Middle-aged opinion - Pilot

Episode Date: April 19, 2024

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Starting point is 00:00:00 So what's your opinion? Do you even have one? So, am I the arsehole? Probably, always. For making my friend cry over their computer mouse. I haven't actually read this one, I just saved it for the title. Yeah, I barely read any of mine. So, I, 19 male, already knows an arsehole, innit? We're in a call with a few of my friends. We were all catching a Pokemon, whatever that is, stream and a choice I had made earlier got the computer mouse owner, 18 females, favourite Pokemon pokemon killed so they were already kind of mad at me
Starting point is 00:00:49 later yeah don't i like pokemon i didn't know it was about pokemon right anyway later on she talked about how her mouse she'd owned for six years had started growing fungus on the inside and was a little bit poking out from the little line on the end of the mouse wheel yeah I'm visualizing we see it yeah I asked how long they'd known it was there and they said about two years they said it happened through their skin cells getting into it as well as sweat and stuff like that. Oh my God. Not sure that's how it would happen, but that's what they said. It's a bit gross.
Starting point is 00:01:36 It's disgusting. to make fun of them and with most of the call joining with most of the call joining and loudly laughing at them so they're obviously on a phone call they're taking a piss in my defense i thought they were joking too because i didn't know that was possible i told them to get a new mouse or kill it because they'd already been complaining about issues with the mouse they have a lot of attachment issues and they think it is a companion because it it's become because it has been there so long this is like reading somebody else's writing i know for insurance they've known the fungus longer than me okay so to me it sounds like they've got some sort of disorder
Starting point is 00:02:28 like holding disorder yeah over a mouse and I'm assuming this is a computer mouse not a real mouse the jokes kept escalating and eventually I heard them crying over the mic and then they left the call
Starting point is 00:02:43 I haven't heard from them since and i'm worried i went too far edit i listened to all the comments i was gonna apologize anyway but i have now and we're all good i can't really convince them to get rid of the fungus but i think that for them to decide now but i think that's for them to decide now yeah we do a lot of clowning in our friend group it does go a little far so we'll definitely talk about it properly i accept the the rating so far i was already feeling bad about it okay okay so to me it sounds like the person with the mouse the computer mouse i'm assuming it's a gaming mouse i'm going with that too yeah it has like a holding issue like a severe attachment disorder it'd be interesting to
Starting point is 00:03:42 see what their place looked like no it would not right um i don't think they're the arsehole because that's that's the kind of humor that i like where we take the piss out of each other i mean we're brutal if you had a computer mouse that was actually starting to come alive yeah there would be an issue i mean he could get the person a computer mouse because they are not that expensive so my son he is a gamer and you they range from about 10 pounds and upwards obviously the more expensive ones are better her one's alive yeah it's alive with fungus but what i'm saying is if that person maybe sent her a new computer mouse then they might then build a new attachment to
Starting point is 00:04:25 that and be able to move away from the computer mouse i mean are these people's real problems we really this is 21st century okay yeah people are dying but okay so but this is what i'm saying like and mice are living for me if if that was my mate i'm not sure I'd take I mean I take the piece of we were all on a phone call and missing about but if I'm honest I would say if it was you I'd say bang it's disgusting you've got throw it away it's not good for your health any sort of fun it was and I'll get you a new one but not everybody's like that and some people will take it seriously to me it feels like there's more going on with this person with the infested mouse then yeah that's what it feels like what was the top comment he's been deemed an
Starting point is 00:05:19 arsehole I'm not sure if he is yeah I'm not sure if he's an arsehole to the extent where oh my god die like it's just don't take the piece there's more to it but i'm not sure if he's the arsehole in my opinion either uh so what his thing his op yeah no no yeah so his um the bit what was the biggest comment so that would be the first comment. We're still learning as well, guys, on what all of this stuff means. When we said middle age, that's real. Yeah, that's where we are.
