just a little shady - The Worst Valentine's Day Ever | Ep. 25

Episode Date: February 21, 2025

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Hello and welcome back to the podcast. We are catching up on some Valentine's Day topics after missing last week's episode. We're gonna read a couple shady Valentine's stories at the end of this episode but also in this week's bonus content we're gonna be going over some more Valentine's Shady stories and there are some good ones. So if you want to see that, make sure you join the Patreon bonus content. But for now, let's get into what we missed while we were away, including our own Valentine's Day, which I kind of have a little funny story. But first of all, we both just went to dinner.

Simply went to dinner. Nothing crazy, nothing out of the ordinary. Honestly, it was funny, too, because when I was making the plans, I was like, I fear we do this regularly. So I don't know if it was any kind of special Valentine's Day situation. 100 percent. I mean, Brian and I, we go to the same restaurant every Valentine's Day and we don't typically go there.

So a little, a little out of the ordinary. A little out of the ordinary. I did dress, a little crazy. Out of the ordinary for you. A little out of the ordinary. I did dress up which is very out of the ordinary. I fear I never dress up. There's very few and far in between times where I wear jeans. This was not one of them I wore a skirt.

Which was really crazy. Cause I don't wear skirts ever either. That was a plot twist I didn't see coming. No, yeah. I was going to wear jeans. And then I was like, but I could do a little skirt with a big sweater. You really stepped it up this year. I stepped it up.

I stepped out. Brian didn't know who I was. I fear I attempted to get dressed. I also wore maternity jeans and I will say though that by the time we I got ready for dinner Which again like I don't really get ready anymore So by the time I like fully got ready for dinner by the time we got there. I was down bad like I was

My back pain has been out of control so I was like wow this is um I fear this was a tough situation however I will say that it was made better because you guys were sitting at this Valentine's dinner and when we get there Evan's like oh um do you guys have like a regular old fashion and he said that because like on the menu they have like a couple of fancy options Yeah old-fashions with like twists. Niche specific. So he was like, do you have a regular old-fashioned? Which in the moment we did not realize the waitress heard it as a double old-fashioned.

So we didn't know we thought he ordered a regular. Yeah. So anyways he gets it we're sitting there we honestly sat at dinner for like two hours so he gets the first one and he's like wow this is pretty strong and he's like they also filled it up really high and I'm like oh my goodness I'm like yeah I'm like maybe like they're just being nice for Valentine's Day like giving a little extra whatever like I don't think anything of it. So we're sitting there like an hour goes by, he finishes that one.

So he's like, I'll get another one, like if we're hanging out. Why not? Which again, like two cocktails at Valentine's dinner. That's what I did. I had two glasses of wine. Drink for both of us. So, it's not like he didn't have a DD.

So he gets another one. And again, he's like, wow, they are really filling them up tonight. They're really being generous. And so I'm like, yeah, wow, that's cool. Maybe also they feel bad because I can't drink. So they're giving him a little extra. Could you imagine?

The waitress did a couple of times talk about, do you want dessert? Because whatever, she noticed I was pregnant. And so I was like, oh, maybe she's being nice. She's being nice. So anyways, we get the bill and I look at it and I'm like, oh my god, Evan Those were doubles. That's crazy. He's like crazy behavior and like I could tell you little like I got tell He's feeling himself a little bit too, but I was just like

Whatever like two cocktails at dinner like you might be yeah, but so he was like, what do you mean they were doubles? He's like, I didn't do like I didn't order that. And I was like, I don't know what says it right here. And so he immediately starts panicking because he's like, oh, my God, that's where they were so big. Like, did I just have four cocktails like at dinner? Yeah. So he's like panicking and I'm like, no, no, no, it's fine. Anyways, we get home and it like totally hit him like he like we come home

He takes care of the dogs like whatever and then he's sitting in his office like in his chair And it kind of like went quiet and I was sitting in the living room. I'm like, what is he doing in there? Yeah, what's he up to I go in there? He's sleeping in the chair. That's I'm like wow those really hit you It's like he wakes up. He's like what what was I sleeping? I'm like, wow, those really hit you. And so he wakes up and he's like, what, what was I sleeping? I'm like, dude, no more doubles for you. He's like, I didn't order those. He felt like so bamboozled and betrayed. Yes. Like by the restaurant. But like they thought he ordered that. They were just getting him the drink that he ordered. Correct. Which is wild behavior. I have not ordered a double since college

because I learned very quickly that doubles at a college bar are very different from doubles in a restaurant setting. Any day world, even bars outside of college towns. In our college town we had at one of the bars, it was on Thursday nights, $2 doubles. So you could get a double for $2. And at the time, I just thought that was a typical drink.

