Two Hot Takes - 287: Nail Biting Updates Ft. Taylor Tomlinson

Episode Date: September 17, 2026

Two Hot Takes host, Morgan, is joined by guest co-host Taylor Tomlinson! Taylor is back for a satisfying episode full of Reddit Stories with nail biting updates! From an OP whose boyfriend gets a piñata that looks like her, to a partner that gives away sentimental backpack patches, to an anniversary gone wrong due to a mattress collection, to weird potatoes, to a wife that discovers an affair and hides a pregnancy test in the mailbox, to a guy who has his girlfriend pump her own gas to teach her a lesson. I am utterly bamboozled by these stories.. thankfully we get UPDATES! Can't wait to hear your thoughts. Taylor's Book!!: https://taylortomlinsoncomedy.com/actually-nevermind https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Actually-Nevermind/Taylor-Tomlinson/9781668097236 Taylor: https://www.instagram.com/taylortomlinson/?hl=en Partners:  Skims: https://Skims.com/tht Chrysler: Check out the newly-designed Chrysler Pacifica! Visit https://Chrysler.com to learn more. Patreon BONUS Content including FREE stories: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/TwoHotTakes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ NEW MERCH:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.twohottakes.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ WRITE IN TO US!! Our SubReddit! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoHotTakes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Full length Video episodes available on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/TwoHotTakes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Index: 00:00 -- Start Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're rolling right now. We're rolling right now. Great. Every time I do this podcast, I always want to start a podcast. I'm like, this is how it's done. It's cozy. It's cool. Say less.

I swear to God. It's like when you go to other podcasts, it's a whole thing. It's kind of scary. It's really scary. It's like a whole TV show. And you're like, well, I could never do this. I don't have time. And then I come to yours and it's like, I feel like I'd have to learn a lot more about

technology, though. I think you're pretty knowledgeable about how everything works and I don't have that. But I started from nothing. Really? I went healthcare and then, like, couldn't get a job. So started this thing. I was, like, recording on an iPhone 8. Really?

Make it till you make it, girl. Okay, see, that's helpful. You can do it. You wrote a whole damn book. That's true. And I do feel great about that. Like, the hardest thing about writing a book is you are so proud of yourself for writing it. That it actually makes it difficult to quality control it because you're just so, like, well done you.

for even doing it. It might be garbage, but it's done, isn't it? And most people can't even write that much garbage. I'm not really promoting this well. No, no, no, but I will. So actually, never mind, Taylor's book comes out September 22nd. I read your intro because I just got it sent over to me. Oh, good.

And I read your intro, and I was like, I was trying to explain how even good your writing is. Because it's like, you're so profound. But then, like, I'm on the brink of tears. because you say this profound thing. And then, like, you crack a joke at the end. And I'm like, okay, I'm literally laughing out loud. And I'm like, that's just the intro. That's so nice of you to say because I am terrified.

Because, like, everyone's like, well, you can write. You're a comedian. You're always writing. And I'm like, yeah, but I'm writing jokes. It's a totally different type of writing. You know, like, the analogy I keep using is like, yeah, being really good at writing jokes is not the same as, like, being really good at writing prose. Like it's the difference of like, oh yeah, I make amazing smoothies.

That doesn't mean I can roast a chicken. You know, it's just, it's an entirely different thing. Like I suppose they're all food, but it's just, it's completely different skill sets. And like to go from trying to write every idea I have and everything I want to communicate and every joke I have in like the shortest possible way, which is what jokes are, is like saying things in the most concise way possible to then write. about all of those subjects long form and getting my head wrapped around that of like, no, yeah, you're supposed to, you're supposed to expand on all of this. Like, I'm great at editing. It was the getting it all out was the hardest part.

But then once they were like, yeah, let's cut some stuff. I'm like, easy. I was going to say, did you feel like you were able to expand on things a lot more? Yes, definitely. Because like a joke, obviously, it's, you know, it's got to be quick, it's got to be punchy, otherwise you lose people. This, similar. You don't want to lose people,

but you have more room. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, the book's, like, I think the book's witty. It's not, like, hilarious. No, I mean, you're also touching on, like, looking at your chapter titles, like you're touching on some big stuff.

Yeah, it's like a much more honest account of a lot of things that I've talked about in my stand-up. When you're doing a stand-up joke about something, it's not going to be all the details. and it's not going to be how you really feel. Like your feelings are kind of wedged in between the jokes. It's almost like read between the lines and you know how I feel.

To the point where sometimes I talk about things on stage and I go, ooh, I'm making this sound like I'm over it or I'm really making light of this really painful thing that happened to me. And I'm proud of that ability. But yeah, to fully explain experiences I've had in like their totality in the book was like, I mean, very scary and cathartic and interesting. And so many, it brought up so much for me. Like I cried a lot writing the book.

A lot from just like, what? Deadline. But you're also processing a lot too. And like, I think I said to you the last time you were here, I was like, God, you're giving like healed. Like you are just so therapists. And that's like literally one of your chapters too. But I know last time I came here, I don't know what was going on.

Why? But I was really like looking for the best in people. on Reddit, which was crazy. I'm not in that headspace today. Not today. Today, I think everyone's up to something. Okay. And I, because last time I felt so silly, just believing, well, maybe there was that one with

the photos in the box. Yeah. And I thought, oh, well, maybe he's taking a photography class. Who the fuck am I? Maybe he's taking a photography class and keeping it a secret. What? What man who's ever hidden photos? it was revealed it was just a creative project.

Like, I literally don't know what I was thinking that day. I must have been... You were hopeful. I was really hopeful that day. You were so hopeful. Like glass, way more than half full. Like 75% for sure. Oh my God.

Two full glasses. Yeah. In each hand. Now I'm like, I really... I don't know. I don't even know what we're going to talk about. And I'm already like, I don't know about that. Well, I think you are really going to enjoy today's vibe, today's theme.

Because there was a moment last time. And I think I gave you an update, you know, kind of off the bad. And then you might have gotten a little greedy because then a story came without an update. You were like, there's no update. So many of them did not have updates. You were like, I don't want to be here anymore. Whatever you said, it was so, it was so funny. I left very different.

I left exhausted. No. Exhausted and confused. But that's how my listeners feel. They're like, Morgan, more updates, more updates. Like, why are you doing this stuff? Why are you even picking stories that don't have updates? Well, here's what I like about this podcast. It trains you to be okay to living without closure.

And I think that's a really important part of being alive. It's just accepting you will not have closure in most things. Today you are going to get a lot of closure. Every single story has an update. Really? Yeah. Oh my God. I didn't even mean what I said. Thank God. Okay. Okay. Closure's the best. Every single one has an update. Will there be closure at the end of that update though? Okay. You'll see. Okay. You'll decide. Oh my God.

I felt, just, I can feel the familiar twist in my gut of anxiety. Oh, it's going to be so good. The lack of information is already stressing me out. I know I'm not going to get all the answers I need. But I'm ready. I'm okay. I can do it. Okay.

Just deep breath. Into your nose, out through your mouth. It's okay. Okay. We got it. Let's dive in. Okay, this first one, coming from AITA relationship. Titled, Would I Be the Asshole if I broke up with my boyfriend because his friends got him a

me-shaped pinata? Is it stupid that my first question is for his birthday or for no reason? I, 22 female and my boyfriend, Matt, 22 male, have been together for a year and eight months. Matt and I go to different universities in neighboring cities, about a 45-minute drive from each other. Matt is in a fraternity, important for later. It was Matt's birthday on Friday, and him and I went out to dinner to celebrate. After dinner, I went back to my university since I live on campus. The next evening, I was on Instagram, and I clicked on one of our mutual friends' private stories,

and I saw Matt and a bunch of his friends hitting and stomping on a pinata. By clicking through more of the stories, I figured that it must have been a surprise party for Matt, since he had told me his only birthday plans were dinner with me. On the last slide of the Instagram story, I got a close-up of the pinata, and it looked exactly like me. From the hair color to the skin color, even down to my septum piercing. Okay. There was no doubt that it was me.

I was really confused, and I screen-recorded the stories, and then I sent a message to the friend who posted the story. I asked her if it was me as the pinata, and she left me on red and then removed me from her close friend's story. This just confirmed my suspicions. The next day I texted him, and I asked how his party went, and he acted confused, and said that he never had a party. I was confused as to why he was lying to me. I told him I saw it on mutual friends' private story, and then he completely stopped answering. An hour later he answered and said, quote,

Yeah, the guys threw me a surprise party. It's frat tradition not to talk about it, though. That's when I asked him about the me-shaped pinata, and I sent him the video of him and his friends, destroying it. He told me that it was not me, it was just a random pinata the guys had found. I told him to stop lying to me. It was obviously me.

I told him how hurt I was that he would allow his friends to do something like that, and all he could answer was that they would kick him out of the frat if he didn't accept it. I also brought up if his frat had thrown him a surprise party, why wasn't I invited? I was only 45 minutes away. I knew it wasn't because it was only guys, because the mutual friend who had posted on the story was a girl who goes to his university. And I saw in the story there were multiple girls there. He stopped answering me and hasn't responded since. It's been a day with no contact.

