want to, you don't have to and you can still be a part of the game. That's why we like it. Anyways, very fun. Highly recommend. We did that on Friday. But it got me thinking, I swear, you know how they say, there's that saying that when people get older, like

older people become young again because you start doing things that used to do and you're like a baby. Yep. And I swear as we are aging, that's happening. because we're playing board games. We are going to bed early. We are in desperate need of naps. I love a nap. I love the idea of a nap, especially on the weekends, because I still try to get up, like, relatively early.

I've been actually really into the idea of going to the bed. This is such an old person, I think, thing to think about. I was talking to chat GPT about it. about because sometimes I have a really hard time sleeping like I toss and I turn I don't get good sleep I feel sleepy throughout the day so I was asking it like what's the best amount of sleep for me to get and then I was just kind of like talking to it like a friend almost and it was telling me like ideally like you should be going to bed within like the same hour time frame every day and getting up within the same hour time frame and that helps you. your circadian rhythm. That was what I took away from the situation. You needed chat to tell you that. I sometimes I need somebody to tell me things.

I fear that that's like something we learned so long ago. But also it's not that it gets any easier to practice. No. I'm the kind of person I need so much sleep and I don't do well without it. However, obviously I have a 10 month old. So this has been going on for like the last 10 months. months. However, I can't nap. Like, even if, it's not that I don't have the opportunity. Like, sometimes everyone would be like, just go nap. I can't. I don't know why. It is hard to nap sometimes.

Like this past weekend, I wanted to nap, but I just couldn't. I think it was too late in the day. This is what I mean, though, of like us being like children, babies because the same thing happens to my 10-month-old. he literally wants a nap so bad so tired but for whatever reason we'll fight his nap and it's like dude you're so tired just relax yeah but then i tried to take a nap and i do the same exact thing so i can't judge him i guess but it's just funny like as we're getting older we're literally doing the things even like eating the same meals over and over like remember being a kid and like only wanting cereal only wanting mac and cheese only wanting whatever we wanted at the time it's like you just go through phases my big thing too i don't i don't know if you were

were one of these, but I used to just love eating bread and butter. Like a plain loaf of white bread with just butter. Yes. I could eat the entire loaf. No crust. Buttered noodles. We were big into buttered noodles. Yeah.

I think everyone goes to the seeds as recently. I made butter noodles. You? Yeah. Now I want buttered noodles, but I love being a creature of habit. This happened to us last week and after we talked about McDonald's, we got McDonald's. So maybe we're manifesting. on butter noodles after this.

Anyways, we also this weekend went out to eat, which was a shocking turn of events. We really don't go out to eat that much anymore with a 10-month-old because it's hard to entertain him at a table. But he was so sweet because Brittany can tell you all about it because we actually ran into her and her family when we went to go eat. Literally in the parking lot, I see your mom get out of the car and I'm like, oh, so I call Brittany. to tell her I'm running into your mom right now and she's like oh no I'm inside so literally we just all sat together and ate which was really fun oh my gosh it was the best I I don't know if I've like been at a restaurant with Elliot yet I think that was like my first time like really out to eat with him he was like out to eat with us for your birthday but that was a little different yeah we weren't like

sitting it was more of like a social gathering this was the first like sitting still and let me tell you He got rave, rave reviews from our waitress. And rave reviews for me, he was hanging out with me. I had a little bag charm he was super into. He was very polite and cute as ever. We talked about this, but I will say as soon as he got complimented by the waitress for being so great, he impressive. Impressively. Impressively.

Impressively enough. took a thing that he had. I don't even know what it was a toy. It was a plastic water bottle. Oh, his water bottle. And aimed it so well and knocked over a glass of water onto the ground. But the glass didn't break. Didn't break the glass.

So, yeah, the waitress instantly was like, oh, never mind. It was so fun. And then we were all like laughing. I mean, the water didn't break. It was fine. Like nothing was wrong. And he didn't mean to do it. We were laughing.