Yeah, that should be illegal. It should be illegal. I also vividly remember like, finally being 21 and thinking that every drink you ordered had to be a double because like you didn't want to wait in line again and like everybody kind of like that was just such the norm. It was a norm to get a double and I would get I fear two two dollar doubles when I would walk into the bar we would all get there. Double fizz? Yes because the bar it was like it connected to a club and in the bar it would get really crowded there was only like one L-shaped bar and then there was another side of it where there was a bunch of booths and you wanted to get your drinks get over

to the booth so you could claim your spot for the night and I would get two two dollar doubles and I would trot over to the little booth and that's where I would stay until we got up from said boothot over to the little booth and that's where I would stay until we Got up from said booth and went to the club at the end of the night Maybe did I make a few more trips to the bar here and there probably the two dollar doubles. Yes That's a great deal though. Honestly, it should not be allowed They had like a five dollar burger basket to where you get like a burger and fries between like certain hours It was how they miss college it was wonderful that's crazy

couldn't do it today no I know well now I mean it's not you don't order it up like you don't order double at a bar like never I think the only time I've ordered a double since college was not long after college at an airport on my way to Chicago that's alarming alarming. It was so alarming It was when I went with two of our friends. It was a trip. I met Brian on no Nicole and you're unhinged. I think we all were and we got I fear we got One drink at the bar and then we had a double to like chug before we got on the flight and That is so risky. I won't like was so here's the thing.

I am all for a good airport beer, like, you know, that was out of control. It's been a long time, but that's what we used to do. We loved an airport. I can say that I can't understand getting like drunk before a flight. I feel like I would panic. It was weird. I need to move around when I felt like everyone was staring at us and everyone knew that like we were just like you were like I did get a little paranoid on the flight polar opposite on the way back it's down bad down but we

barely made it on that flight I remember you saying that yeah that was um that was a time doubles were an interesting time in our lives and I fear that that's in the past now. I won't say I never after college had a double because there was a extensive period of time where like we were kind of like we went through a phase we went through a phase post college. Yeah, but. After that, though, did we order doubles back in those days? I don't even remember what we drink when like. I don't think we were that bad, actually, though, because we talk about this sometimes, too, how like seltzers and like white claws

and high and didn't exist when we were in college. Non existent when I was in college. And I feel like that's just unfair because we had to learn the hard way. Yes. And I feel like if we would have had Seltzer's we wouldn't have gotten as wild. Doubles. Yeah, no. I don't think we ever would have really experienced doubles in college if it weren't for us not having Seltzer's. And then we were able to transition into seltzers post college which felt very mature of us and it wasn't like a choice we necessarily consciously made but I think it was it was good I'm really curious to like college bars nowadays do they order

seltzers or do they still order doubles and liquor because Because I feel like liquor was the drink of choice in college. But I fear it's not like that anymore because seltzers are so great. That's what I kind of wonder. But I also feel like no matter what, if you were going to like house parties or frat parties or whatever, they probably don't necessarily stock up on seltzers because that wouldn't be like the economical thing to do. No, not at all.

So it's hard to travel with, like you're going out, you're going to a frat and anticipating like, maybe hopping around to multiple house parties. You can't really carry a cooler. You really can't carry anything around. No, you're not supposed to, but if you have a purse and or non-clear backpack that you can put it in, I'm not recommending that

because that's not the law. But if you forgot. No, I feel like that would be just as easy to carry around as. Seltzers? But you'd get heavy. Oh, you think? I guess.

Not specifically. I don't know. I had to get a little backpack in college. It was like what? First, you're exposed. I needed to carry around for my books. Exactly. Obviously, for books, pencils, calculator.

My keys. I can't even think of anything. What? I can't even think of anything. I can't even think of anything. College life was just different. Educational. Today's episode is brought to you by Rocket Money. How many times have you realized you signed up for something, forgot about it after the trial period ends, and then you were charged month after month after month for something you weren't even using? Well, you're not alone.