I'm honestly considering breaking up with him over this. I've caught him in lies before, but this is just too much. The video of him and his friends stomping the pinata was just so disturbing, and to find out that my face was on it, we were planning on moving in together after graduation. But honestly, I don't know anymore. You're considering breaking up with him? Considering?

Would I be the asshole if I broke up with him over this? Girl, are you serious? Would I be the asshole being a woman as hell? This is the craziest thing I've ever heard in my life. Even if that piñata wasn't her, a pinata of any woman is not okay. Penaenaenaes should only be things that don't exist like dragons and shit. I appreciate that. Yes, that's crazy.

For him to be like, it's just some random girl pinata is just as bad. Also, if this were me, I would not be on Reddit going, am I an asshole if I broke over them? I'd be setting that frat house on fire. This is the craziest story I've ever heard in my life. She's being too cool about it. I would completely agree. I'm so upset. I really appreciate that take, though, with pinata's should only be fake because it is kind of crazy to like beat the shit out of this thing that is potentially real or like a character that's, I don't know.

It's just weird. Like I've had a pinata that I thought was so cute. I felt bad hitting it. That's what I'm saying. And then this is looking like you. girlfriend. Yes. And you're stomping on it.

Also, where did you go that makes pinatas that look like a photo of your girlfriend? You bring in a photo of your girlfriend and you say, can you turn this into a pinata? That's, yeah. And someone goes right away, sir. So they do do do it. What? They do. They do do do it on Etsy.

There are a bunch of accounts that will make, that will make custom pinatas. Etsy supposed to be a safe space. $200 for a custom pinata. Oh, for celebrities, I do get that. Yeah. You know, some celebrities deserve to be pinnadas. Yeah. I mean, that's when, that kind of looks like Guy Fieri. Isn't it? I cannot tell. That's not well made. A lot of them are just printed photos. A lot of them, like that little, like the little girl. What? They made one of the little girl? I guess if it's you and it's your party, that's okay. But that feels like something that you would maybe think was funny. And then once some people were hitting the pinata version of you. you might actually feel bad.

Like, I feel that way sometimes when I post old pictures of me as a little kid, and then people comment on it and they go like, oh, I see why you're funny now. You weren't that cute. And here's a thing. It's okay when I say it. Well, it's okay when I say it. Maybe it's in the caption. But then when other people say it, I'm like, I actually don't like that.

I actually don't like that other people are doing it. I can say that about me, but you can't. That's what I mean. But in the moment, it feels like your idea to be like, yeah, Penaado. Everyone hit me. And then when they're doing it, you're like, I just don't like this actually. This feels weird. Like, Becky, why are you hitting me so hard?

Yes. Like, do you hate me? Yeah. I wouldn't be okay with this. And to be clear, like, these are all custom pinatas. There's no pinatas on any website that are just blank with septum piercing. Like, these all are custom. This took time.

Yeah. I don't know if you've ever had to make something custom on Etsy. The septum piercing. I mean, she was like, it's me. It looks like me. Like my piercings on it. And I was like, yeah, that's you. Because if it was just like, oh, they have brown hair, they could be like, oh, it's your celebrity lookalike.

But like a specific, like it has my septum piercing and the tattoo of my grandma's birthday. Like, he's like, ah, it's just a random one. We just found that. Well, in the way he keeps lying. You keep lying. To be like, I've caught him in lies before, but this really feels like the last. I'm like, you have photos to prove it. And he's still lying to you.

No one should be dating a 22-year-old man in a frat. That's just not a thing that should be happening. Those men should be single. Well, and he's like, I'd get kicked out of my frat if I didn't kick the shit out of a pinata that looked like you. Are those people you want to be friends with? Is that who you want to be around? Also, what have you been telling them about me? Where if they throw a surprise party for you, they get you a pinata that looks like me.

What are you telling them? That would be my first thought, too. I'm scared. Yeah. But also, you know what? Sometimes guys are just like, it's your girlfriend, of course you hate her. But it doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter what you've said or haven't said. You got this pinna biyadh, you hid it, you lied. You lied again. I hate him. Yeah. Everyone is on board. You said 22 frat and I said breakup. Immediately no.

I said immediately no. And the comments do too. Why would you stay with him? He's lied to you before and is lying now. You're so young. Go live. a wonderful life without somebody who doesn't seem to value you.

Next comment. Oh, fuck no. Dump him. If his friends have a tradition of beating and stomping on effigies of their girlfriends, then the whole group is garbage. Plus he lied and he's lied before. Ma'am, your man is a woman hating loser. Trust me, there are better men out there. Yep. Go to the library, babe.

Yeah. Stop looking at the frats. Bye, bye, bye, bye, boy. I mean, so many people are like, why even bother talking to him? Just ghost him. Literally just ghost him. He's kind of ghosting you right now. Yeah. Is there an update to this one?

Uno reverse. Of course there is. It better be she broke up with him. Of course there is. If it's not, I will crash my car on the way home. No. Are you kidding me? No, sorry.

Read it. Sorry. Hi, everyone. Thank you for all the comments and messages. I've read each and every one of them, and I'm truly grateful for all the advice. Oh, no. Update. So Matt texted me back after a full day of incognito.

He finally admitted that, yes, the pinata was supposed to be me. He said it was just a joke and it was meant to be funny. I told him how disrespectful and disturbing that was. I ended up breaking up with him. Yay. And I told him I wasn't going to stay with a man child who was going to disrespect me for the fun of him and his friends. He completely lost it and begged me to stay. He was apologizing and saying he didn't want to lose me and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

after I made it clear, I wasn't going to take him back. He literally sent me a video of him making out with that mutual friend. I don't even know what the point of that was. I feel sick to myself. Do you ever reason you're like, am I in college? That's the worst story I've ever heard. Are you having more flash at the end? I feel sweaty.

I want to cry. That makes me so upset. That's crazy What? O.P. He does go on to say Maybe it was just a final F you but I honestly couldn't care at this point.

I now realized how immature he was So I just blocked him. This didn't even happen to me and I feel nauseous. I don't even know what they look like. I can't even picture them But I feel like I can see them, you know? So yeah, most of you were right. He was cheating on me.

At least she left. Thank God. I know. I know. And like just goes on to say he's a jerk. He's an immature man child. Yes, I'm going to be sending the video to the university, though I don't they'll do anything. But yeah, this is the update. What would the university do with that? I don't know. They could reprimand the frat. Oh, oh, of the pinata. I thought she meant of him making out with that girl. And I was like, I think they were both of age. Like I didn't, I was confused for a second. No, yes, send the pinata picture for sure. Which that is, which that is, very disturbing. Watching a group of frat guys. Do anything, really, but... But that, like, just like,

the visual of, like, beating a woman pinata, stomping on it, like, it's disturbing. It's not your bachelor party where that would be fine. No, I'm kidding. I'm joking. You know, I was getting serious. Just off the rails. No, no. I'm like, no, and if he had proposed, like, of course, hit the piniano.

But this is just a casual relationship. I know. Do people do pinnadas for bachelor? I've never heard of this in my life. No, usually it's like pin the tail on the hunk or like, have you seen those? I don't know. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, like the penis. Yeah, yeah, of course.

Yeah, no, I've never heard of this getting a pinata that looks like someone you know type of thing. I'm like, I'm shocked there was like multiple Etsy listings. Like, this is a big business. I thought you could get a pinata of like three things. I thought it was like Garfield, Dora, the Explorer. Bluey? Blueie. Yeah.

That's what I thought you could pick from. I didn't know there was more than that. I kind of want to get you one now just so like not for you to break, but like just to have, just to take care of. Because you would take care of. I would take care of it. Yeah. There's their little door on the back to take the candy out. Yeah.

I know where do they place the doors? Because a lot of times it would probably be the crotch, which could be in a... Is it? It's usually like a crotch. It's like a on the bottom. How many pinatas have you smashed? Not many, but the unicorn. It's like kind of like underneath.

Oh, yeah. I feel like it's always a unicorn. Always a unicorn. See, a unicorn. you could hit and feel no guilt about. I still felt bad. Really? I'm an empath.

Oh, we don't... Empaths can't be anywhere near a pinata. No, wait, I did tear up a little. Oh, was that cute, huh? Yeah, that and like some little five-year-old stole my twicks. Like, it was devastating. Okay, let's get you onto this next one. Okay.

Maybe it'll be better. Maybe. I don't think so, though. So this is titled Me, 25 female, with my boyfriend, 26 male, of six months. I'm about to break up with him over a backpack, but I need to know if I'm overreacting.

Okay. My boyfriend Jacob and I have been together for a year and a half now. We met through mutual friends about two years ago. Jacob is a very laid-back guy, and maybe, since I have a lot of anxiety, that attracted me to him. The past six months have been fun, and without incident until now.

I thought Jacob was a caring and thoughtful person, and I really saw a future with him. But now I'm really reconsidering. Background info. I have a backpack that is covered with patches. Before this happened, I had about 35 patches sewn on to it. This is a project that I started when I was 14, and I needed a backpack for high school.