Starting point is 00:05:54 We're 80s. And sometimes we have to Google what the, what are they called? YTA? YTA. Actually, what is that? YTA. No idea. there's times we have to look on like the urban dictionary and stuff like that yeah top comment yta yeah yta you were right in calling out the fungus in the mouse right they probably should should gotten rid of it oh god i'm not going to enjoy
Starting point is 00:06:26 reading some of these yeah guys because of the grammar but oh you're the arsehole it says oh yeah we didn't know and didn't but we know now you're the arsehole you were right we're calling out but you along with most people making fun of them, were aware of the issues they have and yet continually decided to make fun of their attachment towards the mouse. Just discussing this and apologising could absolve this entirety, depending on how you handle it. But as of right now, you're the arsehole listen probably for continuously goading but only not the arsehole just having a bit of banter i think it depends where they're from as well because they're 19 aren't they at the end of the day so
Starting point is 00:07:21 dramatic like if you're in your 40s and someone was literally taking the piss out of you having for a moldy mouse yeah oh i mean you're up for it really aren't you you're up for it like there is you expose that yeah i mean i probably wouldn't say i'd say my mouse is on the way out i've got no money to replace it i wouldn't be like there's mold growing in between i wouldn't i wouldn't so in my opinion yeah I just don't think I'd disclose that part either I probably wouldn't disclose that so in my opinion arsehole for continuing
Starting point is 00:07:53 not the arsehole because it was meant as band art they just took it too far that's my opinion, yours? um no I don't think it's the other side. No. But you're right, probably just went that little bit too far.
Starting point is 00:08:09 Just too far. But if you're friends, you should kind of know how far to push your friends, but equally. Oh, I don't know, because if people listen to us a lot, oh my God. Yeah, but if you knew you'd pushed me too far. Yeah. Yeah. One, I'm comfortable enough to say, stop now, you've gone too far. Yeah. One, uncomfortable enough to say, stop now. You've gone too far.
Starting point is 00:08:26 But hopefully you're humble enough to go, do you know what, I'm out of order, I'm sorry. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've taken it too far. That wasn't the intention. I was just messing about. Yeah. Okay. So, because it is our first podcast, I spoke to Emily and I said, I wanted to flip through different stories like am i the
Starting point is 00:08:47 arsehole bright zillas stalker creepy these are the things i listen to personally a variety of different podcasts and because it's our first that's what we've decided to do so mine is i mean i haven't proofread this uh disclosurecloser, I am dyslexic. So if I mess up and have to ask her to read a word, I do apologise. But it is what it is. I'll read it wrong too. Yeah, there you go. We both went to the same school.
Starting point is 00:09:17 So mine is, I believe it's it's from scary stories i've read it and it's working late at a farm was the biggest mistake i already don't like it oh i love it i love these stories especially when it's late at night and i'm cleaning and then i'm listening to you know when you get the shiver and then sometimes when i'm asleep i think um i really shouldn't say this online but i don't always lock my doors so sometimes at night i wake up and i'll be like shit and i'll get up and i'll quickly like well you're about a bad dream from all the crap i read and then i'm like quickly locking all the doors i mean honestly i just i'm too relaxed in this area that I live in it's just I feel safe which is really stupid given that it is the 21st century nobody is safe right anyway sorry working late at a farm was
Starting point is 00:10:14 the biggest mistake me and my cousin used to work for a family friend for his for his that owned a huge cow and horse farm we were pretty young at the time and didn't really do serious work. Mostly just painted the barn and checking up on the horses and cows that had just given birth or something else. But it was worth the penny. One day me and him were working late so we were bringing the horses in for the night because it was cold as hell and we didn't have any covers for them. We were also checking up on mumma cow and mumma cow that had just given birth to a baby so they were in a special paddock. So basically there were five fields, two small, three huge. The smallest one was the one where the cow and the baby was in. So after a while my cousin was bringing in the cow I was on the other side of the field checking up on the cows and eventually it let
Starting point is 00:11:30 electricity just cut out mate I nearly shat my I'm gonna say that says fucking it's FKN it's fkn fucking fucking pants and my cousin had a flashlight and my phone was dead so i was in the dark just scared out of my mouth and exactly out my mind sorry eventually i just felt my way around and hid with the cows until someone would come and get me since everybody I knew was in and I waited and waited and nothing happened. No one came and got me.