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Thank you to rocket money for sponsoring today's episode. Yeah. So anyways, that was our little Valentine's day. Um, speaking of Valentine's day though, we need to bring this up because I've been seeing this all over Tik TOK. This is a little controversy that bakers are upset that Walmart is making the heart-shaped cakes now And first of all when I first found out that Walmart was doing this I was like It's about time like I've been waiting right finally, and I was shocked that they weren't really doing it before to be honest

I was as well I Actually was surprised when I first started seeing ads about their heart shaped cakes. They were advertising, what are they, 20 bucks? 18, 20 bucks, something very financially responsible, financially friendly. Yes, and I will say this too. So the whole problem is that bakers are upset

because Walmart is doing it in a cheaper way, which their argument is like, well, you're getting cheaper ingredients, you're not getting the quality time that goes into whatever. But also I feel like for a lot of people, not only does that make way more sense than spending $200 on a cake, but also like even when we do stuff,

sometimes you just wanna be able to go grab one and not have to order it weeks in advance and like a thousand percent you don't want it to have to be an entire long process where you have to reach out to someone talk to them about exactly what you want. You just want to be able to pick it up quick and get on with your way. Right and so but these bakers were upset about the whole situation. They were. But I think the worst of it was there was a video. I I saw it when it was live. It may have been taken down now, but I've seen recordings of it since.

Where one baker and maybe it wasn't just them, maybe it was multiple, said that having a birthday cake is a luxury. And I fear that that's just not that's just not the case. That is so far from the truth. Definitely should not be. It's like the claim that like hairdressers have that getting your hair done is a luxury. Having a birthday cake is not a luxury.

You should be able to get an affordable birthday cake. No birthday cake needs to be 200 plus dollars. If you want to have that experience and do that and customize something so extensively good I'm glad that's an option for people but also to like Crap on people for like wanting a more affordable option is crazy, but it's wild it was also weird because The employees that work at Walmart and that bake the cakes do have to like decorate and bake the cake. Yeah, they are in fact bakers.

It's not like somebody is coming in and taking their job. Not every baker wants to be an entrepreneur and have their own home bakery or open up a bakery. Some just want to clock in to their bakery job at Walmart and clock out and make heart shaped cake. And that's totally fine. I agree. I didn't really see the whole necessary drama on this.

No, but I think most people are on the same page of the home bakers that are saying the Walmart cakes are a problem are the problem. Walmart is not the problem, to be clear. The bakers there. Yeah. The bakers that are complaining about the Walmart cakes are the problem. OK. To be interesting. Yeah, I only saw a couple of videos and I mostly saw like spoofs of people voicing over, like voicing over cake things and pretending they're like angry bakers.

I'm being like F those cakes whatever. I'm taking it too far but it was pretty funny. Well speaking of being pissed, we are still upset that the lions were not in the Super Bowl and it's crazy because I feel like we've talked to you guys since the Super Bowl occurred. However, we have not which is wild But you know, it's crazier is the Super Bowl and Valentine's were in the same week Technically technically Sunday if you're counting your week Sunday to Friday as some do some people have their weeks Monday My mind it's Monday to Sunday, but also I understand that it's Sunday to Sunday. Yes, so almost in the same week, but depending on how you view your weeks.

I don't like that that's optional. It is optional. It's like, have you seen online people saying people view their years differently in like how they break up the months? I've never really thought about it that deeply. How do you see the year? I don't know.

I don't know if I see it in three months at a time or six months at a time. I think I'm just taking it one month at a time right now. It's how I feel. I can't capacitate in my mind, that wasn't even a word. In my mind, I can't fathom anything longer than a month. I actually, you know what? I think mine breaks into more like, almost like seasons.

So I would group like January, February, March, all kind of the same. April, May, different, they're their own. June, July, August, summer, they're their own little set. September, October, their own set. November, December, they're their own set. So, okay. So different than anyone else.

That's wild, yeah. Unique, an original thought. Perhaps, I mean, I do fear that that kind of sounded seasonal, but. Seasons and new concepts. But no, it's a new concept, obviously. Obviously. Well, this feels like a lifetime ago, so we watched together.

Forever ago. We've just lived a lot of lives. I know. We have had a lot going on. Well, the Chiefs lost, so that was ultimately the main takeaway of the whole situation. What a stupid, boring game, if I'm being so bold as to say so.

