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Starting point is 00:01:03 We're warned we're going to cry. And I'm trying really hard right now to be wholesome. We're being so wholesome. I'm making a hole with my hand. I'm trying not, yeah. I'm trying not to be chaotic and stupid. But that's your bread. But that's going to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the to be to be to be to be the to be to be to be to be to be the the throeroerouwoer. to be to be tooer. to be good.

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Starting point is 00:01:33 All right, are we ready? Uh-huh. Uh-oh. No, don't read it. OK. This first story comes from the Two Hot Takes subreddit, as well as the Casual Conversation Subredit. Shout out to Morgan, over at Two Hot Takes.

Starting point is 00:01:54 Got hearing aids today and cried because my cat purred. Oh. Oh my god. We're so fucked! I know how I think you I thought that. I were screwed. Okay. Let's ride, dude.

Starting point is 00:02:19 I, a 31-year-old woman began to lose my hearing about 10 years ago, when I was in the military. My husband and I got a cat about five years ago. I've never owned a cat before, so I had no idea what kind of noises they made besides meow. So I had no context for what to expect when I heard my cat purr for the first time today. I was laying in bed and he jumped up next to me and snrate like he always does, and then I heard it. I was so scared at first, I didn't understand what the sound was. Then it clicked. Purring isn't just vibrating. It's a sound, I can hear it.

Starting point is 00:02:50 My cat has wandered off now, but I keep bursting into tears just thinking about his purr. I've never heard a cat purr before and it's so sweet. There's this ethereal quality to it, I I I I I I I I I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the the the their, their, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, thi, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr, thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thr. thiiiiiiii. thr, thr, thr, theiring theiring theiring the th rhythmic pattern to it. It's all nazily but low and fluttery. My husband and kids are sleeping and I don't want to wake them up, but I'll tell them in the morning, I just wanted to share this joy I'm feeling with someone now. Also, I've been amazed at quite a few sounds I didn't know I was missing. I forgot when you rip towards. I the fan toware the fan. I'm the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the fan the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th the. the the the the. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. Iw. Iw. Iw. the. toye. toye. toye. toye. toy. toye. toye. toy. toy. toye. toye. toye. toye. th the. the. clock above my desk ticking. Turns out I have no idea how to whisper. My own voice sounds so strange. Consonants sounds strange. The water running in the tub when I was giving my toddler a bath last night sounded so loud. I can't wait to hear more. Oh. That's so special. I am dead. That's really sweet. Yeah. They actually recently came out with some new research on house cats and purring and how like it's actually a phenomenon that they can do that because big cats that is normal

Starting point is 00:03:55 because their vocal cords are so big that creating a low frequency like that is normal. But since these cats are so small they're like actually this is really fantastic, but they're able to do that. Yeah, so that's funny. And then also, I've heard stories about people who didn't realize like their hairmaid sound when you brush it and stuff. That's, that's wild. That's got to be so cool for life. Connecting to an animal's, like, my dog doesn't bark at all, and once I heard him bark, and I just started

Starting point is 00:04:28 stopping. And that's what I was like, I don't know, that's very different, but I was like, wow, it's kind of like hearing your kids' first words when they're like, wow, you made a sound. Yep. Yeah. And it's so, oh my God. It's very sweet. I relate to this because our cat bones, he wakes me up like very early in the morning if I'm not like in the right position in bed because he likes to get up and curl up right here and sleep. And he purrs, he purrs the whole time. Yeah, he's blasting off.

Starting point is 00:05:02 Yeah, but he'll meow at me until I like move and like lay in the right way so that he would get in there. And there there. there. And there there time. He's blasting off. Yeah, but he'll meow at me until I like move and like lay in the right way so that he can get in there. Every single morning? Pretty much every morning, yeah. Early, like it'll be like four or five where he'll wake me up and then he'll wake me up. And then he'll get there and then I'll seen a lot of cats do where like he'll walk up and then like slam, you know, like they kind of like plop in into. It's very sweet. Some comments here. Just wait until you hear tree leaves flutter in the wind. OP said, and I'm sobbing again. I haven't even thought about the sound in years.

Starting point is 00:05:39 I wonder how long it's been since I heard leaves rustling. Someone said, now I'm thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. I've theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeean. I theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I's the. Someone said, now I'm crying with you. I really do take such simple sounds for granted. Tomorrow I'm going to go into my backyard and just listen. If you haven't yet, open the windows tomorrow morning and hear the sounds of the birds in the distance and maybe your cat will chirp too. It's a funny noise if you haven't heard it from your boy yet. Someone said, this is so sweet, I'm the the their, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, their, their, their, their, their, their, th. th. th. th. th. tho, to to to toe, th. to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to too, the th, th, th. the th. the th. the th. th. the the, the the thr. the thrown. the the thrown. the the. the the the thrown. the tho the the the thooooooo. I kept hearing tires hitting the pavement while my parents were driving or when I heard rain for the first time and it was a whole new world. Different sounds will continue to amaze you. Enjoy it. It's such a cool experience, so exciting. Wow. Yeah, it is also what she said what she said, what she said,

Starting point is 00:06:18 did she say something about like the per sound? Did she said lost her hearing? She just thought it was like a vibrating thing that she didn't realize. Yeah, she said she started losing her hearing 10 years before. I am a little curious that she just never heard a cat per before that, but if she never had a cat and was never close to a cat maybe you just never really experienced it. What's special about that though is like that sounds that we may not think are beautiful when you lose them they come back and it's just like the joy of being alive is just the sound rather than like a good pleasing sound it's just like a sound. Yeah I I get that I also relate like in other senses too like sometimes when you're you stop and just kind of like look at stuff and you're just like oh wow everything's so vibrant and crazy looking yeah yeah beautiful. Okay, twea thee to the thi thi. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I I I I I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. I thi. I'm just th. I'm just thi. I'm just thi. I'm just th. I'm just th. I'm just th. I'm just like, th. I'm just like, th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. looking. Yeah, beautiful. Pretty sweet.

Starting point is 00:07:06 Okay, moving on. I am secretly my boyfriend's live stream viewers. This comes from True off my chest. My boyfriend has just started streaming, and he seems pretty excited about it. He didn't buy a whole set up yet, but live streams whenever he is on. I streamed briefly and know how hard it is to get viewers.

Starting point is 00:07:24 I open multiple private browsers on my personal laptop, work laptop, and phone. This way I can have his stream going and it counts as multiple viewers. When he saw four, he was stoked. It's only four viewers, but he was so happy. There's very little in this world right now that can cause that genuine happiness and expression. I sit on the other side of the couch with the volume down on all devices and just pretend I'm doing schoolwork. Edit. Wow, I appreciate the kind comments. I haven't shared his link because the purpose of this post was to get something off my chest and not farm subs. I believe he is capable of it on his own. It's just to keep him motivated and I have already shared with friends and family. I also don't want him to find out. He plays Warzone slash Vanguard.

Starting point is 00:08:05 Perhaps you'll come across his stream in the future. He streams on Twitch. I give him four viewers, not a thousand. This is something I've literally done for the last two weeks. Do not tell me. I have copied and pasted. I have no reason. Also, thank you enjoy this community. That came from over a year ago, so I wonder, I wonder what the status is now.

Starting point is 00:08:30 It was Ninja. My boyfriend, Kai Sinat. This is sweet, we do this with Spencer. Yeah, we do that for Spencer. And I really appreciate all the comments saying nice things about Spencer. We know that's us. He's actually a piece of shit, but I'm glad we make him feel nice. You do what you do for the people you love.

Starting point is 00:08:53 Yes. Exactly. Comments on this one. Final words on your deathbed to your boyfriend slash future husband, I was all four of your live stream viewers. Oh my God. Someone said you can tell him that you were his viewer supporter fan and lover. Someone said on one hand it's sweet and very supportive of you, but on the other hand I always wonder what their reaction would be if they found out. There's no harm in doing so but depending on the expectations it would be akin to pulling back the curtains if it was revealed that all the the the the the the the the to to to to to to to the the the to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their their their to to the the to to their. their. their. their one one one one. the the, the the, the the, the the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to to to to to to to to to, to, to, to, to, to, to to to, to to to to their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the. Someone, the. Someone, the. Someone, somea. Someone, someaughe. Someone, somea, the. Someone, their, their, their, their, their, their, it was revealed that all of his four viewers was just his girlfriend he was trying to interact with.