His laughter. after that was just contagious. And this is the thing about parenting that I think is going to be the hardest is not laughing when they do something that they shouldn't do because sometimes it is so inherently

funny because it's so innocent but then that gives them the idea of this is what gets a reaction and he knocked over the water and we all just burst it out laughing and I think it was more so just the ironic timing of the waitress. It was. Literally just coming over and be like, he is so good and so sweet and whatever you did. And then bam, he was like,

what did you say? No, I'm not. So that was fun. But yeah, it's already getting hard like that. Like sometimes when like he'll hit my face. Yeah. Obviously he doesn't mean anything by it, but they say don't react. Like you have to don't do any kind of reaction. Stay neutral. And I'm getting better at it. But like at first I would crack up. Now it's kind of starting to hurt as he's getting older. Has more strength? Yes, but they also say it's cuteness aggression, that like babies get cuteness aggression. And so that I'm like, oh, he thinks I'm cute. Or he just is, I don't know, going through a phase.

Either way, I've gotten better at staying neutral. But if Evans around and he does it to me, like he'll just crack up or like other people see it. And they're like, oh, ha, ha, I'm like, don't react. It's so hard. It's so hard not to. It will be. Because everything he does, cute. Yeah.

So anyways, that was our weekend. Very fun and exciting. Also, the Grammys happened. So we're going to talk all about the Grammys, the drama. There was a lot that went down. But we're going to talk about that in the bonus episode and go over some of the looks of the red carpet. We just figured there's so much to unpack. So we're going to be doing that on the bonus content.

If you want to see that, join the Patreon. Some other things. We need to circle back because we talked about superstitions this season. season. And there are some relevant ones that just happened that we need to discuss. Pung Satani Phil saw his shadow. We all know about Pung Satani Phil. We love him. We love him. We cheer for him every year. Unfortunately, this means that there's going to be six more weeks of winter. And his accuracy is usually 35 to 40%. So I'm hoping he's wrong. But they are saying this year he is looking like he's in line with what meteorologists are saying. I fear that's the correct take and I knew

this was coming but I mean we could have guessed based on our last conversation about how cold it's been. It's been terribly cold here. So yeah the east coast and Midwest professional forecasters are warning of a polar vortex and mid-February which it's continuing. I okay wait I didn't know that till absolutely right. No. I need this to end. I need this to stop because I can't, no. I don't want to do it anymore. It's just six more weeks, but this got me thinking. So there's other animals that do these predictions. Correct. Phil is not the only one of his kind. And some of them are more accurate. Yeah, Phil is actually, I think, one of the least accurate of the bunch, which hurts my heart. But there are Groundhog Day celebrations everywhere.

Which, but that makes me think, like, why Phil? You know what I mean? Like, why him? Everybody else. All the glory. He does. Like, everybody knows about him. I didn't even realize that other ones do it.

There's one in Michigan, Woody the Woodchuck in Michigan. And, um, she, where? She goes out and she doesn't do it based on her shadow. If she stays out for 30 seconds or more than early spring, if she goes in within 30 seconds, then it's not going to be an early spring. And her accuracy is way better than Phil. I had no idea we had an icon in our midst, in our state.

No, because I've been convinced for years that I need to go to Pennsylvania to see Phil in his glory on Groundhog's Day. And I mean, if you haven't seen the TikToks, you need to search them up right now. They do it up big. There's fireworks. There's confetti. There's signs. It's a whole.

It's basically like New Year's Eve part two. Basically. Basically. And I don't necessarily. I would go for the vibes. You know what I mean? The vibes. But I don't.

I feel like we could just easily go to Woody the Woodchuck here now. I would do that. I actually would love to 2027. I'm there. I'm excited to see how this plays out. Also, I just have to mention there's other animals that do it. In New York, they have Cluxatoni Henrietta, which is a chicken, and they predict based on egg laying. So if she lays an egg during the ceremony, then spring is coming early.