I think a lot of people felt that way. That's, I think, my least favorite thing about the Super Bowl is I feel like more times than not, it's not even an exciting game to watch. And I'm not just saying that because the lines weren't in it, that may be part of it, but I feel as if there are so many games throughout the season that are actually

entertaining, riveting, shit's happening. Not riveting. Not riveting. But it's actually engaging to watch whereas this football game just felt boring. I, yeah, I'm not gonna lie. I didn't fully pay attention to mostly any of it.

But I watched like half. That's good. I like sat at the table, chit-chatted, eating snacks. I was mostly eating and chatting. I had to migrate away from all the dips. We had so many dips, so many dips, which they were all terrific. But I said, what am I doing? I can't keep doing this. I do think the more I host, the more dips there's that get involved.

That's very true. I would say. You probably add on another dish or dip. Mostly Asian. Her occasion. But the dip is what people want. I did a dill pickle dip this time. It was impressive. Yes, chef. Yes, that you guys should have seen this. We had a couple of friends come over beforehand, including Brittany,

to like help us set things up. Yeah. And you would have thought, I mean, they asked me, what do you need help with? So I delegated. We said, put us to work. I delegated a couple tasks to a couple people. And then all of a sudden, it was turning into, yes, chef. Yes, chef.

I wasn't trying to control the kitchen that way. The thing is, you were being so nonchalant, too. You're like, oh, if you want, you can do this. And then. You were being so nonchalant to you. You're like, oh, if you want, like, you can do this. Oh, yeah. We turned it into our own thing. Yes, chef. And then like people started arriving

as they were doing this. And I'm just like, oh, my God, they probably think I'm like telling them to do stuff. And I really wasn't. But anyways, the dips turned out great. No, they were delicious. Best part of that day. Also, the halft dips turned out great. No they were delicious. Best part of that day. Also the halftime show was great

and I found this out not too long ago that this was the most watched Super Bowl halftime show in NFL history with over 133.5 million viewers. That's so impressive. Which again we always do this but like, is this the amount of TVs that were turned on? Is this the amount of actual eyeballs? How do we know how many viewers there were? Because like a our TV is that one viewer because there was like a hundred eyeballs there were like

Well, there wasn't a hundred but they were like there was like 30 eyeballs Yeah, roughly. Okay. So is that did ours count as 30 or one? Well, there wasn't 100, but they were like there was like 30 eyeballs. Yeah, roughly. OK, so is that did ours count as 30 or one? That's what I want to know. Like, how do they get these numbers? Never thought about anything like that. And this is a data point that's used like regularly, especially like Netflix when we talk about that. It's like, well, how do you know how many people like actually are being in packed watched it or

streamed it or Just Like no, I understand because it's different with movies You can like quantify that per ticket correct and then you know how many eyeballs are watching But with this correct who's to say it was really? And who is the point five human? Who's the only point five million? So it would be half.

Yeah, no, but I got to go. So I'm rubbing off on you. So the point. Me. These days. Who's the point five? It's me. It's my dumbass. These days, these days one might argue. Oh my gosh, no. We are the point five. We are becoming one in the same.

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Which was. So. Was that like the eyebrows flying away? Yeah, I'll tell you about it. Oh good. That was Little Caesars and then Pringles, the mustache flew away. That makes sense.

And that's exactly what I said was for Pringles. That makes sense for their marketing. Little Caesar's kind of just played off of their celebrity. Forgive me, I forget exactly. Yes, the guy from Schitt's Creek. Yep. Yep. He has the and he's a huge actor. And I know him from way more than Schitt's Creek. And I also can't think of associate him with. Yeah.

Now that's totally fine. So that was one of my big takeaways. more than Chits Creek and I also can't think of. That's just what you associate them with right now. That's totally fine. So that was one of my big takeaways. It's not fine. And that's all I really have on commercials. That was all you had about commercials? That's good. I mean I didn't have much to say.

What I will say is what's Pringles latest flavor and why have they not done Dill Pickle yet? I bet they have. I'm going to Google as we. That's my only input on that. Speaking of Super Bowl commercials, though, there was some controversies last few weeks with Poppy versus Olly Pop. And. They did some Super Bowl marketing. Yep, they sure did.