Starting point is 00:09:27 Someone said, I mean, I personally would be super happy. Someone clearly cares about you if they're willing to go to lengths to make you happy. I think that's worth sacrificing the approval of four internet strangers. Lastly someone said, I do this for my man too. I've been doing it for a few months now and slowly, and slowly,. I got so excited when he got real viewers that I almost blew my cover Aw. Aw. Oh, yeah, I mean, also I don't you know, she's like, oh, I'm not trying to farm, farown viewers, but it's like, dude, if you're trying to do it, like that is literally, when you're starting out, you got to do whatever to get viewers viewers. viewers. viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, their viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, their viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to get viewers, to be viewers, to, to, I'm, I'm, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, they.... And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. they. the the the the the the the the the the the?e, the the the the the the the too, too, the too, to, to, to, to, they. they. the out you got to do whatever to get viewers. I don't think that'd be a shame. It sounds like she did post his link somewhere though, so

Starting point is 00:10:09 I remember that's the nicest thing. Yeah. I remember when I was a kid and like I did it a lemonade stand once with my cousins. A lemonade stand? My parents were the only one that bought lemonade and I was so fucking pissed. It's like it doesn't count if you know me. I need to sell lemonade to a neighbor who doesn't know me. I think it's really sweet because there's been stories where someone's like, oh, my partner streams and it's a waste of time. It's very nice. Like if this is a passion of his, to support it, I mean, to support people's passions and hobbies and things and thi and thi and thi and thin and thin, and thin, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and I, and I's thi, and I's, I's, I's, I's, I'm, I'm, I'm, to to to to to support it's, to to support it's, to support it's, to to support to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th...... I's, th. I's, th. th. th. th. th. the, the. thr-a. thr-a. thr-s theanananananananann'auu. theanann'a. theanann'a' toeanananananan's toe toease to support people's passions and hobbies and things like that is really great to like nurture that. Yeah, I like, you know, I do think about like if he were to find out there is potential

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Starting point is 00:11:35 are watching, that changes things, and so it probably gave him a little bit of a head start of like practice. Like, any time we improvise with people who haven't really been improvising, I, I, I I, I I, I, I, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, the the the the th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th. And, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, thi's a thi's a thi's a thi's a thi.a. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, really been improvising, I make sure to like, like laugh early a lot because once they feel confident, then they start actually playing and they like do stuff. So you like have to like foster that a little bit. You too. No. Awesome. Streaming is also, I think streaming gets such a bad rap.

Starting point is 00:12:00 It's hard, thin. Whenever we do it, it's exhausting. Being by yourself. It's really hard. Yeah, no, Trevor talked about for, he was trying to scream for a long time, and it is really hard. My little brother was trying to stream and he was like, yeah, no, I would have to be streaming

Starting point is 00:12:15 like 12 hours a day to try and man. It's just like, I don't know, it's a weird type of exhaustion that I get when I do it. So props to people who are starting at the ground level and building up, it's really impressive. Next story, this comes from relationship advice and am I the asshole? Uh-oh. Okay. E. Am I the asshole for not baking much for my family? I, a 16-year-old boy started dating, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, t. And, to. And, to. And, to. And, tooo. toge. too. toge. toge. toge. toge. togu. And, to. And, to. And, a 16-year-old boy, started dating my girlfriend two years ago. I also got super, super into baking around that time. I bake a lot. My girlfriend loves desserts, so I've given

Starting point is 00:12:51 her a ton of stuff I bake, all kinds of different stuff. I often try to bake something new, and then she gets to try something new. I, and she gave me the scrapbook after I baked her her 100th dessert. It was filled with a picture of every dessert I've baked and pictures of me baking and her eating. She wrote a paragraph about each item I baked. She drew each item I baked as well, each item was dated too. She had been working on this for two years. She also wrote a long letter in it on how proud she is for my baking hobby. Thanking me for the sweets and telling me how much she loves me. It was the sweetest gift I've ever gotten

Starting point is 00:13:33 and I honestly cried. I showed my mom and sister expecting them to thinn't thi. time baking for my girlfriend and not them. I just got into this habit and I loved making my girlfriend happy as well since she loves desserts. Should I have been baking for them more? Should I try to make it up to them? Did I hurt their feeling slash make them think I care about my girlfriend more? What in the world? Okay, hopefully, damn, I could see it being like a joke. Like, damn, where were all these cookies from feet? Yeah? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? Okay? the the the the the the the the the they? they? they's? they's? they's, the the they? they? they's, they? thi? thi? thi? thoes? Should thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should, thi? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? Should? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I? I's? I? I's? I's? I's? I's? I's? I's? S? S. W. I's? S. I's? S. I's? S. I's? S. I's? S. I'm? S. I's? S. I'm? S. I'm? S. I'm? all these cookies? Yeah, but if they're genuinely pissed then they suck Okay, I'm gonna do something and argue the other way. Okay? Okay Just just for fun. Okay, what was important to me was that he was 16. Yeah, okay? That when my brother was young? Like that in this teenager face. He hated me and my mom like he was like, he was like he just? He just. th. th. they. th. they. they. they. they. they. they. they they they th. they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're? they're? they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're genuinely. they're they're they're they're genuinely. they're they're genuinely. they're they're genuinely. they're they're they they they're just genuinely. they they they they they they they're just genuinely. they they they they're just genuinely. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the thi thi thi the thean thi thi thi they're genuinely pissed they're genuinely they're genuinely pissed they're genuinely they're genuinely they're genuinely they're genuinely thi young like that in this teenager face, he hated me and my mom.

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Starting point is 00:14:58 meanwhile, he would like throw his dirty socks in my face. Sure. And so, so, so I understand them going, you bake? Yes. You baked for a hundred desserts? But us? Nothing? So I kind of get it. Two years. That is surprising for him to be baking for over two years and to not once,

Starting point is 00:15:21 like bring a batch over to the old mother and seals. Yeah. But, but his reaction seems like he does care because he's like, should I have been baking for them more? Like, he seems like he actually is kind of nice. He wouldn't probably write this post out if he really hated his mom and sister. No. You're so right, yeah. I don't think he was thinking about it maybe. Yeah. Like, I don't think th th th th th th th th th th th think think think think thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi to to to to to to to to to to to he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he he. But he he. But he he. But, he. But, he. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeeeeeeeeeee. theeeee. to to the to theee. theea. thinking about it like that. Like when you're young like that and you're learning how to show love in different ways, like acts of service and stuff?

Starting point is 00:15:48 Yeah. A bunch of comments on this. Can we talk about the girlfriend for a moment? How awesome is that? For two years she tracked everything and put it in a scrapbook. and screw your family, you don't know them shit. Which is like, honestly, kind of, yeah. Someone replied to that thing. To be honest, I might be a little hurt if my brother bakes stuff all the time for his girlfriend and not the fam,

Starting point is 00:16:12 but I definitely would not be an ass about it. I would definitely look over that scrapbook and I would say something along the lines of, oh, this one looks amazing, I think they have no room to be pissed. They don't seem to know how to communicate in a healthy way. A better thing for them to do would be to be proud of you for taking up a useful, nice skill and making your girlfriend happy and then maybe being like, bake us some too someday. What I don't get is, if you've been baking if you've been baking, if you've been baking, if you've been baking, if you've thi, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've been, if you've, if you've, if you've, if you've been very very, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, thei, and, and, and, thei, and, they, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th th thee, their, to, to said, have they not seen you do it not even once? Have they not known that you've been baking? Because their reaction just does not make sense to me.