Starting point is 00:12:14 No one came. Nobody cared. Nobody cared. They were like, stay in the house. There's a power cut. Fuck that bitch. Maybe 10 minutes went by and now I really started stressing. I would have been stressed after a minute, I'm not going to lie.
Starting point is 00:12:31 Although, why wasn't his eyes adjusting? Being a maybe, oh, 14-year-old boy with my sister that loves horror movies. that loves horror movies. I knew that shit could go down any second and I just laid there for another five minutes. Still nothing. Now I really started panicking. I don't know what to do. Just tried to sleep until someone got me.
Starting point is 00:13:04 Wait, wait, wait. Is he in the paddock or is he just in the tools? He's in the paddock with the, wait, wait. Is he in the paddock or is he just in a field? He's in the paddock with the cows trying to sleep. In the paddock. You know he had a picture
Starting point is 00:13:11 of him in the field. Do you know there are a lot of deaths by cows? Do you know cows kill a lot of people? Honestly. Okay.
Starting point is 00:13:20 All of a sudden I hear a lady's voice yelling my name. Alex! Alex! Alex!! Alex! Where are you? Finally someone is here and also the light just randomly turned on. Best part is I recognised the voice, it was my mum I was so relieved relieved and just ran out of the paddock and looked around but there was nobody there oh my god my whole body just there was nobody there yelling had stopped and the electricity cut off again if you my god um uh sorry the electricity cut off again and at that point i started to crying out of being scared and angry i just sat there up i just sent it through the field oh i just
Starting point is 00:14:19 sprinted through the field as fast as i could screaming for anyone to get me. I saw a light from the generator turning on in the barn and just ran and ran until I got there. I ran inside and yelled out for my cousin but no one answered. Out of pure anger I I screamed, fuck, and ran into my boss's house and ran into my boss's house. And there was everyone, my boss, my cousin, my boss's wife, hell, even my dad was there stressing out because they couldn't find me. Everyone ran to get me as soon as I came to the house I was dirty I was in tears in I had tears in my eyes and a knife in my hand where did he get a knife from unless it was in the bomb where have you been it's been an hour since your shift ended bruv and I told them what happened and when I was about to tell them that mum yelled my name, I remembered that my mum passed away.
Starting point is 00:15:30 How do you forget that? One to two, you do forget. You do forget. Sometimes I forget that my mum's passed. My mum had passed about one to two years ago. But if your mum was calling your name? Then I would probably go, go yeah and then be like shit she died a while ago she will be would it take you an hour not an hour but if you think
Starting point is 00:15:52 if you're in that heightened state of anxiety and you're really stressed out would it take you an hour if you were in the field with cows if i was in a paddock with cows in the dark with no phone and my mom had passed and was calling me i'd see i would be like i'm a fuck but but i'm through fear i probably wouldn't have moved i probably just stayed laying there no so i would probably have been uh relieved because i would have been like, oh my God, my mum's come from heaven to guide me. I'm dead. The cow killed me.
Starting point is 00:16:32 No. I mean, cows kill it like that, it's the truth. Cows kill it, not people. But I would probably be like, but then, I always say, so when my mum died, both my boys both said that they saw my mum, which I told you before. Yeah, I saw my granddad. There you go. And they said that they see her in the lounge and she was sitting there.
Starting point is 00:16:53 And I always said to them, no matter what, don't answer, even if you think it's grandma, because the devil's a liar. So even though sometimes spirits appear to you as good things, you should never communicate because then you're welcome in. I watch a lot of... I have just been watching Stranger Things. You know this. Right. I love Stranger Things.