Over the years, I collected patches from all the shows, concerts, and plays I've gone to. when I studied abroad and visited new cities and museums, gifts from friends and family, etc. When I was 20, the bottom of my backpack ripped out, so I got a new one and carefully removed and reattached the patches. I don't carry a purse. I carry this backpack literally every day. What the fuck did he do? It might seem silly, but a lot of my personal history and favorite memories are tied, sewn, into this backpack. I would die for this backpack.

On Wednesday, Jacob and I were hanging out at my place watching Netflix with two mutual friends. My apartment has a larger living room than his does, so we tend to hang out in my place. I had to go to work early Thursday morning, so I went to bed a little earlier and just told Jacob to lock up before he came to bed. The next morning, I go about getting ready for work and go to put some things in my backpack. That's when I notice it's missing patches. 11, to be precise. I immediately woke Jacob up, basically panicking, asking what happened.

He told me that he had invited three of his friends over after I'd gone to sleep. Apparently they texted him because they were bar hopping nearby and he told them to come over. At some point, one of them saw my backpack sitting in the living room and said it was cool and they wanted one like it. And Jacob told them that they could have some of the patches if they wanted. So they cut. They cut 11. in patches off of my bag. I was livid. I still am. I can't really describe how betrayed I feel. A few of my patches were gifts from my father who passed away last year. He always loved helping me find new patches

and bought me three limited release patches that are now very expensive and difficult to find. Those are all gone. I had one patch that my dad bought in 1994 and let me have. It's gone as well. Wait, does he know these people, these friends? He can get them back from these friends? I don't know why I'm like about to cry with this fucking story. This is the worst thing I've ever heard since the last one. What is happening? When you have kids with this man and he has friends over and they say, oh, I'd like a daughter someday, will he go, take mine?

It's all gone. Patches from my study abroad trip are gone too. I feel so, so devastated. I'm not proud of my reaction. I flipped the fuck out. a lot of what the fuck were you thinking and how could you do this. I told him he had to call his friends that were over and get all of the patches back. He said he would for the ones from my dad, but he would look too bad if he asked for the rest that, quote, didn't mean as much. I asked him

if he cared more about looking like a jackass to them or me. He hesitated and I freaked out and I told him he had to leave. I messaged the people I know were over on Facebook, and I got a response back from one person, one of the mutual friends. He brought my patches back Thursday night. All of them? He said he thought it was weird that Jacob offered, but went along with it and apologized. So now I only have nine patches missing. I know it sounds silly, but I just feel so sick over it. I texted Jacob today about getting my dad's patches back, and he just said he was going to contact them weekend. What's the point of waiting? I talked to a couple of close friends about what happened, and I told them I wanted to break up over this. They both saw this as an overreaction, and that I should

just let it go and get more patches. Everyone seems to think because patches are cheap, I shouldn't be so upset, and I should forgive him. Oh, are your friend's dad's alive? Sounds like they are. I need to know if I'm overreacting. My feelings are maybe I was being hysterical when I confronted Jacob and I didn't deal with it in the best way, but he hasn't been proactive about fixing the situation. He only texted me once to tell me that he was contacting his friends on the weekend. I'm so frustrated and hurt, and I'm not sure how I will ever trust him again after this. And before anyone asked, he absolutely knew what this backpack meant to me. Once we were about a month in a dating, he asked me to give him the backstory to each and every

patch and he's seen me carry it every day. You ever see a video on TikTok and all the comments and it's like a woman talking about her relationship and all the comments are like, that man hates you? Yeah. That's how I feel about this. Couldn't have said it better. I think your reaction was absolutely understandable, warranted. I think the only argument I could make for a different reaction is from the standpoint of getting

the patches back and manipulating him into doing that is maybe if you had gently cried, that would have made him feel worse or something. Whereas now, because you, and I'm using your words, flipped out, he can go, well, she's overreacting, whatever. She's an emotional woman. Yeah, she's being so emotional. Oh my God. I hate that shit. But also, I don't know. I still think he probably would have been like it's not that big a deal. Your friends saying that you're overreacting, do not have dead parents. Who are these friends? Because what the fuck? fuck is wrong with you. My friends would never, ever, ever, ever say that shit to me. Yeah. Even if they did think I was overreacting, which we've all had those moments.

Yes. They'd be like, Morgan, you're so valid for your feelings. But, you know, do you think you could address it maybe this way? Like, they'd be helpful, but they wouldn't just immediately gaslight me. Also, who in this group of friends is your boyfriend trying to fuck that he doesn't want to ask for a patchback. Like, why is that a big deal? Why do you think those friends are going to be like, no, you're such a fucking loser. You said we could have these. Like, I'm sure they don't care that much.

Yeah. You want to save face that bad? Yes. That is weird. Who are you trying to impress? Also, it's so weird to just be like, oh, yeah, you like that? You can have that. You can cut those patches off.

I thought when she said, I told him to lock up, I thought it was going to be. that someone broke in and stole her backpack. And that would have been more like complicated. Yeah. This is so straightforward. That guy's a dick. Yeah. Is there an update?

Yeah, eventually. Oh, no. But you're lucky we're coming across this now. So this actually came up. We've got a friend. His name's direct caterpillar, Matt. He's like Reddit guru. And I had him on.

And I was asking him like, what's your favorite, you know, post you've had recently? And he recommended this one because O.P. came back on. Matt's post on it on Best of Redditor updates and left a comment with a 10 year later update. This was 10 years ago? 10 years ago this happened. I should have known Patches on a backpack. I should have known this was like five iPhones ago.

It's like coming back though. Is it? It's coming back. Maybe that's why it means so much to us. Because it's nostalgia. Yeah. I mean, if this happened now, it would be even worse. because you've managed to hold on to something that precious and special in a world where no one cares

about that and everything's digital. Yeah, no. This makes me so sick. It's tangible. Ten years later. Ten years later. If she's married to this guy, I will burn this studio to the ground. We got married.

We had a baby. They did not. If they did, I can't handle it. Don't do that to me. Of course, all the comments, you're not overreacting. Like, comments really did steer her in the right direction. Thank God. Because her friends in real life weren't.

which again just goes to show how powerful Reddit can be. Yeah. Because otherwise she would have been like, I actually, I was a little, you know. Of course, yes. And I've definitely overreacted to so many things in my life. So you can trust me. You did not this time. No.

I'd be the first one to say it because I've been there. So update. Okay. 10 years later. Responding to the top comment for visibility. This was me. I'm surprised I could still log into this Reddit. account. It was a throwaway. It's been so long since this happened. Through the course of everything,

I learned that my ex wasn't laid back. He just didn't give a fuck. Very different things. I did get all of my patches back. Oh, thank fuck. I could not handle it if you didn't get those patches back. I was trying to be cool, but I really, I really couldn't handle it. Oh my God. Okay, thank God. Oh. A few people. I'm like way too close to my period for this. Oh my God. Okay.

Sorry. I'm okay. I don't care. A few people were very apologetic and immediately went out of their way to return them. A few people I had to show up at their place with a friend in tow. Good. Looking someone in the eyes and saying, quote, you have a patch that my dead father gave me when I was 14 worked pretty well. I'm obsessed with her.

Basically, all of them blamed my ex. It's okay. I blamed him too. He truly never apologized. He just wanted me to be less mad without actually fixing anything. I was very passive then, and I don't think I had ever been as angry as that moment. I went scorched earth, and I told everyone what he did. He was mad about that, but I didn't care. He shouldn't have done it if he didn't want me to talk about it. A few of my friends apologized. for taking his side, but our friendship wasn't ever really the same after that. Nope, dead to me. Months, maybe even a year after all of this went down, my sister and I were going through a storage unit of my dad's to clear it out. We found one of his old backpacks. Nothing special just to Jan Sport. I cleaned it out, and that was the new base.

I still have it to this day, and I've added new patches since. What the fuck you guys? You know what? I don't know where that man is, but I hope he never knows peace. I, because the only thing that you should think when your girlfriend shows you a backpack full of patches is, well, she's going to be easy to shop for. That should be your only thought. Every, every special moment, every holiday. A patch?

Covered. You had it made, dude. You know how you propose? With a patch. With a patch. You fucked up so hard. Oh. And I hope.

I hope you are. in hell wherever you are I hope that life is never easy for you both sides of the pillow hot hot sweaty as you sleep

every night yes yeah I hope you're married to someone evil who won't divorce you that's what I hope for that man

yeah no pre-nup no pre-nup he made a lot of money since so it really hurts yeah a lot of money but you're empty inside

yeah no no like and you maybe you did have a lot of money but now you're you're going through bankruptcy yes and everyone thinks you still have money so you still have to pay for everything when you go out to dinner.

Yeah. But you don't have any money. No, and you care about your ego so much that you're like putting it on a credit card that's like 26% interest. And you're hiding it from everyone in your life. Yeah. And your wife is leaving you for someone else. Maybe your best friend even. Yes, but won't legally divorce you.

Insane. We should be God. Absolutely. We'd be so good at it. Insane. Oh, how do you even go on from there? I don't know, but we must. But we must.

That one was better. That was like a nice update. A little satisfying. Yeah. And at least, at least they've both broken up with both of them. So too satisfying. Yeah, okay. But that one was like really satisfying because she got all the patches back and stuff.