Starting point is 00:16:48 If they knew and are just getting angry at you out of nowhere, that's not fair. If they didn't, it's still not fair. Now, they could have asked or you could have told them. But the point is instead of blowing is probably have a talk about it. Lastly, someone said, really awesome, both your girlfriend and your hobby. Your mom and sister are entitled to their feelings too. They are probably a bit hurt and jealous and feel like they are missing out on a part of you. This doesn't mean you have anything to make up to them, of course. But since they have shown interest in this parted th, th, th, th, th, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to to be, to be, their, to be, to be, too, to, to to to, to, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, toge, toge, toge, toguuillip, the, thea, too, too, their, their, their, the this part of you, including them in a bit, would be a nice gesture. Them expressing their feelings in a way that hurts yours should be addressed directly, and

Starting point is 00:17:29 you should simply let them know you were really excited and touched by what your girlfriend did, and they brought you down and made you feel bad about something that was really important to you. Perhaps you understand now that they felt left out, but presumably they had many opportunities to show interest in your hobby at different times. And maybe it just didn't seem that they were excited about it to you. I think that's the best comment I've ever heard on Reddit. Yeah, that was a really good comment. Because it's like everybody loves baking, right?

Starting point is 00:17:53 Not like the time. Everybody loves that. But I also can see where it's like, doesn't seem like they are very interested in your personal interests or hobbies, which is common with a lot of parents where they just don't really realize that their kid has like stuff going on that they're doing. Oh my god, now I could totally. If this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother this is my brother my brother my brother my brother this is my brother to me, my mother, we'd go, what a nice book.

Starting point is 00:18:25 Biscotti. A lemon cake. What about us? I like totally can picture it. It's food though, you know? It's food, you know? Yeah. Damn.

Starting point is 00:18:40 This is a very sweet relationship for 16-year-old. It's really sweet. Very emotionally. I hope they go the long haul. This is so sweet she wrote it all down. That's extremely wholesome. She drew it. She was like the British break-off book.

Starting point is 00:18:57 You know the Great British bake-off? When they draw the... Okay, I can't speak. Today the contestants will be t draw the... Okay, I can't speak. I can't speak. Today the contestants will be trying to make. It's always a gorgeous drawing on what they're trying to make. I would look at the book and I'd just like, a bit stodgy. Okay, I need to make sure I can say it. The great British bake-off. Okay, I can say it. Have you guys ever made something or received something very sweet and heartfelt from a friend

Starting point is 00:19:26 or anyone that comes to mind? Oh man, I mean not at that level. Obviously, you bake a lot and I get to reap the benefits. Yeah. Eat the bake things. I think, I love crafting. And I mean, when I was in high school school I would make mixtapes for people and I would draw on them and make it pretty little.

Starting point is 00:19:47 Oh there was one thing I made where I took like a big jar and I wrote like little funny memories for my sister of us and inside jokes and I would rip them and then like fold them up really tight and then I used to I used to collect fortune cookie fortunes I folded them and then like fold them up really tight. And then I used to, I used to collect fortune cookie fortunes. I folded them up too and I put it in a jar. And so whenever she was said she could pick the one out. And it lasted her years. It makes me think back on our friends, Olivia and Sid who wrote the Smosh the sitcom, how for their birthdays they write like massive fan fiction. They write like like dozens of pages of fan fiction for each other and it's

Starting point is 00:20:30 apparently the most insane shit ever. It's crazy yeah. Wow. They spend months on it I'm like that's that's incredible. I love their friendship. Yeah. But what about the really ugly thing I made you guys for your wedding? That was not ugly. It was so ugly. It's incredible. It's still in our cabinet. It's so ugly. No, she painted a wine bottle for us. I painted a champagne bottle and I remember texting Amanda going, does this look like an ass? She goes, no. Because it did see and it looked really bad. It's still in our cabinet. It's still in our cabinet. Every time I opened up to make coffee something I go, oh and then I, and then I, and then I, and the the the the the the the the the the the the th. And th. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I the, I the the the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th.. I th. I th. I th. It was, I th. It was, I th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's th. It's than, I than, I than, I than, I than, I the the than, I the than, and then I... I... I like tried to... And then I didn't even get a good bottle of champagne to paint. I loved it. We don't even know what kind it is because it's painted over, it's fine.

Starting point is 00:21:15 Yeah. It's a mystery. And it's perfect because we don't drink champagne, so we're going to keep the bottle forever. It's the thought that counts. It's great. Our next story comes from relationship advice. This is a 32-year-old man. My best friend asked if I would be her, a 30-year-old woman, if I would be her sperm donor for her surrogate, and I am in love with her, but she has no idea. Oh!

Starting point is 00:21:39 Oh! Oh! Oh, fuck! Oh, you OK? I got the chosen. I like, I. Faw- fuck. Oh, you okay? I got the chills and I felt like my boobs were going to get off and run away for some reason. Like, I was like, whoa, like that was a really panicking, crazy thing.

Starting point is 00:21:53 Okay. Sorry. Don't run away! No, no, no, no. So for a bit of background, we met in college and have been best friends since then. We hooked up once to we were both drunked drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk drunk to to to to to the to to to to the to to to to to to to to. to. to. th. the the to. to. to. to. to. to. I, I, I, I, I, wo. I, wo. I, wo. I, wo. I, wo. I, wo. I, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I, wo. I. I, wo. I, wo. I. I, th. I, th. I, the the the the the the the the the th. I. I. I was, th. I was, th. th. th th th tho. tho. tho, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, and have been best friends since then. We hooked up once years ago. It was a drunken exchange, and I honestly chalked it up to we were both drunk and in the right place. She got ovarian cancer that was stage three a few years back and survived and has been in remission.

Starting point is 00:22:14 However, she had to have a complete hysterectomy. She had mentioned a year ago she planned to use a donor as she has been single for a while. Thing is, I am in love with her and I have been for years, but she has no idea. I know at one point she had feelings for me, but I was seeing someone then, and out of respect for my girlfriend at the time, she never acted on it. I feel like before I give her an answer, which will be yes, I should tell her how I feel. I want to make her dream of motherhood come true, and I am honestly touched she thinks so highly of me, she wants me to be the father. Regardless of how she feels, I will still donate, and if she doesn't still feel the same way, I will love her as my best friend. Guests I am trying to find god, I love that she's single right now. That's crazy. I also, it's like, she totally like, sorry,

Starting point is 00:23:09 it's not spoiling because this is just what I think. She totally loves him. Right? That's what my, this is a movie. This reminds me of like the, uh, the subreditor, where it's like she's literally being like hey well you have my baby and he's just like I don't know what she's I don't know if she's into me she's like every part about you have my baby yeah you can birth to my child mister she's like there every single part of you like you physically you emotionally everything about you I want to have in a child

Starting point is 00:23:40 she doesn't know I'm in love with her she She wants to, yeah, like what the what the fuck? Some comments. This sounds like an old Jennifer Aniston film plot. I'm pretty sure this is a movie with, I think it's Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston. Someone said, O.P. Put your feelings aside for a second and think about the choice this woman is making. She's presumably about to become a parent, and naturally there are many angles to this life choice that she's considered, except there's one angle she hasn't considered. You're in love with her. You're doing her a disservice by even considering

Starting point is 00:24:12 not telling her that you're in love with her. It has a bearing on the situation. Bottom line is that she deserves a you feel she deserves to know. That's so true. Like, I mean, I've always felt that way. It sounds like he truly values her as a friend, which is different than what other stories where we've heard where a guy like finds out that the girl doesn't like him back and he's like, well, I don't want anything to do with you because, and or those friends, or th, or thus, or thus, or thus, or thus, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I thr, I thr, I thr, I thr, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I don't, I've th, I've th, I've th, I've th, I've th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I th, I've th, I've th, I've th, I've th, I've th, I th, I th, I th, I've th, I've th, I've th. that, I've that, I've that, I've thr, I've thr-a, I've thr-a, I've thr-a, I've thr-a, I've thr-a, I've thr-a, I've always thr-a, I've that, I've th's friends who have held onto their feelings for their friend that's a girl for so long or or or gender like changed up or whatever but like it can come across dishonest that you've been being my friend for so long but you've been secretly in love with me and like. Yeah, I think there's a lot of complications like it's a good thing that he's in love with her because if he was just like a friend her then him being the sperm donor. It's. th, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it, it's, it's, th, like, like, like, like, th, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, it's a good thing that he's in love with her because if he was just like a friend,

Starting point is 00:25:06 her, then him being the sperm donor, it's like, all right, so we're still, I'm still going to know you and I'm going to know your kid, but like, I'm not going to take on the parent role. I think that'd be strange as this kid grows up knowing, like, oh, and he was the sperm donor, he's my dad. Like, I don't know, I feel like that responsibility would eventually, I don't know, I'm just thinking about that, but we have an update. Oh, boy. Oh, what did you say? So good. Buy it now, Smash.