That kind of got them into some trouble. This was Poppy that did this. Do you hear something first? Yeah, they have dill pickle Pringles. Do they? Yeah, they actually have a lot. They did a collab with Hot Ones and then get this everyone get this. They also have an everything bagel crisp pringle they have a philly cheesecake pringle philly cheesecake yeah cake

you mean steak yep that one oh that's why philly cheese steak um honey mustard yeah uh all dressed bourbon barbecue i'm seeing a lot of options on there. Shut up, they have, this is the cutest thing ever, mingles, Pringles mingles, which is a puffed snack. Oh cute. That's actually adorable, and there's a dill pickles flavor of that. I love learning new things.

Thanks for sharing. You're welcome. Back to Poppy. So there's lots of flavors. Well, there's lots of flavors as Poppy versus Ali Pop. So they got into some trouble because Poppy sent vending machines filled with their sodas to 32 influencers.

And we're talking full on size vending machines. And so people were like, what the hell is going on? What do these people need this at their house for? No, they really don't. I mean, I could see doing like a mini vending machine, like almost like smaller than a mini fridge, like the little makeup fridges that you get, something like that would be cute.

Just branded? Yeah, that would be cute. Reasonable people could use that. They could put it, I don't know, know literally any they could put it in the room Wherever they want in the house this vending machine I mean, I understand that some people have room for that but like where do you put a vending machine? I feel like a lot of people were having to put it in their garages because they had no other space for it Right. The whole thing was just kind of

extravagant to say the least. And people were just saying, like, this would have been such better marketing if they would have put these vending machines as like pop ups in public spaces for people to go kind of like scavenger hunt and find them. Yes. And try the new and try the new flavor. And I totally feel like they that's true. Like they missed the mark with that. They should have been something that involved way more people.

And then Ali Pop, which is like the, you know, direct competitor, got involved because they started commenting, like saying how much these vending machines would cost about and kind of like putting their two cents and of like how this wasn't right. Yeah. And that was bold of them. They were directly. It wasn't even a little bit of shade. It was a lot of it a shade because they were right in Poppy's comments.

Yeah, it was. I don't. Neither of these I've I've never really had. I think I've tried like one or two, but I'm not like ingrained in either of these brands. So like, I didn't really had I think I've tried like one or two, but I'm not like Engrained in either of these brands. So like I didn't really into the yeah brands Well, I found that out too because they just did like some collab where they dropped merch with um Target target like I saw like they did like some people are really into really love these prebiotic Probiotic whatever it necessarily is. I just like the good old fashioned.

Fashion, you sounded so Midwest fashion. Good old fashion. I like a nice crips past pepsi. Pepsi. I can't speak, y'all. It's been a minute. It's tough out here. Here's what I will say overall, overall though regardless of how much of a miss this potentially was for them I feel like both brands totally just like got so much more marketing out of a lot more

aware than anyone paid for because Realistically at the end of the day, I think it was like over a hundred million impressions which was like more than anyone who would have watched the commercials or whatever. And now they both kind of capitalize on this moment. So regardless of what do they say? No presses, bad press. They ended up getting so much more exposure for this being like a bad choice. A hundred percent percent so interesting that That was viral for the last few weeks and speaking of viral This was so touching so I don't know if you guys have heard about the anglerfish

Who if you don't know what that is, you know in finding Nemo the little fish with the light on its head and the deep depths I sure do know what you're talking about that's an angler fish and supposedly an angler fish was caught rising up from the deep deep levels of the sea going to the surface and this has never really been caught on film before so people didn't even know they could really do this or make this journey. And came up to the surface and ultimately did end up passing away. There's a couple of surprising points of this.

One, it is so tiny. It, I pictured them and especially in finding Nemo. They made them look so scary. So scary and so big. I thought like at least the size of, the average size of a shoe box, roughly. Okay. Is what I would have pictured, but they're tiny.

They're so tiny. They're just like a little itty baby. They are, and- Like how did its little fins swim all the way to the top of the ocean? That's a big journey. It is, and a lot of people, and I agreed that maybe we're putting human emotions onto the

fish that maybe it didn't have maybe it did. No, I think it had the emotion. This is a Pixar film waiting to happen. I think so too. Yeah, I may have teared up. I teared up when they said and for my last day, I'll see the light. And for the first time, I'll see a light that I did not create, I felt that. Honestly, yeah.