Starting point is 00:17:17 But that's what I'm saying. So I always said to the boys, don't answer. Even if it's comforting and it's really nice, but just don't answer because you don't know if that really is grandma. So anyway. Sorry. Yeah, so that was a ghost story because I love ghost stories. I absolutely love horrors, as you know.
Starting point is 00:17:40 And literally, the top comment is just slating them for their grandma on spelling. I mean, honestly, if that's the case and it's that bad you got through it i mean i was probably why i got through it but hopefully no no people will come for us with our reading grammar and spelling because you know it is what it is but i think that that's irrelevant um and then somebody said it's a bit of a mad story it's a cool story i believe stuff like this i believe stuff like this i really do um could it have been your imagination making her voice play out in your head if not that's heartbreaking and terrifying for such a youngster so i mean i loved the story you're scared enough yeah i mean i would have been absolutely terrified.
Starting point is 00:18:25 What I am a little bit confused about though... Where'd that knife come from? First of all the knife, right? But actually what I was going to say is when it's dark, your eyes adjust. So I don't really... Although there is a fact that people with brown eyes see worse in the dark than people with blue eyes. Did you know that? And then vice versa.
Starting point is 00:18:46 During the day, you see better. We should test this out. This theory out. We should. We both wear glasses, but never mind. No, no. It's not that. It's your night, my night,
Starting point is 00:18:54 because apparently there's less melanin in my eyes and yours there is more. So during the day, you see better in sunlight because your eyes, your film behind is protected and mine is less protected because they're blue but we should we should place objects at night i mean obviously we'll record it for everyone we'll place objects and see if we can see them i mean up here it's quite dark so i say let's go to the field and do it i've got a nice big field let's do it. I've got an arse big field. Let's do it. I mean, that's just a little bit of fun we can have.
Starting point is 00:19:26 Yeah, why not? Okay, so over to you. Right, this one's a little bit long-winded. Okay. But... Is it Am I the Arsehole? It is an Am I the Arsehole. Love it.
Starting point is 00:19:37 Okay. Okay. So, Am I the Arsehole for telling my sister that she shouldn't overvalue herself and prepare for the worst? Okay. Okay? Now, I have read this one. Okay. Well, she sounds like an arsehole straight off.
Starting point is 00:19:53 But anyway, let's see. Let's see. We need to know the context. Next. So I, 21 female, have an older sister, Eve, 29 female, who had her first child, Laurie, one female. And while this should be a time of joy and excitement, there's actually a lot of tension and brewing resentment between her, our mum, and her husband, Jack, 29 male. Despite it being unplanned, Eve's pregnancy was wanted and Jack was an involved partner. He went to most of the appointments, took the birthing classes and supported Eve's decision to just have our mum in the room while he waited outside when she gave birth. The plan was for our mum to be by Eve's side in the room and to help stay for a week after Laurie was born. Everyone was cool with this but unfortunately our aunt got into some drama with
Starting point is 00:21:00 her husband in another state and our mum rushed to her sister's side. Eve was already in third trimester so Jack didn't like the idea of our mum going and voiced it. Our mum told Jack a new one and Eve even got on his case about it so he apologised. However, Eve ended up going into labour and Jack ultimately was the one in the room while our mum was away. Right. Right. Okay. I mean, he put the baby in her. Yeah, see, that was my first issue with this story. Okay, very cool. Anyway, when she she called our mom expressed being sad over not being there for the birth of her first grandchild and she and eve decided that no one else in the family would see laurie until she got back without discussing it with jack he was understandably not happy
Starting point is 00:22:03 and his mom lived about 45 minutes away and was looking forward to meeting Laurie too as she was also the first grandchild on their side. Eve pulled the I've just given birth card and Jack reluctantly allowed it. On the day that our mum was supposed to come back she missed her flight and couldn't get a new one until the following morning. Our mum could have just rented a car but she didn't want to spend the money since the airline wouldn't refund the money. Jack was brought up, allowing his mum to come again but Eve refused sitting, citing that he already agreed. Citing, saying basically, brought up, I understand exactly what you're saying. Yeah. Unfortunately, this is sad, Jack's mum was in a car accident and passed before ever getting to meet Laurie. Broth.