Starting point is 00:25:39 There's just Coneyac in that. Update. Oh God, I hope he's your high spin. I hope they fuck. I hope they, oh, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm just, I'm, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, th. I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, tha, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just tha, I'm just tha, I'm just thi, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just, I'm just,there's just cognac in that update. Oh god. I hope he's your high spin I hope they fuck. I hope they hook. I appreciate all the feedback most of you were nice There was a few idiots telling me I needed to be alpha and be more manly, but whatever Jesus. Go take a shower. They just commented. Oh? They just commented. Oh? Anyway the consensus with my real life friends was I needed to tell her. We do brunch. I have. I have. I have. I have. I have they the they the the they they they the they they they the the they they they the they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th. I to th. I to to to to to to to to to thu to to to thu thu the thu thu their their their thu their their they thu they they commented, Oh! Anyway, the consensus with my real life friends was I needed to tell her. We do brunch on Saturdays because she does yoga Sundays,

Starting point is 00:26:10 so we met up this morning. I could barely eat and she could tell something was up. She got worried thinking I was going to say no or something worse, so by the time we took a walk, both of us were nervous, thak, thi, thi, thi, thi, th.... the to to to to to to to the to to to to the to to to to to the to to to to to too, too, to too, and too, and too, too, and too, and too, and too, and told, and told, and told, and told, and to to to to to to to told, and told, and told, and told, and too, and too, and too, and too, and too, too, too, too, too, too, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to, to, the the the the the tell the the the the the the tell the too, too, too, too, too, told her everything. How I realized I was in love with her several years back, but was too much of a chicken shit to come clean. I told her that I never said anything because I did not want to jeopardize our friendship. Her face turned white and then a my my myriad of expressions came over her face. Then she started laughing till tears came down her face. I honestly was stunned. My stomach was in my throat, and I honestly thought that almost 12 years of friendship were down the toilet. Then she started crying, sobbing, really, and she lightly hit my chest. She laughed. She half laughed and sobbed, that

Starting point is 00:26:53 she was in love with me too, but she thought that it would also impede the friendship we had, and she wanted nothing to screw up what we have. to thu. th, the the they, they, they, they, they, their, th, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, and thu, and she, thu, and she, thu, and she, thu, and she, thu, thu, and she, thu, told, and she, told, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, told, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, and she, to me, and she, she, she, and she, she, she, she, she, she, she, told, told, told, told, told, thin, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, toldthere is no one on this earth I would want to have a child with but her. Stop! Shut, shut up! Shut the fuck up, Jane! This isn't fucking funny! We talked for hours. In fact, I just got home. We have decided that we want to focus on us for now. Perfect. I want us to be at that point that we that we that we that we that we to be to be to be to be to be to be that we to be to be to be to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to f. to f. tofixhocomk. tockh. tock. tock. tock. tock. tock. tof. tof. tof. tof. tof. tof. tof. tof. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the. tooomf. the. tooomeck. the. th. the. tooooooooooomf. toooomf. tooooooomeck. tooome. too at that point that we can do it together. I know that this isn't a romcom and that things could end up not working out for us in

Starting point is 00:27:28 the end. However, I am pretty sure if there are such things as soulmates, she is mine. Thank you guys and gals for giving me the courage to tell her. There's set. There's one comment. It's an amazing feeling clean to you've been in love with for years. Took me five years to tell my now wife. Congrats man, take everything as it comes, nothing is wrong or right from here. One tip, communicate always, and if you are unsure of anything, ask. Oh my God. He goes, Exo, Exo, Exo, the ghost of Mr. Rogers. Wow. Wow. I think they're set.

Starting point is 00:28:07 They're gonna make it. Oh yeah. I'm fucking done with this one. As in like I'm undone. Yeah, yeah, she's done. I, because like, I just, I think I have, it's a green flag when you hear some be like, and you know, like, and it might not work out. But for now, like, this is where it's at because they're they're trying to just appreciate

Starting point is 00:28:27 their relationship and then like I don't know it's just a green flag to me. Well and you know people I think sometimes with this they think oh man I wish I'd said something long longer ago but it's like but you're probably in just the right place now like who you are now might work and to to to the to to to to the to to the to to the to the the to to the to the the the the to the to the the the the the the to the to be. I to be. I to be. I to be. I'm to be. I'm the to be. I'm to be. I'm their. I'm their. I'm their. their. their. their. their. their. I'm just. I'm just. I'm just. I'm just. I's their. I's their. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm just. I'm just. I'm just. I'm just. I'm just. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. try. try. try. try. try. try. try. try. try. I'm just. So maybe it's a good thing that it's happening at this point. I'm so happy for them. Oh my god, imagine being in her position. It's like her, literally, her wildest dreams are being set out loud to her right then. That's crazy. That is crazy. It's so funny how they both had these feelings and didn't say anything, but it got to to to to like, yeah, will you be the sperm? Can we have, can we have a kid together?

Starting point is 00:29:06 Yeah, they had that decision lined up. Yeah, I was gonna say, weird way to slide in. Yeah. Like, hey, like, I love your vibs. Could you be the bar and I really love your sperm. You just seem like a sperm I'd pay for, so... I'm just gonna... Okay. It makes me want to tell the breakfast story.

Starting point is 00:29:36 Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. I was feeling feelings for this guy and then, but we were friends and I was so worried that he was disgusted and weirded out by me. Like, I was so, I was so worried that he was so worried that he was so, I was so that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was that he was so that he was that he was that he was that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was so that he was so that he was that he was that he was that he was that that that that that that that that he that he that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was so that he was so and I was so worried that he was disgusted and weirded it out by me. Like I was so, I was so worried that he was uncomfortable that maybe he could tell I was into him so I literally asked him to go to breakfast just to tell him like, you know we're friends right? Like I literally took him to breakfast and like make sure he like didn't think that I liked it. That was a long time ago.

Starting point is 00:30:08 And I remember being like, oh shit, does she think I like hate her? Like what vibes am I giving off? It's a different time. It's very funny. Yeah, no, I was so afraid of losing a friend that I was like, I don't have any feelings. I just want you to know. I just want you to know. I just want you to know. I'm not in just friends. I'm not in love with you.

Starting point is 00:30:32 These pancakes are great. Yeah. Anyways, these pancakes are really good for people who are not in love. These are like good platonic pancakes. These are like good platonic pancakes. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. T, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, that. I thi, that, th. I th. I th. I just, th. I just, th. I just, th. I just, I just, I just, I just, I th. I th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I, I, I I, I. I, I, I. I. I. I. I. I, I, I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I just, th. I just, the. I just thea. I just tha. I just tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. I just just thea. I just just the. I just the. I just the platonic waffle? Can I get the platonic? Can I get pancakes? Thanks you guys for having. This episode of Reddit Stories is brought to you by Hello Fresh. It's back to school season and what better way to get back into the swing of things than with Farm Fresh pre-ported ingredients delivered right to your door with Hello Fresh.

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Starting point is 00:32:22 Okay, next story. This comes from today I fucked up. Today I fucked up by freaking out my girlfriend's coworkers by taking her out to lunch. Last Friday, I had the day off work and decided to surprise my girlfriend at her job by stopping in to take her out to lunch as her shift was about done. She works at a very large and popular wholesale store that has hot dogs. She told me beforehand that I could come see see to see to see the to see the to see the the the to see the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to has hot dogs. She told me beforehand that I could come see her at work anytime and there would be no trouble. I walked in the front door and walked past the card checker girl.