Yeah, that's deep. It was tough to hear. And so people think that maybe it was sick or maybe it knew it wasn't gonna be here long, so it decided to make the journey and take the risk to go see the light because they live in the darkness and go the risk to go see the light because they live in the darkness and Go to the surface and see the light and it got me. It really got me

I feel like my life has changed it gave me new perspective and A new love and appreciation for anglerfish and who would have thought that me a little fish You're pretty scary and find The size of a tennis ball. Right, just a little baby. And I really hope that somebody makes a short film that was inspired by this brave angler fish. Cause I wanna see like a full journey. Like we'll never know, but I wanna know like

what other people think could have happened, you know? Why he went to the surface. Yeah, why he went to the surface, Yeah, why I went to the surface? What happened? Well, what that journey up was like, because I mean, that had to have taken a while. That's not something you do in a day. And that's what people were saying is like,

how did it make it all the way with like no other fish interfering or like eating it, like, right? Or being like, puzzled, like, what's going on? I've never seen you before. Yeah. So RIP to the angler fish. In my mind, it just did a straight shot up. Me too. Which is like, and just like traveled and then eventually made it to the surface. That's like probably a long shot, but like, maybe.

Yeah. In my mind, like there was no zigzags, there was no detours. It was same traveling to like a slow ride. Yeah. However, I do fear like if it if it truly was making this journey for the first time, wouldn't it get distracted along the way and be like, Oh, wow, what's that? I've never seen that before. I mean, if it was you and I. Yes. But this fish seemed kind of determined. So maybe clear I. Yes. But this fish seemed kind of determined so maybe clear mission.

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bachelorette for this year. Tough time to be on the bachelor this season. All those girls who are hoping to be in the next batch. Right. Put That put up with so much crap. Dreams dead. That's the first thing I thought of. Unfortunately when they said the Bachelorette was canceled was tough season to be on the Bachelor. Tough season to be a runner up. Right because usually they pick somebody from the Bachelor to go on the Bachelorette. They like didn't win. Right. So fortunately for those girls, Bachelor in Paradise is coming back this summer, which is sooner than later I feel like typically Bachelor in Paradise is

Airs in the fall. I've always thought it should air in the summer Like they should film it throughout the winter have it premiere in the summer feels more fitting feels fun But yeah We don't know if it's allegedly it's not canceled for good it's just taking hiatus but which is a wild thing to do if that's the case um like what are they gonna do to fill that space I guess they're gonna have to do something but it's just interesting because we were just talking about how like the bachelor kind of was gonna have a revamp and then we and then we said it drew our statement

And now here we are being correct We're being okay um, well also Something we Will not be watching or haven't watched but we did see a bunch of stuff on this I didn't realize this was happening. SNL had their 50 year anniversary. No. Oh, my gosh. I've gotten like a million TikTok ads.

You know how they they're like signature ad online is the sticky notes with. Yeah, since they was going to be on there was there was promo and it was like giant sticky notes in New York, like it wasn't real, they just used AI or whatever to make them of all of the special guests that were gonna be there and Jimmy Fallon hosted. I didn't watch, I just have seen

mainly Domingo resurfacing onto the page. Yeah, that's what you said. I haven't seen really the main things I saw from it was the red carpet I was getting some like of that which I did not realize they were doing and then also the fact that Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds made their red carpet debut since all the drama coming out weird place to make the red carpet debut is Ryan Reynolds ex-wife Scarlett.

Her husband is like big time, big time SNL guy. Yeah, he's still a part of the cast actively. So people were- That's kind of their territory. She's hosted like seven times, like something crazy. She has the record for most times. I wanna say she is up there if not the most. I love that.

Well, yeah, there was a lot of people that like kind of made little special appearances. Chris Rock, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Kim Kardashian, Will Ferrell, lots of celebrities, but they also included Ryan Reynolds as like a little part of a skit yeah and he alluded to the drama and was like why what have you heard that's been going on right and I don't think Blake was in on that because she looked actually shocked and some critics on the internet would say you

know she's not necessarily the best actress so to have that shocked of face I wouldn't say that that's not my opinion I swear um if it was I would just say it was my opinion but that's just something that I heard I'm sharing with the group so everyone's aware yeah people were like trying to read into all the body language and all that very much. I get so stressed when I see videos of like body language experts reading stuff, because I'm like, dude, you have no idea. Like, people can be like nervous or people can be like, there's so many factors. Like, what if they weren't feeling good or what if they weren't like what if they were drinking? What if anything like there's so many factors that go into somebody's body language besides just literally they're subconscious of And what they're doing like a snippet from the whole night you're seeing like one Sliver and when taken out of context right that stuff stresses me out because I put myself in a situation and I'm like