Starting point is 00:23:09 Because Eve wouldn't allow even a video chat. Jack was distraught. He moved into the guest bedroom, went to the funeral alone and refused to engage with Eve at all. to the funeral alone and refused to engage with Eve at all. Jack's side of the family keeps calling and messaging Eve and tell her what selfish and awful person she is and Jack refuses to defend her. Eventually Eve got sick of it and packed up and left to our mum's house to teach Jack a lesson but he hasn't text or called our mum thinks that he just needs some space and that he'll call soon but I just laughed at that didn't mean to though my mum and Eve asked me why I
Starting point is 00:23:58 laughed and I tried to brush it off or even leave but they they couldn't let me and pressed for answers eventually I told her that while the accident wasn't her fault she did keep Laurie away from Jack's mum meeting her for for a week and now she'll she never will there's no way Jack is going to ever love you enough to forgive you for that. And you should prepare for the worst. Eve started to bawl her eyes out while mum berated me. So I left. Am I the arsehole? No.
Starting point is 00:24:40 Edit. Okay. Just to clarify, because I keep seeing this with the the accident first happened because i keep seeing this hold on when the accident first happened eve had apologized three separate times jack had admitted to this and eve intended to go to the funeral with him but he drove off without her jack doesn't interact with laurie it's eve that he's icing out and my niece is the only thing he's willing to talk to eve about jack has been living in the guest room for five months before eve left she offered to go to couples counselling but jack has refused okay okay so first of all
Starting point is 00:25:28 i'm so sorry for awful second of all i don't really understand so we both have two children and i don't really understand where this sense of entitlement comes from because that baby is her baby and his baby and yes women we're the ones that go through labor and all that sort of thing yeah but i have noticed and there has been a few stories um around late but there is a weird sense of um i want to say entitlement it's not even entitlement it's you think you're so special and you're the first person in the world to have a baby and you ain't like get over yourself relax yes it's beautiful and a really special thing but i would never deny i would never have denied paul's family that's my husband and i never would have denied my friends or my um my family it's whoever can
Starting point is 00:26:28 come and see i made this from scratch like come and see now she stopped his mum which is a grandma a biological grandma seeing the baby and now she's dead she robbed him in my opinion from moments that he would have had and now he will never there's no memories there's nothing there's no photos of them together there's nothing and i just don't know where that comes from what makes her mum more special than his mum who actually chose somebody else over her and actually could have got home yeah a day before I mean I don't have a problem that she went to her sister's aid no because we don't know the circumstance I don't actually have a problem but I find it weird that nobody else like it was you know i just found this special rock and i can only tell a certain it's weird like this weird thing that actually is
Starting point is 00:27:33 happening more and more like it's compared to having a baby to a rock my point like a special rock a rock but you know like you found a million pounds in a suit it's weird behavior yes and i actually come down to in time when you are right yeah and i actually think it's happening more and more um i've heard stories about that and my response was you ain't that special get over yourself do you know what you're not guaranteed tomorrow you're really not guaranteed i mean having a present is absolutely i mean we both have boys so we don't have any daughters i would be devastated if my daughter-in-law god willing um has children i would be devastated if for some reason i wasn't just as special as my fellow grandmother yeah in the fact to see my
Starting point is 00:28:27 grandchild because that baby is also part of me and my family just as much as it is part of her family there is no yes she gave birth I get it like I've done it moving on do you know what I mean but they are really important people and there's nothing she can do i can't tell you what it's like right but when you lose a parent unexpectedly i have there is nothing you can do to make any of what you've done better there's nothing because it's just torment all the time but i mean it's good that he's not you, he's not neglecting the baby and all that. But she's hurting deeply and I don't know. I just don't know.