Starting point is 00:32:51 She did a double take and asked if I work there. I replied, no I do not, I am here to see an employee. However, I'm looking for blank in blank. She sheepishly got her radio and said, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, the, to, to, to, the, to, the, to, their, to, to, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, I, I, I, I was, the their, I was, I was, and I walked, and I walked, and I walked, and I walked, and I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I walked, I was, I was, I was, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I.. I. I. I. I. I was. I was. I was. I was. the the the the the the the the the the the the the th the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the manager with the largest tablet I've ever seen strapped to her arm, walked up, and I explained again why I was there. She called for my girlfriend on the radio, but she was not near her radio. I apparently kicked the hornet's nest and I could hear chatter on the other employees' radios. Who's that guy here to see blank? Are we being audited? He looks important. Guys, look busy. I caught glances from just about every worker nearby and I could feel them trying to figure me out. It was at this time my girlfriend got back to her radio and heard the commotion and stepped out of her office and made eye contact with me. She wrapped up her work and we went out to lunch finally. I asked her why there was such a rucas. She said that I dressed nicely and I'm very polite. which are characteristics of a corporate rep who comes into fire people.

Starting point is 00:33:46 That's when she also admitted to me that I sometimes have, I have asshole resting face. I guess I need to smile more. What? It's so funny. So he came in to see her. Everyone thought he was a rep. Yeah, he was going to fire someone.

Starting point is 00:34:03 That's wild. What a rep. Yeah. He's gonna fire someone. That's crazy. That's wild. They should have kept that going. Like yeah, like yeah, like yeah, like yeah, you, you, you, you, then he could show up and pull her out any time. That's so funny. Oh my god, I really love it. Okay, let's talk real shit here. Where do you think she works? Well, it's Costco. Fricke. It's a fricco. It's a fricco. It's a freaking. It's a freaking. It's a freaking. It's a freaking. A. A. A. It's a f. A. A. He basically said it. Yeah, cool. I thought Costco too, yeah, yeah. It's either that or Sam's Club, I guess.

Starting point is 00:34:30 That whole time I was thinking of hot dog brands. If I worked at Costco, I'd eat so many hot dogs. It'd be a problem. Yeah. It would be a problem for somebody else. Not for me. thooo, I'm going to like. I'm gonna like it. And your system's gonna be okay with it. Did you just ask for a million hot dogs? Yeah, I did.

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Starting point is 00:35:18 And be like, well we would know. It's you. Well, you'd like let me enjoy it for a second. Like the wife who lets her husband enjoy streaming. You'd give it to me for like 10 minutes. Yeah. I would be like this. I'm an IRS agent that wears Adidas. Yeah, my jeans are vintage.

Starting point is 00:35:42 So what? Part of the outfit. It's what we do. I told the story about how I, I, when I was in high school, I lied to my dad that if you wear red to Target, you get a discount. Oh my god. And he believed me, he loves a good deal. So we took your target and then we get to the register when they found out that it doesn't happen. And I was like, oh, you know that.

Starting point is 00:36:05 Awesome. That is such a good prank. Did he get asked if he works there? I don't remember. I don't think so. It would be a funny video if we all wear red polos and go to a target. Whoever gets asked if they work there. All right, comments. Bring a clipboard next time. Don't even put anything on it. Just a clipboard.

Starting point is 00:36:27 Someone said, I had a job as an assistant once where I had a clipboard with space inside to keep forums that I needed quick access to. I also would keep a couple blank pieces of paper on the front and sketch when I was waiting. After a couple days I got told that clipboard and appearing to rapidly write stuff down. Someone said, people sometimes have a look like they belong there. A long time ago, I used to be a nightclub doorman. Check IDs, make sure people pay, hold the guest list, etc. Years later I was just standing in front of a bar waiting for some friends with

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Starting point is 00:37:29 How? Which is why I decided to show up to work today. Every day, no, I, I, it's like, it's so exciting. I, I have this weird thing. I love a familiar face. So when I come into work every day, I'm just in a good mood. I'm like, all these people that I know, or when you're somewhere and you bump into somebody, I'm always so excited to see a familiar face. So if you're at school and your dad comes in to pick you up early, I'm like, yeah, or like, and just so cute.

Starting point is 00:37:55 I'm the complete opposite. I'm the complete opposite. me anxiety. Like dad shouldn't be at school. I don't like surprises and I don't like, yeah, when my mom was here for this, let's do this episode. Oh yeah. I couldn't breathe. I was like, why is she here? Get her out. I definitely get anxiety because it's just like, whoa, the situation is so crazy, but I wouldn't say I hate it. I'm like I'm in between. I think surprising your significant other at lunch hour is different because it's like like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. thi, th. thi, thi, thi, like, like, like, like. It's like when you're like I'm in between. No yeah. Surprising your significant other at lunch hour is different because it's like let me let's go away together or like hi here's a little treat but like just showing up at your work I don't like that. Well I think it's a showing up to pick you up I think that's cute. I also think it depends on the the job. She works thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. the. the's like, the. the. the. Let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let let let's like, let let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let's like, let's the the the the the the th. th. th. th. thi. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. they. they. they's they. they. the they. Let's the the the the they. Let's the the the the they. Let's theee a job where you're having customers, you're having people come in, so it's easy for him to just come by and just like say hi.

Starting point is 00:38:47 Whereas like, obviously if you're a significant other, there's like a doctor, like, yeah, you're, like, hey, I shot my foot so I can come see ya. Or you're like, you know, like, you're the surgery room and you're like, yeah, like, don't come come, to come come come come come come come come come come to come come to come to come come come to come to come to come to come to come to come to come to come to come, to come, to come, to come, to come, to come, to come, to come, to come, to just, to just, to just, to come, they. to just, to just, to just, to just, to just, or to just, or to just, or they. they. they. they. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their., their., their., their, their, their. their. they. their. their. their. their. their. the the the the the their. the the the to to to to the to the to the to the the to the their. their, their, their, their, their. I know that if I was, when I was in high school, if someone came to like come chat with me while I was working at the play place I worked at, I would have probably thought that was really awesome, but like really we're working. But if you could, if you're showing up to pick me up and get me out of there, that is so exciting. That's cool. Yeah and that day happened to be a busy day, or there's something going on, and you're like,

Starting point is 00:39:27 I can't, I can't multi-task. Right. How is it ever a bad day of Costco? That's true. It's true. Moving on. This the text story comes from Am I the asshole. Would I be the assholeassassassassassassassassassassassass to to to th to th th to to th th th to th th th th thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I th th th th th th th th th th th th th to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th, I th, I th, I th, I th th, I th th th th th thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tha th th to cello to a fellow student in need and not my niece-in-law? This is a 36-year-old man.

Starting point is 00:39:48 I've been learning the cello for eight years and have been attending the same music school since starting. I started learning late in life because I grew up in a poor family that couldn't afford things like instruments and music lessons. I met Chloe while we were both waiting to go into our lessons a few years back. We speak often often about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about about the the the the their their their We speak often about stuff on the regular because our lessons have always fallen into the same time slot and we're both in the orchestra, etc. She's about 13, very polite and eager to learn and treats her very cheap rubbish instrument that her parents got for her from an online store like gold. I know her parents, they're lovely people, it's all they can afford. I'm not shaming them, but if you know anything about instruments, you know what I mean.