There's also a cat in Ohio called Concord Casimir. and it depends on how he eats a parogi. If he eats it sloppily, it's a messy spring. And if he swallows in one gulp, summer will be extra warm. I was going to say, how do we deem eating a parogi sloppy versus cleanly? But I suppose that makes sense. There's a lot to unpack. They're like, why a parogi?

Why, you know. There's a lot. But it's just, you know. And then also, apparently in Wyoming, there's, a statue of a prairie dog. It's not alive. And it predicts the weather based on if the sunrise casts a shadow on it. So there's lots of interesting superstitions about how long winter is going to be based on animals specifically.

I feel like it really comes out to like if the sun's out or not that day. Yeah. I don't mean to put that on the statue, but that's really what it feels like. Well, that's with everything. No, not for Phil. If Phil sees a shadow or not, it's like, is the sun shining, he'll see a shadow. If it's not, it's hard to say on Phil. Phil's a different situation.

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my mind until this commercial came out for the Super Bowl early, or as I should say, the big game. Oh, right. So Kendall Jenner did a fanatic sports book commercial, and in it, she was making a joke basically about herself how the Kardashians are supposedly faced with the Kardashian curse. And they say that any athlete that they date basically gets cursed and doesn't do well after or gets injured after they date them. So it's like Lamar Odom, Chris Humphreys, Tristan Thompson, Ben Simmons, Reggie Bush, all of these guys that they've dated.

And so basically the whole joke of the commercial was that that's how she has all her money because she bets against the guys she dates because she knows that they're going to be cursed after dating her. I really never thought about that as like a superstition before, but it's kind of like what we were saying about buying the sneakers and thinking we jinx the team. No, it's 100% that. It's literally people just like trying to blame the Kardashians. So unfortunate and so silly. But I thought this commercial was genius. It gave me hope because I feel like every year we talk about the Super Bowl commercials.

and I feel that the last few years, they haven't been all that spectacular. They've been okay. This one gives me hope for some really good commercials this year. Yeah, I feel like there hasn't been anything super memorable. No, and this is already, like, I watched that commercial, and I thought it was really good. I think Pringles is doing something with Sabrina Carpenter.

And I almost feel like these are, like, small pieces of, like, their bigger commercial that will premiere during the Super Bowl, which is exciting. Yeah, that's kind of how I, I mean, that's how I was taking it because I feel like a lot of companies will do that so that their actual commercial makes more sense because a lot of them buy such small times lots because it's so expensive. So they're like, they need more context. This one, I'll be excited to see if they do something else for the actual Super Bowl. But we will report back because it also just crossed my mind that this weekend.

Yeah, as a podcast is coming out. So we'll have lots to talk about and catch up on next week, mostly probably the Super Bowl halftime performance, which is what we always look forward to chatting about. So we shall see. But speaking of music and you pointed this out, Kendall Jenner's ex-boyfriend. Sure is.

Harry Stiles is going under some fire for his Madison Square Garden residency. People are not happy with the press. for his concerts. No, people are really upset. And I think what's making fans especially angry is that he's doing a 30-night residency at Madison Square Garden. So fans have been pointing out, especially on TikTok, the amount of money that he's saving by having everyone come to him.

Like, he doesn't have to pay for a crew to, like, move his set, to travel for hotel rooms, for truck drivers, what have you. Like a lot goes into moving, and I'm sure a lot goes into even just having it at Madison Square Garden. I'm sure that's not a cheap bill, not a cheap production by any means. But a lot of fans are saying, you know, you would think he's cutting his costs. He would be cutting our cost as well by having it at Madison Square Garden for 30.