Oh my god, what would they think of me? They would think I'm a nutcase. No, I Don't know. It's just that stuff stresses me out But yeah people were like reading into the whole situation totally and that was mainly what I seen from the SNL 50 year there that was mainly what I saw as well, except they did. They did do a concert on Saturday. Like leading or yeah, no, on Friday, maybe Friday. Oh, yeah, I did hear about that. Miley Cyrus opened it up and did a great job, by the way, really quickly circling back.

We've heard rumors. Oh, yeah. That maybe Miley is going to do the Super Bowl next year. I believe it. And I honestly think she would be one to do the Super Bowl next year. I believe it. And I honestly think she would be one of the best Super Bowls yet. She's finally, I think, like coming back into performing a little bit. Like, I feel like she kind of took a break and now she's starting to come back

a little bit. So I wouldn't be shocked if she did. I wouldn't either. I think it would be a really cool, really cool performance. I know some people and it would be great because since the lions are going to be there, then you'll see it'll be great. It'll be a whole thing. I love it. I hope it is fitting. All right. Before we get into these Valentine Shady Stories,

make sure you join the Patreon bonus content if you want to get a little extra of these shady stories. But for now, let's start with shady story number one. My boyfriend and I were dating for around seven months when it got to be the beginning of February and he started acting so strange. I had gifts ready for him and was overall excited to give them to him. I assumed he was just being secretive and didn't want me to suspect any gifts he had gotten me and I ignored the weird behavior. But exactly two days before Valentine's Day he breaks up with me and the excuse of it's just not working and he needs to clear his head. Classic excuse. I obviously mad because I bought him all this expensive stuff and now he's broken up with me but I was way too

petty to give them to him so I returned some and decided to re-gift others for family members and birthdays that were coming up. I go on to ignore him and spend Valentine's Day with my friends instead of with him, and we had a good time and it really made my day. Again, exactly two days after Valentine's Day, he starts calling and apologizing about the sudden break and he made some stupid excuse about a family member passing away and it messing with his head. Only then did I realize he definitely dumped me so he could avoid buying me anything. And when I called him out on it, he called me materialistic and accused me of using him for his money. His argument against me honestly made me mad and then he still asked for the gifts I got him because he said he deserved

them after I made him sad during the argument. He got blocked and it's honestly the weirdest and craziest thing someone has done to me during a relationship in Valentine's Day. Dude, I hate this guy. That is some twisted like classic manipulation of like, well, no, but you're materialistic and give me my gifts. Yeah, how are you about to call somebody materialistic

and then demand they give you gifts? That is unacceptable behavior. I guess it could have been worse if they would have broken up and tried to get back together because they like Went on a date with someone else for valentine's day when I first read that that's what I thought That's where my head was going. So i'm like, okay But also to just like not want to buy somebody gifts to just avoid valentine's day by breaking up is so

that's a Like that is a stretch. It literally irks me to no end When guys try to say like oh Valentine's Day is just a Hallmark holiday doesn't mean anything. It's so stupid like Should like just be I Don't know it's so simple to like you don't have to spend a bunch of money to make Valentine's Day a thing it's more so just like the thought. And it is I mean, that's with everything in life. It's just like the thought that you you took the time to think about this person

a hundred days and this person could have got flowers for ten dollars and called and said broke up with them to avoid getting them a gift. Or they could have pulled the classic. I mean, this wouldn't have been any better necessarily but like why don't we not do gifts yeah like people do that like just do that like don't don't go out of your way to break up and then try to get back together now you just that's embarrassing I mean at least they broke up with you to avoid Valentine's Day instead of just ignoring you all day and then not sending you a gift when you sent them

one because that could happen. That could in theory happen to you. And it's not nice when that happens. My current boyfriend would never do that to me. That's good. Shady story number two. My shady story takes place on Valentine's Day 2023. I worked in the mall at Build-A-Bear, but on this day, that other store was short on help so I was sent to a different location.