Starting point is 00:40:26 It's also only half-size and far too small for her, but there's not a single scratch on it and she practices every spare minute. I've recently upgraded to a performer instrument, and a trade-in on my $9,000 cello would have gotten me only $4,000 back, so I decided to keep it and sell it myself. I'm pretty well off now, but I know what it's like to be where Chloe is, so I've taken pity. I usually gift her something at Christmas, like her next grade of music book, Rosin, and a gift card from the local Luteer, to get a new bow and have her instrument serviced, but having not had time to list my old cello for sale or even know where to, my, my, my, my, my, my, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, and to, and to, and to, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, toe, toe, toe, thi, thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and thi, and too, and too, and too, too, and too, and thia, too, and thi, too, and toe, and toe, toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and toe, and the, and the, the, and the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the''e'e'e'e'e'e'e'e'er, too'n'n'e'n'e'n'e'n'n'e, too, too my old cello for sale or even know where to, my good deed strings got plucked at thinking that my old instrument would likely mean the

Starting point is 00:41:09 world to someone like Chloe, whose parents will never, will likely never afford a decent instrument for her. But stupid me, mentioned this idea to my sister-in-law, Gale, who has a daughter, a daughter, who has a daughter, a daughter, and she told me that Alice, the learn the cello and insisted that I give the instrument to her daughter instead as it's too valuable to give to a stranger's kid. Alice is her own little dude and we get along quite well, but she has never mentioned wanting to learn an instrument to me until she watched Wednesday and now it's cool all of a a sudden. Alice hasn't stuck with anything for long. She follows fads and jumps from one thing to another and is, for lack of a better word, spoiled. Based on her track record, handing her anything other than a student cello as her first instrument would be a waste, as I'm unable to convince myself that she would even practice,

Starting point is 00:41:55 let alone reach a point that would call for this level of instrument. Where Chloe is at a point where, yes, this instrument is slightly too big for her right now, but she needs it. Call me what you'd like for this part, but I'd feel happier about giving it away to someone that needs it like Chloe rather than someone that just wants it but is connected to me, you know? But that has me worried that I might be seen as an A-hole on this decision. Family First? The music school is putting on Christmas carl to night, and I intend to give to give to give to give to give to give to give to give to give to gn. to gift the cello to Chloe at the end, but I'm still conflicted about it.

Starting point is 00:42:24 Aw. I don't think he's the asshole at all. I think that's totally. No, I mean, it's his to give to whoever he wishes. It's a gift. It's not even like the aunt is like, or the person is like, I will buy it from you or like, whenever I pick up a hobby or something, I very much am like, oh, well, I'm not going to buy like the expensive thing right off the bat.

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Starting point is 00:43:29 Also when you're like something about like an older person or a better musician giving you their instrument as a younger musician is huge. Like I remember I was like I always got my brothers hand me down guitars and my uncle gave me his one of his guitars like randomly once. And th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. You th. You th. You th. You th. You th. th. You th. th. You th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I thi thi thi thi. You thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I thi. I th. You th. You th. You th. You th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I the th. I the the the th. I the the th. I the th. I th. I th. I th. I'm the the the. I'm the. I'm the. I'm teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. I'm the. I'm the. I th my brothers hand me down guitars. And my uncle gave me one of his guitars, like randomly once. And he was like, you do better with it. And it was for some reason, it was like him seeing me as a musician. And that didn't more to me than even giving me the guitar. It was just like, wow, you see me enough to give me this. And it was just huge for us. Yeah. I totally see that. And a cello is a very unique instrument that I doubt many people would like commit to.

Starting point is 00:44:10 Like from what it sounds like with his niece, it's like she doesn't know it at all. It's very likely she wouldn't want to like, that's an instrument you do need to, you need to like, you need to like, you need to like, you know, you need to need to like to like to like to like to like to like to need to like to like to need to like to like to like to need to like to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, like to, like to, like to, like to, like, like, like, like, like to, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like to, like to, like to, like to, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to to to to to to to, like, like use with Chloe, who it sounds like he's a bit of a mentor or two. So it's not just some stranger. The verdict was not the asshole. Comments, not the asshole. You want that cello to be used, played and loved, and Chloe will do that. I ended up giving my daughter's old harp to a little girl who was learning. Sure I could have sold it, but I'd rather someone use it who would not to use it, the the the their, their, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the, the, thi, thi, thi, thus, the thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th, the the th, th, th, th, th, th, is is thi, is thi, is not thi, is not thru, is not thru. throoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, is thu, is thu, is thu,to otherwise. Lastly, someone said, not the asshole. It's yours and you can do with it as you wish. If you're well off and a student cello is within your Christmas budget, give Alice an instrument appropriate for her. Your sister-in-law is the only asshole here. But next time, keep your mouth shut about these things and you'll avoid the problem entirely.

Starting point is 00:44:58 Update. Oh, that took the time to help me steady my nerves on this one and point me in what I felt was the right decision from the start, but second-guessing myself. I've just gotten home from the carols. Some people mentioned asking Chloe's parents for permission to gift her the cello, and I'm glad this was mentioned because it was something that I hadn't considered and it led to what I feel was the the Everyone had settled after the students had finished the show, and parents and volunteers brought cakes, et cetera, to share, and everyone was standing around chatting.

Starting point is 00:45:30 Chloe ran off to join the line to get her bag of lollies and goodies, and it gave me a moment to approach her folks without having to mention my intention in front of Chloe, before knowing how it would be received by them. I was nervous as hellel, to, to, to, to, to to to to to to the to the toe, the toe, toe, the the toe, the the toe, the toe, the the thi, I, thi, I, and I was, and I was, I was a the the the the thi, and I was, and I, and I, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, I was, I was, I was, thi?oom?oom?oomorrow, toe.a, toe.e.e.a, toe.e.e.e. toe. toe. toe. th th th th th th th th th. I was nervous as hell, but opened up with my usual compliments on Chloe's playing. She played, what child is this in a quartet, and it was perfect. And I made a lighthearted joke about her growing too quickly and dwarfing her cello now. Her parents laughed but went on to mention how they've been saving to buy her a bigger one, and that they didn't want to go cheap this time like they had with her first couple a os, having learned a lot very quickly about quality.

Starting point is 00:46:05 When they'd taken Chloe to the Luteer, with the intention of getting her one for Christmas, they'd been disappointed to find out that they hadn't saved enough for the quality that Chloe needed, and that they'd been devastated despite Cloy the idea and ask them how much they'd saved, and would they be interested in buying my old one as I had a new one now and had no need for it.

Starting point is 00:46:32 I didn't notice that Chloe had approached back from the line and she piped up with a low tone that they'd saved, and her mother told me that they'd saved around $1,600. I told them that that sounded like a good enough offer to me, and that I'd be happy to know that it was being played and cherished by someone like Chloe that would tak the today, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, tho, tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and tho, and th, and th, and th, and th, and th, th, th, th, th, the th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thruuuuuuuuuui, thruuii, thruuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thr-a, thr-a, and the the the th care of it, and I held out my hand to shake on the deal. No one answered for what I felt like an hour to me. Chloe's father finally responded and told me that they couldn't accept it, as Chloe had pointed out, an instrument of equal value to mine to them while they were in the shop, and he didn't feel it was right to take it for anything but a fair value and that they couldn't afforded to do that that... little bit annoyed by his initial good-mannered refusal, but I understood it as I was raised

Starting point is 00:47:25 by similar-minded parents with the same values, but I told her parents that it was an offer that I felt that they really couldn't pass up, as it was something that I felt Chloe, that I felt, that I felt Chloe had earned and needed desperately, and that even if they didn't accept my offer, I was going to give it to Chloe to the to Chloe, I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I..a, and I.000, and I. And, and I. And, I. toldlde, I. the, I. tolde, tolde, told, told, told, told, told, told, the the, told, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, told, the, told... the, the, the, the, the the the the the the tolde.e. told. told. told. told. told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, told, the told, the turned and placed the hard case in front of the shocked and dead silent Chloe and walked away. Chloe's father approached me while we were helping pack up the entertainment hall and he gave me a hug and thanked me, promising to drop off the money at my shop in the morning and offering to help me out if I ever needed anything. For a stubborn bloke like that to be as red and teary as he was, makes me sure that I did the right thing in making him accept the cello like I did. Chloe was visibly quite emotional,

Starting point is 00:48:07 but trying not to show it, but she broke down after mouthing, thank you to me, as everyone was leaving and I found it extremely hard to keep my composure and could only manage a smile and a thumbs up too, I think I'm going ell Gail that I sold it without having to lie, and I can toss up the idea of using the money Chloe's dad pays me for the cello to buy a reasonable

Starting point is 00:48:31 secondhand learner's instrument for Alice. Again, thank you for responses and advice. What a guy. What a guy. I love that he went up to the parents to make sure it was okay and like organically brought it up and doing it through the parents is smart on so many levels just because it's like I understand they have a great relationship and the parents know him but like he is a 36 year old man this is a 13 year old girl it's like it's great to like go through the parents and be like hey like it's also helping out the parents by making it a little bit exactly you don't want to make the the the the their their their their.. their. their. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I'm their. I'm to to their. I'm their. I'm to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. their. their. their. their their their their their. I I I I I I I I I I I I their. I I their. their. their. their. their their their their their their is is is their is their their is to to to to to to to the. to te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. their t they're doing it a little bit. Exactly. You don't want to make them feel bad. Exactly. So accepting that offer, like making it a deal.