I don't know if it's 30 nights straight, but throughout his residency there. Yeah, I think it's literally like not that long of a thing. I know it's 30 concerts, but it's probably like to a weekend or something. Yeah, it's from, I want to say September to October-ish timeline, sometime in the fall and he's going to be there. Yeah, I just seen that people were saying he's using dynamic pricing, which was a whole topic we talked about with Ticketmaster probably last season or maybe

two seasons ago? A couple seasons ago now. And Ticketmaster still says they don't do dynamic pricing. I don't know if I believe it. It's just based on supply and demand. But they are supposedly trying to pass some legislation that markups can only be up to 20% for people who are reselling to like curb people from wanting to resell. But still, this is just obviously not looking that good because people are like, you are saving bunch of money by doing it at one location and like not having to incur a bunch of costs right so why can't the tickets be cheaper and then a lot of people were saying too that even to get into the pre-sale they were

originally saying that you were going to have to have some kind of proof that you were like an amex holder or whatever but basically there was no credentials that actually had to be shown I personally I mean I wouldn't like I'm not that big of a hair style's fan where I would want to like like travel to go do this like if he was coming here i'd like oh yeah let's go yeah it would be fun but he also has to consider that a lot of people are going to be paying probably 500 bucks at least for a plane ticket to go there minimum probably 300 bucks at least for a hotel night easily so people are already at like over a thousand dollar bill and i want to say and they didn't even get the tickets yeah yeah tickets i heard um pit tickets are running about a thousand dollars a piece and i saw

one TikTok that was comparing. She was like, here are all the things that you could buy instead of a pit ticket, Terry Stiles. And she named a lot of things. Rightfully so, that is $1,000. But she did say she still will be there just in the nosebleed. So I don't think that this controversy is going to stop people from going. I think that he's still going to sell out his entire time there.

And it's going to be great. That is so crazy to me, though. Like, I cannot imagine 30 nights at Madison Square Garden. Yeah. And he's getting $1,000 from every single, just in the pit. I mean, if you can do it, good for you. A thousand dollars from every head you see in the pit. That's crazy.

All the ants all together jumping around. $1,000, $2,000. That's crazy. I mean, it's insane to think about. Well, on the other hand, we have no. A khan and apparently for his tour that he just announced he is going to be doing like a bunch of things to make sure that tickets aren't unreasonably priced which is not shocking he's so unproblematic and innocent so his character i'm not i'm not surprised by this at all i know so

i saw they're doing non-transferable tickets so for most venues you won't be able to transfer the tickets which obviously curbs like bots resellers people who are there for the wrong reasons. Yep. If you are exchanging, you can do a face value-only exchange, so you can't mark up the prices at all. In states where laws prevent resale restrictions, ticket master will attempt to enforce face value restrictions, and sign-up's going to be required.

So fans are going to have to register for the pre-sale. And I saw a video saying something about, like, submitting an ID to prove you're not a bot. potentially like a selfie to prove you're not a bot. I love that. So yeah, that's hopefully going to keep the ticket prices exactly whatever they set them at. As it should, honestly, the face value exchange, I don't understand why that can't just be the standard for tickets.

I mean, that would be wonderful. Right. And that's what I kind of don't understand about the Harry Styles thing. It's like if everyone is going to be mad, you can set your prices however much you want so that like you're going to get the profit on it and then just do face value exchange. Right. So that you're not getting bots and the price isn't unreasonably going up.

Right. Like obviously with dynamic pricing, if you're letting like a bunch of bots get in, a bunch of resellers get in, they're immediately going to skyrocket. Yeah. If you have dynamic pricing but you can only face value resell, then like, yeah, you're still going to have your supply and demand and like make the profit, but people aren't going to have the incentive to do it unless they're a fan right so then they wouldn't be right you know what i mean i don't know i feel like there's a way to do it with like still obviously like get the money make the money and correct but like

do the face value resell i like that i love that i love noa con so unproblematic um well on the other hand not so unproblematic and innocent um we have a follow up with the mom drama of the mom group Ashley Tistale and Hillary Duff and all those girls. So we talked about their little Tiff a couple weeks ago. Ashley Tustale wrote that article basically saying she was in a toxic mom group and everyone put two and two together that it was about Hillary Duff and Mandy Moore and Megan Traynor. A lot of celebs that we had no idea. And now there's a little bit of an update on the story because apparently Ashley Tistale posted a