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This next story is a little interesting. How many mattresses do you have? Just one, right? On my bed? Yeah. One. Okay. Is that wrong? No, I feel like that's normal. So you'll have an interesting take. I'll get another one. I'll get more. I actually do have two mattresses stacked in my guest room right now. Because I went through a phase of like, I got a mattress from Costco. I didn't like it and I needed something. more comfortable, but then it's like, I didn't want to return it because I'll have a guest room for it eventually. That's honestly so smart. I've actually never thought about that, but you could just stack one.

I can't get on the bed. Oh. I need a stepstool to get on it. Oh, okay. But that's kind of fun and dainty and cute. Prince is in the pee a little bit. It is. Okay, so this is about mattresses?

Well, is it about the mattress? I can't wait to find out. We'll see. This is coming from R-slash-A-I-O, basically am I overreacting? Okay. Am I overreacting for disliking my boyfriend's anniversary gift? Me, 21 female, and my boyfriend, 33 male. Uh, no.

Sorry. Absolutely not. I know that's not the subject, but no. I don't like something. I don't forget the gift. I don't like something that's happening. You're like everyone's voices. This is what they sound like in their cars at the gym.

They're like, nope, immediately. I do. I feel like I'm listening to this podcast in my car going, no, on the freeway. Oh my God. Okay. And she's just asking about the gift? Yeah. Okay. Had our one year anniversary yesterday. So since you were 20? So since you were 20, you've been together. Okay. I got him several things that I knew he'd like and had mentioned over the past several months. I wrote him a thoughtful long note and I bought him. flowers. He got me $20 lilies and wrote a three-sentence note and we went to dinner. I like flowers, but I have told him several times over the past several months that I do not like roses or lilies.

When he gave me my gift, I managed to contain my disappointment and I told him I liked the flowers and note. After he gave me my stuff, he opened a $215 pillow that he had bought himself. What? parentheses, his main hobby is mattresses and pillows and bedding. We drank a little bit at our dinner, so honestly, this kind of triggered me, and I had started tearing up, but gave another excuse for it. He kept pressing me as to why I was upset, and I told him that there were several cheap things that I had mentioned that I would want as gifts the past several months, and I got a type of flour that he should know I don't like.

I also said I was upset that he got me nothing, but I had to watch him open an expensive thing he bought for himself for the tenth time that month. After this happened, he threw the flowers he bought me at me and started yelling about how ungrateful and how I was a bitch. I just went upstairs after that and he slept in the living room. For context, I make significantly less money than he does. He makes $4,000 plus every month and we live in a low cost of living area. regularly buys himself expensive things and has a mattress hobby that he has spent thousands on. Just buy new mattresses and sheets and pillows. There are six mattresses in our little apartment. Just last week, he bought over $300 worth of sunglasses and a $2,100 bar of silver.

A silver bar. This spending is typical for him. I will add a photo of the mattresses so people will. don't think I'm trolling. My main issue is that I was thoughtful for him and spent my minimal money to buy him things he had mentioned because I pay attention to what he likes. A year is a special milestone in a relationship. I feel like he pays no attention to me or my interest and doesn't know me as a person. None of the things I wanted were expensive at all. I just would have felt seen if he remembered what I liked and got me it. I told him these things and he called me ungrateful. Am I I overreacting for not liking the gift?

Can I see a picture of the mattresses? Oh, you know I'm getting it. And I believe you. What? Describe it for the people. There are three mattresses stacked next to a bed with one mattress on it. So there's a stack of mattresses higher than the bed right next to the bed in a very small room. Oh my God, there's five.

There's one leaned up against the wall. You're right. I think this one is a Casper too. Like, their, Casper is a pretty nice mattress. These look like nice mattresses. They all do.

Look at how thick that one is. And they do look different. What year was this posted? I must know. So, this is from August 28th of this year, a couple days ago. What? A couple days ago. This is happening now?

Literally now. And you have an update? Yeah. Okay, okay, okay. So we could actually make a difference. We could definitely make a difference because that update might I don't know what the update is

I have not read it It could be like You guys are overreacting He's actually just like A super nice guy No I think it's weird to say That buying

Mattresses is a hobby That is not a hobby That is a hoarder That is a hoarding Situation Yeah A hobby If you want to say mattress hobby

That would be like We like to go to mattress stores and try them out On Sunday afternoons I'll give you that A lot of people that is all they pull from this. His main hobbies are mattresses,

bed and pillows. Yeah. They got a little lost in the mattress. Not the age, not the gifts. Wow. No. Let's talk about the age. Yeah, let's talk about it.

Because I don't think, you know, when I was younger, I don't think I really understood age gaps. No, me neither. That's kind of like my actually, never mind because it's like, I'm 18. I'm mature enough to be dating a 26-year-old.

28? No big deal. to O.P., we've all done it. We've all done it. We don't mean to be judgmental. 20. And then we're not judging. We just like, we want so much more for you. Yes. And he is not an emotionally, mentally ready to date anyone person if when you try to explain your feelings, he then says you're an ungrateful bitch and throws flowers at you. And let me tell you something. No offense to anyone. who's 21. If you are 21 and someone in their mid-30s wants to date you, they want to date you

because they think you are not going to have any expectations of them. That's why they're not dating someone who is their age, because someone their age would have expectations. So when you start to have expectations of them, they're going to get angry and throw flowers at you because they're going to go, you're 21, you're not supposed to know to ask for more. That's why I'm here. No, shit's now hitting the mattress. Like, I can't buy my silver bars. I'm I can't go buy my silver bars mattress.

Is the craziest thing I've ever heard in my life? I mean, I've heard about buying gold bars. Everyone now is like, don't even invest

your money in the stock market buy a gold bar. Not financial advice, that least financial savvy person, but I've heard gold bars but silver? That's so,

I thought silver was in coins. I want to see a picture of the silver bar too. We don't have that. I wish. That's what I want a picture of. I believe the mattresses. The silver bar,

I just, I believe her. I just want to see it. Well, it could potentially look like this. I googled Silver Bar. One kilo. Literally, what is that for? Collecting. Oh my God. Okay. Collecting. So everyone in the comments is focused on the mattresses.

Yeah, they really did. It feels like they got a little lost in the sauce there. People do question, is this rage bait? Like age gap. You're already living together. It feels like rage bait. Mattress hobby. But I really don't think it is. I think this is someone. that because I've been this person where you start dating someone and everything feels so great and perfect and then it you know you keep buying mattresses one mattress too many and the camel's back gets broken like it's just like the rose-colored glasses has come off yeah and like again 20 oh my god a 32 year old wants to date me yeah I'm such an old soul like a lot of us have been in those

shoes. 1,000 percent. So I don't think it's rage-bated. I do think it's someone coming and being like, this is probably the first real relationship she's had, doesn't have anything to compare it to. And is like, am I overreacting? Like, please help. No, you're underreacting.

You're dating a weirdo. And you need to get out of there. Yeah. So, interesting thing about this one, we do get an update, but it is from the boyfriend. He found the post. I hate this man. I hate, you're kidding. Okay, let's hear it.

Hi, everyone. Since this person has glamorized and made me look a specific way, which was tailored to engineer the public view to her side of the situation, I decided to create an account to clarify some things which will be listed below. Mattresses. The bed we sleep on affects a lot. every other part of our lives. If we sleep improperly, we have chronic quality of life inhibitor, which will cause a person to have a shorter, more unhealthy life, and inhibit their overall productivity and their lives as a whole. When I first started researching them, I realized it was a

huge rabbit hole and that there were so many options. It took forever to pick the first one for our apartment, and I realized it's probably like this for many others. It's just hard to know what to pick, and if you pick the wrong one, you're stuck with this massive thing in your house that's ruining your quality of life. Let me clarify that I acknowledge six mattresses is ridiculous. It's just a thing that built up over time as I learned the different ways they are constructed. Multiple of the beds I got were for heavy discounts. I was very interested in learning the properties of different layers and how they affect our sleep. He's still talking about it?

Which is also the case for pillows. Okay. The girlfriend, criticized my hobby, but in our free time, has repeatedly told me she loves sleeping on my bed and uses my pillows for comfort. I like seeing her sleep well on my beds. They make her feel better, which, despite how stupid she says it is, she still sleeps awesome on them, and that always made me happy. Another note, I'm not attempting to absolve myself of the matter of fact that it is kind of hoarding. Thank you. Once again, as I learned about how things are put together, it started to interest me, how different companies construct different things that we use to improve our lives.

My first ever hobby was health and nutrition. What is going on? Are you serious? It's never ending. He goes on to talk about just like how our bodies work and herbs, foods, vitamins. I've helped many other people improve their health. I'm like starting to be like, are you starting a mattress MLM? I'm really scared.

He basically blabs on, but does kind of end on. I'm planning to decrease the amount of betting items in my apartment. But the thing is, this wasn't supposed to be the entire Internet's business. I didn't realize that the person I was living with was the type to tell the entire Internet everything about me. I work all the time, and I only have one friend in person who I can hang out with sometimes. So when she, the girlfriend, is not around, I become extremely lonely and I have nothing to do. And I recognize mattresses might be ridiculous. But the fact is, I sleep better than I ever have in my life.