Starting point is 00:29:09 What would you do? Well, I mean, obviously. I think she is the arsehole. I don't think the sister's the arsehole for calling her out. No, no, no. No, no, no. She is not the arsehole. She's saying, this is your problem. This is what yousehole. I don't think the sister's the arsehole for calling her out. No, no, no. She is not the arsehole. She's saying this is your problem, this is what you've done
Starting point is 00:29:27 and no matter what you do, you can't make that better. It's too late. She can't change that. There's nothing that she can fix. Nothing will fix that. No. And sometimes it's actually good to have people in your life that will tell you that you're the arsehole
Starting point is 00:29:43 in my opinion i you know even i don't always want to hear it i'm more than happy to call anybody out for it do you think they'll be able to fix their relationship i don't do you i i think if they could i mean it's gonna take time yeah the thing is grieving process how long there isn't a time there isn't a time to sell grieving in what we're 10 years so time for that. There isn't a time to still grieve, and in what way? Ten years. There isn't a time for that. Because sometimes it's the way it happens as well.
Starting point is 00:30:10 Sometimes when it's unex... I mean, mine was... Mum had 50-50 chance she had cancer, as you know. But for me, it wasn't... It wasn't a shock, but it also was a massive shock because it happens within the space of diagnosed really ill deaths do you know what i mean but his mum went in a car and she died yeah didn't come back you know and i think that's a good lesson for everybody yeah you know unless it's something that really
Starting point is 00:30:36 can't be prepared or something that is really awful and there are things and i don't expect everybody to talk to everybody remember tomorrow ain't promised absolutely you know what i mean you've really got to live like that you you do have to make those good choices and if you don't make those good choices good choices by yourself but good choices by your loved ones absolutely you know put yourself in their position that's what i'm saying you know i just think stop thinking you're more special because you had the baby you know don't get me wrong your birth plan and everything is definitely yours like that is your yeah not men shouldn't be telling me don't have an epidural and all that my mum had the baby
Starting point is 00:31:15 natural I mean I've heard a few stories like that but when it comes to having relatives and loved ones all they want to do is bring love so i don't really understand where that came from and now there is no going back no so let me just do the top one yeah it says uh probably would probably would get downvoted but who cares not the arsehole no your mum showed time and time again that her first grandchild isn't the input isn't important to her the fact that jack's mum would never meet her her granddaughter so they put niece's grand yeah it's something that jack will never get over and he is right his mum was denied access because the other grandmother would rather cater to her adult sister than
Starting point is 00:32:06 meeting her granddaughter that woman died with the wish to see her first grandchild well that's really sad jack and the rest of the family are never going to forgive your sister for this hopefully they won't take it on onto the baby take it out on the baby um it's really sad actually it is really sad and there's nothing anyone can do to make it better and that makes it worse that's a massive mistake it's a massive mistake and i think yeah i mean i hope going forward they can repair it because it's always nice you know when mum and dad are there together but sometimes it is better to separate especially if there's resentment and later down the line you're going to take that out on her because that ain't no good for kids either so personally
Starting point is 00:32:55 i don't know it's just too soon to even ask him to forgive it's too much but if i think if they're going to i mean not that i am a relationship therapist no no think if they're going to i mean not that i am a relationship therapist no no but if they're going to i think they actually have to listen to each other and not have that third party in there who feels that they have a no important role in that nobody's got a nobody needs to be involved now i mean the sister not this one dictating not this didn't see the baby first no not this lady that wrote in but but the sister, the mum of the baby, has to take full accountability. There is no if, buts or maybe,
Starting point is 00:33:32 oh, but I have the baby. Like, there is none of that. I mean, it really winds me up. All you can do is take full accountability to even think about moving forward. Because you won't forgive her if she doesn't. It's not something, I mean, when you had the boys, you weren't like that.
Starting point is 00:33:48 I mean, it was exciting to see them. I kept telling her, Haven, let me make the tea. Hold my baby. Let him have me. I grew up from scratch. I felt like I was like that with mine. Was I?