picture or reposted a picture of her kids hanging out with Haley Duff's kids, which is Hillary's sister. And so now people are like, okay, so Hillary's sister is not even on her side. Well, it turns out that Hillary and Haley have kind of a longstanding unexplained fully beef going on. Do they really? So apparently this started because people are speculating that it. is because Haley's husband and Hillary's husband don't get along, which, again, doesn't necessarily surprise me because we all kind of learned and were confirmed that the drama of the mom group Ashley Tistale was referring to was, in fact, about Hillary Duff because Hillary Duff's husband was the one who confirmed it by posting his little shade on the internet.

So based on that alone, I will say, I'm going to guess that Hillary's husband has no problem being a little catty. Yeah, and stirring the pot. So apparently Haley and Hillary have not had a good family dynamic themselves, but now this just solidifies it because she's taking Ashley Tustale side in it. And my guest, too, this doesn't really totally look good for them because I feel like Hillary right now is just like in her era. She's going, she's on tour. She is living her best.

and this is kind of just... Yeah, this is... It's a really interesting time for all of it, and Hillary just announced on her tour because she was only going to do a few nights of what she's currently touring. She's doing a world tour now, so... Tour extended?

Tor extended. I think she's coming to the U.S. Didn't she already do the U.S.? No, she's in the U.K. Oh. I think she might come to Michigan. Oh. I don't know.

That's what I'm telling myself, but tour extended roll tour tour extended i wonder what her pricing will be um but no that's exciting i just feel like this is like a weird time for all of them to somehow be getting back into the headlines and making drama i mean if it is true and like maybe one of the things that people speculated was that like haley duff was jealous of hillary's success and so like maybe this is her way to like get her name into it while

Hillary's out there doing her thing just to piss her off. I mean, I feel like that's a very sister's coded thing to do anyways. It is. So that's fun. But I feel like all these girls just need a reality TV show immediately. They do. And I really feel like that's where we're heading towards. And I hope it is.

I genuinely hope that we get a moms of or real housewives of whatever you want to call them. But it had to be like celebrity. Yeah, it'd be like celebrity version. Yeah. Well, until we get that, we'll be watching other reality TV because we talked about when this show came out was a huge thing. That jury duty reality TV show where there was one guy that was unknowingly in a cast of people that were pretending to be on a jury duty and doing outrageous things.

And it was so hilarious because they were capturing his unedited reaction in real time to what he thought was being on jury duty. And we kept saying, like, how are they going to recreate this again? They could never do it. Well, apparently they did it. Amazon Prime Video is releasing the second season. It's going to be called Jury Duty Presents company retreat. This, I really can't wrap my head around how they're doing it because what is somebody a new hire and they're on a company retreat for like the first, like their first week?

Right. Like, how would they? be at a company and not know who works at the company. Correct. I kind of feel that. I'm sure there's a way around it. I mean, if you think about it, companies that are going on a retreat would have to be probably huge companies.

Yeah. And so maybe you don't know everybody that works there. Maybe there's different branches that I'll come to the same place. Yeah, that could be the case. So I'm excited. I didn't even fully watch the first one. I didn't need to because there were so many clips on TikTok that I watched it through that but this maybe I will actually watch um so the unsuspecting person in this one is anthony and apparently

it's a very chaotic corporate trip the only thing I'm not sure about so in jury duty them recording I feel like wouldn't that be be that suspicious yeah but like in this case if people were recording a company retreat I mean I guess for like propaganda for like the company but propaganda for the company? You mean marketing? Yeah, but like, you know what I mean? At this point, it's a cult. Like, if you're going on a retreat is probably a little cult-like.