She has been, and anyone else who has listened to me about what to do sleeps better than they ever have in their lives. That's a big accomplishment. She can't say she's helped anyone sleep better by having this information. Instead, the guy who helps people all day gets criticized on the internet. Okay. He's probably listening to this. So we should probably just say, I think you're right.

I think you're right and you should break up with her. I do. I think you should break up with her. Dump her now. So not understanding. Set her free. I mean, loose. Your passion.

Let her go. You're so right. And you know what? I don't know what it's like to be posted about on Reddit with pictures of my mattresses. And that sounds, that sounds bad. That sounds like it sucks. How invasive. That sounds invasive.

If I saw pictures of my, of my unmade bed online, I would actually probably feel upset. So I do, I can, I can see it from that perspective. Only, also, for someone that collects pillows, he only has one pillow on his bed, and there's no top sheet. So clearly not a betting connoisseur. Look, it's, thank you very much. Well, I think what we've learned is that the two of them are well-suited for each other and that they're both focused on the mattresses instead of the relationship, it seems. Well, I think she brought up the mattresses to show that he spends a lot of money.

Is that what it was? Yeah. Because if she had just talked about the anniversary gift, I think people would have been like, yeah, no. we're on your side. That stinks. Yeah. But I think she's trying to cover all her bases and be like, no, he spends money on things. It's not that he's not trying to spend money or something. He's not cheap. He's not frugal. It really, the mattresses really got us away from the original ask, which was about the gift. He does he talk about, does he address that?

He does go on. So he goes on to say, so excuse me for not picking out the right flowers. I have a lot to remember and focus on. I did not pick that bouquet of flowers in an effort to insult her. I spent 15 minutes looking at the available options and liked the ones I picked for her because of how beautiful, lively looking, and colorful they were. It was not my intention to make her feel inferior, as I did not care about her. This is how she interpreted it. I figured dressing up going to an expensive Italian restaurant, me putting on my favorite fragrance for her, then spending $70 there so we could have a good time was a nice gesture for her. We had driven the whole day beforehand. We were tired, but I still wanted to try and do what I could to make the day fun for her. She also included,

I only wrote a three-sentence letter. I put my feelings into that, and it was not three sentences. What are we doing? Competing to see who does better for the other? I was supposed to spend and buy more than she bought me, so she wouldn't feel upset. She said I threw the flowers at her. I did not throw them at her. I hit the table with them, because apparently this bouquet of flowers that was beautiful and vibrant that I thought hard about to pick. I spent 15 minutes looking through all the options was not good enough. I even spent $16 on a 12 pack for us to drink for the night so we could have fun together, which also, if I threw the flowers at her, how come only her foot got hit by them?

I am so glad I'm single. Because look, these are the type of fights that you have when you're in a long-term relationship, and there's an anniversary and people's expectations aren't met and one person thinks they did a good job and the other person feels like they didn't do a good job and then the other person gets mad. Like this is a very common fight in relationships and it just sounds as though you two are not compatible.

And that is okay. It's time to be done. It's just time to be done. Because when you get into these fights and I've been there, when you're having these fights or you go, well, how could you feel that way because they did X, Y, Z? And they go, well, how could you feel this way?

Because I did XYZ. And what you said isn't exactly what happened. And like, once you're getting down to that stuff, it is, I think it's over. I think it's over. I mean, this is just a deranged. When you're both on Reddit. Yeah, you're fighting in Reddit posts. It's over, guys.

It's done. Yeah. I will say this is giving very real account, the original account from the girl. Yeah. Very real account. a part of the two-year club on Reddit, verified email, posting in Nathan subreddits, Nathan Felder. Oh, okay. Wait, so then is the boyfriend account brand new? So boyfriend does appear to have made a throwaway to kind of come and respond to this.

How do we know that's really the boyfriend? You know, there's no guarantee, but I will say O.P. did not reply back to this person and be like, this isn't you. So I also think providing the additional info of like Italian restaurant, I spent $16 on a case of beer. Like these are details that I think OP then could be like, where are you getting this? Like that never happened. So there's no rebuttal. Okay.

So is that post under her post? It's a response to her original post. Okay. Got it. Got it. She also confirms here in a comment. It got deleted because he didn't know how to format it for this subreddit. It was a bunch of rambling about mattresses and how they impact our quality of life

and how I suck and I'm ungrateful. If he makes a new one, I'll tell him to format it correctly. So basically is confirming. To format it correctly. Yeah. O.P. is like, all he had to do is get me yarn. O.P. is very involved in R-slash-Crochet subreddit. She just wanted yarn.

Just wanted a yarn. Yarn ball. Simple. I feel like you could have I was going to say Joanne's but RIP That's the saddest thing I've ever heard again All I wanted was a ball of yarn Just wanted some yarn

Yarn, a couple of little balls in a basket She got him something that was too much Flowers But she got him something else it was $200 Nice card Well his pillow was $200 Oh she got him a $200 pillow You bought that for himself

Oh okay so they both got each other flowers They did a card. I thought she got him a gift. She got him a thoughtful long note and got him flowers. It seems like she's kind of a gift giver. Like that's her love language. See, and you know what? That is a great. You're so right. This is a difference in love languages. Yeah. Some people really care about gifts. Other people don't. It sounds like you really care about gifts and that's completely okay. Yeah. And someone else, and he really cares about mattresses and someone else will really like that. There is truly someone for everyone.

I really believe that. Yeah. I think that whatever you want, you can find that if you're determined enough. I'm with you. I completely agree not a match. You're 21. Go live your best of life. Go find a boy that maybe wants to go learn how to crochet with you and, I don't know,

or buys you yarn at the very least. Yeah. And you know what? Time to go. Yeah. There will be a woman who comes over, sees how many mattresses there are, and be like, this is awesome. Yeah.

Seriously, we'll be like, can I try them all out right now? Let's build a fort. Let's build a fort. Literally. This is what I'm saying. Yeah. And look, a lot of men don't care how well you sleep. That's true.

Someone might get off on that. You care about how I sleep. Truly, like some people don't, you know. A lot of men don't care about how nice their mattress is. So that's, I'm trying to. have a balance. No, I like you're bringing back that hopeful from your first time here, and it's, it's very, very positive. It's mostly the age gap that I take issue with, if we're being totally honest. It just seems like a big age gap. And it also is like, I think the issues are

a reflection of the age gap. Like at 21, you want a nice gift, you want jewelry from your boyfriend. At 33, you want a good night's sleep. I think that that is, I truly think. Yeah, no. I think a 33-year-old woman, which is basically me, would love somebody who was like, I want a really nice mattress and we'll go to a nice dinner. Like that is a 30 something situation. And then when I was 21, yes, I wanted flowers and I wanted a gift and I wanted more than three sentences and a note. At 30 something, I have different priorities. I really think it's down to the age. I would agree with that. I just, yeah, no, I can't, I can't even. I just, I'm over it. How long have we been talking about this? Because I feel like I can't remember a time that I didn't know about this.

It's, it's too long. And this next one, I feel like you're- We'll cut it down. We'll edit it down. You're also gonna wish that you didn't know about this. Oh, no. And now it's time for STFU, please, brought to you by Chrysler. We all know a person or two who just sometimes needs to STFU. Luckily, the newly designed Chrysler Pacifica gives it a much nicer meaning. Seats that fold up with stow and go seating and storage. Storage that's finally useful, thanks to all that cargo space, and sucked that from under with the available stow and go vacuum.

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Is that good for this? That's perfect. Okay, great. So this is coming from Am I the Asshole? It is titled, Am I the Asshole for saying my boyfriend's mom's mashed potatoes are weird? So this is so stupid, but now it's a whole thing. I've been with my boyfriend for five years and his family does Sunday dinner a lot. I go most of the time, it's whatever.

Last weekend we're there, and his mom made mashed potatoes. I grabbed some, cool. I take a bite, and immediately I'm like, question mark, question mark, question mark. Why are these sweet? Not like a little sweet, like actually sweet. So I just go, quote, wait, are these sweet? Kind of laughing because I thought maybe I was losing it. And she goes, yeah, that's how I make them.

I just said, oh, I've never had sweet mashed potatoes before. Like, I'm not trying to be rude. I was just confused. And it got awkward for no reason. Dead quiet. I tried to just eat them anyways, but I genuinely couldn't. It tasted like dessert with gravy, and my brain was not having it. So I just stopped eating them and kept eating the rest of it.

She then notices and goes, quote, you don't like them. and I said, they're just a bit sweet for me. And then my boyfriend jumps in like, they're not even sweet, which, question mark, question mark, question mark, they literally are. And then his mom makes a comment like, quote, some people just aren't used to real cooking, which kind of annoyed me. So I said, I just didn't expect mashed potatoes to taste like cake. And yeah, that did not. go over well. Dinner got super awkward. We left, and in the car my boyfriend says that I embarrassed him and I should apologize. But like, I wasn't even rude at first. I only said that

after she made that comment. Now she's upset and acting like I started something. I don't know, this feels so dumb, but am I actually in the wrong here? Edit to add, I'm 23. These were normal russet potatoes that tasted like there was a lot of brown sugar added to them. I have somehow avoided eating these monstrous potatoes for five years because normally we either have roasted potatoes or do a potluck style and boyfriend's sister-in-law brings the mashed potatoes. I'm not from the U.S. We are all from Canada, born and raised. What's going on? Everyone's from Canada? All of them. She just liked a sweet, Okay, that really, that makes a lot more sense because I was like, why does everyone think that's a rude comment?