A guy came in looking to build a bear for his girlfriend. He had a photo of him and his girlfriend to place a locket on the bear. The girl in the photo was my wife. I didn't let him know that or who I was and I wanted to keep getting information. He said he was very excited because he just found out that his girlfriend was pregnant and he was going to be a dad. I was shown over 20 plus photos including the sonogram. He recorded a voice clip with the bear that said, you are my whole world. And then wrote on a note, the day we met in March, 2020, when you came into Foot Locker to buy your brother's shoes

was the best day ever because it brought us together. Just to let you know, we were married since December, 2019. So three months after our wedding, she met this guy. Also, she told me that she was pregnant in February 2020 before telling him I confronted her with all the information Which she said it was a prank. I told him to go to the store She you were at for a prank. I filed divorce papers next Monday She was carrying his child and well and while didn't need a DNA test, we both knew it was because we are both Caucasian and the child was black and it turns out that he wasn't the father either. Oh, Happy Valentine's! There was a third man? When I read this my the way my jaw actually physically opened I

Could not believe this. I mean What a wild turn of events Well, what a wild way to find out that the person is cheating like he fully came in building a bed this Woman and then it was his wife and he's just sitting there looking at all the evidence that is That is divine timing that is right universe telling you that you need to know cuz you weren't even supposed to be at that store You got moved to that store for that one day for him to come in and you know My recollection of build-A-Bear Workshop

was that there was like, there's multiple workers in there, you're not necessarily like gonna interact with all of them, but to have a complete interaction with this man, somebody was looking out for you because you needed to get away from that girl. Yeah, this one was absolutely. That's crazy. That might be my favorite shady story yet. That's a good one Shady story number three

It was around Valentine's Day when my ex and I went over to a friend's house to party Let's call her Alana and my ex will call him Carl So myself Alana her husband and Carl call him Carl. So myself, Alana, her husband, and Carl and I are partying in her room, which is in the basement of the house. My ex went upstairs to use the washroom while Alana, her husband, and I chit-chatted. Then Alana excused herself to grab another drink and asked if either of us needed a drink while she was upstairs. I was fine so I replied no I'm good. Her husband replied the same. So off she went to grab a drink for herself. About two minutes later Carl came down the stairs

and sat down. Then Alana's husband got up and walked upstairs. The minute he was gone Carl turned to me and said you're never going to guess what just happened to me upstairs. I replied what? Carl proceeds to tell me that Alana had grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and tried to kiss him. He then tells me he pulled away and said, No way! Your best friend is downstairs and I'm in love with her. There's no way I'm kissing you. Alana starts to apologize and begs Carl not to tell me what she had done, knowing I wouldn't be happy and I had beaten up girls for less when it comes to boyfriends, family, or close friends. So I tell him to pretend like he never told me and I didn't know anything because I knew one way or another I would hear it from her mouth before confronting her about it.

Alana and her husband come back downstairs and we continue to party and play board games as though nothing has happened. Until her husband had to go to the bathroom so I answer when the opportunity knocks. I pretended like I needed another drink from upstairs so Alana asked me to grab her one while I'm up there. I said yeah no problem. I go up the stairs and I stand on the third stair from the top and make it upstairs and make it sound like I go upstairs and close the door. But I stand there quietly and listen. What do you think I hear? I hear Alana begging Carl not to tell me what happened and

that she didn't mean to try and kiss him and she didn't want to ruin her and I's friendship and I was to find out that he would be the one in trouble but little did she know I already knew. So I flew down the stairs and got in her face yelling, tell me what, don't tell me what. I told her she was lucky I wasn't a fighter anymore and I didn't roll like that. And I told Carl to pack up what was ours and we left. We still talk every now and then

but aren't close like we used to be. That's, how freaking clever. I thought she was gonna go up the stairs to tell the husband so he knew and could intervene on this, but she was even smarter. She stayed, she waited, she was patient, she acted on her opportunity. That's what I, that was my first thought too,

because I was like, oh, she's about to go tell the husband. Yes, that's what I thought. That was a smart move on your part. And also, it sounds like you're done with the friendship and relationship, so good clean cut there. Good clean cut. Seriously, I mean, it says they still talk every now and then, but aren't as close.

I love this. Also, we weren't reading any of them, were we? No, but I would give I think all of these a 10. I think so, too. These were strong. I love the Valentine's Day ones, you guys. There's so many other good Valentine's Day ones and our bonus content. So make sure you join in the Patreon if you want to hear those. And we will see you guys in the next episode which is going to be the last episode of this season so make sure you come and

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