Starting point is 00:49:09 I thought that was really awesome. A.C.A.C.A.C.A.F. A. A.F. Story. Someone else said, I'm late to the party, but O.P. you're a legend. I'm a violinist and play in a th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like making making making making making making making making making the their, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like a the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their.a.a. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I coworkers these days. I know a gift like that as a young teen is an absolute miracle for a dedicated string player. Her cello will fit right so her posture will be better. Her tone will be beautiful. I'm so excited for her to grow with her new cello and for you to get to watch. Yeah, that's really sweet.

Starting point is 00:49:37 I also like, there's almost like a magic too. When th is th is there's there's there's there's there's there's there's thi, th. T there, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, theea, that, thea.... tthau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thau. thaea. tha lot by somebody else. I totally believe it. Yeah it's like what has... Well it's broken in too. Yeah. You're just like wow what has this instrument like done so truly. It's almost like a brand new one it's almost like all right we're we're breaking it in it's like pressure. Yeah This is my grandma's piece of shit gross piano. It's literally covered in dust and I wouldn't trade it for the world. That's really cute. Next story comes from True Off my Chest. My girlfriend, a 27 year old woman, did the sweetest thing for my brother who's nine and now I know she's the one. My parents moved him to another school towards the end of the school year and he had trouble making friends. the th. their th. th. their th. th. th. their th. th. their th. th. to the. their the. to their. their. I. the. I the. I'm to the. to the. to to to the. I'm, to to to to to to to to toe. I toe. I toe. I toe. I toe. I, toe. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, tha. I, te, te, the te, the the the the te, the the te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. I'm, te. I'm te. I t another school towards the end of the school year and he had trouble making friends. He still invited his whole class to his birthday party that was on Friday but nobody came.

Starting point is 00:50:28 None of the kids. It was really heartbreaking seeing all the empty tables when he was really looking forward to it. My girlfriend of four years decided they were still really nice to my brother. She called up her friends with kids. It wasn't a ton of people, but it was way more than before. All thanks to her. My little brother was so happy playing in the jumper with her new, with her nephews and brothers. They were all play wrestling with him. He had such a good time. It was nice that everyone came and was being so nice to him, because she made it happen. I was watching her that whole time going, wow, I want to marry this woman.

Starting point is 00:51:06 She's the one for me, now I'm literally browsing online for engagement rings. Whoa, whoa. Damn. Whoa! I need to lock it down now. He's like Google search, engagement ring. that's really sweet. That's very sweet. What a kind heart for her to like feel compelled to do that.

Starting point is 00:51:27 Like that's, that's really sweet. I've heard so many stories about kids having like no one show up to their birthday. Okay. Can we give them a hotline to us? Yeah. I would kill. Do you think they would get our jokes? No, but I think we'd be intimidating at a bouncy house. I think you would be like, yay! Remember we talked about how you you if you were to be a

Starting point is 00:51:48 student teacher or like a like a teacher for kids? Yeah, and you were like okay folks. Yeah, me too much. All right I know none of your friends showed up. I know none of your friends showed want to go home. And get this, they're all wearing graphic teas. And flannels. I know you wanted Batman here, but... I feel like you'd be a blast. Chance is good at those two.

Starting point is 00:52:16 Oh yeah, chance. I think us as a big group would be crazy. Like if your kid couldn't, a kid didn't have any friends. And we were just like, okay, let's just be kids. Let's be kids. Oh, that's so cute. That's really good. No, I like, I think that's really sweet. And to be at a new school, I've seen it before where it's like they just kind of will hand

Starting point is 00:52:34 out the invitations to everyone in the class. And then it's just like whoever comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes comes, maybe, tho, to comes, to comes, to comes, to comes, to comes, to comes, to comes, thi, to, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, thi, thi, that, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. That's, th. th. th. That's, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that, that, that, that's that's so, that's so, that's so, that's so, that's so, that's so, that's so, that's so that's so cute, that's so cute. that's, that's so cute. that's, that oh. It's also crazy that like when you're a kid, even when I was a kid too, it was like, who comes to your birthday party is like, like everything? Like, why is that a thing? I don't know. I could never go to birthday parties because they were always on Sundays. And my family was super Mormon back then. I think if I have a kid, I'm going to be like a to to to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, like, to, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, like, like, like, like, like, sure I get RSVPs. Yeah. Like, are you coming?

Starting point is 00:53:05 I just want to make sure I have bodies in the space. Bodies in the space. You know what I mean? Like a good party? Let the bodies in the space. Let the bodies at the space. I have some bodies in the space. Uh, some comments here.

Starting point is 00:53:17 Your little brother was playing with his future family. I love this. Gave me all the feels. I wish you the best life ever. Someone said, as someone who recently had his five-year-old not have anyone show up to his birthday party and saw him get crushed, like everyone flaked out, yeah, she not just pulled off something amazing, but may have made a life-changing difference. Now, how are you going to learn what her ring size is, someone? told her. Someone to to to to to to to to keep to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their, their, to to to their, to to to to too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their, their, their, their, their, the the the their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thooooooooooooooooooo.., the the the th., now wife of 27 years, don't fuck it up, she's a good one. Yeah, dude.

Starting point is 00:53:47 Okay, go with me. A service, in which you can, like an Uber, but for parties. Like you're like, yeah, yeah. Yeah, and you're like, I need people that come to my kids' party. So it's kind of like how clubs will pay Kim Kardashian to go to their club. Yeah, like club promoters for kids birthday parties. You pay us to do a five-year-old's birthday parties. Yes. Oh my God.

Starting point is 00:54:13 We're just hanging out. We're literally those services where it's hour and then you're over it. Yeah. Yeah, we eat all your cake and then we're done. That's how you get paid. And then we all start to get into bad mood. Yeah, we should like kind of fighting. When puppies are like, okay, this is enough.

Starting point is 00:54:36 Yeah. I love that could have been, that could have been a day that he remembers very differently. Now it's a fond memory. And so, and it's just green flags all around where she felt compelled and actually took action and that her family and her friends showed up for her. Yeah, it's all good. It's all good.

Starting point is 00:55:02 Like, that's such a special, special thing. That's such a good point. Sorry. Yeah, and just bounce houses are freaking lit. Oh yeah, moon bounce. Dude, come on now. The slide? I gotta be honest, though, part of me,

Starting point is 00:55:14 the idea of a moon bounce and we I love moon bounces different try to jump up and grab the top part and try to bring down the whole thing you know it has like the pillar of the air grab it down we got a whole thing and then it's like brunt of like a! Can we do a video where we get a moon bounce? Yes yes and one wolf definitely fit in the area out there. Yes, okay. And if you like moon bounces, you're gonna like this final story. Let's go, a moon bounce story! All right, here's our last story. This one's an old one. This is from 13 years ago. The different time. Okay, it's 2011. Why'd you end that? End that? Stop that. End that. End that. End that. End the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. Why did, end that? Stop that.

Starting point is 00:56:07 End that. End that. End that. This came from Ask Reddit back in 2011. And it's our last story. Any chance there's anyone out there who could help save my wedding. So, getting married in Tampa in three weeks, we had booked a big mansion for the wedding with the idea of having the ceremony and reception there.