Starting point is 00:34:03 I felt like I was. I think you're more precious than I was yeah probably I mean having children changed me for who I was massively changed me and we'll probably go into that
Starting point is 00:34:20 on later episodes and whatever about like what becoming a mum means and you know so my children are 17 and 15 and yours are younger at yeah mine's about to turn 12 and my youngest is nine yeah so we're both in completely different stages and we have a group of friends a fantastic group of friends and we have been best friends since school all of us we're very lucky um and we all still get together all the time now and i was the first to become a mum and it has changed all of us massively in different ways um but i never denied anybody not my husband's parents, nobody.
Starting point is 00:35:05 I mean, I remember coming home from hospital. I ended up needing a C-section, as you know, and I came home and we went straight to Paul's mum and dad's to see them, like, to show me. And she picked him up and then she went out the house and I remember getting all this anxiety because I was like where is she taking my baby but really she just she's lived there her whole life so she had gone to show all the neighbours yeah um him but what was 10 minutes felt like
Starting point is 00:35:39 three hours but I still would never deny her because she is as much right as my mum did as my husband did I did because I've just expanded the family right absolutely so anyway sorry babe on a tangent yeah my turn go for it okay so I love a good bridezilla so were we it did we have any I mean i've got one here did we have any did we have any was i a bride sealer we were discussing this weren't we we had one i don't think we are a boy because the thing is is what we nobody was a bride sealer actually no i did it wasn't her i got married abroad and the bridesmaids that came, I was on their case making sure they did burn. Don't.
Starting point is 00:36:28 Don't burn. Think of me. Cover your shoulders. I don't think I was a bride sealer. I probably, I mean, one of my bridesmaids, we don't talk anymore. I'll save that for another thing. But I do remember because all my bridesmaids so my sister was one jenna was another one jenna's part of our group and uh my best mate since we were six um they were my bridesmaids um so um
Starting point is 00:36:56 do you mind if we take a short break yeah because i need to pee we will be back shortly I feel like you do need to say that because I'm just going to edit so she didn't stay the night and it really pissed me off and I don't know why because everyone else did well I think because I was like it's about me it's all about me are you sure you weren't a bride to your life
Starting point is 00:37:23 it might have been on that day, on my wedding day. So when we went to the cafe in the morning, I was on a case and she did say to me, you're on my case. And then I think I re-evaluated and thought maybe I'd been a bit of a bitch. But it is stressful getting married. Yeah. Yeah. I think my only stress was please don't get sunburned because all the girls had like a. Like a bit of blue dresses.
Starting point is 00:37:47 Anyway, I've got to stop saying people's names. No straps. No straps. No straps. Get out of the sun. They were like, we paid to be here. Job on. Oh, shit.
Starting point is 00:37:56 She's going to kill me. Were any of the bridesmaids annoying? I mean, they're all still old friends. No, they're all still friends, aren't they? Yeah. Funny, isn't it? Anyway. Go.