So I'm just assuming that they're trying to recruit people. But I'm guessing maybe that's what they're going to tell him it's for. Yeah, I mean, that's got to be it, that they're just recording for literally work purposes. I don't know. people could tell me anything at work that they were recording for and I'd believe okay that's so alarming it is but yeah that's pretty much what's going on this past week like I said we're going to talk all about the Grammy drama I feel like there was a lot to unpack there that will be in the bonus content for now let's get into some shady stories that honestly arguably could be great reality TV starting with shady story number one So my sister-in-law and I have never gotten along. A long story for another time. Last December, we went to our local bar,

and we were talking about life, and agreed that we can be cordial, and that's it. I started to tell her why I've been so salty, and it has to do with her mom favoring her kids over mine. My husband works out of town and cares for my kids while working a full-time job, and when I need help, I don't get it. Anyways, she didn't like my comment and started calling me a lie. So I brought out my maiden name and called her out on all her nonsense.

She started making a fist and pulled her arm back to hit me, and by the time she could, two of our mutual friends stepped in and pushed us back. She then proceeded to chuck her giant Yeti tumbler at me and hit the owner of the bar in the face. Mind you, she is a relative by marriage. My sister-in-law ended up getting kicked out. Fast forward to Christmas two weeks later, the owner of the bar, wrapped up her Yeti mug and told her stepmom to give it to her for Christmas.

She opened it in front of everyone and go figure she got mad because she can't take accountability for her actions. Though this wasn't my idea, I still find it hilarious and I wish I was there to see her open it. Wait, I can't get past. We are close enough with the owner of the bar that he was able to wrap this tumbler up and give it to the family for Christmas. It's so genius and like so simple. It's like, I love a like a wink.

This is like a wink, you know? It's so perfect. But also like how toxic that you're arguing so badly with your in-law that you're about to a fist fight at the bar. Yeah, winding up about to take a hit. Winding up just ready to go. And here's the thing. So all these stories are related to in-laws. And that was not necessarily my choice, but I was like, oh, there's a thing.

a theme here. So you'll notice that on these shady stories, but let's hear about another shady in-law. Shady story number two. My in-laws are shady. Live in a house attached to them. I can see what is coming in the mail daily. My mother-in-law hides my husband's mail for me. They outright own the house. It's being left to my husband when they pass. They are making him sign a lease to live here. My son is the oldest grandson And when her daughter got pregnant She told me that she was so excited Because this was different

She also told me that I was fat when I was pregnant What? This whole story was chaotic But also I just Some of the things I want to say when I read this I couldn't believe it But I do believe it because I genuinely

I can understand somebody acting like this So many people first of all, I feel like once you pass this are in age two, like, you forget that, like, you can't just be an ass. Yeah. Like, I don't know what it is. Like, older people, they lose their filter, but to, like, to the point where you were like, are you actually saying this out loud?

Oh, yeah. Like, think it. Or tell your friends. Oh, no. Don't say it out loud. Oh, no. I've known of grandmothers to have told their daughter's like, I'm just over being a grandma now. Oh.

Because, um, great. Because, you know, the youngest of their children is finally having kids. And there have already been a grandma, so no need. So this does not, this is child's play. That's so insane. It's insane. But also it's like, yeah, why are you making them lease it? If you're planning on giving it to them at some point anyways, it's just a very odd situation all around.

Petiness. Say fat when someone's pregnant. That's foul. I mean, that is diabolical behavior. All right, let's hear some more diabolical in-law stories, starting with shady story number three. I, 27 female, am currently pregnant with my first child. My husband, 29 male and I have been together for five years and married for two. His relationship with his mother, 55 female, has always made me a little uncomfortable,

but I've tried to be respectful and not read too much into it. For context, my mother-in-law openly told my husband before our wedding that she didn't think he should marry me because no one will ever love him the way she does. She cried during our engagement party, objected to the wedding date, and wore white to our rehearsal dinner. My husband shut that down at the time, but things have never really been normal since. When we found out I was pregnant, my mother-in-law immediately became obsessed with the idea that the baby had to be a boy. She constantly talked about how she'd always imagine my son having a son and how special it would be for my husband to pass on the family name. I told her multiple times that we would be happy either way. Last weekend, we had a small gender reveal with close family.