And it's because Canadians are so nice and so polite that you saying, oh, that's interesting. I've never had them that way. In Canada is probably the equivalent of like flipping the potatoes off. You think? I think they're so nice over there that that probably felt really mean and aggressive. But I, because I was very confused. I'm like, who cares if someone's like, oh, I've never had them that way. Now, maybe you said it differently, but the way you wrote it, it doesn't sound that crazy.

This feels chill. And then, yeah, the cake comment was a little, that was a little rude. But the cake comment came after the mom said, some people just aren't used to real cooking. And that's the moment where you go, yeah, I guess not. Who cares? Are you able to bite your tongue? I think so. Now I am.

Maybe not when I was younger. When I was younger, at 23, probably not. I'm having a hard time at 32. Really? I don't know what's gone into me. I feel like I used to be very just like don't rock the boat, go, you know, be soft, be malleable, be, what's that, that little, you know, jewels. Very demure. Demure, yes.

Very mindful. See, I think maybe we've switched places then because I think you either spend your younger years trying not to rock the boat and then you get older and then you're annoyed. I'm annoyed. resentful that you kept... I'm duplicating people. Yes, and I spent my younger years saying everything being embarrassed and feeling bad. And now I'm like, you know what? It's not worth it. I need to get back to that place because now I'm just like, God, I'm getting like a little argumentative and it's like, it doesn't matter. You're not going to see that person. They live across the country from you. It's fine. Yeah. And I'm just like, oh my God, just shut up. I'm just tired.

I'm too tired. I only have one mattress at my place. And I'm getting old. and I just don't, I have to care so much to fight about something now. I just don't care that much. I need to get back there. I need that inner peace again. Is it inner peace or is it just kind of like exhaustion and surrender? I think it can come by means of exhaustion. Exhaustion?

But it does bring inner peace. Yes. Like I do think, depending on the situation, obviously, there are a lot of nuance in context, whatever. Like, in general. Like, otherwise, because like, I still say this shit. And then I go home and I'm like, God, was that bitchy? And then you ruminate on saying something.

It's like, I'd rather ruminate on not saying something than saying something. Yes. And just making the relationship even more tense and just like, uh-huh. Yep. Is this a moment? She should have STFU'd? I think. To shut up.

I mean, we can only do, we can only move forward, right? Okay. Just apologize. Who cares? Yeah, just say sorry. Sorry, I didn't mean to... Oh, be the bigger person. Yeah, so who cares?

Okay. Do you think asshole or not? Option B. Yeah. I think everybody got too worked up about these fucking potatoes. Yeah, this is a big deal. Maybe it's like a grandma's recipe, and she's just deeply offended. I think that it seems like the mom is pretty sensitive, and that's probably something to flag,

if this is somebody you're trying to, like, marry. Because... Mm-hmm. I mean, him being like, you need to apologize, you embarrassed me, is very different than going, look, my mom's sensitive about her cooking. Just maybe say sorry the next time we're there. Like, I know I don't think you were being rude either, but him being like, you embarrassed me. I don't know.

Why are you embarrassed? That's an interesting feeling to unpack from him. Like, why are you embarrassed? But it's also you're on your mom's team and not mine. The way you put it, if he would have came to her like that, then it's like, you're still on my, team. But like, babe, like, let's just not rock the boat with my mom. Like, she's a little goofy about her potatoes. Yes. My mother is a perfect angel and you embarrassed me in front of her is. Red flag. Oh, it's a little scary. Overall comments, they think not the asshole. Okay.

They're like, not the asshole. That sounds like a crime against mashed potatoes. I mean, yeah, look, it doesn't sound good. I mean, I'm on your team as far as the recipe goes. but it's, who cares? Well, a lot of comments do point out the politeness. Like, oh, well, just be polite to take a couple bites. O.P. did take a couple bites. Really gave it a go. Said, I couldn't get my brain on board.

So I'm just going to not eat them rather than gag at this table. And then the mom brought it back up again. Just stirring the pot. So I don't think, not, like, no assholes, unless the mom being a little cheeky. It's just a little, like, sensitive. Yeah. Pipe down a little. Assholes.

It's just like, come on, guys. So we do get an update. On this? Of course. Wow. Not the update I thought I'd be posting. I talked to my boyfriend again and everything because it was still bothering me,

mostly how he handled it at dinner. It kind of turned into a bigger conversation than I had expected. Basically, I realized that this isn't the first time he's sided with his family to avoid conflict and left me to deal with it. I think I've just ignored it before, but this time it actually got to me. We ended up arguing about it, and it brought up a bunch of other stuff that we probably should have talked about a while ago. Long story short, we broke up. There we go.

It wasn't really over mashed potatoes, but that situation definitely made me look at things differently. I know that probably sounds dramatic to some people, but after five years, I didn't really want to keep brushing stuff off anymore. Wow, I'm surprised it's been five years. That sounded like something that happened early on. Five years. That you go, oops, keep an eye on that. Wow, that was a nice one. I liked that one. I would also love, I'd love for people to ask, why do you break up mashed potatoes? Yeah. His mom puts sugar in potatoes. Just a crime against food. It's so weird. Poor potatoes. You know maple syrup? You wouldn't put sugar in it. Be like maple syrup. Sweet potato, yes. Sweet potato, yeah, but this wasn't sweet potato.

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Oh my gosh. One of us. Yeah. Family, family. Family. Yeah. Hey, we see you. It is pretty recent. Okay. And it is titled, Am I the asshole for putting a pregnancy test in the mailbox? I think that's a crime. Like, like just loose? You're going to find out. Oh my God. Buckle up, baby. What a great title. Let me give you some backstory first. I, 30 female, have been married to my husband, 32 male, for 11.000. years now. We have two children together, and we went through a rough patch about a year ago, but we've been working on things. Or so I thought. I work full time, go to school full time to finish out my degree, take care of the kids, and do all of the housework. Without help, mind you. He works long hours, so I try to be understanding of that, but now that I'm typing all of this out, I've realized I'm literally his mother at this point. He doesn't do a single thing to help me.

Now that you get the dynamic, last week I came home to our neighbor coming over asking if we could talk. This was my first time meeting this neighbor, so I was all for introducing myself and getting to know her. When I introduced myself as wife, her face dropped. Come to find out, my lovely husband has been having an affair with the neighbor. There's security camera footage of it too. He had been working that whole weekend, and I just sat there with that. this information because it's also not the first time he's cheated. I called him out on all of this, and I blocked her number from his phone and deleted her. After a few days went by, I decided to go

through his phone. He unblocked the neighbor, and she had messaged him saying that she's late. He lied to her, saying he had a vasectomy, so she can't be. She must have blocked him after she freaked out on him. After I cried it out and gathered myself, I've been pretending like I haven't seen anything or gone through his phone, and I've just been holding on to this information. I got my hands on a positive pregnancy test, and I put it in our mailbox. He had a package coming in tomorrow, so I know he's going to look in there, and I'm going to wait and see how bad he panics, because not only did I find him cheating on me with the neighbor, but two other women as well. Yes, I am leaving. I have the divorce papers filled out and told my attorney to wait

to serve them until I'm out of the house, but I wanted to send him into a panic first. So am I the asshole for creating what I am sure is going to be a lot of drama and panic for him? No, that's amazing. I do want to know how you got your hands on a positive pregnancy test. Facebook Marketplace. Facebook Marketplace? Let's go right now and see what we can find. Are you kidding me? Yeah. The way you said that, chilling. I've never done it. I'm just a silly. You can find sourdough starter on Facebook Marketplace.

You are comparing a positive pregnancy test, a peed on stick with sourdough starter. You found one? Oh, yeah. Are you kidding? Oh, they're all over. We even have pregnancy confirmation ultrasounds for sale. What? Yeah.

I'm going to see if there's any pee. I'm actually embarrassed. I haven't thought of this. Am I naive? How much are they? No pee for sale on Facebook. That's surprising, actually. That is surprising.

How much is a positive pregnancy test? Like $15. $15? Yeah. To send your husband into a spiral of panic? That's nothing. That's a deal. Also, I feel like it's not that hard.

I mean, like, I know a couple people that are pregnant. I can be like, hey, can you just pee on a test for me? If you were pregnant, though, when your friend came to you and said, can I have some of your pregnant pee? Sure. You don't care? I'd be curious and I'd definitely, I would know, I'd be like, please tell me what it was for. After because I'm so ready to get that tea.

Don't you feel like you would need all the information before you peed on that stick and gave it to them? Yeah, I'd be a little curious, but like, I've given a friend my pee for a drug test before in high school. So like, you know, what? Right. I guess it's the same thing. I'm going to flush it. Right. And it's for a good cause.

But like, yeah, no, I'd be like, what do you want it for? Yeah, I'm very curious. You can't just have my. P, no questions asked. Yeah, because I don't think, like, there's nothing dangerous you could do with my P. Right? I don't know. I don't know enough about.