Starting point is 00:56:28 That way, anyone who wanted to stay over could crash on the floor or whatever. The property owner emailed me today talking about a lawsuit and a code enforcement. Long story short, his email was only three lines. We lost the venue. I don't know what I'm going to do about him, but for now, I am trying to find somewhere to have the ceremony. Problem is that June is a fairly popular time for weddings, so almost every venue is booked. Another issue is that since this was going to be a private residence, we have already bought about $1,500 in liquor, and most wedding places won't let you bring and serve your own. So my fiancé is freaking out, trying to calm her down, has actually had an overwhelming, calming effect on me, and we don't have anywhere for the ceremony and reception anymore.

Starting point is 00:57:09 We can't change the date without fucking over a bunch of friends and family who have already bought plane tickets, and there is the honeymoon, too. Can't reschedule that with work. The caterers, wedding cake, DJ, and bartenders are all flexible as far as changing the venue. And so is the officiant, my brother. This is her, hopefully, only wedding, and I have an understandable desire to make everything perfect. I feel like I am failing miserably at the moment. Does anyone know of a good venue that is somewhat unique and interesting that would

Starting point is 00:57:37 be available June 11th that meets the requirements above. TLDR, can I have my wedding at your house? We will clean up after ourselves. The comments were mostly listing a bunch of Florida locations they could get married at, colleges, parks, etc. What would you suggest they do in this situation? Well, we're just talking about moon bounces. Just get a moon bounce. Just go to sky high. Those like trambilline places. That actually could be cool.

Starting point is 00:58:09 No, but- You do the ceremony while you're bouncing. Well, I guess it's tough with parks and stuff if you have alcohol and things like that. I think I would just look for another house, right? Yeah, like, like verbo is really great for specifically if you want to, that's what we did our wedding celebration at. It's like you just, you're able to like rent a place for a couple nights and it's like, yeah, you can have a wedding here because Airbnb is not, they don't really do that.

Starting point is 00:58:35 No, this is 2011. This is before, this is before Airbnb and everything. So at this time, this is crazy. Yeah, because they're posting on Reddit. Yeah, and honestly, I don't know where else you would post at that time. 2011? You gotta get out the yellow pages. Facebook. Yeah. Got to pull out your pager. Yeah. Got to get on neopets.

Starting point is 00:58:55 You got to get on neopets looking for a wedding location. Yeah. Gotta go to club penguin. Yeah, get your club penguin for it. Maybe they can have their wedding in the club penguin pizza parlor. Dude. Have it in Rune'scape. Update. Let's go. Let's go. Awesome.

Starting point is 00:59:12 I can't even say it went okay as a joke. It was epic. We took the have it in a field idea and really ran with it. thea. cleaning and prepping, my wife's uncle's farm was ready for action. It is a big property and he has horses, cows, pigs, and goats. Oh, well, dude, you had this all along? Yeah, what the hell? We cleared out a cow pasture for parking and set up a tent by the stables. The stables were filled with his best horses.

Starting point is 00:59:35 The stables were filled with his best horses. Okay. The good horse. And one of the stalls had some week and a half old puppies that were just born. What the fuck? Okay. We moved the wedding from six to seven and the weather was perfect. Not a cloud in the sky,

Starting point is 00:59:52 and the breeze started up about 30 minutes before the ceremony. Since we didn't have to drop any money on the venue. I got it all back of the highlights of the evening included, amazing food and a shitload of liquor, which makes everything better, a roasted pig that was killed the day prior and marinated overnight, two bounce houses, holy shit, that was the best idea ever. Carrot wedding cake, a big ass fire or big ass fire for XKCD fans,

Starting point is 01:00:23 complete with smores, mini petting zoo with the goats, two big air conditioners for the tent, more shit I am sure I am forgetting. Even without all that stuff, it would have been the best night of my life committing to someone I love so much. But it was great to be able to come through and pull off something so wonderful. Thanks again for all the help and support Reddit. You guys are the best. Wow. Not just one, but two bouncy houses. Two bounce houses. Holy shit, did you think, do you think they jumped up and grabbed the top part of it and pulled it down?

Starting point is 01:00:51 Put it down? And then as you get to climb onto the top bar and then if you're light enough, if you're light enough, if you're light enough, it'll you're light enough, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, tak, thi a tak, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th gotta get a bounce house. Oh my gosh, there's like puppies and goats, horses. Puppies in the bounce house. He always, that was what, he had access to that the whole time. A big fire that's like relates to an online web comic? Come on. You got everything. You have it all.

Starting point is 01:01:23 And puppies. And puppies. The comments, I'm laughing my ass off because it looked like you had way too much fun in every pick. I know how I want my wedding to be now. Opie said, if there is such a thing as too much fun, then yeah, I had it. Someone else said, glad it all worked out well for you guys. The best wedding receptions I've ever been to was in a field with a tent. For food, there was a massive crawfish boil. A live band played from a stage that was basically a large flat trailer.

Starting point is 01:01:49 Lots of caggs were drank, mass amounts of liquor was consumed, and plenty of other party favors that you would smoke outdoors were around. Bouncy houses are genius. Lastly, someone said, having randomly attended this wedding wedding, can say with authority it was indeed fucking awesome. Knowing... Hey, I'm one of the puppies. Knowing nothing about the event before, it took me a second to put the narrative together, but once I saw a car with the Reddit alien and this in the trunk, I knew it was going to be a good time.

Starting point is 01:02:20 Hope you're enjoying a celebratory whiskey, ce, commenter is the boyfriend of O.P's wife's cousin. Oh, funny. Okay. Wow. the parties are out. Fields are in. Fields are in.

Starting point is 01:02:32 Yeah, fields are in. the fields are in. And if you ever want us to come to your wedding, we'll pile in a van. We'll go around. We'll roll around. We don't say anything. We just roll around. If you do have a bounce house, we'll go in there. Yeah, we'll bring it down, get on top of it. We'll try to collapse it with our body. And sling it back up. Sometimes you can put like a ball in there and then in the top, you can bring it the top post down, put a ball, we invited some YouTubeers and they completely took out our bouncy. It's the, it's the, I feel like you're only here for the zip line. But it's the, I feel like you're only here for the moon bounce.

Starting point is 01:03:14 Yeah, yes, I am. I am. Totally. What was your favorite story? Wow. Okay, I honestly, I personally love the girlfriend bringing her nephews and friends kids to that boy's party. That was very sweet.

Starting point is 01:03:29 And the cello one. Oh, the chellow is very sweet. Oh, the tel. There's so many good ones. I mean, the purring really got me. Yeah, like, oh my god, and the baby one. the little sounds, yeah. Yeah. There's good people out there. Yeah. There really are. There's good vibes. They do exist.

Starting point is 01:03:46 They may be small. And the baby ones! And the baby ones? There are good vibes. There are vibes out there. Yeah. Wow. Thank you both for chilling with me.

Starting point is 01:03:56 Thanks for telling us. the sweet stories. Thank you for having us. No. Do you think, okay, so if we get a moom bounce, we'll put it in the cafeteria area, the dining area, big, big, big guy. Gotta get one that has posts, like their like beams, but it's air. And then going across so that you can grab it and pull it down. It still doesn't break it. It doesn't break it.

Starting point is 01:04:19 It doesn't break it. It's back up. And maybe we we get little plastic balls. Throw them in there. Fun. See, I'm thinking the slides. My family was big on the slides. Whoa.

Starting point is 01:04:31 Let's get the whole course. Let's get the obstacle course. See, I never like the obstacle course. No. It's over so quick. I just want just want just want just want just want just want just want to just want to just want to just want to just want to just want to just want to to just want to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to be the the the the the the their. I their. I their. I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. I th. I th. I'm. I'm thi. I'm thi. I thin. the. thin. the. theats. thri. thin. the. thin. the. thin. I the. I the. I thin. I th. I sorry. You guys are just fucking posies. Thank you both for being here. Thank you for watching. Let us know what other subreddits and themes you'd like to see on this show. And spread some good vibes. Yes. See you later. Bye.

Starting point is 01:04:57 Bye. This is my wholesome symbol.

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