When the reveal showed pink, my mother-in-law froze and then started crying, like full sobbing. She said, I just know this wasn't what God wanted. Sit up and accused me of taking something from her and stormed out. Everyone was stunned. My husband chased after her, but she refused to talk and left. Since then, she's been sending my husband long emotional message about how she's grieving the loss of the grandson she was promised and that she feels replaced by me and now our daughter. She hasn't apologized or checked on me at all. Here's the issue.

My side of the family is planning a week-long trip this summer to a beach house to celebrate the baby and just decompressed before I give birth. My parents, siblings, and grandparents are all going, and my husband's coming too. We deliberately did not invite my mother-in-law. My reasoning is that her behavior has made me anxious during pregnancy, and I don't want to spend a week walking on eggshells or dealing with another emotional outburst. My husband agrees that he needs space and says the trip should be peaceful. When my mother-in-law found out, through a cousin, she lost it. She called me crying, saying I'm trying to erase her from her son's life,

and that excluding her proves that I've always been jealous of their bond. She told my husband that I'm using the baby to punish her. Now half of my husband's family says I'm cruel for excluding her and that family vacations include everyone. They say I should be the bigger person because she's just emotional about becoming a grandmother. I feel guilty, but I also fear relieved. So am I the asshole? Edit, my husband supports not inviting her and has told her she needs to apologize

before any future family events. Edit two, no, she is not paying for the trip. And edit three, this is not the first time she's had an emotional reaction to a major milestone involving my husband. This was just perfect because also it's the shady in-laws, but it ties back into what we talked about the other week about boy moms sometimes, like using their sons. No one will ever love my son more than I do. weird situations like this is so inappropriate and actually crazy i cannot fathom i just cannot fathom

to actively outburst at a gender reveal and be like you this is not what god wanted and you well isn't it on the the the ban in the situation too what gender child it is so actually i'm glad you brought that up This is something I found out after I got pregnant was that I didn't realize that, yeah, the guy is the one who determines the sex of the child. Yeah. So why is she so mad at her for? No, so she should be mad at her son. But that could never happen. He could never do anything.

No, it's funny because, yeah, it's definitely determined by the guy. It was something I didn't know until after I got pregnant. And I was like, oh, that's an interesting fact. So then, like, also, they say a lot of the symptoms that women experience when they're pregnant, like if they're having adverse symptoms, that it has a lot to do with the man. Yeah. And something I didn't know. It always comes down to the men.

So anyways, yeah, we can blame them for everything. And also in this case, it's definitely not on, I feel like even in this whole situation, like, it's not on her to be the asshole or not be the asshole. Your husband can be and stick up for you and his family. Yep. and tell her to get lost. Like this is crazy behavior. And yeah, if she can't even apologize, like, no, you're not coming on the trip.

No. Why would we want our week-long vacation this summer to be ruined by you? Miss Debbie Downer, miss got to throw a fit, make everything about me. Get lost. I'm sorry. Yeah. And that is one thing, too. I feel like I just cannot understand when people can't apologize.

Like, everyone, you know, everyone, makes mistakes, people get emotional in the moment. And here's the other thing I'll say. I know a lot of people experience, like, gender disappointment. And it's a really confusing feeling because, like, that's fair. Yeah, like they'll be so happy and grateful to be pregnant, but then to have this thought in your head and it doesn't work out. Like a lot of people go through that, but like the person that's actually pregnant or like having

the baby, the husband, not the mother-in-law. Like, get out of here. And also, who's to say? They're not having another kid. You don't know. They didn't say. We don't know. We don't know what their plan is.

But she won't be invited to that gender review. Hell no. And when they do of her boy, she's going to be real upset in when and if they do. Yeah. Wild, wild times. You're definitely not the asshole in the situation. No, never. But we're probably going to be assholes and our review of the Grammys and going over the red carpet.

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