As long as, like, my friend wasn't... DNA stuff. And it's, like, I don't think my friends are that weird. Like, I wouldn't have to worry about someone wanting to drink my pee. They're not going to splash it on a crime scene. No, no. No, can you DNA test from P? Yeah.

I know you can from vaginal discharge. You can DNA test from P. Can you DNA test P? I mean, that... Yes. Yes. Okay, good. So that is, yeah, now I've got to worry about potentially framing me for a crime.

But if it's a trusted friend, an acquaintance off the street, no. No, of course not. No, but trusted friend, yeah. Podcast giveaway, maybe. You know, yeah. I just don't even want to go down that rabbit hole. But if someone, if one of you really needs it, send me a DM, but I'm not there yet. Now everyone's going to think I'm pregnant.

I'm not pregnant. Not there yet. But when I do announce, you guys will know. and if you need a positive test. She wouldn't keep that from you guys. No, no. They're going to be the first to know. Yeah.

Except my mom, because she's got to know for a show. She'd for sure kill me. But yeah. Could have been from Facebook. Could have been from a friend. What's the update? You're just so ready. I'm so excited.

Top comment, though. Not the asshole. Yeah, of course. But let this be your one and really satisfying slide down to his level. Then climb back up with absolutely fan flippantastic memory of it and soar high over his head, you are in for a hell of a ride, and there's no harm in what you are doing. That's nice. That's a lovely response.

Yeah, O.P. does clarify, best friend is pregnant, so didn't have to turn to Facebook. Okay. Mm-hmm. Got my hands on. Sounds like Facebook Marketplace. Yeah. Just say, my friend's pregnant. Give me a pea stick.

I would literally be, if I needed this, I would be willing to, like, post on my Instagram story. be like, does anyone, is anyone willing to pee on a stick for me? Oh, yeah. I mean, but this person probably doesn't have your audience. No, but like, I think even, like, before I started the podcast, I only had a thousand followers on Instagram. I feel like I could have got a couple takers. Really? Yeah. I'm from Minnesota. Everyone's nice, willing to help. Everyone's nice and probably pregnant.

A lot of people are pregnant there. Yeah, like, everyone back home is pregnant right now. I'm just like, oh my gosh, okay, I get it. I get it. You're giving me baby fever. Scary. Are you ready for the update? Yes. Sorry, it took so long to update. I've been working through quite a bit.

I wanted to say thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate them. I wanted to clarify the whole pregnancy test thing in the mailbox. We have a drop-style mailbox. You need a key to open the bottom slash back of it to get the mail out, so no one sees what's in there, nor do they really touch anything. It was also in an envelope. Oh, okay.

He ended up grabbing it out of the mailbox that evening that I had put it in there, and to this day, he has not said anything about it. He did, however, reach out to six, yes, six different women asking them about it. I went through his messages on his iPad before I left, and that's how I saw them. I had a doctor's appointment, and I got checked out. Everything came back fine, thankfully. Here's where things get real interesting. He worked Friday all day. So I took the day off work and four of my friends with trucks came with their spouses and helped me clear out the house of all of mine and the kid's stuff. The neighbor from across the street came over as we were on the final load to inform me that she was, in fact, pregnant, and that she was freaking out and had ultrasound photos to prove it.

My sister ended up kicking her off the property. I left my wedding ring on the counter and the sheriff served him divorce papers this morning. I know because he has been blowing up my phone about it asking me why. I haven't responded, nor am I going to. I communicate only when it comes to the kids. My heart hurts. I've been sick to my stomach. But even with all of this going on, I feel like I can breathe again.

The kids and I look at a house. The owner is renting it to me until the divorce finalizes. I didn't want the house because I don't want to have to see her every day. I am, however, forcing the sale of the house. As for her seeing the kids and I around, she knew I lived with him. She knew the kids were ours. She knew we were in a relationship. The only thing she was under the impression was that we were not married and I was the girlfriend. This entire experience has been the most painful thing I've ever been through and something I would never wish on anyone. I'm fortunate enough to have a very strong support system. My sister and my best friends have been staying with me to help get me settled. And although there has been a lot of of tears, there have been a lot of laughs that I haven't had in a really long time. Oh, that's not, I mean, that's really sad and that sucks so hard. She sounds like she's handling it great.

Yeah, and like has such a good support system village around her, lifting her up. I can't imagine what this neighbor was thinking. Like, I'm just like, why would you do that to someone? No, that's so insane. It's so insane. Like, at the very least, he has a girlfriend, and those are their kids and they're living together. They're very serious.

And, like, you're going to go and do this. And now you are actually pregnant, which is just like, oh, my gosh. I know. Is this episode called Dump Him? Like, everyone got, everyone got, I mean, I guess we don't know about the mattress relationship. Nope. But everybody else broke up.

Inconclusive. Wow. I know. Unlike their pregnancy test. Dude, now they're a baby. you're locked in. Wow. You're locked in.

That's crazy. This was a lot better than last time. Was it? Having the updates was really, really helpful. Did it feel better? Yes, it felt so much better. I was just left with so many questions last time. I walked around for weeks and everyone I came into contact with, I was like, tell me what

you think about this. Okay. The secret room in the house haunts me. Does it still? Secret room haunts me. So I did have another story recently where the girlfriend learned about a secret room and it was like themed like a nursery because the guy had a baby kink. Sorry, that sentence took a turn in the middle.

Yeah. That I did not foresee. So did he show it to her? She found it. She ended up getting showed the room after he came clean about his desire to be treated like a baby, really kind of crazy story. And the brother was there at the same time too. It was like.

Okay. The brother was there while he was breaking the news to his longtime girlfriend that like, hey, I have this kink. And then she ended up like trying it. She couldn't get on board. And then the brother called her like 40 times and like shamed her for this. Okay. So secret room original is looking a lot better. It's looking a lot better.

You know. A lot of people were actually on board with you where I was like, I kind of hate it. A lot of people were like, have a little whimsy. Yeah. This is great. It's fun. And they did reveal the secret room. Yeah.

They were like, hey, isn't this cool? We have more space during COVID. It wasn't like, you know, this. Horrible thing. Yeah, and there wasn't anything in there. It was just like Christmas lights. Storage. Yeah.

Fine. Look, a space for us to dream. Yeah. Whatever. I still think that one was okay. Okay. You got time for one more? Yeah.

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Since me, 28 male and my girlfriend, 27 female, started dating anytime she drove and had to get gas, I would pump it for her. Well, last week, she took me to work because her car does better in the snow than mine. When she came to pick me up from work, she was wearing pajamas, which were shorts with a long sleeve button up. She even wore her house shoes. I was embarrassed for my coworkers to see her like that. So when she stopped for gas, to teach her a lesson, I told her my back was sore and she could pump it herself. She said it was too cold and she wanted me to do it.

She's the moron that wore shorts. I stood my ground and she pumped her own gas, but wouldn't talk to me during the drive. We pass a sushi place on her way home, so I asked her to stop. She said no, but I kept persisting, and she finally said okay. She told me I would have to run in, so I did. When I came out, she had left. I told my brother, because I needed a ride home, he gave me a ride home, but said that I was an asshole and that I deserved it.

If there's any interest, I can update with what happened when I got home, but it doesn't seem to be super relevant to my question. So I don't see the need to add it. Am I the asshole? I'm going to need the addition. I'm going to need to know what happened. They're married or they're dating? Dating. Okay.

Dating. And I mean, a lot of people are like, yeah, you're the asshole. She's also picking you up from work. Yeah. Like she's already doing you a favor. You can pump the gas. And also, like, to teach her a lesson. No, this is so crazy.

That's why I'm like, I want to know what he thinks isn't important to list. But like, you were embarrassed that your coworkers were going to see her sitting in the car. They weren't even going to see. Is she going to get out of the car when you get to work? And her pajamas probably not. Who's going to see her? No one's going to see her. What are we talking about?

A lot of people were like, well, do you pay for the gas or does she pay for the gas? She pays for the gas. I just get out and pump it for her. She's able to work from home so her schedule is pretty flexible. She owns the house and bills are 50-50. I just updated. I do understand how I came off now and definitely understand how I'm the asshole. Oh, great.

Wow. growth. So are you ready for the update? Yes. If your partner didn't get out of the car to pump gas for you, would you be offended? I've never been treated that well where someone always pumped my gas for me. See, I don't pump my gas. I also don't run in to buy my own coffee. I'll go with the car, but I'm in my sleep t-shirt still, and he's ready for the day. And he'll run in and get my coffee, and I just sit there, watch my videos, doing my emails. God, that sounds nice.

Sometimes I don't even have to take a car. car ride. He'll just show back up to the house with my coffee. Oh my God. That's me. No, I've never had a relationship where somebody took care of me like that. You guys? I don't think so. Have I? I don't think I have. Okay. Like every once in a while, well, you, yes, my sibling is pointing at themselves. That's true. But no, it's actually something I run into in romantic relationships a lot where because I'm so, like, self-sufficient, people kind of go, well, I didn't even know what I don't know how to take care of you. I don't know what to do. And so then they don't do anything. thing. Interesting.