Starting point is 00:38:06 Right. The bride left him at the altar. Oh, I like it. So I didn't pre-read, but that title was enough to engage me. Right. Go. I might try and highlight it as I read. I'm wondering if that would be easier. Ten years ago, I played for a large wedding at a nearby Catholic church. I'm assuming
Starting point is 00:38:29 she's some sort of musician. That was without an organist at the time. It was without an organist, so she's an organist. Okay. Yeah? Do we know what that is? Yeah, it's like the big... Yeah, yeah. The day of the wedding came, a beautiful sunny spring day. The wedding started out like any other wedding does. Seating of the family, procession of the bride party, followed by the entrance of the bride the priest delivered the harmonial and moving rites of vows i'm saying that wrong but moving on the groom uh the groom recanted his vows first followed by the bride somewhere in the middle of the vows first followed by the bride. Somewhere in the middle of the vows the bride did not repeat what the priest had just said. It happened more times than one and more times than one as you might imagine. Usually nerves and sometimes the overall emotion of the moment. The priest repeated the phrase the second time and the bride didn't respond
Starting point is 00:39:46 the third time he repeated it was because repeated it became was obvious that something was wrong the bride looked the groom straight in the eyes and said i can't do this she took off and down the aisle i'm glad i weren't there guided she took off down trainers on the runaway bride she took off down the aisle with her parents following close behind because they knew they were ready they were like let's go i've got your passport literally um and her fiance right behind her no bruv you gotta go you gotta gotta let go after that it's time to move on yeah there's a party to do literally i mean literally that's what you can do at that point isn't it um you could hear a pin drop in the church as an organist i asked myself should i
Starting point is 00:40:40 play something absolutely not yes no i'm like no! Or the running song. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no the priest told everyone to please be patient for a few moments he would go check on the bride and that sometimes nerves can kick in uh and do a number on a person i mean after that i wouldn't even be able to go back in i mean if i changed my mind if i was if it was my husband that ran off that would be i'd be that got ya i'm just free as a girl justin i would be so mad would you be so mad i would be so mad um right about 10 minutes later the priest returns and says i'm sorry to inform you but there won't be a wedding today the couple have asked to share if you brought any gifts please pick them up from the school gym bruv where the reception was being held no you've got to go and pick up your process at least they've given them back and not like i mean i would be would be mad. I'd be like, can I not keep the present? Yeah, that's what you're saying.
Starting point is 00:42:05 Yeah. No, you can't. No, no. Meaning... As a bride. As a bride. I mean, for all this effort. I literally...
Starting point is 00:42:13 I mean, look at me. You know what I mean? And they ask that you please enjoy the food that has been prepared. And the DJ waiting for you so that it does not go to waste unfortunately the couple will be making will not be making an appearance at the reception and um they thank you for being here have you ever seen the story i'm going off on a tangent i know i still haven't finished have you ever seen the story um i've seen it on facebook like a woman telling her own story and he didn't turn up and um her bridesmaids came out and announced that he
Starting point is 00:42:55 isn't coming the wedding isn't going ahead and they carried on with the party they carried on with the party and i have never looked at someone and i, wow, man, you're going to be just fine in life because you are so strong. She ended up getting married again. Not again, sorry. She ended up getting married. She picked someone there and then. She's really at your day. But she's really happy.
Starting point is 00:43:15 Short straws. So I feel like I probably would have gone on. Not the younger me, but the me now, 100%. I think if I was in that girl's position, where you were when you were getting married in the same place as that venue yeah yeah crack on let's have a great time it's paid for let's do it yeah yeah yeah um anyway right people just sat there trying to process what had just happened i on the other hand turned the organ off, closed the lid and walked out the door,
Starting point is 00:43:45 all while thinking how lucky I was to have been paid in advance. And the payment had already cleared the bank. Priorities! I'm still not sure what happened, um i'm still not sure what happened but someone told me that the bride was known to get around during her high school days and had repeatedly reconnected reconnected with ex-boyfriends and people that had seen them out together a week or two after the wedding that had never made it past the vows and being overly friendly with each other bruv so what do you think listen the organ player she had she was fantastic i think he had a lucky escape i think she should
Starting point is 00:44:40 have played a song so do i i mean that would have been just fantastic i don't think i would have waited until my my wedding day and not turn up all that money to come i'd have to be a bit more like what's going on because a b and c are saying that you're seeing d and f yeah i feel like i would but you know some people stick their heads in the sand. Oh. Top comment. I may or may have not snagged a plate of shrimps. On my way to the pool. Oh, mate.
Starting point is 00:45:22 These people and their priorities. Literally. Came here for this. Like, surely my dude took a plate. My dude! Right, I would have taken the food and wine and cake. Wow. You definitely should have played something I really think appropriate would have been ready to run the theme song of the movie Runaway Brides. I mean honestly.

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