And I like taking care of people and I'm like the oldest kid and all this stuff. So I'm like used to it. And I want to. Like I want to take care of each other equally. Like I want to run in for you. I want to pump gas for you sometimes like I want to switch off. Yeah. But I think sometimes people kind of don't know how to.

How to with me. And to me I'm kind of like, I mean, it's kind of just the same stuff. Yeah. Everybody wants. Eldest daughter? Eldest daughter. Which eldest daughter. daughter and something I've come across recently is like eldest daughter wound where like you are

very independent, but you just want to be considered. Yes. Like I don't care if like you've come to the decision for something on your own, but like just consider me. Hey Morgan, what do you think about this? Like in all areas, I just want to be considered. Yes. And it's not so much I need you to do all these things for me, but it's like the consideration. And that's, I think you're kind of in the same boat seemingly as me and like, yeah. And most times I just want people to offer. Like I won't even, I won't even take you up on it most of the time. Like something that every single person I've ever dated, I've had to be like, no, that's not true. I've dated one person that drove me to the airport. Like, no questions asked. Yeah. I think I've dated two that did so consistently. I go to the airport every week. And so my,

like, ultimate goal in life is to find someone who will take me to the airport sometimes. And it's actually so hard to find if you can believe it. It's actually wild. And I get it. Like I've married friends who, like my friends who I've known for years, they will be like, oh, we don't take each other to the airport. Like, we understand that. Like, neither of us want to take each other to the airport.

And they're married and they're good with that. Yeah. Like, there's nothing wrong with that. But for me, I am very self-sufficient. I'm very independent. One of the only things you can do for me is driving to the airport or pick me to the up. And I usually fly out of Burbank. Like, I never expect any.

to take me to LAS. Oh my God, that's the easiest airport. I know. So I'm really like, I really, and I never expected anyone to take me early. Like, I just, if I ever met someone who was like, oh, I'll drive you to the airport tomorrow, I would marry them immediately, I think. I feel like I can find this person. Like, it's tough.

I feel like I could find this person. It might just be. Give me a list. I don't know. Of all the things I want a person? Yeah, give me like top 10. Okay, I'm actually like now or just write it down. I'll email it to you.

I mean, if you want people pitching their shot. I know. that's funny. You'd think with all the podcast I've done, I would have put it out by now. But then that's the other thing is I think like maybe the things I want are too specific. I don't know. But then I don't know. There is kind of... I mean, an occasional ride to the airport feels like a pretty low bar. I know. But to want it to be offered like without asking for it. Because sometimes people think they're like, well, if you just want to ride to the airport, you should just ask. And I'm like, yeah, no, of course. But I would like someone who's like, yeah. Do you want me to take you to the airport? Do I'm going to pick you up? Would that be helpful? Yeah, you're independent, but it still feels nice to be taken care of every now and again. Yeah. Just because, like, I'm naturally going to take care of a lot of stuff. Like, just by nature of like my personality and my career and, like, I'm in a position where I make enough money, like all these things. So you can do it, but it's like, it's nice to feel like you have a teammate or someone that at least cares about you a little. Yeah. And like that's what it is. Yeah. Yeah. You want like a teammate for sure. We're going to find this. person. Burbank? Oh my God. Like, I think I was three months in and my husband was picking me up

from LAX. Really? Yeah, and consistently still does. And I'm like, no, no, no, it's fine. Maybe you just, maybe you have to wait three months. I don't know. Was it before that? Was it three months? That was the first flight I had while we were talking. That's the thing too, because when I'm dating somebody, if they need a ride to the airport, I'm like, oh, here's my chance. Yeah. To like, show what a good partner I am. Have you tried it yet? Take, taking people in the airport? Oh, yeah, absolutely. But it's not reciprocated? Not always, no.

But they always appreciate it. Yeah, everyone loves a ride in the airfare. We're going to find your person. We're going to find them. We'll see, we'll see. So update. She pays for her own gas. She didn't get out of the car, but she doesn't have tinted windows.

And I didn't expect her to dress up. I did expect her to not look like a bum, though. I'm still reading comments, so I'll add stuff that gets asked a lot to this and try to respond to others. Now for what happened when I got home. We live in a fairly rural area and I work about 35 to 45 minutes away. Apparently, my brother called my mom, who then called my girlfriend and told her what I said. This did include me calling her a moron and saying how embarrassed I was.

When I got home, my girlfriend had moved all of my clothes and belongings into the junk room. I tried to talk to her, but she locked herself in our room and ignored me. His mom called her? To be like, my son's a dick? Yeah, what happened? Or to like admonish her for showing up in her pajamas. I think mom wanted the tea. Oh my gosh.

When I finally got her to talk to me, she basically listed everything I've done wrong in our relationship. This past week has been hell. She wouldn't take me to work when it was snowing, so I had to take myself and my car got stuck twice. I missed two days of work because of her pettiness. I really didn't think I was the asshole here, but I tried to justify and explain myself. I did admit I was trying to teach her a lesson, and we broke up. up. When I got home from work, she had all my belongings in boxes by the front door. And I guess that's that. I really didn't think I was the asshole, but obviously, that's why I posted here.

Everybody that wanted us to break up got what they wanted. I'm not sure if my update is too relationship-based. So if this gets taken down, I apologize. Okay, obsessed with her? That's crazy. O.P. even loses it so far to post another post. It's titled, can I take legal action against my girlfriend for kicking me out? What? Yeah, so he still didn't learn his lesson after all of it. Oh my gosh. Yeah.

Wow. Well, I'm really glad everyone broke up for the most part. Yeah. I think that's why this was so satisfying. We got answers. His mom is mad at him. Mom's kind of giving him a new, what's that saying? Bighting his hat.

No, what's that one saying? Ripping him a new one. Yeah. Well, that's why I was like, did the mom call to tattle on her son or to be like, hey, dress nice when you drive my son somewhere. Because I wasn't sure which way that was going to go after the last mom one. Yeah, mom was pissed at him and said that she raised me to never mistreat a woman. So in her eyes, I mistreated my ex-girlfriend.

Good. Good. So mama was after his ass. Sometimes your boyfriend's mom has your back. Yeah. I love women. Yeah. This was good. This was awesome.

This was... Thank you for having me back. Unreal, amazing. You are just so on it, as always. I had a lot of feelings about all of those, I will say. It was very reactive. I feel like I should go post on Reddit. Did I overreact to these?

No. I think the reactions were definitely appropriate. Okay, good. Definitely appropriate. Okay, great. I'll listen back to it and make sure. I just, all I remember, this emotion surging through me. They're very powerful.

I mean, the mattress one, the backpack. The backpack. The backpack was tough for both of us. Can you imagine finding the backpack story 10 years ago and just waiting every year for an update? No. And like still just wondering. And if you had done that to me, you would have never seen me again. There is a story. I just don't want to tell you. Because it will keep you open. No, tell me. No, don't. No, tell me. It's the story about this woman finding a box in her fridge. And she asked her husband and she's like, what's this box in our fridge? And he's like, did you look in there? She's like, no, it's, no, I didn't look in the box.

Like, but what's in the box? And he's super weird about it. And everyone, of course, on Reddit is like, drugs, drugs, or maybe it's someone's finger. Is he working for the mob? So everyone just starts spiraling. And she's like, don't worry, guys. Like, I'll come back and update you.

I'll be back. Never came back. So what's in the box? It was so powerful, I put it on a tote that we sold. still no update What's in the box? Four years ago What's in the box?

Where is she? Maybe she's in a box I'm literally I wish she hadn't told me that Why did you tell me that? You told me tell you Yeah but you know better You know better than to tell me that

You're gonna go home tonight You're gonna forget all about it No I'm not Secret Room haunted me Well I mean it's just a box It was probably just like canned olives or something I think he told her it was olives I don't know where I'm getting olives

You know it's not You know it wasn't olive It would be maybe he's got like diabetes secretly and it's insulin and he's just doesn't want to tell her. Yeah, maybe. Never know. And now I feel bad again. It's probably innocent. Yeah, okay.

Maybe he's out there listening right now. Where can people get your book? Oh my gosh. You can get my book so many places. But if you want all the links in one spot, they're in my Instagram bio at Taylor Tomlinson. But I think it's everywhere. I think it's on Barnes & Noble and Amazon and all the places. I love it.

Audible. I read the audiobook. Yes, you put it in your voice. Yep. So, you know. We love an audiobook in this house. I love it. All of Taylor's links will be in the description. A link to buy the book will be in the description. Check it out.

It is so, so, so good. I'm going to be sharing if it's okay. A couple of my favorite quotes on the Instagram post for this. Oh, my God. Thank you. There's one I kept screenshot in. It's like it literally has like, do not copy across the page. But I'm like, it's just so beautiful. Well, we'll get you an actual copy of it.

I'll take a picture of the real book. Yeah, we'll get you a real book. We'll get you a real one. Also, yeah, get the book from your local bookstore if you can, obviously. Do that. I just listed all the most obvious places to get it, but. Go shop small. Yeah, go.

Mom pop shops. We love them too. Exactly. If they have it. If they have it. And if they don't, ask for it. Thank you guys. Until next time.

Bye.